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Your Weekend Preview

By Rob | November 20th, 2009

Haven't done a weekend preview in a while, and I thought that it was time to get back into the mix and have a look ...

Wolves Vs Villa Preview

By Ryan | October 23rd, 2009

Derby day again, I'm expecting a Villa win. After our win at home against Chelsea last week, the boys will be brimming with confidence, but ...

Villa's defence 2 - Chelsea 1

By Ryan | October 17th, 2009

Goals from Dunne, Collins and Drogba for Chelsea. Well there it is, not quite my original prediction of 2-0 but certainly a fantastic scoreline, and ...

Is Joe Ledley just a run-of-the-mill second division midfielder?

By Martyn | September 28th, 2009

ONCE UPON A TIME (or Amser maith yn ôl)... in a land called Cardiff, there lived the most fantastic of all monarchs. His name was ...

5 Reasons Why: You Have to Watch The Second City Derby

By Rob | September 11th, 2009

So, the big derby match this weekend is from the midlands, as Birmingham City take on local rivals Aston Villa, for the first time since ...

Cups, cock-ups and contracts

By Martyn | September 7th, 2009

Apologies for a lengthy Cardiff City writing absence. Work, lethargy, a busier social calendar, bumper issues of World Soccer and an addiction to/near-completion of Super ...

Transfer window shuts with a whimper rather than a bang

By Rob | September 1st, 2009

12 months ago it was so exciting. Here at the Offside we spent the entire day liveblogging the closing of the transfer window, excitedly. Manchester ...

SEASON STARTS TOMORROW VS WIGAN

By Andy | August 14th, 2009

Firstly I would like to apologize for the lack of updates recently. Grad school just started and I have been a little pressed for ...

Team by Team Season Preview - Part 1

By Rob | August 10th, 2009

And so here we are, just days away from an all new season. In a year the Premier League has changed immensely and all the ...

The Villa Blog is BACK!!

By Andy | July 24th, 2009

Hello faithful Aston Villa blog readers! I hope that you have kept checking this blog here at The Offside because now I am the ...

Open Thread: Who do you want your club to sign this summer?

By Rob | June 20th, 2009

So the transfer season is well and truly upon us. Santa Cruz is finally going to Manchester City, Tevez is about to leave Manchester United ...

City move first in bid to prize Barry from Villa

By Rob | June 2nd, 2009

Manchester City have had a £12m bid for Gareth Barry accepted, as Villa seem to have accepted that the England midfielder is on his way ...

The Final League Table Vs My Pre-Season Predictions

By Rob | May 25th, 2009

Predictions are a fool's game. The beauty of this game we watch is that its like a soap without a script - you never know ...

The Best Bits of the 08/09 Premier League Season

By Rob | May 23rd, 2009

And so, as Frank Sinatra once sang, we approach our final curtain, at least for the 2008/9 season. Just one game left for everyone ...

Ribery and Nine Other Possible Replacements for C-Ron

By Rob | May 5th, 2009

So as you might have now seen, Manchester United have apparently launched a World Record bid for Franck Ribery, as the Bayern Munich striker wants ...

Anything you can do...I can do better...

By Rob | April 5th, 2009

Its been a weekend defined by last minute goals at the top of the table. Yesterday after piling on the pressure and hitting the frame ...

Talk of Mindgames must stop.

By Rob | March 21st, 2009

So both Man United and Chelsea slipped up this weekend. The former lost two games on the bounce for the first time since 2005, after ...

Premier League Weekend - Previews & Predictions

By Wayne Farry | March 13th, 2009

Warning to all blog readers, this is one long motherlicking preview. I've gone through every game this weekend and it's taken me frickin' ages. So ...

EPL Ramblings & Transfer Gossip

By Wayne | January 28th, 2009

Howdy, this is my third installment of EPL Ramblings & Transfer Gossip here on the EPL Offside. Given that it's the third installment it's looking ...

Rob and Wayne's FA Cup Preview!

By Rob | January 24th, 2009

First off, apologies for this being late up, its the fault of both myself and Wayne. But we thought we'd bring you anyway, our usual ...

The Return of Rob and Wayne's Prem Preview!

By Rob | January 16th, 2009

I'm very happy to be able to bring to you again, our weekend preview. This is where we look at what's happened over the last ...

Half Term Report 2008/9

By Rob | December 29th, 2008

So, we've reached - roughly - the half way stage, and I thought It might be time to cast an eye over the season so ...

Wayne and Rob's EPL Team of the Week

By Wayne | December 9th, 2008

Hey, welcome to Rob and my new feature. Every week we'll discuss between ourselves regarding who have been the best players at the weekend. We'll ...

Rob And Wayne's Big Prem Preview - Gonna Be A Good Weekend!

By Rob | November 28th, 2008

After missing last week's due to illness on my part, and a spectacularly dull weekend that came with it (Big four helping themselves to nil-nils), ...

Good Day/Bad Day is Back!

By Rob | November 15th, 2008

After an extended hiatus, and not by popular demand, my irreverant look through at the days soccerball, by simply dividing up whose had a good ...

Wayne and Rob's Weekly Preview

By Rob | November 14th, 2008

So another week, and another preview. As usual we'll be answering all the big questions of the week - Can Drogba be forgiven? Is Gallas ...

Spurs Stun Liverpool With Late Winner! EPL Roundup.

By Rob | November 1st, 2008

Chelsea are the new EPL leaders, after Liverpool - who have dealt out their fair share of late winners in recent times - were stunned ...

Rob 'n' Wayne's EPL Preview!

By Rob | October 31st, 2008

If someone can think of a wittier title for this then please, leave a comment. Anyway, as usual, right after the jump, myself and Wayne ...

Epic North London Derby highlight of midweek

By Rob | October 29th, 2008

Tottenham produced a stunning comeback to draw 4-4 against Arsenal in tonights North London derby. [Goals here] A spectacular David Bently strike opened the scoring, ...

EPL Offsides Own Special Week Nine Preview

By Rob | October 24th, 2008

So we land here at week nine. Much to talk about this week for myself and Wayne, who go through all the big issues of ...

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