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Player Focus: Could Mangala's Poor Form Force City into the Transfer Market?

by Ben McAleer at Ijumaa, Jan 8 2016 12:30
Player Focus: Could Mangala's Poor Form Force City into the Transfer Market? After the opening five Premier League games of the season, many could have been forgiven for assuming Manchester City would run away as title winners. The Citizens were in rampant form, securing 15 points of a possible 15 and netting 11 goals without reply. However, midway through September, they fa...
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Player Focus: Do Christian Eriksen's Spurs Performances Warrant Criticism?

by Ben McAleer at Alhamisi, Jan 7 2016 15:40
Player Focus: Do Christian Eriksen's Spurs Performances Warrant Criticism? It was indeed a successful festive period for Tottenham, of that there is no doubt. Mauricio Pochettino’s side picked up 10 points of a possible 12 to consolidate their place in the top-four. Some have even gone as far as to suggest they are the dark horse for the Premier League title, though ...
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Team Focus: Norwich Profit From Neil's Bold Decisions & Organisation

by Martin Laurence at Alhamisi, Jan 7 2016 09:30
Team Focus: Norwich Profit From Neil's Bold Decisions & Organisation The hectic winter schedule can often prove to be a make or break period in any Premier League side’s season. For Aston Villa their last four results in particular have all but forced them to prepare for life in the Championship, while a number of teams have made significant strides to ensure t...
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Player Focus: Mikel Providing Necessary Balance to Chelsea Under Hiddink

by Ben McAleer at Jumanne, Jan 5 2016 17:45
Player Focus: Mikel Providing Necessary Balance to Chelsea Under Hiddink “You can play with all creative players – Matic, Fabregas, Oscar, Willian coming inside – but sometimes you have to choose a different way,” interim Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink said last month. The choice of players was somewhat surprising to some. Granted, Cesc Fabregas, Os...
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Player Focus: Underwhelming Memphis Still Needs Time to Settle

by Ben McAleer at Jumanne, Jan 5 2016 11:02
Player Focus: Underwhelming Memphis Still Needs Time to Settle Only Memphis Depay knows what was going through his head on Boxing Day. In a mundane Manchester United showing at the Britannia Stadium, all the Dutchman did was prove he couldn’t perform on a windy Saturday afternoon in Stoke. The Dutchman has failed to live up to expectations following his a...
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League Focus: Premier League Halfway Point Stats Round-up

by Ben McAleer at Alhamisi, Des 31 2015 12:35
League Focus: Premier League Halfway Point Stats Round-up The conclusion of Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Sunderland on Wednesday night signalled the halfway point of the current Premier League season. There have been plenty of shocks over the last six months, notably Leicester’s impressive rise up the table, and here WhoScored looks at the current ...
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Player Focus: Schweinsteiger Not Offering United Enough Thrust From Deep

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatano, Des 30 2015 14:45
Player Focus: Schweinsteiger Not Offering United Enough Thrust From Deep Nobody touched the ball more in Manchester United’s goalless draw with Chelsea than Bastian Schweinsteiger. He was at the centre of everything and, given how he has come to embody the “process” of which Louis van Gaal is so proud that, at the moment, may be part of the problem.On t...
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Player Focus: Albrighton As Important to Leicester as Vardy, Mahrez And Co.

by Ben McAleer at Jumanne, Des 29 2015 14:55
Player Focus: Albrighton As Important to Leicester as Vardy, Mahrez And Co. As the games come thick and fast over the festive period, any team can string a number of results together to improve their seasonal goals. Take Swansea for example, a three-game unbeaten run has helped them move out of the relegation zone, instead swapping places with Newcastle, whose back-to-back ...
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Match Report: Resolute Swansea Hold Frustrated Palace at Selhurst Park

by Ben McAleer at Jumatatu, Des 28 2015 17:30
Match Report: Resolute Swansea Hold Frustrated Palace at Selhurst Park Crystal Palace welcomed Swansea to Selhurst Park on bank holiday Monday hoping to maintain their pursuit of an unlikely European finish. However, they were left to wonder what might have been after drawing a blank against a resolute Swans defence, hellbent on shutting out the Eagles and carrying out...
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Match Report: Arsenal Miss Chance To Go Top as Saints End Five-game Winless Run

by Ben McAleer at Jumamosi, Des 26 2015 22:53
Match Report: Arsenal Miss Chance To Go Top as Saints End Five-game Winless Run To wrap up the full Boxing Day fixture list, Arsenal travelled to Southampton in a bid to move to the top of the Premier League after Leicester fell to a 1-0 defeat at Liverpool earlier in the day. Saints entered the encounter on the back of a five-game winless run and despite home advantage, were n...
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