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
Ken Early: Republican slogans strangely back in vogue in the sporting realmDaily drip-drip of horror easily forgotten by a young Rice or the crowd at Madison Square GardenSat Mar 23 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Bayern Munich exit a part of wider German declineCoaches have come and gone at German club without any apparent overall planMon Mar 18 2019 - 06:00
Ken Early: Luck will not always be on Solskjær's sideDazzling start has so far only transformed a disastrous season into a merely bad oneMon Mar 11 2019 - 07:00
Ken Early: VAR could further undermine soccer's integrityVideo assistant referee could further undermine soccer's integrityMon Mar 04 2019 - 06:00
