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Team Focus: Colombia Still an Attacking Threat Without Falcao

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jun 5 2014 12:33
Team Focus: Colombia Still an Attacking Threat Without Falcao With rumours circulating that Franck Ribéry may be set to miss the World Cup with injury, he could be joining a rather vast list of some of the planet's best players who will not be on show in Brazil this summer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale could not inspire Sweden and Wales to qualifi...
Categories: Team Focus

Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for World Cup Stars

by Alistair Tweedale at Monday, Jun 2 2014 17:44
Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for World Cup Stars The introduction of a winter break in England is a contentious issue, one that there is plenty of reason to support, particularly in a World Cup year, but the game's traditionalists will continue to argue that matches over the festive period should be retained for their entertainment value. Traditio...

Player Focus: 6 Players Going Under the Radar Set to Shine in Brazil

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, May 30 2014 16:01
Player Focus: 6 Players Going Under the Radar Set to Shine in Brazil The hundreds of players on show at this summer's world cup in Brazil are bound to throw up a few surprises, and here are six that may have snuck somewhat under the radar but come into the competition in the kind of form that suggests they could well be set to shine.Admir Mehmedi - WhoScored rating 7...
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Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, May 29 2014 15:56
Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way Mauricio Pochettino's appointment at Spurs earlier this week felt, at first at least, rather more inevitable than inspiring. After names like Louis van Gaal and Frank de Boer had been banded about and fans started to dream of a new manager with the status to match that which they feel their club boa...
Categories: Team Focus

Match Focus: The Champions League Final - Five Key Issues

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, May 23 2014 11:36
Match Focus: The Champions League Final - Five Key Issues The Champions League final this weekend, the first ever between two teams from the same city, presents Atlético with the chance to complete a truly astounding season against their Madrid rivals by adding a European trophy to the league crown they won against the odds last week. Despite coming...
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Player Focus: Cast Aside Cole Has Mourinho to Blame

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, May 21 2014 15:58
Player Focus: Cast Aside Cole Has Mourinho to Blame The return of José Mourinho, The Special One, the messiah, the manager who can do no wrong in the eyes of Chelsea fans, was supposed to be a 'happy' homecoming. After 7 different managers and 7 trophies won, a still unsatisfied Roman Abramovich reinstated the Portuguese at the helm, and with ...

Player Focus: The Best Players Not Selected for the World Cup

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, May 20 2014 13:54
Player Focus: The Best Players Not Selected for the World Cup With the announcement of every national squad ahead of this summer's World Cup, we have been ceremoniously presented on social media with the players considered most unfortunate to miss out. Brazil's current strength in depth was exhibited to the masses with an unbelievably impressive starting XI of...
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Match Focus: Four Key Issues Ahead of the FA Cup Final

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, May 16 2014 16:50
Match Focus: Four Key Issues Ahead of the FA Cup Final At 5 o'clock UK time on Saturday evening, there will probably be slightly more interest worldwide in Atlético Madrid's showdown in Barcelona than proceedings at Wembley, but for Arsenal and Hull, north west London provides the location for them to end respective seasons that have petered out ...
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Premier League Focus: A Season of Two Halves

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, May 14 2014 12:29
Premier League Focus: A Season of Two Halves It is a game of two halves or so says the cliche used by managers to rally their players into a second half recovery after a poor showing in the first period of any given game. The nature of football means that any given match might well have two schizophrenically contrasting halves for those compet...
Categories: League Focus

Player Focus: Highest-Rated Free Transfer XI

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, May 9 2014 13:41
Player Focus: Highest-Rated Free Transfer XI With the announcements of World Cup squads, talk has been abound as to the best players that have missed out on a spot with their respective countries. While the likes of Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard may be fretting over their chances ahead of Roy Hodgson's 30-man squad being named on Monday, they ...
Categories: Player Focus