Chris Hughton maintains there will be no psychological hangover when Norwich City face Aston Villa in a critical relegation match next weekend.
The Canaries boss was responding to questions about his Norwich side’s 4-1 demolition at the hands of Villa in the Capital One Cup back in December, since when City’s form has nosedived.
The spectre of former Carrow Road boss Paul Lambert hammering a nail into City’s coffin this season is already beginning to haunt Hughton after his side’s away defeat to Stoke on Saturday leaves them just six points above the Premier League relegation zone.
Hughton concedes this is “a nervy time” with his team having won just two league games since mid-December, and with only one win in their past eight, they are displaying relegation form.
But the manager is adamant that that Cup defeat, which ended a 10-match unbeaten run, will not play any part in the build-up to Saturday’s crunch home clash.
“It’s a massive game for us because of the fact we are playing a team around us, so there is a little more significance in the game,” said Hughton. “As for the game back in December, I don’t think it has any bearing on the one coming up.
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“You might have seen the away game [a 1-1 draw at Villa in October]. I don’t think there is anybody who saw that who didn’t think we were the better team on that day, so the cup game is irrelevant.”
Ipswich have already made a few additions to their squad since the end of the 12/13 season, but the club may well have to wait a while before making any more.
It is strongly rumored that financial fair play rules are preventing the club from making any more additions as new signings would stretch the current wage bill past what is allowed based on The Tractor Boys revenue.
This news is surprising as the current Ipswich squad is not overly big and they do not have any particularly great players. However, it is thought that both Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Micheal Chopra are on large contracts that are holding the club back in the transfer market.
When the two players were first signed by the club they had good reputations and looked as though they would be solid purchases for a Championship side. I think the club were desperate for players at the time and had more money than sense, which allowed players to negotiate good contracts for themselves at the clubs expense.
Although neither player will be considered a success at the club, JET is not causing the club as many problems as Chopra. The former Arsenal youngster isn’t paid as much as Chopra and it will be much easier to offload JET onto another club.
JET would be a useful signing for a lot of Championship sides and would only have to take a minor pay cut in order to move on.
The former Cardiff man on the other hand will struggle to find a club willing to take him. Chopra has been poor as a player and as a professional of late so I can’t see many teams that would be happy to pay anything close to what he is on at Ipswich. He has been linked with a few foreign clubs but a move abroad is unlikely as it would prevent him from visiting his young son that lives with his ex-wife.
It is an unfortunate situation for Mick McCarthy as he has inherited a squad weighed down by decisions that were made long before he arrived. Signing Chopra was a huge mistake, giving him a highly paid and lengthy contract was an even bigger one.
When Ipswich made the signing, either nobody thought about the possibility of Chopra failing as a player or they were so desperate that they decided to take a huge risk that didn’t pay off.
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Regardless, that doesn’t change the current situation. Ipswich need to somehow find a club that has a lot more money than sense to sign their dead weight before they can make any decent moves themselves. It will be a frustrating time for the fans but they will have to hope that McCarthy make it work even if nobody does sign Chopra.
“Football, bloody hell.” Alex Ferguson’s famous line is befitting of most things in the game: Chelsea’s Champions League triumph, Bayern’s annihilation of Barcelona, Lionel Messi in general.
The Premier League won’t like to admit defeat, even if the game is up. But Bayern Munich’s destruction of the (former?) best team in the world wasn’t something European football was about to ignore quickly. It seems, going into next season, that the Champions League is Bayern’s to lose and absolutely no one, whether from England, Spain or Italy, is about to stop them.
It’s also funny that this huge shift of power (cue Sky Sports) has pushed Chelsea’s victory in the Champions League to the recesses of the mind, almost as if that unbelievable night in Munich was an age ago.
And it’s not that the Premier League is particularly weak at the moment. Is Jose Mourinho not one of the top two or three managers in Europe? Look at the impact he made at Real Madrid in the Champions League. Sure, there are no trophies for reaching the semifinals, but it’s far, far better than what the club did in the years prior to his arrival.
More so, the spending capabilities of Manchester City, and their appointment of a manager who’s a bit good in Europe compared to his predecessor, makes them a good shout. Arsenal are always in there, and their summer spending should make them a decent threat too.
But no club in England quite has it from top to bottom in the way Bayern does. And that “it factor” wasn’t lost on Barcelona, either. The Catalans had the quality in abundance to triumph convincingly over Manchester United, both in Rome and in London. And the thing about the Champions League is that when there isn’t an obvious winner – a team who have that otherworldly aura like Pep’s Barcelona or this current Bayern – it just comes down to whoever has luck riding beside them for the whole journey.
Inter Milan of 2009-10 were a fantastic team, and maybe in hindsight they were always going to win the European Cup. The Barcelona of that year had something of a hangover from the prior season, despite picking up the La Liga title again, while the Bayern who Inter met in the final at the Bernabeu were a far cry from this current monster.
Then there’s Chelsea’s win and that thing about lady luck attaching herself to a club when there is no obvious winner. Real Madrid had quite clearly exhausted all their efforts in wrestling the La Liga title away from Barcelona; Bayern Munich didn’t have the attention to detail as they did last season, notably with Jupp Heynckes adjusting his managerial approach and creating a greater sense of belief among the entire squad; Barcelona, well as good as they can be, games like the semifinal at the Camp Nou are one of those inexplicable occurrences in sport.
Even the Premier League’s flag bearer in Manchester United haven’t come close in a few years to putting together a team that can legitimately challenge the best in Europe. That isn’t likely to change this season either, as David Moyes will head into his maiden season in the Champions League proper and is almost guaranteed to come unstuck at some stage.
In every case with the three teams who are in the hat for the group stages plus Arsenal, who have to navigate the qualifying round, there is a clear weakness that prevents an obvious charge against the power from Bavaria. The fact that Bayern have changed managers along with many other clubs around Europe is trivial at best. I know, and I’d hope the sensible ones understand that preseason games are as meaningless as anything you can get, but Bayern don’t look jaded, ill-equipped or lacking in focus and intensity. If they continue on in the same manner then they’re still the team that only lost three domestic games in the whole of last season.
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Can any of the Premier League’s best match Bayern Munich in the Champions League?
Andre Villas-Boas’ goal to bring Champions League football to Tottenham could be helped with the possible signing of FC Basel winger Mohamed Salah for £15million, according to the Daily Mail.
Tottenham had the opportunity to sign Salah earlier in the year, but, Villas-Boas declined the offer, as he wanted the young starlet to continue with his progress, but now the Tottenham scouts saw his performance against Chelsea last month, a deal could be back on the table.
Salah, 21, who can play as a winger/striker, could cause headaches for AVB as he has got the likes of Aaron Lennon, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Christian Eriksen, Erik Lamela, Andros Townsend, Mousa Dembele and Nacer Chadli to choose from as his creative options in midfield.
Salah has scored three goals in 13 appearances so far this season for Basel, which includes the equalising goal against Chelsea, in the first Champions League group game of this season, which of course Basel famously won at the Bridge, 2-1.
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It is an odd feeling for Ipswich fans right now, normally it is the time of year that the Tractor Boys call out for big changes to be made in the squad to try and prevent disaster.
However, the table right now makes for pleasant reading with Mick McCarthy’s side sitting nicely in the top six with an impressive unbeaten run still going.
Of course we are all guessing who will be targeted by the Suffolk side but another question we have to ask first is; should Ipswich be looking to sign anyone?
It may seem like madness at first to even suggest it but given the nature of the January transfer window the wrong signing could do more harm than good for Ipswich.
The mid-season window has a reputation for tempting managers to pay over the odds for players that are likely to disappoint. The price of any half-decent player will soar because of other clubs throwing silly money around in order to try and salvage their season. Ipswich have over-paid in this window a number of times and Marcus Evans will no doubt be reluctant to splash out this month.
Secondly you have to consider the effect of new signings on the squad harmony. When the team were under the control of Roy Keane and Paul Jewell there was no sense of togetherness within the squad and it showed on the pitch.
Under McCarthy there is a completely different vibe coming out from the dressing room that can be seen in the player’s body language and the way they interact with each other. I firmly believe that a large part of Ipswich’s success this season has been down to an improvement in the team chemistry so it would be careless to make a move that could potentially disrupt the dressing room.
The Tractor Boys boss has sent two defenders out on loan though so naturally he will have to bring in one or two faces. I can’t imagine McCarthy bringing in any top signings though as he won’t want to break up his current centre back partnership and it would be harsh to remove either of the two full-backs from the first team.
It has been rumoured that Richard Stearman could make a return to Portman Road but the rumours are far from convincing at this stage. The Wolves defender has six months left of his contract and the talk is that if he is not willing to sign a new contract soon then McCarthy’s former employers will cash in on Stearman instead of losing him for nothing in the summer.
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I wouldn’t rule it out from happening but it is worth noting that Stearman has expressed his happiness at Wolves and with them looking as though they are set for promotion he could easily stay put.
Personally I believe that the addition of Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and the retention of Ryan Tunnicliffe are good enough positives to take from the January transfer window. It will be great to see the squad strengthened with one or two back-up signings but I am not expecting anything close to a spending spree from the Tractor Boys this month.
Fulham are ready to step up their attempts to sign West Ham star Ravel Morrison, by making a second offer for the player this week, according to the Daily Mirror.
The Cottagers saw a bid of £4million rejected for the former Manchester United prospect last week, and are now set to return with an increased offer of £4.5million, after Fulham owner Shahid Khan gave the go-ahead.
Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen believes there is still a chance for Fulham to sign the England under-21 midfielder, and is hopeful his strong relationship with the player will play a big part.
Meulensteen coached Morrison during the pairs time at Manchester United, and are understood to have kept a good working relationship.
West Ham only paid £650,000 for Morrison when signing him from the Old Trafford club in 2012.
Fulham are also willing to increase Morrison’s wages, with the 20-year-old currently earning £15,000 a week at Upton Park.
Fulham’s attempts to complete the deal have outraged West Ham, and have sparked a row between the relegation rivals.
The Hammers insist Morrison will be going nowhere, and have accused the Cottagers of tapping up the young midfielder.
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James Milner says that following his Manchester City team’s domestic double this term the Champions League is their next major aim.
The Sky Blues secured the Premier League title with a last day victory over West Ham to add to their Capital One Cup success earlier this year.
Now the Citizens have won every competition available to them in England, yet success on the continental stage has evaded them.
City made it out of the group stage for the first time in their history last term, but were sent home after a two-legged defeat to Barcelona.
Milner – who has been a solid performer under both Manuel Pellegrini and Roberto Mancini – now has his sights focused on Champions League silverware:
“We have won two trophies this season and I came here to win trophies. I want to contribute to the club as much as I can and help us move forward.” He is quoted by the Daily Star.
“The next thing we need to win is the European Cup. I have been lucky enough since I have been here to win every domestic trophy – so that is the next one.
“If you look at everything City are doing on and off the field, they are a massive club in every way.
“You just have to look at how the club has expanded, the players that we have, so it has to be the next step.
“It was disappointing to go out to Barcelona this season but, had things been slightly different, you never know.
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“We beat the European champions in their own back yard. It shows we can do it.”
City are expected to spend again this summer to attract big name players, even with the prospect of a hefty £50m fine due to a suspicion of breaching Financial Fair Play rules.
It’s to no one’s great surprise that Andy Carroll is injured again. Not only that, but the striker will miss the next four months, returning sometime around November, though you’d be brave to bet on that.
West Ham, in the meantime, will be in need of plugging that gap and bringing in someone who can work effectively in the Premier League until the striker’s return.
The club have already brought in Enner Valencia and Mauro Zarate, but between them they have half-a-season’s worth of experience in the English top flight. Bringing in someone already based in the Premier League should be a must.
Here is a rundown of five options to replace Andy Carroll in the West Ham squad.
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Danny Welbeck
Danny Welbeck’s future at Manchester United isn’t really in danger or any great doubt, but the striker hasn’t done enough to be a regular in the team’s starting XI, failing to hit the back of the net with the regularity that’s expected of him.
Welbeck could be the perfect short-term answer for West Ham. The England international is good enough to be a starter in Sam Allardyce’s team, with the versatility and work rate to be deployed anywhere across the front line.
Welbeck could have a good career at Old Trafford, but now he really does need to develop further as a forward. A loan move would suit all parties.
Jordan Rhodes
There are surely some who are still waiting for Jordan Rhodes to make the step up from the Championship to the Premier League.
The Scotland international has scored over 20 goals in each of his two seasons with Blackburn and very much looks capable of producing in the top flight.
West Ham will find trouble in negotiating with Blackburn, who will not want to lose their star forward. But while it is a gamble, if Sam Allardyce can land the 24-year-old, it could pay off in a big way.
Nicklas Bendtner
Nicklas Bendtner is currently a free agent after seeing his contract at Arsenal expire. The Dane hasn’t the best of reputations in England, but that’s largely due to his off-field actions.
Bendtner may have frustrated Arsenal supporters in the past, but his form for Denmark has generally been very good – and that’s what his next club will need to unlock, the consistency to perform effectively at the highest level.
The Dane would be a good signing for West Ham, provided they can get round his wage demands. Bendtner is a good footballer who, on his day, can produce far more than many of the mid-table strikers currently in the league.
Connor Wickham
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Connor Wickham arrived at Sunderland in 2011 with plenty of promise, but hasn’t featured as much as many would have expected over the past few seasons, seeing a couple of loan moves during that period.
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But most would have been reminded that he still plays for the club during their stunning run of form at the end of last season, in which the 21-year-old scored against Manchester City and Chelsea.
Wickham wouldn’t be a bad shout for West Ham this summer, even as a loan signing from now until January.
Marouane Fellaini
Marouane Fellaini doesn’t look to have a future at Manchester United with Louis van Gaal now in charge. The Belgian international had a hugely disappointing season at the club last term and will more than likely be shown the door at some stage this summer.
Even though he isn’t a striker, he’d be a perfect replacement for Andy Carroll at West Ham, with experience of having played in an advanced role during his Everton days.
Fellaini ticks all the boxes of a typical Sam Allardyce signing, and if the club can get a loan move off the ground at the very least, he should be able to kick start his career, which is currently going nowhere at Old Trafford.
The rise and fall of Andros Townsend is a tale any young English footballer, especially those who play on the wing, should always bear in mind.
Indeed, the Tottenham talent and the short-lived arc of his international career is preceded by many; Stewart Downing, Aaron Lennon, Adam Johnson and Shawn Wright-Phillips to name a few. Yet, recalling Three Lions internationals who have endured rises so sudden as the Lilywhites wideman, and falls so equally inevitable, proves a near impossible task.
On New Year’s day 2013, just eighteen months ago, Andros Townsend was a relatively anonymous name to the majority of England fans, standing out only for its unique Cypriot twist. Eight loan spells in the Football League, ranging from Yeovil Town in 2009 to Birmingham City in 2012, had brought the winger little closer to the first team at White Hart Lane, let alone the Three Lions seniors.
A loan stay with relegation-bound QPR in January that year, later labelled a transfer masterstroke by former Spurs boss Harry Redknapp, quickly changed all that. Compared to the immense number of Premier League mercenaries compounded at Loftus Road, the then-21 year-old’s fearless approach, committing defenders and taking upon himself the responsibility to score goals, quickly caught the attention of his parent club and Roy Hodgson.
England hadn’t possessed a dynamic winger like that – so comfortable in jinking his way past defenders, so confident in attempting to find the net from long range – for generations, since the marauding displays of Chris Waddle. Redknapp compared him to Bayern Munich star Arjen Robben, a likening that in the long-run, has proved impossible for Townsend to live up to.
The rise in stock at QPR, combined with the limited quality available to Hodgson out wide, amalgamated into Townsend playing an important role in the latter fixtures of England’s World Cup qualifying campaign. The defining moment; a Man of the Match display upon his competitive debut, typified by a low, swerving shot from outside the area that exploded into the back of the net, sealing a 4-1 win against Montenegro.
It remains one of the most aesthetic England goals in recent memory – not a robust challenge, hit-n-hope cross or scuffed finish in sight. The open-armed, rosy-cheeked effigy of Townsend celebrating was strewn across the back pages of every tabloid and broadsheet the following morning, the Tottenham youngster hailed his country’s newest hero, a shining example of the loan system working to full effect and England’s future not being so bleak as many were suggesting.
Yet, scoring his first international goal at just 22 years of age will most likely forge the highest point of Townsend’s playing career. Fast forward to the present day, a year on from that worldly strike against Montenegro, and the one-time prodigy is more commonly discussed as a bargaining chip in Tottenham’s transfer plans. A Townsend-plus-cash swap deal for Southampton’s Jay Rodriguez was mooted regularly by the press throughout the summer.
So where did it all go wrong for the Lilywhites winger? In the space of twelve months, he’s gone from England hero to Tottenham zero, a regular target of criticism from the Spurs fan base and overtaken in the Three Lions fold by the likes of Raheem Sterling, Ross Barkley and Adam Lallana.
Injuries have unquestionably played their part. I’m sure we all remember Townsend lying unconscious in a photographer’s pit after crashing into an advertising board, also spraining his wrist, and in April this year, the Spurs hot-shot picked up an ankle injury that ruled him out of the World Cup. But for the winger, Hodgson, England and their fans, this was probably a blessing in disguise.
The prevailing issue being that within the time between Townsend’s goal against Montenegro and his World-Cup ending injury, the level of improvement shown at club level was minimal, in fact, the Spurs youngster had arguably regressed.
We all knew about Townsend’s pace, we all knew about his ability to test ‘keepers from long-range. In his first season in the Tottenham starting XI however, these were the only two traits the England winger appeared interested in demonstrating, no matter how ineffective they proved to be.
He took 56 attempts at goal last term, 49 from outside the box, yet Townsend’s only contribution to Tottenham’s goal tally was a solitary mishit cross, which somehow looped it’s way over Aston Villa’s Brad Guzan. That gave him a conversion rate, fortuitously considering, of just 2%. It also made his 2.7 dribbles per match, the fourth most of any player in the Premier League last season, rather redundant.
Have we been too harsh on Townsend? Perhaps so. In other countries, young wingers are allowed, or even expected, to be greedy in the hope that it will eventually hone their skills to a more effective and consistent level. But the Premier League is a difficult training ground for developing players; often pressures are so intense and results so important that even youngsters are expected to be somewhere close to the finished article, regardless of the amount of games under their belts.
Yet in my opinion, as is now a recurring, sinister trend amongst young English players, Townsend’s fifteen minutes of fame came too soon. Had Hodgson been patient in letting the 23 year-old create a role for himself at Tottenham before exposing him to the inevitable higher scrutiny placed on England internationals, perhaps there wouldn’t be such a dark cloud of disappointment lingering over him now.
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Another, possibly more popular, explanation, would be that the Lilywhites starlet was always punching above his weight; a mixture of decent form and youthful enthusiasm making him stand out amid the dearth of exciting young quality in the England set-up at the time.
Either way, the captivating performances spawned from Townsend’s self-centred style of play was always unsustainable. Failing to adapt his game to compensate for this inevitability remains the youngster’s biggest crime, but one must consider what effect overconfidence, created by an excessively premature inaugural England call-up, has had on Townsend’s mindset over the last twelve months.
Unfortunately, although the rise and fall of Andros Townsend is an extreme case in terms of highs, lows and time scale, it is very much a typical saga for young English players.
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Over the past five years, it has been a whirlwind experience for everyone at Crystal Palace. On the brink of administration, a fierce relegation battle and Championship survival on the last day of the season, winning a play-off final to get promoted to the Premier League and surpassing everyone’s expectations by finishing 11th in England’s top flight are some of the highs and lows that the Eagles fans have gone through. It’s safe to say that there is never a dull moment at Crystal Palace.
At the start of the 2013/2014 campaign, many were shocked at the sacking of the eccentric Ian Holloway, with his character alone seemingly being the main reason why fans trusted in the former Blackpool boss. But no one knew how much of a success Tony Pulis was going to be. Sitting at the foot of the Premier League table when Pulis took over the club in November, the ex-Stoke manager used his credentials and fantastic football knowledge to maintain his record of never being relegated as a manager. The South East London club were a force and struck fear into many an opposition manager when the Welshman was at the helm.
Now times have changed with former Sheffield United, QPR and Leeds United gaffer Neil Warnock returning for his second spell at Palace after Pulis had disagreements with chairman Steve Parish over transfers which forced him to resign, something that shocked English football. Currently sitting in 16th place, two places above the dreaded relegation zone, the Eagles are no longer the force they once were under the stewardship of Warnock, and the risk of a season back in the second tier of English football for the 2015/2016 season looms.
The comparison between Warnock and Pulis at Palace show the latter’s Eagles side conceded less goals, had both more shots and more shots on target, produced more accurate crosses and won more tackles and interceptions. However, it doesn’t matter what club Pulis is managing, the former Plymouth Argyle chief will always be associated with long ball football. Under the guidance of Warnock, Palace have had more possession, scored more goals, made more successful dribbles and are fouled more often than the Crystal Palace under Pulis. The anthesis of ‘tika-taka’ football, Pulis set up his sides in a superb defensive manner, while Warnock likes his sides to play more open.
Last weekend’s defeat at home to table toppers Chelsea was a prime example of what could have been. Palace were aiming to emulate what they achieved last season when they took maximum points from Jose Mourinho’s men thanks to a John Terry own goal. It could have been the same again, had it not been for the sending off of centre half Damian Delaney. Unlike the management of Pulis, Palace will not be picking up as many unexpected points against the top teams. Nevertheless, Warnock’s Palace are more likely to beat the teams around them, especially at home where they benefit from fantastic support, as he encourages his teams to attack. This is why Palace will spend another season in the top flight.
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