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WhoScored Tipster: This Week's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: This Week's Top Tips Sometimes we see a weekend packed with derbies, on others times there may be multiple title clashes or relegation dogfights but no said cases are offered up by the calendar this time around. However, the common denominator for almost everybody are the goals. At this point of the season we know ...

Player Focus: Underwhelming Memphis Still Needs Time to Settle

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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...

Player Focus: Schweinsteiger Not Offering United Enough Thrust From Deep

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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...

Team Focus: Should Manchester United Take the Plunge for Mourinho?

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Team Focus: Should Manchester United Take the Plunge for Mourinho? On Thursday evening, shortly after Jose Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea, the Portuguese was asked by a colleague about the next step and the job he has always really wanted: Manchester United. The 52-year-old said in response there are some roles that are just impossible to turn down.The wonder, howe...

League Focus: Five Premier League Musings this Christmas

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League Focus: Five Premier League Musings this Christmas Can Leicester win the league?No doubt the shock of the season so far is that of Leicester City, with a success story greater than any demise in our books. Having spent last Christmas drowning their sorrows at the bottom of the league Foxes fans have reason for cheer and then some this time around.Le...

Player Focus: Javier Hernandez's Rich Vein of Goalscoring Form

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Player Focus: Javier Hernandez's Rich Vein of Goalscoring Form It was ironic that, while Manchester United were losing 2-1 to Premier League newboys Bournemouth, Javier Hernandez was bagging a hat-trick for Bayer Leverkusen, who romped to a 5-0 win over Bundesliga counterparts Borussia Monchengladbach. The Mexican striker secured a move away from Old Trafford o...

WhoScored Tipster: Goals at a Premium in Crucial Wolfsburg-United Showdown

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WhoScored Tipster: Goals at a Premium in Crucial Wolfsburg-United Showdown It’s a crucial week of Champions League action for a trio of Premier League clubs, with Manchester United first up to try and secure their place in the round of 16 along with neighbours City on Tuesday.Louis van Gaal’s side face the daunting prospect of needing a win away at group leader...

Player Focus: Unsettled United Frontline Affecting Martial

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Player Focus: Unsettled United Frontline Affecting Martial Deemed a waste of money by some upon his arrival at Manchester United, Anthony Martial quickly set about proving his critics wrong. The teenage France international injected some much-needed purpose into a United attack that appeared stale in the opening games of the season following his £36m ...

WhoScored Tipster: This Week's Top Tips Across Europe

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WhoScored Tipster: This Week's Top Tips Across Europe It's an odd round across Europe, with most of the big teams playing away in clashes that they are heavily tipped to win where the odds perhaps shouldn’t be as low as they are. It means it is one of those weekends where it is worth taking a risk on some upsets, with small gamblesworth enough fo...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips in Europe

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips in Europe With European competitions done and dusted for another fortnight, attention now returns to the domestic scene, where there are a series of tantalising fixtures across the continent, including top of the table clashes in Serie A and the Premier League and big matches in Germany and Spain, too.Napoli ...