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The Cleanest vs Clumsiest Premier League Tacklers

by Martin Laurence at Jumanne, Okt 11 2011 16:34
The Cleanest vs Clumsiest Premier League Tacklers As WhoScored continues to entertain itself with interesting stats and findings from the first two months of the season in the absence of club football over the last week, we have compiled two very different Premier League teams. Whilst we applaud those players who have been most effective in the tac...
Categories: Player Focus

The Most Aerially Dominant Premier League XI

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Okt 10 2011 09:03
The Most Aerially Dominant Premier League XI With much often made of the playing style of some of the Premier League's physically dominant teams, WhoScored investigates the best XI from the division by position (in a 4-4-2 formation) for aerial duel success.As many players maintain high records due to the limited number of aerial challenges th...
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Europe's Underachievers: Premier League - Arsenal

by Martin Laurence at Ijumaa, Okt 7 2011 11:27
Europe's Underachievers: Premier League - Arsenal While there have been plenty of surprise packages in Europe's top 5 leagues, with the likes of Levante and MGladbach springing to mind to date, some clubs have struggled to find their feet in the 2011/12 season, and would have expected much better starts.With the international break now upon us WhoS...
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Player Focus: Emmanuel Adebayor

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Okt 5 2011 16:41
Player Focus: Emmanuel Adebayor While much of Sunday's North-London derby's attention both pre and post match focused on former Gunner Emmanuel Adebayor, the Togo international towered above the abuse with another fine display to cap an excellent first month in the white of Tottenham.The 27-year-old has been much maligned over the...
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Who to Partner Rooney? Capello's Issue in Crucial Qualifier

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Okt 5 2011 14:55
Who to Partner Rooney? Capello's Issue in Crucial Qualifier While there is no question towards Fabio Capello's selection for his England squad to face Montenegro in the final Euro 2012 qualifier in most regards, many have suggested that Andy Carroll is somewhat fortunate to have earned a call-up. With Wayne Rooney an absolute certainty in any England squad, ...
Categories: Player Focus

WhoScored's Premier League Most Creative XI

by Martin Laurence at Jumanne, Okt 4 2011 16:47
WhoScored's Premier League Most Creative XI With 2 months and 7 games of the Premier League season now over, WhoScored investigates the division’s best creators by position to assemble the Premier League's Most Creative XI.Basing our findings on key passes over the course of the season thus far, or passes which directly lead to a goal-s...
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Eerie Similarities Make PSG-Lyon Clash Tough to Call

by Martin Laurence at Ijumaa, Sep 30 2011 09:00
Eerie Similarities Make PSG-Lyon Clash Tough to Call Undoubtedly the biggest game in France's Ligue 1 this weekend sees the division’s top 2 sides go head-to-head in a mouth-watering encounter.After 8 games Lyon and PSG are tied at the top in every sense having won 5, drawn twice and lost once each. Not only that but both team's have an identica...
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Dortmund Dominating but Disappointing in Results

by Martin Laurence at Alhamisi, Sep 29 2011 17:29
Dortmund Dominating but Disappointing in Results Borussia Dortmund have had a stop-start early season thus far to say the least as they look to defend the Bundesliga title they won in spectacular fashion last term. A dip in form coupled with the improvements, defensively more than any, made by Jupp Heynckes at Bayern Munich have seen them fall 8 p...
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Newcastle’s Strong Spine Covering Cracks Out Wide?

by Martin Laurence at Jumanne, Sep 27 2011 16:37
Newcastle’s Strong Spine Covering Cracks Out Wide? With the first 2 months of the Premier League season now over, Newcastle United are undoubtedly the surprise package of the campaign thus far, sitting 4th having gone unbeaten in their opening 6 matches.Many feared for the club following the departures of Andy Carroll in January and former captain K...
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Serie A Player, Performance & Young Player of the Month (September)

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Sep 26 2011 16:41
Serie A Player, Performance & Young Player of the Month (September) The Serie A finally got under way this month after player protection arguments had delayed its initial kick-off, and there have been some interesting developments already; none more so than the quick turnaround of coaches at a faltering Inter Milan.Having only been employed as a replacement to Leona...
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