Oli Price-Bates
November 6, 2016
All, Analysis, Man Utd, Reaction, Swansea
Manchester United had been in a terrible run of form but on Sunday they managed an impressive 3-1 win over a struggling Swansea side, and there was one particular player who stood out. Embed from Getty Images The last Premier League fixture ...
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Chris Baker
November 1, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
Tom Heaton – Burnley Embed from Getty Images Burnley’s resilience was once again outstanding on Saturday as they held out for a point at Old Trafford, but will certainly have to give the plaudits to their goalkeeper Tom Heaton. The Clarets man ...
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Chris Baker
October 25, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
Petr Cech – Arsenal Embed from Getty Images Once again Petr Cech pulled off some miraculous saves against Middlesbrough to spare the Gunners blushes. Cech arguably saved a point for Arsenal producing some fine saves throughout the 90 minutes, and certainly eased ...
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Oli Price-Bates
October 21, 2016
All, Betting, Burnley, Hull, Middlesbrough, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, West Brom
The season is well and truly underway and after eight games there are some teams already in desperate trouble. While there is still enough time to rectify their seasons and climb out of the relegation zone, a number of teams are not ...
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Chris Baker
October 18, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
Maarten Stekelenburg – Everton Embed from Getty Images Well, I doubt Stekelenburg has quite had a performance like he did at the Etihad stadium in his whole career. The 34-year-old was absolutely fantastic for his club and saved two penalties which he ...
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Oli Price-Bates
October 15, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Swansea
Arsenal just about made it through a thrilling encounter with Swansea on Saturday afternoon. The Gunners had 2-0 and 3-1 leads but they were not comfortable for long, allowing Borja Baston to make it 3-2 before a needless Granit Xhaka foul saw ...
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Patrick Ribeiro
October 15, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Swansea
These are Fresh Football’s ratings for Arsenal’s Premier League win at home over Swansea City at the Emirates Stadium this Saturday: Arsenal Embed from Getty Images Petr Čech - 6.5 The veteran goalkeeper was brought into action occasionally in the first half, ...
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Oli Price-Bates
October 13, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Swansea
After an international break, Arsenal have no time to settle and they will host Swansea and Ludogrets in the space of four days. Wenger has got his team just right in the last few fixtures, but rotation may be needed ahead of ...
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Chris Baker
October 5, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
Lee Grant – Stoke City Embed from Getty Images Not often will a goalkeeper go to Old Trafford and have one of the games of their lives, but that’s exactly what Lee Grant done on Sunday against the Red Devils and saved ...
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Oli Price-Bates
October 3, 2016
All, Analysis, Liverpool, Swansea
Liverpool continued their fine run of form with an impressive comeback 2-1 win over Swansea at the weekend, and in the aftermath of the win there has been a lot of love for this man.. Embed from Getty Images Milner has actually ...
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Chris Baker
September 29, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
Petr Cech - Arsenal Although Cech wasn’t worked as much as others over the weekend, his professionalism shown through the whole squad on the Gunners 3-0 win over Chelsea. He made a few fantastic saves in the latter stages of the game ...
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Fresh Football
September 23, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Fantasy Football, Hull, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
As values of players increase and prolific consistent points-scoring players start to become clearer to Fantasy Premier League players, managers may have to save a little money in the midfield area in order to sufficiently strengthen the defence or the attack and ...
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Fresh Football
September 23, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Chelsea, Fantasy Football, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
As gameweek six approaches, Fantasy Premier League managers will be looking at who to transfer in ahead of the sixth instalment of Premier League action, but here are three players that we strongly advise avoiding including in your squad ahead of the ...
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Chris Baker
September 19, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
Jordan Pickford – Sunderland Embed from Getty Images Probably the busiest keeper of the weekend having to keep out an onslaught from the Spurs attack was superb throughout and deserved to be on the winning side. The 22-year-old made more saves (8) ...
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Patrick Ribeiro
September 15, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Fantasy Football, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Palace, QPR, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
The Premier League comes early this week and, as always, Fresh Football will be here to try and second guess the professionals in aid of your Fantasy Teams. Here are our picks for this weekend: 1 - Kyle Walker Embed from Getty ...
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Chris Baker
September 14, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
This is the Fresh Football team of the week for Gameweek 5. Steve Mandanda – Crystal Palace Embed from Getty Images Mandanda is settling into life in the Premier League comfortably, the Frenchman made two outstanding saves from Negredo and Ben Gibson ...
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Patrick Ribeiro
September 11, 2016
All, Chelsea, Player Ratings, Swansea
These are Fresh Football’s player ratings for Swansea City’s home Premier League game against Chelsea: Swansea City Embed from Getty Images Łukasz Fabiański - 7 Very good at claiming low crosses and safeguarding the goal as best as he could. Kyle Naughton ...
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Patrick Ribeiro
September 5, 2016
All, Analysis, Swansea, West Brom
As two of the most free-spending managers in football history, José Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, paved way for the arrival of more high-profile managerial switch-a-rounds, it’s perhaps no surprise to see Premier League clubs shatter the records of expenditure once more with ...
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Patrick Ribeiro
August 18, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Everton, Fantasy Football, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Palace, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
Matchday 1 of the Premier League has come and gone and, if you’re anything like me, you’ll most likely have a fantasy team in need of recalibration. Just a tad, honestly! In an attempt to second guess the professionals, here are three ...
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Chris Baker
August 16, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
After each gameweek, our writers will put together a Premier League team of the week. Here’s our selection for gameweek 1, we’ve gone for a 4-2-3-1 formation. GK - Maarten Stekelenburg Embed from Getty Images The Everton shot-stopper had an afternoon to ...
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Patrick Ribeiro
August 11, 2016
All, Analysis, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
After weeks of gruelling preparation, the time has come for us all to second guess the form of the Premier League’s finest and compile them into our very own fantasy football team. In direct reference to the Premier League’s official instalment of ...
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Oli Price-Bates
August 6, 2016
All, Analysis, Swansea, West Ham
West Ham are closing in on the transfer of an exciting Premier League attacker after agreeing a fee with the club. Embed from Getty Images According to Sky Sports, West Ham have met Swansea’s £20million valuation of Andre Ayew. The versatile forward ...
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Chris Baker
August 2, 2016
All, Arsenal, Bournemouth, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Interviews, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
Our writer Chris Baker had an exclusive chat with journalist Liam Canning, as they speak about the summer 2016 transfer activity thus far ahead of the Barclays Premier League next season. It has been widely reported Alexandre Lacazette could swap life in ...
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Oli Price-Bates
May 25, 2016
All, Analysis, Chelsea, Gossip Column, Leicester, Liverpool, Swansea
With the domestic football seasons over, the transfer window has really kicked into gear and now the stories and gossip are flowing. Here at Fresh Football we will bring you the best (and worst) of it. For extended coverage please follow us ...
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Taylor Cornish
September 22, 2015
Betting, Championship, Hull, Swansea
In the previous round of the Capital One Cup our Football League analyst George Sandford (@EuroEliteFL) provided you with a healthy profit, finding value in the BTTS market. He looks towards tonight’s cup action once again with optimism, hoping to bounce back ...
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Oli Price-Bates
September 16, 2015
Analysis, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Everton, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, Palace, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
We may have only played five games, but the Premier League is beginning to take shape, and with that, star performers are becoming prominent. View image | gettyimages.com It seems a little silly to analyse the Premier League’s best players just 13% ...
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Taylor Cornish
September 9, 2015
Bournemouth, Burnley, Championship, Chelsea, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Marseille, Palace, QPR, Southampton, Spurs, Swansea, Watford, West Ham
Deals were flying backwards and forwards all the way up to the transfer deadline last week with big deals including Bradley Johnson to Derby and Michael Hector joining Chelsea making it a deadline day to remember. I round up each clubs activity ...
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Josh Challies
August 25, 2015
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Everton, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, Palace, QPR, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Watford, West Brom, West Ham
The prices in English football have long been inflating and this summer is the point where things have become ridiculous. View image | gettyimages.com Let’s face it, I don’t think there’s anyone in the world who can argue that Raheem Sterling is worth ...
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Oli Price-Bates
April 28, 2015
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, Palace, QPR, Serie A, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, West Brom, West Ham
I saw the PFA team of the year and as usual, didn’t agree. So I thought I’d create the team I think deserves to be there and see what others think. I don’t expect anyone to agree completely with my selection, but ...
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Josh Challies
April 9, 2015
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Hull, Leicester, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, Palace, QPR, Southampton, Spurs, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, West Brom, West Ham
Swansea City v Everton: Saturday 12:45 BST View image | gettyimages.com Swansea come into the game on the back of a 3-1 victory against Hull City and now come up against another side still technically in the relegation fight, although their situation ...
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