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Team Focus: Uninspiring Poyet Running Out of Ideas

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Team Focus: Uninspiring Poyet Running Out of Ideas Before Sunderland travelled to White Hart Lane on Monday, one commenter posed as absurd the fact that the two teams should both have former Tottenham players managing them but Spurs, undoubtedly the better of the two teams, should have the worse of the two. It was possibly a little harsh on Tim Sher...

Team Focus: Norwich's Decision to Sack Hughton Justified

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Team Focus: Norwich's Decision to Sack Hughton Justified From the outside looking in, the sacking of Chris Hughton came as a shock. With 5 games to play, beginning with a relegation 6-pointer at Fulham this weekend, the disruption in the dressing room could have an adverse effect as Norwich look to ensure survival. However, fans were quick to point out on...

Team Focus: Same Old Problems Persist for Arsenal and Wenger

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Team Focus: Same Old Problems Persist for Arsenal and Wenger There was a moment in early February when even the most self-confident of football writers was beginning to wonder if they might have got Arsenal wrong this season. All logic said that they didn't have the depth of squad to maintain their challenge - quite apart from all the other doubts about their...

Team Focus: Managerless Spartak's Possession Football Not Paying Off

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Team Focus: Managerless Spartak's Possession Football Not Paying Off It’s difficult to imagine a club so unstable that within the space of a few weeks they can go from title challengers to mid-table fodder. That’s the situation that Spartak Moscow currently find themselves in, as they head towards the season’s end deeply embroiled in a crisis that s...

Team Focus: Uncertain Future for Lorient as Gourcuff Era Comes to a Close

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Team Focus: Uncertain Future for Lorient as Gourcuff Era Comes to a Close Saturday evening’s draw with Evian Thonon Gaillard was Lorient’s season in a nutshell; not without merit but ultimately, deeply unsatisfying. “We didn’t deserve this point,” said coach Christian Gourcuff afterwards with some bluntness. “We were scared of playing i...

Team Focus: Relentless Juventus Building From the Back

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Team Focus: Relentless Juventus Building From the Back It wasn’t the most original idea. Many had thought of it and tried it before him. But Lyon coach Remi Garde still focused much of his preparation for the first leg of Thursday night’s Europa League quarter final against Juventus around it. The gist of his game plan seemed to be: stop And...

Team Focus: Barca & Atletico Dealt Untimely Injury Blows

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Team Focus: Barca & Atletico Dealt Untimely Injury Blows One game. Two Injuries. A lot of selection dilemmas ahead. The enforced withdrawals of Gerard Piqué and Diego Costa in Tuesday evening’s draw between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid could not have come at a worse time for their respective clubs, who both still harness ambitions of ...

Team Focus: Rösler Leading Wigan to Late Promotion Charge

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Team Focus: Rösler Leading Wigan to Late Promotion Charge It happens more often than you think. A team starts the season slowly, picks up the pace after Christmas and creeps into the play-off places almost unnoticed before then emerging from Wembley victorious in May.Blackpool did it in 2010, finishing in sixth with a point to spare before beating Nottingh...

Team Focus: Bayern Munich Worthy Bundesliga Champions

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Team Focus: Bayern Munich Worthy Bundesliga Champions Spring has only just sprung, yet Bayern Munich are celebrating their 24th Bundesliga title. Pep Guardiola’s side secured domestic glory with a routine 3-1 away win over Hertha Berlin as goals from Toni Kroos, Mario Götze and Franck Ribéry cemented their place at the summit of Germa...

Team Focus: Record Breaking Parma Dream of a Return to Europe

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Team Focus: Record Breaking Parma Dream of a Return to Europe Parma were undone by a ‘Quagliarellata’. A wonder strike that came out of nowhere. Juventus hadn’t scored from open play at the Ennio Tardini in six years. Something special was required. Who else but Fabio Quagliarella duly provided it. Thirty-five yards out with his back to goal ...