‘Premier League’ Category
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Boardroom incompetence throws Wanderers to the Wolves
0April 27, 2012 by Adam Gray
As slapstick relegations go, Wolves’ departure to the Championship after a three-year stint in the top-tier was relatively inevitable. On the pitch anyway, after the 5-0 mauling at Fulham on the 2nd of March, and falling ultimately 7 points adrift as they met their end at home to Manchester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers were long since resigned to the trips to Burnley and Charlton that await them in the next season.
One win in the past 21 matches drew the air of gloom that filled over Molineux during City’s win, as the torrid weather provided the pathetic fallacy for the day. However, it was one particular defeat in this wretched run that opened the door for the West-Midland brand of lunacy that drove Wolves to a speedier fate.
Category Premier League | Tags: Adam Gray, Championship, fullham, manchester city, Mick McCarthy, Molinuex, relegation, Roger Johnson, Terry Connor, Wolves
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Ben Arfa Compilation
0April 26, 2012 by Rami El Chamaa
Category General, Premier League | Tags: ben arfa, compilation, newcastle, nufc, star, video
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Width, Manchester City’s biggest problem this season.
4April 26, 2012 by Joshua Broomfield
Despite looking at one point like they would run away with the league title, Manchester City are currently in a position where their only hope of finishing above Manchester United looks like goal difference. Notwithstanding Lee Dixon’s exceptionally perceptive insight that football results are down to a combination of form, fitness and the teams on the pitch. What has been the reason for Manchester City seemingly throwing the title away? One of the most significant reasons is that they have often lacked width, and have consequently been, at times, easy to frustrate. City’s default formation this season has been a 4-2-3-1/4-2-2-2: a back 4, two holding midfielders, two nominal wide players who drift inside and two strikers, one of which often will often drop deep to help in build up play. City’s rough first choice 11:
Category Premier League | Tags: adam, bayern, defense, johnson, Joshua Broomfield, manchester city, manchester united, mancini, nasri, season, silva, width
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What lies ahead for Chelsea FC
0April 24, 2012 by Christian Manasci
This has not been an easy season for Chelsea FC. A side that has become accustomed in recent times to battle it out with Manchester United for the Premier League title, now finds itself sixth in the table, below Arsenal, Newcastle and Spurs. Their previous manager, Andre Villas Boas, was sacked in March after a run of disappointing results. All this unfolded amidst talk of unrest within the squad and acrimony between the manager and certain senior players.
Category Premier League | Tags: 2012, 2013, chelsea, di matteo, drogba, future, hulk, lampard, mata, next, season, squad, torres, transfer
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EPL Table for The Last 5 Matches
0April 20, 2012 by Rami El Chamaa
A big thanks to Bearasaurus for this piece.
Interesting points:
Newcastle making a strong run at Champions/Europa League Spots.
Liverpool running away from European competitions. A full 15 pts would have had them in 5th or 6th, level with Chelsea on points. Luckily they won’t be needing a placement spot with their League cup win.
Wigan climbing 5 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Blackburn diving from 16th to solidly within the relegation zone.
Category Premier League | Tags: blackburn, epl, liverpool, newcastle, results, table, wigan
