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Post by Webster on Oct 6, 2019 3:08:15 GMT
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Post by Webster on Oct 7, 2019 2:27:49 GMT
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Post by Webster on Oct 14, 2019 18:30:25 GMT
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Post by Webster on Oct 18, 2019 14:50:58 GMT
(The Guardian) Aston Villa and Brighton meet on Saturday having both enjoyed morale-boosting wins before the international break. Villa thrashed Norwich 5-1 at Carrow Road, while Brighton put a discombobulated Spurs to the sword with a 3-0 home win. Villa will be missing midfielder Jota, who has had surgery to repair a hernia, while Brighton have a healthy squad to choose from after Leandro Trossard and Shane Duffy stepped up their recoveries and are now available after injury. Villa manager Dean Smith says he is wary of the threat posed by Seagulls teenager Aaron Connolly, who scored twice against Spurs: We’ll have to watch out for him. He’s a player with huge potential, he’s certainly hit the ground running with his first start and two goals against the Champions League finalists. Our defenders will know enough about him certainly for the game on Saturday. This league can punish you in the flash of an eye. It would have been very easy for me to walk into the dressing room after the (Norwich win) and say, ‘right, I’ll see you on Friday’. No, it was, ‘keep to the plan. Sunday, Monday off, work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday’.
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Post by Webster on Oct 18, 2019 14:51:49 GMT
(The Guardian) Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has had his say on the racist abuse suffered by England’s players in Bulgaria. Cherries striker Callum Wilson was the subject of abuse in Sofia but Howe believes Wilson has not been affected by it: It was incredibly disappointing to see. I watched it live, It was a tough watch. You could sense what was happening. Callum and the rest off the England players handled it with real class. Callum’s fine. He’s a strong character. Unfortunately it’s nothing new for him to have to deal with. Mentally, he’s fine.
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Post by Webster on Oct 18, 2019 14:57:02 GMT
(The Guardian) Of course, it was Newcastle United’s Matty Longstaff who inflicted the 1-0 defeat on Manchester United before the international break. Steve Bruce says he’s minded to start Matty Longstaff again when Newcastle travel to Chelsea: I don’t think I’ve witnessed as good a debut, not just because he scored the goal that caps it off but it was the whole way he played in the whole game. It was terrific. Well, you can imagine what the kid’s been like - it’s like a kid in a sweet shop. It’s been quite refreshing for all of us to witness the interview. That’s why I picked him. His interview beamed out of the television, what he’s all about. It brought a refreshing humility to us all again and it was a wonderful debut from the kid.
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Post by Webster on Oct 18, 2019 15:30:54 GMT
(The Guardian) Leicester take on Burnley on Saturday and much of the talk before the game has been about James Maddison’s visit to a casino after being released by England because he was ill. Criticism of Maddison is ridiculous but that’s what happens when modern football meets Twitter. Brendan Rodgers has been defending the player: The kid went away with the international team and took ill while he was away. He wanted to stay and hopefully be ready for the second game. But the England medical staff – which I can understand, as he had flu and they didn’t want that to spread to his teammates – decided it’s best for him to leave the camp. So he leaves, gets some tablets with our guys at the club, then he feels better. He watched the game at home on his own on the Friday and then goes out at half-time – probably he’ll make better decisions in his life but he went to a casino on his own to sit and watch the second half by a poker table. The suggestions are he left England purposelessly and then goes to a casino but that’s totally not the case at all. But his eyes have been opened now to the wider world in terms of what he did. He knows in hindsight he’s made a mistake.
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Post by Webster on Oct 18, 2019 15:33:35 GMT
(The Guardian) Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores claims there is no panic over the club’s poor start to the season. Sanchez Flores was brought back to Vicarage Road last month after the team, then under the stewardship of Javi Gracia, claimed just one point in their opening four Premier League games. Yet the Spaniard claims it is far too early to be writing off his rock-bottom side after they have taken only two points in four league games since. “I don’t like to talk about that. This really is a big problem in football sometimes – [people] regard seasons finish in September-November,” he said. “But to finish the season is in May. It’s 30 games ahead. So it’s impossible to think about what would happen. The only thing we can do is to work on the opposite side - not thinking that it was finished.” And with Watford taking on Tottenham on Saturday, he also had some nice things to say about Mauricio Pochettino, who has been feeling the pressure himself after the 3-0 defeat at Brighton: Of course now is this is a difficult moment for him and for the team but for me he is best coach in the last four years. Everyone knows how tough Tottenham are. Just remember three months ago they were playing in the final of the Champions League.
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Post by Webster on Oct 18, 2019 15:36:28 GMT
(The Guardian) Daniel Farke will want to see a reaction from his Norwich players after the 5-1 humbling at home by Aston Villa. He has Tim Krul available again and confirmed he will play at the Vitality Stadium. “The injury situation is much better. Tim Krul will play tomorrow. Kenny McLean and Todd Cantwell are available. Max Aarons returned without any problems. Sam Byram’s ankle problems are sorted so he’s available. Alex Tettey is back and available, so is Tom Trybull. Also available is Onel Hernandez,” he confirmed. On his team’s horror show against Villa and how they will respond, he said: We will be much more competitive than we were two weeks ago. If you lose a game you always want to get back on the pitch, but the break helped us because we had so many problems. Onel Hernández was our best winger in terms of goals and assists last season, so he’s been a big miss for us. The break helped us to settle and recover, so it came at the right moment. We know there are tough days when you have so many problems at this level. We’re probably favourites for position 20 in the league, but we won’t accept that. I agree we have conceded too many goals, I’m not naive. You have to be solid in defending, whether you play football 20 years ago or now. It’s not easy for the players who have to defend who aren’t used to playing those roles, or playing through pain.
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Post by Webster on Oct 18, 2019 15:37:27 GMT
(The Guardian) Pep Guardiola was in enigmatic form in his press conference. He seemed non-plussed by many of the footballing questions he was asked but did confirm that Kevin De Bruyne is fit again and Benjamin Mendy is training but won’t return against Crystal Palace. Sergio Agüero is fine but “the car is not” he also says. He was most animated when asked about the protests in Barcelona: Millions of people would not work to give support to the people. The international community must help us to solve the situation in Spain. Personal friends [of mine] are in jail for nine years for asking to vote. Hopefully, Europe can make a step forward and help us.
The other subject that made Guardiola animated was the release of the Christmas fixture schedule, which has given City three games, against Wolves, Sheffield United and Everton, in six days. Liverpool, meanwhile, have Leicester, Wolves and Sheffield United over eight days: It is what it is. Since I came here it happened the same. The concept is not about in this period. I love to play on Boxing Day and at winter when families and kids can go to the stadium and enjoy it. The problem is the system doesn’t protect the players. Another day we will have more recovery than the other ones. It is what it is. Maybe the broadcasters are fans of other clubs. If we have to play tomorrow, we have to play tomorrow. We have to play, we’re going to play.
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