Players who are 1 YC away from serving a suspension in EL: Basel: Aleksandar Dragovic Serey Die Fabian Frei Marco Streller All of them starting for Basel. Chelsea: Cole Ramires Bertrand Mikel Cole and Ramires starting for us while Bertrand and Mikel are on the bench.
I know the players Martinez has at Wigan isn't exactly great but isn't it somewhat of a concern that Wigan are always in the relegation fight every season? There just doesn't seem to be any progression whatsoever from him in taking Wigan bit by bit to the next level. Also for all the good passing football Wigan plays, Martinez seems pretty stubborn in not changing/alter the style a bit when the going gets tough. And he always go into every game trying to implement his own style of play regardless of the opposition as well as without any regards to actually stop Wigan's opponent from playing. You might get away with that managing a top team but considering Martinez is managing Wigan, he doesn't seem adaptable enough to change things around when it's not working. And his constant positivity and optimism after every match even when Wigan have lost is rather annoying.
If Mata wins the Player of the Year again this year, he'll be only the 4th player in the club's history to have won it back-to-back since the award began in 1967. 1. John Hollins (1970 & 1971) 2. Ray Wilkins (1976 & 1977) 3. Frank Lampard (2004 & 2005) Full list of past winners can be seen here.
No no no. Roman obviously wants another big expensive 50m toy to play with..... I do really hope his 4 goals yesterday would have caught Roman's or the board's attention, if it hasn't already!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2314515/MARTIN-SAMUEL--THE-DEBATE-Luis-Suarez-disliked-cheating-hated-bit-Branislav-Ivanovic.html Read that debate by Martin Samuel on this Suarez-Ivanovic. It's bloody hilarious especially with the fans' comment.