Footyette Thoughts

Most of the focus ahead of the weekend is the League Cup final between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur but there is also the matter of a massive Premier League clash between Liverpool and Manchester City as well. The Reds host title...read more »

Times have changed for Tottenham Hotspur. No longer are they considered to be a club who will automatically get hammered when facing a side like Chelsea or even Arsenal - both of whom they have beaten this season - and going...read more »

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is one of the few managers who seems to take the League Cup seriously from the first match his side play in it until the very last - and it is no shocker to see his...read more »

Not only are Manchester United facing a crucial period in their season, they will now be facing it without Robin van Persie, with the forward looking at a month on the sidelines after picking up an injury. That is obviously nightmare...read more »

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has come in for a fair bit of criticism this season for not playing the right formation - or the right players in said formations - but there is one player we have to...read more »

Leeds United have a little bit of a dilemma ahead of their weekend match against Watford. The Whites will have to navigate their way through the game without Steve Morison, whose availability has a huge question mark over it after the...read more »

It was always going to be an uphill climb for Celtic to progress in the Europa League after shipping three away goals in the first leg, but there was a glimmer of hope for the Bhoys. That was until defender Virgil...read more »

Liverpool have been dumped out of the Europa League after losing a penalty shootout against Besiktas and ironically, the one player who could have probably saved them in said shootout was on the bench after being taken off by his...read more »

Middlesbrough fans can sit back and be fairly content with how their season has panned out so far. Aitor Karanka has them on a relentless push for promotion back to the Premier League and even in the abyss that is the...read more »

You would think that after being absolutely humiliated in your last football match, players would be on the training ground trying to work harder to avoid a repeat of that ever happening again. Not, it seems, if you are a...read more »