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Player Focus: Players of the Month for April

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumatano, Apr 30 2014 22:50
Player Focus: Players of the Month for April As the season reaches its climax across Europe, strength in depth is vitally important for any team. A manager able to rotate and keep his players fresh so they can maintain fitness and form right through to this crucial part of the season can be the difference between success and failure, and it ma...
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League Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Season vs the PFA's

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumanne, Apr 29 2014 09:39
League Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Season vs the PFA's Has any footballing matter ever gone without debate? For that matter, has any such topic ever evoked more widespread fervour than the announcement of the PFA's yearly team of the season? The latest instalment is no different, and there is plenty to discuss and argue over regarding the XI players sel...
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Match Focus: Managerial Masterminds Mourinho and Rodgers Go Head-to-Head

by Alistair Tweedale at Ijumaa, Apr 25 2014 10:51
Match Focus: Managerial Masterminds Mourinho and Rodgers Go Head-to-Head If Liverpool do indeed win the Premier League title this season, they will certainly have been made to do it the hard way. Yet another six-pointer at the top awaits them this weekend, with Chelsea ready in waiting to visit Anfield on Sunday afternoon. Even a win may not be enough for the Blues, whil...
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Match Report: Podolski and Giroud Give Arsenal Boost in Win Over West Ham

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumatano, Apr 16 2014 09:54
Match Report: Podolski and Giroud Give Arsenal Boost in Win Over West Ham It took them a while to get going, but Arsenal eventually found their feet in their last London derby of the season to maintain an impressive record against the capital's clubs. It was another vital three points gained as they do battle for the fourth and final Champions League spot, and the second ...

Player Focus: Milner More Than Just a Safe Bet for City and England

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumanne, Apr 15 2014 10:11
Player Focus: Milner More Than Just a Safe Bet for City and England Who would have thought that with 15 minutes to go at Anfield on Sunday James Milner might have looked like he had played a huge part in where the Premier League trophy was heading. The score was tied at 2-2 and City were looking like they had rescued the title with a vital point. But for a wholly in...
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Team Focus: Uninspiring Poyet Running Out of Ideas

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumatano, Apr 9 2014 17:28
Team Focus: Uninspiring Poyet Running Out of Ideas Before Sunderland travelled to White Hart Lane on Monday, one commenter posed as absurd the fact that the two teams should both have former Tottenham players managing them but Spurs, undoubtedly the better of the two teams, should have the worse of the two. It was possibly a little harsh on Tim Sher...
Categories: Team Focus

Player Focus: England Should Progress Without 'Archetypal Striker' Carroll

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumatano, Apr 2 2014 17:08
Player Focus: England Should Progress Without 'Archetypal Striker' Carroll 'Unplayable on his day'. 'Offers something different'. 'Typical English number nine'. Myriad cliches are batted about all too widely after Andy Carroll puts in any half decent performance that traditionalists in this country expect of and love from an archetypal British striker. Monday night saw Car...
Categories: Player Focus

Player Focus: Players of the Month for March

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumanne, Apr 1 2014 14:03
Player Focus: Players of the Month for March March is the kind of time that fatigue really starts to set in for players that have endured long, tiring seasons, and it isn't unfair to say that this is the month that best sets apart the good from the great. Those who can maintain top level performances right the way through to this stage of the ...
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Player Focus: January Signings Struggling to Solve Problems

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumatano, Mac 26 2014 16:35
Player Focus: January Signings Struggling to Solve Problems The sight of Mohamed Salah netting a sixth goal for Chelsea against Arsenal at the weekend gave the first slightest of hints that the £11m Chelsea invested in the Egyptian may have been wise. Given that in his first two months in England he has spent just 36 Premier League minutes on the pitch...
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Player Focus: 2009/10 Top-Rated Youngsters - Where Are They Now?

by Alistair Tweedale at Ijumaa, Mac 21 2014 16:19
Player Focus: 2009/10 Top-Rated Youngsters - Where Are They Now? Football scouts are charged with scouring the globe for the latest and greatest in talent each country has to offer. Particularly when it comes to youth, they can find the best value around and discover players worth investing in. So many youngsters are touted as the 'next big thing' and the vast pr...