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WhoScored's Top Rated Summer Signings So Far

by Martin Laurence at Jumamosi, Sep 24 2011 12:05
WhoScored's Top Rated Summer Signings So Far With all of Europe's top 5 leagues having been inoperation for at least 3 games, it seems a good timeto evaluate the new signings that have made the beststarts to their respective tenures at their newclubs.WhoScored investigates the top rated players fromeach league who were transferred during the s...

Fabregas Flourishing While Arsenal Flounder

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Sep 21 2011 12:46
Fabregas Flourishing While Arsenal Flounder Cesc Fabregas' long awaited return to Barcelona proved so long in the waiting that Barcelona fans could be forgiven for losing interest in the drawn out transfer saga. After a deal was finally completed this summer, said fans interests in the Spaniard will have risen dramatically after a seamless tr...
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Survival of the Richest? Premier League Newcomers’ Transfer Policies

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Sep 19 2011 16:49
Survival of the Richest? Premier League Newcomers’ Transfer Policies This season's promoted sides in the Premier League all got off to reasonably slow starts to their respective campaigns. Neil Warnock, Paul Lambert and Brendan Rodgers were all doomed to fail in the top flight according to many, with all three opting for bargain deals rather than marquee signings ear...
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What a Waste: England and Germany's Worst Culprits for Shots Without Scoring

by Martin Laurence at Jumamosi, Sep 17 2011 13:23
What a Waste: England and Germany's Worst Culprits for Shots Without Scoring With 3 of the 5 major European Leagues now in full swing, goals have flown in in the Premier League and Bundesliga in particular, with Wayne Rooney and Mario Gomez showing exactly how it's done with 8 goals each. The former's haul have come from just 4 games, one fewer than Gomez, and come courtesy ...
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WhoScored Bundesliga All Star XI for Gameweek 5

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Sep 14 2011 09:55
WhoScored Bundesliga All Star XI for Gameweek 5 There were goals galore in the Bundesliga in the weekend just gone by, with four teams scoring 3 goals or more as the league slowly starts to take shape. Bayern Munich hit Freiburg for seven, while Hoffenheim hammered Mainz 05 4-0 away from home. Hamburg stay rooted to the bottom as Werder Bremen be...
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Stoke Ken-wyne Without Jones but is Crouch the Answer?

by Martin Laurence at Jumanne, Sep 13 2011 16:04
Stoke Ken-wyne Without Jones but is Crouch the Answer? In terms of the Premier League's most aerially dominant strikers, the usual suspects made the line-up from last season, and unsurprisingly, Stoke were well represented. The Potters have since added the lankiest of them all in Peter Crouch, joining the ranks alongside the likes of Kenwyne Jones and J...
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Ligue 1 Player of the Month Focus – Alain Traore

by Martin Laurence at Ijumaa, Sep 9 2011 09:55
Ligue 1 Player of the Month Focus – Alain Traore With Ligue 1 now in full swing we look at how a young midfielder, like Reus in Germany, has been stealing the headlines with a number of eye-catching displays.WhoScored.com's player of the month for August in France's top division is Auxerre's Alain Traore, and it isn't hard to see why.The 22-year-o...
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Young & Cleverley Improving Aided by Respect Shown to United

by Martin Laurence at Alhamisi, Sep 8 2011 12:40
Young & Cleverley Improving Aided by Respect Shown to United Manchester United have hit the ground running in the Premier League this year as they look to successfully retain their title, and what would be their 20th top-flight league success. Sir Alex Ferguson has been the heartbeat of said success and strengthened this summer, focusing on young, predominant...
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Bundesliga Player of the Month Focus – Marco Reus

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Sep 7 2011 12:18
Bundesliga Player of the Month Focus – Marco Reus We begin our focus on the player of the month from Europe's leading divisions in Germany's Bundesliga, where a young winger is drawing admiring glances.At just 22, Marco Reus is already a hero for his club, Borussia Monchengladbach, netting what proved to be the decisive goal in a relegation play-of...
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Arsenal Signings to Lead to Tactical Change?

by Martin Laurence at Jumanne, Sep 6 2011 12:49
Arsenal Signings to Lead to Tactical Change? With the Premier League having put its feet up for the weekend, though many of its player's were unable to, WhoScored has had the time to have a closer look at the business done over the summer.Investigating the sides who have strengthened in numbers to see whether they have reinforced any weak link...
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