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Premier League team news and prediction: Liverpool vs Leeds

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Premier League team news and prediction: Liverpool vs Leeds The standout fixture from the opening weekend of the 2020/21 Premier League campaign pits last season's champions Liverpool at home to the winners of the Championship, Leeds. Marcelo Bielsa has signed a new 12-month deal with Leeds on the eve of the new campaign in typical Bielsa fashion to put ques...

Who will win the Premier League? Predictions and ones to watch for every club

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Who will win the Premier League? Predictions and ones to watch for every club With the 2020/21 Premier League campaign already upon us, we've taken the opportunity to pick out three players to watch for every single club. The categories for each are 'Key Player', 'Best Signing' and 'Youngster', while we've even put our neck on the line with a league finish prediction for each...

Six of the Best: Top-flight ready Championship youngsters on Football Manager

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Six of the Best: Top-flight ready Championship youngsters on Football Manager In the real world, tapping into the lower leagues can at times be the best way to strengthen a team accordingly and in Football Manager; that approach works just as well. On a modest budget, any team can look to divisions below the best in the country to improve a squad sufficiently.Here, we at WhoS...

Derby 0-1 Leeds: Rams must step up to avoid crashing out with whimper

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Derby 0-1 Leeds: Rams must step up to avoid crashing out with whimper While Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds are a side capable of restricting their opponents to little by way of meaningful possession or chances, Derby looked completely out of ideas for much of their clash. After a strong start from Frank Lampard’s side it was the visitors who were in control for th...

Villa, Derby, West Brom and Leeds all feature in best rated Championship play-off XI

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Villa, Derby, West Brom and Leeds all feature in best rated Championship play-off XI With the upcoming Championship semi-finals in mind, we take a look at the highest rated XI of those teams taking part, and it makes for an impressive lineup.As one might expect, Leeds are represented more than their competitors having finished third, while Derby, who only secured a top-six spot on t...

The Championship run-in round up: What’s at stake and for whom?

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The Championship run-in round up: What’s at stake and for whom? With just eight games remaining in the regular Championship season for the majority of sides, as is customary in England’s second tier all is still to play for.We run through the teams involved in the battles for the key positions in the table, which only leaves a handful now coasting to the c...

Championship title race: Who has the easiest and most difficult run-in?

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Championship title race: Who has the easiest and most difficult run-in? Following the midweek fixtures in the Championship it’s fair to say there are some gaps emerging at the business end of the table.West Brom’s last minute winner at QPR moved Darren Moore’s side within three points of Norwich at the top of the pile, with Sheffield United and Leeds s...

Salah and Kane back to their best in player form rankings, while Messi marches on

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Salah and Kane back to their best in player form rankings, while Messi marches on After yet another goal at the weekend there is no prizes for guessing Europe’s most destructive player right now, in fact, that Lionel Messi only had a hand in one goal last time out was something of an underperformance by his standards.Still, the Argentine found the net for the third game run...

Championship roundup: Team, player, youngster and surprise package of the season so far

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Championship roundup: Team, player, youngster and surprise package of the season so far At the halfway point in the Championship campaign, we review the season so far as Leeds top the tree heading into the Boxing Day fixtures.When Marcelo Bielsa took the reins in the summer the consensus was that it could go terribly wrong or incredibly well, but entertainment was assured. Well, the la...

Championship round-up: Preston dominate best XI after Brentford win

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Championship round-up: Preston dominate best XI after Brentford win After a 10-match winless run to leave them mired in the relegation zone, an entertaining 4-3 win over Brentford in midweek means Preston have won two of their last three league outings. Victory moved Alex Neil’s side out of the drop zone and up into 19th and inflicted further misery upon a Bee...