Here's How England Should Line-Up For Euro 2012

It’s time to start picking an England XI for the Euro's as the season is in full swing and only a few games remain for Fabio Capello to try out players in friendlies before Euro 2012 starts in Poland and Ukraine.

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Why Tom Cleverley's Now United's Most Important Central Midfielder

Anderson. Darren Fletcher. Michael Carrick. Ryan Giggs. Tom Cleverley. That is the central midfield that sends fear into the heart of fans. Sadly it’s the Manchester United fans who are fearful as unquestionably it is the frailest the midfield has been in Sir Alex Ferguson’s tenure at the club.

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Could 2011/12 Turn Out To Be A Transitional Year For United?

As Ashley Young and Chris Smalling are injured, and Wayne Rooney has a continued loss of form (I know there are some of you who think one decent pass a game shows he is class but frankly its not enough), the team had attacking potential but a defensive formation for the trip to Everton.

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United Need A Ball-Winning Midfield And They Need One Pronto

One of the most telling signs of Manchester United's season so far, is that we need a defensive ball-winning midfielder. That was first evident for me to see in the game against Arsenal strangely enough.

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Saluting The Vastly Underrated John O'Shea

Over the past 20 years of watching a very successful Manchester United team dominate the English game, there have been a number of key factors in winning the amount of trophies that Sir Alex Ferguson has.

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Is Ferdinand finished?

Rio Ferdinand, the man who was fully fit and left out of the England squad for the draw against Montenegro.

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Diary of a Sky Soccer Saturday Reporter

There's usually a point in the season when short sleeves and a pair of trousers are inappropriate for wearing at a football match, it's too cold for that attire!

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Sunday Morning Round Up @ Fergie on 25 years at OT, Chelsea linked with £35m striker, Cole to return for Hammers

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is "looking for a good offer" for striker Roman Pavlyuchenko with a number of players.

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Friday evening round up @ Chelsea & Madrid in for starlet, United line up £40m midfielder, Brighton line up Newcastle ace

Manchester United have made Benfica midfielder Nicolas Gaitan a target for the January transfer window but will have to meet a £40m release clause to capture the Argentine international.

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Racism Row

In the last few weeks there have been two very high profile incidents involving premier league players: Luis Suarez & Patrice Evra and John Terry & Anton Ferdinand. The latter incident occurred last Sunday during the West London derby

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The players being shown the exit door in the new year

Having looked at two potential incomings already, To the Lane and Back will now take the opportunity to focus on the players that face a potential January exit as part of the Tottenham shake-up.

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3 Players United Will Have To Be Wary Of - Everton

Manchester United of course travel to Merseyside to face  Everton on Saturday, so with that in mind it’s worth taking a look at these three players who we should be wary of going into the game:

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Can Chelsea recover to make it a three-horse race

A crazy Sunday of football has meant the bookmakers have changed their odds of who will win the Premier League.

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Club Connections - Everton

Of course on Saturday, Manchester United face a tricky away game at Everton, looking to bonce back after the dissapointment that was last weekend's Manchester Derby. With that in mind it’s worth looking at 8 individuals who have both spent time at United and Everton in their careers in the game.

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Blue Moon rising over Manchester

Obliteration, annihilation, capitulation; just a number of the adjectives best used to describe Sunday’s Manchester derby as City tore United apart at Old Trafford. It was the first real dominant display over the Red Devils since Barcelona’s 3-1 win over the Premier League champions in the Champions League final back in May.

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