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on Jul 26, 2012 at 10:03:04 AM
Stuart Pearce has had just a fortnight to prepare for the tournament and the lack of playing time together showed as GB slumped to a disappointing 2-0 defeat against Brazil last week.
There has also been the Gareth Bale controversy, hinting that players may not take the tournament seriously: the Tottenham winger pulled out of the competition through injury but has since appeared for Spurs on their pre-season tour in the United States.
Despite all that, coach Pearce insists his 18-man squad will be one of the best-prepared at the Games. "We will have to chop and change and to be successful we will have to use all 18 players and use them wisely. There are a lot of matches in a short period of time. There is a lot of travelling involved as well. But we feel as though our preparation ...
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on Jan 23, 2012 at 11:55:21 AM
The two Manchesters march on in a Premier League title race that has very much become a two-horse race. Spurs are out to 23.0 for the title after defeat away to City whilst Arsenal are at 300.0 with some suggesting they're best chance of being in the Champions League next season is to actually win it this year.
But whereas Arsenal can have few complaints about their 2-1 defeat at home to Manchester United, Spurs have good reason to feel deeply aggrieved about their own defeat. They went 2-0 down to goals from Samir Nasri and Joleon Lescott (matched at 16.5 to score) but came back to draw level with Jermain Defoe making the most of some poor defending to round Joe Hart and score and Gareth Bale curling in a beauty from outside the box.
Having traded at 1.04 to win the match when 2-0...