You don’t need a dressing-room spy to know something is up with van PersieA one-size-fits-all training regimen can lead to some players being deemed injury-proneMon Dec 09 2013 - 12:00
The only one likely to be surprised if Spurs replace Villas-Boas is the man himselfThe Portuguese manager’s reaction to Alan Sugar’s comments showed a lack of judgementMon Dec 02 2013 - 12:00
Merseyside derby shows why the worst Premier League in years is also the bestThe clash of Liverpool and Everton hinted at the levelling-out of qualityMon Nov 25 2013 - 12:00
Belief the key to revival in Republic of Ireland’s fortunesThe difference in approach between Trapattoni and O’Neill was evident in the first few minutes of Friday’s game against LatviaMon Nov 18 2013 - 12:00
Peerless Wenger’s masterplan still on track despite latest Old Trafford reversalDespite this setback resurgent Arsenal remain capable of lifting the Premier League titleMon Nov 11 2013 - 14:58
So how exactly is this partnership between O’Neill and Keane going to work out ?No matter what happens with the two of them, there won’t be a dull momentMon Nov 04 2013 - 12:00
‘The most important thing in my job is control’Alex Ferguson says loyalty is his ‘anchor’, but he seems to have left it behind along the waySat Nov 02 2013 - 01:00
Difficult to interpret David Beckham’s ‘celebrity exuberance’ decision as a mistakeAlex Ferguson’s new book is full of praise for Barcelona, who he identifies as the best team he ever facedMon Oct 28 2013 - 12:00
It’s not that United have lost the ‘fear factor’, it’s that Southampton have no fear . . .Too much is being made of Ferguson’s departure and not enough of a small but focused outfitMon Oct 21 2013 - 17:57
National identity may not mean much except to determine which team to supportBefore we get excited about national identities we should remember how easily they changeMon Oct 14 2013 - 15:17
Not so jolly Rodgers reveals strong streak of pragmatism at resurgent LiverpoolLiverpool manager savvy enough to let striking duo do his talkingMon Oct 07 2013 - 12:00
Jose’s puzzling motivation an all-consuming personal passion playCurious spat with rival Villas-Boas generates more heat than lightMon Sept 30 2013 - 12:00
Moodiest of the Blues reserves special place for work-shy Chelsea wizard MataAttacking midfielder’s role in doubt as Mourinho makes point to insistent club hierarchyMon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
If new man can make players believe in themselves, that will give him a head startEven at the highest level there’s still a place for channelling players’ emotionsin a positive wayMon Sept 16 2013 - 12:00
Trapped by fear of failure: Republic’s players labouring under manager bereft of visionRather than aim high and allow for a fall, the side is fixated on avoiding mistakes at all costsMon Sept 09 2013 - 12:00
David Moyes needs to make right call before transfer window shutsManchester United in need of a suitable midfielder if their gameplan is to bear fruitMon Sept 02 2013 - 12:00
Jose Mourinho happy to embrace the dark side to build his empireThe Chelsea manager looks like he has chosen vindictiveness and aggressionMon Aug 26 2013 - 12:00
Arsenal boss cast as public Villain number one in Premier League farceIf Arsene Wenger can’t decide which players to sign maybe he should consider a dignified exitMon Aug 19 2013 - 12:00
As moves stall, Moyes left to answer the Rooney question“Missing out on players has led some United fans to fear new manager lacks pulling power”Mon Aug 12 2013 - 11:00
Liverpool fans have invested so much in Suarez they are reluctant to change nowAdulation of controversial Uruquayan will only end if and when he does an Arsenal shirtMon Aug 05 2013 - 11:00
Bill Shankly saw heroism in the relentless struggleA new novel about the former Liverpool manager as the sweep and heft of an epicMon Jul 22 2013 - 11:00
Achtung Barca: Guardiola bites back – and he could get MessiTension between Bayern’s manager and Barcelona president Sandro Rosell may cause problems for the CatalansMon Jul 15 2013 - 11:00
Ferguson and Moyes speak differently of Wayne’s worldThe two can be directly compared on their handling of RooneyMon Jul 08 2013 - 11:00
David Moyes’ death stare won’t freeze out the critics nowThe smallest incidents at Old Trafford will be magnified and dramatisedMon Jul 01 2013 - 12:00
Neymar personifies the 21st-century YouTube footballerThe Brazilian star is as talented a marketer as he is a footballerMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Sepp Blatter and upper echelon at Fifa well detached from people they should serveReal world not part of pristine picture construed by football’s world governing bodyMon Jun 17 2013 - 06:00
Keane has won the struggle with me and many more scepticsStriker is a man of rare gifts, and for all we moan about his wastefulness, his selfishness, his maddening inconsistency, we’re going to miss him when he’s goneMon Jun 10 2013 - 12:00
Maximising the talent at his disposal has not been Trapattoni’s forteHoolahan, like McCarthy and Long before him, has been overlooked for too longMon Jun 03 2013 - 12:00
Robben kept coming back for more and got his final rewardOutside the box: Ken Early columnMon May 27 2013 - 13:00
Saturday may be Dortmund’s only shot at European gloryThere is nothing startlingly original in the way Klopp talks about footballMon May 20 2013 - 12:00
Rooney and Moyes may not be that reconciledThe new Manchester United manager may not have forgiven the striker for the folly of youthMon May 13 2013 - 12:00
Ferguson: a man for all seasons in soccerManchester United manager combined acute emotional intelligence with an urge to dominateThu May 09 2013 - 06:00
Spirit of ‘Madridismo’ let down by both Mourinho and Perez‘He fell out with the Spanish players who are the favourites of the crowd and he jammed his finger into Tito Vilanova’s eye. ’Mon May 06 2013 - 13:00
Van Persie gave Arsenal fans moments that money can’t buyArsenal fans may cling to the optimistic implications of the Ewing Theory but it’s been a season of bleak anonymityMon Apr 29 2013 - 12:00
Incisors and incisiveness, welcome to the world of Luis SuarezLiverpool knew what they were getting when they signed the Urugayan strikerMon Apr 22 2013 - 08:45
Bundesliga über alles? German industry bankrolls club successFor the first time since the Champions League started admitting more than one team from each country, two German sides have made the semi-finalsMon Apr 15 2013 - 13:00
Why the fans don’t have anything to sing about as they sit in their seatsA 1960s crowd sang songs, a 2010s crowd films itselfMon Apr 08 2013 - 12:00
Martin O’Neill: from a human exclamation mark to a despondent figureJust as he evolved towards a more subdued personal style, he found himself managing the first truly bad team of his careerMon Apr 01 2013 - 10:44
Lucky general Trapattoni hasn’t met his Waterloo just yetIt seems there’s an invisible hand of fate guiding the Italian manager these days, writes Ken EarlyMon Mar 25 2013 - 06:00
