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2022-23 Season Preview: Brighton
Charlie Benny – Brighton fans will be fully braced for a slightly more testing season this time out following a very productive 2021-22 campaign – last season was the Albion’s best ever in the Premier League by almost every metric. Points (51), wins (12), fewest losses (11), goals scored (42), fewest goals conceded (44), goal…
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2022-23 Season Preview: Southampton
Fraser Spinney – Southampton fans endured a real rollercoaster ride last season. The club managed to go from having a realistic chance of finishing in the top half of the Premier League to flirting with relegation. Perhaps what best defines their season, as well as their inconsistency under Ralph Hasenhüttl’s tenure, is the fact that…
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2022-23 Season Preview: West Ham United
Callum Goodall – West Ham enjoyed yet another impressive season under David Moyes in 2021-22, the highlight of which was surely reaching the semifinal of the Europa League, before falling to the eventual champions, Frankfurt. Beyond that, the London Stadium played host to some truly memorable moments, including Yarmolenko’s borderline tear-jerking extra time winner against…
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2022-23 Season Preview: Newcastle United
James MacGregor Palmer – Over the course of last season, no team better exemplified the adage that “football is a game of two halves” than Newcastle United. Eddie Howe’s energised, pressing, and disciplined side roared up the table to an 11th place finish by playing what may as well have been a different sport to…
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Armando Broja: A Case Study
Assessing fees and finding value in the transfer market
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2022-23 Season Preview: Fulham
James MacGregor Palmer – Last season Craven Cottage was home to one of the best Championship sides in recent memory as Fulham topped the table playing stylish football, attacking with a devastating combination of pace and precision that yielded 106 league goals. 43 of those goals were scored by the talismanic Aleksandar Mitrović – a…
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Who Is Nayef Aguerd?
Taking a close look at West Ham’s new centre-back