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Player Focus: Cazorla Continues to Impress in Withdrawn Midfield Role

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Oct 9 2015 12:00
Player Focus: Cazorla Continues to Impress in Withdrawn Midfield Role “It’s true that I had that doubt, but his quality was so big that I was ready to take that gamble,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said of midfielder Santi Cazorla on Thursday. Given the Spaniard’s slight stature, Wenger was right to harbour concerns. Standing at just 5’...
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Player Focus: Robbie Brady's Promising Start to Life at Norwich

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Oct 8 2015 15:05
Player Focus: Robbie Brady's Promising Start to Life at Norwich Norwich’s pursuit of Robbie Brady over the summer said plenty about how highly Alex Neil rates the player. After a lengthy saga, the Canaries boss finally got his man in July, forced to spend £7m to secure the services of the Republic of Ireland international after Hull rejected numerous...
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Player Focus: De Bruyne Making Immediate Impact Upon Premier League Return

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Oct 8 2015 09:25
Player Focus: De Bruyne Making Immediate Impact Upon Premier League Return Looking back to Manchester City’s 6-1 thumping of Newcastle on Saturday, one was not surprised to see Sergio Agüero draw the plaudits from fans. The Argentine’s five-goal haul in the space of 20 minutes - albeit with half time sandwiched in between - was the fastest in Premier Leagu...
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Team Focus: Are Doubters of Sherwood's Tactical Nous Being Vindicated?

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Oct 6 2015 16:15
Team Focus: Are Doubters of Sherwood's Tactical Nous Being Vindicated? The season started so well for Aston Villa. After a summer of comings and goings, with the likes of Idrissa Gana, Jordan Veretout and Jordan Amavi arriving at Villa Park in the wake of Christian Benteke’s big money move to Liverpool, fans were confident of bettering their 17th-placed finish la...
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Team Focus: Swansea's Dip in Form Cause for Concern

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Oct 5 2015 15:20
Team Focus: Swansea's Dip in Form Cause for Concern At the end of August, confidence was soaring at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea City had just secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over Manchester United in Wales and expectations were high that a European place could be secured through the league. However, fast-forward to the present day and the Autumnal sun...
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Player Focus: Lewandowski Proving He Deserves Place Among World's Best Strikers

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Oct 1 2015 16:40
Player Focus: Lewandowski Proving He Deserves Place Among World's Best Strikers It’s easy for one to occupy nine minutes of one’s time. Recently Robert Lewandowski proved he could fire in five goals in that time against a title rival. The Poland international started Bayern Munich’s recent 5-1 win over Wolfsburg on the bench, yet was introduced at the interval...
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Player Focus: In-form Vardy Warranting England Recognition

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Sep 29 2015 17:07
Player Focus: In-form Vardy Warranting England Recognition As the upcoming international break nears, much of the focus will be on Jack Grealish. The Aston Villa attacker this week confirmed his allegiance to England, stating that he opted to play for his country of birth, rather than Republic of Ireland. The player’s father is Irish but despite actin...
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Player Focus: Unheralded Fernandinho Crucial to City's Flying Start

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Sep 25 2015 15:20
Player Focus: Unheralded Fernandinho Crucial to City's Flying Start In the wake of Brazil’s disastrous World Cup exit, succumbing to a 7-1 defeat to eventual winners Germany at the semi-final stage, a number of the Seleção’s performers struggled to readjust to domestic football. The likes of Paulinho, Ramires and Willian were unable to hit ...
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Player Focus: Amavi Rapidly Emerging as Villa Fan Favourite

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Sep 24 2015 10:30
Player Focus: Amavi Rapidly Emerging as Villa Fan Favourite Three of Europe’s finest young left-backs moved on to pastures new over the summer. Baba Rahman secured a big money switch to Premier League champions Chelsea during the transfer window, while Layvin Kurzawa swapped Monaco for PSG. Then there was Jordan Amavi, who like Kurzawa departed the Fre...
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Player Focus: Deeney and Ighalo Partnership Key to Watford's Fine Form

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Sep 22 2015 17:05
Player Focus: Deeney and Ighalo Partnership Key to Watford's Fine Form Much has been made of Watford’s summer movements after their attempts in the transfer window to build a squad capable of consolidating their Premier League status. Having gone through no fewer than four managers in their promotion-attaining Championship campaign, a period of solidity is crucia...
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