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Team Focus: Blackpool's Worrying Slide Towards League One

by Alan Smith at Tuesday, Apr 15 2014 17:46
Team Focus: Blackpool's Worrying Slide Towards League One On 14 September, they were perched on top of the pile. With five wins and a draw from their first six games, there were already murmurs of a potential return to the Premier League.Now, with four matches to go, Blackpool are staring down the barrel of a gun with League One inscribed on it. Two points...
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Team Focus: Rösler Leading Wigan to Late Promotion Charge

by Alan Smith at Tuesday, Apr 1 2014 17:15
Team Focus: Rösler Leading Wigan to Late Promotion Charge It happens more often than you think. A team starts the season slowly, picks up the pace after Christmas and creeps into the play-off places almost unnoticed before then emerging from Wembley victorious in May.Blackpool did it in 2010, finishing in sixth with a point to spare before beating Nottingh...
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Player Focus: Player of the Season Ings Coming of Age

by Alan Smith at Wednesday, Mar 19 2014 12:02
Player Focus: Player of the Season Ings Coming of Age Handing out awards in mid-March with 10 games still to play is a peculiar act, but few could argue that the Championship player of the year, Burnley’s Danny Ings, has had a stunning season. Even if Sean Dyche’s team toss away their 10-point cushion in second place, this will have been In...
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League Focus: The Battle to Beat the Drop in the Championship

by Alan Smith at Tuesday, Mar 4 2014 17:10
League Focus: The Battle to Beat the Drop in the Championship The picture is about to become a lot clearer. Two points separate the bottom four teams in the Championship, four points the bottom five and nine points the bottom six, but with eight games to play in March this is moving month.Being the Championship, there is always bound to be a major twist betwee...
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Team Focus: Morrison Deal Delay Highlights Harry's Concerns

by Alan Smith at Tuesday, Feb 18 2014 16:16
Team Focus: Morrison Deal Delay Highlights Harry's Concerns QPR’s eagerness to delay the loan signing of Ravel Morrison, so he would be available if Harry Redknapp’s team reach the play-off final on May 24, gives you an idea of the present mindset at Loftus Road. The 93-day limit on emergency loans means the midfielder’s move from West Ham ...
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Team Focus: Leicester Pulling Clear at the top of the Championship

by Alan Smith at Wednesday, Feb 5 2014 12:12
Team Focus: Leicester Pulling Clear at the top of the Championship “The Championship is the most unpredictable league in Europe.”It is a line often spun out to promote the league, with plenty of merit, but Leicester City’s charge to the top has led to the usual script, in the race for first place at least, being torn apart. The Foxes possess an un...
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Team Focus: Leeds' Over-Reliance on Ross McCormack

by Alan Smith at Thursday, Jan 23 2014 17:34
Team Focus: Leeds' Over-Reliance on Ross McCormack This has been a ‘problem month’ for Leeds United according to their midfielder Michael Brown. They have just two points from the last six games, with one win in nine including an FA Cup defeat to League 2 Rochdale and, once again, off-field issues are dominating the landscape. It seems m...
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