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Title Deciders - Top Players from the Top Six

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Dec 30 2011 13:31
Title Deciders - Top Players from the Top Six As we approach the halfway stage of the Premier League season, there’s something of a familiar ring to the top six. Despite a strong first half of the season from Newcastle and, to a lesser extent, Stoke, it’s the usual suspects that lead the way going into the New Year. As the race for ...
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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait: Goal Droughts

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Dec 13 2011 18:07
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait: Goal Droughts In the previous weekend some of the Premier League's standout goal droughts came to an end, with the likes of Rooney, Suarez and Victor Moses netting long awaited strikes for their teams. We look at the streaks they had gone on without scoring and delve deeper into Europe's ongoing strugglers in fro...
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Balanced City Causing Power Shift in Manchester?

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Oct 24 2011 15:53
Balanced City Causing Power Shift in Manchester? Going into the weekend, the game that was billed across Europe as the biggest for more reasons than one certainly lived up to the expectations in what proved to be a real classic, though Manchester United fans may well refute that.The Champions' noisy neighbours had found their voice more than ever ...
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Do City Now Have Have the Edge Over United?

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Oct 21 2011 11:08
Do City Now Have Have the Edge Over United? Sunday afternoon sees both Manchester clubs square up in the Premier League’s top of the table battle. Just two points separate City and United, with Roberto Mancini’s side currently edging their rivals into second place. A win would, of course, take Sir Alex Ferguson’s troops back...
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Higuain Leads the Way of Europe's Deadliest Finishers

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Oct 18 2011 16:35
Higuain Leads the Way of Europe's Deadliest Finishers It is fair to say that all of Europe's top 5 divisions are in full flow now, with most forming some sort of semblance to years gone by in terms of the clubs leading the way, with a few surprises thrown in. The majority of the top teams from each division have been aided by the goalscoring exploits o...
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Who to Partner Rooney? Capello's Issue in Crucial Qualifier

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Oct 5 2011 14:55
Who to Partner Rooney? Capello's Issue in Crucial Qualifier While there is no question towards Fabio Capello's selection for his England squad to face Montenegro in the final Euro 2012 qualifier in most regards, many have suggested that Andy Carroll is somewhat fortunate to have earned a call-up. With Wayne Rooney an absolute certainty in any England squad, ...
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What a Waste: England and Germany's Worst Culprits for Shots Without Scoring

by Martin Laurence at Saturday, Sep 17 2011 13:23
What a Waste: England and Germany's Worst Culprits for Shots Without Scoring With 3 of the 5 major European Leagues now in full swing, goals have flown in in the Premier League and Bundesliga in particular, with Wayne Rooney and Mario Gomez showing exactly how it's done with 8 goals each. The former's haul have come from just 4 games, one fewer than Gomez, and come courtesy ...
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WhoScored Europe All Star XI- Gameweek 5

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Sep 14 2011 16:02
WhoScored Europe All Star XI- Gameweek 5 Manchester United and Bayern Munich continued their goalscoring exploits in last week’s round of matches scoring an incredible twelve goals between them as they both sit atop their domestic leagues. Other highlights included a couple of the summer’s big-spenders; Man City stay neck and n...
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Bolton's Task to Keep Getting Harder Against United

by Paul McKinnon at Thursday, Sep 8 2011 10:10
Bolton's Task to Keep Getting Harder Against United Bolton’s tough run of fixtures shows no sign of letting up this weekend as they play host to a rampant Man United. Owen Coyle’s side have suffered back-to-back defeats against Man City and Liverpool and, with the champions arriving on the back of an 8-2 win over Arsenal. The Trotters hav...
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WhoScored Premier League All Star XI for August

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Sep 5 2011 15:06
WhoScored Premier League All Star XI for August With both Manchester clubs starting the season in such scintillating form, it’s perhaps no surprise to see their domination of the WhoScored Premier League XI for August. Champions Man United have four players in our eleven, with Man City providing two. Our team contains four new signings, wit...