All posts tagged "2015/2016 Premier League"

  • Premier League institutions Villa, Sunderland, and Newcastle facing the drop

    Only seven teams have been present in every Premier League season since the rebranding of England’s top division in 1992. Next season that number will almost surely be reduced to six. Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool,...

    • Posted February 20, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

    Confidence is contagious on the football pitch but paralyzing in its absence. A year ago, a visit to Manchester City would have been a daunting prospect for Tottenham Hotspur; today, they anticipated their trip to the Etihad...

    • Posted February 14, 2016
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  • MOTD: Sunderland 2-1 Manchester United

    When the final whistle blew at the Stadium of Light, the Manchester United team collectively slumped.  Louis van Gaal’s eyebrows furrowed, his head sagged and the color drained from his face.  At this point in United’s dismal...

    • Posted February 13, 2016
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  • A Sunday to shape the Premier League title race

    Perhaps more so than any other Sunday in the Premier League, February 14th has the potential to shape this season’s title race. League leaders Leicester City visit third-placed Arsenal at the Emirates and fourth-placed Manchester City host...

    • Posted February 12, 2016
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  • MOTD: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester United

    Manchester United and Chelsea drew level in a classic Premier League potboiler at Stamford Bridge, although a late equalizer for the home side spoilt the occasion for United in a match that was supposed to be their...

    • Posted February 7, 2016
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  • MOTD: Manchester City 1-3 Leicester City

    Leicester City had 5000-1 title odds going into the Premier League season.  It’s been confirmed that at least a few people placed £10 and £40 pound bets on the prospect and now, following the Foxes’ 3-1 demolition of...

    • Posted February 6, 2016
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  • MOTD: Leicester City 2-0 Liverpool

    It’s February.  The month, they say, when the title race begins to crystalize and true contenders separate themselves from the hopefuls, the early pacemakers and the surprise packages; when the rubber finally meets the road.  And Leicester...

    • Posted February 2, 2016
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  • MOTD: Arsenal 0-1 Chelsea

    In years past, Didier Drogba always seemed to save his best for meetings with London rivals Arsenal. In his nine years at the club over the course of two separate spells, the Ivorian striker netted fifteen goals...

    • Posted January 24, 2016
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  • Can Arsenal break through a psychological barrier against Chelsea?

    Arsenal have a psychological barrier standing in the way of beating Chelsea, who, with due respect to north-London rivals Tottenham, have been their fiercest London foes in recent years.  The Gunners haven’t triumphed over the Blues in...

    • Posted January 21, 2016
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  • Francesco Guidolin, Swansea City’s self-described “niche” coach

    If Francesco Guidolin could manage any club in Germany, he wouldn’t head straight for the top job at Bayern Munich, or even Borussia Dortmund.  The promise of VfL Wolfsburg, Schalke 04, Bayer Leverkusen, nor Werder Bremen, whom...

    • Posted January 18, 2016
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