by Rob
on August 16, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
Swansea Summer Summary If losing their manager wasn’t bad enough, Swansea have had to spend large parts of the season fending off unwelcome advances for some of the players responsible for their fantastic Premier League debut. They’ve already said goodbye to Gylfi Sigurðsson and Joe Allen so they’ll be a far weaker outfit than last […]
by Rob
on August 16, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
Norwich Summer Summary The loss of Paul Lambert is a blow, but he leaves the club in good health. Based on the Canaries’ comfortable relegation-dodging, Chris Hughton has some breathing space as he looks to implement his plans. There hasn’t been a whole lot of transfer activity, but the signing of Robert Snodgrass is pretty […]
by Rob
on August 16, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
Everton Summer Summary As ever, the coffers at Goodison Park were as empty as Michael Barrymore’s diary so the focus has been on keeping hold of the talents the Toffees have rather than recruitment. Something to be positive about ‘Oh yes! How nice to see you Mr Rangers Newco’ David Moyes may or may not […]
by Rob
on August 15, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
Queens Park Rangers Summer Summary Tony Fernandes hasn’t gone all ‘Arab Sheikh’ with his spending, but few teams have been busier in the transfer market than QPR. It’s not all been about signings, because Mark Hughes has also been busy sweeping away some of the chaff in his squad, which is actually quite a lot […]
by Rob
on August 15, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
Wigan Summer Summary It’sbeen quiet in terms of tittle-tattle in Wigan over the summer. The fact that football is the town’s fourth most popular past-time behind (1) rugby league (2) talking about how much they love rugby league (3) talking about much they love being northern means there’s rarely much money in the piggy bank. […]
by Rob
on August 15, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
West Brom Summer Summary The big question of the early summer was who would replace Roy Hodgson. In the end the Baggies have plumped for renowned coach but not so renowned manager Steve Clarke. The respect for his ability as a coach is evidenced by his previous employment at Chelsea, West Ham and Liverpool. However […]
by Rob
on August 14, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
Manchester City Summer Summary It’s been a quiet summer for the noisy neighbours after their first league title since 1968. There may have been the general feeling at the club that they had the squad that could defend the title with no need for reinforcements,Chelsea’s recent spending seems to have made Roberto Mancini a little […]
by Rob
on August 14, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
Manchester United Summer Summary Despite spending £17m on Shinji Nagawa, United’s summer transfer dealings were on the underwhelming side of uninteresting. Until Alex Ferguson decided to buy a player he probably doesn’t really need in Robin van Persie. At least he prevented Manchester City from getting their hands on him and getting one over on […]
by Rob
on August 14, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide
West Ham Summer Summary There’s been no talk of West Ham’s potential move from Upton Park to the Olympic Stadium. This is mainly because talking about it will bring about the realisation that it’s probably not a great move. The Hammers will struggle to fill it and the retention of the running track means the […]
by Rob
on August 13, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide, Sportsbook
Southampton FC Summer Summary It’s been a summer of consolidation for the Saints after booking their return to the cash cow of the top flight. They’ve so far managed to hold on the main players responsible for getting promotion and they’ve made some interesting moves in the transfer market. They’ve paid big money for Jay […]
by Rob
on August 13, 2012 in Football, Premier League, Premier League Team Guide, Sportsbook
Reading FC Summer Summary Reading may have returned to the top flight, but Brian McDermott isn’t resting on that rather dubious laurel. The Royals have been pretty active in the transfer market and nabbed a few players that could make the battle for survival go a lot smoother. The big name signing is Pavel Pogrebnyak. […]