… Van Gaal has never been a “template” manager, someone who brings an identical approach to different sides. He’s often used 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 as his first-choice formations. The question then, is simple. Why is he so keen to play a 3-4-1-2 at Manchester United? The latter part of the formation makes most […]
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FPL App – FPL Manager
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Gerrard walks alone
…Brendan Rodgers had made a good stab at a case for the defining moment of this campaign not to be that infamous stumble against Chelsea. The Liverpool manager tried to argue that an offside call against Raheem Sterling at the Etihad on Boxing Day was somehow more pivotal. But it was obvious early on, as […]
Rodgers’ tweaks key to Liverpool’s success
Brendan Rodgers’s tactical tinkering has been crucial to Liverpool’s fast starts to games. Liverpool have an excellent starting XI but not great strength in depth, so this was a genuine challenge. (Eds note: without Henderson and Sturrdige) Rodgers was expected to return to a 4-3-3 in Sturridge’s absence, but instead he persevered with a shape […]
Wenger – 1000 games
Arsène Wenger cannot believe he is on the cusp of reaching 1,000 games at Arsenal – but says he has learnt something from every single one. The Frenchman’s first match at the Club was at Blackburn Rovers on October 12, 1996 and he has gone on to oversee 998 more in his 17 years as […]
Mourinho on Arsene – from the Chelsea website
… World Cup. Mourinho praised Hodgson for the clear and decisive nature of the decision, and the Portuguese also addressed Arsene Wenger’s words today (Friday) about why managers rule themselves out of a title race due to a ‘fear to fail’. ‘He is a specialist in failure. I’m not. If supposedly he is right and I’m […]
Ramos: ‘Tottenham won a cup, everyone was happy. Then? Sacked’
“Who got married?” Juande Ramos looks back on his first days asTottenham Hotspur manager and cannot help but smile. When he and his staff walked into the dining room at Spurs’ training ground, they could hardly believe it. “Incredible,” he says, shaking his head. “It was like a wedding buffet. Cakes, pastries, sauces – and that […]
Suárez claims Evra race allegations were ‘all false’
The Liverpool striker was banned for eight games after being found guilty of racially abusing the Frenchman in 2011. However, Suárez says the only mistakes he regrets in his career involved twice biting an opponent. He told Sport890 AM: “Let me tell you, I’ve made only two mistakes in my career. My first was when I was playing […]
José Mourinho: the great manipulator faces his toughest test
There is a chance that, by the close of play against Manchester City, José Mourinho may be reminded about the scathing words he reserved for West Ham’s conservatism at Chelsea last week. His own tactics hardly bordered on the adventurous at Manchester United and Arsenal earlier in the season, and when it comes to parking the bus it could be […]
Mata swoop belies transfer window marked by restraint
… As most of this final day broke little more dramatic news than Dimitar Berbatov’s fitting farewell from Fulham for sunny Monaco, it left this January’s dominant news as it was last week, at another of Berbatov’s former clubs, Manchester United. When the flurry of deals have cleared at clubs like Cardiff City, securing Wilfried Zaha […]
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