Any wonder why people don't like Manchester United? Today, Ryan Giggs has given an interview claiming that despite winning the Premiership title and European Cup, the shine was taken off last season by not winning the FA Cup. Let's remember that just one team on one occasion has lifted all three trophies and that was of [. Click to continue reading...

Now the conference season is well under way Chris Butters steps up to the podium once more to take a shaky lead in this week's Predictorship battle for the premiership title. Meanwhile, Pete Yoder is campaigning in the wings and shows his colours, reaching an all time high position as he eyes up Chris's shoes [. Click to continue reading...

Premier League giants Chelsea already have a large squad and are gunning both for the Premiership title and the UEFA Champions League trophies. But they seem to be bent on adding reinforcements still. It has now emerged that the Blues are tracking the highly rated Paris Saint Germain midfielder Stephane Sessegnon. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal and Chelsea may be regraded by some United fans as our rivals, as they have been the two teams that have given our club serious battles for the Premiership title over the past 15 years. Whilst they can be called rivals, in the sense that we are fighting it out for the same spot [...] Click to continue reading...

Wenger has made signing a central midfielder to complement Cesc Fabregas a priority. With Flamini's departure, the team has a huge void to fill. His successful partnership with Fabregas in midfield was the salient feature of Arsenal's matchplay.

There have been numerous links to Gareth Barry and Xabi Alonso, both who in my mind lack the speed and industry of a Flamini.

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1- Chelsea

Having lost the Champions League Final on penalties and been pipped to the Premiership title by just two points, Chelsea were the ultimate bridesmaid last season.After a summer to lick their wounds, the Blues will come back stronger in 08/09.

With Luiz Felipe Scolari now at the helm and having captured Deco and Jose Bosingwa this summer, Chelsea have what it takes to beat United to the league title this time around. Click to continue reading...

Another week and another Top 25 ranking. As you can probably guess, this week's list has only minor modifications from last week's list. So why do it? This week, the majority of clubs in the rankings play meaningful matches, so consider this an update on what's going on for each of the top clubs in the world. Click to continue reading...

A look at Arsene Wenger's less than successful youth signings during his Arsenal tenure Christopher Wreh never had as good a season as 1997-98. With a Premiership challenge in full flow, but with Wright and Bergkamp both unavailable, he scored a couple of crucial winners that sparked the long winning streak culminating in the Premiership title returning to [. Click to continue reading...

Just as its junior brother, the UEFA Cup, conducted a qualifying round draw this morning, the Champions League did as well with its Third Qualifying Round. We won't know the full slate of matchups until August 6, when the Second Qualifying Round finishes up, but the opponents for Liverpool and Arsenal have already been determined. Click to continue reading...

The new subscription structure of Football Is Fixed includes provision for a couple of Flashback posts per month, in order that we may either demonstrate our prescience or allow for the continuation of the arguments set out in the original post.

The article below was originally printed in April 2008 and relates to the illegal machinations that were being unveiled in order that the English Premiership title race would go to the wire. Click to continue reading...

Getting a victory over Arsenal is always something I enjoy, whether we're in a position to fight it out for the league or not. There have been so many great matches between the two clubs over the past 10 years or more, fuelled by the intense rivalry between the two clubs for the Premiership title, [. Click to continue reading...

"I think Claude has this kind of gift - he's been the best player in the team for years but people just don't notice him, don't notice what he does. But you ask anyone at Real Madrid during the years we were talking about and they will tell you he was the best player at Real. We all knew, the players all knew he was the most important.

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Every year there seems to be that one club that is full of problems during preseason. In 2006 that club was Manchester United, who had to deal with the problems between Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. Sir Alex Ferguson eventually figured everything out, made Ronaldo happy, and brought the Premiership title back to Old Trafford that season. Click to continue reading...

You can't blame Carlos Queiroz one bit for answering the call from his country. He's 55 years old, and if he didn't take this job now, he may never have gotten another chance, especially with Jose Mourinho already on the record as saying he intends to finish his managerial career with the Portuguese national team. Click to continue reading...

Reds legend and vice-captain Jamie Carragher has called for Reds fans to shelve talk of a title-winning season in favour of focusing on the team making a meaningful challenge for the domestic game's biggest prize - the Premiership title. He... Click to continue reading...

Former Liverpool midfielder Michael Thomas has described current Liverpool hero Fernando Torres as a "revelation", believing that the striker and Steven Gerrard's partnership could see the club end their Premiership title drought.

The 24-year old moved to Anfield from Atletico Madrid in a £22 million deal last summer, and despite doubts from several leading pundits, went on to score 33 times for The Reds in his debut campaign. Click to continue reading...

Former Reds great John Wark believes Rafa Benitez will need to sign another two players at least to forge an assault on the Premiership title. Speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside, the former Scotland international said: "I think a good signing... Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez has revealed that winning the Premiership title with Liverpool would be his greatest achievement as a football manager.

Speaking to the club website, Benitez admitted that despite winning two La Liga titles during his time at Valencia and the Champions League in his first season at Anfield, winning the league in England is a bigger and more difficult challenge than any other. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez has revealed that winning the Premiership title with Liverpool would be his greatest achievement as a football manager. Speaking to the club website, Benitez admitted that despite winning two La Liga titles during his time at Valencia and... Click to continue reading...

Liverpool legend Ian Rush believes has tipped winger Ryan Babel to be key in Liverpool's Premiership title challenge next season.

Babel is eager to get back into Premiership action with a bang after recovering from an ankle injury that ruled him out of Euro 2008.

And Kop idol Rush feels that the 21-year old Dutch starlet could have made a major impact for Holland in the European Championships if the ankle ligament damage had not struck. Click to continue reading...

By 1970's Gooner The bookies, as to be expected, have installed Man Utd as favourites to win the title again followed closely by Chelsea. Liverpool are priced at half of Arsenal's odds and the rest, especially Spurs, are really nowhere. These are prices quoted at the time of writing this post. Man Utd 11/8 Stan James Chelsea 7/4 Sporting Odds Liverpool 6/1 Betfred Arsenal 12/1 Blue Square For Click to continue reading...