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Mark Noble: Is He One of the Best Players Not to Have Represented England?
Few Premier League players define their club in the way that Mark Noble has. Synonymous with West Ham since the age of 17, Noble will leave the Hammers after 16 years spent with the east London outfit. A combative midfielder, Noble was never one afraid to shirk a challenge, and he was a captain…
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Dele Alli & Marcus Rashford – English Equifinality
When Robert Frost spoke about those two roads diverging at a yellow wood, its beauty was in its simplicity of comparing a road to the journey that is life. The road less traveled by made all the difference, a difference that we would assume was the better destination. Roads don’t always lead to destinations…
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Should Manchester United Sign Frenkie de Jong?
Erik ten Hag has started work at Manchester United, and transfer rumours are already getting out of control. It’s standard procedure these days for the Red Devils to seemingly be linked with every professional footballer on the planet, but there has been a particular emphasis in the last couple of weeks on current or former…
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Ivan Perišić Thriving in Wingback Role at Simone Inzaghi’s Inter Milan
Croatian winger Ivan Perišić has been at Inter since 2015 bar a loan spell at Bayern Munich and he has produced his fair share of quality performances. Although he had consistency issues in the past, the 33-year-old was also known for showing up in big games and scoring decisive goals. However, his consistency with…
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Analyzing Luciano Spalletti’s First Season in Charge of Napoli
At the start of the season, very few Napoli fans had their sights set on finishing the season with their first league title in over 30 years. Luciano Spalletti was not the most attractive candidate for the head coaching role and many Napoli fans were against his appointment, but with 7 games to go, Napoli…
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How David Moyes Brought the Good Times Back to West Ham
David Moyes. The underappreciated Scottish chap from the streets of Glasgow whose roots run deep into English football courtesy of his tenures at Preston North End, Everton, Manchester United and Sunderland prior to taking charge of West Ham in November 2017 to replace Slaven Bilic, as the east London side sat in the relegation zone.…
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The Underlying Stats Behind Arsenal’s Progress Under Mikel Arteta
The perception of Arsenal’s season has changed dramatically in the past few weeks. For much of the campaign, they were heralded for their coterie of exciting young players who had been assembled, coached, and assimilated within an astute tactical framework established by their equally compelling and youthful head coach, Mikel Arteta. Now, as they…
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Angers SCO’s Goalkeeping Roundabout
Yes, was the answer from Angers President, Saïd Chabane, after he was asked if he had the choice again to make all of the outward loans in the winter transfer window that Angers had made. Since then, Angers have accrued 13 points from 18 Ligue 1 games resulting in a cascading descent to the edge…
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Can Erik Ten Hag Save Manchester United From Themselves?
Manchester United has experienced a steady decline since Sir Alex Ferguson called it quits as head coach in 2013. United have suffered inconsistencies on and off the pitch and look a shadow of what they once were. The fans have called for a change of ownership, and the resignation of the Chairman, Ed Woodward, but…
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Ronald Araujo: Barcelona’s Uruguayan Colossus in Defense
Barcelona’s season is not going well at all. After Ronald Koeman’s departure, Xavi’s arrival promised some optimism, but by the conclusion of the season, it has become vulnerable once more. They were eliminated from the Champions League group stage and were relegated to the Europa League as a result, eventually being eliminated from the…
