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Team Focus: Wasteful Arsenal Made to Rue More Missed Chances

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Team Focus: Wasteful Arsenal Made to Rue More Missed Chances In some games you sense the pattern early. Arsenal missed a couple of early chances and then a third and there was a strange inevitability about the fact that they would go on missing chances and that Manchester United would then score with their first clear chance of the game. As it turned out, it ...

Match Report: Ruthless Welbeck Leads Arsenal to Dominant Win over Galatasaray

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Match Report: Ruthless Welbeck Leads Arsenal to Dominant Win over Galatasaray Cesare Prandelli's misguided attempts at the Emirates to recreate the dominance of his Italy side over England at Euro 2012 ended in disaster as Arsenal wrapped up a comfortable victory over Galatasaray to get their Champions League campaign up and running.But for the efforts, once again, of the eve...

Player Focus: A Fresh Start for Danny Welbeck at Arsenal

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Player Focus: A Fresh Start for Danny Welbeck at Arsenal For a player whose brief career has so far never really seen him at centre-stage for his club, Danny Welbeck has been at the centre of some big pretty storylines this week. Most obviously and most recently, there was the late tension in the transfer window, as the striker’s move to Arsenal was...

Match Focus: England Must Exploit the Flanks Against Faltering Uruguay

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Match Focus: England Must Exploit the Flanks Against Faltering Uruguay The post-match reaction to England's opening match defeat to Italy was one of unfamiliar optimism and realism. The Three Lions are generally slammed after any loss but the nature of the performance from Roy Hodgson's side was met more with praise than criticism - perhaps aside from Wayne Rooney's ro...

Player Focus: Contrasting Conversion Rates of the Premier League's Top Strikers

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Player Focus: Contrasting Conversion Rates of the Premier League's Top Strikers Last week, discussing Cardiff CityCharles Reep and Egil Olsen's theory that it takes roughly nine chances to score a goal was highlighted. In the Premier League this season, it’s been taking 9.91: or, to put it another way, 10.03% of all shots go in. Cardiff, as a team, fall short of that aver...

Player Focus: Danny Welbeck Excelling as United's Main Striker

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Player Focus: Danny Welbeck Excelling as United's Main Striker In the absence of Robin van Persie, Danny Welbeck has been charged with leading the Manchester United attack. The England international has been forced to deal with his doubters in the past, but he’s been a leading light for the Premier League champions of late.Granted, United succumbed to a 2...

Team Focus: England's Problematic Left Side

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Team Focus: England's Problematic Left Side The touting of Adnan Januzaj as a potential future England player raised an interesting debate about the national team, and not, incidentally, that which Jack Wilshere felt necessary to pass comment on earlier this week.The Manchester United youngster put in man of the match performance from the lef...

Team Focus: Manchester United's Creative Problems Remain Despite Opening Win

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Team Focus: Manchester United's Creative Problems Remain Despite Opening Win Manchester United's lack of success in the transfer market this summer has been repeatedly and consistently attributed to the absence of Sir Alex Ferguson to draw in the big names, new manager David Moyes presumed to be less of an enticement to potential newcomers. Prior to the opening games of the ...

Team Focus: Change Needed for England After Latest Drop in Rankings

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Team Focus: Change Needed for England After Latest Drop in Rankings The announcement regarding England's position in the latest FIFA world rankings aren't quite as surprising as most are making out. Roy Hodgson's men have fallen to 15th in the world; their lowest point since Steve McLaren failed to take them to Euro 2008, but even though their fate regarding qualifi...

Player Focus: Is Welbeck Really the Man for the Big Occasion?

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Player Focus: Is Welbeck Really the Man for the Big Occasion? Danny Welbeck's performances for club and country lately have drawn a lot of admirers, with the forward's work ethic perhaps the main point of praise from pundits and fans alike.The fact that Sir Alex Ferguson has looked to his academy graduate more and more in the 'big games' this season is certain...