Winners and Losers

WINNERS Eric Dier When Dier was used in a new midfield role in pre-season and early on in the Premier League campaign, Spurs fans were sceptical. This was a former full-back who had dropped out of international squads to focus on improving his work in the centre of defence, so there was an entirely reasonable […]

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WINNERS Kurt Zouma While talk of Diego Costa’s ‘sh*thousery’ dominated the aftermath of Chelsea’s win over Arsenal, the real story of the afternoon was the emergence of Zouma. The £12m man was bought as a future John Terry, and he is already justifying his inclusion in the first team in the veteran’s place. Without some timely […]

12 years ago

WINNERS Kasabian Perhaps the most unlikely winners of the opening weekend were barn-rockers Kasabian. The Leicester four-piece proved the surprising inspiration behind the Foxes’ march (can one game be classed as a march?) to the summit of the embryonic league table. New manager Claudio Ranieri explained that the local band featured prominently in his team talk, as […]

12 years ago