Fred or foe? Comparing the Man Utd man with eight PL midfielders

Fred had a game to forget as Manchester United were dumped out of the FA Cup. His display was made to look all the more shoddy by Leicester’s Fred with frills, Wilfred Ndidi. The Foxes’ midfield dynamo is one of five players United could spark bidding wars over this summer to improve an ailing midfield, […]

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Arsenal and Liverpool top Premier League run-in table

We are now in the final straight of the Premier League. With only eight/nine/ten games left of the season, we can look at the run-ins and work out who now has the advantage in the race for European places and against relegation…   * Liverpool’s next four opponents lie in 9th, 10th, 11th and 17th […]

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Do Man Utd need a trophy? Of course they sodding do…

Manchester United are making great strides. And they won’t hear anything to the contrary. “The progress made by Ole and the players this season is clear,” Ed Woodward said earlier this month. And Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims not a day goes by when he doesn’t see that progress. “When you see the culture here, I […]

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Premier League winners and losers (mostly Steve Bruce)

On a truncated Premier League weekend there was still plenty to praise (mostly Brighton) and plenty to bemoan (mostly Steve Bruce)…   Winners Brighton, the opposite of Newcastle If you’ll forgive me for going all Marks & Spencer, this wasn’t just a 3-0 win. It was emphatic proof that Brighton and Newcastle United are two […]

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Mourinho could *still* have the last laugh in this stupid season

Up to sixth in the table after a fourth win in the last five Premier League games. Three points off the top four and two points clear of the defending champions with nine games to go. Star player top of the goal charts and also top of the assist charts. They also have a pretty […]

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Iheanacho stars as Leicester secure statement win

A big performance from Leicester’s talismanic striker leading the way in a hugely significant win over one of the traditional elite. It all feels very 2016. Leicester have done a great many very good things under Brendan Rodgers, but this 3-1 FA Cup sixth-round win over Manchester United might be the best of the lot. […]

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West Ham and Arsenal serve up a silly Spursy Sunday treat

This has been, at times, a truly exhausting season of football. It’s been the shortest yet longest season imaginable, the games crammed in to a shortened calendar but taking place across wildly extended weekends with the 3pm Saturday kick-off never more endangered and whole new kick-off times constructed. The overall quality has very often been […]

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Tuchel shows following Wilder might not be impossible job

Sheffield United displayed familiar steel at Chelsea. If Chris Wilder’s permanent successor can instil a finishing touch they will be fine.   “If you were to pick a starting eleven from the players on both teams, I’m not sure if any Sheffield United players get in. So what is the difference? Attitude, attitude, attitude. No […]

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Taking Tuchel over Solskjaer and wanting Rafa at Spurs

The debate over which Premier League team would take Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager continues. Tottenham should go for Rafa Benitez instead. Send your mails into theeditor@football365.com.   AWB and TAA Am i right in saying Aaron Wan Bissaka hasn’t been picked due to his attacking prowess or lack of? Yet, TAA hasnt been picked […]

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