Neville explains issue at Liverpool ‘that will point to Thiago’

Gary Neville has discussed the problem that Thiago has contributed to at Liverpool. Liverpool were soundly beaten by Manchester City at the weekend as their Premier League title defence was left in tatters. The Reds are ten points behind the current leaders having played a game more, with their form at Anfield particularly worrying. Neville […]

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Big Midweek: Everton v Spurs, Van de Beek, Chelsea

Game to watch – Everton v Tottenham Not since Leiria in 2001 has Jose Mourinho managed a team with less hope of winning a trophy. Carlo Ancelotti has never managed a team with less hope of winning a trophy. These are giants of European football, not slumming it per se, but attempting to prove they […]

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Revisiting Chelsea’s six FM 2011 wonderkids, 10 years on

When Football Manager 2011 was released back in November 2010, Chelsea were the reigning Premier League champions and looked to have a bright future. The Blues also won their first FA Youth Cup of the Roman Abramovich era that year, a competition they’d go on to dominate with a further five more triumphs over the following eight years. But unlike […]

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Bielsa: ‘Consistency’ is now most important for Leeds United

Marcelo Bielsa was pleased with Leeds United’s performance as they did not “commit any errors” en route to their victory over Crystal Palace. Leeds United made the perfect start to the game as they went in front after just three minutes. Stuart Dallas laid it off to Jack Harrison who advanced towards the penalty area. […]

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F365 says: Raphinha is perfect for Leeds, and Liverpool…

It looked as though he would move towards the corner flag and recycle the ball; that’s certainly what Gary Cahill thought as he shadowed Raphinha away from goal. But with legs akimbo, Cahill became the latest chump in an increasing number of Premier League chumps to attempt to cope with Leeds’ wonderfully talented, incredibly hard-working […]

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Carragher: It is ‘sink or swim’ for Kabak, Davies at Liverpool

Jamie Carragher has also suggested that Man City’s signing of Ruben Diaz is one of the main differences between them and Liverpool this season. Liverpool have had a lot of bad luck on the injury front this term. First-team defenders Virgil Van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip have all been ruled out until the […]

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Kane must leave Spurs to be ‘best in the world’, says Cascarino

Harry Kane does not have a main goal to become “Tottenham’s greatest player ever”, because according to Tony Cascarino, “he’s far more ambitious than that”. Kane has scored 20-plus goals a season in each of his last seven campaigns for Tottenham Hotspur. His best season personally came in 2017/18 as he netted 41 times from […]

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Rodgers lauds ‘outstanding’ defender after Wolves stalemate

Brendan Rodgers has heaped praise on Leicester City star James Justin after his superb defensive showing on Sunday. Justin came through the ranks with Championship side Luton Town and he made his debut for them during the 2015/16 season. He became a regular in their first-team from the 2016/17 term onwards. He thoroughly impressed for […]

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Redknapp confirms he will help Woodgate at Bournemouth

Harry Redknapp has confirmed Bournemouth caretaker manager Jonathan Woodgate has invited him to attend training, but insisted he is not part of the coaching staff. The former Tottenham and West Ham boss was in charge of the south coast club between 1983 and 1992 and lives close to the Vitality Stadium. Woodgate, ahead of Tuesday’s […]

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Werner: ‘Ideas’ under Tuchel will help end Chelsea drought

Chelsea forward Timo Werner is happy with his recent form despite his prolonged goal drought. The Germany international, who was signed in the summer for a fee of around £45million, has managed just one goal in his last 19 games for the club, with that coming against Sky Bet League Two side Morecambe in the […]

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