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10 Best Strikers in the Premier League Right Now, Ranked (2026/27)
9Nov By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
Rankings

10 Best Strikers in the Premier League Right Now, Ranked (2026/27)

The Premier League has no shortage of elite attacking talent, but identifying its best centre-forwards requires looking beyond the Golden Boot standings. Some strikers are devastating finishers who need only one opportunity to change a game. Others bring an entirely different dimension, using their physicality, movement and link-up play to make everyone around them better. Then there are the forwards who combine both qualities, making them particularly difficult to defend. Erling Haaland continues to set the standard, but Liverpool, Chelsea and several clubs outside the traditional elite have their own compelling attacking weapons. Here are the 10 best strikers in the Premier League right now, ranked by their overall quality, individual impact and current performances. 10. Eli Ju...
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Ranking Every Premier League Big Six Club by How Convincing They Have Been This Season
8Nov By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Ranking Every Premier League Big Six Club by How Convincing They Have Been This Season

The Premier League table tells one story. The performances behind it tell another. Ten matches into the 2026/27 campaign, the traditional Big Six have offered wildly different reasons for optimism, concern and outright frustration. Some have established themselves as genuine contenders through tactical discipline and defensive excellence, while others are struggling to translate ambitious tactical ideas into consistent results. Manchester United are enduring a nightmare, Tottenham are struggling to find goals, and Chelsea's attacking ambition continues to come with considerable defensive compromises. Further up the table, Liverpool are showing signs of improvement, Manchester City remain frightening going forward, and Arsenal have established themselves as the most complete side in t...
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Premier League winners and losers: 5 clubs who changed the narrative this weekend
8Nov By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Premier League winners and losers: 5 clubs who changed the narrative this weekend

The Premier League weekend delivered a few unexpected twists, some desperately needed victories and a couple of results that could have significant consequences for the months ahead. Nottingham Forest produced one of the results of the season by dismantling Manchester City, Liverpool reminded everyone of their quality with an impressive away victory, and Leeds United finally found a way to stop the rot. Elsewhere, Tottenham and Manchester City were left licking their wounds after damaging defeats, with both clubs facing some increasingly uncomfortable questions. Here are five of the biggest Premier League winners and losers from the weekend. Nottingham Forest – A tactical masterclass that nobody saw coming Nottingham Forest have delivered one of the most remarkable results of th...
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10 Premier League Players Who Had Better Peaks Than You Remember
8Nov By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
All-Time Lists

10 Premier League Players Who Had Better Peaks Than You Remember

There is a funny thing about football nostalgia: sometimes, the further removed we become from a player's best years, the more difficult it becomes to remember just how good they actually were. A disappointing transfer, an unfortunate injury, a lack of silverware or simply playing alongside a bigger superstar can completely reshape how we remember a footballer's career. Suddenly, a player who once terrorized Premier League defenses becomes little more than a name on an old team sheet. That is particularly true of several players from the Premier League's 2000s and 2010s. Think about Luis Nani, whose best Manchester United performances were considerably more productive than his reputation suggests. Or Leighton Baines, who was arguably the most influential creative force at Everton ...
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Ranking The Top 9 One-Club Men of The Premier League Era
8Nov By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
All-Time Lists

Ranking The Top 9 One-Club Men of The Premier League Era

There was a time when becoming a club legend meant something slightly different. It wasn't just about winning trophies, scoring memorable goals or producing a handful of spectacular seasons. It was about staying. Through managerial changes, disappointing campaigns, title races, relegation battles and the arrival of increasingly expensive teammates, some footballers simply refused to imagine themselves wearing another shirt. Modern football doesn't make that sort of loyalty particularly easy. The transfer market is bigger than ever, financial incentives are enormous and even established superstars can find themselves looking for a new challenge after a couple of difficult seasons. Yet the Premier League has produced a remarkable collection of footballers who made an entire career out of re...
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Jamie Carragher said what Liverpool fans have to admit about Ryan Gravenberch
12Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Jamie Carragher said what Liverpool fans have to admit about Ryan Gravenberch

Liverpool got hosed by the refs after Ryan Gravenberch got booked a second time and sent, and the Reds were blown out 3-0 by Manchester City at Anfield from there on out. Gravenberch could do nothing about the blatantly terrible call from another horrendous Premier League referee, but, in truth, he hasn't been at his best level since the 2024/25 season when he was a Premier League Player of the Season candidate and Liverpool won the league. Still, Jamie Carragher, a Liverpool legend, knows just how important Gravenberch is, and he told the cold, hard truth about the Dutch international: Liverpool can't win without him. Carragher said after the game,"Ryan Gravenberch has to play in the Liverpool team. He has to. Now, he hasn't started the season really well with the new manager and...
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Liverpool fans will be pleased with Lewis Koumas’s approach to getting minutes
12Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Liverpool fans will be pleased with Lewis Koumas’s approach to getting minutes

Liverpool were forced to start young prospect Lewis Koumas, and while he could not decide the game in Alexander Isak's stead as the Reds were badly beaten 3-0 by Manchester City, he impressed with his work rate and running. Koumas told reporters that he intends on making the most of his opportunities, “I think any time you're on the pitch for Liverpool, you can't take it for granted because with the quality around you, you don't know whether it's going to be your last. So, to leave everything out there every game and try to affect it as much as I can is the plan. My hunger comes from representing Liverpool Football Club, wanting to give everything for the best club in the world. A lot of it is about what I do off the ball. The gaffer has shown trust to me that I can carry out his plans ...
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Bradley Barcola quietly showed an important positive for Liverpool vs. Man City
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Bradley Barcola quietly showed an important positive for Liverpool vs. Man City

New Liverpool attacking signing Bradley Barcola didn't affect the game much offensively and has been pretty quiet since his 120+ million pound move to Anfield this summer, but he did defend at a high level against Manchester City. The former PSG star won five duels in the first half alone at Anfield and three tackles to lead all players in the opening 45 minutes, and while he didn't have any more tackles in the second half, that is still an impressive defensive output. Barcola works hard for his teams, and that's why he is a back to back Champions League winner with PSG. Liverpool will care more about what he does offensively and will want to see that, but in his system, Andoni Iraola will be very pleased at Barcola's defensive work rate. Because if you are not scoring, assisting,...
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Jamie Carragher used Victor Munoz and Lewis Koumas to tear Florian Wirtz up again
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Jamie Carragher used Victor Munoz and Lewis Koumas to tear Florian Wirtz up again

Jamie Carragher already struck the first blow on Florian Wirtz early in the season, stating that this might just be the Liverpool attacking midfielder's true level. And after a disaster class in a 3-0 loss to Manchester City, the former Reds center back tore up the German international again. Speaking on Sky Sports, the iconic pundit said of Wirtz and Bradley Barcola, "Koumas and Munoz were better than the two 100 million pound players!" Barcola is at least new here and still adjusting, but Wirtz cost Liverpool 100 million pounds last year and has been around. And he is still a huge liability for the Reds, creating very little and almost never scoring or assisting. Meanwhile, Munoz and Koumas made fewer negative plays, lost the ball less, and didn't slow down attacks. Wirtz is des...
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Florian Wirtz is still hurting Liverpool with the same fatal flaw
11Oct By Frank G. BarnesNo Comments
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Florian Wirtz is still hurting Liverpool with the same fatal flaw

Liverpool's 100 million pound attacking midfield signing Florian Wirtz has drawn the ire of fans around the league, including pundit Jamie Carragher, for his continued struggles, and he has been one of the worst players in the Premier League at maintaining possession. Well, Wirtz had another rough outing for the Reds this weekend in a 3-0 blowout loss to former title rivals Manchester City at Anfield, and, as WhoScored points out, he was the least secure player on the pitch with 16 possessions lost in the first half - double anyone else in the game. Wirtz only created two chances and won three fouls, winning zero dribbles and failing to do anything decisive as Liverpool were shut out in yet another important game. While losing the ball isn't the worst thing in the world for a play...
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