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Premiership Loan Sharks
Turner: Helping hand
By Tom Gaunt
Last season Daniel Sturridge terrorized the Arsenal defence and contributed to a home win which saw Arsenal’s slim title hopes disappear. The significance of this is that Sturridge at the time was a Chelsea player loaned out to Bolton for the second half of the season. I will not patronize you with how a loan works but it is important to note that any player loaned is ineligible to play against their parent club. This then poses a new question. Is it fair that the parent club does not have to face a potential match winner whilst their opponents do? I am all for teams reaping the benefits of a strong squad but when the player is ultimately playing for you with a different shirt on then I think there is something wrong. Daniel Sturridge is a perfect example of this. Read the rest of this entry
Czech Mate for Englands Young Lions
Pearce: The right man for England's youngsters?
By Tom Gaunt
With two minutes remaining in it seemed like England Under-21′s had exactly replicated the senior teams much derided World Cup campaign of 2010, a 1-1 draw against the best team in the group followed by an appalling 0-0 bore-draw with the group minnows and finally a scrappy win against a plucky side lacking in true quality, typical England. However this was not to be as Jan Chramosta and Tomas Pekhart put England to the sword in the frantic final minutes of an otherwise underwhelming match.
For the purpose of this article I will assume that the England players are quality players physically if not technically, with most having plied their trade at some point in the premiership, and the more experienced members having played a full season for their respective clubs. Whether or not the players are World beaters is a discussion for another day Instead I will be looking at what went wrong in Denmark if anything could have been done differently, with of course that priceless tool hindsight. Read the rest of this entry
