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Analyzing the Premier League Squads before the January Transfer Window: Part 2
This is Part 2 of my three-part series analyzing the different Premier League Squads before the January Transfer Window. You can read the first part here. In Part 1, I discussed how the top 8 teams (after Matchday 14 ) were placed in terms of squad depth before they enter the January Transfer Window. In…
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Player Analysis: Michael Olise
Reading FC made an electric start to the 2020/21 Championship season, winning seven of their first eight games. The Royals did eventually begin to tail off, as expected, but they are still in sixth place, just three points behind second-placed Swansea, and have established themselves as promotion contenders. Veljko Paunovic’s young side is littered…
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Every Premier League Club’s Brightest U-21 Talent (Part 2)
More and more young players are beginning to forge their way in England’s top flight, with the days of starting XI’s with an average age of 30+ becoming a thing of the past. This season has seen the trend of youthfulness continue, with managers forced to use the full depth of their squads as the…
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Player Analysis: Dušan Vlahović
Throughout his coaching career, Cesare Prandelli has had an uncanny ability to get the best out of his strikers. Romanian forward Adrian Mutu starred for him at Hellas Verona, Parma, and Fiorentina, Alberto Gilardino was a prolific striker at the Ducali and the Viola, whilst Brazilian striker Adriano made his career breakthrough under the Orzinuovi…
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Player Analysis: Luke Ayling
Leeds United are judged as a team of great hyperbole. In one instance lauded for their high pressing attacking football and in the same breath remonstrated for their naivety. The reality is something closer to the latter. They are not a team blessed with the individual quirks of Jack Grealish but instead take confidence from…
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How Losing Leroy Sané Changed Manchester City’s Attacking Dynamics
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City set English football alight in the 2017/18 campaign, becoming the first Premier League team to record 100 points, whilst also breaking a host of records: most wins (32), most goals (106), most points ahead of second (19), and best goal difference (+79). The following season, City completed an unprecedented domestic quadruple,…
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Analyzing the Premier League Squads before the January Transfer Window: Part 1
The winter transfer window is upon us once again. However, we cannot expect clubs to be very active like how they are in the summer transfer window as the season has already begun and most of the managers are content with the resources at their disposal. That being said, certain clubs still need additions…
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Player Analysis: Jamal Musiala
Since joining from Barcelona at the age of 22, Thiago Alcântara proved to be an oasis of serenity and precision in the heart of Bayern Munich’s midfield, playing an integral role in the Bavarian side’s domestic hegemony and leading them to a historic treble last season. However, after seven years in Germany, he departed for…
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Data Analysis: Ché Adams
Since taking charge of the club two years ago, Ralph Hasenhüttl has taken Southampton from the throes of the relegation zone to a fight for European football. Saints currently sit 7th in the table after 14 matchdays, just three points off second-placed Leicester City, and on the back of Hasenhüttl’s energetic, high-pressing 4-4-2 formation, Southampton…
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Curtis Jones: At the Heart of Liverpool’s Midfield
It all started with a Merseyside derby curler. It wasn’t Curtis Jones’ first appearance in a red shirt, nor was it particularly the moment where he truly broke into the first team. But it was the moment, if you ask any Reds’ supporter, that etched the local lad into the hearts and minds of…
