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How naiviety left Burnley on the brink of relegation

by Greg Lea at Sunday, May 5 2024 09:50
How naiviety left Burnley on the brink of relegation Burnley are on the brink. A 4-1 home defeat by Newcastle United has left the Clarets’ Premier League survival hopes hanging by a thread. Now five points adrift of safety with two games to play, Saturday's thrashing by the Magpies typified what has gone wrong for Vincent Kompany's side this sea...
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Assessing the Feyenoord stars who could follow Arne Slot to Liverpool

by Sam McGuire at Sunday, Apr 28 2024 10:42
Assessing the Feyenoord stars who could follow Arne Slot to Liverpool It is now very much a case of when and not if Arne Slot replaces Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager after the Reds finally agreed on a compensation package with Feyenoord for the Dutch tactician. Slot’s public eagerness to succeed Klopp no doubt helped negotiations between the two clubs but the...
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Why Liverpool may have hit the Jackpot with the Slot machine

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Apr 26 2024 14:00
Why Liverpool may have hit the Jackpot with the Slot machine All I can say about it is that the clubs are in negotiations. I’m in the waiting room. As Liverpool's managerial pursuit went from Xabi Alonso to Ruben Amorim, Arne Slot is now the frontrunner to succeed Jurgen Klopp at Anfield next season. With the German departing at the end of the current c...
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How Unai Emery revolutionised Aston Villa

by Sam Tighe at Wednesday, Apr 24 2024 14:57
How Unai Emery revolutionised Aston Villa Unai Emery knows a golden situation better than most. After all, past experiences will have given him a keen sense for what’s good—and what’s not.He’ll have learned more from his trying spells at Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain than he perhaps did during fruitful, trophy-lade...
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How Crystal Palace maximised the EFL talent pool to spring Liverpool upset

by Greg Lea at Monday, Apr 15 2024 09:28
How Crystal Palace maximised the EFL talent pool to spring Liverpool upset After a shock 1-0 victory over Liverpool on Sunday, Crystal Palace can look forward to another season of Premier League football in 2024/25. Eight points clear of the relegation zone, it would take a catastrophic collapse for Oliver Glasner's side to finish below the dreaded dotted line from here.It...
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Why Forest's attacking output is key to Premier League survival

by Greg Lea at Wednesday, Apr 10 2024 13:35
Why Forest's attacking output is key to Premier League survival There were twists and turns at the bottom as well as the top of the Premier League at the weekend.Luton Town’s 2-1 victory over Bournemouth, secured courtesy of a last-gasp winner from Carlton Morris, was bad news for Nottingham Forest. Their subsequent 3-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur means Nu...
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De Zerbi? Nagelsmann? Who best to replace Tuchel at Bayern

by Mark Lovell at Thursday, Apr 4 2024 16:27
De Zerbi? Nagelsmann? Who best to replace Tuchel at Bayern For the first time since Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund ended up easing to The Double in 2012, Bayern Munich's title hopes lie completely in tatters. With just seven games remaining, Xabi Alonso's all-conquering Bayer Leverkusen side have moved 13(!) points clear and are serenely cruising to ...
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Why Thiago Motta should be on Liverpool's shortlist to succeed Klopp

by Greg Johnson at Thursday, Apr 4 2024 08:46
Why Thiago Motta should be on Liverpool's shortlist to succeed Klopp Even before Jurgen Klopp had announced he would step down as Liverpool boss at the end of the season Xabi Alonso was being lined up as his obvious successor for reasons of the head and the heart.However, he will be staying put at Bayer Leverkusen this summer, much to the disappointment of fans who h...
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Are Chelsea’s signings actually showing signs of improvement?

by Greg Johnson at Monday, Mar 25 2024 10:21
Are Chelsea’s signings actually showing signs of improvement? For much of the last two decades or so, Chelsea have been the club that lived up to the old cliche of football being a results business more than any other. Under Roman Abramovich, managers were thrown out the door regardless of any recent success when their former owner sensed that things had start...
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How battling Brentford were dragged into a relegation dogfight

by Greg Lea at Monday, Mar 18 2024 14:38
How battling Brentford were dragged into a relegation dogfight There may have only been a handful of Premier League games on Saturday and Sunday, but it still felt like a significant weekend in the relegation battle.A late Luton Town equaliser against Nottingham Forest meant they now head into the weekend above Nuno Espirito Santo’s side following their f...
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