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A Statistical And Tactical Look At How Good Wayne Rooney Is

England’s poor performance has led to criticism of their tactics and personnel. However, generally speaking Rooney has always escaped criticism from England fans, but is this fair? Wayne Rooney is widely considered to be England’s best player, but is he anywhere near as good as other talismanic players such as Ronaldo or Messi? Statistics In the league last season Rooney…

Grace Saville
Premier League

Five players who could join the Premier League in January

A cultured playing style? Champion’s League experience? Promising talent? Fulfilling any one of these specifications is enough to send a player’s value sky rocketing. From paying £75 million for the enigmatic services of Luis Suárez to forking out close to £30 million for Érik Lamela somewhat less successfully, Europe’s top clubs have shown that they are hardly averse to spending…

Butch Roberts
Premier League

The death of the box to box centre midfielder ft. Claude Makélélé

Whilst typically locked in debate on the way to Wembley for England’s game against France the other day, it suddenly occurred to me that box to box midfielders are a dying breed. Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes are some of the best players of our generation. All great drivers of teams who could both score goals and make…

Ayden Wallace
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Tactical analysis: How have Swansea evolved under Laudrup?

Having lost manager Brendan Rodgers to Liverpool, things could have gone downhill…

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Tactical Analysis: How have Spurs set up under AVB so far?

For the past two years, Spurs have favored a 4-4-1-1 attack that used the creativity of Luka Modric and Rafa Van der Vaart in central roles and the pace of…

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