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Team Focus: The Reliance on Teams' Top Goalscorers in La Liga

by Dermot Corrigan at Jumanne, Feb 3 2015 16:09
Team Focus: The Reliance on Teams' Top Goalscorers in La Liga Much of the Madrid media last week was focused on one issue - what length of ban Cristiano Ronaldo would get for his red card at Cordoba the previous weekend. La Liga’s disciplinary committee opted to be generous, to say the least, imposing just a two game punishment, meaning Ronaldo is free t...
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Team Focus: Dream Start Long Forgotten for Departing Pearce and Flailing Forest

by Alan Smith at Jumanne, Feb 3 2015 12:19
Team Focus: Dream Start Long Forgotten for Departing Pearce and Flailing Forest It had all started so well for Stuart Pearce and Nottingham Forest. Seven games in, they sat on top of the table with five wins and two draws. The club legend enjoyed a dream start to life as a manager at the City Ground, but then the honeymoon period came to an end with a goalless draw at Millwall,...
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Team Focus: Goalkeeping Uncertainity the Root of Everton's Current Woes

by Ben McAleer at Ijumaa, Jan 30 2015 16:45
Team Focus: Goalkeeping Uncertainity the Root of Everton's Current Woes The expression on Roberto Martínez’s face after Kevin Mirallas struck the post from the penalty spot against West Brom said it all. It was a look that screamed ‘What on earth are you doing!?’ after the Belgian stepped up to take his first, and possibly last, penalty kick in ...
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Team Focus: Analysing the Correlation Between Possession & Defensive Organisation

by Martin Laurence at Alhamisi, Jan 29 2015 17:54
Team Focus: Analysing the Correlation Between Possession & Defensive Organisation When discussing the concept of possession football there will always be those for and against the ideals it propagates. How often do you hear generally uninformed 'pundits' use the phrase I don't really like statistics, but… before highlighting a side's possession figures to illustrate their ...
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Team Focus: Results Hard to Come By as Mancini Attempts to Restore Inter of Old

by James Horncastle at Jumatano, Jan 28 2015 16:33
Team Focus: Results Hard to Come By as Mancini Attempts to Restore Inter of Old “Football can be cruel,” rasped a hoarse Roberto Mancini on Sunday afternoon. Torino defender Emiliano Moretti, a player he had given a Serie A debut to at Fiorentina, had claimed his club’s first victory over Inter at San Siro since Valentine’s Day 1988. It was the last act ...
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Team Focus: Could Goal-Shy Athletic be Dragged into a Relegation Battle?

by Dermot Corrigan at Jumanne, Jan 20 2015 15:41
Team Focus: Could Goal-Shy Athletic be Dragged into a Relegation Battle? Although it is not unusual for the team which finishes fourth in La Liga to have difficulties handling Champions League commitments the following year, Athletic Club’s struggles this season are still quite startling.Things seemed really rosy for Athletic just last August when they made good on...
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Team Focus: Miserly Monaco Claw Their Way Back Up in Ligue 1

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Jan 19 2015 15:11
Team Focus: Miserly Monaco Claw Their Way Back Up in Ligue 1 The harsh reality of winter may not have bitten Ligue 1 just yet, with the division’s top scorers Lyon and Marseille still occupying the top two places and making the public dream that they can still give Paris Saint-Germain a run for their money in the title race. Still, pragmatism is making ...
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Team Focus: Little Faith in Millwall's Chances from Both Outside and Within

by Alan Smith at Jumatatu, Jan 19 2015 11:41
Team Focus: Little Faith in Millwall's Chances from Both Outside and Within Twelve months ago last week Ian Holloway sat at a table in a lounge at The New Den after being unveiled as the Millwall manager and declared there is nowhere else I want to be [other] than here before subsequently promising that he would transform the relegation threatened side into promotion challe...
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Team Focus: Set-Piece Issues at Both Ends Continue to Hamper Milan's Progress

by James Horncastle at Alhamisi, Jan 15 2015 12:07
Team Focus: Set-Piece Issues at Both Ends Continue to Hamper Milan's Progress At the end of Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Milan at the Olimpico, Torino owner Urbano Cairo inevitably bumped into his former player Alessio Cerci. It was the first time the wing-forward had been back to Turin since his ill-fated move to Atletico Madrid in the final days of the transfer window las...
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Team Focus: Psycho-logical Problems for Nottingham Forest

by Beth Simon at Jumanne, Jan 13 2015 17:10
Team Focus: Psycho-logical Problems for Nottingham Forest This is not how the Stuart Pearce story was supposed to play out. There are, of course, more chapters to be written in this intrepid tale, but the return of ‘Psycho’ to the banks of the River Trent has become rather Hitchcock-esque.You got the feeling upon his arrival that he could proba...
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