Ethan Dean-Richards

Ferguson's sympathy is the kiss of death for Arsenal

Liverpool look to have all the right answers at the moment. The messages being sent out are clear and simple, but are they too simple?

Football doesn't care about anything but itself. We need to learn this, and it needs to stop pretending that it does.

Of all the managers in all the world, Jose Mourinho is the one who Real Madrid are prepared to give more than a season's worth of trust to. They've made the right decision, too.

Barcelona have allowed the idea that they want Cesc Fabregas for sentimental reasons to spread. On the basis of last season, actually, they could do with someone like him to freshen things up.

Football men still haunt British football. Isn't it time outsiders were given a chance in management?

Liverpool have been said to be employing moneyball strategy but they aren't - at least not in the truest sense; they're still choosing players like Charlie Adam because they love a bit of fantasy. And, unfortunately, that's a weakness.

Increasingly, football fans can be heard talking about the player that will complete their team - from Modric to Sanchez. But it's time to wonder what they're talking about - football never 'ends'.

Manchester United's focus on youth is placing their future at risk. What's more, it's the Glazers' doing.

Apathy is hanging over the England camp. Of course the players don't care - how ludicrous to think that they would - but now the fans don't either.