Performance of the week

This is a new weekly article to try and shine a light on the performance of the week by any player in the major European leagues.

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Where are they now…

Legendary computer games Championship Manager and Football Manager have allowed us to unleash the soccer coach within us. Sadly, some of the heroes of these timeless managerial masterpieces will wish that their careers reflected those that they experienced in the virtual world.

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What if..?

Andy Gray, the voice of the Premier League, is a typically eccentric Scotsman.

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England's Future Talent: Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain

This is the first of a weekly article series which will be focusing on some of the brightest English prospects in football.

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Player Power

When your star player signs a new contract nowadays, do you really care? Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo signed one at the back end of the 2006/07 season, swearing his allegiance to Old Trafford for another five years on mega-bucks that we mere mortals can only dream of.

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Darren Bent's Pricetag in Perspective

I never once denied how overpriced this transfer fee for Darren Bent was. At the time, I used Man City’s valuation of £28m for James Milner as justification for my team's extravagant spending.

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Soapbox: when a goalscoring Chelsea groin made us groan

When did we last sign a player from Inter Milan? That’s an easy one – never. We have now, with the arrival of Sulley Muntari from the San Siro. 

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Hero/Villain of the Week

This piece will present who has done enough to be presented with the title of TFR's Hero or Villain of the week

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An alternative betting tip to deluded faith!

England are about to kick off their World Cup campaign against the Yanks,

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FA Cup 4th Round

There are 32 teams left in the competition, five all-Premiership ties mean there will be a host of lower league clubs looking for a financially rewarding cup run. 

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When football meets Facebook

If there’s one thing that could be said for the good old days, it’s that a footballer would never be able to share his true feelings with thousands of people. Or stupid enough.

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Football’s unluckiest

 

When it comes to football, the old adage ‘you make your own luck’ is fairly redundant.

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Robinho - User or Used?

Robinho, the 26 year-old Brazilian misfit, finally ended his nightmare spell at Eastlands on transfer deadline day as he left for Milan for an undisclosed fee thought to be in the region of £22m.

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Ebbsfleet United

Back in the summer of 2008, things were looking good for Conference National side Ebbsfleet United. February saw a revolutionary takeover by the internet group MyFootballClub.co.uk (MyFC) – a move that staved off the potential of administration.

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Soapbox: Blackpool rocks, Bent saga rolls on

With a long wait before our next game, we must now endure a week of speculation about comings and goings (surely Ricardo Fuller, a sub more often than he starts at Stoke, is not really demanding £60,000 a week as reported today; what will Mr Bent make of that?).

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