Football League Talking Points From This Weekend

Trotters finally out of the tracks

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This Weekend's Football League Talking Points

We take a look back at the standout moments of the Football League this weekend.

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Can Nottingham Forest Achieve Promotion?

Billy Davies is back at the City Ground to conclude unfinished business from his previous stint in charge of Nottingham Forest.

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Goal of the week: from the archive (Video)

This is a goal that is forever included on those 'Greates goals ever' compilations that you can't help watching when you are supposed to be spending your time doing something else.

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Jussi Jaaskelainen – A Premier League Legend

It is a well known fact that Football is a team sport and every team member is as valuable as the other. But naturally, the recognition received by all the players of the team, is not the same. As an audience we rather watch strikers score goals than defenders preventing them. A spectacular last ditch tackle is not met with the same reaction as a spectacular goal.

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The best of Hatem Ben Arfa (video)

Hatem Ben Arfa is one of many Newcastle United players who endured a season wrecked by issues with fitness and form. The mercurial Frenchman wowed Toon fans after an injury-affected start, but was unable to keep his momentum going into the 2012/13 season. As Newcastle try to redeem themselves from a shocker of a season, they will look to Ben Arfa for much of their creative spark – assuming of course they can hold on to him. Let’s have a look at why he is held in such high regard.

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Can number twos become successful number ones?

As we prepare to enter the whirlwind of speculation that is a tournament-less odd-number summer, the rumour mill is turning fast. No area is more saturated at present than the subject of managerial changes. One move that is often the subject of debate is promotion from within. Nigel Adkins’ journey from physio to boss at Scunthorpe is the most referred to example of recent times, but are there any other success stories, or is Terry Connor’s nightmare stint at Wolves the norm?

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Who writes the Championship script?

You can knock it for its lack of quality and this season that argument might be as true as it has ever been, however there is no denying that few leagues can match the Championship for its remarkable levels of unpredictability, drama and entertainment.

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The most successful loan signings

Loan signings are one of football’s great dividers. Used correctly and sparingly, they can be the difference between success and failure, like any addition to any squad. Used too liberally, like in Watford’s case this season with eleven signings, and criticism can be expected. Here are some of the most successful loan signings in English football.

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Where are they now? A look back at the original Football League

Back in 1888-89, the Football League was born, and so was the obsession that has fills many of our lives up to the present day. So in 2013, how are the 12 original member clubs doing?

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Pulis and Stoke on autopilot?

Stoke manager Tony Pulis has this season been faced with a problem that has befallen such previously secure Premier League clubs as Birmingham, Charlton and Bolton – stagnation. Will next season bring fresh progress, or a further slide into trouble?

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Jay Jay Okocha: purveyor of fine tekkers (Video)

You remember those tricks that you only used to do on the playground? The ones you'd never ever think about doing in a 'real' game?

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The Championship play-off race: Who will clinch their place?

On the eve of March, it’s now time to hear that clichéd phrase ‘Squeaky Bum Time’. The Football League tables are starting to take shape and gaps between promotion places and relegation slots are substantially forming.

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Transparency in Football

On Saturday I met one of Crystal Palace’s chairmen, in a pub in Leicester.

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Is this the end for Swindon's Golden spell?

This could be a dark time to be a Swindon fan as there appears to be more trouble on the horizon.

Jeremy Wray has been replaced as the clubs Chairman with immediate effect following a specific request from the clubs majority shareholder Andrew Black. 

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