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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips The most balanced league begins again. Nobody can really question who Le Championnat favourites are, which started a week ago, while the Premier League returns, where Chelsea are tipped to wrestle the title away from Manchester City after their summer spending spree. There are a number of teams capa...

Team Focus: Improving Stoke Benefitting from Hughes' Philosophy

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Team Focus: Improving Stoke Benefitting from Hughes' Philosophy During Tony Pulis’ reign as manager, Stoke City were one of the toughest teams around. Roughhousing the opposition and playing a style of football based around attacking primarilty at set-pieces, teams were warned of a tough 90 minutes against the Potters. Despite knowing what was in store, si...

Match Report: Aaron Ramsey Excels In Arsenal Win

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Match Report: Aaron Ramsey Excels In Arsenal Win A gritty performance from Arsenal ensured they secured all 3 points in their 3-1 win over Stoke City. Man of the moment Aaron Ramsey netted the opener early on, before Geoff Cameron equalised midway through the first half. However, Per Mertesacker's header 10 minutes from half time gave the hosts th...

Team Focus: Same Stoke, New Style Under Hughes

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Team Focus: Same Stoke, New Style Under Hughes It was the opinion of many that Stoke had somewhat sucked the life out of the game by the time of Tony Pulis' departure and it was a theory that even some Potters fans were beginning to concede. It's hard to argue that their former boss didn't do an exceptional job on the face of it. He established ...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 8 - Stoke and Sunderland

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 8 - Stoke and Sunderland A seven-year association between manager and club came to an abrupt end this summer as Tony Pulis and Stoke City parted ways. The Potters have become infamous through their physical approach to English football and chairman Peter Coates insists that a change of direction was needed, the 75-year-old ...

Player Focus: Roque Santa Cruz and the Altering Perception of Stoke City

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Player Focus: Roque Santa Cruz and the Altering Perception of Stoke City When Felipe Santana netted a controversial winner for Borussia Dortmund in their 3-2 Champions League win over Malaga in April, it saw Los Boquerones’ European adventure end until the 2014/15 season, at the earliest, having been banned from Europe as a result of their increasing levels of debt...

Team Focus: What Mark Hughes Needs To Revamp Stoke City

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Team Focus: What Mark Hughes Needs To Revamp Stoke City While they may not be everyone’s favourite team, credit where it’s due to Tony Pulis for turning Stoke City from perennial Championship contenders to Premier League regulars, the Potters avoiding relegation since their promotion back in 2008. However, with the list of cynics growing ever...

Team Focus: Sides Progressing & Regressing in 2013

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Team Focus: Sides Progressing & Regressing in 2013 Although the race for the title in each of Europe’s top 5 leagues is shaping up to be somewhat of an anti-climax, with Bayern Munich already crowned Bundesliga champions, there’s still a lot to play for in the hunt for European places and the battle to avoid the drop.WhoScored takes a lo...

League Focus: The Premier League Relegation Run-In

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League Focus: The Premier League Relegation Run-In We are now well and truly in the midst of the so-called 'run-in', a nervy time for all but the middle clump of teams in leagues across the world. The teams above the middle section chase European qualification or promotion, and while teams at the very top usually chase the title, this season, it is ...

Betting Preview: Stoke vs Man City

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Betting Preview: Stoke vs Man City Our chosen betting feature this week centres around a very interesting encounter, with two of the most contrasting styles you could possible put against one another clashing when Premier League champions Man City travel to Stoke.Although Mancini's side will go into the game as strong favourites, a n...