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There was an interesting article about youth development in ‘Sky Sports Magazine’ (included in yesterday’s Times). Some snippets: Huw Jennings, head of Fulham’s Academy and former Head of Development at the Premier League, has pointed out that young players in Europe tend to make their first team debuts aged between 21 and 22, when they […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 25th July 2010 at 11:46
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Pre-season is well underway, and the fixtures began last Saturday at Bournemouth, where two separate Spurs teams (one in each half) combined to win 4-0 at Dean Court. The squad (minus World Cup participants) has now headed to the United States for a series of friendlies, beginning tonight at San Jose Earthquakes (9pm on ESPN). […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 17th July 2010 at 06:48
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Where to start. It was four, it could have been eight. From the first few minutes, Germany found acres of space between our defence and midfield, and began to exploit it – we didn’t react to it. Upson and Terry in particular were dragged all over the pitch, and Barry offered no protection whatsoever. As […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 27th June 2010 at 15:53
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England have a very tough task ahead of them this afternoon, with Germany (6th in the FIFA rankings) to get past if they want to make it to the quarter finals. How do we beat the Germans? “Score more goals than them” is the obvious answer, and I’d like to think that today is the […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 27th June 2010 at 12:11
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Rumours suggest that Capello will be abandoning his 4-4-2 in order to give Gerrard a free(r) role in a 4-3-2-1. The suggested personnel changes are Defoe, Upson and Milner for Heskey, Carragher and Lennon. Slovenia play an old fashioned 4-4-2, with two banks of four and two full-backs that don’t add much to the attack. […]
- WindyCOYS
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- 23rd June 2010 at 09:14
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