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Player Focus: Henderson Now Crucial to Both Club & Country

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Sep 3 2014 16:20
Player Focus: Henderson Now Crucial to Both Club & Country This time last season Jordan Henderson was named in Roy Hodgson's England squad with some of the fans not exactly convinced by the midfielder's worth, along with Tom Cleverley, and it seemed the two would fight it out over the course of the year for a place in the World Cup squad. It turned out to b...
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Team Focus: Time for England to Stop Idealising in Central Midfield

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Sep 1 2014 12:39
Team Focus: Time for England to Stop Idealising in Central Midfield What England lacked at the World Cup was a proper holding midfielder. You can talk about the failings of individual players and you can talk about the systemic failings of the English game over 50 years – and both are contributory factors – but fundamentally the lack of aball-winner alon...
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Team Focus: England Improve but Lack Defensive Dynamism

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jun 26 2014 11:54
Team Focus: England Improve but Lack Defensive Dynamism The inquest as to why England suffered their first group stage exit from a World Cup since 1958 is already in full swing. Many thought that the team may well struggle after a tough draw but there is still understandable disappointment at falling at the first hurdle.There were some obvious downfalls ...
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Team Focus: Hodgson's Archaic Approach at the Root of England's Problems

by Miguel Delaney at Friday, Jun 20 2014 11:46
Team Focus: Hodgson's Archaic Approach at the Root of England's Problems It was supposed to be so different this time. To some degree it was different, except not in the manner intended. England are now facing up to their first group-stage exit since Euro 2000, and their worst performance at a World Cup since 1958.Those are the bald facts. The more brutal truth is that t...
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Match Focus: England Must Exploit the Flanks Against Faltering Uruguay

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jun 18 2014 17:48
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...
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Player Focus: The Challenge of Stopping Andrea Pirlo

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jun 12 2014 15:17
Player Focus: The Challenge of Stopping Andrea Pirlo The announcement had been expected for some time. On Wednesday it finally came. Andrea Pirlo signed a new contract with Juventus. Fans of the Old Lady will get to see the veteran deep-lying playmaker perform in Turin for another two years. Pirlo will continue to pull the black and white shirt on unt...
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Player Focus: Where Should Rooney Start for England at the World Cup?

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Jun 5 2014 17:00
Player Focus: Where Should Rooney Start for England at the World Cup? England have in the not-so-distant past struggled to find a player worthy of holding down a regular starting spot on the left flank. Paul Scholes was played on the wing to accommodate Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in midfield at Euro 2004. Since then,Joe Cole, Stewart Downing and Adam Johnson, am...
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Player Focus: England Should Progress Without 'Archetypal Striker' Carroll

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Apr 2 2014 17:08
Player Focus: England Should Progress Without 'Archetypal Striker' Carroll 'Unplayable on his day'. 'Offers something different'. 'Typical English number nine'. Myriad cliches are batted about all too widely after Andy Carroll puts in any half decent performance that traditionalists in this country expect of and love from an archetypal British striker. Monday night saw Car...
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Player Focus: Jay Rodriguez Deserving of an England Spot

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Apr 2 2014 15:30
Player Focus: Jay Rodriguez Deserving of an England Spot During Nigel Adkins’ reign as Southampton manager, Jay Rodriguez’s input was minimal to say the least. The striker signed from Burnley in the summer of 2012, but netted just twice and picked up only 1 assist while the former Saints boss was at the helm in his debut campaign for the club....
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Player Focus: Why Oxlade-Chamberlain Has to Start for England

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Mar 12 2014 16:46
Player Focus: Why Oxlade-Chamberlain Has to Start for England Quite why everybody is so fixated with Mesut Özil's withdrawal through injury at half time of Arsenal's Champions League draw at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday rather than the outstanding performance of the youngest player on the pitch - a player who missed a huge chunk of the season through inju...