Seb Stafford-Bloor
Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making.
Latest articles by Seb Stafford-Bloor
Best of the Premier League weekend: FFT's top performance, goal and moan
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League FourFourTwo.com's take on the best team performance, player and goal – plus the biggest gripe – as the Premier League returns from international duty
Swansea midfielder Sam Clucas apologises for controversy after porn reference
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... Clucas is in trouble for his risquée goal celebration against Arsenal on Tuesday night
4 Stats Zone notes from Swansea vs Liverpool: set-piece woe, passing networks and more
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Stats Zone Seb Stafford-Bloor was at the Liberty Stadium to use the award-winning Stats Zone app. Here are his four analytical pointers from the game…
How a European Super League will destroy football as we know it
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League The Super League isn't just a money-making scheme that helps profit big clubs - it's an insult to everyone involved in the sport
It's impossible now to make VAR more lenient – it has to be all or nothing
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League Reforming the use of video replays would struggle for credibility after the arguments over its precision
Back to square one: Ajax are stuck climbing a ladder they can never reach the top of
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Ajax Last season's Champions League semi-finalists lost Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt over the summer, and didn't make it out of the group stage this time. It's a cycle they're doomed to repeat, writes Seb Stafford-Bloor
Mohamed Salah's boots are now on exhibition in the British Museum
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... One more honour for everyone's favourite Egyptian...
Watch: Shelbourne's Jamie Doyle completes hat-trick with a sensational long-range drive
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... Oh yes – now *that* is the way to complete your treble...
Saturday FA Cup fifth round wrap: The things you might have missed
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FA Cup FFT's round-up of Saturday's action, as the FA Cup starts to move towards its business end.
How Chelsea fired their guns to put Europe on notice
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
UEFA Champions League Seb Stafford-Bloor was at Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea make a thumping return to the Champions League
How Bournemouth's performance on Saturday was proof of small margins in a relegation battle
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
AFC Bournemouth The Cherries find themselves in a fight for survival - and every aspect of the match against Chelsea showcased the perilous situation
Why isn't Hector Bellerin the Arsenal captain?
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Arsenal The Spanish full-back may split opinion, but his outspoken nature reveals something the club sorely needs: he actually stands for something
Leicester have one major weakness that could see them come unstuck against Liverpool
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Leicester City Brendan Rodgers' side have been one of the most consistently impressive this season – but fail to perform against the big teams. What's going on?
9 stars who enhanced their reputations at the European U21 Championship
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
UEFA European Under-21 Championship Spain’s attacking tyros, Germany’s cultured midfielders and an old-fashioned England central defender all impressed this summer, as Seb Stafford-Bloor reports
The internet has changed the way we respond to clubs' new signings – for the worse
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Premier League So much knowledge about every player is now available at the touch of a button – but it's not giving us any better sense of who they are
Al Dhafra defender scores sensational 20-yard own goal
By Seb Stafford-Bloor last updated
In Other News... Feel no shame, Yaser Al Juneibi: this is spectacular
Watch: Seattle Sounders goalkeeper makes almighty stoppage-time blunder
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... Bad news for Stefan Frei: this was the first goal scored in this stadium's history
The unfashionable truth about Emmanuel Adebayor, and why you're wrong to judge him
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Emmanuel Adebayor The Togolese striker left Spurs under a cloud, and nor is he Mr Popular at his former clubs – but Seb Stafford-Bloor says the 31-year-old deserves empathy if not respect...
Analysis: Swans unable to climb up from the depths as Arsenal put them to the sword
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Swansea City Seb Stafford-Bloor headed to the Liberty to see if the sorry south Wales side could improve in Paul Clement's first Premier League game
The Moyes conundrum: just what kind of club do Everton want to be?
By Seb Stafford-Bloor last updated
Everton Their former manager may have been a success during his first spell at Goodison, but that he is in contention now reveals a club without a guiding idea
Chelsea 3-0 Leicester: How Conte's 3-4-3 fits the Blues to a tee
By Seb Stafford-Bloor last updated
Premier League Seb Stafford-Bloor analyses Chelsea's convincing 3-0 win over Leicester using Stats Zone
Napoli's Dries Mertens has been disguising his identity to feed the homeless
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... The Belgian goal machine has shown his altruistic side in downtown Naples
The 10 best Tottenham players of the Premier League era
By Seb Stafford-Bloor last updated
Tottenham Hotspur Seb Stafford-Bloor picks out Spurs' biggest stars since the top flight was rebranded in 1992
Watch: Ex-Liverpool man Iago Aspas misses absolute sitter in La Liga
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
In Other News... The former Red endured a horror moment to forget in Celta Vigo's goalless draw against Malaga on Sunday
Why Tammy Abraham's rise is about far more than being in the right place at the right time
By Seb Stafford-Bloor published
Chelsea The Premier League's top-scoring Englishman is back in the Three Lions squad and ready to keep his place for good – testament to qualities off the pitch as well as on it
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