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Player Focus: Clint Dempsey - A One Man Team?

by Paul McKinnon at lunedì, feb 6 2012 13:25
Player Focus: Clint Dempsey - A One Man Team? As football becomes more of a squad game with every passing season, it seems as if the idea of a “talisman” is lessening by the year. With rest and rotation key to ensuring optimum fitness, and with the vast majority of the bigger clubs hosting bloated squads packed with several top-clas...
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Stats Analysis: Passing Differences - Attacking Intent

by Alistair Tweedale at giovedì, feb 2 2012 17:43
Stats Analysis: Passing Differences - Attacking Intent Much is often made of wasteful play or a lack of ambition in central midfield. The likes of Michael Carrick and Gareth Barry amongst others are habitually criticised for a deficiency in the attacking threat they provide, and thus their worth in the teams they play for. WhoScored.com has therefore de...
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Stats Analysis: Goals Key in Ligue 1 Relegation Battle

by Andrew Gibney at mercoledì, feb 1 2012 14:54
Stats Analysis: Goals Key in Ligue 1 Relegation Battle Last season the relegation places in Ligue 1 weren't decided until the last day of the season. On that day no fewer than seven clubs could have made the drop to Ligue 2. Even Monaco who finished the season in 18th place could have finished 10th if results had gone their way. This season it looks lik...
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Stats Analysis: Europe's Most Successful Dribblers (Revisited)

by Martin Laurence at venerdì, gen 27 2012 18:09
Stats Analysis: Europe's Most Successful Dribblers (Revisited) When one thinks of the best dribblers in Europe names spring to mind such as Messi, Bale, Ribery..... Cohade? WhoScored investigates the most successful dribblers in Europe to have attempted at least 20 forays past opponents to gauge who gets the better of their man with the most regularity, with th...
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Player Focus: Stephane Sessegnon Progress Report

by Paul McKinnon at giovedì, gen 26 2012 17:39
Player Focus: Stephane Sessegnon Progress Report As Sunderland reap the benefits from Martin O’Neill’s arrival and continue to climb the table, one player in particular has proved pivotal to their recent upturn in form; Stephane Sessegnon. Despite his undoubted talents, the Benin international had mainly flattered to deceive under the ...
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Team Focus: The Same But Different: What's Behind Inter's Revival?

by Adam Digby at giovedì, gen 26 2012 16:01
Team Focus: The Same But Different: What's Behind Inter's Revival? During the early 1960's, New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra watched two other greats - Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris - repeatedly hit back-to-back home runs and commented; it's déjà vu all over again. While Inter's black and blue shirts could never be confused with the Bronx Bombers fa...
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Stats Analysis: Striking Differences - Touches per Goal

by Alistair Tweedale at giovedì, gen 26 2012 15:15
Stats Analysis: Striking Differences - Touches per Goal When we talk about strike partnerships, you often used to hear about combinations of ‘little and large’ – Owen and Heskey, Baros and Kollar, Phillips and Quinn to name but a few. Playing with this kind of forward line would allow for long balls to be flicked on with the quicker mem...
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Player Focus: Juan Arango - Gladbach’s Venezuelan King

by Ross Dunbar at mercoledì, gen 25 2012 13:23
Player Focus: Juan Arango - Gladbach’s Venezuelan King In the calendar year of 2011, nobody in European Football can boast such a dramatic change in form as Borussia Monchengladbach who started the year rock bottom of the Bundesliga and now find themselves locked in a Championship battle.At the heart of their impressive form from February onwards is the...
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Player Focus: Will Lille Roux their Latest Signing?

by Andrew Gibney at mercoledì, gen 25 2012 12:11
Player Focus: Will Lille Roux their Latest Signing? This January’s transfer window has been quite quiet en France. League leaders PSG have been linked with nearly everyone in the footballing world. Apart from defender Maxwell the main goal for Leonardo and co. was to equip Carlo Ancelotti with a new attacking option. David Beckham, Alexandre Pa...
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Stats Analysis: Foul Play - The Lucky and Not So Lucky

by Martin Laurence at martedì, gen 24 2012 16:59
Stats Analysis: Foul Play - The Lucky and Not So Lucky With tough tackling being clamped down on and perhaps even stamped out to some extent (not by Mario Balotelli), players are going into the referee's little black book more often and do well to avoid cautions.Gone are the days when a footballer could go through an entire career without picking up a b...
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