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Player Focus: Palace Attempt to Get the Best from Potentially Prolific Adebayor

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Player Focus: Palace Attempt to Get the Best from Potentially Prolific Adebayor The first time I saw Emmanuel Adebayor was in Cairo in 2006. He’d just joined Arsenal and had scored 11 goals as Togo qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Everybody wanted a look at this 21-year-old rising star, but he was mysteriously left out of Togo’s opening game of the 20...

Player Focus: Is Adebayor the Solution to Palace's Goalscoring Problems?

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Player Focus: Is Adebayor the Solution to Palace's Goalscoring Problems? A 4-0 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday left Crystal Palace in a problematic position. The Eagles may be well clear of the relegation zone, but an inability to hit the back of the net at the Etihad Stadium means the club have failed to score in their last 452 minutes of top-flight action. Lee Ch...

Player Focus: Villa Must Line Up Alternatives to Inconsistent Adebayor

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Player Focus: Villa Must Line Up Alternatives to Inconsistent Adebayor Given his importance to Aston Villa maintaining their status as a Premier League outfit over the past three seasons, the task at hand for Tim Sherwood in replacing Christian Benteke may prove the most difficult and decisive for any manager this summer.The Midlands outfit are set to be without four f...

Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way

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Team Focus: Spurs Have Foundations in Place to Play Pochettino's Way Mauricio Pochettino's appointment at Spurs earlier this week felt, at first at least, rather more inevitable than inspiring. After names like Louis van Gaal and Frank de Boer had been banded about and fans started to dream of a new manager with the status to match that which they feel their club boa...

Player Focus: Adebayor Proving His Worth Under Sherwood

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Player Focus: Adebayor Proving His Worth Under Sherwood Perhaps André Villas-Boas’ biggest mistake as Tottenham head coach was to not utilise Emmanuel Adebayor. The Togolese has previouslybeen recognised as a disruptive dressing room influence, yet, under the stewardship of Tim Sherwood, has shown why he deserves a starting spot at White Har...

Player Focus: Contrasting Conversion Rates of the Premier League's Top Strikers

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Player Focus: Contrasting Conversion Rates of the Premier League's Top Strikers Last week, discussing Cardiff CityCharles Reep and Egil Olsen's theory that it takes roughly nine chances to score a goal was highlighted. In the Premier League this season, it’s been taking 9.91: or, to put it another way, 10.03% of all shots go in. Cardiff, as a team, fall short of that aver...

Match Report: Adebayor Proves His Worth in Spurs' Win at Saints

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Match Report: Adebayor Proves His Worth in Spurs' Win at Saints Prior to kick off in this one, fans anticipated goals. Southampton hadn't kept a clean sheet since late October, Tottenham early November and watchers were rewarded with an entertaining encounter at St. Mary's. Spurs' 3-2 win over Saints condemned the hosts to only their second home league defeat of...

League Focus: Europe's Flops of the Season

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League Focus: Europe's Flops of the Season Over the course of 12 months, a player can see his form rise significantly, making himself one of Europe’s most courted footballers, or drop markedly, seeing potential interest from big name teams cool as a result. Be it fewer goals scored, an increase in goals conceded or fewer passes complet...

WhoScored Tipster: Premier League Final Day Special

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WhoScored Tipster: Premier League Final Day Special With 5 teams unable to move positions and only 2 sides playing games of any real significance, the final day of the 2012/13 Premier League season has little riding on it. If Arsenal win their trip to Newcastle, Spurs cannot catch them and that will be that in the race for fourth spot. However, with ...

Stats Analysis: Premier League's Biggest Losers - of Possession

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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Biggest Losers - of Possession Following on from yesterday’s Premier League piece focussing on the seven top passers in England’s top-flight, we take an entirely different approach for our next WhoScored analysis. We turn the idea on its head and analyse those players who have lost possession the most over the first h...