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Player Focus: Benteke Injury Timing Could Have Been Worse for Villa

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Sep 25 2013 14:49
Player Focus: Benteke Injury Timing Could Have Been Worse for Villa Not many fans of domestic clubs enjoy the prospect of an international break but it's fair to say that Aston Villa's supporters will be thankful for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers. One player that will definitely not feature for his country in a fortnight is Christian Benteke, who Paul Lambert co...
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Match Report: Guzan Saves the Day as Villa Keep Rare Clean Sheet

by Martin Laurence at Jumamosi, Sep 21 2013 18:58
Match Report: Guzan Saves the Day as Villa Keep Rare Clean Sheet Villa picked up a crucial 3 points against Norwich in the early kick-off on Saturday, avoiding a fourth successive league defeat having not done suffered such a string since 2009 courtesy of a first Premier League clean sheet in 27 games. They had their American shot stopper to thank for that, who h...
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Team Focus: Same Stoke, New Style Under Hughes

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Sep 18 2013 18:07
Team Focus: Same Stoke, New Style Under Hughes It was the opinion of many that Stoke had somewhat sucked the life out of the game by the time of Tony Pulis' departure and it was a theory that even some Potters fans were beginning to concede. It's hard to argue that their former boss didn't do an exceptional job on the face of it. He established ...
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Team Focus: New Signings Bring New Style to Gladbach

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Sep 9 2013 17:24
Team Focus: New Signings Bring New Style to Gladbach The summer of 2012/13 was certainly an eventful one for Borussia Mönchengladbach as Lucien Favre saw arguably his three best outfielders in Roman Neustädter, Dante and, most notably, Marco Reus head for the exit door. As a reaction the Swiss coach brought in eye-catching new recruits in th...
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Team Focus: English Youngsters Give Hodgson Hope

by Martin Laurence at Alhamisi, Sep 5 2013 17:47
Team Focus: English Youngsters Give Hodgson Hope In England the international break is now often met with a fair amount of disdain due to the national team's apparent decline. While any hiatus from the Premier League has never really been welcomed the Three Lions' uninspiring form has left many a fan largely disinterested in the side.Although litt...

Player Focus: Why Coleman Can Take the Reins from Baines

by Martin Laurence at Alhamisi, Ago 29 2013 17:59
Player Focus: Why Coleman Can Take the Reins from Baines Much of the media attention around Everton regards star players potentially moving on between now and midnight on Monday, with Leighton Baines in the spotlight having reportedly made his desire to join United known. The fans can be pretty safe in the knowledge that a far less heralded first teamer s...
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Team Focus: Hull Can Take the Most Heart from Promoted Sides' Performances

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Ago 19 2013 17:45
Team Focus: Hull Can Take the Most Heart from Promoted Sides' Performances Three defeats, no goals and little more to cheer than the customary 'determined' performance from the three newly-promoted sides in the Premier League represented a somewhat predictable outcome this weekend.The trio faced tough opening matches, with Hull offered the least favours by an away trip to ...
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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 7 - Norwich and Southampton

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Ago 12 2013 17:37
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 7 - Norwich and Southampton Norwich may have ended last season in a standing that surpassed expectations once again but Chris Hughton was not fooled by their 11th placed finish, strengthening with some eye-catching signings this summer. The Canaries were just three points off the drop with two games remaining after a worrying ...
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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 4 - Fulham and Hull

by Martin Laurence at Ijumaa, Ago 9 2013 10:27
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 4 - Fulham and Hull Martin Jol has clearly been keen to strengthen this summer after a very disappointing tail end of the season was somewhat disguised by an impressive 3-0 victory over Swansea on the final day. His side relied heavily on Dimitar Berbatov at times and when the elegant front man wasn't firing they often...
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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 1 - Arsenal and Aston Villa

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Ago 7 2013 14:48
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 1 - Arsenal and Aston Villa Having pledged to spend big, by their standards at least, the break from football has been somewhat underwhelming for Arsenal's fans this summer. While they continue to pursue their interest in Luis Suárez, targets such as Jovetic (Man City) and Higuaín (Napoli) have moved elsewhere. Up front is cer...
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