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Team Focus: Multi-Talented Bamford Leading Organised Boro Towards Promotion

by Alan Smith at Monday, Mar 30 2015 15:57
Team Focus: Multi-Talented Bamford Leading Organised Boro Towards Promotion There was a story earlier in the season about Patrick Bamford, Middlesbrough’s star performer on-loan from Chelsea, turning down a Harvard scholarship. Privately educated, fluent in French, German and currently learning Spanish on the side, the 21-year-old recently stated his ambition to move ...
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Team Focus: Arribagé Puts the Fight Back in Toulouse

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Mar 23 2015 11:19
Team Focus: Arribagé Puts the Fight Back in Toulouse It was, fittingly, an emotional end to an emotional week in Haute-Garonne, Toulouse. After coach Alain Casanova’s near-seven-year spell as coach was brought to an end on Monday with Téfécé mired in the bottom three, the feeling was clear. If they couldn’t react after...
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Team Focus: Home Providing No Comfort for Stuttering Roma

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Mar 19 2015 09:36
Team Focus: Home Providing No Comfort for Stuttering Roma Full of himself, Sky Italia’s garrulous orator in chief Fabio Caressa made a gag at Roma’s expense before Monday night’s game with Sampdoria at the Olimpico. Doing a shift on the network’s sports news channel, he claimed to have exclusive pictures of the team’s final tr...
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Team Focus: The Unenviable Task of Keeping Up Sorry Sunderland for Advocaat

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Mar 18 2015 17:26
Team Focus: The Unenviable Task of Keeping Up Sorry Sunderland for Advocaat After conceding 4 first half goals to a Villa side that had netted just 4 goals all season on the road before last weekend's drubbing, Gus Poyet's fate at Sunderland was sealed. Many of the home fans left before the interval, with some taking the opportunity to volley abuse towards the Black Cats be...
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Team Focus: Palace's Positive Attacking Approach Under Pardew

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Mar 17 2015 16:00
Team Focus: Palace's Positive Attacking Approach Under Pardew Mathematically, we’re not safe, but we’re in a great position, Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew said following Saturday’s 3-1 win over QPR. The Eagles ran riot in the opening 45 minutes against their London rivals, which ultimately helped them to an important 3 points. With 8 poi...
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Team Focus: Rampant Watford Firing Towards Promotion

by Alan Smith at Monday, Mar 16 2015 16:59
Team Focus: Rampant Watford Firing Towards Promotion Sometimes managerial uncertainty does not translate on to the pitch. So much has been made of the turnover in Championship dugouts this season – Rotherham’s Steve Evans is the only manager in the bottom half of the table still in situ – that it is noteworthy that the team who has f...
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Team Focus: Wide Men Keep Saint Etienne’s Euro Dream Alive

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Mar 16 2015 15:22
Team Focus: Wide Men Keep Saint Etienne’s Euro Dream Alive “They aren’t combinations we’ve worked on; it’s more about feeling.” Romain Hamouma’s summary of his Saint Etienne team’s attacking verve at Metz on Saturday was almost as encouraging for the future as the goals themselves that sunk Ligue 1’s bottom cl...
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Team Focus: Liverpool Fulfilling Their New Year's Resolutions Under Rodgers

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Mar 13 2015 16:50
Team Focus: Liverpool Fulfilling Their New Year's Resolutions Under Rodgers Momentum is crucial in football. If a team is in a rich vein of form, they come into each game as favourites to secure victory as winning breeds confidence. If a side puts a string of positive results together, they can go from relegation fodder to European contenders, depending on the competitivene...
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Team Focus: Everton Flying Flag for England while Martinez Struggles with Juggling Act

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Mar 13 2015 14:32
Team Focus: Everton Flying Flag for England while Martinez Struggles with Juggling Act While Arsenal and Manchester City are the only remaining teams flying the flag for England in the Champions League – and only just – there is one Premier League side excelling in this season’s edition of Europe’s second competition. Liverpool crashed straight out to Besiktas ...
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Team Focus: Can Torino Right Past Wrongs to Return from Russia with Love?

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Mar 12 2015 10:53
Team Focus: Can Torino Right Past Wrongs to Return from Russia with Love? The tracksuit bottom-wearing Dinamo Moscow keeper Valeri Kleimenov had his goal well-seasoned, for Torino had peppered it at the Delle Alpi. Standing in his dugout, Emiliano Mondonico let out a sigh. His team were heading down the tunnel at the interval a goal behind. On the stroke of half-time, you...
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