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Yahoo! Fantasy Football: Kane and Salah gunning for golden boot award

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Yahoo! Fantasy Football: Kane and Salah gunning for golden boot award After blowing the chance to win the Premier League last weekend, all eyes are on whether Manchester City will slip up again this weekend when they make the trip to Wembley to face Tottenham. The WhoScored Expert believes Tottenham can heap further misery on Pep Guardiola’s side on Saturday, b...

Revealed: The Premier League and its underwhelming captains ranked

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Revealed: The Premier League and its underwhelming captains ranked With Leicester the only remaining Premier League representative in the Champions League quarter-finals, the debate as to just how far English football has fallen in terms of quality compared to the likes of La Liga has resurfaced. For an indicator that confirms that fact, one need only look at the s...

Dembele-Wanyama midfield axis vital in Spurs' trip to Liverpool

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Dembele-Wanyama midfield axis vital in Spurs' trip to Liverpool As we head into the weekend fixtures, Tottenham are Chelsea’s closest challengers for the Premier League title. Granted, they sit nine points behind their London rivals, but Spurs will be looking to close that gap when they make the trip to Anfield on Saturday. Victory would see the north Lond...

Returning Henderson's influence key to Liverpool ending United's run

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Returning Henderson's influence key to Liverpool ending United's run Despite current champions Leicester hosting the team best placed to take their crown in Chelsea, there’s little question as to the biggest game of the weekend in the Premier League. Manchester United prepare to do battle with Liverpool once again in the game that will round off the action in g...

Can Spain debutant Herrera win midfield battle with Henderson?

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Can Spain debutant Herrera win midfield battle with Henderson? For a player of Ander Herrera’s ability, it’s remarkable he is still yet to gain senior international recognition. Spain, of course, have an abundance of top-class midfielders to select from, with the national pool arguably the best in the world in that position. Yet, the Manchester Unit...

Why a Three-man Midfield is Crucial for England at Euro 2016

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Why a Three-man Midfield is Crucial for England at Euro 2016 There is something very depressing about the way the process repeats every time a tournament comes round. The period of friendlies before the event itself is not even a phony war - it’s worse than that. Roy Hodgson, hopefully, knows what he’s looking out for and keeping his mind clear, f...

Team Focus: Upcoming Qualifiers Allow England to Experiment in Midfield

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Team Focus: Upcoming Qualifiers Allow England to Experiment in Midfield There has been one constant throughout England's Euro 2016 qualifying campaign beyond winning each of their 6 group matches thus far. Roy Hodgson has fielded a midfield trio in every game, with the most common combination seeing Jack Wilshere start at the base, with Jordan Henderson and Fabian Delph...

Player Focus: Examining Jordan Henderson's Recent Dip in Form

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Player Focus: Examining Jordan Henderson's Recent Dip in Form England’s game against Slovenia was never going to be an easy one. There is a paradox to this qualification campaign in that England’s strength is their strength on the counter-attack, but such is the poverty of opposition in the group that they’ll rarely get the chance to sit back...

Player Focus: Henderson Now Crucial to Both Club & Country

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Player Focus: Henderson Now Crucial to Both Club & Country This time last season Jordan Henderson was named in Roy Hodgson's England squad with some of the fans not exactly convinced by the midfielder's worth, along with Tom Cleverley, and it seemed the two would fight it out over the course of the year for a place in the World Cup squad. It turned out to b...

Team Focus: England Improve but Lack Defensive Dynamism

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Team Focus: England Improve but Lack Defensive Dynamism The inquest as to why England suffered their first group stage exit from a World Cup since 1958 is already in full swing. Many thought that the team may well struggle after a tough draw but there is still understandable disappointment at falling at the first hurdle.There were some obvious downfalls ...