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Bluffer’s Guide to Croatia
Ireland’s Euro 2012 campaign begins in Poznan with a game that has been described as “must win” but realistically represents a big ask for Trapattoni’s team. The Balkans have a more than decent…
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Euro 2012 Preview – Italy
Italy qualified for this summer’s European Championships very comfortably, remaining unbeaten and helping restore some pride in Azzurri after their ill-fated 2010 World Cup in South Africa. New manager Cesare Prandelli has set…
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High Stakes For Young Guns in Ennis Road Rematch
For the second time in two years, the cream of Clare and Limerick hurling will face off for the right to move in better circles and dream bigger dreams in the season that…
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Celtic’s Defending v Kilmarnock – 2012 League Cup Final
A flat, lethargic display from Celtic all over the park in the League Cup Final was matched by a defence who looked disjointed throughout and gave up far too many chances against an…
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Celtic’s Defending versus Aberdeen – 3rd March 2012
The return to action after the international break was predictably problematic for Celtic. There were deficiencies all over the park with Hooper oddly out of touch up front, a midfield lacking a little…
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Cheltenham 2012 Day 4 Preview
The concluding part of Fenway Park’s guide to the 2012 Cheltenham Festival.
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Cheltenham 2012 Day 3 Preview
Fenway Park’s annual guide to the Cheltenham Festival continues with this preview of the third day’s racing.
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Cheltenham 2012 Day 2 Preview
Fenway Park’s Cheltenham preview continues with this preview of the second day’s racing.
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Celtic’s Defending against ICT – 11th February 2012
Celtic earned a third successive clean sheet on Saturday, despite a man disadvantage for much of the second half. Since Christmas they have conceded every 405 minutes on average – as a comparison…
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Celtic’s Defence v ICT 4th February 2012
With no goals conceded in the comfortable 2-0 win at Inverness, TFK’s defensive analysis takes a brave step forward into uncharted territory by reviewing the overall performance of the four man defence that…
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Celtic’s Defending v Falkirk 29th January 2012
Celtic’s much improved defensive performances in the past couple of months made way for an unconvincing display today as Falkirk scored once but troubled the excellent Fraser Forster more times than might have…
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Celtic’s Defending v Dundee United 14th January 2012
Celtic’s renewed defensive competence has been breached by a couple of long-range speculative efforts recently and the pattern was repeated yesterday with John Rankin firing home from distance to make the second half…
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Jump Season 2011/2012 mid-term report
With Cheltenham just ten short weeks away and the Leopardstown Christmas Festival just after concluding, it is an appropriate time to have a look at how the principle championship races for the Festival…
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Celtic Stats – End of 2011
2011 began with a terrific win for Celtic at Ibrox and ended with an equally satisfying triumph over Rangers at Celtic Park. As the year draws to a close it’s as good a…
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Bluffer’s Guide to European Football… 19/20th November 2011
Sandwiched into a gap between last week’s international fixtures and this week’s European games there was a healthy dose of domestic football at the weekend. And the main talking points, derived purely from…
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Estonia 0 Ireland 4 – Tactical Review
Just as the home draw with Slovakia two months ago was no nadir for Irish football, the natural enthusiasm over a 4-0 win over Estonia needs to be tempered by context. Friday night’s…
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Bluffer’s Guide to Estonia
With no reliance on Wikipedia or obscure football forums found through google, TFK present the Bluffer’s Guide to the Estonian national football team who stand in the way of Irish qualification to Euro…
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Bluffer’s Guide to European Football – 7th November 2011
A lazy, half-hearted review of European football this week that’s devoid of humour or interesting facts. Nevertheless it’s essential reading for anyone with an interest in passing themselves off as a student of…
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Celtic’s Defending v Motherwell 6th November 2011
Despite the concession of an early goal, alarmingly from a corner kick once again, this was a much improved defensive display from Celtic. Rogne and Majstorovic were generally composed and commanding at centre…
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Celtic’s Defending v Rennes 3rd November 2011
A terrific European performance from a massively understrength Celtic team last night delivered a welcome three points. The cause was not helped by the disastrous concession of an early goal that echoed a…
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Celtic Defending v Kilmarnock 15th October 2011
Another game, another series of incredible defensive calamities and three goals conceded to a struggling Kilmarnock team. Some of the mistakes were recurrences of lapses in previous weeks, others were new types of…
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Celtic Player Performances – Season So Far
There are frustratingly few statistics available on player performances in the SPL but with some basic data and crude maths it’s possible to conduct some high-level analysis on individual player performances. What follows…
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Celtic’s Defending – Hearts 2nd October 2011
A decent defensive showing against Udinese during the week, following on from a fairly unconvincing clean sheet against Inverness last weekend, gave hope that Celtic’s defensive fragility might be a thing of the…
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AFL Grand Final Preview – Collingwood v Geelong
Two of Australia’s biggest sides go head to head in a mouth-watering clash of unquestionably the top two teams of this season’s AFL. Collingwood only lost 2 games this season, and Geelong 3….
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Celtic’s Defending – Rangers 18th September 2011
Celtic contrived to lose four goals in their most important game of the season so far in a shambolic defensive display. Serious question marks around team selection and the tactics employed have resulted…
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Celtic’s Defending – Atletico Madrid 16th Sept 2011
TFK’s analysis of Celtic’s defence continues with a scrutiny of the two goals conceded against Atletico Madrid in the Europa League tonight.
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Bluffer’s Guide to European Football – 9/11
Domestic soccer resumed in Europe after the international break and so this tired old Bluffer’s Guide returns to our screens.
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National Hunt Preview 2011/12 – Novice Chasers
The second part of Fenway Park’s 2011/12 National Hunt Preview is a look at last year’s novice chasers.
Bluffer’s Guide to Croatia
Ireland’s Euro 2012 campaign begins in Poznan with a game that has been described as “must win” but realistically represents a big ask for Trapattoni’s team. The Balkans have a more than decent…
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Celtic’s Defending v Kilmarnock – 2012 League Cup Final
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Celtic’s Defending versus Aberdeen – 3rd March 2012
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Cheltenham 2012 Day 4 Preview
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Celtic’s Defence v ICT 4th February 2012
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Jump Season 2011/2012 mid-term report
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Celtic Stats – End of 2011
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Bluffer’s Guide to European Football… 19/20th November 2011
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Estonia 0 Ireland 4 – Tactical Review
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Celtic Player Performances – Season So Far
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Serie A 2011/12 – Ten Players to Watch
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The Influence Of Passing on Winning… CL 2011 Statistics
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