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• Arsenal's Failure to Replace Manuel Almunia Will Come Back to Haunt Them
• By Jon West 02/9/2010 3:46 AM GMT
• It was a quiet transfer deadline day as far as England's perennial trophy-chasers were concerned, but then again Chelsea and Manchester United didn't need to add to their squads. Arsenal certainly ... More »
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• Remember When ... Glenn Hoddle Starred as Bulgaria Lost at Wembley
• By Jon West 01/9/2010 9:05 AM GMT
• Imagine an England player marking his debut with a perfectly executed, side-footed strike from the edge of the box that found the top corner of the net and clinched victory in an important European ... More »
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• England to Discover What Life is Like Without John Terry and Frank Lampard
• By Jon West 29/8/2010 5:00 PM GMT
• Though his reputation has received the mother of all kickings since the World Cup Finals - and will surely do once again if England flop against Bulgaria or Switzerland - Fabio Capello can go into ... More »
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• Milton Keynes Dons 4 Blackpool 3 AET: Seasiders Stunned in Classic Upset
• By Jon West 24/8/2010 5:26 PM GMT
• Substitute Lewis Guy netted the extra time goal that sent Blackpool out of the Carling Cup on a night of high entertainment that was missed by Seasiders manager Ian Holloway, who was elsewhere ... More »
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• Fulham v Port Vale Preview: Rafik Halliche May Play After Sealing Move
• By Jon West 24/8/2010 7:40 AM GMT
• CARLING CUP: CRAVEN COTTAGE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25, 2010: KICK-OFF: 2000 BST Fulham have added Algeria defender Rafik Halliche to their squad ahead of the visit of League Two Port Vale, who disposed ... More »
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• Arsenal v Blackpool Preview: Defensive Focus Falls on Thomas Vermaelen (Video)
• By Jon West 20/8/2010 11:52 AM GMT
• PREMIER LEAGUE: EMIRATES STADIUM, SATURDAY AUGUST 21, 2010: KICK-OFF: 1500 BST ... More »
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• Arsene Wenger's Move for Sebastien Squillaci Has Come at the Right Time
• By Jon West 19/8/2010 7:57 AM GMT
• He's French, experienced and an international. And he also plays at centre back. Sebastien Squillaci would appear to be, therefore, exactly the type of player Arsene Wenger would want to bring to ... More »
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• Opportunity Knocks for Jack Wilshere as Samir Nasri is Sidelined Again
• By Jon West 18/8/2010 10:30 AM GMT
• Although they conjured up a last-minute goal to avoid an opening day defeat, Arsenal know they are in danger of being left behind as the race for the title moves through the early jostling for ... More »
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• Roque Santa Cruz Emerging as the Answer to West Ham's Hunt for a Striker
• By Jon West 18/8/2010 6:28 AM GMT
• West Ham's long and frustrating search for a proven goalscorer could finally be at an end. The Hammers have had little joy in adding to their firepower (otherwise known as Carlton Cole) this ... More »
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• Arsenal Must Make a Move if Shay Given is Sidelined at Manchester City
• By Jon West 10/8/2010 4:10 AM GMT
• Shay Given probably doesn't rate the Emirates Stadium as one of his favourite venues given that his season ended painfully and prematurely there last season when he suffered a dislocated shoulder. ... More »
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• Handshake Farce is Only One Sign that Fabio Capello May be Losing his Grip
• By Jon West 09/8/2010 6:00 AM GMT
• Has anyone's reputation within football dipped as alarmingly and as quickly as Fabio Capello's? On the eve of the World Cup England were convinced the best manager in the world was leading them to ... More »
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• Chelsea v Manchester United Preview: Wembley Question Time Over Big Names
• By Jon West 07/8/2010 9:00 AM GMT
• COMMUNITY SHIELD: WEMBLEY, SUNDAY AUGUST 8, 2010 KICK-OFF: 1500 BST ... More »
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• Carlo Ancelotti Welcomes International Action for Chelsea's World Cup Men
• By Jon West 07/8/2010 1:40 AM GMT
• For a man who knows he must improve on last season's Champions League showing as well as make a decent fist of retaining both the Premier League and the FA Cup Carlo Ancelotti seems remarkably laid ... More »
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• Cesc Fabregas in the Picture, but Arsenal Wait for Barcelona's Next Move
• By Jon West 06/8/2010 4:35 AM GMT
• A man kicks a football around for a while, waves and then poses for a photograph with his team-mates. And, as a result, a war is declared to be over. I wonder... Having spent the last few weeks in ... More »
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• Signing Craig Bellamy Would Be a Shrewd Move by Harry Redknapp
• By Jon West 05/8/2010 6:17 AM GMT
• Having had a bid for Scott Parker rebuffed by West Ham, Harry Redknapp has turned his attention to Craig Bellamy as he prepares to launch Tottenham's first-ever attempt at Champions League ... More »
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• Time For a Meeting That Will Conclude the Long-running Cesc Fabregas Saga
• By Jon West 03/8/2010 5:33 AM GMT
• The avalanche of words generated by the non-transfer of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona would, if put together, probably add up to the length of a blockbuster novel. If only it was as interesting.... ... More »
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• Arsene Wenger Sparks the Debate Over Premier League's New Squad Rules
• By Jon West 02/8/2010 8:00 AM GMT
• Trust Arsene Wenger to put himself forward as the biggest critic so far of the new rules on the size and composition of Premier League squads for the coming season. The Frenchman has repeatedly ... More »
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• Kieran Richardson Aims to Make an Impact For Sunderland - and England
• By Jon West 02/8/2010 7:03 AM GMT
• It is difficult to predict the future for a club that beat Arsenal and drew at Manchester United last season, but also lost to Portsmouth and Burnley and endured a14-game winless run at one stage. ... More »
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• Simon Mignolet Grabs Chance to Shine Behind Shaky Sunderland Defence
• By Jon West 01/8/2010 4:55 AM GMT
• Sunderland manager Steve Bruce won just about every trophy available to him as a player with Manchester United, so it is fair to say he knows what a solid defence should look like. And it is also ... More »
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• Why Dietmar Hamann is Writing Off Man City's Championship Chances
• By Jon West 30/7/2010 6:00 AM GMT
• Brian Kidd, once a player at Manchester United and Manchester City and now assistant manager at the latter, is of the opinion that his current employers cannot begin to regard themselves as ... More »
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