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• DRFC Ferguson - It's A Disappointed Dressing Room

  04-12-2016 09:10
  
  DRFC Ferguson - It's A Disappointed Dressing Room
  Vitalfootball: Doncaster: 04/12/2016 08:10:00
  Doncaster Rovers manager Darren Ferguson admitted it was a really disappointed dressing room
  
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• Udogie’s absence could hurt Spurs in defence and attack against Arsenal | Ben McAleer

  25-04-2024 09:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Full-back has become a key component in Postecoglou’s system and Spurs could suffer without him in the derbyBy Ben McAleer for WhoScoredWhen it was confirmed over the weekend that Destiny Udogie would sit out the rest of the season, Tottenham supporters were understandably devastated. The Italian has enjoyed a whirlwind debut campaign at Spurs following his loan spell with Udinese last season, consolidating a first-team spot and becoming a key player for Ange Postecoglou’s side.Yes,
  
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• Yes, data helped Grimsby to stay up but love and connection kept us going | Jason Stockwood

  25-04-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Our season was defined by tragedies off the pitch and a remarkable resilience that guided the team through itDuring lockdown, many turned to baking exotic sourdough or participating in one-time Zoom quizzes. I, however, created an animation with my kids to explore how the mind works, emphasising emotion and intuition as life’s dominant forces. The philosopher Jonathan Haidt uses the elephant and rider metaphor to illustrate this: the elephant represents our emotional, instinctive self, ful
  
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• Football’s unlikeliest global brand: how Fleetwood made it big in the UAE

  25-04-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite relegation to England’s fourth tier, Cod Army have cast net to be like ‘City Football Group but on a much smaller scale’Fleetwood United’s celebrations on becoming second division champions in the United Arab Emirates could not be dampened even by a freak thunderstorm in Dubai. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” the captain Ben Pringle told the Guardian. “It was the most rain they have had for 75 years. Cars were underwater on the motorway
  
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• ‘Not good enough’: Klopp apologises for Liverpool’s derby defeat at Everton

  25-04-2024 00:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Manager admits only ‘crisis’ at rivals will keep team in title raceKlopp: ‘We never lost here before and that feels really different’Jürgen Klopp apologised for Liverpool’s first Merseyside derby defeat at Everton in 14 years and admitted his team need “a crisis” to unfold at Arsenal and Manchester City to remain in the title race.Liverpool deservedly lost at Goodison Park where Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored to give Sean Dyche&
  
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• ‘Be kind’: Ben White’s agent makes appeal to Arsenal defender’s critics

  25-04-2024 00:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Player asked not to be considered for England selection in MarchAgent refers to ‘adverse period off the pitch’ for 26-year-oldBen White’s agent has called on the Arsenal defender’s critics to “be kind” after he asked to be left out of England’s squad for March’s international friendlies with Brazil and Belgium.Gareth Southgate revealed last month that White does not want to be considered for international selection and said he had to go public with
  
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• Sean Dyche’s tracksuit energy shocks weary Liverpool into submission | Will Unwin

  25-04-2024 00:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Everton were set on closing down their rivals from the off and the tactics sapped the belief from the title challengersIt is little wonder Jürgen Klopp is running out of energy when he is having to come up with a new lineup every few days. For the Merseyside derby defeat to Everton there were six changes to follow on from the half-dozen made for Sunday’s win over Fulham. On this occasion, however, it did not work.The latter weeks of the season are a tricky balance for any coach with s
  
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• Xavi Hernández to stay on as Barcelona head coach in dramatic U-turn

  25-04-2024 00:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Xavi agrees to stay after meeting with president and boardBayern Munich in talks with Austria manager Ralf RangnickXavi Hernández has reversed his decision to leave Barcelona at the end of the season and will stay on as head coach after talks with the club president, Joan Laporta, and board members on Wednesday.“Xavi will stay, he’s really happy and excited,” the Barcelona vice-president, Rafa Yuste, told reporters outside Laporta’s home, where discussions had take
  
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• Guardiola fears Manchester City players ‘might fall down’ in frantic title finale

  24-04-2024 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Manager says fatigued stars are tired mentally and physicallyErling Haaland to miss Brighton trip but Foden and Stones fitPep Guardiola believes Manchester City have to be perfect and win their last six games to claim a record fourth consecutive title despite the manager’s concerns that his players “might fall down” at any moment due to fatigue.City travel to Brighton on Thursday four behind Arsenal, with two games in hand. On Saturday Guardiola’s side reached a second co
  
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• Liverpool’s title hopes suffer huge blow after Calvert-Lewin seals Everton win

  24-04-2024 23:10 via theguardian.com
  
  The final Merseyside derby of Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool reign might well be remembered as the final blow to his dream of signing off with the Premier League title. For the first time in 14 years, and the first time against Klopp, Everton were triumphant against their local rivals at Goodison Park. Victory tasted all the sweeter for Sean Dyche’s team for almost certainly securing their top-flight status at the expense of Liverpool’s title shot.“You lost the league at G
  
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• Stuart Attwell back in VAR hot water after Bournemouth sink furious Wolves

  24-04-2024 23:09 via theguardian.com
  
  And to think Stuart Attwell was hoping for a quiet week clear of controversy. The referee was again the subject of rage, this time not from a Greek shipping magnate but from Wolves’ irate supporters, after he disallowed Hwang Hee-chan’s second-half equaliser at home to Bournemouth for the meekest of tangles in the buildup. Attwell initially awarded Hwang’s header before the VAR, Darren England, advised him to visit the pitch-side monitor to review a brush between Matheus Cunha
  
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• Fernandes rescues Manchester United in frantic win over Sheffield United

  24-04-2024 23:08 via theguardian.com
  
  With 81 minutes gone Bruno Fernandes collected a Kobbie Mainoo pass and with a swish of his left foot fired a laser past Wes Foderingham and Manchester United were 3-2 ahead. The question now was could they, at last, hang on to a lead.This was answered emphatically by Rasmus Højlund, whose strike as the end of regulation time neared gave Erik ten Hag’s team security and was the best way to close before a watching Jason Wilcox, the new technical director, who will lead the football d
  
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• Jean-Philippe Mateta doubles up as Crystal Palace ease past Newcastle

  24-04-2024 23:07 via theguardian.com
  
  It’s a question most Crystal Palace supporters and perhaps Roy Hodgson must be wondering - what would this season have been like if Eberechi Eze and Michael Olise not spent so much of it on the treatment table?A third successive victory for Oliver Glasner’s side thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta’s 10th and 11th goals of the season ended Newcastle’s recent revival and left Eddie Howe’s side knowing they face a battle to secure European football again. It had been almost
  
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• Harry Kewell’s Yokohama defy the odds to reach Asian Champions League final

  24-04-2024 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Socceroo great sees 10-man team beat South Korea’s Ulsan Shootout ensures showdown with UAE’s Al-AinHarry Kewell has enjoyed the greatest moment of his coaching career by guiding the 10-man Yokohama F.Marinos, against all the odds, into the Asian Champions League final after a dramatic penalty shootout triumph over Ulsan.The former Socceroos great has gone where even his illustrious Australian predecessors Ange Postecoglou and Kevin Muscat could not by reaching the biggest club showd
  
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• Threatening ally of Roman Abramovich would be ‘a suicide mission’, agent tells court

  24-04-2024 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Saif Alrubie denies intimidating Marina GranovskaiaKia Joorabchian left UK before due to give evidence, jury toldThe football agent accused of sending an intimidating email to a Chelsea FC executive has said it would be “a suicide mission” to threaten anyone connected to the club’s former owner Roman Abramovich, a court has heard.Saif Alrubie is charged with sending an “electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety” to the former Chelsea director
  
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• Manchester United to fight Premier League’s proposed changes to PSR rules

  24-04-2024 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Anchoring’ would tie wages to bottom club’s TV revenueUnited said to prefer model of higher investment across leagueManchester United will push back against new proposals that would change the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR), creating the possibility of more discord within the competition.The club is understood to be strongly opposed to the introduction of “anchoring” for the top flight, a system whereby the biggest spenders in t
  
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• Football Daily | ‘Cole Palmer FC’ has a uniquely abject selling point in the marketplace

  24-04-2024 17:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!After four minutes, and a Leandro Trossard opener set up by Declan Rice gliding unhindered, Liverpool and Manchester City fans were already flicking to the Championship battle between Leicester and Southampton in disappointment. Could Arsenal’s utter dominance fade and Mikel Arteta’s touchline anxiety take hold of his players? No chance. Once Arsenal realised that Chelsea really are “Cole Palmer FC” and Wythenshawe’
  
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• John Barnes banned from being company director over unpaid taxes

  24-04-2024 16:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-footballer disqualified as director for three and a half yearsJohn Barnes Media failed to pay more than £190,000 in taxThe former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes has been banned as a director after his company failed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax, following an investigation by the HM Revenue’s Insolvency Service.The investigation revealed that between 2018 and 2020, John Barnes Media – which offered media representation services – failed to pay
  
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• Can San Diego FC pull off their plan to be the Ajax of North America?

  24-04-2024 15:21 via theguardian.com
  
  The latest MLS franchise is owned by the Right to Dream academy. They plan to use a model inspired by LeBron James to carve out a new path in US soccerMajor League Soccer will integrate its 30th club at the beginning of the 2025 season when expansion side San Diego FC joins the Western Conference.But the league’s latest addition will arrive with a model for on-field success, development and business unlike the other 29 teams. Continue reading...
  
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• Arsenal thrash Chelsea and a Football League update – Football Weekly

  24-04-2024 13:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Ben Fisher, Sanny Rudravajhala and George Elek as Arsenal beat Chelsea 5-0 and to run through the EFL as those divisions reach a conclusion in the coming weeksRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; Arsenal keep pace at the top of the Premier League – were they brilliant or are Chelsea inexcusably bad? It’s prob
  
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• Liverpool open talks for Feyenoord’s Arne Slot as replacement for Klopp

  24-04-2024 13:04 via theguardian.com
  
  45-year-old Dutch coach understood to fit Anfield profile€10m compensation could prise him from KNVB Cup winnersLiverpool have opened talks with Feyenoord over appointing Arne Slot as their new manager with the 45-year-old keen to succeed Jürgen Klopp at Anfield.Slot has emerged as the frontrunner for the Liverpool job with his track record of improving young talent, success on a relatively modest budget, European experience and a style of play that is not a dramatic departure from Klo
  
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• Two Premier League players arrested following allegation of rape

  24-04-2024 13:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Police said two 19-year-old men were arrested after a report of a rape was made to them on 19 AprilTwo Premier League players were arrested at the weekend in relation to an allegation of rape.Police said the two 19-year-old men were arrested after a report of a rape was made to them on Friday 19 April. Continue reading...
  
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• West Ham in talks with Julen Lopetegui over replacing David Moyes in summer

  24-04-2024 12:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Former Wolves manager in frame for summer overhaulPursuit of Rúben Amorim may stall on €15m buyout clauseWest Ham have held productive talks with the former Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui over replacing David Moyes this summer.Lopetegui, who has been out of work since last summer, has been on West Ham’s radar for several months and made a strong impression during discussions over the job. A final decision has not been made and there are alternative options to the 57-year-old Sp
  
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• 'When we're bad we're really bad': Pochettino laments Chelsea's inconsistency – video

  24-04-2024 11:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Mauricio Pochettino refused to blame his players for Chelsea's record defeat to Arsenal but lamented the inconsistency of his team. The Blues manager said: 'Our standard doesn’t sustain the bad days. When we have bad days, you know, we are so bad. And then when we are good, we are capable of everything.' Pochettino's comments come after Arsenal defeated his side 5-0.Continue reading...
  
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• The Knowledge | Can any footballer top Kingsley Coman’s run of consecutive league titles?

  24-04-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Plus: players injured warming up on touchline, points-per-game differentials of long-serving players and moreMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU“Leverkusen’s Bundesliga title win has broken Kingsley Coman’s remarkable run of winning the league in each of the last 11 seasons (with PSG, Juventus and Bayern). Can any player in world football ever boast of a longer run of consecutive league titles?” asks Richard Forsythe.“It’s worth bearing in mind th
  
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• Chelsea’s human soup of a team shows club DNA: all filler, no killer | Barney Ronay

  24-04-2024 00:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Chelsea’s mega-splurge bought a lot of deeply room-temperature footballers – against Arsenal they were dismalWait. Is this a twist? Is this a sting, a surge, a volte-face? Or is it just how it feels to play Chelsea, opponents so poor they seemed at times to be indulging in a kind of protest activity, non-sport, football as an act of extended standing around waiting for it to be over.It is a measure of Manchester City’s dominance that the last week has brought a peculiar feeling
  
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• MPs call for English football’s regulator to have power to save FA Cup replays

  23-04-2024 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  MPs vote in favour of progressing the Football Governance BillCalls for regulator to have scope to amend parachute paymentsMPs have called for the ­Independent Regulator for Football to have the scope to reintroduce replays to the FA Cup, amend the parachute ­payment system and to enforce an effective financial settlement between the Premier League and the EFL, as they voted in favour of progressing the Football Governance Bill.The second reading of the bill was approved without a v
  
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• Football Daily | David Moyes, West Ham and a unique brand of pragmatism

  23-04-2024 17:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!If there’s one thing West Ham fans probably wish more than anything else, it’s that people unconnected with their club would stop telling them to be careful what they wish for. These put-upon C0ckneys have, in recent months, heard why a Moyes in the hand is better than any number of Rúben Amorims, Julen Lopeteguis or turtleneck-wearing young Germans they’ve never heard of in the bush because … well, they should be
  
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• Bayern-bound Nestory Irankunda puts noise to one side as hype intensifies | Jack Snape

  23-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Adelaide United sensation has started taking German lessons but is happy to let his football do most of the talking for nowHis head is mostly bowed. In front of the TV cameras he sways with nerves, sometimes even giggles. The shy demeanour of Australian prodigy Nestory Irankunda off the field stands in juxtaposition to his powerful, decisive presence on it.Three months away from his eagerly anticipated move to German giants Bayern Munich from Adelaide, the 18-year-old was, on Tuesday, one of
  
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• 'A disgrace': Ten Hag criticises media coverage of Manchester United’s win over Coventry - video

  23-04-2024 16:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Erik ten Hag has called media coverage of Manchester United's win over Coventry in the FA Cup semi-final a 'disgrace'. Havinga 3-0 lead at Wembley with 20 minutes to go and then won on penalties, United were criticised by pundits and fans. Asked if he understood the response, Ten Hag said: 'No, absolutely not ... is it [the result] embarrassing? No, the reaction from you [the media] was embarrassing ... For me as a manager, four cup finals in four years. The comments are a disgrace.'Ten Hag call
  
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