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Thank you for all your mails on England, Raheem Sterling and more. We can start looking forward to the Premier League now. Send your thoughts to theeditor@football365.com Raheem Sterling is bang average At the risk of making this extremely controversial, is there a more overrated British player in the past few years than Sterling? […]
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England will face ‘much better teams’ than Poland. Those ‘much better teams’ are not doing all that well against similar opposition, of course. Case for the defence After the first round of UEFA qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, four teams have played and won their opening three games. Italy, Denmark, England and Armenia […]
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The international break is over. Back come the big, brash domestic leagues, honking their noise all over the place and farting for attention. Everyone’s very pleased to have them back. But for some players, it means a return to the sidelines and the periphery. Those players who’ve starred for their countries on the international stage […]
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Steven Gerrard ‘thoroughly upstaged’ Roy Keane on their first meeting. The Irishman ‘mocked suggestions he might be eclipsed’ five years later. Keane was in no mood to discuss recent speculation linking him with the Celtic job when asked by Ally McCoist. But the idea of him clashing with Rangers manager Gerrard again in Scotland brings […]
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If misery loves company then this weekend’s clash between Newcastle and Tottenham should be the game where the absence of fans is most keenly felt. A fans’ survey in The Athletic this week revealed that these are the two teams whose managers have the lowest satisfaction rating. If that in itself is not particularly surprising, […]
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Ibrahima Konate’s displays for RB Leipzig suggest he would be a very good option for Liverpool, but the scarcity of those displays would make him a very strange choice for Jurgen Klopp’s side in particular. Ibrahima Konate is a very good defender – everyone thinks so. He’s got the pace to match the quickest strikers around, […]
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There are 12 footballers with an xG over 15 across Europe’s top five leagues this season. They pretty much mirror the top 12 goalscorers across Europe’s top five leagues this season, barring two exceptions: Mo Salah and Luis Suarez have both scored 17 goals from 14.34 because they are simply marvellous players. All xG numbers […]
Roy Keane has labelled those criticising Mason Mount as “idiots” as he sung the Chelsea star’s praises for his “outstanding” performances for club and country. The 22-year-old started his eighth consecutive England game for Gareth Southgate’s side as the Three Lions maintained their 100% record in the World Cup qualifiers with a 2-1 victory over […]
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Gareth Southgate also praised Manchester City defender John Stones as he “composed himself” after his mistake to assist Harry Maguire for the winning goal. England were by far the better side in the first half and they grabbed a deserved opener in the 19th minute. Raheem Sterling advanced into the penalty area before he was […]
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England U21s boss Aidy Boothroyd has insisted that his players will “benefit in the long term” from their European Championship exit. Domagoj Bradaric’s stoppage-time stunner dumped the Young Lions out of the tournament as they beat Croatia 2-1 but went out on goal difference. Ebere Eze’s penalty and Curtis Jones’ second-half goal put England on […]
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