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There’s now so little jeopardy in the Premier League that a game that did not actually take place – postponed by the actions of Manchester United protestors – makes it to the top of the winners list. Winners Manchester United protestors Firstly, anyone who caused any criminal damage at Old Trafford cannot, and will […]
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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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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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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 […]
Winners Thomas Tuchel So this is what tactics look like. No matter your thoughts on Frank Lampard and his time at Chelsea, it’s now nigh on impossible to believe they would have been better off sticking with him over Thomas Tuchel. The German has won seven of ten games, conceding just twice with a defence […]
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Premier League winners and losers on another weekend when the big game let us down do badly… Winners Arsenal A hugely significant week for Mikel Arteta, a man who has been afforded plenty of patience during his 14 months in charge. There are very good reasons for that patience, not least the myriad squad […]
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We will come to Liverpool later, but first… Winners Fulham and the relegation battle Fulham’s season can be split into two unequal halves, the first of which ended in late November. On October 5 and 6, Fulham signed Tosin Adarabioyo, Terence Kongolo, Joachim Andersen and Ruben Loftus-Cheek. They joined Ademola Lookman, Alphonse Areola, Ola […]
We will get to Jose Mourinho but first…. Winners Ilkay Gundogan, elite goalscorer Before this season, Ilkay Gundogan had never scored more than six goals in a league season in his career. He’s matched that total in his last five league starts. Gundogan’s previous meagre attacking returns were partly down to his position on […]
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Winners Manchester City Is that the title race over in February, a third Premier League procession in four years? Perhaps. Manchester City now have a five-point lead and a game in hand. Even their tricky run of fixtures, the return of domestic cup ties and Champions League assignments don’t offer enough hope to the teams […]
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There’s no doubt that it was a motivation. “The lads 100 per cent don’t want that tag. I don’t want the embarrassment of being remembered for the wrong reason at Sheffield United after seven or eight years at the club,” said Chris Basham on January 1 as he pondered Derby’s 11-point record, which looked a […]
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