style of football (actually: not that bad) and his failure to nurture the academy. But surely it is no coincidence that every single club to have sacked Allardyce in the last two decades has ended up getting relegated within a handful of seasons. West Ham should look before they leap. Jonathan Liew
Date: Mar 23, 2015
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The weekend review: FA Cup win offers Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger no ...
while Barry Bannan had a good game in midfield - could Pardew be earmarking him for the Yohan Cabaye role? But even though it was only one game, and only Dover, Pardew showed enough tactical nous to convince Palace fans that he may at least be an improvement on Neil Warnock. Jonathan Liew
67 min Here comes the game's 74th yellow card. James Chester is the lucky recipient, he wins the ham. Chelsea have a free kick on the left-hand edge of the box. This is Jonathan Liew's take on the red card: Mikel challenging, McGregor in no-man's land, Meyler heads it behind for a corner which is ineffectual. Jonathan Liew is doing some ultra-modern cross-channel promotion for this liveblog on the Twitter and has promised pictures, plural, of a young Steve Bruce. I better give him what he
Date: Dec 13, 2014
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United and City fans take things too far in post-derby Twitter witch-hunt
season, just how good could Austin be? Well, put it this way: at his age, Rickie Lambert was still at Bristol Rovers and Grant Holt was still at Rochdale. Both worked their way up from the lower leagues to take the Premier League by storm. Austin could yet eclipse them both. Jonathan Liew
14.10 If you haven't seen it, this long-form piece by Jonathan Liew on Van Gaal is definitive. The Louis Van Gaal dossier It's just excellent, and tells you everything you need to know about the intriguing Dutchman.
Date: Oct 26, 2014
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Premier League review: Abuse of Mario Balotelli highlights everything that is ...
try in that deep-lying role. And yet as he enters his late-20s, there is a sense that his patience may be about to run out. Noble is also eligible for the Republic of Ireland, and the word is that unless England come calling soon, he will be turning out in green before long. Jonathan Liew
3pm T-minus 120 minutes until kick off between Louis van Gaal's all singing, all dancing Holland and Australia's spirited Socceroos the perfect time to have a read of Jonathan Liews match preview
World Cup than from any other country, an example of how the game is booming in the country. As Jonathan Liew reports in this excellent piece, "an ESPN poll found that Americans aged 12-17, football was now neck and neck with baseball in terms of popularity, and well ahead of ice-hockey.