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Four-star Manchester United outshine Arsenal and Liverpool in Premier League's Best XI

Here's my Team of the Season at just past the half-way point: GOALKEEPER - Robert Green (West Ham): With Paul Robinson's fall from grace, the England goalkeeper spot is up for grabs and Green's form this season must put him in poll position to claim ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  19 Jan 2008

Special K? Special One? Or is Keegan seat-warming for Shearer at Newcastle?

Watch Newcastle live online Special K will be afforded a hero's return at St James' Park but Mike Ashley's decision to bring back he of the magic perm smacks of sentimentality overuling logic. Newcastle openly admitted it would have been impossible ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  18 Jan 2008

Will Capello be parking Blackburn's Bentley in the England midfield?

Having antagonised England fans over the summer with his withdrawal from the Under-21 team, David Bentley has emerged as one of the players of the season so far. His build-up play was already at a high standard but, like Cesc Fabregas, he has added ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  17 Jan 2008

Chelsea's dark horses can still give Arsenal and Manchester United the Blues!

The Christmas period is over and there is nothing between Arsenal and Manchester United at the summit of the Premier League. Yet lurking a mere four points behind are a Chelsea side who have accumulated some good form of late in both league and cup. ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  16 Jan 2008

Why Manchester United will pip Arsenal to the title - and Fulham are doomed

The Premier League has reached the halfway stage and it seems that almost every club has something to play for. Whether it be the title race, escaping relegation or finishing 'best of the rest' in fifth place. The January dealings are mere hours away ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  31 Dec 2007

England's disaster troops need Mourinho - not loser McClaren

In the days of old, bards would write great poems and songs to celebrate the conquests and victories of great men. Today every sports writer in England must be wishing that they could use a plethora of superlatives to describe men who were proud to ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  22 Nov 2007

Dangling by the Croat - but McClaren's set to survive the hangman's noose

In recent weeks Steve McClaren has had more column inches in the national press than Chancellor Alistair Darling. However, even the government crisis involving lost documents will not dislodge the main focus of the nation: this evening's crunch game ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  21 Nov 2007

Off the hook - now England must turn to the kids of Arsenal and Aston Villa

In the 2001 film Mike Bassett: England Manager, the national team only qualifies for the World Cup by virtue of Luxembourg defeating Turkey. The film is an exaggerated satire of the England team but sadly it actually came true on Saturday evening. ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  19 Nov 2007

Could Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor be England's secret weapon?

Scrolling down the list of top scorers in the Premier League, the shocking lack of any English players becomes apparent. But sandwiched between Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba is Aston Villa’s Gabriel Agbonlahor. Despite being half Scottish half ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  19 Nov 2007

Pathetic fans, petulant chairman - Wigan are going back where they belong

They say you should never go back, and if I were Paul Jewell I would heed such advice keenly before he decides whether or not to return to Wigan Athletic. The Latics were shocking at the weekend, so much so that Tottenham's much-maligned Jermaine ...

From DAVID COMBE, Sportingo,  12 Nov 2007

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