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Die Gefallenen Riesen: How the Bundesliga 2 Became a Graveyard of Germany’s Biggest Clubs
As recently as 2018, the English Championship housed ten of the 24 teams to have lifted the top division of English football – with those sides accounting for 35 of the 122 titles wins since 1889. Going one step further, if you take away the six ‘Premier League ever-presents’, then the 35 titles from…
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Dwight McNeil: Burnley’s Diamond In The Rough
The Clarets, known for their exceedingly low budget and utterly defensive tactics, have maintained relatively stable Premier League status since 2016, even managing to finish 7th in the 2017–2018 season in order to participate in European football the following season. However, their security has been in jeopardy this season; as Burnley currently sit in…
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Domenico Tedesco: Profiling Leipzig’s Manager
At 36 years of age, Domenico Tedesco has already amassed a coaching resume that is paralleled by few, if any of his age mates. Born in Rossano, Italy, Tedesco’s family emigrated to Germany when he was two years old, with Tedesco completing his vocational training as a wholesale merchant and earning a bachelor’s degree in…
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Player Analysis: Nedim Bajrami
After winning the Coppa Italia in 2019/20, Napoli failed to defend its title in the following season as Atalanta had eliminated the Partenopei in the semi-finals. It must be said though, that title defense could have ended as early as the Round of 16 if it wasn’t for a lucky escape against Empoli. The…
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Player Analysis: Pierre Kalulu
When analysing modern-day defenders, we look ahead more these days, what do they bring to the table? How good are they with the ball? How do they aid their team in playing further up the pitch? Or do they need to “stop wearing gloves in order to give a frightening impression”, as per Zlatan Ibrahimovic?…
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There and Back Again: A Cautionary Tale From Granada
No, this isn’t a sweeping fantasy story from the quill of Bilbo Baggins. This is the tale of a modest Spanish football club, one of the diminutive Hobbit proportions in the grand scheme of things, located in a city that is steeped in history and culture. Were he to have written about footballing adventures,…
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How MLS Is Breaking Ground To Become A Global League
Major League Soccer, or the MLS as it’s commonly known, has been one of those footballing divisions that is arguably seen as part of the best of the rest group. Of course, it’s not one of the five traditional big leagues, but it’s come a long way to say the debut season was only…
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Julian Alvarez: What to Expect From City’s Argentine Signing
“We cannot replace him” remarked a tearful Pep Guardiola after Sergio Aguero’s final game, a 5 nil thrashing of Everton. Since then Manchester City have pursued a £125 million deal for Harry Kane which famously fell through and are now many bookies favorites to sign Erling Haaland in the summer. It’s highly unlikely…
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West Brom’s Championship Catastrophe: From The Failed Tenure of Valerien Ismael To The Abject Beginnings Of The Steve Bruce Era
After appointing Valerien Ismael in the summer, a massive statement to the Championship after Ismael’s whirlwind success with Barnsley, everything was looking rosy at West Brom. Fast forward to February of this year after the Frenchman’s exit, West Brom’s season down at The Hawthorns has been nothing short of a catastrophe. Negative performances…
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Player Analysis: Sorba Thomas
It’s unusual for a player to make an immediate jump from the National League to the Championship, but that’s exactly what Huddersfield Town’s Sorba Thomas did at the start of last year when he joined from Boreham Wood. Yet whilst the signing was understandably met with little fanfare, the 23-year-old has proven to be…
