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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Week - Gameweek 21

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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Week - Gameweek 21 21 games into the season and the Premier League is taking shape. There are - very roughly speaking - two groups emerging; a top seven doing battle for 4 Champions League places and the bottom eleven, who are separated by just 6 points and all well-and-truly in the midst of a relegation battle. Betwe...

Player Focus: Consistency Key To Nani Revival

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Player Focus: Consistency Key To Nani Revival In 2003, Manchester United signed Cristiano Ronaldo. Four years later, Nani followed his compatriot to Old Trafford. Having both spent time with the Sporting Clube de Portugal youth team before being promoted to the senior side, many felt that, in 2007, United had the best set of wingers in the Prem...

Team Focus: How Swansea City Can Improve On Their End Of Season Form

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Team Focus: How Swansea City Can Improve On Their End Of Season Form Back in February, Swansea City secured their first piece of major silverware in their 101-year history, comfortably overcoming Bradford City to land the Capital One Cup. Their fans, understandably ecstatic, expected big things following the result at Wembley and with European qualification secured, ...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 10 - West Brom and West Ham

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 10 - West Brom and West Ham It was an impressive debut campaign in football management for Steve Clarke as West Brom secured an 8th placed finish last year; the best in their Premier League history. Much of this was down to the impressive performances of Romelu Lukaku as the Belgian finished as the Baggies top scorer (17) last...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 9 - Swansea and Tottenham

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 9 - Swansea and Tottenham Swansea continue to impress in the top flight since their promotion only two years ago and with their success, the reputation of manager Michael Laudrup grows more and more. Having followed up an 11th placed finish in their debut season in the Premier League with 9th and a victorious Capital One Cup...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 8 - Stoke and Sunderland

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 8 - Stoke and Sunderland A seven-year association between manager and club came to an abrupt end this summer as Tony Pulis and Stoke City parted ways. The Potters have become infamous through their physical approach to English football and chairman Peter Coates insists that a change of direction was needed, the 75-year-old ...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 7 - Norwich and Southampton

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 7 - Norwich and Southampton Norwich may have ended last season in a standing that surpassed expectations once again but Chris Hughton was not fooled by their 11th placed finish, strengthening with some eye-catching signings this summer. The Canaries were just three points off the drop with two games remaining after a worrying ...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 6 - Man United and Newcastle

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 6 - Man United and Newcastle It's been all change at the top at Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down after 26 years at the helm. In his place comes David Moyes and despite being linked with big money moves for a host of Europe’s top players; only young full-back Guillermo Varela has been signed. The announcement ...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 5 - Liverpool and Man City

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 5 - Liverpool and Man City The Luis Suárez saga has taken up much of Liverpool's summer and it continues to drag on as the season approaches, in the process detracting attention from the shrewd business already done by the club. Brendan Rodgers looks like he will be without last season's top scorer for more than the 6 games h...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 4 - Fulham and Hull

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 4 - Fulham and Hull Martin Jol has clearly been keen to strengthen this summer after a very disappointing tail end of the season was somewhat disguised by an impressive 3-0 victory over Swansea on the final day. His side relied heavily on Dimitar Berbatov at times and when the elegant front man wasn't firing they often...