Australia captain Mile Jedinak was the star of the show as the Socceroos defied the odds to beat Honduras and qualify for next summer’s World Cup. His superb hat-trick put Jorge Luis Pinto’s men to the sword and ensured Australia will be playing at the World Cup for the fourth tournament in a row. […]
Posted on November 20th, 2017 by scott
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Andreas Christensen was your typical Chelsea youngster. There seemed no room for the talented centre-back at Stamford Bridge, so he was loaned out for two years to Borussia Monchengladbach. The young Danish international played regularly with the Bundesliga side and earned himself plenty of plaudits. In Germany he appeared sixty-two times in the league, in the […]
Posted on November 20th, 2017 by scott
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When Pep Guardiola took over the reigns at Manchester City, he was ruthless with his assessment of his new club’s long-term number one. Joe Hart had established himself as England’s shot stopper as well as City’s and the keeper had won two Premier League titles with the Sky Blues. Pep came in and stated that […]
Posted on November 19th, 2017 by scott
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West Ham United love a flair player and if he’s a bit eccentric then all the better. That’s why the likes of Paolo Di Canio and Dimitri Payet succeed with the Hammers. Since Payet’s acrimonious departure back to Marseille in January, industrious replacements Robert Snodgrass and Marko Arnautovic haven’t hit the mark. New West Ham […]
Posted on November 18th, 2017 by scott
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Back in 2015, Willian started in the majority of Chelsea’s Premier League fixtures as Jose Mourinho guided the Blues to the league crown that year. In the season that followed not many of Chelsea’s stars turned up and the team slipped down to tenth spot, with Jose paying the ultimate price by getting sacked. That […]
Posted on November 16th, 2017 by scott
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It seems like every transfer window comes around and Cristiano Ronaldo decides he wants to leave Real Madrid. Plenty of media outlets have suggested that the Portuguese megastar has rejected a new contract with the Champions League winners and stated that he wants to leave the Spanish capital in the summer. The forward is supposedly […]
Posted on November 15th, 2017 by scott
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We can have no doubts when it comes to Micheal O’Neill and the job he has done with Northern Ireland. The forty-eight year old has been magnificent in turning his nation’s fortunes around. Yes they just missed out on the World Cup due to a slender play-off loss to Switzerland but to get the Green […]
Posted on November 14th, 2017 by scott
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Chelsea know that they’ve got an uphill battle to fight if they are going to overthrow league leaders Manchester City and retain their Premier League crown. The current champions are nine points behind Pep Guardiola’s City side but Antonio Conte masterminded Chelsea’s title ambitions from a similar deficit last term. One thing that the Blues might […]
Posted on November 12th, 2017 by scott
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Recent reports suggest that the Manchester United’s hierarchy have told manager Jose Mourinho that he’ll need to sell players before he can sign anyone this January. The Portuguese boss has spent big since his arrival in the summer of 2016, so you can see why the moneymen might be unwilling to see another huge spend […]
Posted on November 11th, 2017 by scott
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Liverpool certainly haven’t found a way to solve their defensive problems thus far this season. Jurgen Klopp was desperate to bring in Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk during the summer but his club messed up their pursuit and had to pull out of any chase for the Dutchman. They may go back in for the centre-back […]
Posted on November 9th, 2017 by scott
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