Team focus: Luxemburgo the Fall Guy as the Old World & New Austerity Collide at Flamengo
by Jack Lang
at jeudi, mai 28 2015 12:30
Vanderlei Luxemburgo is not a man who tends to mince his words. One of Brazilian football's truculent old guard, he has built a fine - if increasingly nomadic - career on a willingness to ruffle feathers. For example, a sample quote, delivered to an underperforming player in training: You're a s***....
Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored
by Jonathan Wilson
at lundi, mai 18 2015 13:00
One of the stranger conclusions of Charles Reep, the first man in Britain to take seriously the collation of football data was that, as teams scored, on average, with one in nine shots, they should shoot more, even if that meant taking almost indiscriminate pot-shots from 40 yards. Even if it didn&r...
Team Focus: Brilliant Benezet Sums Up Evian’s Predicament
by Andy Brassell
at lundi, mai 11 2015 11:54
Team Focus: Change of Tack Sees Direct Roma Re-emerge in Race for Second
by James Horncastle
at jeudi, mai 7 2015 17:41
Paulo Roberto Falcao was crowned the Eighth King of Rome in 1983. Leading Roma to only their second ever Scudetto was behind his ascension to a throne that had been vacant since 509 BC. There has never been a succession. But the title has passed on. It is one of the nicknames Francesco Totti goes by...
Team Focus: Motivation the Key as Carver Fails to Arrest Newcastle Decline
by Jonathan Wilson
at mercredi, mai 6 2015 10:41
Team Focus: Calculating Van den Brom has AZ on the Right Path
by Mohamed Moallim
at mardi, mai 5 2015 14:01
To say the last few years for the club from Alkmaar have been eventful is an understatement. AZ, crowned Dutch champions in 2009, ended last season eighth, 16 points behind third-place FC Twente. With two games remaining there's a possibility they can make their highest finish since winning the titl...
Team Focus: Printant Pulls Bastia Close Towards the Great Escape
by Andy Brassell
at mardi, mai 5 2015 10:58
Team Focus: Ramsey Unable to Remove QPR from Perilous Relegation Position
by Alistair Tweedale
at vendredi, mai 1 2015 16:25
QPR took a real punt when they gave Chris Ramsey the managerial reins on a permanent basis. A coach who did well on Tim Sherwood's backroom staff at Tottenham, highly regarded by players and fellow staff alike, it was hoped that he could transfer his training ground skills to the helm of the club, a...
Team Focus: Ings Can Only Get Better But Not Soon Enough For Battling Burnley
by Ben McAleer
at jeudi, avr. 30 2015 11:40