Football FanCast
columnist Vinny Banks feels
that Aaron Ramsey's development would have been far greater, had he shun the
bright lights of London and moved to Goodison Park.
As Aaron Ramsey prepares his new life and career in North
London, I can't help feel the player may have made a faux pas. His move to
Arsenal, away from all the spotlight and fame will, undoubtedly give him a
chance of silverware and Champions League football. But with this may come, a
lack of first team opportunity week in week out.
Football FanCast
columnist Vinny Banks cannot help but feel the worst for Wolves,
as their prize assets are constantly linked to the Premier League.
As I sit here taking in the early summer sunshine, with pre
season only around the corner, I cannot help but feel the worst for my beloved
Wolves. With prized assets like Michael Kightly and young goalkeeping sensation
Wayne Hennessey, both heavily linked with Premier League clubs - you kind of
sense, if a suitable offer was to come in, that neither will be starting the
season at Molineux.
Football FanCast columnist and Wolves fan Vinny Banks is of the opinion that if you want to be entertained as a football fan then look no further than the Championship.
As the Premier League shapes up to adopt another textbook look with United, Chelsea and Arsenal battling it out at the top, Liverpool sitting comfortably in fourth and teams like Newcastle and Tottenham set firmly on mid table mediocrity. Has the Premier League becoming boring and predictable?
Ahead of Bolton's much-anticipated second-leg in Madrid this evening, FFC columnist Vinny Banks analyses Bolton's rise to the Premiership and beyond, and reviews the thoughts of Phoenix Nights star and lifelong Bolton fan, Dave Spikey, who spoke exclusively to Football FanCast on the Bolton Podcast.
Looking over the past few years in the Premiership, Wanderers fans will be delighted with the club's progress, but did Bolton reach their pinnacle to which they will not return?
With our English quartet ready to do battle with their foreign counterparts in the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League, FFC columnist Vinny Banks asks how the four teams would fare in a battle of England. In the first of this series, it's the North-West XI vs. the London XI.
Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool - all aiming for Champions League glory. Will United and Liverpool do the north of England proud, or will the London duo progress further this season?
When Sir Alex Ferguson commented post-match that Old Trafford signified little more than a morgue, many batted their eyelids in amusement. The poor atmosphere had nothing to do with a lack of excitement; more a sign of how modern football is slowly drifting away from the fans - an issue that continues to dominate the world of football, and the supporters that live within it. In his search to find the ‘lost soul of football' Matthew Bazell's "Theatre of Silence" is a book that captures the thoughts of football fans who are lost on the once beautiful game. FFC columnist Vinny Banks is one of them.
In January this year, the book ‘Theatre of Silence - The Lost Soul of Football', authored by Matthew Bazell was released onto the shelves of bookshops across the country. One of the main subjects in the book is, believe it or not, the issue of quiet football crowds and hence the title. Therefore, it was a bit ironic that in the same week of the book's publication date, Alex Ferguson took a swipe at the atmosphere at Old Trafford, by comparing the ‘Theatre of Dreams' to a ‘funeral parlour'.