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Team Focus: Lazio's Dire Form Causing a Stink Among the Fans

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Team Focus: Lazio's Dire Form Causing a Stink Among the Fans Cries of foul weren’t limited to the training pitch at Formello last week. In protest at Lazio stinking up this season in Serie A, the ultras had left pungent bags of manure outside the gates. “Before making us drown in s**t, we’re going to make you eat it,” a banner read. Th...

Team Focus: Downfalls of the Premier League's Top 4 Hopefuls

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Team Focus: Downfalls of the Premier League's Top 4 Hopefuls After a series of wasted chances from his side, Mauricio Pochettino attempted to portray the entire situation as an opportunity in itself.He said it was time for Tottenham’s players to “learn” from the 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United, after the team had let a 1-0 lead slip.“Yo...

Team Focus: Arter Return Sees Upturn in Results for Brave Bournemouth

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Team Focus: Arter Return Sees Upturn in Results for Brave Bournemouth Less than a month ago the general consensus was that Bournemouth were doomed. Too many injuries had mounted against the Cherries early on in the season and they simply weren’t getting the breaks.A 1-0 home defeat to Newcastle having completely outplayed Steve McClaren’s men, firing off 2...

Team Focus: Changes Needed if Bordeaux are to Return to Former Glories

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Team Focus: Changes Needed if Bordeaux are to Return to Former Glories Joueurs sans fierté, Virage Sud deserté. Few Ligue 1 goals this season have been scored against such an uncomfortable backdrop as Cédric Yambéré's recent winner for Bordeaux versus Guingamp. The 2009 champions should be full of optimism right now, still enjoying th...

Team Focus: Monk Sacking Harsh but Understandable Given Swans' Slide

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Team Focus: Monk Sacking Harsh but Understandable Given Swans' Slide The dismissal of Garry Monk from his post as Swansea manager has been widely criticised. The majority of the media and football fans in general think that the decision is a harsh one, despite seeming inevitable for a matter of weeks.There is, however, no hiding the fact that the Swans have been pret...

Team Focus: Patience Needed For New QPR Boss Hasselbaink

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Team Focus: Patience Needed For New QPR Boss Hasselbaink When Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was unveiled as news Queens Park Rangers manager on Monday, there was plenty of talk about change. A certain degree is inevitable when a new coach takes over, but the scale in which the Dutchman, after a successful start in management at Burton Albion, is planning on ove...

Team Focus: Can Arsenal Cope Against Olympiakos Without Fundamental Core?

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Team Focus: Can Arsenal Cope Against Olympiakos Without Fundamental Core? It is a match of fundamental importance, but also one that shows a fundamental crux with Arsene Wenger’s entire management of Arsenal.When Arsenal were at their best, a few weeks before tonight’s decisive Champions League fixture away to Olympiakos, it was because the manager had impress...

Team Focus: Stoke Attack Beginning to Click into Place

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Team Focus: Stoke Attack Beginning to Click into Place As far as players for the big occasion go, Marko Arnautovic fits the bill for Stoke City. The Austrian’s goals in the opening 15 minutes in the Potters’ impressive 2-0 win over Manchester City took his total to five for the season in the England’s top tier. Indeed, Arnautovic&rsquo...

Team Focus: Antonetti’s Instant Impact at Lille

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Team Focus: Antonetti’s Instant Impact at Lille “The change of coach doesn’t explain it,” said Lille’s Sofiane Boufal on Saturday night, struggling to put his finger on just how his team’s fortunes have taken a U-turn in the space of four days. “We’ve always worked hard.” There’s working, thou...

Team Focus: Clueless McClaren Struggling to Fix Broken Newcastle

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Team Focus: Clueless McClaren Struggling to Fix Broken Newcastle As easy as Newcastle United were to completely pull apart, it was hard to know decide was worse about Saturday’s destruction at Selhurst Park - the hapless performance of the players at Crystal Palace on Saturday, or Steve McClaren’s deeply unimpressive attempt to talk around the logisti...