Ken Early: Solskjaer’s short-term gambles proving very costly for UnitedRisking injured players shows loyal club man also motivated by vigorous self-interestMon Jan 20 2020 - 14:15
Ken Early: Spurs’ passing game may be a thing of the past with MourinhoA side that sits back and lets Liverpool have the ball is actually playing into their handsMon Jan 13 2020 - 07:00
Ken Early: The game has changed so much it’s time to change match schedulesPlayers not only have to cover greater distances in matches but also have to do it fasterSun Jan 05 2020 - 22:05
Ken Early: FAI AGM like a form of group therapy for Irish footballDelegates given a chance to ask questions although solicitors were there to vet themMon Dec 30 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: The secret of Liverpool’s success - failure is no longer indulgedKlopp is a rare example of a massively successful professional who is simultaneously humbleMon Dec 23 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Weak Arsenal fail to tackle Özil on football whatever about politicsClub disassociates itself from player's comments on persecution of Muslims in ChinaMon Dec 16 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: United expose gaps made by City’s summer mistakesAbsence of Fernandinho from midfield leaves champions open to counter-attacksMon Dec 09 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Did Lionel Messi’s team talk help Liverpool beat Barcelona?Club documentary shows Messi summoning the negative ghosts of Rome in Anfield dressing roomMon Dec 02 2019 - 01:00
Ken Early: Can City maintain their intensity even when they’re chasing?Often teams who has excelled under ultra-demanding manager suddenly collapseSun Nov 24 2019 - 22:28
Ken Early: Ireland need to embrace power of positive thinkingIreland scored just seven goals in this campaign. Denmark scored three times as manyMon Nov 18 2019 - 22:40
Ken Early: Thierry Henry, a missed flight, and the invisible hand of historyHow I ended up missing out on the collective outrage about France’s infamous handballMon Nov 18 2019 - 06:30
Ken Early: City ‘superstars’ unconvinced by Pep’s declaration of loveSome squad members have absorbed much highly strung praise from furious managerMon Nov 11 2019 - 06:30
Ken Early: Is Mourinho the perfect man to take charge of what Arsenal is becoming?With the way things are going at Arsenal, maybe the time has come for a lurch to the dark sideMon Nov 04 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Tottenham’s gradual decline takes sudden dip against LiverpoolKlopp’s 2018 signings made the difference, while Pochettino signed no one that summerMon Oct 28 2019 - 10:23
Ken Early: Marrying style and substance still a conundrum for SolskjaerUnited fans will lose patience with a team that embraces a counter-attacking strategyMon Oct 21 2019 - 07:27
Ken Early: Switzerland exploit flaws in McCarthy’s grand planIreland looked like a side trying out a new idea in pre-season against SwitzerlandWed Oct 16 2019 - 05:57
Ken Early: Mick McCarthy’s attitude towards Aaron Connolly needs to changeIreland have been getting away with it in this campaign and their luck could soon run outMon Oct 14 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Ireland and Georgia have one problem in common - a difficult neighbourFlying 10,000km to watch a match will some day be seen as a mad thing people used to doSat Oct 12 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: Guardiola’s radical collectivism faces sternest testManchester City boss needs to avert loss of faith in system after series of setbacksMon Oct 07 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: John Delaney inflicted austerity on everyone in Irish football but himselfThe doomed Vantage Club ticket scheme was a fiasco that cost Irish football dearlyMon Sept 30 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: Lampard’s presence helping to numb the pain of Chelsea’s declineFans will only continue to back youth policy project if it brings the required resultsMon Sept 23 2019 - 06:10
Ken Early: Owen-Shearer squabble showcases new dynamics of newsSqueaky-clean images were a response to the fearsome tabloid machine of their eraMon Sept 16 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Is a new midfield in McCarthy’s plans for Georgia?Perhaps the decision to move Conor Hourihane was actually to experiment in midfieldTue Sept 10 2019 - 22:17
Ken Early: Irish fans are like elderly Brexiteers – stuck in the pastOur football is stuck in the past, and there seems to be no going back to the futureMon Sept 09 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: Ireland’s retro football provides a familiar resultMick McCarthy in charge, Roy Keane in the headlines – it felt like little had changedThu Sept 05 2019 - 22:38
Ken Early: Spurs fail to frank ambition with marquee signingsPlayers being offered the opportunity to work twice as hard to stay in the same placeMon Sept 02 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: United paying the penalty for Solskjaer’s indecisionNominating two penalty takers is nominating none, and creating extra uncertaintyMon Aug 26 2019 - 06:30
Ken Early: VAR in danger of descending into pointless pedantryBad call that cost City victory against Spurs highlights a problem with how VAR is usedMon Aug 19 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: Exit of David Luiz may haunt Frank LampardChelsea manager is now left with a defence which looks shaky and creativity lostMon Aug 12 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Lethargic Liverpool may have turned up just in timeTaking the plaudits is great, but now it’s time for City and Liverpool to get back to workMon Aug 05 2019 - 06:54
Ken Early: USA-England promises plenty for genuine football fansTechnical standard of football is irrelevant if you get people to care about the teamsMon Jul 01 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Hard to believe Neymar snr did not approve of son’s move to PSGNeymar’s two unhappy years in Paris have been lucrative for one family member in particularWed Jun 26 2019 - 07:49
Ken Early: What if Maradona had been more like Messi?The style in which Diego Maradona did things inspired passionate devotionMon Jun 17 2019 - 01:56
Ken Early: England’s attempts to play like City are doomedLeave the high-end stuff to the Champions League. At international level, basic is bestMon Jun 10 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Plenty of positives as Ireland again frustrate the DanesTechnical shortcomings aside Ireland already look an improved side under McCarthyFri Jun 07 2019 - 22:29
Ken Early: Prospect of facing Ireland again will do little to inspire EriksenMidfielder will struggle to be motivated after Champions League heartache with SpursThu Jun 06 2019 - 21:46
Ken Early: Klopp’s way has something extraordinary about itThe mass celebrations in Madrid and Liverpool were no mere happy accidentMon Jun 03 2019 - 10:45
Ken Early: Alisson in Wanda land completes fairytale season for LiverpoolBrazilian goalkeeper made the big saves when Tottenham’s pressure rocked Liverpool late onSun Jun 02 2019 - 00:41
Ken Early: Universal energy to decide fate of Spurs and LiverpoolPochettino has a big decision to make on Kane, Klopp is trying to arrest dismal final recordSat Jun 01 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: Coutinho becomes a convenient scapegoat for BarcelonaReality is club failed to identify a suitable role within the side for the talented BrazilianMon May 27 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: City’s domination has been bought – and they’re paying the priceIt’s time to accept that oil-funded success and mass popularity will never go well togetherMon May 20 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Guardiola’s joy will be tempered by Champions League regretPremier League a testament to City manager – but defeat to Spurs will surely rankleMon May 13 2019 - 07:43
Ken Early: Klopp must find way of improving his finished productShould fairytale title finish not materialise, Liverpool boss facing a real conundrumMon May 06 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: Football’s new age neutralises philosophies of the pastAnalysis based on yesteryear is pointless in game that has changed unrecognisablyMon Apr 29 2019 - 06:21
Ken Early: Solskjær is neither miracle man nor complete disasterHe has inherited a Manchester United squad of limited mobility and uncertain characterMon Apr 22 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: How Delaney remained as FAI chief for 14 yearsWhen it comes to winning respect of provincial leagues, nothing beats giving them moneyMon Apr 15 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Barcelona’s reliance on Messi gives Man United a chanceA decade on from Pep, they are just a normal rich team with the best player in the worldMon Apr 08 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: City are the best team but Liverpool are winning uglyLloris’ error left Klopp celebrating rather than irritably justifying a failed team selectionMon Apr 01 2019 - 06:32
Ken Early: From Delaney drama emerges some Irish positivityIs it too much to suggest that the former FAI CEO deliberately took spotlight off the team?Tue Mar 26 2019 - 22:42
Ken Early: John Delaney’s Rolls-Royce running out of roadStepping aside of Irish football’s dominant figure will be seen as overdue by most fansMon Mar 25 2019 - 05:30
