It ended in one of the most ridiculous draws we’re likely to see, the 5-5 at the Hawthorns against West Brom. It would have been more befitting if it ended this Saturday at Wembley, the modern game waving goodbye to one of the greatest managers we’ve known as he hoists the European Cup above his
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If nothing else, it has been a season of consolidation and mild yet crucial improvements for Liverpool. During his inaugural campaign, Brendan Rodgers has lead the club 7th in the Premier League, a place higher than under Kenny Dalgish from the season previous, and even if there is no silverware this year, the Northern Irishman
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Yesterday afternoon, the Premier League’s managerial merry-go-round took another swing, it’s most brutal and cruel to date, with the sacking of Tony Pulis as Stoke City boss, making him the tenth coaching casualty of the 2012/2013 in the season. It’s a shocking indictment on the current state of affairs in the English game that Alan
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Aaron Ramsey did a lot right when put into his natural position in the centre of the midfield this season. After many frustrating experiments to get the player back on track after his injury problems of the past, Arsene Wenger finally opted to offer Ramsey a role that suited his limited (for now) creative contributions.
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It’s so easy in England to downplay the foreigners, largely because there isn’t a big enough campaign in this country for journalists to properly report what goes on in Europe. I most certainly wasn’t the only person to feel nothing but disdain for Martin Samuel’s piece on Manuel Pellegrini last week. But like so many
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Arsenal have always been a club who focus on the long-term future of the club, and with Arsene Wenger as manager, a club that always looks for the best young players around. Millions of pounds have been flooded into the club’s academy, to help develop players into being the next Henry, Viera, or Adams. And
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This summer is set to provide us with another chapter in the unbelievable transfer saga of Andy Carroll. Once purchased for a ridiculous £35million by Liverpool, the lanky Geordie over the past few years has become a victim of his own price tag, falling out of favour at Anfield following the arrival of Brendan Rodgers.
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A little over two years ago, Laurent Koscielny marked his most impressive performance for Arsenal, a 2-1 win at home against Barcelona. It was the level of quality from the defender that the occasion merited, arguably Arsenal’s finest night at the Emirates to date. At the end of this season, the Frenchman is rightly receiving
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