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Team Focus: The Stats Behind Liverpool's Successful Formation Change

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Team Focus: The Stats Behind Liverpool's Successful Formation Change The turnaround in Liverpool’s form since the beginning of December has been remarkable. After 15 games, they lay ninth in the table with 21 points; since then they have climbed to sixth, taking 24 points from 11 games. In those first 15 games they scored and conceded 1.27 goals per game; in th...

Team Focus: Is Tim Sherwood the Man to Keep Villa in the Premier League?

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Team Focus: Is Tim Sherwood the Man to Keep Villa in the Premier League? It’s not hard to see where the problems at Aston Villa lie. Their lack of goals have become a standing joke: Jasper Carrott did a gag in the eighties about his club, Birmingham City having a Month of the Goal competition, and when Aston Villa had to cancel their Goal of the Month award in Octo...

AFCON Focus: Collectivism and Discipline Key to Success at Renard Inspired Cup of Nations

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AFCON Focus: Collectivism and Discipline Key to Success at Renard Inspired Cup of Nations Tournaments tend to be judged less by the quality of their football than by the quality of their stories, and in that regard this Cup of Nations ended up scoring highly. There was the implausible rehabilitation of Boubacar Barry, the trouble at the second semi-final, DR Congo’s brilliant comeb...

AFCON Focus: Renard's Zambia Success Inspiring Ivory Coast Pragmatism

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AFCON Focus: Renard's Zambia Success Inspiring Ivory Coast Pragmatism When Zambia won the Cup of Nations in 2012, it wasn’t just one of the emotional triumphs in the history of football. It was also a key moment in how teams approach the tournament; their example showed what could be achieved with discipline and diligence, making it clear that success wasn&rsquo...

AFCON Focus: Can Ibrahima Traoré Inspire Guinea to AFCON Qualification?

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AFCON Focus: Can Ibrahima Traoré Inspire Guinea to AFCON Qualification? This has been a strange Cup of Nations so far, not because of the quality, which has been fine – other than the last World Cup, has there ever been a tournament in which the world hasn’t spent the first fortnight grumbling about how poor it is? – but because no side has really yet ...

AFCON Focus: Yannick Bolasie Thrives With Freedom to Roam for DR Congo

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AFCON Focus: Yannick Bolasie Thrives With Freedom to Roam for DR Congo Sometimes, perhaps, you can play too well. After DR Congo had come from behind to draw 1-1 with Zambia in their opening Cup of Nations game on Sunday, Yannick Bolasie posed dutifully in the press conference room with the ugly orange trophy the sponsors Orange give to the man of the match. There were...

Player Focus: Ageing Rosicky Proving He Still Has Something to Offer Arsenal

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Player Focus: Ageing Rosicky Proving He Still Has Something to Offer Arsenal It was, understandably, Alexis Sanchez who took most of the praise after Arsenal’s straightforward victory over Stoke City on Sunday, but he wasn’t the only midfielder to sparkle. Santi Cazorla played with his usual chipmunk enthusiasm, while Tomas Rosicky was exceptional, forever findin...

Player Focus: The Remarkable Rise of Harry Kane

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Player Focus: The Remarkable Rise of Harry Kane When Harry Kane made his first start for Tottenham Hotspur against Sunderland last April, the tendency was to dismiss him as one of Tim Sherwood’s projects. Sherwood had already brought in Nabil Bentaleb and seemed to be pursuing a deliberate policy of promoting players he knew from the youth ...

Player Focus: Typical Townsend's Star Continues to Fall at Tottenham

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Player Focus: Typical Townsend's Star Continues to Fall at Tottenham There’s something slightly startling now about looking back to November last year and remembering how good Andros Townsend was in England’s final two World Cup qualifiers.When England needed wins at the end of the series, he was the man who stepped up: he scored a vital third goal in the...

Player Focus: Oxlade-Chamberlain Becoming Arsenal Regular in New Central Role

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Player Focus: Oxlade-Chamberlain Becoming Arsenal Regular in New Central Role Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain reached a minor landmark against Liverpool on Sunday, starting his twelfth game of the season, more than he has managed in any other Premier League campaign. In fact, he’s played some part in all 17 of Arsenal’s league games so far. He’s played the whole 90 ...