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Short Term Looks Bleak But Sunderland Signings Offer Hope

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Apr 11 2016 12:40
Short Term Looks Bleak But Sunderland Signings Offer Hope The mood at the Stadium of Light on Sunday was odd. There were 46,531 there, which is a huge number for a team going through an extremely familiar relegation battle, even when they were playing the unexpected champions elect. And, even though Sunderland lost, meaning they have won just one of their ...
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Ever-improving Sassuolo Continuing European Push Under Di Francesco

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Apr 6 2016 16:15
Ever-improving Sassuolo Continuing European Push Under Di Francesco At a charity tournament back in his playing days, Eusebio di Francesco spotted an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. His namesake, the great Portugal and Benfica striker, was also taking part and the ex-Roma midfielder absolutely couldn’t let him go without getting a picture taken with him...
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Bordeaux Chipping Away to Safety Under Club Legend Ramé

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Apr 4 2016 15:50
Bordeaux Chipping Away to Safety Under Club Legend Ramé “Is there a Ramé effect? The future will confirm that - or not.” It’s early days for Ulrich Ramé as Bordeaux coach, but it already seems as if he’s as steady a personality as a boss as he was as the goalkeeper that served Les Girondins for the best part of 15 ye...
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Assessing the Turning Point as Arsenal Leave it Too Late Again

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Apr 4 2016 14:15
Assessing the Turning Point as Arsenal Leave it Too Late Again And so, for Arsenal, the familiar pattern repeats. Just at the moment at which all hope is almost gone, they start to play again. Saturday’s 4-0 win against Watford was a reminder of how good this Arsenal can be, of the swirl of passes, the sudden darts and thrusts, of football as art. But it ...
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Neville Out of Luck at Valencia but Justifiably Sacked

by Josh Wright at Friday, Apr 1 2016 16:16
Neville Out of Luck at Valencia but Justifiably Sacked “I would have liked to continue the work I started, but I understand that we are in a business based on results and in 28 games we have seen 10 wins, seven draws and 11 defeats, which is not the level demanded by me or by this club,” Neville said in the wake of his sacking as Valencia ma...
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Assessing Man City's Struggles Since Guardiola Anouncement

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Apr 1 2016 10:40
Assessing Man City's Struggles Since Guardiola Anouncement When the winter transfer window closed, the main story of deadline day wasn’t a big money move for a player, but rather Manchester City’s confirmation that Pep Guardiola would succeed Manuel Pellegrini at the Etihad Stadium. Widely regarded as the worst kept secret in football, the annou...
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Can West Ham Rise to the Test in Top-4 Pursuit?

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Mar 31 2016 11:30
Can West Ham Rise to the Test in Top-4 Pursuit? After West Ham United claimed yet another fine result against one of the Premier League’s wealthiest teams, this time a 2-2 draw away at Chelsea, Slaven Bilic was asked a question that has come to characterise this whole season.At what point does any of this stop becoming a surprise? For all t...
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Lazio Season in Tatters Ahead of Rome Derby

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Mar 30 2016 14:40
Lazio Season in Tatters Ahead of Rome Derby Stefano Pioli was the runner up at Italy’s Manager of the Year awards in Florence earlier this month. Max Allegri, the winner, revealed that his vote had gone to him. The case was obvious. Pioli’s first season at Lazio had been a great success. He guided a team that had finished in mid-t...
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Solid Leicester Rearguard Providing Foundation for Success

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Mar 23 2016 12:50
Solid Leicester Rearguard Providing Foundation for Success It was a switch from Claudio Ranieri that swung a game, and could yet come to sum up and also help decide his side’s title challenge.Just four days after Leicester City had been breached twice against West Brom to drop two points, they were being outmaneuvered in midfield by Watford at Vicarag...
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Time to go but Villa Guilty of Letting Garde Down

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Mar 22 2016 14:30
Time to go but Villa Guilty of Letting Garde Down While most Aston Villa fans seem to have come to the consensus that it may well be best for all parties involved if Remi Garde leaves the club, they are divided on whether the Frenchman could really have done much more.A meagre two league wins since his arrival have failed to lift the club off of bo...
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