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Player Focus: Taking Chances - The Easy & The Hard Way

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Feb 19 2013 17:02
Player Focus: Taking Chances - The Easy & The Hard Way It's fair to say that the goalscorers across Europe's top 5 leagues have excelled themselves this season, with as many as 54 players already having reached double figures. At this stage in the previous two campaigns that was a feat that only 41 players could manage and here we take a closer look at ...
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Player Focus: Perfect Timing - Europe's Cleanest Tacklers

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Feb 18 2013 17:15
Player Focus: Perfect Timing - Europe's Cleanest Tacklers A familiar sight this weekend saw Sergio Ramos receive his marching orders for the 11th time in his La Liga career. Only 11 players have committed more fouls than the Real Madrid man in Spain this season, but here we’re looking at the opposite end of the spectrum.In an attempt to collate a lis...
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Player Focus: Europe's Culpable Possession Conceders

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Feb 14 2013 17:40
Player Focus: Europe's Culpable Possession Conceders Though they often ensure excitement, even the very best tricksters can be among the most frustrating players for the fans to watch. Here we'll take a look at the players across Europe's top 5 leagues most prone to conceding possession through all manner of means.We take a look at each players’...
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Player Focus: Hamsik the Key to Napoli's Scudetto Challenge

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Feb 7 2013 14:51
Player Focus: Hamsik the Key to Napoli's Scudetto Challenge A place in Napoli's history books awaits Marek Hamsik. At 25, he is already in the club's top 10 goalscorers of all-time, a remarkable feat for a midfield player. Up until now, I've got 68, he said, and the objective is to get to 77, where there's [Giuseppe] Savoldi. To overtake Maradona [on 115], I...
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Player Focus: Europe's Most Consistent Performers

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Feb 5 2013 17:12
Player Focus: Europe's Most Consistent Performers Barcelona's relatively routine 3-1 victory over Celta Vigo back in November won't have shocked anyone, but there was one surprising outcome from the match. Lionel Messi neither scored or assisted a goal in the game and completed only 1 dribble to ensure that he picked up a WhoScored rating of just 6...
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Player Focus: Europe's Golden Oldies

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jan 29 2013 17:30
Player Focus: Europe's Golden Oldies The focus of transfer policy these days is almost unreservedly on investment in youth and looking to the future. Paul Lambert at Aston Villa, for example, has bought his players young and on countless occasions this season fielded a starting eleven with an average age of just 23, but the failings of...
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Player Focus: Goalkeepers' Save Success Rates

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jan 24 2013 16:53
Player Focus: Goalkeepers' Save Success Rates The goalkeeper: the last line of defence. Some say the most important man in a team, others say less so, possibly in the hope that they will not be needed if the outfielders do their jobs properly. The fact of the matter is, though, that goalkeepers are key to a team's success, and a good goalkeepin...
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Player Focus: Potential Premier League Arrivals

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jan 21 2013 16:08
Player Focus: Potential Premier League Arrivals As deadline day draws nearer for managers across Europe's top 5 leagues speculation regarding certain players inevitably grows among the press. While rumours are often fabricated, here we look at a few individuals tipped with moves to the Premier League where interest seems concrete.Up to now it's f...
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Player Focus: Error Prone Outfielders

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jan 17 2013 17:59
Player Focus: Error Prone Outfielders The astonishing misfortune of Jonathan Walters last weekend will take some forgetting, especially for the player, and it's made us curious of the error prone players across Europe.We're looking at the defensive end of the spectrum here, with own goals, penalties conceded and general defensive errors...
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Player Focus: Europe's Top Goal Contributors

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Jan 16 2013 12:23
Player Focus: Europe's Top Goal Contributors Like Arsenal last season, teams are often chastised for being overly reliant on a single player, with critics arguing that without that player they would struggle and potentially even fail. Without Robin van Persie this term, Arsenal are undoubtedly worse off and they paid for any dependence on the ...
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