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Player Focus: Exploring England's Left-back Options

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Player Focus: Exploring England's Left-back Options The second international break of the season has finally drawn to a close and many fans are breathing a huge sigh of relief that domestic duties will resume this weekend. England, as one might expect, breezed through their final two qualification games, putting five past Estonia and Lithuania withou...

You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 34

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You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 34 We have another free-to-enter 'You vs WhoScored' contest to get our teeth into this weekend courtesy of MondoGoal, so it's over to you to beat our expert's XI from the seven Premier League fixtures this time around.If you can beat our score this week you'll be granted entry into our exclusive contes...

Team Focus: The Premier League Newcomers XI

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Team Focus: The Premier League Newcomers XI Each summer, a raft of new players arrive in the Premier League, be they big money signings or youth-team products. Some go on to succeed in England’s top tier, others fail to cut the grade and are quickly forgotten.With that, we here at WhoScored.com have formulated a team of the season of pl...

Player Focus: Joel Ward's Seamless Transition to the Premier League

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Player Focus: Joel Ward's Seamless Transition to the Premier League When Crystal Palace won promotion to the Premier League last summer, most neutrals predicted that the Eagles would drop back into the Championship at the first time of asking. Initially, under the stewardship of Ian Holloway, those critics weren't being answered.Palace lost 7 of their 8 league games...

Player Focus: All in the Timing for Premier League's Top Tacklers

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Player Focus: All in the Timing for Premier League's Top Tacklers The best tacklers in the game are not only the ones that break up play with countless challenges in the midfield but those that do so with impeccable timing, conceding a limited number of fouls in the process.Here we'll look at those that stand out with regards to the latter, analysing the players t...