Southampton full-back Ryan Bertrand will miss the visit of Watford because of a knee injury, while Jose Fonte and Cedric Soares are doubts. New Saints manager Claude Puel favoured a midfield diamond in pre-season, with Shane Long and Nathan Redmond up front. Watford head coach Walter Mazzarri will be without …
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Read More »The three clubs that will need to start this season brightly
The focus at this time of the season is usually at either the top or the bottom of the table as people talk at length as to who will win the league or who will face the dreaded drop come the end of the season but let’s focus on the …
Read More »Juan Zuniga added to Success at Watford
Watford have signed Colombia defender Juan Camilo Zuniga on a season-long loan from Italian side Napoli. Zuniga can play in either full-back position and has 62 caps for his country. The 30-year-old joined Napoli in 2009 from Siena, and played for four years under new Watford boss Walter Mazzarri. It’s …
Read More »Walter Mazzari is the next man in the Watford Hot Seat
And what a hot seat that is proving to be. Mazzari becomes the 5th Manager to grace Vicarage Road in the space of a year. For a club that continues to be upwardly mobile this is quite an achievement in itself. After the decision to evoke the breakage clause in …
Read More »Premier League End of Season Club by Club Review
Leicester – Where do you start, absolutely no-one had them down to win the league at the start of the season. Many (me included) tipped them for the drop once Claudio Ranieri was named as Manager but they’ve exceeded everyone’s expectations and caused the biggest shock in English Football. …
Read More »Match of The Day a few quick thoughts
The main story was the abandonment of the Manchester United vs Bournemouth game due to a suspect package found in the ground before kick off. That meant that the season hasn’t quite finished due to this game being rescheduled for Tuesday but what it does mean is that United will …
Read More »Watford vs Sunderland – Match Preview
Quique Sanchez Flores takes charge of his Watford side for the final time after announcing on Friday that he will be leaving the club at the end of the season. Today he will go up against Sam Allardyce who has masterminded another survival this time at the hands of Sunderland. …
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Read More »Midweek Football a few quick thoughts
4 games were played over the past couple of nights and they have had a bearing on both ends of the table with a round of fixtures still to play Let’s focus on the bottom three and there will no doubt become sore heads in Sunderland Today as they will …
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