Stories By Peter O'Rourke
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SOUTHGATE ON THE SPOT AGAIN
Gareth Southgate begins his audition for the England job this weekend, but is he really the right man to take the country forward? Southgate has landed the poisoned chalice of England manager on an interim basis following the short-lived one-game tenure Sam Allardyce after his shock departure last month in the wake of newspaper revelations about the former Bolton and West Ham manager.
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THE RACE NOBODY WANTS TO WIN
It is the race no one wants to win, but who will be the first Premier League manager to win the sack race? We are six games and nearly two months into the new season and pressure is starting to grow on some owners to make changes to try and get their teams back on track.
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NO TIME TO PANIC
The warning signs are already there in Jose Mourinho’s short tenure as Manchester United boss, but now is not the time to hit the panic button. Mourinho’s position has come under increased scrutiny just eight games into his reign at Old Trafford after suffering three straight defeats for the first time in a decade as a manager.
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CITY FLY FLAG FOR ENGLAND IN EUROPE
The first round of Champions League games are over, but which English club is best placed to maybe go all the way in the competition? Manchester City and Leicester City got their campaigns off to flying starts while Arsenal were fortunate to get a draw and Tottenham made a nightmare start at Wembley.
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RIVALRY RENEWED
This weekend’s Manchester derby is one of the most eagerly awaited games in Premier League history with more sub-plots than an Agatha Christie novel. It is not only the 172nd meeting between the two clubs it is the renewal of a rivalry between two heavyweights of management in Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola.
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England Expects
England Expects. Sam Allardyce gets his England managerial career off and running this weekend and the pressure is on him to transform the country’s fortunes. Allardyce has landed the job he has always craved at the second time of asking after losing out to Steve McClaren ten years ago but is arguably the toughest task of his career with the national team at its lowest ebb.
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Testing times – Pete O’rourke investigates
The Premier League season is just two games old, but Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is already under pressure. Arsenal have picked up just one point from their opening two games to leave them already trailing fellow Premier League title hopefuls Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea by five points.
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Money madness – summer transfer window set to be a record breaker
The action on the pitch is now underway, but there is still plenty of action set to happen off it in the transfer market before the window closes at the end of the month. If we thought the opening round of games were exciting, the movements in the transfer window could be even more exciting in the final two weeks as clubs look to finalise their squads.
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Let the games begin – Pete O’Rourke
Let the games begin – Pete O’Rourke. If we thought last season’s Premier League was unpredictable and exciting the 2016/17 campaign is set to be the most wide open in the competition’s history.
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Championship challenge race for the Premier League
Championship challenge race for the Premier League. The race to win promotion to the Premier League gets underway this weekend and Newcastle are already one shortest priced favourites to win the Championship in history, so can anyone stop them? Newcastle, who suffered relegation from the Premier League last season, are determined to ensure their stay in the Championship is short-lived and they have been busy in the transfer market reshaping their squad.
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The title that nobody wants to win
The title that nobody wants to win. Does anyone really want to win the Premier League title this season? It is hard to tell because not one team has been able to assert their authority in one of the most unpredictable seasons in recent memory.
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