Dempsey the fighter

Great profile of Clint Dempsey by Paul Doyle in today’s Observer. I’ve written about his tough upbringing before, but there are a few another interesting observations in there. Reading about the start to his career over here, I’m reminded of just how...

Keeping our feet on the ground

Dickson Etuhu paints Roy Hodgson as a bit of a killjoy here, but the Fulham midfielder knows it’s all for a good cause. The second thing that came out of his mouth after ‘well done’ in the dressing room was ‘Manchester City on Sunday’. Do...

More on ‘inside-out wingers’

This WSC article highlights how teams seem to have hit on playing wingers on the ‘wrong side’ – citing the brilliant Damien Duff, who had another fine game on Thursday, as an example. On a vaguely related note, how important was bringing Clint...