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How battling Brentford were dragged into a relegation dogfight

by Greg Lea at Jumatatu, Mac 18 2024 14:38
How battling Brentford were dragged into a relegation dogfight There may have only been a handful of Premier League games on Saturday and Sunday, but it still felt like a significant weekend in the relegation battle.A late Luton Town equaliser against Nottingham Forest meant they now head into the weekend above Nuno Espirito Santo’s side following their f...
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How does Dyche fix Everton's goal woes to beat the drop?

by Greg Lea at Jumatatu, Mac 11 2024 11:06
How does Dyche fix Everton's goal woes to beat the drop? Any assessment of the job Sean Dyche is doing at Everton must begin by recognising his side would be 14th but for the six-point penalty they were handed for breaching the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules. Even so, an 11-game winless streak means questions are beginning to be asked of...
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Why Ange needs to solve Tottenham's low block puzzle

by Greg Lea at Jumatatu, Mac 4 2024 09:56
Why Ange needs to solve Tottenham's low block puzzle For the time being at least, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United must act like fifth place will not be enough for Champions League qualification.With the tournament set to expand to 36 teams next season, there is a good chance that England will be one of two countries granted an add...
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Wing-wizard Matias Soule among the smart transfer picks for Man Utd

by Greg Johnson at Ijumaa, Mac 1 2024 09:28
Wing-wizard Matias Soule among the smart transfer picks for Man Utd It’s finally here - the dawn of the Sir Jim Ratcliffe era at Manchester United. However, fans eager to see their new part-owner shake up the squad to bring the good times back to Old Trafford will have to settle for changes behind the scenes for now with the summer transfer window still many w...
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Stats prove Arsenal's Saliba-Gabriel centre-back partnership is the Premier League's best

by Greg Lea at Jumatatu, Feb 26 2024 10:03
Stats prove Arsenal's Saliba-Gabriel centre-back partnership is the Premier League's best In the end, Arsenal could not quite manage a clean sheet against Newcastle United. But the Gunners’ defensive display on Saturday was one of their best of the season.Newcastle have struggled to replicate the form that earned them a fourth-placed finish last term. They have, however, been more ...
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What next for Bayern Munich ahead of Thomas Tuchel's summer exit?

by Mark Lovell at Alhamisi, Feb 22 2024 12:51
What next for Bayern Munich ahead of Thomas Tuchel's summer exit? Thomas Tuchel will depart Bayern Munich at the end of this season, a year earlier than the original Bavarian masterplan.Admittedly, all has not been rosy in the Bavarian Garden for large chunks of Tuchel’s reign. Tuchel and Bayern (somehow) managed to snatch the Bundesliga title last term for ...
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Is the form of Ten Hag’s new-style Man Utd sustainable?

by Sam Tighe at Jumatano, Feb 21 2024 09:34
Is the form of Ten Hag’s new-style Man Utd sustainable? For the second time this season, Manchester United are presenting as one of the form teams in the Premier League. Four straight league wins has seen them rise back up into contention for a top six spot, while they’re also into the FA Cup fifth round. With Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s 25% takeover...
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Why Marco Silva deserves praise for another fine Fulham job

by Greg Lea at Jumatatu, Feb 12 2024 16:55
Why Marco Silva deserves praise for another fine Fulham job Fulham, in the nicest possible way, are perhaps the least interesting team in the Premier League this season. The Cottagers are at once too far adrift to challenge for European qualification and too far clear of the dropzone to be troubled by relegation. Unlike the teams around them in the table, su...
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How Xabi Alonso proved he’s the perfect Klopp replacement at Liverpool

by Sam McGuire at Jumatatu, Feb 12 2024 12:45
How Xabi Alonso proved he’s the perfect Klopp replacement at Liverpool There had been some signs over recent weeks that Xabi Alonso and his Bayer Leverkusen side were starting to run out of steam in their pursuit of the Bundesliga title. They needed last-minute winners against Augsburg and RB Leipzig in back-to-back league matches, there was a disappointing 0-0 draw wi...
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Why Crystal Palace need to take action and sack Hodgson

by Greg Lea at Jumatatu, Feb 5 2024 10:33
Why Crystal Palace need to take action and sack Hodgson It is a shame it had to end like this. Roy Hodgson is a boyhood Crystal Palace fan who fulfilled his remit of keeping the club in the Premier League in five different seasons. Yet his second spell in the Selhurst Park dugout has descended into acrimony and it is hard to see how the 76-year-old can c...
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