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Form Guide: Toronto looking the real deal beyond Giovinco's genius

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Form Guide: Toronto looking the real deal beyond Giovinco's genius There’s a certain stigma attached to Toronto FC. Renowned as North America’s most tediously tragic club, failing to deliver on big objectives and big promises time and time again, the Canadians were MLS’s easiest of easy targets. Until this season that is.Greg Vanney led TFC to the...

Form Guide: Why Zaha undoubtedly deserves second England chance

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Form Guide: Why Zaha undoubtedly deserves second England chance When you see someone put £50m on the table that's when you think about it (selling).” That wasn’t a quote from Jurgen Klopp about Philippe Coutinho, or Antonio Conte on Eden Hazard, but Alan Pardew after Crystal Palace turned down a £15m bid from Tottenham for Wilfried Zaha i...

Form Guide: Fully fit Gundogan can inspire City to title success

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Form Guide: Fully fit Gundogan can inspire City to title success Regardless of their abundance of riches and seemingly bottomless pockets, Manchester City’s decision to spend upwards of £20m on Ilkay Gundogan certainly raised eyebrows. The talent is obvious, but he joined during his recovery from a dislocated kneecap. Given his injury history, most no...

Form Guide: Bolasie-Lukaku partnership has Everton dreaming of Europe

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Form Guide: Bolasie-Lukaku partnership has Everton dreaming of Europe When Everton forked out to sign Yannick Bolasie this past summer, in the process potentially becoming the club’s most expensive signing in their history if certain clauses are triggered, many pondered the thought process in spending big on a player who has constantly been accused of lacking an...

Form Guide: Does in-form Heaton warrant shot at England starting spot?

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Form Guide: Does in-form Heaton warrant shot at England starting spot? Saturday was undeniably a day of frustration of Manchester United. Jose Mourinho’s side did everything but score in their 0-0 draw with Burnley, mustering a total of 37 shots, their most in a single match since the 2003/04 Premier League season when Opta started collecting data. While poor fin...

Form Guide: Bournemouth primed to build on positive Premier League debut

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Form Guide: Bournemouth primed to build on positive Premier League debut Second season syndrome is a concern for any team or player. Following a successful debut campaign, the worry is that opponents will work out the style and counter it effectively, ensuring its impact is minimal. In the early weeks of the current season, there were perhaps suggestions that Bournemouth...

Form Guide: Are table topping Zenit back where they belong under Lucescu?

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Form Guide: Are table topping Zenit back where they belong under Lucescu? The summer wasn’t easy for Zenit St Petersburg. They knew in advance that Andre Villas-Boas was leaving, sure, but his departure still provided the club with a problem to solve. Over the course of the summer, Zenit also lost their best player, as Hulk headed out to China in return for oodles o...

Form Guide: RB Leipzig - the vilified franchise with a likeable side

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Form Guide: RB Leipzig - the vilified franchise with a likeable side It’s fair to say when RB Leipzig secured promotion to the Bundesliga with a game to spare last season, the celebrations were limited to those inside the Red Bull Arena as the side beat Karlsruher 2-0. The club is, after all, a product of the Red Bull franchise, formed just seven years ago bank...

Form Guide: Is Van Dijk the Premier League's most underrated defender?

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Form Guide: Is Van Dijk the Premier League's most underrated defender? As Manchester City stuttered to a 1-1 draw, and with it, a fifth successive competitive match without victory, much of the focus was on their apparent struggles. Despite sitting top of the Premier League, Pep Guardiola is under pressure to oversee a return to winning ways, regardless of this being t...

Form Guide: Shelvey shining as Newcastle finally top the Championship

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Form Guide: Shelvey shining as Newcastle finally top the Championship It’s finally happened. For the first time this season Newcastle United are top of the Championship having been tipped to win the title at a canter. While the odds seemed to be too heavily stacked in their favour - since shown by a start to the campaign that has seen the Magpies drop 11 points ...