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Player Focus: Modest Modric Madrid's Superstar in the Shadows

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Sep 17 2014 17:31
Player Focus: Modest Modric Madrid's Superstar in the Shadows All four players comprising Real Madrid's superstar strikeforce was on the scoresheet as they kicked off their Champions League defence with a resounding 5-1 win over Basel on Tuesday night. Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale both added assists to their goals, while James Rodríguez netted only...

Player Focus: A Year to Remember for Christoph Kramer

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Sep 9 2014 15:45
Player Focus: A Year to Remember for Christoph Kramer The overriding memorable image of Christoph Kramer is that of a disorientated youngster being helped off the pitch in the first half of a World Cup Final he wasn't even originally meant to be a part of. If that wasn't enough to endear him to the watching public (if only through sheer sympathy), then...

Player Focus: Wilfried Zaha Can Fire Palace to Further Success

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Sep 5 2014 09:54
Player Focus: Wilfried Zaha Can Fire Palace to Further Success A hiatus in Manchester and then the Welsh capital did not stop Wilfried Zaha from continuing where he had left off with Crystal Palace. Drama, drama and more drama surrounds everything that he does in the Eagles' colours, and there was plenty of it on Saturday afternoon when he made his first appear...
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Player Focus: Stevan Jovetic Ready to Fight for Starting Spot at City

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Sep 3 2014 12:35
Player Focus: Stevan Jovetic Ready to Fight for Starting Spot at City It had started in pre-season. Stevan Jovetic looked like twice the player he had last campaign. He was scoring all types of goals against more than decent opposition. Yes, these were friendlies, of the sort that plenty of players have waltzed through in the past, scoring countless goals, only to rea...
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Player Focus: Is Signing Mario Balotelli Worth All the Hassle?

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Aug 22 2014 15:01
Player Focus: Is Signing Mario Balotelli Worth All the Hassle? Mario Balotelli has never been far from controversy, and now even an innocent move from Milan back to the north west of England is attracting a lot of attention for the wrong reasons. Having been at Inter from the age of just 16, Balotelli appeared on Italian television in a rival Milan shirt in 201...
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Team Focus: Is Malky Mackay the Right Man for Crystal Palace?

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Aug 20 2014 14:52
Team Focus: Is Malky Mackay the Right Man for Crystal Palace? That Tony Pulis' odds to be the first Premier League managerial casualty of the season were as great as 40/1 shows just how much of a shock his departure would have come as. Nonetheless, he has indeed gone, and the task of replacing him looks like it will be a tough one, both for chairman Steve Pari...
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Team Focus: Vast Changes May Bring Consistency to Newcastle

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Aug 6 2014 11:07
Team Focus: Vast Changes May Bring Consistency to Newcastle The fate each season of Newcastle United has been by a distance the most difficult to predict Premier League history. While most teams tend to float around the same part of the table for a few years at least, the Magpies have barely established any degree of consistency in their position over the pa...
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Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One?

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jul 31 2014 16:19
Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One? A new chapter indeed this is for Romelu Lukaku. Originally purchased as Didier Drogba's long-term replacement at Stamford Bridge, the 21-year-old has seen the tables turned by the return to west London of the Ivorian veteran. Shipped off to Everton this week on a permanent deal, Lukaku has left in s...

Team Focus: What Next For Southampton?

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jul 29 2014 17:45
Team Focus: What Next For Southampton? Once we all get past the pity that comes with seeing a successful team picked apart by the financial super powers of football, it is time to turn attentions to the season ahead. Jokes are abound that Southampton will not even have enough players to field a team come the start of the 2014/15 campaign...
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Team Focus: How Happy Can Barcelona Be With Their Summer's Business so Far?

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jul 24 2014 16:29
Team Focus: How Happy Can Barcelona Be With Their Summer's Business so Far? Every summer, in the one part of the year in which there is no domestic football, Barcelona and Real Madrid take their battle off the pitch, attempting to out-do each other in every aspect of the game. Spending big during the transfer season is part and parcel for these giants of European football. ...
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