Alex Keble
Latest articles by Alex Keble

Why have West Ham been so good since the start of the pandemic?
By Alex Keble published
COMMENT Plenty has been made of the West Ham's improvements over the last two years – but football has changed tactically for the benefit of David Moyes' boys

5 things the Premier League should do to improve VAR
By Alex Keble published
Premier League Liverpool's offside, Tottenham's red card... Every weekend sees more controversies arrive as a direct result of a technology that was supposed to sort things out. How can it be fixed?

Why history will blame Daniel Levy if Tottenham miss this generational moment to succeed
By Alex Keble published
Tottenham Hotspur If Mauricio Pochettino goes, Spurs could leave the Big Six – and Daniel Levy would be to blame, argues Alex Keble

6 great Premier League performers who are still underrated
By Alex Keble published
Lists Who deserves more attention than they’re currently getting? Alex Keble brings you his hot picks

6 good reasons why this could be the highest-scoring season in Premier League history
By Alex Keble published
Premier League We’re behind on the rate for 2018/19’s record-breaking haul, but Alex Keble believes the tide will soon start to turn. Bring it on…

What Frank Lampard must learn to make his tactics a success at Chelsea – and it's not about being free
By Alex Keble published
Chelsea So far, we’ve seen that Lampard can set up his team to attack or defend. But can he set them up to control a game?

Why Aston Villa will be the Premier League's great entertainers this season – one way or another
By Alex Keble published
Aston Villa Expansive tactics, strong pre-season results and signings with bags of potential point to an exciting year at Villa Park. Whether it all works out, though, remains to be seen...

Rated! The best Premier League XI this season… without Big Six clubs
By Alex Keble published
Premier League The big boys get enough attention, so here's Alex Keble's finest XI without them – not that anyone would get in from Manchester United anyway...

EVERY Premier League club’s biggest strength and weakness this season
By Alex Keble published
Premier League Almost a third of the way through the campaign, we now have a pretty good idea of how the 20 top-flight teams are shaping up. Sadly for Slavisa Jokanovic, it turned out the answer was 'pretty rubbish actually' for Fulham...

Rated! The 10 most overpowered players on FIFA 19
By Alex Keble published
FIFA 19 Everybody wants more for less – not least in Ultimate Team, where your money counts and marginal gains for overpowered players could be the difference between success and failure. Alex Keble provides a helping hand

Transfer window: What EVERY Premier League club is missing – and who they could sign to fix it
By Alex Keble published
Premier League No club is perfect (quiet, Man City fans), so Alex Keble takes us through the weak spot of every Premier League side - and suggests the kind of player who'd help remedy the problem

10 underrated Premier League players you didn’t realise make their teams tick
By Alex Keble published
Premier League These top-flight players don’t hog the headlines – but they've been crucial for the clubs this season, as Alex Keble explains

6 interesting things we’ve learned about the 2017/18 Premier League using expected goals (xG)
By Alex Keble published
Premier League It can’t tell us everything, but the much-discussed analytical model is certainly interesting enough to draw some conclusions from

Ranked! The 10 best Premier League summer signings based on performances this season
By Alex Keble published
Premier League From an Egyptian magician to Arsenal’s fearsome aggressor, Alex Keble on the players proving themselves to be the 10 smartest transfers of the summer

The final straw? How Arsene Wenger could be embarrassingly humbled by Pep Guardiola this weekend
By Alex Keble published
Arsene Wenger The two managers will lock horns when Arsenal face Manchester City this weekend, and Alex Keble believes the Catalan could show how far his opposite number has fallen

The 10 best Premier League signings of 2016/17 so far
By Alex Keble published
Premier League It’s hard to know what represents good value these days, but this lot have done their sides proud since signing last summer

What Tottenham could learn from Chelsea's Plan A
By Alex Keble published
Tottenham Hotspur Spurs' usual approach hasn't really borne fruit in recent weeks, and Alex Keble believes a 3-4-2-1 formation could act as a handy alternative for Mauricio Pochettino

How the title chasers' central midfielders work – and why Fellaini doesn't
By Alex Keble published
Manchester United Alex Keble compares Manchester United's brutish Belgian with his Premier League contemporaries, and explains why each work so well for their respective sides
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