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Post by Webster on Aug 18, 2023 16:36:35 GMT
(The Guardian) Bournemouth: Andoni Iraola’s side travel to Anfield tomorrow, where Bournemouth were subjected to a 9-0 tonking a little under a year ago. The defeat prompted Scott Parker to publicly criticise the quality of the squad at his disposal, an outburst that cost him his job as manager of the club. Gary O’Neil was given the role as caretaker manager of the club, went on to get the gig on a permanent basis and kept Bournemouth in the Premier League, only to be relioeved of his duties during the summer and replaced by Iraola, who has been talking about tomorrow’s game. “It was one year ago and that is a lot of time,” he said of that shellacking. “Obviously they know it will be always be tough against Liverpool at Anfield but it is a good chance for us to show how far away we are from them. “We have to have a very resilient collective attitude and to suffer those minutes when they are pushing, taking corners and crosses. We will have our moments where we can damage them.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 18, 2023 16:38:54 GMT
(The Guardian) Tottenham Hotspur: Cristian Romero will be available for Sunday’s visit of Manchester United after passing various concussion checks following his clash of heads with Bryan Mbeumo at Brentford last weekend. The defender exacerbated his injury when firing home Tottenham’s opening goal with a bullet header. “Cristian is good to go,” said Ange Postecoglou, who has been praised for removing Romero from the field against his will. “He has been in the hands of the medical team and he has ticked all the boxes. He has felt fine all week, trained and is ready to go.” Chelsea: Reece James has been sidelined with a hamstring injury that is expectedf to keep him out for at least a month and ahead of Chelsea’s match against West Ham on Sunday, Mauricio Pochettino has been discussing the bad news. “It’s a sad moment because he is our captain and he was so excited to be a captain and he was full of energy,” he said. “We are going to asses him day by day and as soon as possible we want him again with the team. For sure he’s going to become stronger than he was because we are going to help him to become stronger than before.” Pochettino was also asked about his new signings Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia, and why he thought they’d opted to join Chelsea instead of Liverpool. “That is about the player’s decision,” he said. “It is their decision if they come here. It wasn’t a competition, it was a player’s decision to join us. That makes us very happy and they talk very highly about our owners and our sporting directors in the way that they work. “The players wanted to come here because I think they are feeling something special. I hope they are feeling something special.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 18, 2023 16:42:36 GMT
(The Guardian) Manchester City: After losing Kevin De Bruyne to injury for several months, Pep Guardiolas has been given an added headache after John Stones pulled up in training with an unspecified soft tissue injury. Ruben Dias could come back into contention after a concussion but Bernardo Silva remains a doubt after missing the Uefa Super Cup victory over Sevilla. Pep Guardiola: “Stones has a muscular issue,” said Pep. “In the last training he did not feel comfortable. I don’t know how long he will be out.” Guardiola said City’s squad will not train today as they focus on recovery after their trip back from Athens. “Of course we are ready,” he said. “We need this type of challenge when we want what we want. We are the team everyone wants to beat. The challenge is to prove ourselves again. It’s always how you overcome [challenges] that defines if you are a good team or not.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 18, 2023 16:48:28 GMT
(The Guardian) West Ham: David Moyes has partially opened the door on a short-term deal for Jesse Lingard, who has been training with the Hammers, where he spent half the 2020-21 season. Last year didn’t go so well at Nottingham Forest. We’ve not even considered a deal at the moment. He’ll be back here next week as well. There’s no news on that as far as short-term deals or anything else. Jesse’s a good player, probably needing to get himself in the correct condition. We’re working on him, all players tend to need four or five weeks pre-season and Jesse’s no different from anybody else. Manchester City: It appears Cole Palmer will be given the chance to step in for Kevin De Bruyne, who is set to miss the rest of 2023. Or at least, if you listen to Pep Guardiola. It’s not necessary to ask how good he is. You don’t need two goals in two finals to define how good he is. Cole in the previous season arrived in an extraordinary moment, he defined the game in the FA Cup and then had injuries. He couldn’t be there. Playing at City is not easy with Riyad (Mahrez, now departed), Bernardo (Silva) and a lot of players. Last season our players in midfield were KDB, who will be four or five months out, [Ilkay Gundogan] who isn’t here, we have to adjust a few things. We’re not at our best, or our top, it’s normal and we adjust a few things but the spirit is there.
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Post by Webster on Aug 19, 2023 19:41:50 GMT
(BBC Sport) Chris Wood headed an 89th-minute winner as Nottingham Forest picked up their first Premier League victory of the season by beating Sheffield United. Wood, who had come on as a substitute, flicked a header past United keeper Wes Foderingham to send the City Ground crowd wild. Gustavo Hamer scored a stunner on his Sheffield United debut to give the newly promoted side hope early in the second half. Hamer, who signed from Coventry City last Friday, struck into the top corner from the edge of the box for his first goal for his new club. United were significantly improved after going 1-0 down early on and equalised just two minutes and eight seconds after the restart. Taiwo Awoniyi had opened the scoring for Forest with two minutes and 23 seconds on the clock. Awoniyi headed home from Serge Aurier's cross to give Forest an early lead.
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Post by Webster on Aug 20, 2023 19:13:04 GMT
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Post by Webster on Aug 21, 2023 1:09:39 GMT
(BBC Sport) Aston Villa recovered from their opening Premier League thrashing at Newcastle by thumping woeful Everton 4-0 at Villa Park. Unai Emery's Villa were heavily beaten 5-1 last weekend but got their campaign up and running at home with the impressive Leon Bailey having a hand in two goals. Fine work from the fleet-footed winger allowed him to create the opener for skipper John McGinn, who clipped home a first-time finish from close range. The hosts doubled their lead on 24 minutes courtesy of Douglas Luiz's penalty after the referee adjudged Jordan Pickford to have brought down Ollie Watkins in the box. Villa were carving Everton open with ease and Jamaica international Bailey pounced to net their third after the break, punishing Toffees defender Michael Keane's poor clearance. England keeper Pickford made a stunning reaction save to deny Moussa Diaby's thunderous volley but more shambolic defending from the away side gifted Jhon Duran a fourth. Everton substitute Arnaut Danjuma forced Emiliano Martinez into a decent save but Sean Dyche's side have now lost their opening two games this season. And a wretched afternoon for the visitors was made worse with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Alex Iwobi both hobbling off injured.
West Ham United claimed a rousing London derby win against big-spending Chelsea despite playing almost 30 minutes with 10 men. The Hammers were 2-1 ahead when defender Nayef Aguerd, who opened the scoring with an early header, was sent off in the 67th minute for his second bookable offence. But Chelsea could not force an equaliser with their numerical advantage and then conceded a late third through Lucas Paqueta's penalty in the fifth minute of added time. Teenager Carney Chukwuemeka scored his first goal for the Blues to make it 1-1 but Enzo Fernandez wasted a chance to put them ahead when his penalty was saved by Alphonse Areola. Michail Antonio fired West Ham back in front with a powerful angled strike in the 53rd minute, before the hosts were reduced to 10 men. However, Mauricio Pochettino's side were unable to capitalise on Aguerd's dismissal to force a second leveller despite a second-half debut for Moises Caicedo, who has joined from Brighton in a deal that could become a British record. The Ecuador midfielder, who signed for an initial £100m fee which could rise to £115m, had a chance to make it 2-2 but shot over from the edge of the penalty area. Caicedo, looking rusty after two months without a game, then conceded a penalty for a foul on Hammers left-back Emerson and Paqueta made no mistake from the spot to seal West Ham's victory.
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:27:32 GMT
(The Guardian) Some injury news involving Manchester United and Chelsea. One has relevance to fantasy teams; the other surely does not. Manchester United defender Luke Shaw will miss Saturday’s Old Trafford encounter against Nottingham Forest and next weekend’s trip to Arsenal. A club statement read: “Luke Shaw has sustained an injury which will rule him out of forthcoming games. The muscle issue is still being assessed but the England left-back is expected to be out of action for a number of weeks.” Down at Stamford Bridge, Mykhailo Mudryk is the latest Chelsea player to be crocked. The Ukrainian forward will miss tonight’s home game against Luton. No news on what the problem is but boss Mauricio Pochettino doesn’t seem overly concerned. “It’s not a big issue. We need to wait one week or maybe a few days.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:30:00 GMT
(The Guardian) “Footballers aren’t as thick as people think”. So says Everton boss Sean Dyche. Charming. Some context to that statement is required obviously and Dyche was referring to how Everton’s players would have realised what was wrong in last weekend’s 4-0 hammering at Aston Villa without him using a chalkboard to highlight it. “Footballers aren’t as thick as people think, especially about their profession,” said Dyche, meaning well. “It doesn’t take a lot for me to point out what was wrong. They know. Therefore, it’s about talking to them about it. I wasn’t screaming and shouting at them. They come off the pitch and know what has gone wrong, what is shouting going to prove? Football gives you a jolt now and again. “The minimum (requirement) is a better showing than last week, the collective mentality, the physicality of the performance. There wasn’t enough aggression, not crazy aggression but that fight, that edge to a performance. There wasn’t that bite and determination in our performance in and out of possession.” Everton host fellow strugglers Wolves this weekend and Dyche, once again, has to cope without striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin after the cheekbone injury he picked up at Villa Park. Midfielder Alex Iwobi is out with a hamstring injury while Jack Harrison is still suffering with a hip problem following his move from Leeds.
Nottingham Forest caused Arsenal a late scare before losing 2-1 at the Emirates and followed that with a 2-1 win of their own against Sheffield United. So could they cause a shock this weekend against a so-far lacklustre Manchester United? Steve Cooper isn’t rising to the bait, especially as Forest played United four times last season and lost all of them. “It’s Manchester United at Old Trafford and in any given time of the season that’s right up there with the toughest stage to play on,” said the Forest boss. “I pay zero attention [to what is said about United], they are full of good players who play in a good way. “If you don’t get certain things right they are capable of hurting you in a number of ways. You see a lot of repetition in their game and as a team grows together those things become stronger, plus they are full of world-class players. They only need a moment or two to define the outcome of a game.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:31:29 GMT
(The Guardian) Some transfer news for you. Watford have announced the signing of striker Mileta Rajovic on a five-year deal. The Danish striker moves to Vicarage Road from Swedish club Kalmar FF and has put pen to paper on a deal which will take him to at least 2028. Rajovic scored 13 times in 26 appearances in all competitions for his previous club during an eight-month stay. The 24-year-old becomes Valerien Ismael’s sixth arrival of the summer transfer window after Giorgi Chakvetadze, Jamal Lewis, Jake Livermore, Rhys Healey and Tom Ince all signed for the Championship club.
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:40:31 GMT
(The Guardian) There’ve been multiple reports that Manchester United are interested in signing left-back Ryan Bertrand on a free. The England international who started at Chelsea and bounced between Bournemouth, Oldham, Norwich, Reading, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Southampton and Leicester, would help fill the void left by the currently injured Luke Shaw. He’s 34 though. And I’m not saying that’s old. But is this the sort of short term thinking that’ll lift the funk at Old Trafford? I’m not so sure.
Pep’s surgery has been a success. The good news was delivered by Juanma Lillo who’ll be taking over from his mentor this weekend. Guardiola required surgery to his back and travelled to Spain to get it done. It’s all gone according to plan and he should be back in no time. Lillo fielded questions concerning the club’s new signing, Jeremy Doku. What can he bring to the serial winners? “Every time a new player arrives we think they are going to bring something and help the team globally,” Lillo said. “It’s not about him and placing responsibility on him. That is the good thing this team has, the idea is to bring players who are better not modify them. “The team will grow and he will improve us, the team is at a good level. “He’s a great player, you’ve seen him, he has specific qualities and he can help.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:42:01 GMT
(The Guardian) Brighton are top of the table and they intend to stay there. So says their manager Roberto de Zerbi who is at the helm of what is surely the most exciting project in English football. Here’s what the ’Gulls’ gaffer had to say ahead of their clash with West Ham tomorrow: I usually feel good if we work well during the week. Saturday is always the result of our work. Tomorrow, we want to win to stay top of the table and take another three points - but then we will focus on Newcastle.” And other bits from the boss on Julio Enciso’s injury, new signings and potential international call-ups for his troops: “We will be without Julio for a long period. Unfortunately this can happen in football. I am sorry for him because he was playing really well, it is a shame. In football sometimes, it’s normal.
“I would like to build a stronger squad, we have another six, seven days and we will look at an attacker and midfielder. Without Julio, I think we need another attacker, and a midfielder because we lost Caicedo. It’s not fair to speak about other players [at other clubs]. We have many options. We have a lot of players ready to play for their international teams, but not just England players. For example, Pascal Gross is at the right level to be on the list for Germany.” David Moyes has promised to bring in more new faces before the window shuts.
“We will look and see what we can get, the club have been really supportive to what we have already got,” the veteran manager told the gathered press. “I said last week by the end of the window we will have added a couple of players.”
He touched on other pressing topics, including the soon to expire contract of Ben Johnson. Moyes wants to keep him and revealed that the club had offered the player a new deal a year ago. Keep an eye on that one.
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:46:27 GMT
(The Guardian) James Maddison is available for Spurs this weekend. His manager, Ange Postecoglou, said as much in his presser: “He trained today unrestricted. We’ll see how he holds up but at the moment he will be available. I think it was the incident when [Cristian] Romero got brought down, he had a shot and it was a block tackle. His ankle was a bit sore after that but medical team looked after him. There was no real push to have him available. It was down to him. People would have seen him in a moon boot but it was more precautionary. He has felt good and probably could have trained yesterday.” Maddison was seen hobbling in a moon boot after his team’s dismantling of Manchester United last week. He’s been a key figure in the revival in North London. So good news for Spurs fans.
Not that you asked, but the game I’m most looking forward to this weekend is Brentford v Crystal Palace. There’s just something about the Bees and the way they cut Fulham to ribbons last week suggests they’ve got higher gears to climb. The Eagles’ manager, Roy Hodgson, was full of praise for his opposite number, Thomas Frank: To be able to shrug off the loss of a player so important as Ivan Toney is in itself an enormous strength, and something I’m sure Thomas Frank is proud of doing. “As far as their [Brentford’s owners’] trump card was to find Thomas Frank and to get behind him, and show their faith in him and believe in what he does, and to give him the chance to put this team together, and give him the type of players he’s asked for, to be able to play the type of football they want to play. “They’ve reaped a very big reward for it, because not only did they get back into the Premier League, they’ve got into the top ten of the Premier League already. “They’re selling lots and lots of tickets to their stadium, and they’ve built a new stadium. “For Brentford at the moment it’s a very good period of time in their history, and Thomas Frank has played a massive part in that period of their history, as has the owner.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 25, 2023 16:48:59 GMT
(The Guardian) “He is messing up a lot of manager’s heads,” says West Ham boss David Moyes of Brighton manager Robert De Zerbi. That’s a pretty good take but not sure you’d want your manager saying it as he prepares to do battle with his opposite number. What’s more, Moyes is aware of Brighton’s excellent record against West Ham which shows six wins and six draws for the Seagulls in the last 12 league meetings. Here’s Moyes sounding on the back foot already. “We are playing a team that we have found it really hard to beat over the last few seasons. It has been a bit of a bugbear that we have not been able to beat them. We go there in good spirits but they have won their first two matches by three goals or four goals in each game – just about – so they are in really good form. “They’re difficult opponents and they are arguably as difficult as they have ever been. They are showing that by their league position. We have to play extremely well to get a result. There is a first for everything so let’s hope this is the one. He is messing up a lot of manager’s heads but this is the world at the moment, with so many different varies of football.”
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Post by Webster on Aug 27, 2023 18:00:43 GMT
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