Liverpool

Liverpool emerge as clear Premier League title favourites after Sunderland exploits

 April 22, 2014   John Welsh

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After scoring 38 goals in winning 11 successive Premier League games,Liverpool have emerged as clear favourites to win the title with just three fixtures remaining. Yet their current five point lead in the league table owes as much to the current exploits of basement team Sunderland as to their own impressive recent form. Condemned by […]

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A lack of European football may be benefiting Liverpool in Premier League title race

 March 18, 2014   John Welsh

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When Manchester United won the Premier League title by an 11 point margin last May during Sir Alex Ferguson’s last campaign as manager, there was an argument that the title race might be a closer affair for the 2013-14 season. Few football punters could have predicted such a thrilling contest as being currently witnessed with […]

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Mourinho Chelsea

Mourinho mind games hide Chelsea title ambitions

 February 4, 2014   John Welsh

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By beating Manchester City 1-0 on Monday evening, Chelsea became only the second team to win beat Manuel Pellegrini’s outfit at the Etihad Stadium this season, the other being European and World Club champions Bayern Munich. For manager Jose Mourinho, the Premier League title race is now becoming as much about mind games as the […]

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Barclays Premier League’s Top-5 Strikers

 January 19, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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These are the top-5 strikers in the English Premier League for 2013/14 season (as of 05/01/2014). The ratings are accumulated by the Player Performance Index (PPI) powered by EA Sports – the official player-rating system of the Barclays Premier League. 5) Romelu Lukaku (Everton) PPI Rating: 411 points After enjoying two excellent seasons with his […]

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Premier League

11 Premier League teams set to face engrossing relegation battle

 January 14, 2014   John Welsh

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With only six points separating tenth placed Hull City from the foot of the Premier League and just 17 matches remaining, there is little doubt that the forthcoming couple of weeks will feature some frenzied transfer activity until the window closes at the end of the month. With so many teams now involved in the […]

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Newcastle controversy highlights current weakness of offside rule

 January 13, 2014   John Welsh

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Once again the laws concerning the offside rule have been discussed at great length following the decision my referee Mike Jones to disallow a seemingly legitimate goal by Cheick Tiote for Newcastle against Manchester City at the weekend. City won the match 2-0 but Jones caused uproar among the home support with his controversial ruling […]

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Aaron Ramsey

Barclays Premier League’s Top-5 Midfielders

 January 11, 2014   Paranjoy Goswami

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These are the top-5 midfielders in the English Premier Leaguefor 2013/14 season (as of 05/01/2014). The ratings are accumulated by the Player Performance Index (PPI) powered by EA Sports – the official player-rating system of the Barclays Premier League. 5) Samir Nasri (Manchester City) PPI Rating: 348 points In June 2008, Samir Nasri left his […]

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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce

Allardyce relying on returning Carroll to save his West Ham Job

 January 9, 2014   John Welsh

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Having suffered 5-0 and 6-0 domestic cup reversals during the first few days of January, West Ham manager Sam Allardyce faces a formidable task in boosting team morale ahead of several important Premier League fixtures for his relegation threatened outfit. Owners David Sullivan and David Gold have reaffirmed their support for Allardyce in the wake […]

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Football Coaches and Their Colorful World!

 January 4, 2014   R K Gupta

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Coaches play crucial roles in most sporting events these days. Good coaching is an extraordinary ability, not dependent on the knowledge of the game alone. It requires perfect understanding of nuances of that sport and an instinctive grasp of the players’ mindsets. In a way, the coach is a player-resource manager and SWOT analyst, familiar […]

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Premier League manager awaits Solksjaer

A tough baptism as a Premier League manager awaits Solksjaer

 January 3, 2014   John Welsh

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With the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as first team manager, Cardiff City supporters must be now be hoping for a period of stability in their quest to retain their newly won Premier League status. As this season marks the first occasion in which the Welsh team have appeared in the English top flight, the […]

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