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5 Championship players to watch

After the opening weekend of the Championship season, punters will already have made notes on which teams look like promotion and relegation candidates. We’ve decided to take a look at some of the players who could have a big season in the English second tier. 1) Michael Chopra (Ipswich) A brace on his debut for Ipswich (12/1 [...]
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Players must ignore criticism – Hodgson

Roy Hodgson has urged his Liverpool players to rise above the criticism and concentrate on turning around the season over the remaining seven months (Liverpool 13/10 in the match betting to beat Bolton). The Reds have suffered their worst-ever start to a Premier League campaign and currently sit in 18th place in the table with just [...]
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Players still behind Capello – Barry

Gareth Barry insists the England players (1/12 to qualify for Euro 2012) still believe in Fabio Capello, as the squad go into their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. An appalling showing at the World Cup this summer led to many fans and pundits calling for a change at the top. But Capello, who signed a new deal before [...]
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Ghana’s players have differing expectations

Ghana’s players have differing expectations of their side going into the World Cup, but right-back John Pantsil said a semi-final place was within their grasp (Ghana 22/1 to be eliminated in semi-finals). The Fulham defender told the BBC: “An African country can lift the cup. “In Germany in 2006 we reached the last 16 but now, with [...]
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