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Dan James must be a manager’s dream at Man United. He is also quite clearly a little bully and there is actually plenty to be said for that. There are, as ever, exceptions to the rule. But in the case of Daniel James officially Getting In On The Act, they handily came over a […]
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“You cannot build mentality giants in one game,” Jurgen Klopp said after victory over RB Leipzig. “A lot of people were waiting for us to slip again, but we didn’t. A lot of people probably expected us to slip again because of the situation.” We assume a “mentality giant” is a couple of rungs down from a […]
Read More… from Klopp should add wartime appendix to Liverpool handbook
It was about the result, so the performance was a welcome surprise. Liverpool have played better and lost, or played much worse and won. Jurgen Klopp will be delighted that they married the two so effectively on Tuesday evening. Not for the first time this season against an English side, Leipzig were made to look […]
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The first act of Chelsea’s season saw them take 22 points from 11 games to prompt premature talk of a title challenge. Seven in the eight games of the second act cost Frank Lampard his job. 13 from five after the appointment of Thomas Tuchel offers hope that the third act could be something really […]
Read More… from Werner profits from Tuchel in stirring third Chelsea act
This Fulham side could be used as a personality test. Did this shockingly straightforward 2-0 win at Everton extend their current run of decent form to just three Premier League defeats in 12 matches, or did it end a shocking run of 12 matches without a Premier League win? Obviously it did both, but you […]
Read More… from Fulham still face relegation, but what an improvement
Leeds have a way this season of making everything about them. That’s not really a criticism, more an observation of the way their style of play catches the eye. Look at that. The fact we’ve just made the intro to this piece about a huge and significant Arsenal win and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s first Premier League […]
Read More… from Never mind Leeds’ late flurry; Aubameyang and Arteta needed this
Really, the only surprise should be that any of us were surprised. When Mbaye Diagne headed West Brom into a second-minute lead against Manchester United, it just continued a season-long trend of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team making life unnecessarily difficult for themselves away from home. Most of the time this season, it hasn’t mattered. Yet […]
Read More… from The Bruno Fernandes Team need some new ideas
Ralph Hasenhuttl and Nuno Espirito Santo came second and sixth respectively in the race for the prestigious Football365 manager of the year award last season. Unless Southampton win the FA Cup, neither will make the top ten this time around. Wolves are enduring a season-long hangover and Southampton’s customary 9-0-punctuated slump has come too late […]
Read More… from Early winner: Neto after Nuno switches Wolves up
Jose Mourinho might wonder what all the fuss is about. The last two times his Tottenham side had faced Manchester City, in November and February 2020, they enjoyed 34% and 33% of the possession and had four and three shots, of which two and three respectively were on target, while facing 22 and 19 attempts. […]
Read More… from Mourinho apologists and Spurs must accept difficult truth
It’s February and holidays are currently illegal. Yet Crystal Palace still appear to have found their way to the beach. The Eagles’ performance in the 3-0 home defeat to Burnley carried all the hallmarks of a team already on their jollies. A home win could have taken Roy Hodgson’s side to the fringes of the […]
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