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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 10 - West Brom and West Ham

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Aug 15 2013 12:00
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 10 - West Brom and West Ham It was an impressive debut campaign in football management for Steve Clarke as West Brom secured an 8th placed finish last year; the best in their Premier League history. Much of this was down to the impressive performances of Romelu Lukaku as the Belgian finished as the Baggies top scorer (17) last...
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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 8 - Stoke and Sunderland

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Aug 13 2013 10:26
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 8 - Stoke and Sunderland A seven-year association between manager and club came to an abrupt end this summer as Tony Pulis and Stoke City parted ways. The Potters have become infamous through their physical approach to English football and chairman Peter Coates insists that a change of direction was needed, the 75-year-old ...
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Team Focus: How Paolo Di Canio Is Moulding His Sunderland Side

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Aug 12 2013 14:30
Team Focus: How Paolo Di Canio Is Moulding His Sunderland Side If there was ever an image that summed up a manager, the one of Paolo Di Canio sliding on his knees at St. James’ Park is nigh on perfect. Overseeing his Sunderland side defeat rivals Newcastle United at their home left a good feeling around the Wearside club. Regardless of this,the club only ...
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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 6 - Man United and Newcastle

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, Aug 11 2013 11:00
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 6 - Man United and Newcastle It's been all change at the top at Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down after 26 years at the helm. In his place comes David Moyes and despite being linked with big money moves for a host of Europe’s top players; only young full-back Guillermo Varela has been signed. The announcement ...
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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 3 - Crystal Palace and Everton

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Aug 8 2013 15:00
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 3 - Crystal Palace and Everton The loss of Wilfried Zaha will be a blow to Crystal Palace upon their return to the Premier League. The young England international signed for Manchester United in January, but spent the remainder of the season with the Eagles and played a vital role in their route to the play-off final win over Wat...
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Team Focus: Why Fulham Are Signing Adel Taarabt

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Aug 6 2013 14:30
Team Focus: Why Fulham Are Signing Adel Taarabt Back in 2011, then Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp likened QPR'sAdel Taarabt to footballing greats Paolo Di Canio and Zinedine Zidane. High praise for a player that Redknapp sold to Queens Park Rangers in 2010 as a result of being unable to incorporate the Morocco international into his Spu...
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Player Focus: Premier League Interest in Héctor Moreno is Little Surprise

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Aug 5 2013 15:45
Player Focus: Premier League Interest in Héctor Moreno is Little Surprise As the likes of Gareth Bale, Cesc Fàbregas and Luis Suárez dominate every gaping inch of the gossip columns this summer, the second and even third tier level of signings is often cruelly overlooked by the groundbreaking news that ‘a man has turned up to work’. While such st...
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Player Focus: Does An Impassioned Individual Decrease The Likelihood Of Team Success?

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Aug 2 2013 16:00
Player Focus: Does An Impassioned Individual Decrease The Likelihood Of Team Success? Football is a passionate sport. Wayne Rooney exhibited this in his foul mouthed tirade down the camera in 2011 during Manchester United’s 4-2 win over West Ham, with the striker netting a hat-trick. A two-match ban quickly followed and as Rooney hastily explained: “I didn’t realise...
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Team Focus: Keeping Robert Snodgrass Will Be Norwich's Best Summer Signing

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Aug 1 2013 14:00
Team Focus: Keeping Robert Snodgrass Will Be Norwich's Best Summer Signing Ahead of every Premier League campaign, the main aim for teams that have either been promoted from the Championship or those that have survived the threat of dropping into England’s second tier is to reach the 40-point mark. For most, anything above that is a bonus. Upon their return to the to...
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Player Focus: How Franck Tabanou Can Improve Saint-Étienne

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Jul 31 2013 15:00
Player Focus: How Franck Tabanou Can Improve Saint-Étienne Back in May,WhoScored.com had the pleasure of interviewing striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The then Saint-Étienne player spoke highly of Champions League runners’ up Borussia Dortmund, saying: “I have seen a lot of Borussia Dortmund’s matches, and I love their style of pl...
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