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Team Focus: Change Needed for England After Latest Drop in Rankings

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jul 4 2013 16:50
Team Focus: Change Needed for England After Latest Drop in Rankings The announcement regarding England's position in the latest FIFA world rankings aren't quite as surprising as most are making out. Roy Hodgson's men have fallen to 15th in the world; their lowest point since Steve McLaren failed to take them to Euro 2008, but even though their fate regarding qualifi...
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Team Focus: Changes Aplenty at Sunderland

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jun 25 2013 16:40
Team Focus: Changes Aplenty at Sunderland When Paolo Di Canio took over at Sunderland with 7 Premier League games remaining, he was charged with saving the Black Cats from the dip in form which had seen them go the 8 matches previous without a win. With 2 wins during his short reign as manager, Di Canio completed his primary aim and saved S...
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Player Focus: Top Teenage Centre-Backs - Marquinhos, Zouma & Laporte

by Alistair Tweedale at Monday, Jun 24 2013 16:15
Player Focus: Top Teenage Centre-Backs - Marquinhos, Zouma & Laporte The raw pace of the likes of a Theo Walcott or Michael Owen gives an added advantage in their teenage years as they pursued a route to the top of English football. Even if their slight frames made them stand out as looking rather too youthful to be taking on big, brutish centre-halves, their speed g...
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Player Focus: Japan's Impressive Attacking Midfield

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Jun 21 2013 12:34
Player Focus: Japan's Impressive Attacking Midfield Tahiti's participation in the 2013 Confederations Cup has been an enjoyable story, if somewhat undermining of the competition itself. Their 10-0 defeat to Spain rather summed up their tournament; they are there to make up the numbers whilst also to give everyone a new perspective from which to view ...
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Player Focus: The Most Valuable Goal Contributors in Europe

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jun 18 2013 17:05
Player Focus: The Most Valuable Goal Contributors in Europe Lionel Messi's injury towards the tail end of the season rather upset Barcelona's canter towards the title in La Liga. Whilst not solely responsible for their Champions League drubbing at the hands of Bayern Munich (who were simply brilliant and should not be discredited), Messi's absence from the f...
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Team Focus: What Should Joe Kinnear Look to Improve at Newcastle?

by Alistair Tweedale at Monday, Jun 17 2013 17:53
Team Focus: What Should Joe Kinnear Look to Improve at Newcastle? The return of Joe Kinnear to St James' Park is hardly likely to send the Newcastle faithful into the kind of jittery excitement that can be aroused in a fan by the second coming of a former manager. Chelsea fans have almost been waiting for Jose Mourinho to go back to Stamford Bridge since the day h...
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Player Focus: Players with the Biggest Effect on Win Rate

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jun 13 2013 14:52
Player Focus: Players with the Biggest Effect on Win Rate The presence of just one player in the starting lineup of a team shouldn't really be enough to have too drastic an effect on performances. In an ideal world, at least, while teams will have star players, they will also be able to call for reinforcement when necessary without too great a compromise i...

League Focus: Differing Styles of Europe's Top 5 Leagues

by Alistair Tweedale at Monday, Jun 10 2013 16:36
League Focus: Differing Styles of Europe's Top 5 Leagues After barnstorming wins for Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund set up an all German Champions League final this season, much was made of the decline of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and indeed the rise of the Bundesliga. It was also only the second season out of the last nine without an English team i...
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Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for International Stars

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jun 6 2013 13:26
Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for International Stars While players from 8 nations face the Confederations Cup this summer, others have the opportunity for some well-earned rest before next season's campaign, which culminates in Brazil at the 2014 World Cup. Fatigue and burnout are genuine problems, making the next few months of R and R all the more im...
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Player Focus: Best New Signings of the Season XI

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jun 4 2013 16:28
Player Focus: Best New Signings of the Season XI Transfer season is upon us, and while our insatiable appetite for football has to be satisfied by mere speculation and the hope of a marque signing, the media does its best to attract interest with the best rumours they can find. Only some of those will become a reality, however, and only a proporti...
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