Why the Premier League Needs Deco More Than Cristiano Ronaldo

Hear me out. I'm not necessarily saying Deco is a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo. Both are fantastic footballers. But Chelsea signing Deco for £7.9million will ...

We're Sorry, This Video is no Longer Available

Don't worry, that's not a real video. But I'm sure you've seen that message more than once before here on The Offside and elsewhere, and ...

Goals of the 2007/8 Season in La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, the Bundesliga and the Premier League

The nice people at French television channel Canal+ have put together their favourite goals (or "buts") of the season from five different European leagues. There's ...

The Top 10 2007/8 Premier League Goals of the Season?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIyGrv52uAc[/youtube] Here's what someone, somewhere decided were the 10 best goals in the Premier League this season. In descending order: #10 Luke Young for Middlesbrough vs Spurs #9 Sebastian ...

English Premier League Manager Rankings for 2007/8

A total of 27 managers (excluding caretakers) were in charge of English Premier League clubs during the 2007/8 season. Some were better at their jobs ...

The Most Generous Player in the Premier League

OK, so he's not technically in the Premier League anymore as Birmingham City were relegated last weekend. But Olivier Kapo is still pretty generous. Some ...

Season over

And that's the end of that. A pretty ho-hum victory over Sunderland. The only goal game from Theo Walcott, who was played in by Gilberto. ...

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League

1. Ryan Giggs has more Premier League medals than Andriy Shevchenko has goals Giggs scored the decisive second for Man Utd against Wigan to earn himself ...

Photo of the Day: Sheva

Sure, we didn't win the Premiership. But Sheva gave us a little something to cheer. Thanks for the professionalism & commitment Andriy. Good luck in whatever ...

Speak On It: The Prem's final day

Come in, have a laugh (at United's expense). Got something to say, say it here as Chelsea attempts to pull off a miracle. Is Chelsea about ...

Vote: Should there be a playoff for the Prem title?

Avram the Great thinks the Premiership title should be decided by a playoff. "You play a playoff if you're level (on points) and it is decided ...

The Offside Fantasy League: Value for Money

It's the final day of Premiership action on Sunday. And so it's the final day of The Offside Fantasy League too. Unfortunately, it doesn't look ...

The Offside Podcast, Episdode 22

They say it's all donwnhill once you hit 22. And that proved right as technical glitches mean The Offside Podcast is a little late this ...

Scudamore Running Scared of Blatter's 6+5

Seems unfair to blame one man for everything that's wrong with an entire league. But I'm going to do it anyway, because chief exec Richard ...

Man Utd vs Chelsea, and Barack Obama vs Hillary Clinton

We don't do politics on The Offside, but we love a good analogy. And it was recently suggested to me that the Premier League title ...

"2 Good 2 Bad" 2007/8 Premier League Highlights

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghiyzrG9UTI[/youtube] For those unfamiliar, Match of the Day is a BBC institution. A Saturday night highlight show that's been around for as long as most people ...

Is the Premier League Top Four Unbreakable?

As Newcastle's unbeaten run came to an end against Chelsea yesterday, Kevin Keegan looked at Avram Grant's bench and saw Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and ...

Gallery: Chelsea 2, Newcastle 0

Joleon Lescott Has A Large Forehead

And thank God he does, because otherwise I would have had nothing to talk about while watching the game yesterday. Because really, nothing happened. It was ...

Photo of the Day: Maloudacriss

Florent finishes off Newcastle, and keeps the Premier League race alive. ... LOUDA!

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League

1. Nani isn't much of an actor No doubt that Lucas Neill provoked him. But the poor man's Cristiano Ronaldo was stupid to headbutt the Aussie, ...

Auf wiedersehen Jens, Arsenal win

With the news of Flamini leaving now coming from the foremost news source, Arsenal took care of business in a particular unconvincing fashion. It was ...

Arsenal v Everton for what it's worth

Well, Man United won so the Gunners are mathematically eliminated from the title race - although no one said they were still in it. ...

Title Watch: Pray for Victory

There are title races all over Europe this weekend. Some will get decided over the next two days, others are going to take a little ...

Defeating Derby

If only we could play Derby ever week. The boss had nothing but praise, saying "we are now back to our real level." A 6-2 ...

10 Things We Learned in the Premier League

1. Premiership goalkeepers hate Radhi Jaïdi Birmingham's Tunisian defender has been up to no good lately. For Birmingham free kicks he stands in front of the ...

Video of the Stamford Bridge Scuffle

We're still not sure of the exact details of the Man Utd players vs Chelsea groundstaff showdown at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. I don't know ...

Rams to the slaughter...

Sadly, another meaningless game. Unless of course, both Chelsea and Man United lose all their remaining games. If that happens (odds are about 1 in ...

The Mancs are sore losers

Chelsea pummels United 2-1. United pummels groundsmen, stewards. That was the scene at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, when the Red Devils were defeated and decided to ...

Photo of the Day: Now We Have a Title Race

Avram Grant celebrates Michael Ballack's 86th minute penalty, which gave Chelsea a crucial 2-1 win over Man Utd at Stamford Bridge today. The two teams ...