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Liverpool head into the international break five points clear at the top of the Premier League and also sitting in pole position in the Champions League group stage. It could hardly have gone better for Arne Slot. But what has made the new Liverpool head coach’s record-breaking start to life in the Anfield hotseat – Slot has won 15 of his 17 games in charge across all competitions – all the more impressive is the fact that he has been without a number of players through injury. Much has been made of the absences title rivals Manchester City and Arsenal…
The controversy surrounding the leaked David Coote video has opened up the conversation around referees’ allegiances for a lot of football fans. Coote finds himself suspended pending an investigation by the PGMOL after a video appeared online allegedly showing him making foul-mouthed remarks about Liverpool and former manager Jurgen Klopp. Not only that, but he could face a charge from the FA after the governing body opened up its own investigation. It doesn’t come at a great time for PGMOL chief Howard Webb, who has come under a lot of scrutiny since taking on the role. He kept things under…
Football is a sport riddled with myths, and among the many false truisms is the fixture list. After all, isn’t it just ultimately a case of each team having to play every other opponent both home and away during the course of the campaign? But, as in so many other aspects of life, timing is often everything. And the order in which those games are scheduled can make a huge difference in terms of forming perceptions and gaining – or, indeed, losing – momentum. That can be seen from the opening few months of the season for Arne Slot as…
Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended after a video allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about Liverpool and the club’s former manager Jurgen Klopp was circulated on social media. Refereeing body PGMOL says the suspension comes into force with immediate effect and is pending a full investigation. The video, widely shared on social media, has not been verified by the BBC. It is unclear when it was filmed or its authenticity. A source told the BBC that PGMOL’s inquiry is treating the video as genuine. Coote, 42, refereed Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Aston Villa on Saturday. He is…
The first of the double-digit weeks of this NFL season has officially come and gone and what a week of action it was. Status quo was maintained with teams like the Dallas Cowboys and New York Jets in negative ways, but the positive side of the spectrum was up to par as well with the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions maintaining their respective leads. A whole heck of a lot happened in between though, and that is the part of the sandwich that we, Michael Peterson and RJ Ochoa, specialize in. Welcome to The Skinny Post, where we may…
The Houston Texans are certainly one of the most intruiging teams in the NFL. They’ve got a great young quarterback in C.J. Stroud, who led the team to the playoffs as a rookie last year. The team currently hoists a 6-4 record and is fresh off a brutal loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football. The Texans turned Jared Goff over five times, coming away with a franchise record of interceptions in a game. They also held a 23-7 lead at halftime over the top team in the NFC. Still, they were shut out in the second half…
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston’s offense hit a new low Sunday night when the Texans lost to the Detroit Lions despite intercepting Jared Goff a franchise-record five times. The Texans led by 16 at halftime but gave up 19 unanswered points in the second half to allow the Lions to escape with a 26-23 win. C.J. Stroud was intercepted on two of Houston’s first three possessions of the second half, and the Texans punted on three straight drives after the second pick. They still had a chance to take the lead late, but Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 58-yard field goal attempt sailed wide…
HOUSTON – Nico Collins represents the prototype of an NFL wide receiver. Tall and fast at 6-foot-4, 222 pounds with 4.4 speed in the 40-yard dash, Collins provides a game-changing element to the Texans’ offense. Before he pulled his hamstring against the Buffalo Bills on a touchdown catch five weeks ago, Collins was the NFL receiving yardage leader. After was activated from designated for return from injured reserve and, ultimately, held out of a game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday night in a judgment call despite being healthy enough to play and having passed a regiment of hamstring tests…
Two weeks is a long time in the NFL, just ask the Houston Texans. Back to back losses to the Jets and Lions has seen DeMeco Ryans’ team slide outside the Top 10 in most power rankings, despite still boasting a 6-4 record atop the AFC South. The Texans are preparing for a key battle against the Cowboys in Dallas on Sunday, one that could prove pivotal as they try and maintain a top seed in the AFC. NFL.com – 12th “Just a gutting loss for a Houston team that had played with fire a little too often this season.…
World No 3 Carlos Alcaraz hopes to be fit for must-win clash against Andrey Rublev (from 1pm GMT) Two-time former season-ending champion Alexander Zverev takes on Casper Ruud (not before 7.30pm) Alcaraz’s participation in Turin has been cast into doubt after he pulled out of practice with illness. His coach Juan Carlos Ferrero told Spanish media the 21-year-old cut short his session after just five minutes as a chest complaint was making breathing difficult. But suggesting Alcaraz would nonetheless he ready to play despite not feeling completely fit, Ferrera was quoted as saying by Reuters: “As soon as he moves…