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Team Focus: Post-January Squad Depth Leading Derby Towards Promotion

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Team Focus: Post-January Squad Depth Leading Derby Towards Promotion Darren Bent has had a curious career. His talent has never been doubted but the most frustrating thing about the 31-year-old is how easily he can flit from prolific to profligate. For each season like the 24 league goals he scored for Sunderland in 2009/10, there was a campaign like 2007/08 at Totte...

Player Focus: Why Teams Should Be Looking To Darren Bent

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Player Focus: Why Teams Should Be Looking To Darren Bent The day Aston Villa confirmed the arrival of Christian Benteke, many would never have imagined the Belgium international taking to his new surroundings as well as he did. Ending the season with 19 goals - only Robin van Persie (26), Luis Suárez (23) and Gareth Bale (21) netted more - has seen...

Opta League Focus: Premier League Opening Day Records

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Opta League Focus: Premier League Opening Day Records The 2011-12 Premier League season will kick off on Saturday, with the reigning Champions Manchester City beginning their campaign with a home game against newly-promoted side Southampton. At the start of their title-winning campaign last term, Manchester City faced a newly-promoted Swansea City side...

Stats Analysis: Fewest Touches per Minute

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Stats Analysis: Fewest Touches per Minute The life of a forward can be wildly contrasting. Grabbing the goals and the glory will always hog the headlines, but it is all too often offset by large chunks of time waiting for a chance of involvement. WhoScored highlights the top five Premier League frontmen in terms of the least touches per min...

Who to Partner Rooney? Capello's Issue in Crucial Qualifier

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Who to Partner Rooney? Capello's Issue in Crucial Qualifier While there is no question towards Fabio Capello's selection for his England squad to face Montenegro in the final Euro 2012 qualifier in most regards, many have suggested that Andy Carroll is somewhat fortunate to have earned a call-up. With Wayne Rooney an absolute certainty in any England squad, ...

Javier Hernandez - Manchester United's Natural Born Saviour

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Javier Hernandez - Manchester United's Natural Born Saviour So as one £50 million striker bagged his first goal after 734 minutes of the most expensive scoring drought in history, Javier Hernandez netted his 18th of the season, and in the process edged Manchester United to their 19th league title.Signed for a princely sum of £8 million from Mexic...