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Saints suffer Schneiderlin injury blow ahead of Gunners fixture December 1, 2014 SOUTHAMPTON boss Ronald Koeman admits his side will be seriously debilitated by the loss of influential midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin when they clash with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium tomorrow evening. The 25-year-old limped out of the Saints’ 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday as the reigning champions leapfrogged their rivals into second place in the [...]
Cargiant’s Old Oak Common plans threaten QPR stadium expansion November 30, 2014 Cargiant, the west London-based vehicle warehouse, is teaming up with the Livingstone brothers’ London & Regional Properties group on one of London’s largest redevelopment projects. The plan to regenerate the west London Old Oak Common site with 20,000 new homes is set to clash with rival plans from Queens Park Rangers (QPR) football club chairman [...]
Premier League: Soldado locates scoring touch as Spurs rediscover home comforts November 30, 2014 AT WHITE HART LANE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 EVERTON 1 TOTTENHAM boss Mauricio Pochettino admitted his side’s defeat of Everton contained hidden value after goal-shy Spanish striker Roberto Soldado proved the match-winner at White Hart Lane yesterday. Soldado reacquainted himself with the Premier League scoresheet to end a nine-month barren spell in first-half stoppage time after [...]
Premier League: Lampard hauls City in sight of familiar foes November 30, 2014 SOUTHAMPTON 0 MANCHESTER CITY 3 MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini has hailed Frank Lampard as an inspired signing but again poured cold water on talk of extending the veteran midfielder’s loan spell. Lampard came off the bench to score either side of Yaya Toure and Gael Clichy as 10-man City inflicted Southampton’s first home defeat [...]
Football Comment: Kane sets tone as penny drops for Tottenham November 30, 2014 IT HAS taken a few difficult months but yesterday we witnessed signs that Mauricio Pochettino has finally got Tottenham’s players buying into his vision of a high-energy, high-work rate team. You always need individuals to set examples in that respect and nobody is leading the way in getting stuck in like Harry Kane. The home-grown [...]
Europa League: Spurs progress but could face disciplinary fine November 27, 2014 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 1 PARTIZAN BELGRADE 0 TOTTENHAM could face disciplinary action after victory over Partizan Belgrade and progress to the Europa League knockout stage was marred by three separate pitch invasions inside the first 45 minutes. Players were taken off and the match halted for 10 minutes when a third man evaded stewards just before [...]
Wilshere lay-off could force Wenger’s hand November 27, 2014 ARSENAL could be forced to dip into their estimated £40m transfer reserves during the January transfer window after England midfielder Jack Wilshere was ruled out for three months. Wilshere underwent surgery yesterday following an assessment from a specialist after damaging ankle ligaments during Saturday’s Premier League defeat to Manchester United. His absence is compounded by [...]
FA rap Whelan over race row November 27, 2014 WIGAN chairman Dave Whelan’s future was thrown into doubt last night after he was charged by the Football Association over comments he made about Jewish and Chinese people. Whelan, 77, was accused of anti-semitism and condoning racism after saying Jews “loved money” and that it was acceptable to refer to the Chinese as “chinks”. The [...]
Bolasie stays, says Warnock November 27, 2014 CRYSTAL Palace manager Neil Warnock has warned top-flight rivals off trying to poach Yannick Bolasie in January after the winger helped to end the club’s five-match winless sequence. Bolasie’s electrifying display on Sunday helped the Eagles come from behind to beat Liverpool 3-1 at Selhurst Park and climb out of the Premier League relegation zone. [...]
Lack of home comforts a worry for ragged Spurs November 27, 2014 HAVING taken 17 points from their opening 10 Premier League games this season, Mauricio Pochettino is under pressure at White Hart Lane. His Tottenham side have been beaten in four of their six home games and Sunday’s visitors Everton have lost just once on the road. Everton are still below the form that saw them [...]