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Team Focus: Is De Bruyne a Necessity for Manchester City?

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Aug 27 2015 16:30
Team Focus: Is De Bruyne a Necessity for Manchester City? As far as starts to the season go, Manchester City’s has gone very much according to plan. The only team to boast a 100% start to the campaign, having scored 8 goals and conceded 0, they have stated their intentions early on in their bid to usurp Chelsea atop England’s top tier. The 3-0 ...
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Team Focus: Recent Movements Suggests Change of Tack at Spurs

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Aug 26 2015 16:50
Team Focus: Recent Movements Suggests Change of Tack at Spurs Tottenham have been largely criticised for what can rightly be considered an underwhelming start to the season. Once again the club has left it late in the window to make inroads in the transfer market, with the recent acquisition of Clinton N’Jie the only investment in attack made this summer...
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Team Focus: Chelsea Must Go Back to Basics to Rediscover Defensive Assurance

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 26 2015 11:33
Team Focus: Chelsea Must Go Back to Basics to Rediscover Defensive Assurance Amid all of the controversies that Jose Mourinho has already initiated this season, and all of the targets that the Chelsea manager has taken aim at, there’s one conspicuous issue that has escaped attention.That is probably because it is one that matters most to him - the defence.Sure, the Por...
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Team Focus: Monaco’s Squad Depth Already in Question

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Aug 24 2015 12:33
Team Focus: Monaco’s Squad Depth Already in Question Many different tags have been applied to Monaco since the club changed tack in terms of recruitment, post-James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao. They’ve been described as the new Porto, and one of the most exciting young teams in Europe. Yet after Saturday’s limp draw at Toulouse, coach Leo...
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Team Focus: What is Attack and are United Failing at it?

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Aug 24 2015 11:52
Team Focus: What is Attack and are United Failing at it? “What is attack?” Louis van Gaal asked abruptly after a journalist had challenged how his Netherlands side played in beating Chile at the World Cup last season. It’s the sort of fundamental with which he enjoys punctuating press conferences. After his United side had been held to a...
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Team Focus: Juventus Still Have Pressing Need to Bolster Depleted Midfield

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Aug 20 2015 11:03
Team Focus: Juventus Still Have Pressing Need to Bolster Depleted Midfield Around 5,000 Juventus fans made the pilgrimage to Villar Perosa on Wednesday, the spiritual home of the Agnelli family to watch the A team take on the B team in the final warm up game before the championship returns this weekend. Nowhere is Juventinità stronger. Andrea Agnelli’s father ...
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Team Focus: Watford's New Midfield Base Already Key to Their Premier League Survival

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Aug 19 2015 12:05
Team Focus: Watford's New Midfield Base Already Key to Their Premier League Survival When a team is promoted from the Championship to the Premier League, there are two paths a side can follow in order to maintain their status as a top-flight team. The first is to persist largely with the squad that gained the team in question their spot in England’s top tier. Teammates are fam...
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Team Focus: Just What Has Gone Wrong for Sigi Schmid's Sounders Side?

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Aug 14 2015 15:40
Team Focus: Just What Has Gone Wrong for Sigi Schmid's Sounders Side? It’s somewhat difficult to comprehend the turmoil the Seattle Sounders now find themselves in, given the swagger with which they started the 2015 Major League Soccer season. As recently as May, they were the team to beat in the West. Now they are the team that everyone can beat.Indeed, Sigi Sc...
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Team Focus: Bilic Finds Solutions Where Allardyce Failed Against Arsenal

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 12 2015 11:05
Team Focus: Bilic Finds Solutions Where Allardyce Failed Against Arsenal After opening his West Ham United regime by claiming a spectacular three points at Arsenal, Slaven Bilic sought to close a special day by making a point of his own.“Sam Allardyce left me a good team and left me some quality in the side,” the Croatian said to media about his predecessor. ...
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Team Focus: Chelsea Draw Suggests Swansea Adopting More Direct Approach

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Aug 10 2015 17:10
Team Focus: Chelsea Draw Suggests Swansea Adopting More Direct Approach Amid all the scratching of heads about how poorly Chelsea played on Saturday, all Jose Mourinho’s diversionary tactics about his physios and faux-controversy over the penalty and red card for Thibaut Courtois, just how well Swansea City played was rather overlooked.What was particularly impres...
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