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Team Focus: Brave Nice Take First Steps to Recovery

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Team Focus: Brave Nice Take First Steps to Recovery Nobody tends to say that Claude Puel sides lack commitment and in that sense, Nice are a case in point. “On Saturday night against Sochaux, Nice played with eleven players,” wrote Monday’s L’Equipe, “but with two players on one leg, or almost.”Their problems were ...

Player Focus: Is Playing Off The Last Defender A Useful Means Of Attack?

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Player Focus: Is Playing Off The Last Defender A Useful Means Of Attack? “That lad must’ve been born offside,” is one of the more memorable quips from former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. The veteran Scot was referring to Italian striker Filippo Inzaghi, the 39-year-old famed during his playing career for playing off the last defender as ...

Player Focus: Shot Accuracy and Chance Conversion

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Player Focus: Shot Accuracy and Chance Conversion The aim of football is to outscore your opponent - anyone with a basic knowledge of the beautiful game will tell you that much. Obviously, the more goals scored per game, the better, but many will happily see a hard fought 1-0 win ground out in order to secure all three points. The entertainment val...

Team Focus: What Should Joe Kinnear Look to Improve at Newcastle?

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Team Focus: What Should Joe Kinnear Look to Improve at Newcastle? The return of Joe Kinnear to St James' Park is hardly likely to send the Newcastle faithful into the kind of jittery excitement that can be aroused in a fan by the second coming of a former manager. Chelsea fans have almost been waiting for Jose Mourinho to go back to Stamford Bridge since the day h...