Southampton will be without a host of key players for Wednesday’s Premier League clash with West Ham, although deadline-day signing Filip Djuricic is available
Posted on 10 February 2015.
Southampton will be without a host of key players for Wednesday’s Premier League clash with West Ham, although deadline-day signing Filip Djuricic is available
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Posted on 10 February 2015.
With the Premier League in full flow this week, we take a look at the questions that could be answered on Wednesday evening…
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Posted on 10 February 2015.
Coach Louis van Gaal has produced a dossier of statistics to disprove West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce’s claim on the weekend that Manchester United were a “long-ball” team.
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Posted on 10 February 2015.
Coach Louis van Gaal has produced a dossier of statistics to disprove West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce’s claim on the weekend that Manchester United were a “long-ball” team.
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Posted on 10 February 2015.
Only two clubs in Europe have attempted more long balls than Manchester United this season, but Louis van Gaal’s team are adept at spreading the play and have hit more accurate long passes than any side on the continent By Alistair Tweedale for WhoScored? , part of the Guardian Sport Network There was more than a degree of irony in Sam Allardyce bemoaning “long-ball Manchester United” after his side conceded a last-gasp equaliser in their clash at Upton Park…
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Posted on 10 February 2015.
• Dutch manager brings A4 sheets to unorthodox press conference • ‘Copy it and go to Big Sam,’ Van Gaal says of West Ham boss • Allardyce calls Manchester United a ‘long-ball team’ • Manchester United: second to Burnley in long-ball table • Rafa Benítez’s famous rant at Sir Alex Ferguson Louis van Gaal’s irritation about the “long-ball United” tag applied by Sam Allardyce manifested itself in an unorthodox press conference in…
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Posted on 10 February 2015.
Sam Allardyce will field James Tomkins at Southampton on Wednesday despite the West Ham defender breaking his nose when Robin van Persie “took him out”.
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Posted on 10 February 2015.
• Ex-Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder has been training with club • France midfielder Diarra left Lokomotiv Moscow in August Sam Allardyce is hopeful of signing former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra after confirming the France international is training with the Hammers. Diarra, 29, has been without a club since leaving Lokomotiv Moscow in August but is not too far away from match-fitness and could be turning out for West Ham inside a fortnight if the…
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Posted on 10 February 2015.
Former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra is training with West Ham with a view to earning a short-term contract.
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
Darren Fletcher, Emmanuel Adebayor and the supposed eight other signings that got away. Yes, its true we signed two promising young players
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
Ravel Morrison’s career has been marred by controversy but his move to Lazio could help reignite his career, with his agent claiming that the player is relishing the prospect of playing in Serie A.
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is to join a panel of experts at a live event that will examine the role of referees in the modern game.
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
• Tomkins: ‘He had a look at me first and then he has gone for me’ • West Ham defender suffered broken nose in separate incident • Sam Allardyce calls Manchester United ‘long-ball team’ • Match report: West Ham 1-1 Manchester United The West Ham defender James Tomkins has accused Manchester United’s Robin van Persie of a deliberate and “malicious” elbow at Upton Park on Sunday. Tomkins suffered a broken nose…
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
Stewart Downing admits West Ham are disappointed at not collecting all three points against Manchester United on Sunday.
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says his team failed to perform well against West Ham United in Sunday’s Premier League game. The manager blames the draw on a poor first half, before his side gave away a goal to their opponents. United are fourth in the Premier League table, and face Burnley on 11 February Continue reading…
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
Manchester United saviour Daley Blind wants to forget his point-saving heroics at West Ham and focus on claiming victory over Burnley on Wednesday.
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
Manchester United saviour Daley Blind wants to forget his point-saving heroics at West Ham and focus on claiming victory over Burnley on Wednesday.
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Posted on 09 February 2015.
Sam Allardyce claimed Manchester United resorted to long balls in order to get back into the game against West Ham following their 1-1 draw at Upton Park yesterday.
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
• Manager Allardyce criticises Louis van Gaal’s tactics • Cheikhou Kouyaté opened scoring for West Ham • Match report: West Ham 1-1 Manchester United Sam Allardyce labelled Manchester United a long-ball team after they snatched an injury-time equaliser to draw 1-1 at West Ham on Sunday. West Ham looked on course for a deserved victory following Cheikhou Kouyaté’s imaginative strike on 49 minutes but United salvaged a point when Daley Blind struck…
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
Louis van Gaal may be a tactical genius and United may yet catch City, but is playing Wayne Rooney on the right of a midfield diamond really the best option? • Match report: West Ham 1-1 Manchester United Manchester United’s supporters left happy with a point earned through a brilliantly struck late Daley Blind goal, reward for a series of frantic tactical rejigs and a spell of late pressure. Really, though, this was another tortured attacking display in a 1-1 draw …
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
Radamel Falcao’s career at Manchester United appears to be in doubt and he won’t remain at the club past the end of the season, according to Jamie Carragher.
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
Sam Allardyce felt pride and disappointment as Manchester United snatched a 1-1 draw at the Boleyn
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
West Ham were denied a first Premier League win over Manchester United in seven years and 13 attempts by Daley Blind’s stoppage-time strike.
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
Three draws, two last-gasp equalisers, one jam-packed Super Sunday.
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce described Manchester United as “long ball” after conceding a late equaliser in the 1-1 draw at Upton Park on Sunday.
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Posted on 08 February 2015.
Louis van Gaal said he personally thanked his Manchester United players for their second-half performance in the 1-1 draw at West Ham.
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