Team News for England, Premier League, Champions League

  For every cloud there’s a silver lining and in England’s case, injuries to a host of big names and key players has opened up the window of opportunity for those previously based on the periphery of the national team, have been sparingly used in the past or are quite simply unproven. Fabio Capello has a little bit of ev…
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With Scotland not involved in EURO 2012 qualifying action for another ten months, with their next Group I encounter not till September next year, manager Craig Levein will have to make do with International Friendlies as he goes in search of answers into why Scotland’s bid to qualify for the finals in Poland & Ukraine in 201…
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  Fourth in the Premier League table and having already earned the respect from their peers following a promising start to the season, Manchester City will have to do without their most influential forward asset for Saturday’s visit to the Midlands. Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has been confirmed as a definite absent…
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  Tottenham V Everton – Team News (LIVE on Sky Sports HD2 from 12:45 GMT on Saturday, 23rd October)   Maintaining winning ways is the objective for Tottenham this weekend, as Harry Redknapp welcomes David Moyes and his rejuvenated Everton side to White Hart Lane in an encounter they won 2-1 last season but one which ha…
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  The customary naming of the starting eleven hasn’t occurred on the eve of Chelsea’s third and arguably toughest Group F encounter of the lot, with manager Carlo Ancelotti airing on the side of caution before he officially names who’s in and who’s out. However, the Chelsea boss will have his hands for…
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  It hasn’t been easy so far for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, with injuries having plagued the team’s early inroads in the Premier League although the Gunners still find themselves in healthy league positions both domestically and in Europe. In the Premier League, Four wins, two draws and two defeats have helpe…
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  A mammoth clash between two teams near the foot of the table, with the word ‘significance’ likely to be associated with this game a lot over the course of the weekend, as Liverpool make the short trip across the Mersey to take on locals Everton at Goodison Park in the season’s first instalment of the Merseysid…
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  The Gerard Houllier regime at Aston Villa has gone rather smoothly so far, although the Frenchman’s first hiccup as Villa manager came immediately before the international break where his players succumbed to their third league defeat of the season, their very first under Houllier, away to Tottenham Hotspur and will…
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  It’s north versus south as Manchester City‘s lavished stars travel down to the Seaside aiming to burst Blackpool‘s Premiership bubble. Roberto Mancini’s charges are one victory away from their longest winning streak in the Premier League since the beginning of the new year, after victory over Ne…
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  ‘Strength in depth’ has often been a trait associated with the Spanish in recent years which was further demonstrated in successful European and World Cup campaigns – With Vicente Del Bosque guiding Spain to the 2008 European Championships in Germany before clinching the country’s first ever Wor…
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