Ken Early: Referees using VAR to make decisions they feel the game needsLiverpool vs Tottenham: a brilliant game, or an out-of-control disciplinary mess?Mon Dec 20 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Don’t make players pawns in sad and bitter Covid culture warVictor Lindelof breathing issues latest in line of incidents incorrectly linked to vaccinesMon Dec 13 2021 - 05:39
Ken Early: Der Klassiker officiating farce a bad look for German footballJude Bellingham will be punished as he exposes flawed leadership in German footballMon Dec 06 2021 - 07:51
Ken Early: Ireland’s players look like they’re finally enjoying it againSecond goal combined rare blend of energy, persistence, intelligence and quality passingMon Nov 15 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Ireland’s progress under Stephen Kenny is clear – let’s keep it goingPacked Aviva crowd left wanting more as Ireland come close to victoryThu Nov 11 2021 - 22:44
Ken Early: It’s high time that United remembered that winning paysCommercialising strategy has Netflix and Amazon as bigger rivals than other clubsMon Nov 08 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Spurs left floundering by Daniel Levy’s managerial appointmentsChairman’s managerial selections since Pochettino sacking have left team in a messMon Nov 01 2021 - 06:15
Ken Early: Man United's directionless drift under Solskjaer has been decisively exposedManager paid the price for putting off politically awkward but necessary decisions about his teamMon Oct 25 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Newcastle take final step in becoming Saudi regime’s pet clubAny success the club achieves won’t feel like the fans always dreamt it would feelMon Oct 18 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: This Ireland feels like a team at the beginning of its story not the endStephen Kenny’s team has got people interested in what happens nextMon Oct 11 2021 - 05:30
Ken Early: Manchester City and Liverpool can be football’s new clasicoMo Salah’s goalscoring rate should be reason enough for Liverpool to renew his contractMon Oct 04 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Can you really blame PSG hyperstars for being selfish?Insane intensity of the social media circus surrounds Mbappé, Neymar and MessiMon Sept 27 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Pep Guardiola showing his tetchy side as Man City face stiff competitionNever before has the Catalan faced a real league title test from as many as three sidesMon Sept 20 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Harvey Elliott injury exposes nonsense of ‘let it flow’ directiveLiverpool have shown you can play fast and furious football without endangering playersMon Sept 13 2021 - 06:35
Ken Early: Stephen Kenny’s luck turns as Irish drama rumbles onManager has opened himself up to ridicule which has stirred feelings in this teamTue Sept 07 2021 - 22:57
Ken Early: Ireland supporters must be patient with Stephen Kenny's teamIt felt like this team was ready to shine. Then it just didn’t happen against AzerbaijanMon Sept 06 2021 - 01:00
Ken Early: Ronaldo saves his superhero entrance until the cruel, closing sceneAfter nearly 90 minutes of frustration, he was still ceaselessly moving in search of an openingThu Sept 02 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Maybe Ireland should be honoured to act as cannon fodder for RonaldoA whole new chapter in his career could start with breaking international scoring recordWed Sept 01 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Ronaldo’s arrival more about appeasing fans than team-buildingUnited’s team shape will now be dictated by the massive gravitational field of the star in its midstMon Aug 30 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Fan Tokens for football supporters – loyalty is a two-way streetSome clubs are so desperate for money they are herding their fans towards tokensMon Aug 23 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Signing Jack Grealish is Man City’s attempt to buy relevanceEngland midfielder does not address champions’ weaknesses but he gives them star powerMon Aug 16 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: England’s inquest begins with questions to be asked of SouthgateItaly were allowed back into the game and ultimately the wrong penalty takers pickedSun Jul 11 2021 - 23:29
Ken Early: England’s Premier class intent on creating their own historySouthgate’s squad full of players who play with, compete against and learn from world’s bestSat Jul 10 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: England's 30 years of hurt are coming to an end - a magical 30 years for usEra of English dominance may come for talented squad and the FA's accidental managerMon Jul 05 2021 - 01:00
Ken Early: Brave Southgate has the courage of his convictionsStood in front of bench packed with pouting, brooding genius, for once it didn’t go wrongWed Jun 30 2021 - 09:39
Ken Early: How can anybody think VAR is an improvement?Belgium win over Portugal will be remembered for violent play and poor refereeingMon Jun 28 2021 - 06:39
Ken Early: Tiki taka a nightmare from which Spain vainly struggle to awakeIf chances start to go in, they will take some stopping in Euro 2020 knockout stagesFri Jun 25 2021 - 12:30
Ken Early: Blindsided by a glorious day of Euros footballReturn of fans to stadiums has inspired players to produce the best football of yearMon Jun 21 2021 - 06:04
Ken Early: France’s uninspiring play goes against their historical self-imageIf the French cannot play a good game against Germany, can they excel against anyone?Thu Jun 17 2021 - 06:14
Ken Early: Football more important than life and death? Clearly notWith disbelief suspended football really feels like it matters right up until point that it doesn’tMon Jun 14 2021 - 05:00
Ken Early: Never mind Euro 2020’s quality, feel the marketingThat fame trumps sporting excellence is good news for international tournamentsFri Jun 11 2021 - 16:45
Ken Early: Southgate’s toughest task will be harnessing England's attacking talentAll the tournament-winning sides of recent years have had a clearly defined structure and identitySat Jun 05 2021 - 07:00
Ken Early: Covid, maths and luck help Chelsea triumph in EuropeTuchel’s champions showed how best teams have integrated set-pieces into open playMon May 31 2021 - 01:00
Ken Early: When the dust settled, the four richest teams were topFinal day marks Leicester’s card: second again suggests project has plateauedMon May 24 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: A cold anger fuelled Alex Ferguson’s unparalleled success‘Never Give In’ traces Fergie’s formative years in Glasgow through to the TrebleMon May 17 2021 - 06:30
Ken Early: Chips are down for sorry Sergio AgueroThat City’s great striker felt obliged to apologise for a missed penalty was sad and absurdMon May 10 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Anti-Glazer protests a sign that fans have figured out how to say noManchester United under Glazer ownership are like a race car dragging a parachuteMon May 03 2021 - 07:42
Ken Early: Arrogance of owners is most galling aspect of Super LeagueIt seems strange that the Glazers did not inform even Ed Woodward of the plansMon Apr 26 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Super League’s naked power-grab aims for permanent aristocracyBreakaway attempt is a gamble on the nature of fandom across the worldMon Apr 19 2021 - 07:54
Ken Early: It’s time for Alexander-Arnold to move to the middleLiverpool and England fullback might be too good to spend his career on the right flankMon Apr 12 2021 - 07:28
Ken Early: Haaland’s date with City pits the system against the individualWhen you have been scoring goals at a faster rate than any striker in Champions League history, you expect to keep playing in itMon Apr 05 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Theatrical displays of outrage to Luxembourg defeat will get us nowhereInstead of raging at losing to Luxembourg we should be reflecting on what we can learn from themMon Mar 29 2021 - 06:15
Ken Early: Ireland need to figure out how to sustain this kind of effort for 90 minutesStephen Kenny’s 3-5-2 looks to have more potential than the lifeless systems tried thus farThu Mar 25 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Harry Kane likely to be stuck at Spurs for the rest of his peak yearsPlayer must live with terrible career decision of signing for six years in summer of 2018Mon Mar 22 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Arteta looks more likely to deliver success than MourinhoSpurs suffused with gloom while Arsenal feel like they might finally be getting somewhereMon Mar 15 2021 - 06:33
Ken Early: Klopp all at sea as Liverpool continue to flounderManager long recognised extraordinary demands of season but has struggled to adaptMon Mar 08 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Referees and VAR now thrust to centre stageThe Premier League title race is effectively over so conspiracy theories about decisions will fill the voidMon Mar 01 2021 - 09:01
Ken Early: Erling Haaland is not the type of superstar we are used toMbappe looks the more complete footballer but the Norweigan has one key advantageMon Feb 22 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Super league may be best option for Europe’s bill-laden top clubsBarcelona’s ballooning debt in the billions just one example of clubs’ strugglesMon Feb 15 2021 - 06:00
Ken Early: Liverpool not just out of luck - they need a rebuildHave the champions just been really really really unlucky or what has gone wrong?Mon Feb 08 2021 - 06:00