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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 Big Chance Conversion

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Apr 11 2012 16:57
Stats Analysis: Premier League Big Chance Conversion There have been some glaring misses in the Premier League this season, with a Dirk Kuyt scoop straight out of the Mr Whippy masterclass against Aston Villa ending up in the stands from just a couple of yards out recently. Fernando Torres' head in hands moment against Manchester United also stands lo...
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League Focus: Alternative Premier League Team of the Season

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Apr 10 2012 16:24
League Focus: Alternative Premier League Team of the Season We have decided to take a look at what would be a worthy, if unlikely, team of the season come the end of the campaign. With the Premier League players currently wracking their brains as to who to vote for in the PFA awards, we at WhoScored thought it best to give them a little advice over players w...
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Stats Analysis: The Premier League's Most Involved - Touches per Minute

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Mar 29 2012 16:30
Stats Analysis: The Premier League's Most Involved - Touches per Minute It's fair to say that while some roles require less of an apparent involvement in play in terms of time spent on the ball, there are certainly a number of players who feel the need to make themselves available to a teammate at every opportunity. These are, in turn, the individuals that colleagues ar...
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Player Focus: The Premier League's Most Improved Players

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Mar 15 2012 14:05
Player Focus: The Premier League's Most Improved Players WhoScored has decided to look into our own category ahead of the illustrious end of season awards, focusing on the most improved players from the previous campaign. We have judged this by the greatest increase in a player's WhoScored rating from last season to this, with a mandatory cap of at least ...
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Player Focus: The Premier League's Top January Signings

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Mar 12 2012 17:28
Player Focus: The Premier League's Top January Signings Now well into the month of March, the Premier League is hotting up and, in turn, WhoScored has deemed enough time to have passed to judge the starts made by some of the January transfer signings.Here we will look at the top 5 newcomers according to WhoScored ratings of players to have featured from ...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League Penalty Woes - Keepers on Top

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Mar 5 2012 17:39
Stats Analysis: Premier League Penalty Woes - Keepers on Top In the Premier League this weekend there were two crucial penalties misses, or, if you're of an Arsenal or Sunderland persuasion, crucial penalties saves in huge games for the respective sides. Wojciech Szczesny's double save to deny Dirk Kuyt would eventually help earn Arsenal a win at Anfield, whi...
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Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Disappointing Signings XI

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Feb 13 2012 17:26
Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Disappointing Signings XI There have been some superb additions to the Premier League this season from the well-known to the relatively unknown but, while the likes of Aguero and Vorm flourish, many have somewhat stuttered when it comes to finding their feet at new clubs this season. With this in mind WhoScored delves deeper...
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Stats Analysis: Foul Play - The Lucky and Not So Lucky

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jan 24 2012 16:59
Stats Analysis: Foul Play - The Lucky and Not So Lucky With tough tackling being clamped down on and perhaps even stamped out to some extent (not by Mario Balotelli), players are going into the referee's little black book more often and do well to avoid cautions.Gone are the days when a footballer could go through an entire career without picking up a b...
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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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