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Player Focus: Hardworking Naismith is Everton's Unsung Hero

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Player Focus: Hardworking Naismith is Everton's Unsung Hero As was the case at Goodison Park last season, Everton exploited Arsenal’s left side in Saturday’s meeting between the two teams. Nacho Monreal came in at left-back for the injured Kieran Gibbs, while Mesut Özil was drafted in on the left of the four-man midfield to support Alexis S&...

Team Focus: Lack of Summer Investment may Hinder Everton's European Hopes

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Team Focus: Lack of Summer Investment may Hinder Everton's European Hopes Second season syndrome relates to teams that, the previous year, were promoted to the next tier of football and performed above expectations in their debut in - or return to - said division. In their second term, however, the team in question struggles to match the exploits of the previous season an...

League Focus: 2014/15 Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed

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 League Focus: 2014/15 Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed The World Cup has drawn to a close and the pre-season programme is now in full swing. It’s purgatory for English football fans though, who have only the fitness attaining fixtures and the transfer window to keep them occupied until the Premier League campaign returns in 26 days.To whet their a...

Player Focus: Everton Should Sign Gareth Barry Permanently

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Player Focus: Everton Should Sign Gareth Barry Permanently The signing of Fernandinho from Shakhtar Donetsk all but signaled the end of Gareth Barry’s time at Manchester City. The midfielder may have made 31 Premier League appearances for the club last season, 27 of which were starts, but the Brazilian leapfrogged his new teammate upon his arrival and...

Player Focus: Irreplaceable Lukaku Key to Everton's Success

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Player Focus: Irreplaceable Lukaku Key to Everton's Success Roberto Martínez put it rather bluntly, especially for a manager who has become renowned for always unwaveringly pointing to the positives for his team. Instead, here he was, emphasising the importance of a single individual. “[Romelu] Lukaku is an irreplaceable footballer, and that is ...

Team Focus: Everton's Necessary New Identity Under Martínez

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Team Focus: Everton's Necessary New Identity Under Martínez On the face of it, it seems an absurd question. Have Everton improved this season? As David Moyes has toiled at Manchester United, struggling under the scrutiny of the global media as results have gone horribly against him, it has only seemed to emphasise his difficulties that Roberto Martíne...

Player Focus: Mustafi No Longer Germany's Mr Unknown

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Player Focus: Mustafi No Longer Germany's Mr Unknown When Joachim Löw announced his Germany squad to play Chile in Stuttgart on Wednesday, many of the journalists ran their fingers down the list, got to the name of Sampdoria’s Shkodran Mustafi and asked: “Who?” Theirs was a common reaction across Germany. When Kicker ran a piece...

Match Report: Spirited Chelsea Secure Vital 3 Points

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Match Report: Spirited Chelsea Secure Vital 3 Points Chelsea ensured they ended the weekend at the summit of the Premier League following John Terry's last gasp goal in a 1-0 win over Everton. The visitors held out until deep into stoppage time, but came unstuck late on as they defence failed to deal with Frank Lampard's free-kick, allowing Terry to b...

Match Report: Everton Misfire to Hand Tottenham Victory

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Match Report: Everton Misfire to Hand Tottenham Victory Everton's lack of a renowned centre forward was their downfall as they dominated this six-pointer in the race for Champions League qualification at White Hart Lane but came away with nothing. There were flashes of brilliance aplenty from the Toffees' abundance of talented, attacking midfielders, but...

Player Focus: Does Baines Deserve to Start Upon His Return From Injury?

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Player Focus: Does Baines Deserve to Start Upon His Return From Injury? When Leighton Baines limped off in the 50th minute during Everton’s 3-3 draw with Liverpool last month, fans of the Toffees were justifiably gutted that the left-back had to leave the field of play injured. Many had expected youngster John Stones to come in as his stand in while Baines recover...