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Team Focus: Montpellier Move Towards Safety but Can They Keep Cabella?

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Jan 20 2014 12:45
Team Focus: Montpellier Move Towards Safety but Can They Keep Cabella? As Montpellier closed on an unlikely title triumph in 2012, their colourful president Louis ‘Lou Lou’ Nicollin decreed such an exploit “impossible” in one of his rare printable comments about his club’s progress. A tricky start to this season, leading to the departure o...
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Team Focus: Possession Counting for Little for Wasteful Rayo

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Jan 16 2014 15:19
Team Focus: Possession Counting for Little for Wasteful Rayo Rayo Vallecano’s hard-fought win last weekend away to Getafe was their first in 2014, and their first overall since November 9th 2013. It was also only their 5th victory in the league all season. Rayo have learned over the years since their promotion not to take the small victories for granted...
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Team Focus: Defoe and Bradley Bringing Exciting Times to Toronto

by Graham Ruthven at Tuesday, Jan 14 2014 15:25
Team Focus: Defoe and Bradley Bringing Exciting Times to Toronto “It’s a bloody big deal,” said Toronto FC as they hyped up the unveiling of two new designated players on Monday. Indeed the captures of Jermain Defoe and Michael Bradley have caught the imagination of MLS.Since their first season in 2007 Toronto FC have underperformed. While Canad...
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Team Focus: Cardiff's Need to Solve Goalscoring Woes

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Jan 13 2014 14:34
Team Focus: Cardiff's Need to Solve Goalscoring Woes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was rueful after his Cardiff City side’s 2-0 defeat at home to West Ham United on Saturday, a result that leaves them in the relegation zone, just a point above Sunderland and Crystal Palace. It’s so tight at the bottom – six points separating the bottom 11 sid...
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Team Focus: Sidwell & Parker Key to Fulham's Top Flight Safety

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Jan 10 2014 14:00
Team Focus: Sidwell & Parker Key to Fulham's Top Flight Safety When Fulham fell to a 6-0 defeat at Hull last month, the absence of Scott Parker alongside Steve Sidwell was clear for all to see. Their midfield lacked the bite and experience he brings and it was little shock to see Tom Huddlestone, Jake Livermore and Robert Koren control the game with ease.His re...
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Team Focus: Changes Taking Effect with Sherwood in Charge at Spurs

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Jan 9 2014 16:02
Team Focus: Changes Taking Effect with Sherwood in Charge at Spurs Tim Sherwood, perhaps understandably, took issue with certain perceptions. After his Tottenham Hotspur side had been eviscerated by Arsenal in the FA Cup, and endured entire tracts in front of their defence repeatedly exposed, the new White Hart Lane boss was asked why he risked playing an outdated ...
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Team Focus: Pretty Passing but Little Creativity at Swansea

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Jan 8 2014 12:10
Team Focus: Pretty Passing but Little Creativity at Swansea Pep's Barcelona approached the game in an ideological way. The old adage oft uttered at Sunday league level that 'they can't hurt you if they don't have the ball' seemed to have a surprisingly apt relevance to the greatest football team of the modern era. The aim was to grind down opponents by retai...
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Team Focus: Pep’s Masterplan Taking Root at Bayern

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Dec 30 2013 11:09
Team Focus: Pep’s Masterplan Taking Root at Bayern It was, they said, the impossible job, to follow Jupp Heynckes’ efforts in leading Bayern Munich to the historic Bundesliga, DFB Pokal and Champions League treble. In truth, the veteran coach would have faced the same struggle to replicate that success had he been invited to stay on past 2012/...
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Team Focus: Hit & Hope Aston Villa in Panic Mode

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Dec 23 2013 16:27
Team Focus: Hit & Hope Aston Villa in Panic Mode Take two teams. Put on the shirt of one of the teams, walk to the centre circle and blindfold yourself. Tell the teams to walk out onto a pitch and stand around. Take a bag of balls and start kicking them around. Half would go to your own players and half to the opposition. So long as you didn&rsquo...
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Team Focus: Pulis Running a Tight Ship at Palace

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Dec 19 2013 12:05
Team Focus: Pulis Running a Tight Ship at Palace Ten games into the season, 3 points gained and enduring the longest losing streak in Europe's top 5 leagues this season, there was little reason to believe that Crystal Palace's return to the top flight could become anything more than a failure, and it looked like it could go as badly as Derby's in ...
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