Joe Townsend
Football Editor at Sporting Life
Football Editor @SportingLifeFC, This Week’s Acca podcast. Run a bit, coach a bit. My views, hands off.
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2 weeks ago |
sportinglife.com | Joe Townsend
In four games under Thomas Tuchel, what are the positives? Beyond Harry Kane's continued goalscoring, have there been any? This is far from the first time England have suffered chastening evenings. Shortly before the last World Cup there was a sobering night at Molineux when Hungary ran out 4-1 winners. On the eve of last summer's Euros it was Iceland who left Wembley with a 1-0 victory. And don't forget defeat at home by Greece in the autumn.
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2 weeks ago |
sportinglife.com | Joe Townsend
Thomas Frank's odds to become the new Tottenham manager continue to shorten as speculation grows that the Brentford boss is Spurs chairman Daniel Levy's first choice to replace Ange Postecoglou. Levy sacked the Australian on Friday, just 16 days after he led the club to victory in the Europa League final, with their 17th-placed finish in the Premier League ultimately sealing his fate.
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3 weeks ago |
sportinglife.com | Joe Townsend
Fortune favours the stable. Despite short-termism running rife in modern day football for several decades now, there remains the prevailing view that stability and a long-term managerial appointment is the best route to success. Usually, the reference points are managers of elite clubs: Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp to name just a few.
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1 month ago |
sportinglife.com | Joe Townsend
On a near weekly basis it's hard not to get sucked into conversations about how football used to be. When there was no VAR. When not everyone passed out from the back. When loads more screamers were scored. A lot of it's nostalgic rubbish, harking back to when men were men, but in general I'd be inclined to agree with the overriding sentiment that football just feels a little bit less fun nowadays; Pep Guardiola has a hell of a lot to answer for.
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1 month ago |
sportinglife.com | Joe Townsend
Eberechi Eze and Dean Henderson were the heroes as Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley to win the first major trophy in the club's 120-year history. After absorbing relentless early pressure from Pep Guardiola's team, a perfectly orchestrated counter attack ended with Eze turning in Daniel Munoz's 16th-minute cross.
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