Stories By Graham Ruthven
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Leicester have put top four disappointment behind them
Leicester City didn’t allow the disappointment of missing out on a top four finish to linger for long. Having been in the Champions League places for the majority of the season, Brendan Rodgers’ side missed out on qualification on the final day of the campaign, losing at home to Manchester United to finish fifth.
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The Steven Gerrard / Rangers gamble has paid off for both
No matter what was said at the time, Rangers took a gamble in hiring Steven Gerrard as their new manager in the summer of 2018. The former England and Liverpool captain only had coaching experience at youth level and so the Ibrox club largely based their decision on a hunch that he was the right man for the job Nearly two-and-a-half years later and that hunch looks to have been right.
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Solskjaer’s management of van de Beek looks vindicated
If Donny van de Beek wasn’t growing increasingly bemused at his omission from the Manchester United first team, his face did a good job of betraying him. More than once, the Dutch midfielder was shown sitting in the stands watching his new team with an expression that said he, along with many fans and pundits, couldn’t understand why Ole Gunnar Solskjaer kept overlooking him for a place in the lineup.
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Harry Kane has become the ultimate forward
Harry Kane is in the form of his life, which is saying something given the heights he has reached over the last seven seasons. The 27-year-old has started the 2020/21 campaign with five goals and seven assists in five games for Tottenham Hotspur, turning in particularly noteworthy displays against Southampton, Manchester United and West Ham.
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Virgil van Dijk stuttering form a concern for Klopp
There was more than an element of freakishness to Liverpool’s 7-2 defeat to Aston Villa before the international break. Indeed, everything that could have gone wrong for Jurgen Klopp’s side did go wrong and Virgil van Dijk found himself at the centre of it all.
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Why didn’t Pochettino get the same Tottenham backing as Mourinho?
Even before the 2019 Champions League final, the first in Tottenham Hotspur’s history, Mauricio Pochettino offered a hint of what his future at the North London club might be. Unprompted, the Argentine raised the prospect that the Madrid final against Liverpool could prove to be his last as Spurs manager.
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Rúben Dias could be just what City need
As long ago as August 2019, it became clear that Manchester City needed a new central defender. Aymeric Laporte suffered the knee injury which handicapped his team’s defence of their Premier League title, with Norwich City exposing City’s weakness at the back in the very next match, putting three past the champions.
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Graham Ruthven’s Premier League Pick 4
Join Graham’s Premier League Pick 4 Syndicate We have a Premier League Pick 4 correct score pool kicking off with Man Utd vs Liverpool on Saturday at 12.30. Graham Ruthven tackles the Premier League Pick 4 pool and shares his thoughts on the selections in his Syndicate below.
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Graham Ruthven’s Premier League Pick 4 Syndicate
Join Graham’s Premier League Pick 4 Syndicate We have a Premier League Pick 4 correct score pool kicking off with Burnley vs Everton on Saturday at 12.30. Graham Ruthven tackles the Premier League Pick 4 pool and shares his thoughts on the selections in his Syndicate below.
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Graham Ruthven’s Premier League Pick 4
We have a Premier League Pick 4 correct score pool kicking off with Leicester vs Stoke on Saturday at 12.30. Graham Ruthven tackles the Premier League Pick 4 pool and shares his thoughts on the selections in his Syndicate below.
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