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Mason Greenwood and Callum Hudson-Odoi have been selected in the England Under-21 squad for this year’s European Championships. Both are full England internationals and yet, by our reckoning, neither would actually be in a first-choice side if all eligible players were included. The full England Under-21 squad is here. Goalkeeper: Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield United) […]
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Some walked straight into Jose Mourinho’s trap after the north London derby. And did Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang question Arsenal’s ‘integrity’? Did he balls. PENALTY! As Jose Mourinho spouted some absolute bollocks about the Arsenal penalty in an attempt to divert everyone’s attention away from another poor Tottenham performance against any kind of quality opposition, he […]
Harry Kane was called out in the morning Mailbox for his apparent immunity from punishment for persistent fouls. But the Tottenham striker doesn’t feature in the top 20 serial offenders in Premier League. The most prolific sinner is a Jose Mourinho player – perhaps the most Mourinho player in the Spurs squad – while the […]
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Paul Heckingbottom had an afternoon to forget as he joined the Premier League caretaker club after taking charge of Sheffield United for the first time against Leicester City. Here’s an XI made up of Premier League players who had stints as interim bosses. Some of them even managed to avoid a 5-0 thrashing. Goalkeeper: Kelvin […]
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Another weekend of Premier League football can be crudely divided into winners and losers…which is absolutely what we saw in the north London derby with Arsenal coming out on top. But first… Winners Burnley, staying at the party In early September, in our pre-season predictions, I picked Burnley to go down. They had only […]
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It remains the defining question of this season: so… are Manchester United actually any good? Related: is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer actually any good? Here was another game that did precisely very little to settle matters. The facts are these: Manchester United moved back up to second in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over […]
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1. Even when all the other big games let you down, you can always rely on the North London Derby. It’s not always to either or both side’s credit, but these games are almost never, ever dull. This was one of the strangest yet. A game in which a largely woeful Spurs contrived to make […]
This always looked a lovely time to be playing Sheffield United at home. And if any team deserved that good fortune, it’s probably Leicester given their superhuman effort in remaining solidly among the Champions League places all season after last year’s disappointments and this year’s injury catastrophes. For the Blades, a timely reminder that even […]
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26.4 per cent of Brighton’s shots have been on target this season – comfortably the poorest strike rate in the Premier League. It’s the statistic that illustrates why they will be relegated, if indeed they are. Mark Viduka’s Leeds, Paolo Di Canio’s West Ham and the ill-fated Newcastle under Alan Shearer are among the teams […]
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Marco van Basten achieved a ludicrous amount in a relatively short career. The Dutchman was a distant, exotic, orange superstar. Who’s this then? Marcel van Basten is now 56 years old and was a 6ft 3ins Dutch striker who had a relatively short, 12-season, injury-blighted career playing for just two clubs: Ajax and Milan. […]
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