Tag: wrong

18 October 2026 Off

“Arrogant” Sunderland struggling in Premier League but what is wrong with Black Cats?

By Total Football News

Whether or not Sunderland‘s squad is deep enough, heading to Bournemouth to face a side who were without a league win before Sunday and had also just played in Europe on Thursday should have been one they were relishing.

Yet Sunderland could not have made it easier for the hosts at Vitality Stadium.

One of the recent summer recruits, Kevin Danso – a loan signing from Tottenham Hotspur –

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29 August 2026 Off

Frank Lampard: Coventry boss on his managerial inspirations and proving doubters wrong

By Total Football News

The Football Interview will be available on BBC One at 12:45 every Saturday during the Premier League season, as well as on BBC iPlayer, BBC Football YouTube and the BBC Sport website and app.

In the second episode of the new season, available on Saturday, 29 August, musician Tom Grennan sits down with Coventry City manager Frank Lampard.

As a player, Frank Lampard worked under some of the biggest managers

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14 August 2026 Off

Cardiff City: Boss Barry-Murphy aims to prove doubters wrong

By Total Football News

Asked what would constitute a successful season for his side, Barry-Murphy said: “We don’t know. I think one of the beauties of this season is that, for a lot of us, we’re going into the unknown.

“Our feeling is that we can surprise a lot of people. We have a real hunger and appetite to improve on what we did last season.”

Barry-Murphy is preparing for a blockbuster start to

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20 March 2026 Off

Portsmouth opinion: Michael Eisner is right about the Championship but also wrong

By Total Football News

“Unsustainable”, “crazy”, “broken.” Pick your adjective to describe the state of the finances in the Championship. The league consistently spends more on wages than its entire income. You don’t need to be an accountant to know that is bad.

This is not a new problem. It has been going on for more than 15 years. For all the predictions of a financial implosion, it has not happened.

For most

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17 March 2026 Off

Portsmouth: Opinion – Pompey heading in the wrong direction

By Total Football News

To lose one game at home when you’ve largely dominated but can’t score is unfortunate. To lose three out of four is a very worrying pattern.

Potentially the most damning thing was Derby’s game plan. They seemed content to sit back and defend in the knowledge they could keep Pompey at bay and get a goal from a counter attack or a set-piece.

They were right. They hit the post

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24 December 2025 Off

Oxford United: Jerome Sale looks at where it went wrong for Gary Rowett

By Total Football News

It felt like a “back me or sack me” interview that he gave to BBC Radio Oxford. Erick Thohir, the club’s owner, after consultation with his senior management team in Oxford, chose the latter.

“I’m a head coach and have been for a long time,” Rowett told BBC Radio Oxford after Saturday’s defeat by Charlton Athletic.

“The job’s really simple, if you don’t win games of football then someone either

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4 November 2025 Off

Southampton: Will Still sacked – where did it go wrong?

By Total Football News

“I feel sad for the fans, two league wins in 12 months. It was the anniversary on Sunday to 2 November [2025] when Saints beat Everton in the Premier League.

“The stadium is empty on the pictures behind us in studio, and it was almost like that at full-time on Saturday. Once you start getting reducing crowds, and the attendance is slowly drifting down and down – that is when

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26 April 2025 Off

Ipswich relegated: What went wrong & what next for Tractor Boys?

By Total Football News

With the Saints and the Foxes joining Ipswich in the Championship next season, all three promoted sides have suffered instant demotion.

It is the first time in Premier League history that the identity of all three relegated sides has been known with as many as four games to go, and the second time after 2005-06 that all three have been confirmed before May.

It is not difficult to understand why

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25 February 2025 Off

BBC Radio Derby commentator Ed Dawes on what’s going wrong at the Rams

By Total Football News

The baptism of fire new Derby County head coach John Eustace has walked into has all the hallmarks of someone buying a car and then realising it is a cut and shut.

The Rams are unable to move away from the relegation zone in the Championship because nobody can find the accelerator to park the car in the garage, or goal.

Cars aside, the job in hand for Eustace will

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