Rafael Benítez Maudes, known more commonly as simply Rafa or the fat Spanish waiter, is being strongly linked to the soon-to-be-vacant Stoke City job. In fact the soon-to-be-former interim boss of Chelsea is the 5/2 favourite to take over from Tony Pulis. Stoke City chairman Peter Coates clearly feels that it’s time for a change […]
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Andy Gray: Why choppy Chelsea won’t stop Manchester City (and my 45/1 shot in the Tyne-Wear Derby)
Expert football pundit and analyst Andy Gray joins the Paddy Power Blog to give his insight on Sunday’s Premier League action and the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley. Chelsea v Manchester City, Live ITV1, Sunday 4pm The glamour game of the weekend is the FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Manchester City. Roberto Mancini’s side […]
FA Cup Replays: Banana skins galore for Premier League clubs this week
by Andrew Robinson A host of Premier League sides are facing the proverbial “banana skin” when they take on lower league opposition in this week’s FA Cup replays. Top billing for upsets has to go to the Bournemouth-Wigan tie, with Roberto Martinez’s outfit heading to the south coast on what will be a cold and […]
Under starters orders: Michael Owen is raring to go at Stoke
Stoke boss Tony Pulis has emphasised that horse-mad Michael Owen is not at the club to make up the numbers or keep the bench at the Britannia warm on a wet and windy Thursday night. Pulis has fired out a warning to the rest of the Premier League saying that Owen will be fit, playing […]
VIDEO: He’s slow but Stoke can sign Adam good player
His performances pinging the ball about in the Blackpool midfield convinced Liverpool to shell out £9m for his services. Since that transfer in 2011 Charlie Adam (26) has made just 37 appearances for the Reds, scoring two goals. Now Tony Pulis hopes a deal can be completed to take Charlie Adam to Stoke City, while Turkish […]
Premier League match preview: Reading v Stoke
Reading v Stoke Saturday August 18th, 3pm, Madejski Stadium Brian McDermott did an exceptional job with Reading last season, steering them to the top of the Championship and back into the Premier League. But while it is one thing to fight your way to the top flight of English football, it is a whole different […]
Stoke fits the bills for sicknote specialist Owen
Had his body been better suited to withstand the demands he has put on it, there’s little doubt that Michael Owen (32) would be with England at Euro 2012 right now. He isn’t though and he was never anywhere close to being considered. Three years of sitting on the Manchester United bench or lying on […]
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