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Form Guide: Shelvey shining as Newcastle finally top the Championship

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Oct 19 2016 16:20
Form Guide: Shelvey shining as Newcastle finally top the Championship It’s finally happened. For the first time this season Newcastle United are top of the Championship having been tipped to win the title at a canter. While the odds seemed to be too heavily stacked in their favour - since shown by a start to the campaign that has seen the Magpies drop 11 points ...
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Team Focus: Solid Midfield Additions Outline Newcastle's Survival Strategy

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Jan 13 2016 17:20
Team Focus: Solid Midfield Additions Outline Newcastle's Survival Strategy Tuesday night’s 3-3 draw between Newcastle and Manchester United was as unexpected as it was entertaining. Given the pairing’s goalscoring woes of late, a six-goal thriller took all those involved completely by surprise. Some have gone as far to say it was the game of the season so far g...
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Team Focus: Swansea's Dip in Form Cause for Concern

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Oct 5 2015 15:20
Team Focus: Swansea's Dip in Form Cause for Concern At the end of August, confidence was soaring at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea City had just secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over Manchester United in Wales and expectations were high that a European place could be secured through the league. However, fast-forward to the present day and the Autumnal sun...
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Match Focus: Lack of Midfield Solidity Could Cost England Against Switzerland

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Sep 8 2015 14:40
Match Focus: Lack of Midfield Solidity Could Cost England Against Switzerland As England gear up for the welcome of Switzerland tonight, they needn’t worry that their qualification is on the line. A 6-0 thumping of European minnows San Marino on Saturday confirmed their place at next summer’s European Championship, with victory meaning England have won 21 points o...
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Team Focus: Upcoming Qualifiers Allow England to Experiment in Midfield

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Sep 4 2015 17:07
Team Focus: Upcoming Qualifiers Allow England to Experiment in Midfield There has been one constant throughout England's Euro 2016 qualifying campaign beyond winning each of their 6 group matches thus far. Roy Hodgson has fielded a midfield trio in every game, with the most common combination seeing Jack Wilshere start at the base, with Jordan Henderson and Fabian Delph...
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Player Focus: Can Shelvey Build on Strong Start to Fulfil Potential at Swansea?

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 19 2015 13:31
Player Focus: Can Shelvey Build on Strong Start to Fulfil Potential at Swansea? Gradually, as Jonjo Shelvey continues to pick more and more of the brilliantly incisive passes that so broke Newcastle United on Saturday, you can understand why both Brendan Rodgers and Steven Gerrard spent so long trying to convince the Londoner to stay at Liverpool in the summer of 2013.You can a...
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Team Focus: Chelsea Draw Suggests Swansea Adopting More Direct Approach

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Aug 10 2015 17:10
Team Focus: Chelsea Draw Suggests Swansea Adopting More Direct Approach Amid all the scratching of heads about how poorly Chelsea played on Saturday, all Jose Mourinho’s diversionary tactics about his physios and faux-controversy over the penalty and red card for Thibaut Courtois, just how well Swansea City played was rather overlooked.What was particularly impres...
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Team Focus: Pretty Passing but Little Creativity at Swansea

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Jan 8 2014 12:10
Team Focus: Pretty Passing but Little Creativity at Swansea Pep's Barcelona approached the game in an ideological way. The old adage oft uttered at Sunday league level that 'they can't hurt you if they don't have the ball' seemed to have a surprisingly apt relevance to the greatest football team of the modern era. The aim was to grind down opponents by retai...
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