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Bruno Fernandes’ all-time great season is going overlooked

17Mar

By Cody AcevedaNo Comments

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Bruno Fernandes’ all-time great season is going overlooked

Most people know that Manchester United are over-performing expectations this season. The Red Devils are third in the table after Premier League Matchweek 30 and odds-on favorites to qualify for the Champions League. At the heart of this success is an all-time great season by Bruno Fernandes. On Sunday, the Portuguese international broke David Beckham’s Man Utd club record for most assists in a season. He has 16 in the EPL so far this campaign, double the second-ranked player (Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki). In case there was any doubt about whether Fernandes’ assists were flukes, you just have to look at his chance creation numbers. Per FotMob, the Man Utd captain has created 98 chances in the EPL. That’s 40 more than Declan Rice, who has created the second most chances this season...

Manchester United have identified the perfect Casemiro replacement

9Mar

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Manchester United have identified the perfect Casemiro replacement

Manchester United spent all of last summer chasing Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba. After being rejected by the Seagulls, the Red Devils seemed content to wait until the next offseason for the Cameroonian. Now, though, Baleba’s poor form this season reportedly has Manchester United looking at other options to replace Casemiro this summer. Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton and Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson have been the most commonly mentioned alternatives. Both are young and have huge upsides, like Baleba. However, a new story from CaughtOffside claims that Manchester United are interested in Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimarães. This would be a great signing for the Red Devils. Despite all their struggles under Ruben Amorim, Manchester United are third in the table and strong...

Ranking the top 10 creators in the 2025/26 Premier League season based on stats

8Mar

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Ranking the top 10 creators in the 2025/26 Premier League season based on stats

The chance creators don't often get the same praise as the goal scorers, but the players in Premier League history who have often captured imagination have been the ones making the beautiful assists, like Kevin De Bruyne and Mesut Ozil in recent years. Using only statistics to guide our evaluation, let's take a look at the best creators of the 2025/26 Premier League season so far. I used expected assists, key passes, and big chances created to produce this top 10. 10. Leeds CM Anton Stach It is always good to throw in a curveball from outside the top clubs, and Leeds can credit their survival so far in part to brilliant Bundesliga signing Anton Stach. Not only is he an elite defender, but he is averaging 2.2 key passes per game for a team that would have major issues without his chance c...

Arsenal, Mikel Arteta’s dark arts will inevitably lead to Premier League rule changes

3Mar

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Arsenal, Mikel Arteta’s dark arts will inevitably lead to Premier League rule changes

After the Gunners' 2-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday, the football world is again talking about Arsenal corner routines and the so-called ‘dark arts’ used by Mikel Arteta’s side. These conversations have been a staple of the 2025-26 Premier League season, but it’s starting to feel like we have finally reached a tipping point for what fans, commentators, and even other clubs are willing to accept. Manchester City legend Yaya Toure said he was “disappointed” by Arsenal’s performance in the London Derby match, while former AC Milan and Chelsea star Ruud Gullit described the Gunners’ tactics as “truly awful to watch” on Dutch television. On Tuesday, Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler added his name to the long list of football fans unhappy with Arsenal’s corner routines this season. Spe...

10 best possible Manchester City transfer targets for summer 2026 window

23Feb

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10 best possible Manchester City transfer targets for summer 2026 window

Manchester City are in another tough Premier League title race with Arsenal in the 2025/26 season, and they have really turned up the heat recently after a slow start to the campaign. The Citizens retooled again in the January transfer window this year, bringing in Erling Haaland's biggest Premier League Player of the Season challenger in Antoine Semenyo, winning a transfer sweepstakes for the Bournemouth hero that included pretty much every other club in the Big Six. Man City have fully recovered from an atrocious, by their lofty standards, 2024/25 campaign in which they came frighteningly close to missing out on the Champions League entirely. But since Man City are not seen as favorites to win the Champions League despite their recent resurgence, they will, once again, figure to...

The 10 best players Real Madrid could sign in the summer 2026 transfer window

16Feb

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The 10 best players Real Madrid could sign in the summer 2026 transfer window

Although Real Madrid are still in La Liga title contention and among the clubs in the Champions League knockout stages, it has been another tumultuous season for the Royal Whites, who already gave up on Xabi Alonso after being embarrassed by Barcelona in yet another cup final. Meanwhile, in the other cup, the Copa del Rey, the Merengues were embarrassed by second division side Albacete (who have Jesus Vallejo, of all players). There is dysfunction rife in the heart of Madrid, but there are also genuine problems with the squad that have not been addressed. The defense remains shambolic in big games, while the midfield has been gutted by the losses of legends Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, who were never replaced. With the summer 2026 transfer window on the horizon in just four short mont...

Ranking the 15 best tight ends in the NFL in 2026

13Feb

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Ranking the 15 best tight ends in the NFL in 2026

The tight ends in the NFL today are potentially discussed by national analysts less often than they were a decade ago, and there are several quality tight end who receive a fraction of their team's target shares. But when you run through their numbers under a per usage basis, it's clear that tight ends are as talented and as valuable as ever, even if they are either underutilized or even more underrated in 2025 and 2026. Here is a ranking of the 15 best tight ends in the NFL right now, merging the playmakers with the safety valves, the staples of the offense with the secret superstars to create this list. 15. Pat Freiermuth, Pittsburgh Steelers Pat Freiermuth only started half of the Pittsburgh Steelers games last season despite appearing in all of them, which was quite the disse...

Ranking the 25 best Bundesliga players of the 2025/26 season so far

12Feb

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Ranking the 25 best Bundesliga players of the 2025/26 season so far

The German Bundesliga doesn't quite have the same firepower across the top flight as it used to, but between Luka Vuskovic's incredible maiden season in a top flight league of any kind, the ludicrously elite Bayern Munich front three, and the underrated stars of Stuttgart and RB Leipzig (and now Hoffenheim, too), there is a lot of talent in the league worth getting excited about. With more than half of the 2025/26 season now in the bag, it is time to rank the 25 very best players in the Bundesliga this season in order from worst to first. Obviously, Bayern Munich dominate the list, but even the likes of Hamburg and Mainz have representatives in what has been an unpredictable season beyond the top spot. 25. Hamburg LB Miro Muheim Miro Muheim was Hamburg's best player in the 2. Bundes...

Ranking the 10 best available center backs in the 2026 summer transfer window

11Feb

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Ranking the 10 best available center backs in the 2026 summer transfer window

The summer 2026 transfer window is several months away, but as the last winter window taught us, there have already been a lot of seeds planted for the big moves that could be ahead in the next chapter of the transfer market. Center backs are becoming more desired in the modern game as teams beef up defensively with multiple top talents at the position, and there will be some real gems available in the upcoming summer transfer window. So let's rank the 10 very best center back transfer targets in order who could make major splash moves in the summer 2026 transfer window. 10. Jarrad Branthwaite, Everton Jarrad Branthwaite looked poised to leave Everton for a ton of money in the summer 2024 transfer window, but Manchester United and others ultimately balked at an asking price appro...

Ranking the 10 best quarterbacks in Miami Dolphins history

10Feb

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Ranking the 10 best quarterbacks in Miami Dolphins history

The Miami Dolphins haven't been at their dominant best since Dan Marino left the game in the 1990s, but they are one of the most historically relevant NFL franchises with a degree of dominance in the 1970s and 1980s that really needs to be revisited more. As such, they have had their fair share of great quarterbacks over the years despite the well running a bit dry after Marino's retirement. Even then, there are several notable names, hidden gems, and cult heroes who have called Miami home and started under center for this great franchise. So in honor of them - and not just Bob Griese and Dan Marino - let's rank the 10 greatest starting quarterbacks in the history of the Miami Dolphins. 10. Matt Moore One of the best backup quarterbacks in the modern NFL, Matt Moore had already mad...