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Ranking the 10 best English players in the Premier League this season
21Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Ranking the 10 best English players in the Premier League this season

With the 2026 World Cup on the horizon, now is as good of a time as ever to take stock of the English talent playing in the Premier League right now, scouting out their form. Here are the 10 best English players in the Premier League of the 2025/26 campaign, ranked in order. 10. Chelsea AM Cole Palmer Even in a down year for him personally, Cole Palmer is still one of the best non strikers in the Premier League at finding the back of the net with nine goals in 17 starts. If you believed Palmer was a Ballon d'Or candidate in the past, then you had better believe he still has heaps of quality. The skill and shooting ability have clearly not left him, even in this difficult 2025/26 campaign. 9. West Ham RW Jarrod Bowen Jarrod Bowen is perennially underrated, and if it were not for him roa...
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5 players who have embarrassed the Premier League in this Champions League season
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 players who have embarrassed the Premier League in this Champions League season

Rumors of the Premier League's demise are way off base, but it is true that a few big Premier League clubs have been a bit disappointing in the Champions League this year. Here are five individual players who have been flopping in the 2025/26 UCL campaign; four of them have been eliminated already. Newcastle CM Jacob Ramsey Jacob Ramsey definitely had a Champions League season to forget, and he is one of a few players who were miserably poor in Newcastle United's humbling 7-2 defeat to Barcelona in the decisive 7-2 defeat at the Spotify Camp Nou. The 24 year old center midfielder undermined what was actually a great defensive campaign with a disasterclass of a performance, gifting a goal to Raphinha. But the real issue in that game and overall was Ramsey's inability to help the team i...
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Every Premier League Big 6 club’s most improved player in the 2025/26 season
20Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Every Premier League Big 6 club’s most improved player in the 2025/26 season

Which Premier League players on Big Six clubs have improved their standing the most in the 2025/26 season? Here is one standout from each of the top clubs in the English top flight. Arsenal: Jurrien Timber Jurrien Timber was already a top defender before joining Arsenal and had a solid 2024/25 season, but he has really stepped up his game and become the best right back in the Premier League this season, usurping another great right back in Ben White. He is such a great athlete and can lock any player down one on one. There is not a better defensive fullback on either side of the formation than Timber, who has translated even better to the Premiership. This season, he has been one of the heroes of an Arsenal side that is the best team in the Premier League, and he should honestly be ge...
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5 players who tanked their stock with nightmare Champions League Round of 16 performances
19Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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5 players who tanked their stock with nightmare Champions League Round of 16 performances

The Champions League Round of 16 is officially in the books, but the fallout from the biggest club tournament in world football has not been fully digested yet. Here are five players who were so poor in the second leg of the tournament that fans are having new doubts about them. Chelsea CB Mamadou Sarr To be honest, Chelsea fans were already having doubts about Mamadou Sarr. He's only getting starts because the rest of the Chelsea center backs have been so underwhelming this season, but he was so horrendous in the latest loss to PSG that maybe Blues fans will appreciate Wesley Fofana and Benoit Badiashile a little bit more in comparison. Out of all the underwhelming center backs on this team, Sarr is the worst. He almost never wins possession for this team, and his passive playing sty...
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2025/26 Premier League Top 4 Predictions after Matchday 30
16Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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2025/26 Premier League Top 4 Predictions after Matchday 30

While the Premier League title race obviously gets the most attention, the top four race is incredibly compelling again this season. Here is a predicted top four of who is locked in for the Champions League next season after 30 Matchdays played. 4. Manchester United Manchester United are a legitimate threat under Michael Carrick, and while some cracks have begun to show, most prominently against another strong team in Newcastle United, the Red Devils are a very strong team, led by Premier League Player of the Season favorite Bruno Fernandes. What makes Man United so good is how much they have improved on offense over the summer, and once their injury crisis resolves, they should be able to sew up at least a fourth placed finish. 3. Liverpool Liverpool need more out of their wingers,...
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2025/26 Premier League Player of the Season Power Rankings after Matchday 30
16Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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2025/26 Premier League Player of the Season Power Rankings after Matchday 30

Who has been the best player of the 2025/26 Premier League season thus far? After 30 Matchdays played, it's time to rank the top five, accounting for players at all positions. 5. Newcastle CM Bruno Guimaraes Antoine Semenyo was fabulous for Bournemouth and is scoring goals for Manchester City, but, in all honesty, Newcastle's metronome Bruno Guimaraes has been even more impressive. Even though he is an all arounder with 2.2 tackles per game and 2.3 fouls drawn per match, the workhorse Brazilian has still been exceptional creatively with four assists and 1.7 key passes per game while scoring nine goals. There is nothing this man cannot do for Newcastle. 4. Arsenal CB Gabriel Magalhaes By far the best center back in a league filled with great center backs, including quite a few on his...
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2026 Champions League picks, score predictions for Round of 16 second leg
16Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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2026 Champions League picks, score predictions for Round of 16 second leg

The Champions League Round of 16 definitely delivered on the drama and the goals in the first leg, and the second leg promises to be even better. Here are the full score predictions for each of the eight games. Chelsea 2-2 PSG Chelsea will rue Liam Rosenior's decision to give Filip Jorgensen the nod, and the most laughable part of that whole ordeal is that the manager's reasoning was that Jorgensen would be better on the ball. Whoops. At home, Chelsea will have a point to prove and will go into this game with no fear, but they just do not have the quality to turn the tie around against a PSG side that is finally starting to play to its talent level when it matters most. Liverpool 2-1 Galatasaray Trips to Istanbul are never easy, and while Liverpool have major issues with their squad...
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12Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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2025/26 Premier League Season Picks, Score Predictions for every Matchday 30 fixture

Another week of action is coming up in the 2025/26 Premier League season. Here are the score predictions for every single Matchday 30 game this weekend. Burnley 0-1 Bournemouth Sunderland 1-1 Brighton Chelsea 2-2 Newcastle Chelsea are reeling after Filip Jorgensen gifted PSG a 5-2 win in the Champions League, while Newcastle could only draw Barcelona despite outplaying them. This matchup is going to be too close to call between these two top five contenders in the Premier League, and they will ultimately share the spoils. One of the biggest questions heading into this game is now Chelsea's goalkeeper. Liam Rosenior seems to be set on Jorgensen as the No. 1 despite a horrendous performance againt PSG. Can he bounce back? Arsenal 1-0 Everton Arsenal did not perform well against Baye...
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Barcelona fans officially get a huge Erling Haaland transfer blow
12Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Barcelona fans officially get a huge Erling Haaland transfer blow

With the Barcelona presidency up for grabs right now, there have been promises made of big splashes to shake up the team, and since the biggest need the club have is for a new No. 9 to help out Lamine Yamal, there have been rumblings of another major play for the club's No. 1 obsession, Erling Haaland. But for any Barcelona fan actually dreaming of the Norwegian leaving Manchester City for Catalunya, they have been dealt a rather definitive blow by his agent Rafaela Pimenta, who told this to El Chiringuito, as relayed by Fabrizio Romano: “We have a lot of respect and admiration for Barcelona, but there hasn't been any contact whatsoever — with Erling Haaland or with Barcelona's management, regarding potential transfer targets. Also, because the player renewed his contract a few month...
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Erling Haaland, 3 Manchester City stars who flopped in blowout loss to Real Madrid
11Mar By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Erling Haaland, 3 Manchester City stars who flopped in blowout loss to Real Madrid

Manchester City were humbled badly by Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu, falling victims to the magic at the venue yet again in a 3-0 loss in the Champions League Round of 16. Here are three stars who flopped in the big moment. ST Erling Haaland Erling Haaland definitely got screwed over by his teammates, because he had no help. People just were not creating chances for him, and the midfield did not produce even when they had the ball. Still, you have to create your own luck, and Haaland simply did not do that. The Norwegian sensation looked completely out of the game and lethargic, and when he did have the ball, he gave it up to the opposition way, way too cheaply. RW Savinho Savinho got hooked off at the half, and he continues to prove why he is Man City's most disappointing pl...
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