…where he talks about how football helped him take his parents out of poverty.
https://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/news/from-bakoteh-to-brighton-yankuba-mintehs-rise-to-the-premier-league
Doesn't look like Lancing...
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I was just reading about RC Strasbourg, managed by Liam Rosenior and where Valentin Barco is currently playing his football.
They're on a tremendous run, winning again this weekend, to move up to fourth and are now just one point away from Champions League qualification.
I knew they are a...
...the last week or so didn't happen, right?
We're ninth with seven fixtures to go, many of which are "winnable" (I know, I know) and European qualification within our sight.
Agreed?
Brentford to win to keep Chelsea potentially catchable, or Chelsea to win to keep Brentford well behind or the classic "draw with lots of red cards and injuries"?
We will finish in one of the highest positions in the club's entire history, European qualification is still within reach, we have a young dynamic squad of players with more en route in the summer.
And all this with a young manager, still learning both his trade and the League and a squad...
Saturday 5th April
Everton v Arsenal (12:30) - TNT Sports
Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion
Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Ham United v AFC Bournemouth
Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest (17:30) - Sky Sports
Sunday 6th April
Brentford v Chelsea (14:00) - Sky Sports
Fulham v...
Strange one.
When Carlos Baleba is on the pitch, and he usually is, he's the cover when we have set pieces and throw the defenders up.
With Baleba not playing, that role fell to Diego Gomez, who I noticed was on the receiving end of some short shrift from JPvH in the immediate aftermath of the...
Humour me please, or just move onto one of the other 393,272 threads on NSC.
The hypothetical football gods offer you a deal...
- Beat Villa but then lose to Palace, or
- Lose to Villa and then beat Palace
Which one do you take?
Despite the pain that will bring on Saturday, it's a...
Two interesting stats:
1. Adept at nipping in front of defenders at the last moment, Joao Pedro is actually the most fouled regular striker in the Premier League (42).
2. And since the start of last season no one in English football has earned more penalties than the 23-year-old...
Tuesday 1st April
Arsenal v Fulham (19:45)
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United (19:45)
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United (20:00) - TNT Sports
Wednesday 2nd April
AFC Bournemouth v Ipswich Town (19:45)
Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa (19:45)
Manchester City v Leicester City...