Man United hope, Lampard dog, Mahrez ex in Mediawatch

Mail order Spare a thought for the Daily Mail‘s Chris Wheeler, sent to West Brom on Sunday to report on Manchester United’s faltering title challenge, or to Sami Mokbel at the Emirates or even Martin Samuel, who left Manchester City to Saturday and decided that the Blues should sign Harry Kane and wrote many hundreds […]

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How do we know all those football statistics are true?

Are you into statistics? Are you constantly looking up your team’s xG numbers or your striker’s shot location metrics? If you do, here’s a question; do you trust them to be accurate? And if so, why? It isn’t uncommon to hear an ex-pro pundit guffawing at the latest statistical measurement concept as though it’s all […]

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Man Utd captain Maguire ‘fed up’ of hearing Lindelof critics

Man Utd captain Harry Maguire has defended Victor Lindelof after the Swede was criticised during their 1-1 draw with West Brom on Sunday. Mbaye Diagne gave the visitors a shock lead 80 seconds into the game and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side failed to kick on after Bruno Fernandes superbly levelled just the break. Gary Neville […]

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Gossip: Liverpool and Spurs linked with Villa man

A new Gossip name as Ezri Konsa is linked with Liverpool and Spurs…   KONSA IN DEMAND Finally, there appears to be a consensus that Ezri Konsa might actually be the better centre-half in that Aston Villa partnership with Tyrone Mings as The Athletic report that England boss Gareth Southgate is keen to call up […]

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Adams picks out three Arsenal transfers that ‘annoyed’ him

Former Arsenal defender Tony Adams has been “annoyed” at deals to bring Martin Odegaard, Nicolas Pepe and Willian to the club in recent seasons. Mikel Arteta brought in Odegaard on loan from Real Madrid in January, while Willian has disappointed since his summer free transfer. Pepe has scored 15 goals in 69 appearances in all […]

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Ranking successful title defences from least to most impressive

Liverpool are showing just how difficult it is to win consecutive Premier League titles. Bloody bad champions. On only eight occasions have teams defended their top-flight crown since 1992. It was more impressive in some instances than others. What follows is a ranking of those successful title defences based on a number of factors, such […]

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Everton 0-2 Fulham: Maja double stuns Toffees

On-loan striker Josh Maja scored twice on his full Premier League debut as Fulham recorded a first league win at Everton in their history, with a deserved 2-0 victory ending a 12-match run without a win. The 22-year-old former Sunderland man scored two typical poacher’s goals from close range. It moved the third-bottom Cottagers to […]

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Fulham still face relegation, but what an improvement

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 […]

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Never mind Leeds’ late flurry; Aubameyang and Arteta needed this

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 […]

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