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Post by Webster on Feb 3, 2023 20:04:51 GMT
(The Guardian) Patrick Vieira has also been speaking about the shortage of black managers at the top end of the game, as PA Media reports. -- Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira acknowledged he remains bewildered by the lack of black managers in top jobs after landing on a list of the most influential black figures in the English game.
Vieira was on Thursday honoured alongside Bukayo Saka, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Lianne Sanderson on this year’s Football Black List, with Vincent Kompany, who manages Championship leaders Burnley, also recognised for his impact.
While Kompany could join Vieira in the Premier League next season, former England boss Hope Powell’s October departure from Women’s Super League side Brighton left Vieira as the only black manager across the entire English top flight. “It troubles me a lot,” said Vieira. “It’s difficult for me to get it and to understand it, and I think that just shows there is still a long way to go.”
Of his inclusion on the list, he added: “I think it’s always good to be recognised as a positive role model, I would say.”
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Post by Webster on Feb 3, 2023 20:08:03 GMT
(The Guardian) Down to Bournemouth, and Gary O’Neil has been basking in a satisfying transfer window for the Cherries, who are also under new ownership and face a testing trip to Brighton tomorrow, as PA Media relays … Bournemouth manager Gary O’Neil believes the January transfer window was a good month for the club after adding some quality to his squad.
The Cherries had a busy window making six signings overall, including securing two deadline-day deals with Illia Zabarnyi and Hamed Traore joining from Dynamo Kyiv and Sassuolo respectively. O’Neil’s next challenge is ensuring Bournemouth can stay in the Premier League, with the team currently sat third-from-bottom of the table on goal difference, but he believes their January business can move the club forward.
“We had a plan that we set out to achieve in January and everyone did a good job,” O’Neil told a press conference. “We’ve recruited in areas that we were looking to recruit in and added some quality to the group, it was a good month for us.
“If you look at the whole window, we were really clear on what we were trying to do, if you start with the goalkeeper, for instance, we needed three senior goalkeepers in the squad. From that, with the rest of the business you can see in the profile of the players, the age, the transfer fees, there’s a real plan in place to move the club forward.
“That’s not only short term, but long term as well.”
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Post by Webster on Feb 4, 2023 23:56:05 GMT
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Post by Webster on Feb 6, 2023 17:20:03 GMT
(BBC Sport) Steve Cooper says his Nottingham Forest side are "building an identity" after Brennan Johnson's goal gave them victory over Leeds. Forest were second-best throughout the first half, but Johnson's thumping 14th-minute strike was enough to move them six points clear of the relegation places. After Leeds failed to clear a free-kick on the right, the ball bounced up for the Wales forward to rifle it into the bottom corner from the edge of the box. "I was disappointed with our football today. We're thinking about how we get better," Cooper told Sky Sports. "We're building an identity, we're building a team. We've been doing that from the summer so... step by step." The hosts were indebted to debutant goalkeeper Keylor Navas, on loan from Paris St-Germain, who made important first-half saves from Wilfried Gnonto, Luke Ayling and Luis Sinisterra, who put Leeds' best chance of the game over the bar from six yards out. Leeds' threat all but vanished in the second period and Forest comfortably held on for a third victory in five Premier League games, moving up to the 13th in the table. "The first half for us was just about the individual moments of Keylor's saves and Brennan's finish," Cooper told BBC Match of the Day. "We're obviously really happy with the win. I'm not really happy with the performance and that's my job to look into that. I don't think it would be elite enough just to think about the win. So there's work to do but we know that." Jesse Marsch's Leeds, meanwhile, have gone seven league games without a win and stay 17th, above the relegation zone only on goal difference. (BBC Sport) Harry Kane became Tottenham's all-time record scorer, surpassing the great Jimmy Greaves, as his 267th goal for the club dented Manchester City's title ambitions at a raucous Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The England captain reached the landmark with a composed finish from 10 yards out after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg did exceptionally well to find Kane inside the box. Fans leaped from their seats to applaud the 29-year-old striker, whose first Spurs goal came on 15 December 2011, while a message flashed up on the scoreboard inside the ground which read 'Congratulations Harry Kane'. The 15th-minute finish was also Kane's 200th on the Premier League stage - only Alan Shearer (260 goals) and Wayne Rooney (208) have scored more. It came against the run of play and with Spurs boss Antonio Conte recovering at home after surgery to remove his gallbladder. Tottenham, who finished with 10 men after defender Cristian Romero was sent off in the 87th minute for two bookable offences, dug deep in their Italian manager's absence to frustrate City. Pep Guardiola's side missed the chance to cut Arsenal's five-point lead at the top of the table following the Gunners' defeat at Everton on Saturday. Riyad Mahrez went closest to equalising with an attempt which cannoned off the underside of the bar, but City are without a point - and a goal - in five visits to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. While they remain five points behind Arsenal having played one game more, Tottenham's victory moves them one point behind fourth-placed Newcastle.
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Post by Webster on Feb 6, 2023 17:21:12 GMT
(The Guardian) Newcastle are anxiously awaiting news of their former player Christian Atsu after reports that he has been trapped in the devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. The 31-year-old Ghana international winger, now playing for Turkish side Hatayspor, is reportedly missing along with the sporting director, Taner Savut, after club players and staff had been rescued from rubble, PA news reports according to multiple reports in Turkey. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit south-east Turkey and northern Syria during the early hours of Monday morning, followed by a second of 7.5. Approximately 1,700 people are known to have died in the border region.
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 17:36:34 GMT
(BBC Sport) Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho combined to deny managerless Leeds a rare Old Trafford victory as Manchester United came back from two goals down to snatch a point from a thrilling Roses clash. The hosts looked finished when Raphael Varane turned Crysencio Summerville's cutback into his own net to put Leeds two ahead after Wilfried Gnonto had given them a first-minute lead. But Rashford halved the deficit when he headed home Diogo Dalot's inviting cross before Sancho, only just back to first-team duties after recovering from physical and mental issues, scored his first Premier League goal since September when he drove home from 10 yards after Luke Shaw's initial shot had been blocked. Varane brought an excellent save out of Illan Meslier as Manchester United hunted a goal to extend their 13-match winning streak on home soil. Anything less than a point would have been extremely harsh on Leeds, who sacked manager Jesse Marsch on Monday, and they also hit the post through Brenden Aaronson in between the home side's two goals. The result moves them a point clear of the relegation zone and above West Ham into 16th, although after this superb contest, the Elland Road rematch in four days' time will be an occasion to relish.
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 17:42:18 GMT
(The Guardian) Eddie Howe on Christian Atsu, who is still missing after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. -- It’s hugely worrying. Really, really enjoyed working with Christian [when he was on loan at Bournemouth] – great lad, great player. Thoughts are with him and his family. We hope there’s some good news. We hope he’s okay. But we’re really concerned for him and his welfare. It’s been difficult because they have been conflicting stories about his whereabouts… I can’t imagine how his family are feeling. From the bottom of our hearts we wish him well and hope there’s a positive ending.Then, after a slightly awkward segue, Howe confirmed that Alexander Isak has passed concussion protocols and will be in the squad for Newcastle’s trip to Bournemouth.
Although they have not won a league match in nearly a month, there is no doubting Fulham’s gathering sense of purpose this season. Narrow league defeats by Newcastle and Tottenham were followed by a goalless draw against Chelsea before this week’s FA Cup fourth-round replay win at Sunderland (despite nine changes) that set up a fifth-round tie against Leeds. The manager, Marco Silva, will be back in the dugout for the visit of Nottingham Forest, another side finding their feet in the top division, having served a one-match touchline ban. “Of course I want to be with my players … to feel the emotions of the game in a different way,” Silva told the BBC on Wednesday after paying his dues. “The view is much, much better … you can see everything in a different way,” Silva said of his evening in the Stadium of Light stands. He might be saying the same of Fulham’s lofty league position if they can successfully unlock Steve Cooper’s miserly defence: victory could potentially lift them up to sixth place. Forest were arguably fortunate to keep Leeds at bay in their 1-0 win last Sunday, and there will be plenty more defending to do in south-west London. Based on their own confidence-boosting Premier League run, Cooper’s side will approach the match without fear.
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 17:43:45 GMT
(The Guardian) Here’s Eddie Howe on the prospect of returning to the club where he has spent most of his adult life.
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 17:55:30 GMT
(The Guardian) It should be noted that, as opposed to being found “inn*cent” when their Champions League ban was overturned, City were still fined €10m for failing to cooperate with the investigation, while other aspects of Uefa’s case were found to be time-barred.
There will no doubt be plenty of analysis of Guardiola’s comments to come, but, for the moment, let’s leave it there. Elsewhere, as reported by Voetbal International in the Netherlands, Arne Slot, the Feyenoord manager, has no intention of leaving midway through the season to succeed Jesse Marsch at Leeds.
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 17:56:43 GMT
(The Guardian) Erik ten Hag, meanwhile, has also been speaking to the media. He has some qualified praise for Alejandro Garnacho, the teenage winger enjoying a breakout season at Old Trafford. “I think he is doing well, he has an impact on our game, I think he is a threat. [In our 2-2 draw at home to Leeds] he had good actions, he was lively, created chances, but had to score. And, finally, it’s about that, that you have an effect. “As a striker, you have to at least be on the scoring list, the assist list or key action list to have the right impact. As a Man United player, we expect you to have an impact: to influence the score, to influence the result, to positively influence the game by scoring goals and having an assist.”
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 17:57:47 GMT
(The Guardian) Mikel Arteta, Graham Potter and Sean Dyche have taken their places in front of the assorted microphones, dictaphones and plain old phones, with all due credit to the voice memos app. Let’s start with Arteta, who has to find a way past Brentford at the Emirates this weekend. Asked about last Saturday’s defeat to Everton, he says: “It’s not about being in a comfort zone. We are going to lose matches. Each defeat brings an opportunity to look at other things and see a reaction from the team. Tomorrow we are going to try to put in a great performance in front of our fans and try to win the game.”
Asked about the timeline for Gabriel Jesus’s return, with the forward sidelined since injuring his knee with Brazil at the World Cup, Arteta sounds cautiously optimistic but declines to give an exact date. “He’s doing really well, he keeps pushing everyone every single day, but we need to respect some timelines. It’s too far [to set a date]. You have to see now when you start to put some load through that knee, and start to get some movement and some action, how that knee reacts and whether he is comfortable to go to the next stage.”
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 17:59:37 GMT
(The Guardian) And now for Chelsea boss Graham Potter. Can the club’s spending spree trigger a charge up the table? Or will Potter continue to carry the bafflement of a child brought up playing contentedly with wooden toys who has had a pile of shiny new PlayStations thrust upon him. The good news. Joao Felix returns after serving a three-match ban for his red card at Fulham. “It’s great to have him back. I think we all saw the impact that he had in his 60 minutes before the red card. You could see his quality, I see it every day. “He’s a player that I think can make a difference for us but at the same time it’s about helping him get into the team, get integrated into the team and to the team-mates around him and for him to understand what we’re trying to do, but the signs are really positive.” The bad news. Raheem Sterling has picked up a fresh injury. “We had a little set-back with Raheem, he had a kick in training so we’re assessing him. I think he’s probably doubtful for tomorrow I’d say. It’s a new injury, he just got a kick in training on the side of his knee. No one else is back but they’re all getting closer and closer. Wesley has been training with the team, Denis has been training with the team. Finally, some news on Wesley Fofana, Denis Zakaria and Mateo Kovacic. “No one else is back but they’re all getting closer and closer. Wesley has been training with the team, Denis has been training with the team. Mateo’s training with the team, but it will be too soon for him. So there’s good news, we’ve got some options.”
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 18:00:15 GMT
(The Guardian) Leeds interim boss Michael Skubala secured a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford in midweek and he’ll hope to go one better when he locks horns with Manchester United and Erik ten Hag again on Sunday. Skubala will remain in charge while Leeds hunt for a permanent new manager following the departure of Jesse Marsch. Talking of which, the PA understands they are still working on a four-man shortlist despite being turned down by Feyenoord boss Arne Slot. That doesn’t seem to have registered with the bookies who still have Slot as favourite. The next four in the betting are Rayo Vallecano coach Andoni Iraola, former Wolves and Spurs manager Nuno Espirito Santo, Marcello Gallardo and Skubala himself. For the record, local news reports in Leeds say former River Plate boss Gallardo has turned down an offer. All a bit vague, isn’t it. Anyway, Skubala said: “I’ve been having clear communication every day with [director of football] Victor [Orta]. I expect to be in charge on Sunday. Back-to-back games are unusual, there may be one or two tweaks to the side, but there’s nothing we can change majorly. We can get work done tomorrow and a bit of shape. “We did really well (on Wednesday) but it’s still one point. The book’s closed and Sunday’s a chance for three points.” Team news-wise, skipper Liam Cooper and Marc Roca missed out in midweek due to respective muscle strains and will be assessed. Skubala is hoping Luis Sinisterra can recover from a strain sustained at Old Trafford. Pascal Struijk will miss out under the concussion protocol. He was withdrawn on Wednesday after blocking a shot from Marcus Rashford with his head.
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(The Guardian) History says Aston Villa boss Unai Emery is even more up against it than we think when his team travel to Manchester City on Sunday. From Opta: --Manchester City have won their last 12 Premier League home games against Aston Villa, coming from 2-0 down to win 3-2 and secure the Premier League title on the final day of the season. --Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has never beaten Man City’s Pep Guardiola in 12 previous meetings in all competitions, drawing four and losing eight. “I’ve played against Manchester City here and in the Champions League, it’s a very difficult match. Maybe it’s going to be more difficult now with the issues they are having,” said Emery, using his words carefully. “I think they’re going to be together and they are going to try and respond on the pitch against us. It’s a very difficult match. Manchester City are building a team to win the Champions League and they are getting close to doing it. In the Premier League they have had amazing results over the last few years. Each year it’s Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, and this year it’s Arsenal, to be close to them. “I want to play the same matches in the same competitive way at home and away. We are going to focus on this Sunday’s match, trying to get the same performance away as we did before.”
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Post by Webster on Feb 10, 2023 18:02:26 GMT
(The Guardian) Some more Graham Potter lines from Chelsea’s press conference. On the future of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who has been excluded from Chelsea’s Champions League squad alongside Benoit Badiashile: “Nothing to report. He’s been training with us this week, training really well. Conducting himself well, really good professional, supporting his team-mates. Whilst he’s here he’s doing exactly what I expect him to do, which is to train well and to act well.” On feeling the pressure : “There’ll be lots of talk around pressure and time. If I’d had a month of time for every time I’ve been asked the question, I’d be here for about 10 years. That’s just the nature of it. “I’m not stupid. If the results aren’t what this club should get, and I’m the reason for it, then that’s the job. In the meantime, I go through the process of working with the players, helping them improve, helping them come together. It’s a complicated situation at the moment. But I’m really excited for it, looking forward to it, really looking forward to the challenge that awaits us. I don’t worry too much about the absolute time scale of it all.”
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