Author: James Nalton

Football and sports writer for the Morning Star newspaper and Forbes.

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Average FPL: Who To Pick For Your Half-Decent Fantasy Football Team

Average FPL: Who To Pick For Your Half-Decent Fantasy Football Team

A lighthearted look at the new Fantasy Premier League season. Tips on who to buy, or based on recent FPL performances (below) who not to buy. [...]
The Leagues Cup: The Right Tournament In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time

The Leagues Cup: The Right Tournament In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time

On the face of it the Leagues Cup seems like a good idea. The best teams from Major League Soccer and Liga MX going head to head in a short showcase t [...]
Algeria Deflect Senegal To Win Afcon 2019

Algeria Deflect Senegal To Win Afcon 2019

There hadn't been a silence like this in the Cairo International Stadium since South Africa scored against hosts Egypt in the quarter-finals. As Ba [...]
No Neymar No Problem For Brazil As Firmino Jesus And Everton Steal The Show

No Neymar No Problem For Brazil As Firmino Jesus And Everton Steal The Show

Brazil lifted the Copa America for the first time since 2007, and were able to do so without their supposed star player, Neymar, and despite being dow [...]
Messi Sees Red After Copa America Injustice – Messi’s Late Run

Messi Sees Red After Copa America Injustice – Messi’s Late Run

The headlines are always Messi, whether he does enough to make them or not. He’s marked out as the reason Argentina win or the reason they lose, often [...]
Pulisic Pulls The Strings But United States Unconvincing vs Curacao

Pulisic Pulls The Strings But United States Unconvincing vs Curacao

Christian Pulisic bore down on goal in the opening two minutes of this clash against a Curacao side currently 79th in the FIFA rankings. He has Gya [...]
11 Players To Watch At The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

11 Players To Watch At The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Bored with the Copa America already? Stars of the U21 Euros overhyped? Here's AFCON to save the day. Like its South American equivalent, the Afr [...]
The Unfamiliar Teams With Some Familiar Names At The 2019 Gold Cup

The Unfamiliar Teams With Some Familiar Names At The 2019 Gold Cup

The Concacaf Gold Cup might be taking a back seat in an international break which includes the Women's World Cup, Copa America, and Africa Cup of Nati [...]
8 Players To Watch At The 2019 Copa America

8 Players To Watch At The 2019 Copa America

2019 is a bumper year for international tournaments and the latest to get under way is the Copa America. This year's tournament will be held in Bra [...]
United States U-20s Show Promising Signs For The Future

United States U-20s Show Promising Signs For The Future

By James Nalton in Gdynia, Poland. It was always going to be the quarter-finals, wasn’t it? This talented group of potential future USMNT stars [...]
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