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    Chadli Forced to train alone under AVB?

    What's all this about then? http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tottenham-hotspur-vs-stoke-city-nacer-chadli-turns-the-tide-to-become-spurs-talisman-9849332.html “It was a bit of everything really. I didn’t have a good pre-season, I was forced to train alone and I got...
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    England World Cup Squad: Predictions and Preferences

    Prediction (Preference) Hart Foster Forster Johnson Walker Jones Smalling (Terry) Cahill Jagielka Baines Shaw Carrick Wilshere Gerrard Milner (Barkley) Oxlade-Chamberlain (Townsend) Lallana Sterling Henderson Welbeck Lambert (Carroll) Rooney Sturridge
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    The Curious Case of Steven Caulker

    This has been discussed before, but now the dust is settling on a tumultuous season perhaps the strangest decision of last summer was to swap out a promising home grown center-back who'd already made his England debut for an unproven youngster from abroad at the same price. Why, when undergoing...
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    Underappreciated XI?

    Companion piece to the worst ever XI... I'll start the ball rolling: GK: Sullivan RB: Corluka CB: Naybet CB: Gallas LB: Lee RM: Davies CM: Mendes CM: Davids LM: Malbranque ST: Crouch ST: Kanoute
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    Guardian Season Preview

    Pretty good season preview from every champagne socialist's favourite paper: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/15/premier-league-preview-tottenham-hotspur Guardian writers' predicted position: 4th (NB: this is not necessarily David Hytner's prediction but the average of...
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    Let's all sneer at Sulzeer...(again)

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/06/sol-campbell-rio-ferdinand-england "The further this saga drags on the more it does not make sense and the more it undermines Roy Hodgson and the Football Association as a whole. We have now reached a point where big questions have to be asked...
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    Yo-Yo CL Club?

    If we were to become a yo-yo champions league club (getting in on average once every couple of seasons) say for the next decade, would this be regarded as a big success or a failure to capitalise on a great opportunity to cement our status as a permanent CL club? What does everyone think?
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    Dump your Tevez shirts...

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15389733.stm Supporters of both Manchester City and United are being given the chance to discard their Carlos Tevez shirts ahead of Sunday's derby. Fans will be able to dump the items of clothing in a skip outside Old Trafford in exchange for a new...
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    Expectations

    So, now the season is up and running, what are we expecting to get this year? Would people be happy with nothing other than top 4? Last year our CL run was enough of a bonus for some to be happy finishing 5th. Would a good run in the Europa (or even winning it) this year be an acceptable...
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    A silver lining?

    I was thinking today, could the Modric transfer fiasco possibly have a silver lining? If Levy is true to his word and hangs onto him, and Modric responds professionally to this and stays, it may provide a bit of a wake up call in the sense that it will show beyond all doubt that we must do...
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    Right back next season

    Pretty simple poll: who should be first choice right back next season? Having a browse of a Villa forum earlier it seems they are very impressed with Walker and are pretty desperate to hang on to him next season. Seems fairly promising. Still has a lot to learn defensively but he's only 20...
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    Here's an interesting stat...

    Concerning our recent bad performance in the PL being blamed exclusively on the strikers... In the 3 month period since February during which we have won 1 game, the much maligned strike force has scored...9 goals. (and counting) In the 6 month period before February they scored...7...
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    Summer Signings

    The time of year is approaching that we love and hate in equal measure: the summer transfer window. The purpose of this thread is simply to enquire as to what positions people think we need strengthening in. Not necessarily names, as that's too hard to predict. But which positions do we...
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    Harry's positivity: indicative of a winning mentality or a blindness to poor form?

    I've been thinking recently how Harry always seems to come out with mauled statistics like this: 'We have had one defeat in our last eight league games and we are playing well.' Yes Harry, but this is despite failing to beat any of the bottom 4 in consecutive games, and that defeat was a...
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    Mourinho League Home Record

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/9399728.stm This is pretty unbelievable
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    Dawson or a fully fit Woodgate?

    Considering Michael Dawson's recent form, player of the season awards and England call up, I was wondering whether everyone would now conclude that even if Woodgate were able to regain his fitness entirely, he would not be able to get a starting place? This is working on the assumption that...
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    Barton Not Charged

    From the BBC: The Football Association will not take any action against Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton over his challenge on Sunderland's Dickson Etuhu. Barton went in with his studs high and the pair clashed afterwards but no foul was awarded by referee Martin Atkinson. "Whilst it is...
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