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Game to watch – Man Utd v AC Milan This sounds more like a Champions League clash than three of the four ties in the main event this week and this first Europa League meeting between England and Italy’s second-placed sides could be a Thursday night treat. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s absolute head-f*** of a team […]
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Newcastle are nowhere near as good as Fulham right now. That’s the uncomfortable truth. Some of you may be familiar with the ‘hypnic jerk’. And I don’t mean Derren Brown or Paul McKenna. It’s that falling sensation you feel when you’re going to sleep, like you are dropping off a kerb. I had a similar […]
Read More… from Are Newcastle screwed? The relegation battle examined
In December, after describing Aaron Cresswell as “invaluable” to West Ham, David Moyes added: “He has stepped up with his deliveries and his involvement in the game and we want him to keep doing that.” With three assists at that stage, the left-back-cum-centre-back has added a further four in the Premier League: it’s fair to say […]
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‘No Mount’ was trending on social media before kick off. A hashtag that would have led to a cesspit of ungrounded criticism of Mason Mount six months ago was instead dominated by Chelsea fans questioning how their team would fare without the academy graduate and with their £72million summer signing. This was only the second […]
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Roy Keane called it early when he declared Liverpool as ‘bad champions’ last month. But things have got even worse for the Reds since then. Here’s how Jurgen Klopp’s ‘mentality midgets’ rank among the Premier League’s worst-performing champions…. 1) Leicester 2016/17 Good champions: Claudio Ranieri’s Foxes stunned everyone by going from great escapees under […]
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Perhaps Gary Neville was right. His declaration that Manchester United “are never going to win the Premier League with that centre-back pairing” came in September. A chastening defeat to Crystal Palace saw Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire struggle against the speed and movement of Wilfried Zaha, Andros Townsend, Jeffrey Schlupp and Jordan Ayew. Pre-season predictions […]
Read More… from Maguire growing into role as Man United’s ever-present heart
Often, when a team bounces back to the Premier League at the first time of asking after relegation, it can seem quite the anti-climax. With Norwich City’s return to the Premier League looking more and more like an inevitability with every passing victory, the story is quite different. This is a more mature, more efficient, […]
Read More… from This is Norwich City 2.0 and the future is yellow
Well, that positive result for Manchester United was a relief, wasn’t it? I think many of us were bored of Manchester City winning every game; 21 on the spin is just too dominant for too long. The Premier League itself must be relieved too. The ‘anyone can beat anyone in this league, Jeff’ propagandists have […]
Read More… from When a Man Utd win is such a relief, things are f***ed
We will get to Liverpool and Manchester United in good time… Winners Fulham, embracing the pressure A team haunted by the threat of relegation has two options. Either they can look to grind out draws and pick up the odd home win, playing safety-first football that has become the cause celebre of the English […]
It’s taken a very, very, very long time for the penny to drop, but for Spurs and Jose Mourinho this very strange season could still have a happy ending. An extremely kindly run of fixtures at an opportune time has certainly helped, but these are also the precise kind of fixtures Spurs were busy making […]
Read More… from Hareth Kale give Spurs reason to dream big again