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Player Focus: Forster Return Re-establishing Saints' Solid Foundations

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Player Focus: Forster Return Re-establishing Saints' Solid Foundations It’s feasible to suggest that Arsenal could have continued to play beyond the regulated 90 minutes on Tuesday night and they still would not have scored. The Gunners mustered 22 shots in total against a resolute Southampton side at the Emirates Stadium, 11 of which were on target. 10 of those ...

Player Focus: New Year New Roo Inspiring United in Top-Four Pursuit

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Player Focus: New Year New Roo Inspiring United in Top-Four Pursuit Let’s not beat around the bush here, Wayne Rooney endured a terrible opening half of the season. The England international was sluggish in the final third, with a lackadaisical first touch often breaking down attacks rather than maintaining the pressure on the opposition defence. However, it a...

Player Focus: What Does Giannelli Imbula Bring to Stoke?

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Player Focus: What Does Giannelli Imbula Bring to Stoke? As many expected, deadline day of the January transfer window ended not with a bang, but a whimper. The biggest news of the day came from the Etihad Stadium, where the worst kept secret in football was announced as Manchester City confirmed that Pep Guardiola would succeed Manuel Pellegrini as manag...

Player Focus: Klopp's Guidance Helping Firmino Find his Feet in England

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Player Focus: Klopp's Guidance Helping Firmino Find his Feet in England It may have taken a Joe Allen penalty to secure their place in the Capital One Cup final, but Liverpool are on their way to Wembley. Jurgen Klopp’s start to life at Anfield has been indifferent to say the least, but a domestic cup final next month will be a boost as he looks to establish himse...

Player Focus: Townsend's Big Money Move a Risk for Newcastle

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Player Focus: Townsend's Big Money Move a Risk for Newcastle “Emotional…” a one word Tweet by Andros Townsend on Tuesday showing him departing Hotspur Way for the final time effectively confirmed his switch to Newcastle, 24 hours before the club announced the deal. The England international had been expected to depart Tottenham for pastures...

Team Focus: Ongoing Defensive Concerns Limiting Everton Progress Under Martinez

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Team Focus: Ongoing Defensive Concerns Limiting Everton Progress Under Martinez A chorus of boos greeted the Everton team upon the culmination of their 2-1 defeat to Swansea on Sunday. Against a team that had won just one of their 10 league games away from home in the Premier League this season, the Toffees were overwhelming favourites coming into the encounter, so the defeat w...

Player Focus: Naismith the Leader Norwich Need to Stave Off Relegation

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Player Focus: Naismith the Leader Norwich Need to Stave Off Relegation Declan Rudd’s reaction to Adam Lallana’s late winning goal in Liverpool’s 5-4 win over Norwich on Saturday summed up the emotions of the home fans. As the England’s international’s volley bounced past him and into the back of the net, Rudd could do little but fall backw...

Player Focus: Tactical Tweaks Helping Sigurdsson Return to Form

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Player Focus: Tactical Tweaks Helping Sigurdsson Return to Form Despite their lacklustre away record, Swansea will have been confident of upsetting the odds when they travelled to Goodison Park on Sunday. Coming into the encounter, Everton had conceded the most goals at home in the Premier League and when the full time whistle blew, that record still stood. A 2-...

Match Report: Tactical Switch Wins Spurs the Match at Palace

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Match Report: Tactical Switch Wins Spurs the Match at Palace A goal. That's all Crystal Palace fans will have wanted coming into this fixture to set them back on the right path to all three points. The Eagles had endured a run of five consecutive Premier League games without one coming into Saturday's welcome of Tottenham, the longest goalless run in the Prem...

Player Focus: The Second Coming of Joe Allen

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Player Focus: The Second Coming of Joe Allen Brendan Rodgers’ dismissal as Liverpool coach back in October could well have spelt the end of Joe Allen’s career at Anfield. The Wales international performed admirably upon Swansea’s promotion to the Premier League, gaining a WhoScored rating of 7.14 in his debut campaign at the ...