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Team Focus: Trying to Make Sense of Arsenal's Latest Injury Crisis

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Oct 10 2014 12:12
Team Focus: Trying to Make Sense of Arsenal's Latest Injury Crisis In truth, there is no sense to be made of Arsenal's latest injury problems. Reinforced after a summer of spending, they are already, just seven games into the new Premier League season, facing a fresh crisis. That this is far from the first time we have seen this happen to the Gunners in recent year...
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League Focus: WhoScored's Premier League Ineffective vs Effective XI

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, May 13 2014 17:50
League Focus: WhoScored's Premier League Ineffective vs Effective XI For every high there is always a low where football is concerned, and for every standout performer there are those that have enjoyed far less success. In this piece we've compiled an ineffective Premier League XI as well as an effective one, based on a number of statistical feats over the course of ...
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Match Focus: Where Wenger's Rematch with Pep Could be Decided

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Feb 19 2014 14:46
Match Focus: Where Wenger's Rematch with Pep Could be Decided Kevin Großkreutz's 87th minute winner for Borussia Dortmund at Marseille at the end of the Champions League group stages had vast consequences for the competition. While the impact of that goal was greatest for Dortmund, it had huge ramifications for Arsenal, who failed to finish top of their ...
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Team Focus: All Change for France as they Chase the Impossible Dream

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 18 2013 17:32
Team Focus: All Change for France as they Chase the Impossible Dream “We’re ready to die on the pitch to get there.” So said Olivier Giroud, speaking of how “angry” he was at France’s World Cup play-off defeat to Ukraine on Friday. Something probably already died on the pitch at the Olympiyskiy that night – France’s hop...
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Team Focus: Koscielny Crucial In Arsenal's Top 4 Finish

by Ben McAleer at Monday, May 20 2013 13:20
Team Focus: Koscielny Crucial In Arsenal's Top 4 Finish As referee Howard Webb blew the full time whistle at St. James’ Park on the final day of the season, Arsenal fans breathed a huge sigh of relief that they’d again trumped bitter north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to a higher league finish.The ‘St. Totteringham’s Day’...
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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season

by Martin Laurence at Monday, May 14 2012 18:17
League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season We hope to have given all of you Premier League lovers enough time to get your breath back after yesterday's unbelievable events on a day that saw glory snatched from the grasp of United by noisy neighbours City before unveiling our Team of the Season as rated by, well, us.In the race for the Champi...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Most Successful Tacklers

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jan 18 2012 14:31
Stats Analysis: Premier League's Most Successful Tacklers While it takes bravery to commit to tackling as often as some of the players do in the Premier League, there is a real skill to winning the ball more often than not, with WhoScored investigating those players who not only throw themselves into tackles with superb regularity but come away with the ba...
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The Most Aerially Dominant Premier League XI

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Oct 10 2011 09:03
The Most Aerially Dominant Premier League XI With much often made of the playing style of some of the Premier League's physically dominant teams, WhoScored investigates the best XI from the division by position (in a 4-4-2 formation) for aerial duel success.As many players maintain high records due to the limited number of aerial challenges th...
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Three Key Areas where Man United are Superior to Arsenal

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Jun 6 2011 09:45
Last season saw Arsenal mount a more sustained title challenge than in previous seasons only to ultimately drift off the pace, with a fourth-place finish proving bitter disappointment in a campaign that promised so much. Injuries certainly played a significant part, with Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van ...
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Passed Off the Pitch – How Arsenal Handed Chelsea a Title Race Lifeline

by Chris Davie at Monday, May 2 2011 09:34
Passed Off the Pitch – How Arsenal Handed Chelsea a Title Race Lifeline Arsene Wenger is adamant he will not change his football philosophy - either Arsenal win silverware by aesthetical performances or the six-year trophy drought continues.It appears Wenger’s charges, despite sealing victory over Manchester United on Sunday, are set to go another campaign without...
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