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Player Focus: January Signings Making the Biggest Impact

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Player Focus: January Signings Making the Biggest Impact Although Mario Balotelli had an evidently frustrating evening against his former club Inter - see dent in San Siro goal post - the controversial forward has had quite the impact back in Milan. Having previously been branded as a 'rotten apple' by Silvio Berlusconi of all people, the Italian inevitab...

Player Focus: Christian Benteke - A Wanted Man

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Player Focus: Christian Benteke - A Wanted Man When Arsenal host Villa this weekend the home fans may well have their eye on an opposition player as well as their own with the Gunners, along with fierce rivals Tottenham, strongly linked with the visitors prized asset.Christian Benteke has been a revelation in his first season in English football...

Player Focus: The Impact of Innocent Emeghara

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Player Focus: The Impact of Innocent Emeghara Football managers could be forgiven for thinking they work in the film industry these days. Like members of the Academy and BAFTA they're sent thousands of screeners to review. It's just that the stacks of DVDs they receive either come from the club's performance analysis department or agents lookin...

Player Focus: Taking Chances - The Easy & The Hard Way

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Player Focus: Taking Chances - The Easy & The Hard Way It's fair to say that the goalscorers across Europe's top 5 leagues have excelled themselves this season, with as many as 54 players already having reached double figures. At this stage in the previous two campaigns that was a feat that only 41 players could manage and here we take a closer look at ...

Player Focus: Perfect Timing - Europe's Cleanest Tacklers

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Player Focus: Perfect Timing - Europe's Cleanest Tacklers A familiar sight this weekend saw Sergio Ramos receive his marching orders for the 11th time in his La Liga career. Only 11 players have committed more fouls than the Real Madrid man in Spain this season, but here we’re looking at the opposite end of the spectrum.In an attempt to collate a lis...

Player Focus: Europe's Culpable Possession Conceders

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Player Focus: Europe's Culpable Possession Conceders Though they often ensure excitement, even the very best tricksters can be among the most frustrating players for the fans to watch. Here we'll take a look at the players across Europe's top 5 leagues most prone to conceding possession through all manner of means.We take a look at each players’...

Player Focus: Hamsik the Key to Napoli's Scudetto Challenge

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Player Focus: Hamsik the Key to Napoli's Scudetto Challenge A place in Napoli's history books awaits Marek Hamsik. At 25, he is already in the club's top 10 goalscorers of all-time, a remarkable feat for a midfield player. Up until now, I've got 68, he said, and the objective is to get to 77, where there's [Giuseppe] Savoldi. To overtake Maradona [on 115], I...

Player Focus: Europe's Most Consistent Performers

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Player Focus: Europe's Most Consistent Performers Barcelona's relatively routine 3-1 victory over Celta Vigo back in November won't have shocked anyone, but there was one surprising outcome from the match. Lionel Messi neither scored or assisted a goal in the game and completed only 1 dribble to ensure that he picked up a WhoScored rating of just 6...

Player Focus: Europe's Golden Oldies

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Player Focus: Europe's Golden Oldies The focus of transfer policy these days is almost unreservedly on investment in youth and looking to the future. Paul Lambert at Aston Villa, for example, has bought his players young and on countless occasions this season fielded a starting eleven with an average age of just 23, but the failings of...

Player Focus: Goalkeepers' Save Success Rates

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Player Focus: Goalkeepers' Save Success Rates The goalkeeper: the last line of defence. Some say the most important man in a team, others say less so, possibly in the hope that they will not be needed if the outfielders do their jobs properly. The fact of the matter is, though, that goalkeepers are key to a team's success, and a good goalkeepin...