I’m starting to sympathize with Klopp - the amount of fixtures crammed into seven days is insane! Unfortunately for me, I can’t get mad at the journalists for scheduling them the way they’re scheduled…What I can do, however, is fit three matchweeks worth of action...

Week 11 brought a breath of fresh air for the new big six (sorry Arsenal, in the words of our soon-to-be former President, you’re fired!). Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Leicester City, Tottenham, and Liverpool all pulled three points out of the bag. One...

After almost a month of slacking (international break, plus traveling, plus Thanksgiving, ok?), An American Take has returned - just in time for the Premier League to pass the 25% milestone in this campaign! It was a rollercoaster of a week, so let’s dive in. At the...

𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙙𝙨𝙗𝙮 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙂𝙖𝙙𝙨𝙗𝙮'𝙨 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙖𝙙𝙨𝙗𝙮'𝙨 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 He is three years old, the fifth of eight children. He lives in Villa Fiorito, a poverty-stricken shantytown south of Buenos Aires. The stunted...

England 4-0 Iceland Rice (20'), Mount (24'), Foden (80', 84') Saevarsson (OFF 54') England knew they were finishing 3rd. Iceland knew they were finishing 4th. This was a dead rubber, a dead rubber so dead it was practically fossilised. Mind you – it still had a little...

Belgium 2-0 England Tielemans (10'), Mertens (23') The Premier League has come to feel like the semi-spiritual home of the Belgium national team. Philippe Albert, Vincent Kompany, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen – some of the greatest...

England 3-0 Republic of Ireland Maguire (18'), Sancho (31'), Calvert-Lewin (56' pen) If England’s 54 years of major tournament hurt are excruciating heartache, the 35 years without victory over Ireland were a nagging headache. Enter England’s Nurofen footballer: Jack...

Just like that, all's right with the world. Chelsea? Doesn’t know how to concede a goal. Manchester City? Dominated a struggling Blades side that was lucky to concede only one goal. Liverpool? Clawed their way back from a 1-0 deficit to take all three points and...

Slowly, as the years perform their terrible dance, we are losing them. Nobby Stiles passed away on Friday, 30 October, after a battle with both late-stage dementia and prostate cancer.  Illness is no 50-50. If it was, Nobby would still be with us, his afflictions...

Despite already equaling a third of last season’s losses and draws in their first six matches, Liverpool are back in first place (tied with Everton). On a day where they did not look particularly convincing, Klopp’s side forced their way to three points against a...

What a week. And I know I said that last week, but really, what a week. Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and Leicester all dropped points. Kepa is no longer Chelsea’s starting keeper. He’s not even their second string. Hell, he’s not even their *third* string,...

It was a tight set from England. They played all the classics: Danger Down the Right, Shaky Between the Sticks (Jordan's Little Arms), and everyone’s favourite chart-topper, Soul-Crushing Disappointment. With club football in a vomit-inducing, Big Picture tailspin,...