Opinion

World Player of the Year 2015: Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi beaten as our writers cut through FIFA bullsh*t
The final nominees – which were decided way before the end of the year – for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or are...
Harry Kane and Hector Bellerin
Premier League Young Player of 2015: Kane, Bellerin & England’s no.2 no.1 recognised in end-of-year writers’ poll
This morning, we revealed that Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez had pipped Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil to win CaughtOffside’s Premier League Player of...
Jose Mourinho
Premier League idiots of 2015: Raheem Sterling pips LVG & sacked Chelsea legend to win unwanted award
As the only man to receive multiple votes, Raheem Sterling is CaughtOffside’s Premier League idiot of the year ! Over the past 12...
Riyad Mahrez & Mesut Ozil
Premier League Player of 2015: Arsenal & Leicester stars in two-horse race as we vote for Man of the Year
As 2015 drew to a close, we asked five of our writers to name their Premier League Player of 2015. Despite giving...
Eric Dier, Mesut Ozil, Harry Kane
Premier League Team of 2015: Ozil & Mahrez popular picks, but just three Chelsea champions named by our writers
With 2015 done and dusted, some of our writers have looked back on a dramatic 12 months and have each picked their...
Mauricio Pochettino Tottenham
Premier League Manager of 2015: Spurs boss, Leicester duo & Arsene Wenger nominated by our writers
At the end of a brilliant, yet turbulent, 12 months as far as the Premier League is concerned, we asked six of...
Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen
Tottenham Hotspur midterm review – B+ summer signing player of the season so far, top four theirs to lose
Tottenham Hotspur ended 2015 by winning 2-1 at Watford on Monday – their third victory in a row. At the midway point of the...
Guus Hiddink back at Chelsea
Hiddink is the perfect Chelsea manager: 4 reasons Dutchman’s reappointment is an Abramovich masterstroke
Jose Mourinho’s sacking had to happen. It was an unpopular decision to boot a genuine Chelsea legend out of Stamford Bridge for...
Football’s best Christmas jumpers: Arsenal go 3D, Man Utd play safe, Chelsea sneak 4th, Villa embarrassing
Want to know what the best Christmas jumpers in football look like ? No ? Well, are you at least slightly interested ?...
Jose Mourinho taxi
Mourinho not the man to solve civil war at Chelsea FC
All was pretty rosy at Stamford Bridge six months ago. Chelsea had just ended the 2014-15 season as double winners, having beaten...
Eden Hazard Chelsea v Leicester
The five biggest culprits behind Chelsea’s Premier League failure: Hazard and Fabregas amongst key offenders
It’s not been a good season for Chelsea, and that’s an understatement. As a collective they have looked dour and uninspired, and...
Harry Kane
Best England XI: Tottenham stars fill Roy Hodgson’s team if boss picks on form over reputation
England were put in Group B with Russia, Wales and Slovakia when the draw for Euro 2016 was made in Paris on Saturday...