pub debate

Which one player would you poach from… Hull City?

Use your vote wisely

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The scenario: You’re the manager of a Premier League team, and you’re allowed to strengthen your squad by signing just one player in the January transfer window. But you can only choose someone from Phil Brown’s bunch of overachievers – so who do you pick?

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Top Flight Newbies

The “best of the promoted teams” XI

Appearing in the Premier League for one season only…

Leon Cort

Only once in Premier League history have all three promoted sides gone straight back down (Barnsley, Bolton and Palace in 1997/98) and for that reason it’s unlikely that West Brom, Stoke and Hull will all make a swift [...]

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Transfer talk

Aston Villa to buy half a new team with Barry transfer fee

Today’s gossip, rumours and damned lies

Gareth Barry

The maths genii at The Daily Star are ahead of the game once more, reporting that if Liverpool cave and pay £18 million for Barry, Villa will use the money to sign David Bentley (who last time we heard was valued [...]

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