One of the many intriguing plots of this year’s premier league has been the battle to survive relegation this year. At this moment of time with the way that the teams in the lower half have played the whole year, it’s very unpredictable to say who will be the 3 teams that will go down to the Championship at the end of the year.
Many argue that Roberto Mancini’s tactics at times do not take risks and causes city fans to fall asleep, however Mancini proved he is willing to take a risk as he set up a very attacking line up against Sunderland last Sunday.
With a run of 0 wins in 6 and a trip to the ground in which Rovers had previously conceded 18 goals in 4 games, many would assume before the game that they were doomed, myself included, but Blackburn proved what a crazy league this is by securing a 0-0 draw with 10 men for the last 15-20 minutes, a point which was so vital as well as unlikely.
Video technology is used in many sports nowadays, including rugby, cricket and tennis. In recent years, there has been more and more pressure on FIFA for video technology to be introduced in football.
It’s been an indifferent year for Wayne Rooney and Manchester United fans alike. Last season Rooney was in the greatest form of his career, scoring at pretty much every opportunity that came for him.
Oh dear… I didn’t think I would be sat here on Tuesday afternoon writing about Wembley quite like this. It’s supposed to be an annual celebration of the Government’s greatest gift to football fans, but instead, it turned out to be the craziest 36 hours I could ever be involved in.
In any season there is a defining moment; on Saturday, Southampton had theirs as they came from two goals down to beak MK Dons.
For all traditional Premier league football fans, the thought of a play-off in the premiership is not even worth considering. But, in many leagues and other sports play-off’s and other different ways of structuring a league are successful.