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League Focus: The Increase in the Use of a 4-3-1-2 Formation

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League Focus: The Increase in the Use of a 4-3-1-2 Formation In 2006, Chelsea secured the signature of midfielder Michael Ballack on a free transfer from Bayern Munich. Fresh from World Cup duties, Chelsea supporters were understandably enthused at the acquisition of the then-Germany captain. The midfielder was regarded as one of the finest in his position, s...

Player Focus: Sterling Thriving at the Centre of Liverpool & England's Plans

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Player Focus: Sterling Thriving at the Centre of Liverpool & England's Plans It’s already been one of the Premier League’s most impressive images over the past few months, and is now being heralded as one of the brightest visions in England’s future. That, of course, is the sight of Raheem Sterling searing through the middle of the pitch to open up an oppos...

League Focus: Premier League Team of the Month - August

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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Month - August The first 'month' of the Premier League season is over and it's fair to say there have already been a number of surprises. The least shocking outcome from the three matches thus far, perhaps, sees favourites prior to the season Chelsea sitting pretty at the top.The most shocking, in more ways than o...

Match Focus: England Must Exploit the Flanks Against Faltering Uruguay

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Match Focus: England Must Exploit the Flanks Against Faltering Uruguay The post-match reaction to England's opening match defeat to Italy was one of unfamiliar optimism and realism. The Three Lions are generally slammed after any loss but the nature of the performance from Roy Hodgson's side was met more with praise than criticism - perhaps aside from Wayne Rooney's ro...

League Focus: WhoScored's Premier League Ineffective vs Effective XI

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League Focus: WhoScored's Premier League Ineffective vs Effective XI For every high there is always a low where football is concerned, and for every standout performer there are those that have enjoyed far less success. In this piece we've compiled an ineffective Premier League XI as well as an effective one, based on a number of statistical feats over the course of ...

League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season

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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season Manchester City secured their second Premier League title in three years this weekend as the season drew to a close. Liverpool ran the Citizens’ close, but at 5pm on Sunday, Manuel Pellegrini became the first non-European coach to secure England’s top prize.WhoScored.com has formulated t...

League Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Season vs the PFA's

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League Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Season vs the PFA's Has any footballing matter ever gone without debate? For that matter, has any such topic ever evoked more widespread fervour than the announcement of the PFA's yearly team of the season? The latest instalment is no different, and there is plenty to discuss and argue over regarding the XI players sel...

Player Focus: Europe's Top Rated Teenagers

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Player Focus: Europe's Top Rated Teenagers With football as profitable as it is, clubs often look to sign the next big thing to either secure glory or make a hefty profit on the player in question. The likes of Wayne Rooney, Javier Saviola, Alexandre Pato and Sergio Agüero transferred in their teenage years for millions of pounds, despi...

Player Focus: Sterling Still Not Worthy of England Call Up

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Player Focus: Sterling Still Not Worthy of England Call Up The success of Andros Townsend's England debut against Montenegro last week seems it might just have inspired the normally overly cautious Roy Hodgson into further risks in his team selection and call ups. After the withdrawal through injury of the decidedly unadventurous Tom Cleverley and right-bac...

Player Focus: Hot Prospect Scout

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Player Focus: Hot Prospect Scout With another international break upon us we have taken the time to look at a number of youngsters to have impressed across Europe's top 5 leagues. The form of said players could potentially force themselves into the thinking of their respective national team managers in the future, even if they didn...