Give Me Your Stoke City, Your West Ham, Your Everton Yearning to Breathe Free

Liverpool fans will hope that the appointment of Brendan Rodgers will provide their team with both style and substance during the coming years, but is this Swanselona (urgh) type football being hyped up so much that results dont matter as much anymore?

Fans of clubs (Im looking at you Arsenal and Tottenham) will often fall back on the lovely football they play when changing the subject about a lack of trophies or success, while West Ham fans bemoan the fact that their club no longer play the exciting passing football they had under the likes of managers Harry Redknapp and Gianfranco Zola.

When you look at the managers hugely tipped for the Liverpool role, namely Rodgers and Roberto Martinez, both are renowned for their passing football. Both Swansea and Wigan get the plaudits for staying... [via EPL Talk]