Manchester City top the English Premier League table after the first round of fixtures with a very convincing performance against West Bromwich Albion. After Chelsea drew against Swansea and Arsenal lost at home to West Ham, City were afforded the freedom to play their opening fixture without any pressure. This is when the sky blues are […]
Posted on August 13th, 2015 by scott
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One of the English Premier League’s standout players from the opening weekend was Swansea City’s speed merchant Jefferson Montero. Not many left wingers get the better of Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic, especially in his own backyard of Stamford Bridge but Montero ran rings around the defensive veteran and had him in knots. His electric pace and […]
Posted on August 10th, 2015 by scott
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Nobody gave West Ham United much chance of getting anything from their opening English Premier League fixture against Arsenal at the Emirates. At the beginning of the match it looked like Arsenal would walk to a victory but the Hammers stunned the home crowd with a strong, professional performance and they managed to come away […]
Posted on August 9th, 2015 by scott
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Virgil van Dijk has been the latest success from Celtic’s scouting system. The Dutch central defender arrived in Glasgow as a bit of an unknown in the summer of 2013. But with Celtic agreeing a £2.6m fee with Groningen for his services, you had a feeling that he must have something about him. It turns […]
Posted on August 9th, 2015 by scott
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So the English Premier League is now upon us and I’ve decided to once again have a crack at doing a Fantasy Football team. But instead of trying to do well I’ve joined French football expert Andrew Gibney’s league. It’s interesting as we all have teams dedicated to other leagues. For example Andrew has selected […]
Posted on August 8th, 2015 by scott
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Ok this is now a tradition for TheFootyblog.net, where I predict the final English Premier League standings. I am usually not very good at this. You can have a look at my attempts for last season HERE. So for this season: Top Scorer: Diego Costa (Chelsea) 26 goals Player of the Year: 1. Diego Costa […]
Posted on August 8th, 2015 by scott
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Sunderland have snapped up French international midfielder Yann M’Vila on a season long loan from Russian side Rubin Kazan. The twenty-five year old has had a mixed career so far. So will he prove his worth in the English Premier League or will he fail to take yet another chance? How different it was just […]
Posted on August 7th, 2015 by scott
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English Premier League giants Manchester United are looking to tie up a £22m deal for FC Barcelona forward Pedro. United look to have stepped up their interest after selling Angel Di Maria off to Ligue 1 champs PSG for a fee in and around the £44m mark. Di Maria failed to show Man United boss […]
Posted on August 5th, 2015 by scott
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It’s easy to forget that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is still just twenty-one, he’s been around for the past five seasons after all. In those previous seasons the attacking midfielder has shown strong glimpses, for both Arsenal and England, that he can be a phenomenal talent. But he’s yet to have a stand-out year that has shown the […]
Posted on August 3rd, 2015 by scott
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It has been a mixed preseason for Manchester City. In their last friendly fixture of the summer, City were humbled in Germany as they slumped to a 4-2 defeat at the hands of VfB Stuttgart. That comes on the back of a lacklustre tour of Asia and Australia, that included a comprehensive 4-1 loss to […]
Posted on August 2nd, 2015 by scott
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