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Player Focus: Trippier Move Would Represent Good Business for Spurs

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Player Focus: Trippier Move Would Represent Good Business for Spurs Competition for starting places improves players' performance levels. One prime example of this was Danny Rose’s league form for Tottenham once Ben Davies was signed from Swansea City. The England hopeful’s starting spot came under scrutiny once the Welsh left-back arrived last summer, b...

League Focus: The Battle to Stave Off Relegation

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League Focus: The Battle to Stave Off Relegation May is always a month to look forward to for the British public. The days are longer, the evenings brighter and the weather warmer with summer just around the corner. For teams at the wrong end of the Premier League table, however, May can be a month of despair in a battle to secure top-flight safet...

Team Focus: Ings Can Only Get Better But Not Soon Enough For Battling Burnley

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Team Focus: Ings Can Only Get Better But Not Soon Enough For Battling Burnley At such a crucial stage of the season, now is not the time to lose form. That, though, is what has happened to Burnley. The Clarets have lost 4 of their last 5 Premier League games and have scored just 1 goal in their last 8 league matches. George Boyd’s winner against Manchester City last mon...

Player Focus: Partnership Between Boyd & Trippier Vital to Burnley's Survival

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Player Focus: Partnership Between Boyd & Trippier Vital to Burnley's Survival Relationships in football are crucial for any team. The defensive partnership of Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand provided the perfect platform for Manchester United’s success prior to Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement, while back in 1999; Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole helped fire United to the...

Team Focus: Assessing the Premier League Relegation Run-in

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Team Focus: Assessing the Premier League Relegation Run-in At this stage of the season the Premier League table has rather satisfyingly split into three sections: the big-hitting European hopefuls in the top 8, the no-hopers in mid-table - lacking in ambition and almost certain to end the season drifting aimlessly amidst mediocrity - and the precariously pl...

Team Focus: Premier League Clubs' Transfer Window To Do List - Part I

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Team Focus: Premier League Clubs' Transfer Window To Do List - Part I The January transfer window is always an interesting spectacle and usually a slow burner, with clubs looking to get the best deals possible but invariably finding it hard to do so in the case of the buying party. The temptation to secure a quick fix can often lead to unnecessary splurging but in...

Match Report: Spurs Brush Aside Home Woes to Dispatch of Burnley

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Match Report: Spurs Brush Aside Home Woes to Dispatch of Burnley Before Saturday's meeting at White Hart Lane, the last 6 competitive meetings between Tottenham and Burnley had yielded 27 goals, so this fixture promised action at either end. Each of those 6 games saw at least 3 goals scored and both teams played their part in maintaining that impressive return as...

League Focus: Should English Football be Open to a More Direct Approach?

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League Focus: Should English Football be Open to a More Direct Approach? Tony Pulis’ name has more or less become synonymous with a style of football widely maligned in this country. Few children will aspire to be players that thrive in his teams and fewer still fans will yearn for their club to play his kind of football. He was thought to have reached a ceiling at...

WhoScored Tipster: Analysing the Early Season Relegation Candidates

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WhoScored Tipster: Analysing the Early Season Relegation Candidates While Chelsea are racing clear of the teams that most expected to be challenging at the top of the Premier League this season, most notably reigning champions Manchester City (now sit 8 points adrift), the battle to avoid relegation seems to be taking shape at the other end.Here we take a closer loo...

Team Focus: First Win a False Dawn For Beleaguered Burnley

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Team Focus: First Win a False Dawn For Beleaguered Burnley The gulf in class between the Premier League and the Championship continues to grow with each passing season and shows no signs of shortening, especially if the first 11 games of the campaign are anything to go by. Heading into the November international break, Leicester City, QPR and Burnley - last...