Why Pep Guardiola is struggling in the Premier League There is a passage late in the the book Pep Confidential which is illustrative of Pep Guardiola’s strengths and weaknesses. Facing Manchester United in the return leg at the Allianz Arena, Pep has a sudden brainstorm: he’s going to set his…
Chelsea converting, City creating, Arsenal conceding Do you see what I see? Other than the fact that I don’t have Man U on the list. First, Liverpool are the most open of all the teams in the top six: scoring 58 and conceding 36. They create…
China buying up all the players is “football as we know it” In the 80’s there were these famous anti-drug commercials on TV in the USA. The most instantly recognizable is the “this is your brain on drugs” egg frying in a pan but there were also lesser hits which always stood out…
