Summary

A deeply unsatisfactory season; the sale of Mousa Dembele and Clint Dempsey in the final week of August knocked us for six. Very nearly sleep-walking into relegation, big questions need to be asked of both the board and Martin Jol. A repeat next year would almost certainly guarantee Championship football.

Top 3 players

Sascha Riether: a rare…

"I am not prepared to go back to sit on the bench and watch other people play football. I've done that enough." So said Danny Rose, when questioned about what will happen to him once his loan spell at Sunderland expires this summer.

With Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas having already declared it "impossible" that Rose will…

It's strange to think that Samir Nasri, artistic playmaker, and James Milner, determined workhorse, cost Manchester City roughly the same amount of money, depending on one's valuation of Stephen Ireland in the Milner swap deal. But although Nasri is the more talented footballer, Milner was excellent against Arsenal last weekend, and deserves to keep his place for the home match…