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Team Focus: Middlesbrough's Promotion Push Built on Solid Defence

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Team Focus: Middlesbrough's Promotion Push Built on Solid Defence It had to end at some point, but the manner was terribly cruel. Middlesbrough must have felt awfully sore to concede that injury-time goal to managerless Bristol City last weekend, which left them seconds from breaking an 88-year-old record for 10 consecutive clean sheets. There is plenty of consola...

Team Focus: Problems To Address For Neville As Pressure Builds on Winless Valencia

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Team Focus: Problems To Address For Neville As Pressure Builds on Winless Valencia Valencia’s latest performance under Gary Neville was so dire that it prompted Rayo Vallecano manager Paco Jemez to reveal he would’ve hung himself in the dressing room had they left the Balearic coast empty handedon Sunday. Paco Alcacer’s late strike ensured Valencia avoided furthe...

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...

Team Focus: Saints Squad Short of Goals or Just a Prolific Striker?

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Team Focus: Saints Squad Short of Goals or Just a Prolific Striker? With a record of 8 defeats in 10 competitive outings, one would be forgiven for assuming the top-flight team in question was Aston Villa. However, the mired Villans have actually only lost 5 of their last 10 matches under the tutelage of Remi Garde, three fewer than a Southampton side in a worrying ...

Team Focus: What Hope of a Great Escape from Sorry Villa?

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Team Focus: What Hope of a Great Escape from Sorry Villa? What used to be impossible isn’t so any more. After Sunderland had taken 13 points from five games – including wins at Chelsea and Manchester United – to avoid relegation the season before last, their manager Gus Poyet spoke of how in future people would remember their great escape...

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 ...

Team Focus: Norwich Profit From Neil's Bold Decisions & Organisation

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Team Focus: Norwich Profit From Neil's Bold Decisions & Organisation The hectic winter schedule can often prove to be a make or break period in any Premier League side’s season. For Aston Villa their last four results in particular have all but forced them to prepare for life in the Championship, while a number of teams have made significant strides to ensure t...

Team Focus: Empoli Proving A Little Paradise for Maccarone & Co.

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Team Focus: Empoli Proving A Little Paradise for Maccarone & Co. As a teenager, Empoli striker Massimo Maccarone was a little like you and me. He got a part-time job to bring in some pocket money to make ends meet. The trouble in the summer of `94 was that the World Cup was on and he desperately wanted to watch the games. So one day Maccarone picked up a crate fu...

Team Focus: Should Manchester United Take the Plunge for Mourinho?

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Team Focus: Should Manchester United Take the Plunge for Mourinho? On Thursday evening, shortly after Jose Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea, the Portuguese was asked by a colleague about the next step and the job he has always really wanted: Manchester United. The 52-year-old said in response there are some roles that are just impossible to turn down.The wonder, howe...

Team Focus: Fifth Successive Title No Longer Mission Impossible for Juventus

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Team Focus: Fifth Successive Title No Longer Mission Impossible for Juventus There is a plaque outside the Alberto Braglia commemorating the first of Fausto Coppi’s wins in the Giro d’Italia in 1940. On Sunday it was the latest stage for Juventus in what has been an uphill season in Serie A. The topography in Modena? Flat with one or two bumps. In other words, ma...