http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Steven+Yates Sports Steven Yates Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=462560&ca=Sports There can’t be many players, if any, who have been selected for a World Cup squad before they have made their Premier League debut. If it comes to that, there can’t be many who have been transferred for something like £5 million pounds after making just 21 appearances in the Football league Champio... Sports Steven Yates Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=461853&ca=Sports One way or another, Emmanuel Adebayor has certainly made an impact in his few months at Manchester City. What with his controversial goal celebration against his former club and some vital goals, the former African Player of the Year has hardly been out of the headlines. He even managed to score o... Sports Steven Yates Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=461188&ca=Sports Is it just me, or is Ashley Cole severely under-rated in his own country? I certainly can’t think of a better left back in world football at the moment. In fact, after watching England matches for nearly 50 years, I can go back to Ray Wilson and still not find a match for all the qualities that th... Sports Steven Yates Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=460521&ca=Sports The best centre forward in the Premier League - or a diving, whinging, theatrical cheat who uses his elbows as much as his feet? Didier Drogba certainly polarises opinions. There is no doubt that, when he’s really on his game, Drogba can completely overpower and dominate even the best central defen... Sports Steven Yates Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=458914&ca=Sports With the benefit of hindsight, the Evening Standard headline writer who dreamt up the ‘Arsène Who?’ headline back in September, 1996 must feel pretty silly now. There can be few football club managers anywhere in the world who are as identified with their team and their style of play as Arsenal’s Ar... Sports Steven Yates Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=459479&ca=Sports By looking at the bare statistics, you’d be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss was about with Carlos Tévez. Seven goals in 26 league games for West Ham United; 19 in 63 for Manchester United. Hardly the sort of figures that should have West Ham fans singing his name out when he returned to pl... Sports Steven Yates Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=458411&ca=Sports Amongst all the exotic names of strikers linked with Manchester City over the past few months, one of Mark Hughes’ most astute pieces of transfer business might actually turn out to be Gareth Barry - a player some fans still mistakenly think of as a ‘journeyman’ footballer. In fact, Gareth Barry cou... Sports Steven Yates Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=457830&ca=Sports Few people who have won 76 caps for England, scoring 20 goals in the process, have divided the nation’s football fans as much as Frank Lampard. Lamps, if you’re a fan; Fat Frank, if you’re not. Not many England players have actually been booed by the Wembley crowd whilst they’re representing their... Sports Steven Yates Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=457151&ca=Sports It’s not often that Arsene Wenger pays out big money on transfer fees. It’s even less frequent that the shrewd Frenchman pays it out on a player nearing his 28th birthday. The Arsenal manager is well-known for preferring to sign younger players that he can mould into world superstars and then, whe... Sports Steven Yates Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=456085&ca=Sports It does look as if, at last, Nicholas Anelka is getting the sort of recognition his undoubted talent deserves and he is, finally, able to shake off the ‘Le Sulk’ image that has dominated his career. At 30 years of age, Anelka can now throw away that wild child tag once and for all! It was in 1997,...