Buzzin Football

Some unexpected results over the Christmas & New Year period have brought the Premier League season to life.
What with Chelsea continuing to stutter under the ‘leadership’ of Andre Villas-Boas as he attempts to stake a strong air of Mourinho-like authority and dampen any dissenting voices from the old guard, going into the Christmas period it [...]

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So Roy Hodgson finally got the sack.  I wonder what “mutual agreement” actually means when someone is desperately clinging to their job and their boss cannot stomach any further disappointments.  “Roy, I think I should sack you” “Boss, I think you are right!” “That’s mutually agreed then.”
It was no coincidence that King Kenny Dalglish was [...]

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Hailed as one of the country’s brightest prospects having come through the ranks of Everton Football Club, the future of Francis Jeffers could not have appeared brighter than when the twenty year old signed for Arsenal for £8m back in 2001.
Arsene Wenger’s infamous ‘fox in the box’ signing sadly did not live up to the [...]

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Everton have confirmed the loan signing of Landon Donavon from LA Galaxy on a short term loan deal, with the player arriving at Goodison Park on January 2nd and returning to the USA for the start of the MLS season in March.
Not a great deal of time to make his name at Everton, but I [...]

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Everton defender Joleon Lescott has been dropped from the squad for the clubs opening Europa League tie against Sigma Olomouc at Goodison Park, the player has also been omitted from Wednesdays training session.
Lescott has been hotly pursued by Manchester City throughout the last month or so, even while negotiating with Chelsea for captain John Terry, [...]

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