This Weekend's Stand Out Players In the Premier League

Santi Cazorla

Having only made the substitute bench last time out, the influential Spaniard was restored to the starting XI by Arsene Wenger on Saturday, an opportunity he took with open arms as an excellent all-round display helped the Gunners recover from that opening day defeat to Aston Villa.

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A Look At Southampton's New Big-Money Signing

Southampton splashed out over £12 million on Pablo Osvaldo (who somewhat bizarrely claimed in his first press conference at the club that he wished to be known by his middle name ‘Daniel’), but just what can Saints expect the Argentine-Italian striker to bring to their ever-improving squad?

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Statistical Preview: Di Canio Looks To Ignite Sunderland Season At Southampton

Southampton have started the new Premier League season on a high, with Rickie Lambert scoring the winner for both club and country in the last week. Lambert’s late penalty was just his second attempt at goal in the game, and his first on target. Lambert contributed to 24 goals last season (15 goals, 9 assists), second only to Theo Walcott among the Premier League’s English players. He’s 6/5 to score any time and 7/2 to score first with 888sport.com.

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The New Premier League Season - A Return To Form

Premier League football has returned, and we are all better for it. The opening weekend provided plenty of drama and intrigue as we saw Arsenal on the brink of crisis, normal business resumed with Manchester United, the return of Jose Mourinho and exactly why Manchester City are favourites to win the league this season.

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Leighton Baines or Luke Shaw? The Statistics

Manchester United are apparently in the hunt for a new left-back depite having Patrice Evra and Alex Buttner on their books. The two candidates seem to be Everton's Leighton Baines and Southampton's Luke Shaw, but which would offer more to United? We take a look at the statistics from last season.

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Will Southampton's Record Signing Cut It In The Premier League?

Another interesting saga in the transfer window now - Italian international Pablo Osvaldo transferring to Premier League side Southampton. But will the club's record signing cut it in England?

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5 Stand-out Players From The Premier League This Weekend

With the Premier League returning this weekend, I have taken a look at my five stand out players from the curtain raisers in the English topflight.

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Premier League Preview - Can Lovren solidify Southampton's season?

At the time, Nigel Adkins’ sacking didn’t go down well with the Southampton fans, and while it is still a sore topic for some, the club’s decision looks to have come good in the end. Wins against Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City converted supporters to Mauricio Pochettino’s style and the collapse that some were predicting after he arrived never happened.

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The Battle For The Best Of The Rest In The Premier League– As Competitive As Ever?

In the upper reaches of the Premier League we have heard constant bemoaning of a lack of talent being available during this window – whilst the quality players who have been on the market have joined the mega bucks elsewhere.

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Who Will Be The Premier League Surprise Package This Season?

A new season approaches fellow football fans, and whilst debate rages on who might win the title this season, let us take a look at what team could upset some odds.

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Does Rickie Lambert Deserve His England Call Up? The Statistics

Usually, the top scoring player from a nation is naturally drafted into their national squad for international games, but for some reason the English see things differently. We have seen it in the past with the likes of Darren Bent, before he was an Aston Villa player, and Grant Holt last season when he was effortlessly banging them in for Norwich. And the same people calling for those to be in the squad, using the 'highest scoring Englishman' line have been adamant that Southampton goal-getter Rickie Lambert deserves a shot.

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The Transfer Window so Far – Southampton

What they needed?

In football, months can seem like eternities – such as is the case with the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino at Southampton. When the Argentine was appointed following the undoubtedly harsh sacking of Nigel Adkins there was uproar in the English game, yet several months later those disgruntled feelings are a very distant memory.

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League 2 season preview 2013/14 - Too tight to predict?

Accrington Stanley are the bookmakers favourite to face a drop into non-league this season, but at 9/2 with Ladbrokes and 4/1 among many others in the market, does this show the old Division 3 to be unpredictable – possibly even something worth keeping an eye on over the next nine months?

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Eagles aim to keep flying high - Can Palace avoid the drop?

It could be argued that Crystal Palace face the toughest challenge of any newly-promoted team in recent memory of immediately avoiding the drop.

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When expectations in football cannot be met

It seems that every season, the general expectation of sides in the Premier League slowly increases. Roberto Martinez has supposedly vowed to bring Champions League football to Goodison Park, while West Ham’s owners are building towards the club becoming a top 6 outfit.

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