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England vs Slovakia: Why Kobbie Mainoo must start Euro 2024 last-16 clash

by Sam Tighe at Friday, Jun 28 2024 10:52
England vs Slovakia: Why Kobbie Mainoo must start Euro 2024 last-16 clash The sheer incompetence of England’s Euro 2024 performances so far has ground fans down to a point of no return. Speak to just about anyone about the team and they’ll brand them an irredeemable disaster who have sucked the joy out of watching football. Yes, it truly is this dramatic for s...
Categories: Euro 2024

Netherlands vs France: How Gakpo and Dumfries can punish Euro 2024 powerhouse

by Sam Tighe at Thursday, Jun 20 2024 15:09
Netherlands vs France: How Gakpo and Dumfries can punish Euro 2024 powerhouse Perhaps Kylian Mbappe will be there (in a mask), perhaps he won’t. The level of analysis over a broken nose has ventured into the insane, especially when you consider the fact there’s so much more to talk about when it comes to France and the Netherlands, who meet on Friday evening.Les B...
Categories: Euro 2024

Sacking Pochettino halts Chelsea's latest attempt at progress

by Sam Tighe at Wednesday, May 22 2024 15:28
Sacking Pochettino halts Chelsea's latest attempt at progress One step forward, two steps back. One step forward, two steps back.That rhythm has become painfully familiar to Chelsea fans since Todd Boehly and Co.’s £2.5bn takeover was ratified in 2022. Despite a vow to establish a consistent culture at the club following years of hire-and-fire-fun ...
Categories: Team Focus

How Man City defeat showcased Ange's Tottenham tactical flexibility

by Sam Tighe at Thursday, May 16 2024 09:24
How Man City defeat showcased Ange's Tottenham tactical flexibility Finally, some tactical flexibility! But, perhaps, not the sort that fans had actually been asking for.A segment of Tottenham fans have been calling for Ange Postecoglou to tweak his approach, as pursuing with the same entertaining, but flawed, system has seen them leak goals in 2024. For the record,...
Categories: Team Focus

Why Man Utd's heavy Palace defeat proved Casemiro's race is run

by Sam Tighe at Tuesday, May 7 2024 11:01
Why Man Utd's heavy Palace defeat proved Casemiro's race is run It felt as though the entire world watched Manchester United lose 4-0 to Crystal Palace on Monday night, such was the strength and volume of reaction to the game. They stumbled and faltered their way through 90 agonising minutes at Selhurst Park, appearing witless and malformed as their excellent ho...
Categories: Player Focus

How Rogers stepped up in Aston Villa’s top-four charge

by Sam Tighe at Wednesday, May 1 2024 13:22
How Rogers stepped up in Aston Villa’s top-four charge Fairly or not, eyebrows were raised when Aston Villa bought Morgan Rogers in January for £8 million (rising to £16 million) off Middlesbrough—just six months after Boro had paid a measly £1 million to grab him off Manchester City.Such an immediate hike in value can be justifi...
Categories: Player Focus

How Unai Emery revolutionised Aston Villa

by Sam Tighe at Wednesday, Apr 24 2024 14:57
How Unai Emery revolutionised Aston Villa Unai Emery knows a golden situation better than most. After all, past experiences will have given him a keen sense for what’s good—and what’s not.He’ll have learned more from his trying spells at Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain than he perhaps did during fruitful, trophy-lade...
Categories: Team Focus

Why Villa hitman Watkins deserves to win player of the season

by Sam Tighe at Monday, Apr 15 2024 11:06
Why Villa hitman Watkins deserves to win player of the season There’s no such thing as a drab interview with Emi Martinez, but even for his standards, the sermon he delivered after Aston Villa’s epic 2-0 victory over Arsenal on Sunday was pretty spicy.I think Ollie [Watkins] should win Player of the Season, said Martinez, despite not actually being...
Categories: Player Focus

How Kai Havertz became pivotal to Arsenal's title charge

by Sam Tighe at Tuesday, Apr 9 2024 07:17
How Kai Havertz became pivotal to Arsenal's title charge Jorginho setting up Kai Havertz for a goal, for Arsenal—now there’s a combination you might not have expected to see.Travel back in time to September and tell the fans this pairing just iced a win at Brighton that leaves them top of the Premier League with seven games to play and you wou...
Categories: Player Focus

How Alexander Isak became Newcastle's most important player

by Sam Tighe at Thursday, Apr 4 2024 15:17
How Alexander Isak became Newcastle's most important player There was just something about Alexander Isak’s goal for Newcastle against Everton on Tuesday.From the dart into channel between the centre-backs, the speed to stay ahead of Jarrad Branthwaite, the chop back inside, the soft feet to jink between Branthwaite and the recovering James Tarkowski, ...
Categories: Player Focus