Ken Early’s season preview: Will Erling Haaland have the patience for Pep Guardiola’s rewiring?If Darwin Nuñez is slow to adapt it’s hard to see how Liverpool can stop Manchester City winning another titleSat Jul 30 2022 - 07:00
Ken Early: Barcelona double down on their actual core value — creative accountingWhen the club president says ‘we are activating the economic levers’, it sounds better than ‘we’re mortgaging our future’Mon Jul 25 2022 - 05:00
Ken Early: Sportswashing suggests guilt when it’s more likely the Saudis are not embarrassed at allKingdom trying to buy the world’s attention through LIV Golf and Newcastle, but might this not be an end in itself rather than a means to an end?Mon Jun 20 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Powerful and graceful Collins channels BeckenbauerIf the Irish defender is playing in the Championship next season, the big Premier League clubs are clearly insaneTue Jun 14 2022 - 22:37
Ken Early: System switch gets Ireland back on track There was a lot more conviction about Ireland’s attacking display in the handsome victory over ScotlandMon Jun 13 2022 - 05:00
Ken Early: Maybe Ireland would feel more at home in League C of the Nations LeagueWatching the Ukrainian players celebrate with their fans it was hard to feel too bad about the outcomeWed Jun 08 2022 - 22:38
Ken Early: Stephen Kenny should forget past and concentrate on presentManager's defence of record in advance of Armenia tie sees laughable nowMon Jun 06 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Convincing Liverpool’s players the best has yet to come is Klopp’s big test`I just felt it was my day and I saved everything,’ says Real Madrid’s CourtoisMon May 30 2022 - 00:59
Ken Early: Uefa are lucky the Paris shambles did not have far worse consequencesYou can’t try and pass a camel through the eye of a needle and then pepper spray it when it can’t moveSun May 29 2022 - 13:46
Ken Early: Liverpool looking to prey on Real Madrid anxiety in intriguing Paris match Kylian Mbappé's stunning snub leaves the Spanish giants with an identity crisisFri May 27 2022 - 20:00
Ken Early: Guardiola relief after avoiding biggest disappointment of careerLiverpool can feel like brave losers after title slipped away on final dayMon May 23 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: City’s poor penalty record hands Liverpool title race lifelineWest Ham's Fabianski is the right man in the right place at the right timeMon May 16 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: City can’t be regarded as a great team until they conquer EuropeWhat separates the great sides from the very good ones is the ability to perform when the pressure is greatestMon May 09 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Big changes ahead for Chelsea, but it’s time for change anywayRash of defensive mistakes has been very frustrating for Thomas TuchelMon May 02 2022 - 01:00
Ken Early: Everton tactic of ultradefence outdated and just plain dumbLampard’s old school management techniques did little to stave off loss to LiverpoolMon Apr 25 2022 - 01:00
Ken Early: Dyche’s fading star tracks decline of endurance gameBurnley no longer ‘tough to play against’ or any of the things people used ascribe to themMon Apr 18 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: City vs Liverpool rivalry focused on the game rather than violenceFerguson-Wenger style spats nowhere to be seen between Guardiola and KloppMon Apr 11 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Optimism is football's sweetest illusion, so Ireland should enjoy while it lastsDraw against world’s top-ranked side a cause for cheer, but tighter defensive play requiredMon Mar 28 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: PSG owners have created a sporting Disneyland, with Messi as Mickey MouseQatari money has cost the Paris club dearly – no wonder fans are booing loudlyMon Mar 21 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Newcastle poised for their own stint as Carmela Soprano FCEddie Howe, manager of club owned by Saudi fund, refuses to comment on mass executionsMon Mar 14 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Neither Maguire nor Ronaldo fit to lead Manchester UnitedIf the club are to close the gap on the likes of City, they need the right captainMon Mar 07 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: What now for Abramovich and the Premier League?With oligarchs off the pitch, who will keep the Premier League moneyball rolling?Mon Feb 28 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: City starting to look foolish for buying Grealish and not KaneTitle is still Manchester City’s to lose unless some unseemly off-field antics get in the wayMon Feb 21 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: David Moyes is in a lose-lose Zouma situationWest Ham boss more comfortable in not letting Twitter pick his starting team for himMon Feb 14 2022 - 05:48
Ken Early: Forget about managing, Roy Keane should stick to what he's good atBrash style that works in punditry is clearly an issue for dressingroom man-managementMon Feb 07 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Into cryptospace and beyond – John Terry bursts forthWhen it comes to cryptoinvesting, players on the endorsement trail may need to reconsiderMon Jan 31 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Benitez replacement likely to be chewed up by Everton chaosOwner Farhad Moshiri has pumped money into the club with little return to show for itMon Jan 24 2022 - 05:43
Ken Early: Manchester City’s dominance a reminder the rich always get their wayMoney wins titles, but Guardiola’s style lacks excitement that club’s fans – and players – seekMon Jan 17 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Sacking van Gaal was Ed Woodward's biggest mistake at Man UnitedWoodward’s Manchester United developed an unhealthy fixation on yesterday’s menMon Jan 10 2022 - 06:33
Ken Early: Are we seeing a Chelsea side run by the coach and not the players?Result of Lukaku saga will show if Tuchel has shifted Chelsea’s historical balance of powerMon Jan 03 2022 - 06:00
Ken Early: Referees using VAR to make decisions they feel the game needsLiverpool vs Tottenham: a brilliant game, or an out-of-control disciplinary mess?Mon Dec 20 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Don’t make players pawns in sad and bitter Covid culture warVictor Lindelof breathing issues latest in line of incidents incorrectly linked to vaccinesMon Dec 13 2021 - 05:39
Ken Early: Der Klassiker officiating farce a bad look for German footballJude Bellingham will be punished as he exposes flawed leadership in German footballMon Dec 06 2021 - 07:51
Ken Early: Ireland’s players look like they’re finally enjoying it againSecond goal combined rare blend of energy, persistence, intelligence and quality passingMon Nov 15 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Ireland’s progress under Stephen Kenny is clear – let’s keep it goingPacked Aviva crowd left wanting more as Ireland come close to victoryThu Nov 11 2021 - 22:44
Ken Early: It’s high time that United remembered that winning paysCommercialising strategy has Netflix and Amazon as bigger rivals than other clubsMon Nov 08 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Spurs left floundering by Daniel Levy’s managerial appointmentsChairman’s managerial selections since Pochettino sacking have left team in a messMon Nov 01 2021 - 06:15
Ken Early: Man United's directionless drift under Solskjaer has been decisively exposedManager paid the price for putting off politically awkward but necessary decisions about his teamMon Oct 25 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Newcastle take final step in becoming Saudi regime’s pet clubAny success the club achieves won’t feel like the fans always dreamt it would feelMon Oct 18 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: This Ireland feels like a team at the beginning of its story not the endStephen Kenny’s team has got people interested in what happens nextMon Oct 11 2021 - 05:30
Ken Early: Manchester City and Liverpool can be football’s new clasicoMo Salah’s goalscoring rate should be reason enough for Liverpool to renew his contractMon Oct 04 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Can you really blame PSG hyperstars for being selfish?Insane intensity of the social media circus surrounds Mbappé, Neymar and MessiMon Sept 27 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Pep Guardiola showing his tetchy side as Man City face stiff competitionNever before has the Catalan faced a real league title test from as many as three sidesMon Sept 20 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Harvey Elliott injury exposes nonsense of ‘let it flow’ directiveLiverpool have shown you can play fast and furious football without endangering playersMon Sept 13 2021 - 06:35
Ken Early: Stephen Kenny’s luck turns as Irish drama rumbles onManager has opened himself up to ridicule which has stirred feelings in this teamTue Sept 07 2021 - 22:57
Ken Early: Ireland supporters must be patient with Stephen Kenny's teamIt felt like this team was ready to shine. Then it just didn’t happen against AzerbaijanMon Sept 06 2021 - 01:00
Ken Early: Ronaldo saves his superhero entrance until the cruel, closing sceneAfter nearly 90 minutes of frustration, he was still ceaselessly moving in search of an openingThu Sept 02 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Maybe Ireland should be honoured to act as cannon fodder for RonaldoA whole new chapter in his career could start with breaking international scoring recordWed Sept 01 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Ronaldo’s arrival more about appeasing fans than team-buildingUnited’s team shape will now be dictated by the massive gravitational field of the star in its midstMon Aug 30 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Fan Tokens for football supporters – loyalty is a two-way streetSome clubs are so desperate for money they are herding their fans towards tokensMon Aug 23 2021 - 06:00
