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Roy Hodgson on the training ground at Crystal Palace. ‘He’s very good at getting players to understand their role within the team,’ says his former assistant Terry Burton. Photograph: CPFC
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Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin lies on the ground after a coming together with Manchester City’s Kyle Walker, who was shown a second yellow card for the incident. (Reuters)
Player Simulation Continues to Fool Football Association
London – What a disappointment. Only three weeks into the Premier League season and already it looks as if the Football Association’s initiative on diving and simulation is struggling to keep pace. Towards the end of last season we were told, if you recall, that...Caption:
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored 38 goals and set up 13 for Paris Saint-Germain in the league last season. He has scored four and assisted none in the Premier League. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Embodies Manchester United’s Woes – is it Time to Drop Him?
In an age of single-striker systems Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Premier League goal drought may have already ended Manchester United’s title hopes. This is the stark truth of the one-up-top ploy adopted by those with championship pretensions: the centre-forward has to...Caption:
Manchester United’s manager Alex Ferguson walks before their Champions League soccer match aganist Besiktas at the Inonu Stadium in Istanbul in this September 15, 2009 (REUTERS/Osman Orsal/Files)