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Southampton: The Darlings of a Wacky EPL season
On January 18 2013, Nigel Adkins was sacked as manager of Southampton. The move was met with widespread shock and dismay, particularly from former Southampton manager Lewrie McMenemy: The ambition this year is to stay in the Premier League and they look set for that, not many teams will go to Chelsea and get a…
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Every Day Is Zlatan Day Hangout, Episode 1
Moe and I discuss the first 11 weeks of the 2013-14 Premier League. We break down all 20 sides to varying degrees of depth. For nearly two hours. Yeah. Some notes: 1. Yes, it’s almost two hours long. 2. My hair looks weird because my camera is weird. We talked footy for two hours, deal…
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What’s The Mata With Juan?
Jose Mourinho’s second spell at Chelsea hasn’t gone on to the best of starts. His forwards are inconsistent, his defensive midfielders are old, and it seems like Petr Cech is finally showing his age. Mourinho – in typical Special One fashion – has even marginalized his best player, Spanish midfielder Juan Mata. “I’m not ready…
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The Roberto Martinez Effect
May 11, 2013 Wembley Stadium, one of the cathedrals of European football was host to a captivating FA Cup bout that coincidentally brought forth a new era of Everton F.C. Manchester City, who a yr ago to that date captivated the “SACCER” world with perhaps the greatest ending to an EPL season imaginable. The noisy…
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11/38’s is All we Need!
We’re 11/38’s through the EPL season. 11/38’s! That’s a non reducible fraction for you mathematics out there. The season has been chalk full of narrative, the likes of which we haven’t seen in ages. We have no more than 8 teams within 6 points of the EPL lead, we’ve said goodbye to a fascist in…