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Player Focus: The Best of the Confederations Cup Group Stages

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Player Focus: The Best of the Confederations Cup Group Stages With the stage set for the last four of the Confederations Cup, it’s fair to say the tournament has lived up to the potential that many felt the World Cup dress rehearsal showed prior to the competition kicking off earlier this month. With the pressure off, teams have been able play an expansi...

Player Focus: The Role of the Ball Playing Defender

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Player Focus: The Role of the Ball Playing Defender As the game advances at a rapid rate, the ever-changing perceptions of footballers continuously alter. For example, strikers are no longer needed to be the battering ram of a team, with the impetus shifting from looking to physically dominate the opposition to dropping deeper to link up play with th...

Player Focus: Why Liverpool Are Pursuing Simon Mignolet

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Player Focus: Why Liverpool Are Pursuing Simon Mignolet When referring to the Golden Generation of a nation, it’s fair in that respect to dub England spectacular failures. Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup were two tournaments where the Three Lions were tipped to make a lasting impact, only to be knocked out at the quarter final stage on both occasi...

League Focus: The Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed

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League Focus: The Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed With the Premier League fixtures now released, planning ahead to the 2013/14 season can begin. While the new campaign may not kick off for another 59 days, excitement levels are now beginning to rise as supporters of each respective team study their opponents and plan each three points that can be w...

Team Focus: What Mark Hughes Needs To Revamp Stoke City

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Team Focus: What Mark Hughes Needs To Revamp Stoke City While they may not be everyone’s favourite team, credit where it’s due to Tony Pulis for turning Stoke City from perennial Championship contenders to Premier League regulars, the Potters avoiding relegation since their promotion back in 2008. However, with the list of cynics growing ever...

Player Focus: Roberto Soldado - Fox in the Box

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Player Focus: Roberto Soldado - Fox in the Box The vast array of attacking talent set to move across Europe this summer is beyond comprehension. Edinson Cavani, Luis Suarez and Robert Lewandowski have all been subject to intense speculation regarding their future, while Radamel Falcao and Neymar have already secured big money switches to Monaco ...

Player Focus: Ones to Watch at the Confederations Cup

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Player Focus: Ones to Watch at the Confederations Cup With the World Cup warm up tournament - the Confederations Cup - set to kick off on Saturday, hosts and defending champions Brazil will at long last participate in a competitive fixture; their first since the Copa America penalty shoot out defeat to Paraguay back in 2011.It’ll give head coach ...

Player Focus: Is El Shaarawy The Player To Improve City's Attack?

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Player Focus: Is El Shaarawy The Player To Improve City's Attack? A summer of change is in effect at Manchester City. The removal of Roberto Mancini and subsequent arrival of Jesús Navas to add some much needed width to an overly narrow Citizens side hints towards a change in system with the imminent arrival of Manuel Pellegrini to navigate the team into th...

League Focus: Europe's Most Improved Players of the Season

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League Focus: Europe's Most Improved Players of the Season A year is a long time in football. A player can go from hero to zero and vice versa over a 12 month period, with the displays of many often not going unnoticed. Using WhoScored.com’s unique rating system, we can see which players have improved the most from 2011/12 to the 2012/13 season across...

League Focus: Europe's Flops of the Season

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League Focus: Europe's Flops of the Season Over the course of 12 months, a player can see his form rise significantly, making himself one of Europe’s most courted footballers, or drop markedly, seeing potential interest from big name teams cool as a result. Be it fewer goals scored, an increase in goals conceded or fewer passes complet...