Tous les Articles sur Team Focus sur WhoScored.com RSS

Team Focus: Late Goals the Concern as Plucky Hull's Woes Continue

by
Team Focus: Late Goals the Concern as Plucky Hull's Woes Continue It wasn’t so long ago that Hull City were dreaming of a European adventure this season. After a trip to Wembley for the FA Cup final in May, Steve Bruce had his men geared up for a qualifier against Belgian side Lokeren this season, at the expense of whom they were expected to make the Europa ...

Team Focus: Rodgers Needs to Take Frail Liverpool Back to Basics

by
Team Focus: Rodgers Needs to Take Frail Liverpool Back to Basics One of the most galling aspects of Liverpool’s latest defeat was that, this time, Crystal Palace didn’t even need to be particularly rampant or raucous. This was no long night of the soul for Brendan Rodgers’s side like that famous 3-3 in May. Instead, it was a rather easy afternoo...

Team Focus: Off-field Antics Mask Tough Task Ahead for Mackay at Wigan

by
Team Focus: Off-field Antics Mask Tough Task Ahead for Mackay at Wigan One could be forgiven for forgetting about the football when it comes to Wigan Athletic at the moment. From Dave Whelan's comments to Malky Mackay's return to management, the negative headlines have appeared endless. Putting the debate over the rights and wrongs of the pairs' statements to one side,...

Team Focus: Wasteful Arsenal Made to Rue More Missed Chances

by
Team Focus: Wasteful Arsenal Made to Rue More Missed Chances In some games you sense the pattern early. Arsenal missed a couple of early chances and then a third and there was a strange inevitability about the fact that they would go on missing chances and that Manchester United would then score with their first clear chance of the game. As it turned out, it ...

Team Focus: Is Time Running Out at Man City for Manuel Pellegrini?

by
Team Focus: Is Time Running Out at Man City for Manuel Pellegrini? There is a worrying trend that is looming over the future of Manuel Pellegrini: bar the immovable Sir Alex Ferguson, each of the other League Cup winning managers since 2006 has been removed from his position by the time the following season’s final came around. José Mourino, Juande Ram...

Team Focus: Mancini Hoping for Perfect Start on Inter Return in Milan Derby

by
Team Focus: Mancini Hoping for Perfect Start on Inter Return in Milan Derby Sulley Muntari is developing a reputation for, if not underestimating his opponent, perhaps taking them a little too lightly. Remember last season, for instance, when he told Il Corriere della Sera before the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League: “I hope we get Atletico Madrid. On pape...

Team Focus: Chelsea's Supporting Cast Playing Key Role in Fast Start

by
Team Focus: Chelsea's Supporting Cast Playing Key Role in Fast Start As Chelsea sit four points ahead of second-place at the top of the Premier League, and eight ahead of defending champions Manchester City, it seems far easier to list the reasons for that high positioning than it is to actually haul them back.Most obviously, as Jamie Carragher argued last week, ther...

Team Focus: Aykut Kocaman – The Fenerbahçe Architect

by
Team Focus: Aykut Kocaman – The Fenerbahçe Architect Fenerbahçe have had a tumultuous few years. From alleged involvement in the match-fixing scandal that rocked the country in 2011 to being suspended from UEFA competitions for two seasons and losing club legend Alex De Souza in rather unceremonious circumstances, the Yellow Canaries were rocke...

Team Focus: Lack of Riches Taking its Toll on Relegation Threatened Rostov

by
Team Focus: Lack of Riches Taking its Toll on Relegation Threatened Rostov At the pinnacle of world football money flows as freely as the Amazon. Players, agents and clubs all benefit from the significant cash flow of European and domestic success with little regard for the future of those clubs and players who are battling to survive several rungs of the ladder below them...

Team Focus: Making Sense of Liverpool's Shortcomings

by
Team Focus: Making Sense of Liverpool's Shortcomings If you were to lay out all of Brendan Rodgers’s problems this season, the list would be as predictable for Liverpool fans as it is painful.Most obviously, there is the departure of Luis Suarez, and the loss of so many goals as well as so much devastating play. To add insult, there’s been...