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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips If only Manchester United were able to live up to expectations, then this weekend would have seen two sets of title contenders come to blows as the Red Devils face Chelsea the day after the Clasico. It's the game at the Bernabeu on Saturday afternoon that will rightly get the most attention. There s...

Team Focus: Palace Can't Afford to Lose Defensive Grit Despite Solid Start

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Team Focus: Palace Can't Afford to Lose Defensive Grit Despite Solid Start For a team that suffered such a shock on the eve of the season, Crystal Palace haven’t shown too many signs of trauma.The stunning departure of Tony Pulis didn’t lead to the total collapse it might have. Neil Warnock’s side have stayed admirably solid. That can be seen in their per...

Match Report: Oscar Inspires Stronger Chelsea to Victory at Selhurst Park

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Match Report: Oscar Inspires Stronger Chelsea to Victory at Selhurst Park Towards the end of last season, Chelsea had become accustomed to dropping points in matches that they were expected to win. After the defeat at Selhurst Park in March, Jose Mourinho noted on a journalist's pad what Chelsea were missing most were balls. Seven months on and they headed into Saturday's...

Player Focus: Palace Profit as Bolasie Battles to Keep Zaha at Bay

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Player Focus: Palace Profit as Bolasie Battles to Keep Zaha at Bay It's fair to say that Neil Warnock's return to Selhurst Park was met with some disappointment from the Palace fans, with the outspoken manager having never really proven himself at Premier League level.Four games since his appointment the Eagles remain unbeaten in the league in Warnock's second spel...

Player Focus: Wilfried Zaha Can Fire Palace to Further Success

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Player Focus: Wilfried Zaha Can Fire Palace to Further Success A hiatus in Manchester and then the Welsh capital did not stop Wilfried Zaha from continuing where he had left off with Crystal Palace. Drama, drama and more drama surrounds everything that he does in the Eagles' colours, and there was plenty of it on Saturday afternoon when he made his first appear...

Team Focus: Is Malky Mackay the Right Man for Crystal Palace?

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Team Focus: Is Malky Mackay the Right Man for Crystal Palace? That Tony Pulis' odds to be the first Premier League managerial casualty of the season were as great as 40/1 shows just how much of a shock his departure would have come as. Nonetheless, he has indeed gone, and the task of replacing him looks like it will be a tough one, both for chairman Steve Pari...

Match Focus: Rodgers Faces Another Tough Test Against Pulis

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Match Focus: Rodgers Faces Another Tough Test Against Pulis Brendan Rodgers is well aware of the stakes at Selhurst Park next Monday. He’s also, at least, well aware of what to expect. “This game will prepare us for Crystal Palace,” the Liverpool manager said after his side’s 2-0 loss to Chelsea. “We will have to deal with long ...

League Focus: The Battle to Avoid Relegation in the Premier League

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League Focus: The Battle to Avoid Relegation in the Premier League The Premier League title race took another twist at the weekend, but a win for table footers Fulham closed the gap between themselves and 14th placed Swansea. Just 5 points separate 7 teams at the bottom of England’s top tier, with the battle to stave off relegation expected to go down to the ...

Team Focus: Crystal Palace - A Team on the Rise Under Pulis

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Team Focus: Crystal Palace - A Team on the Rise Under Pulis When Tony Pulis took over at Crystal Palace in November, they lay bottom of the Premier League with just four points from 11 games. They seemed doomed, but Pulis nonetheless gathered the players at their Beckenham training ground and told them that he had never been relegated and had no intention of...

Player Focus: Joel Ward's Seamless Transition to the Premier League

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Player Focus: Joel Ward's Seamless Transition to the Premier League When Crystal Palace won promotion to the Premier League last summer, most neutrals predicted that the Eagles would drop back into the Championship at the first time of asking. Initially, under the stewardship of Ian Holloway, those critics weren't being answered.Palace lost 7 of their 8 league games...