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Team Focus: Under Pressure Mourinho Facing Decisive Double Header

by Miguel Delaney at Jumatano, Nov 4 2015 13:41
Team Focus: Under Pressure Mourinho Facing Decisive Double Header Much was made of Jose Mourinho’s flash interview after the 3-1 defeat to Liverpool, but, for all he sought to avoid confronting the reality of that latest reversal, it probably revealed more of the truth than he would have done by actually trying to talk.This really was a man with “nothi...
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Match Focus: Could Klopp Put the Nail in Mourinho Coffin?

by Miguel Delaney at Jumatano, Okt 28 2015 13:26
Match Focus: Could Klopp Put the Nail in Mourinho Coffin? Long before his team gave way to finally concede the killer blows, Jose Mourinho realised what was going on and fervently tried to do something about it. It was early in the 2012-13 Champions League semi-final first leg, and Borussia Dortmund were swarming all over Real Madrid. Mourinho knew his mid...
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Player Focus: Van Gaal's Reluctance to Sacrifice Control Stifling Ander Herrera

by Miguel Delaney at Jumatano, Okt 21 2015 10:11
Player Focus: Van Gaal's Reluctance to Sacrifice Control Stifling Ander Herrera At the least, we have proof that Louis van Gaal isn’t completely blind to Ander Herrera’s talent. The Manchester United manager - for once - picked out the Spaniard for special praise after the side’s brilliant 3-0 win at Everton.I have seen a lot of individual players today who ar...
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Team Focus: Spain Must Maintain Newfound Vigour at Euro 2016

by Miguel Delaney at Jumatano, Okt 14 2015 11:10
Team Focus: Spain Must Maintain Newfound Vigour at Euro 2016 It was quite a claim - and quite a concern - for a Spanish side that have gone through something of an identity crisis of late. It was also an indication of the crossroads the defending European champions are at.“To choose just 23 players for Euro 2016 will be a problem,” manager Vicente...
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Team Focus: Assessing Liverpool's Klopp Coup

by Miguel Delaney at Jumatano, Okt 7 2015 13:26
Team Focus: Assessing Liverpool's Klopp Coup For all the criticism of FSG and Liverpool’s hierarchy over the past few seasons, they deserve huge credit for pulling off a coup like enticing Jurgen Klopp to the club - but that is not just down to his exciting quality as a manager. It is also down to the situation that Liverpool are in, whi...
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Match Focus: Wenger Needs Big Response When Arsenal Welcome United

by Miguel Delaney at Alhamisi, Okt 1 2015 12:35
Match Focus: Wenger Needs Big Response When Arsenal Welcome United Arsene Wenger was dismissively talking about what he saw as an incorrect line of questioning following Arsenal’s 3-2 defeat to Olympiakos, but he used what is absolutely the correct word to describe the club’s situation.“It’s a farce,” the 65-year-old sniffed.Yes, that&...
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Player Focus: Misfiring Alexis Hindering Arsenal

by Miguel Delaney at Jumatano, Sep 23 2015 15:45
Player Focus: Misfiring Alexis Hindering Arsenal One other problem with the kind of controversy that Diego Costa provoked at Stamford Bridge on Saturday is that discussion of it tends to obscure all other actual football issues. Some of those issues may also be far more relevant to a team’s long-term form.Take one performance at the other en...
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Match Focus: Individual Brilliance from Juve Leaves City in Same Predicament

by Miguel Delaney at Jumatano, Sep 16 2015 11:15
Match Focus: Individual Brilliance from Juve Leaves City in Same Predicament It seemed like it was going to be the night that Manchester City finally moved onto another level, only for Paul Pogba and Juventus to re-emphasise their level - and again leave Manuel Pellegrini’s side way behind where they want to be.That is one of two particularly galling things about this ...
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Team Focus: Liverpool Must Show Purpose They Have Lacked Thus Far Against United

by Miguel Delaney at Alhamisi, Sep 10 2015 13:04
Team Focus: Liverpool Must Show Purpose They Have Lacked Thus Far Against United A few days before Liverpool reheat the biggest rivalry in English football history, Nathaniel Clyne was striking all the right notes, making all the right noises.“We need to be at their throats from the start,” the full-back said ahead of his new team’s trip to Manchester United. &...
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Player Focus: Martial Fee Obscuring Impressive Capture for United

by Miguel Delaney at Jumatano, Sep 2 2015 11:10
Player Focus: Martial Fee Obscuring Impressive Capture for United Amid all the grander storylines of the night, it was easy to overlook one of the more understated elements. Arsenal, however, should have been paying it much more attention.Because, for all the understandable focus on the London side’s collapse and Dimitar Berbatov’s return in Monaco&rsq...
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