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The Premier League Doesn’t Care About You
October 9, 2020
Following Eric Dier’s concession of a last minute penalty for handball against Newcastle United last month, football punditry ate itself alive over the fact...
Manchester United's Ineptitude Deserves to be Celebrated
October 6, 2020
Manchester United’s humiliating 6–1 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur was met with stinging criticism. Ken Early described it as “sorry ineptitude” in his...
Is the Champions League Broken?
October 2, 2020
There was a time when Real Madrid being drawn from pot two in the Champions League group stages was a very big deal. In 2010 they were pulled out from the...
Is Bottas Any Good?
September 29, 2020
“It’s a nice moment to thank my critics. To whom it may concern, fuck you.”Those were the celebratory words from Valterri Bottas following his second win of...
What to Expect From the French Open (Men’s Singles)
September 26, 2020
It’s been a long 18 weeks, a whole 126 days later than intended, but the French Open is finally ready to start. Initially set to begin on May 24. The...
What Happens When It All Goes Wrong?
September 22, 2020
Every story has a beginning, middle and end. Some prefer the journey and others prefer the destination, but great stories make both meaningful. Writers can...
La Liga 2020/21: What to Expect at the Top
September 18, 2020
The new La Liga season started last weekend. Did you notice? No? Was it because Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid were nowhere to be found? Instead...
What Next For Leicester City?
September 15, 2020
Stats from this piece were compiled from fbref, unless stated, figures from transfermarkt.How to follow on from an incredibly successful campaign, in which...
The Ultimate In-Depth Premier League 2020/21 Preview Part II
September 12, 2020
Picking up where we left off from Part I: That brings us nicely into last year’s top six. In case you’ve forgotten, they finished, from sixth to first,...
The Ultimate In-Depth Premier League 2020/21 Preview
September 12, 2020
Stats from fbref, courtesy of Statsbomb, unless otherwise stated. Figures from Transfermarkt. Graphs from footballslices & @robinwilhelmusIf the 100 days...
That Magical Sunday Spent in an Alternate Universe
September 8, 2020
Physics was never my strong suit. In fact, physics wasn’t even ever my medium suit. Frankly, I understood nothing about it. So let me try to explain how on...
The Problem Facing Football Fans This Season
September 4, 2020
When football re-started following the 100 day lock-down pause, many aspects of the game were completely different to what we were used to. Not least of...
How Gylfi Sigurdsson Defines the End of an Era
September 1, 2020
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s middle name is Thor. No really, that’s his middle name. But when Swansea City sold the Icelandic man in the Summer of 2017, they deemed...
Sport - mostly football but sometimes tennis or Formula 1
August 31, 2020
Welcome to Declan’s Newsletter by me, Declan Harte. From Football to Tennis to Formula One. This is where I like to share my thoughts and analysis on all my...