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Player Focus: Mignolet Mistakes Proving Costly for Liverpool

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jan 23 2014 10:59
Player Focus: Mignolet Mistakes Proving Costly for Liverpool He has come here because he’s an outstanding goalkeeper and, I repeat, you don’t lose your talent. Those were the words of Brendan Rodgers after another high-profile error from goalkeeper Simon Mignolet last weekend.Tasked with replacing a player that was making too many mistakes at the ...
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Player Focus: Ron Vlaar - Villa's Most Invaluable Player

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jan 21 2014 17:30
Player Focus: Ron Vlaar - Villa's Most Invaluable Player It's fair to say that Aston Villa's first half display against Liverpool left the majority of their fans scratching their heads on Saturday evening. They'll have been used to the side performing far better on the road this season, with the eventual point they picked up at Anfield taking their tally ...
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Player Focus: Can Hazard Rank Among the Greatest in the World?

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jan 15 2014 15:07
Player Focus: Can Hazard Rank Among the Greatest in the World? With men behind the ball and visitors Chelsea struggling to carve out many clear cut opportunities, Steve Bruce may have been confident of another clean sheet at the KC Stadium as the sides approached the hour mark on Saturday. It took some tidy build up play for the Blues to finally break the deadl...
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Player Focus: 2013 Calendar Year Stat Leaders

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jan 3 2014 12:03
Player Focus: 2013 Calendar Year Stat Leaders With New Year hangovers subsiding it seems a relevant time to recap on the year gone by, looking at the statistical leaders of 2013 over a variety of categories in Europe's top 5 leagues.Most GoalsWe start at the business end, and Cristiano Ronaldo had a year to remember netting at least 9 more leag...
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Team Focus: McClaren Rebuilding Reputation with Ruthless Rams

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Dec 17 2013 15:58
Team Focus: McClaren Rebuilding Reputation with Ruthless Rams Steve McClaren, or the wally with the brolly as he has been less than affectionately coined, became somewhat of a laughing stock in his homeland after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 under his stewardship. An interview whilst managing in Holland at Twente didn't do him any favours in terms e...
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Player Focus: Bundesliga Boast Impressive Teenage Six

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Nov 27 2013 17:47
Player Focus: Bundesliga Boast Impressive Teenage Six In a week where the limelight was at its blinding brightest to focus on the match up between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, a familiar trend was playing out in the Bundesliga shadows. Across the country there were some star performances from a number of prodigious talents, and one only need co...
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Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Under-21 XI

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Nov 15 2013 10:18
Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Under-21 XI International breaks are a time for reflection, as well as moaning that there is no domestic action to look forward to. The tables are taking shape across Europe's top 5 leagues and in turn those playing have had sufficient time to impress their respective national coaches.With a World Cup year appr...
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Match Report: The Failings of West Ham & Aston Villa

by Martin Laurence at Sunday, Nov 3 2013 18:30
Match Report: The Failings of West Ham & Aston Villa It's fair to say that some games have a stalemate written all over them before the first whistle is even blown. It was also conceivable that one such game would be West Ham against Aston Villa this weekend.A predictable point to either side came to pass in a game that disappointed in the most part a...
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Player Focus: All in the Timing for Premier League's Top Tacklers

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Oct 30 2013 17:51
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...
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League Focus: Performances of Englishmen Up From Last Season

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Oct 10 2013 11:06
League Focus: Performances of Englishmen Up From Last Season The increasing number of foreign players in the Premier League means that Roy Hodgson's job of picking a squad is harder than ever, right? Well no, not really. Much has been made of the recent comments from Jack Wilshere, speaking on a potential future call-up for Belgian-born Adnan Januzaj, with th...
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