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REPORT: Kevin de Bruyne to Join Manchester City
It looks like this is finally happening. Bild, one of the more reliable papers in Europe, is reporting this afternoon that Wolfsburg midfielder Kevin de Bruyne will, at long last, return to the Premier League as a member of Manchester City. The 24-year-old Belgian has agreed terms on a massive six-year deal that will pay him €20…
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Regression To The Mean
In what is becoming the most repetitive narrative in the BPL, it seems that Arsenal are looking at another season of what-ifs. I know, it’s early, we’re only three weeks in, but it really looks like this year, we’re gonna get the same old Arsenal. I’d love to be wrong, honestly. I’d love for Arsenal…
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The Swansea Way
Swansea City have a special place for EPL fans. First off they are as close to a hipster club as they come in the EPL (which isn’t saying much considering how large the EPL is; no EPL club can really be a true hipster club), their rags to riches story rivals the likes of Southampton…
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Artur Boruc: Bournemouth’s Backbone
Robert Lewandowski is the first person that comes to mind when Polish football is being discussed; striker for Bayern with an immense finishing ability. Team wise, it’s usually Legia Warsaw. They have some nice goalkeepers; recently moved Wojciech Szczesny. But I think of Artur Boruc, the most active brazen 35 year old goalkeeper in…
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RIP to the RIP 10’s Movement
At the turn of the century, 10’s were the most important players on a football pitch for almost every big club in the world. Zidane (who did spend a fair share of time deeper in the midfield), Deco, Kaka, Rui Costa, Sneijder, Rivaldo: there was a cavalcade of world class players, and they were some…
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Offensively Blue
Arsene Wenger claimed his first win in fourteen tries against Jose Mourinho when his Arsenal squad beat Mourinho’s Chelsea in the Community Shield thanks to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first half strike. While Mourinho will be quick to downplay the loss as one that occurred in a glorified friendly in August, there were a few issues present, especially…
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Raheem Sterling & The Evaluation of Wingers
Wingers: managers love them, pundits love them, we love them. Wingers have evolved from cross-launching specialists that weren’t fully involved in the game to the most dynamic players on the pitch. Modern day wingers run, shoot, pass, cross, and dribble at neck breaking pace and do it at a high level. They pushed out the…
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