Articles by Barney Ronay

Can Arne Slot revive this Frankenstein’s monster of a Liverpool side? | Barney Ronay

New players have come in, too many of them, and has meant a dilution of the collective will instilled by Klopp

Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi-funded spectacle | Barney Ronay

A pension-pot World Cup is looming for CR9 and with Donald Trump in the White House and Mohammed bin Salman at his back, it seems this is now a safe space

5 days ago

Entertainment

Alastair Cook and Becky Ives make best of TNT Sports’ shonky Ashes production | Barney Ronay

Presenter Becky Ives was breezy, while Alastair Cook was pushed to the front like the last ceremonial horse of some dying cavalry unit

5 days ago

Sports

Witnesses of Neymar’s sad decline hope for one final twist in his career’s brutal narrative arc | Barney Ronay

World Cup could still be in reach for the last genius of Brazilian football who has faded to a shadow of his former self

Nov 15, 2025

Sports

It had to be Shane Warne: the Ashes Elvis had an aura that eclipsed all others | Barney Ronay

He coaxed greatness from teammates, bent occasions to his will and mastered the most complex of arts, but best of all he connected like few others in sport

Nov 14, 2025

Sports

Arne Slot’s big mistake at Liverpool this season? Failing to drop struggling Salah | Barney Ronay

Mohamed Salah has drifted from crucial to peripheral in big games, and Arne Slot’s decision to keep picking him is strange

Nov 11, 2025

Technology

Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?

Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests

Nov 8, 2025

World

Dear England: Lessons in Leadership by Gareth Southgate review – an exercise in passive-aggressive self-justification

The former England coach could’ve written a great book – instead he’s produced an AI-style word-sludge of generic leadership chat

Nov 6, 2025

World

Three weeks to the Ashes? Unleash the Bazball alpha-bears, Australia just loves them | Barney Ronay

England need to turn volume up and lean into tone of exceptionalism that continues to annoy their rivals

Nov 1, 2025

Naive Ange Postecoglou could be the least effective Premier League manager ever | Barney Ronay

At no stage did the Australian coach seem to understand the assignment he had been given at Nottingham Forest

Oct 18, 2025

Naive Ange Postecoglou could be the least effective Premier League manager ever | Barney Ronay

At no stage did the Australian coach seem to understand the assignment at Nottingham Forest that he had been given

Oct 18, 2025

England have their best chance of winning World Cup since 1970 – and Tuchel is the key | Barney Ronay

This new realistic, pragmatic approach, with no snags or celebrity bodge-jobs, means that this time could be the one

Oct 16, 2025

Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay

An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport

Oct 10, 2025

Air raids are the new trend as Premier League goes back to the future

Set pieces, long throws and generally getting it launched are back with a vengeance amid a notable tactical shift

Oct 6, 2025

Rise of long balls marks latest trend in frenzied evolution of Premier League

Set pieces, long throws and generally getting it launched are back with a vengeance amid a notable tactical shift

Oct 6, 2025

Wirtz becomes latest footballer battling to best their objectively weird price tag | Barney Ronay

High-technique midfielder is talented enough for his Liverpool move to work out but most transfers over £80m don’t

Oct 4, 2025