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If misery loves company then this weekend’s clash between Newcastle and Tottenham should be the game where the absence of fans is most keenly felt. A fans’ survey in The Athletic this week revealed that these are the two teams whose managers have the lowest satisfaction rating. If that in itself is not particularly surprising, […]
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Ibrahima Konate’s displays for RB Leipzig suggest he would be a very good option for Liverpool, but the scarcity of those displays would make him a very strange choice for Jurgen Klopp’s side in particular. Ibrahima Konate is a very good defender – everyone thinks so. He’s got the pace to match the quickest strikers around, […]
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There are 12 footballers with an xG over 15 across Europe’s top five leagues this season. They pretty much mirror the top 12 goalscorers across Europe’s top five leagues this season, barring two exceptions: Mo Salah and Luis Suarez have both scored 17 goals from 14.34 because they are simply marvellous players. All xG numbers […]
Is it an “utterly impossible job” or is it just an utterly impossible job for Aidy Boothroyd? Because from the outside looking in, it seems like a pretty sweet gig. So who’s this week’s prick then? It is Aidy Boothroyd, once again overseeing an England Under-21 side having their pants pulled mercilessly down by […]
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For me, it was 2014. Robbie Lyle had posted a match video online at Newcastle, speaking about the ludicrous endeavour it takes to reach the St James’ Park away stand. Indeed, the camera follows him up some seven flights to the top of the gantry, where you’re offered some epic skyline views of the city […]
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Mo Salah, Harry Kane and Gareth Bale have all fallen victim to the international break news cycle this week. Some fans fall for it every time. The quotes may have been published over Christmas but Jurgen Klopp was in no mood to hand a headline gift to the assorted media. He removed conjecture from […]
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Pep Guardiola has proven to be very adept at shuffling legends aside, with Sergio Aguero the latest Manchester City idol to feel a hand on his back, ushering him towards the door amid a shower of gratitude and platitudes. But for City, the difficulty has been found in replacing such icons. When Aguero disappears into […]
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“That’s the one thing I’m most excited about”, says Francesca Brown, founder and CEO of Goals4Girls. “Everybody who is about to set foot back on that football pitch is going to realise how much they appreciate sport. “I think the whole of the nation has really understood that whether it’s in your living room, your […]
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A footballer for every age. From the teenagers like Bukayo Saka to the old men like Zlatan. We have used transfermarkt is our guide though their valuations are on the low side so we have taken the order but not the numbers… 16: Youssoufa Moukoko (Borussia Dortmund) He made his Bundesliga debut the day after he […]
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England have enough players plying their trade abroad to make up a competent tournament squad for Euro 2020. Danny Drinkwater misses out on a technicality. With English players heading abroad like it’s the late 1980s and there’s a ban on clubs taking part in European competition, the Three Lions have rarely had a pool […]
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