An American Take on England: Matchweek 5
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,...
Match Report: England 0-1 Denmark – Grealish Questions Will Linger, But Ten Men and a Soft Penalty Should Deem Inevitable Overreaction Unjust
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,...
Match Report: England 2-1 Belgium – England pedal back early blow and Mount excellently-crafted comeback
FT: England 2-1 Belgium HT: 1-1 (Lukaku 16”) (Rashford 39” pen) (Mount 64”) Following England often feels less like watching competitive sport and more like a fact-finding mission to find out how good the national team really are. Belgium are the best team in the...
Match Report: England 3-0 – Unseasoned England Muzzle the Welsh Dragon
Thursday 8 OCT Wembley Stadium, London Full-time:England 3:0 Wales Calvert-Lewin (26' minutes), Coady (53' minutes) Ings (63' minutes) There were no velvet-throated Welsh there to sing away the sorrow. There were no space-hopper-bellied English to glory in the...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 4
What a week. To someone new to the Premier League, the big six clubs would have been Chelsea, West Ham, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Newcastle, and Everton. Manchester United were slaughtered. Liverpool got trounced. Let me rephrase that: Liverpool got beaten so badly that...
An American Take on England: Matchweek 3
Week three is finished (I know, it was finished three days ago, I’m slacking), and as I’m writing this, I can’t help but think that Leicester are looking like the Leicester of last season pre-covid. They’re clinical, have a great offence, and a stingy defense....
An American Take on England: Matchweek 2
Matchweek Two is in the bag, and with it Manchester City and Manchester United played their first matches of the campaign. Their results? Markedly different. United were trounced by Crystal Palace at home, while City dispatched Wolves with ease on the road. Elsewhere,...
An American Take on England: It’s Week 1!
Aaaaand we’re back! The shortest off-season of all professional sports just got even shorter, thanks to our good friend Covid-19. Teams barely had a chance to sign new players and recover from injuries, although the England men’s team found a way to score more off the...