After becoming Villa's all-time Premier League leading scorer this seems as good a time as any to reassess the season and career of one of our post-January stand out performers: Gabby Agbonlahor. Is this statistic merely a meaningless Sky-term for 'best striker in a fairly arbitrary stretch of time since Villa last had a really…

Sir Alex Ferguson's 'big game' selection was predictable earlier in the campaign, but recently we've seen surprise strategies and plenty of rotation in key positions. Manchester United are currently on their best defensive run for years, having not conceded a goal in five Premier League matches, but even that has been achieved with a rotating centre-back partnership.

However, Ferguson's choice…

Manchester United have long been the pantomime villains of the club versus country sideshow. While some of England's more dogmatic fans decry their Red Devil scapegoat for undermining the national team and devaluing tradition, the club has had to contend with jetlagged and overworked players, and increased media scrutiny over form, fitness and team selections.

For…

The reaction to Alex Ferguson’s decision to leave Wayne Rooney out last night reveals much about the United manager’s ability to, as he would put it, “outlive death”. There has been a lot of speculation that Rooney, 27, will be sold by Manchester United in the summer. There has been little or no speculation that…

Many people may not appreciate the sentiment of Shaun Derry signing a new contract or Clint Hill being made captain, but for Queens Park Rangers fans, it is a sign of intent from Harry Redknapp.

A sign that players such as Hill and Derry-who embody the passion that those who watch their team week in week out on the…