Key events
Some emails before we get to kick-off!
Krishna could not be more cheerful:
Will the human rights watchdog be managed by Saudi Arabia in the first year, followed by Qatar, then Kuwait, later Dubai and so on … Sorry for being a cynic but I could not help it – the music that was City losing AGAIN yesterday could be completed as a proper encore today should Forest continue their magical mystery tour.
And Eric names his price (sort of):
Good morning from Pittsburgh! Looking forward to a couple of things in today’s undercard (yes, that’s what we all are thinking). Newcastle spent big to pluck Chris Wood from relegation-doomed Burnley and proceeded to deem him surplus in just one calendar year. Rude. He got a hat-trick at St James’ Park last season; I’ve got a neutral’s hope he has massive fun today, heh heh. I’ve never seen an entire team phone it in (if that’s what the kids still say) the way I can imagine Manchester United doing today. An often indifferent home crowd, a relegation candidate for an opponent, a lame-duck coach, an international window beckoning. You couldn’t pay me to go to Old Trafford to subject myself to that rubbish. (Well, you could, but I have a high price.)
Bruno Fernandes is celebrating 25o games with Manchester United today and Jim Ratcliffe has presented him a plaque to honour the occasion. In his time at the club, the now club captain has scored 82 goals and won two trophies.
Before we start in the Premier League, follow along to our MBM coverage of Liverpool v Chelsea in the WSL.
Nuno with some words on his squad depth before the game.
“When you have more solutions, it’s better!” 👊
Nuno Espirito Santo says he has a lot of depth in his Nottingham Forest squad 🤝 pic.twitter.com/vxFitCniRn
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) November 10, 2024
The late one tonight is Arsenal at Chelsea. Rob Draper heaps praise on William Saliba who cost £25m while Chelsea signed his teammate Wesley Fofana for £70m. And Jacob Steinberg analyses Enzo Fernández’s struggles after the emergence of Roméo Lavia’s partnership with Moisés Caicedo in central midfield.
Paul MacInnes with some big news that will certainly affect the Premier League.
Proposed changes to the football regulator that would ensure clubs could not be sold to nation states are to be put before the House of Lords, as legislation returns to parliament this week. Nineteen changes to the football governance bill have been proposed by Fair Game, an organisation of 34 men’s clubs that argues for a more sustainable approach to running the national sport.
Other proposals include the addition of a human rights component to owners’ and directors’ tests and a mandate to disclose the source of an owner’s funds. The text of the proposed amendment on state ownership says: “The Bill must exclude the possibility that an owner of a club could be a state or state-controlled person or entity.
Nottingham Forest are now third in the Premier League table, a feat not many predicted at the start of the season. Jonathan Wilson believes it is because Nuno Espírito Santo is where he is comfortable and his plan – amid all the background turmoil – is not especially complicated.
Forest have had the third-lowest possession in the league this season – but it works. Or at least, works for them. A club with a more heightened sense of self-worth might insist on having more of the ball, on something more sophisticated, but simplicity has its own charm.
Read more here.
The current Premier League table as it stands.
Team news: Tottenham v Ipswich
Team news: Nottingham Forest v Newcastle
Team news: Manchester United v Leicester
Preamble
A sending off at Palace, goals galore in Brentford, a first win for Wolves, City’s downward spiral and Liverpool’s counterattacks are aplenty … it has been an exciting weekend of Premier League football so far. And the good news is there is more to come.
Our afternoon matches see Leicester head to Old Trafford for Ruud van Nistelrooy’s last game in charge, an in-form Forest side hosting Newcastle and Spurs hoping to bounce back from European embarrassment against a desperate Ipswich.
Join me for all the goals and the big moments in the 2pm GMT kick-offs.
And, as always, send any thoughts, predictions, questions, or complaints you would like to share to me via email.