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Are Man City as good as champions?

By Editor , 28th November 2017 at 11:36 PM (11v11 blog)

As we say in another recent blog post, few would bet against Manchester City becoming champions this year. After 13 games, City sit proudly at the top of the table, eight points clear of fierce local rivals Manchester United in second place. There’s no doubt Pep Guardiola’s side is full of great players and has been the standout team by a mile so far - but is the race for the title really a foregone conclusion? Why it’s possible to…

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Who will finish in the top four of the Premier League?

By Editor , 23rd November 2017 at 11:09 PM (11v11 blog)

With just twelve matches played in this season’s Premier League, we are already getting a good idea of who the main contenders are to lift the trophy in May 2018. So let’s have a look at which teams stand a good chance of ending the season in the top four positions of the Premier League. Manchester City Few people would be willing to bet against Manchester City’s chances of winning the Premier League. Pep Guardiola’s side have shown a goalscoring…

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Italian disaster and Swedish delight over World Cup qualification

By Editor , 17th November 2017 at 1:33 PM (11v11 blog)

Sweden knocking out four-time world champions Italy from the World Cup after a 1-0 aggregate win means Italy miss out on the World Cup for the first time since the Swedes hosted the tournament in 1958 and finished as runners-up. Sweden’s players expressed their joy in unconventional fashion as the final whistle blew and Jan Andersson’s side secured a place at next year’s World Cup finals in Russia, a win that could also have wider economic repercussions according to historical…

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How the falling pound is affecting the Premier League

By Editor , 17th November 2017 at 9:50 AM (11v11 blog)

Ever since that eventful day in June 2016, when the UK voted to leave the EU, we’ve seen considerable volatility in a number of areas, not least in the value of sterling against all of the world’s other major currencies. At one stage it had lost 15% of its value against the US dollar and, as anyone who has travelled to Europe last summer will also know, you certainly don’t get as many euros to the pound as you used…

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5 Premier League teams that could face the drop

By Editor , 14th November 2017 at 10:49 AM (11v11 blog)

After surpassing 10 matches in the current Premier League season and looking at the odds after comparing the best football betting sites, the relegation contenders are becoming a little more obvious. We have decided to take a look into the five most likely teams to be in the drop zone come May. Crystal Palace Palace had already plummeted to heavy odds-on favourites following a remarkably bad start to the season, failing to score a single goal in SEVEN matches. Frank…

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Who’ll be this year’s Champions League top goalscorer?

By Editor , 13th November 2017 at 8:20 PM (11v11 blog)

Following the fourth round of Champions League group stage matches, competition for this season's top goalscorer crown looks remarkably intense. We have decided to take a look at a number of this season's likely candidates to be the Golden Boot winner this season. Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo's prowess for European goals can't be understated, with exceptional consistency in his favour. From the 2011/12 season onwards, the Portuguese international has scored 10 times at a minimum in every Champions League campaign, scoring…

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Can West Ham’s players save Slaven Bilic?

By Editor , 26th October 2017 at 6:32 PM (11v11 blog)

Leicester sprang a mild surprise this week when they made Craig Shakespeare the second managerial casualty of the season. After another game in which the 2016 champions failed to win - rescuing a point against West Brom only in the last ten minutes - the club’s owners invited Shakespeare to clear his desk; the only consolation being that his eight-match stint as permanent boss was barely long enough to clutter it very much. After this week’s events in the East…

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Chelsea start the weekend’s Premier League action – anything other than a win not acceptable

By Editor , 20th October 2017 at 4:05 PM (11v11 blog)

Chelsea’s season sits at a crossroads ahead of this weekend’s Premier League clash with Watford, as the English champions need to start to show the menacing form of last term or risk being left behind in the race for silverware. The Stamford Bridge outfit were unplayable at times in 2016-17 and worthy winners of the title, but the start of this campaign has sparked questions over whether Antonio Conte’s men have the required quality to retain their crown. Both of…

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Magical Messi fires Argentina to the world cup in Russia

By Editor , 18th October 2017 at 3:37 PM (11v11 blog)

Ahead of a tense final round of matches in the South American qualifiers for Russia 2018, with Brazil’s place at the World Cup finals already guaranteed, three of the four guaranteed spots and the fifth-place play-off position were all still up for grabs. The stage was set, and one final round of games would bring either celebration or bitter disappointment at the final whistle. The biggest question mark of all was the perilous position of Argentina, two-time World Cup winners who most…

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Some World Cup outsiders – and some red hot tips!

By Editor , 17th October 2017 at 1:45 PM (11v11 blog)

With the first week of September came an influx of teams that booked their place at next summer’s World Cup. Here, we take a look at four of the latest teams to qualify, some footage of their fans how they might fare in Russia ! Japan (150/1 – qualified 31 August 2017) Japan finished bottom of Group C in 2014 and were sent packing from a ‘Group of Death’ that also contained the Ivory Coast – arguably the best African…

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