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Team Focus: Solid Midfield Additions Outline Newcastle's Survival Strategy

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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...

Player Focus: Battling Besic Has the Chance to Establish Himself as Everton Regular

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Player Focus: Battling Besic Has the Chance to Establish Himself as Everton Regular For any player arriving in a new league, the worst possible scenario is to succumb to injury. This denies the player in question the chance to form an understanding with their new teammates as they spend more time on the treatment table than the pitch. While Muhamed Besic was limited to just 15 leag...

Team Focus: January Arrivals Signals Intent by Bournemouth

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Team Focus: January Arrivals Signals Intent by Bournemouth One has to praise Bournemouth. After a rocky start to life in the Premier League, the Cherries have begun to find their feet in England’s top tier. They have now lost just one of their last eight league fixtures, with that coming in an expected 2-0 defeat at Arsenal, though they put in a good ...

Player Focus: Could Mangala's Poor Form Force City into the Transfer Market?

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Player Focus: Could Mangala's Poor Form Force City into the Transfer Market? After the opening five Premier League games of the season, many could have been forgiven for assuming Manchester City would run away as title winners. The Citizens were in rampant form, securing 15 points of a possible 15 and netting 11 goals without reply. However, midway through September, they fa...

Player Focus: Do Christian Eriksen's Spurs Performances Warrant Criticism?

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Player Focus: Do Christian Eriksen's Spurs Performances Warrant Criticism? It was indeed a successful festive period for Tottenham, of that there is no doubt. Mauricio Pochettino’s side picked up 10 points of a possible 12 to consolidate their place in the top-four. Some have even gone as far as to suggest they are the dark horse for the Premier League title, though ...

Player Focus: Ronaldo's Disappointing Outings Against La Liga's Best

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Player Focus: Ronaldo's Disappointing Outings Against La Liga's Best Real Madrid’s decision to dismiss Rafa Benitez came as a relief to many of the fans and the majority of the squad. Over recent months, a number of players had voiced their discontent at the Spaniard’s workings and while president Florentino Perez backed Benitez publically until the end, ...

Player Focus: Mikel Providing Necessary Balance to Chelsea Under Hiddink

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Player Focus: Mikel Providing Necessary Balance to Chelsea Under Hiddink “You can play with all creative players – Matic, Fabregas, Oscar, Willian coming inside – but sometimes you have to choose a different way,” interim Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink said last month. The choice of players was somewhat surprising to some. Granted, Cesc Fabregas, Os...

Player Focus: Underwhelming Memphis Still Needs Time to Settle

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Player Focus: Underwhelming Memphis Still Needs Time to Settle Only Memphis Depay knows what was going through his head on Boxing Day. In a mundane Manchester United showing at the Britannia Stadium, all the Dutchman did was prove he couldn’t perform on a windy Saturday afternoon in Stoke. The Dutchman has failed to live up to expectations following his a...

League Focus: Premier League Halfway Point Stats Round-up

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League Focus: Premier League Halfway Point Stats Round-up The conclusion of Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Sunderland on Wednesday night signalled the halfway point of the current Premier League season. There have been plenty of shocks over the last six months, notably Leicester’s impressive rise up the table, and here WhoScored looks at the current ...

Player Focus: Albrighton As Important to Leicester as Vardy, Mahrez And Co.

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Player Focus: Albrighton As Important to Leicester as Vardy, Mahrez And Co. As the games come thick and fast over the festive period, any team can string a number of results together to improve their seasonal goals. Take Swansea for example, a three-game unbeaten run has helped them move out of the relegation zone, instead swapping places with Newcastle, whose back-to-back ...