Category: Football
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Qatar 2022 World Cup Group B: England vs Iran Preview
The Three Lions face their first foe of this winters World Cup at 1pm on Monday the 27th November, as England kickstart their campaign against a tricky Iran side ranked 18th in the world. The opening game of an international tournament is always a cagey affair, such is the importance of being able to hit…
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FIFA World Cup 2022: 5 Surprise Stars that Should Shine in Qatar
Dark horses, unexpected gems and unbelievable storylines. Every World Cup has them – every four years, a little known player takes their chance and strives for greatness – Diego Forlan was flying for Uruguay in 2010, James Rodriguez fired Colombia to the latter stages in 2014, Kieran Trippier was detrimental for England in Russia too.…
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PSG linked with Marcus Rashford – but why?
In one of the more unexpected transfer rumours of the summer, Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford has been linked with a sensational move to French giants Paris Saint Germain. With rumours circulating around the 24 year olds future, Rashford’s representatives were reportedly in Paris to hold transfer talks as he enters the final 12 months…
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Manchester City 1-3 Liverpool – 5 Things Learnt From this Season’s Community Shield
Pep has Problems in Defence I think it’s fair to say the loss of several key battle ready squad players like Fernandinho and Zinchenko has been made to feel worse by the unjust injury to Aymeric Laporte. Whilst Nathan Ake is decent on his day, too many times we’ve seen a general problem with his…
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2022/23 Premier League Season Preview – Manchester City
‘Not in my lifetime’, quipped Sir Alex Ferguson, after being questioned whether United would ever head into a Manchester derby as underdogs, in September 2009. How wrong he was. Since that famous quote, City (with the help of Pep Guardiola) have transformed the landscape of modern day English football, dominating the division, winning four of…
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Premier League 2022/2023 Season Preview – Arsenal
It’s been a long time coming – 4 years in fact, but the red side of North London seem to finally have their act together. Since his appointment in 2019, Arteta’s Arsenal revolution has been a rollercoaster ride of emotions. 73 wins after 130 games in charge is a reasonable return, but as previewed in…
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Premier League 2022/2023 Season Preview – Liverpool
Despite a ridiculous run of form that saw them win a domestic double, reach the Champions League final and take the title race to the final day, Jurgen Klopp’s men somehow ended last season with the bitter taste of disappointment. Missing out on the big two will certainly hurt, but under Klopp, Liverpool have been…
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Premier League 2022/2023 Season Preview – Manchester United
From Amsterdam to Manchester, there’s a new dawn of Dutch swagger descending down upon Old Trafford. Once paired with Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich II, his footballing philosophy is heavily influenced by City’s managerial mastermind, and dashed with a sprinkle of the once great Johan Cruyff’s ‘total football’ ideology. “I learned a lot from Guardiola,”…
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