Ken Early: Saipan-style division takes hold as Ireland contest group of deathThe urge to “get behind the team” appears to others the historic Irish weakness of green jersey groupthinkMon May 4 2020 - 06:00
Ken Early: German ‘ghost games’ could deepen some dividesSome fan groups are opposed to the idea but survey shows most fans are in favour of itMon Apr 27 2020 - 06:00
Ken Early: Newcastle supporters have full sight of latest exploitation bidGeordie Nation continue to luck out but this time they know what they are getting intoMon Apr 20 2020 - 06:20
Ken Early: Rewatching old matches shows what the present game has lostCurrent teams may beat old counterparts 10-0 but the freedom to play was entertainingMon Apr 13 2020 - 06:30
Ken Early: Mick McCarthy II was no blockbuster, more of a flopShort-term appointment failed to move the team on from conservatism of O’NeillMon Apr 6 2020 - 07:00
Ken Early: Despite coronavirus, Premier League season must be finished if at all possibleVoiding the current campaign would leave far too many clubs unfairly treatedMon Mar 30 2020 - 06:00
Ken Early: Klopp perfectly entitled to have his say on the coronavirus crisisCovid-19 outbreak has spawned a vast political, ethical and moral crisis which affects us allMon Mar 23 2020 - 05:45
Ken Early: Britain marches to the sound of a different drum‘If this Cheltenham stuff was a scene in a disaster movie, it wouldn’t make sense’Mon Mar 16 2020 - 07:00
Ken Early: ‘Resurgent United’ narrative does not stand up to scrutinyBeating Manchester City may help Solskjær keep his job but it only papers over cracksMon Mar 9 2020 - 05:00
Ken Early: German fans take protests to the standsBillionaires at the helm are treated very differently in Germany than EnglandMon Mar 2 2020 - 07:00
Ken Early: Guardiola eyeing what could be a last chance for European glory with CityBeating Madrid would be best way to convince his players this could be their yearMon Feb 24 2020 - 06:00
Ken Early: Without unity of purpose, Barca’s great days aren’t coming backIt’s a two-tier set-up at the Nou Camp: Messi and his friends, and then everyone elseMon Feb 10 2020 - 06:00
Ken Early: It’s time for Pep Guardiola to embrace diversity of tacticsIs he prepared to work on set-piece weaknesses or would it betray his principles?Mon Feb 3 2020 - 09:46
Ken Early: Klopp adds spice to ‘uninteresting’ FA Cup replaysGerman will play youth team in Shrewsbury replay while first team go on holidayMon Jan 27 2020 - 06:26
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 5 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 9 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 2 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 4 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 7 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 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 Sep 9 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 Sep 5 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 Sep 2 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 5 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 1 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 7 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 6 2019 - 21:46