By Seb Pearce
Transfer deadline day: a frantic day of big-money moves, rumours and reporters camped outside every football ground in the country anticipating the arrival of a potential transfer. Away from all the multi-million pound moves, it seems that the best piece of transfer deadline day business, made by Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool, crept under the radar.
Liverpool were notably busy during the summer of 2011, shelling out well over £50 million for the services of Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam, Jose Enrique, Sebastián Coates and Stewart Downing. All young players full of promise and potential. Despite Dalglish’s spending, it appears that his cheapest acquisition, Welsh striker Craig Bellamy, has been his most successful. Read More
Three games which can shape the season
By Harry Drew
All of this weekend’s Barclays Premier League fixtures will, as they always do, excite punters across the world. If we look beyond Saturday’s games, there are three contests which have outstanding significance: Newcastle at home to Aston Villa, Chelsea playing host to Manchester United, and the encounter between Liverpool and Spurs.
The next round of fixtures will signify the two-third mark in the season – we tend to scrutinise the final third of the campaign as ‘squeaky-bum time’, with results in this period having immense consequences. The matches mentioned above have repercussions for the fundamental battles within the Premier League: the title race, fight for fourth and struggle to stay in the league. Read More »