The Devil's Den

Football is Dead [viz. by Varun Sangwan] Yesterday, the footballing world was shaken to its core by the announcement of a European Super League, potentially disrupting the existing European competitions, i.e., UEFA Champion's League and The Europa League. Gone will be the days when any team could dream of playing in the European competitions as an attempt to challenge the status quo about the big teams in their respective leagues. Teams who have done well recently - the likes of West Ham, Leicester, Real Sociedad, Atalanta, and so on, who rose above expectations to challenge the top tier teams in their divisions will probably find their herculean efforts to have been in vain because the owners of the so-called big clubs have decided that football is just supposed to make money and shouldn't mean anything to the fans. WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE? What is the European Super League? [via GiveMeSport] The European Super League is an initiative lead by the biggest teams in wor...

The Red Devils face an in-form Leicester City in the Last 8 of the FA Cup TRIVIA Venue - King Power Stadium Kickoff - Sunday, March 21, 17:00 GMT                                                          22:30 IST Solskjaer's Manchester United have fared pretty well in what has been said as a season-defining week for the club. After a few dismal 0-0 draws, The Red Devils were to face a rampant Manchester City side, running away with the title. And oh boy, were they up for it. We brought an end to City's 21-game winning streak through a wonderful team performance. The very next match, we had a below-par performance against AC Milan in the Europa League, somehow got a goal and somehow gave it away in the last minute.  Having more or less secured Top 4 with a win against West Ham , Manchester United also knocked out ...

  Manchester United beat West Ham in FA Cup 5th Round Manchester United were left in agony after their PL clash against Everton ended on level terms as Calvert-Lewin netted a 95th-minute equaliser. The Red Devils missed an opportunity to go level on points with Manchester City, even if that was for only 21 hours. We allowed City to further the gap between us and look up the table to see them 5 pts clear at the top with a game in hand. Let's accept it. City are running riot at the moment. A game in the FA Cup allows managers to rotate their team and fringe players to come into the side. Not when you're Manchester United. We have a knack of drawing relatively stronger opposition from the available pool. This time around it was a revitalised West Ham side . Although, Solskjaer did rest Bruno and Shaw and brought in Van de Beek and Telles. I've to be really frank. This was possibly the dullest 90 minutes of football I've seen in a while. Manchester United dominated possess...

  Manchester United face West Ham in the FA Cup 5th Round TRIVIA Venue - Old Trafford, Manchester Kick-Off - Saturday, February 10-  01:00 IST                 Tuesday, February 09- 19:30 GMT Manchester United in this topsy-turvy season have perhaps found their identity. United can be counted on being predictable unpredictable and that leads to a lot of shock results good or bad. Recently they threw away a 2 - 0 lead at half time against Everton to draw 3 - 3 just days after the record-breaking 9 - 0 win against Southampton . The Red Devils have lacked consistency, let me rephrase, defensive consistency with that are being the root of all the problems on the west side of Manchester. The attack may be the best in Europe but the defence needs improving. Regardless, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will lead his men into the 5th round FA Cup tie against a former Red's manager David Moyes who was unceremoniously sacked after United's then poorest start ...