One of three isn't bad. Okay, yeah it is, but it's not like the Browns were ever actually going to win. Let's leave that type of football behind and talk about the other one. First off, it was nice of both AC Milan and Arsenal to wait until Sunday to play -- just so I could watch them. Second, Arsenal. Click to continue reading...

In today's Manchester derby, what was Cristiano Ronaldo thinking? After a cross had been floated into the box, Ronaldo jumped up but instead of heading it, he decided to knock down the ball with his two hands. Ronaldo indicated to everyone that he heard a whistle before the ball reached him, so thinking that the game had [. Click to continue reading...

When was the last time Arsenal looked so pathetic? Today, they were defeated 3-0 away against Manchester City in a game where it could have easily been 4-0 or 5-0 to the blue half of Manchester. I've never seen so many poor passes from Arsenal in one game. Their first half performance was dire. Man City's play [. Click to continue reading...

The walking wounded Fabio Capello is without With Theo Walcott the latest withdrawal from the England squad after dislocating his shoulder (Arsene Wenger probably popped it out before he left the Emirates), we look at what could have been FabCap's team against Germany tonight if they weren't all crocked. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool 2 - 1 Man United
The big match of the weekend was undoubtedly Liverpool against Manchester United, and for a change, the Reds had the upper hand. But it didn't look like it would go that way early on. Carlos Tevez put United into the lead in the third minute, sliding the ball home from a nice pull back from the newly signed Dimitar Berbatov.

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Welcome back to a new season of Manchester City football!

Yes, I understand that two league matches, and a round and a half of UEFA Cup matches, have already been played. But, there hasn't been anything worth remembering until the Citizens 3-0 dismantling of West Ham this past Sunday. A friend of mine, who is a Hammers supporter, informed me that City was lucky that they were able to play most of the match a man up as West Ham midfielder Mark Noble was sent off in the 39th minute with his second yellow card of the day. Click to continue reading...

Instead of rambling on about England, plucking problems out of the air, I have decided there is a better way to find England's problems and their solutions. All of the match reports are written within an hour or two of the match's climax. The reports wrote down England's most obvious deficiency's. The one's that caused that awful performance. Click to continue reading...

Joe Hart...future England keeper?

2007/8 Review

Manchester City present a conundrum for any statistician examining the 2007/8 Premiership. They performed so poorly in their final three games, contests which were essentially meaningless to Citeh, that some of the data is devalued. Click to continue reading...

He says he was convinced he'd be the No. 1 when he re-signed with Manchester City.

Now the son of legendary Peter is stuck behind Joe Hart on the depth chart with no end in sight.

Enter: 21 year old desperate for a new gig. Click to continue reading...

Since Mark Hughes' switch to Eastlands, he has been linked with many of his former players.  Now, it appears that the newest person on the list is Brad Friedel.  Friedel who has been at Ewood Park since 2000 is widely considered to be one of the top keepers in English football.  However, Joe Hart is [. Click to continue reading...

By JAMES CLARKStarting today, Pardew's Guardian will post an occasional feature posing 3 questions worth discussing ahead of the 2008-09 Premiership season (as its says right there on the tin). These are topics Alex, Ben and I spend summer evenings by the poolside or on the beach having a chinwag about; as loyal readers (all 14 of you now -- I've gained a few in India! Click to continue reading...

Never did get to enjoy the "Isaksson for a buck" era to which I was so looking forward. First Casper and then Joe Hart kept the gloves for Citeh. And for whatever reason (matchups, most likely) I always ended up with PRobbo for a buck. And that never worked out well. So good luck to Isaksson as, in ironic fashion, he goes to PSV to replace Gomes who has gone to Spurs to replace Probbo. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City keeper Joe Hart has been linked with plenty of moves this summer (especially Tottenham), but it looks like the 21-year-old might not be going anywhere. City are working behind the scenes to come up with a deal to... Click to continue reading...

I was surprised to read today about the transfer-rumour report concerning City's interest in Liverpool's Yossi Benayoun. The report also details the renewed interest in Inter Milan midfielder Dejan Stankovic which Soccer City FC posted about last Friday. Interesting to see how it would cost Manchester City around £14m for both players with Stankovic costing around £8m and Benayoun would be available for £6m. Click to continue reading...

After the arrival of top talents in the form of Luka Modric and Giovani, Juande looks set to add a third impressive signing in recent months. This one would no doubt greatly aid Tottenham's much discussed defensive problems. Spurs have been placed on red-alert by the news that Joe Hart is heading for a contract bust-up [. Click to continue reading...

England's Under 21 team has been wasted in the past. Rather than taking it seriously, it's basically been a dumping ground for young players who aren't ready for the senior squad. But seems Capello and Pearce are taking a new approach. Five of the players involved in last night's 2-0 win over Wales (Joe Hart, [. Click to continue reading...

It's a bit like Wife Swap except the players stay with their new family for potentially a number of seasons rather than a week. It's commonly known that Paul Robinson is expected to leave White Hart Lane in the summer after a very average season between the sticks for Spurs. However, the Daily Mail report [. Click to continue reading...

For one reason or another, this season has seen a number of long-suffering back-up goalkeepers finally venturing into the first eleven on a regular basis. Almunia at Arsenal has at long last cast off the albatross of Mad Jens Lehmann from around his neck, leaving Lehmann to vilipend and gnash his teeth together like Muttley [. Click to continue reading...

Three City players have been named in the England Under 21 squad for next Tuesday's friendly against Poland at Molineux.

Nedum Onuoha is the most experienced player in the 20-man list named by former Blues boss Stuart Pearce with 13 caps, and he will be joined by goalkeeper Joe Hart as well as midfielder Michael Johnson.

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England manager Fabio Capello is clearly not a man to be crossed. He's already shown that reputations count for nothing in his new regime, picking players entirely on merit and leaving out David Beckham from his first squad that faced Switzerland. However, The Sun reports that it hasn't stopped Manchester City keeper Joe Hart from [. Click to continue reading...

Joe Hart has been earning rave reviews for some of his Manchester City performances this season, and it appears that the new England manager has been sitting up and taking notice. The Guardian report that Fabio Capello has spoken about two goalkeepers that have really caught his eye since the Italian was appointed in charge [. Click to continue reading...

Welcome to my first attempt at a new endeavor in which I detail the (start sarcasm) overwhelming amount of coverage on soccer in the mainstream media (end sarcasm). That said, let's get to it.

*Those of you who watch Sportscenter on a regular basis will note that some EPL football is making a few cameos on the program's nightly "Top 10 Plays. Click to continue reading...

Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed that Joe Hart will be the Manchester City number one for the foreseeable future.

Speaking ahead of this weekend's trip to Aston Villa, the Blues boss said: ""On Saturday Joe Hart will play and will be my number one for the foreseeable future.

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Sven-Goran Eriksson admits he would not be surprised if Andreas Isaksson asks to leave Manchester City after being told Joe Hart is number one.

After switching the two men around over the past month, Eriksson vowed to make a final decision on his first-choice in the aftermath of Tuesday's Carling Cup defeat by Tottenham.

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Nedum Onouha, Joe Hart and Michael Johnson all featured for the under-21's 1-1 draw against their Romanian counterparts yesterday evening.

I didn't see the game but believe that the Romanian goal owed much to a touch of misfortune from both Onouha and Hart, but both will be permanent fixtures in the side I imagine and add further weight against the argument that the club has ignored English talent since Sven-Goran Eriksson took over. Click to continue reading...

Has the impressive start to the season by Kaspar Schmeichel (and of course the defence in front of him) forced a rethink by Sven-Goran Eriksson as to whether to enter the transfer market for a goalkeeper?

Leading upto the start of the season in the wake of Andreas Isaksson's injury, it was widely speculated that Eriksson was keen to add another keeper to the squad - with Italy number 2 Marco Amelia tipped as the most likely candidate. Click to continue reading...