D. Sanchez-Cabello I am confident that we will beat Liverpool, though that could be because in recent times Anfield has been a cheerful place. Not since the Crouch hat trick of 2007 have we lost there. How relevant that is, who knows? But it is comforting going to a place I don’t associate with angst …
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By Walter Broeckx It seems that every season we are discovering or seeing a player joining the first team from within the youth teams. Of course in some cases we see new talents that have been in the mix of the first team before like Oxlade-Chamberlain. Last season one could say was his first one …
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By Andrew Crawshaw Referee – Michael Oliver Assistants – S Burt and G Beswick Fourth Official – R Madley As an aside, I notice that Manure v Fulham have R West as Assistant and R East as fourth official, just thought it interesting (just need a North and South for a full set). …
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By Walter Broeckx Earlier on this site appeared an article from Pete where he gave a very well written summary of things that might influence refs. In case you didn’t read it, you should and it can be found here One of his points, in fact the first point he made was the point about …
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