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For everybody connected with West Ham the start of the Premier League campaign must have been a perplexing one. Their team thrived in Slaven Bilic’s debut campaign as Hammers boss, finishing seventh in the Premier League and just missing out on the Champions League spots. Fast forward to this season and the league campaign has started in a calamitous manner, with the Irons winning one of their six Premier League games so far. Even worse they have... (read more).

Up and down the country you can feel the panic of certain Premier League owners and fans as their team lurch from one bad result to another. The likes of Stoke, Swansea, West Ham and Sunderland have endured difficult starts to their Premier League campaigns, to say the least. While Mark Hughes, Slaven Bilic Francesco Guidolin and David Moyes may be enjoying restless nights, a certain ‘Special One’ at Old Trafford will also be looking over his shoul... (read more).

Manchester City have looked impressive under former-Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola in the Premier League so far this season. Somehow the Catalan One seems to have added something extra to an already tasty attacking blend at Eastlands. This weekend the Citizens welcome Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth to Etihad Stadium and it is difficult to see the game finishing goalless that’s for sure. The amount of goals scored at City’s home ground in rece... (read more).

Liverpool have become the Jekyll and Hyde of the Premier League under their affable but nutty German boss Jurgen Klopp. From the German’s touchlines antics, I am surprised he has not burst out of his clothes and went on the rampage at any Premier League grounds in the last year. The Reds must frustrate the hell of their fans, who have strangely become less delusional about their place in the English football hierarchy in recent years. No longer do you he... (read more).

England’s bright new era under Big Sam Allardyce got off to a damp squib of a start on Sunday evening with The Three Lions needing a scruffy 95th-minute winner from Liverpool’s Adam Lallana to beat ten-man Slovakia 1-0 in Trnava in their first World Cup qualifier. Despite Joey Barton's bizarre post-match tweet in which he described the performance as 'solid', this was quite simply as dire as it gets. I'm afraid Joey must be bipolar or somet... (read more).

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Sterling, Rodwell, Sinclair, Richards, Johnson (prison). The list of English players signed for big money by Manchester City in recent years goes on and on and on and yet their only real success stories are the great James Milner and Gareth Barry. So its hard to be surprised by the announcement that Everton substitute John Stones will be joining them for just shy of £50m. At 22, Stones undoubtedly has some 'potential' but he's hardly a teenager an... (read more).