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Winners & LosersEarly loser: Barcelona, precisely where they deserve to be
Barcelona are a club who usually end up where they deserve. This year is no exception, but not in a good way.
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Early loser: Europa greats Sevilla ballsing up a Europa group
Europa League specialists Sevilla were handed a Europa-style Champions League group. And they're f***ing it up.
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Early loser: Spurs and NES, going nowhere fast
Spurs are a team going nowhere fast and the fact is West Ham have now overtaken them.
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Early losers: Ancelotti, Real Madrid and ultimately all of us
Real Madrid losing to Sheriff is astonishing and funny. But enjoy results like this while you can.
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Early loser: Aston Villa – a positive performance ruined by more mistakes
Aston Villa turned in their best performance of the season while shooting themselves in the foot. Twice...
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Early loser: Bruce avoids ignominy but Toon Army turn
Newcastle claimed their first point but the St James' Park faithful made theirs loud and clear and Steve Bruce can't sway them...
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Early loser: Manchester United’s lack of a Plan B
More dropped points for Southampton, 27 away games unbeaten for United. Yet the visitors will be the more disappointed.
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Early Loser: Steve Bruce and punctured Newcastle optimism
Steve Bruce wants his Newcastle team to excite the fans. He might need to specify which team's fans.
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Early loser: Leicester City and history repeating
The FA Cup win will rightly sustain the fans, but missing out on top four again would really hurt.
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Early loser: Klopp, needing Liverpool to ‘calm down’…
A frenzied game of football suggests Klopp's pre-match words should have been directed at Liverpool, not us...
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Early loser: Robert Lewandowski and avoidable injuries
PSG v Bayern was a truly wonderful Champions League tie. It could and should have been even better.
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Early loser: Jurgen Klopp and the search for good answers
Liverpool's boss has plenty of questions to ponder, and good answers aren't coming quite so easy now.
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Early loser: Home strife derailing Everton plan for Europe
Everton have been overachieving under Ancelotti and they appear to have caught a dose of whatever Liverpool have...
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Early Losers: Incompetent Lee Mason, impotent Brighton…
Lee Mason and Brighton shot themselves in the foot at West Brom. Only Brighton missed...
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Early losers: England missing out on record-breaking Musiala
Born in Stuttgart, made at Chelsea, Musiala has opted for Germany over England...
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Early loser: Daniel Levy and buyer’s remorse
Barcelona are obviously and literally the big losers. Yet Daniel Levy must have felt a tinge of regret on Tuesday evening.
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Early loser: Crumbling Crystal Palace waiting to be rebuilt
This Palace could be condemned before their huge rebuilding job in the summer. Who will oversee it?
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Early loser: Man Utd’s attack handicapped by defence
Man Utd have one of the PL's most potent attacks but the worst defence in the top half...
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Early loser: Spurs, somehow even worse than everyone expected
We thought Spurs might be quite bad at Brighton but were wrong. They were absolutely dreadful.
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Early loser: Marcelo Bielsa and a season low for Leeds
Leeds turned in their worst performance of the season. Bielsa will take the blame, but for what exactly?
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Early loser: Willian, that was really nothing
Harsh to single out one Arsenal player when they're all so bad, but we've done it anyway.
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F365’s early loser: Leeds and a rare opportunity slipping away
Leeds now have the Premier League's leakiest defence after shipping four to a goal-shy Palace. It's not ideal.
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Early loser: Real Madrid, somehow getting away with it
Their woes have come in Barcelona's shadow thus far, but Real Madrid are still in a right old mess themselves.
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F365’s Early Loser: Crystal Palace and a lack of attacking ambition
Crystal Palace had not one shot before their penalty, and not one shot after it. That's not really good enough.
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F365’s early loser: Frank Lampard and Chelsea’s defensive handicap
Chelsea's defence suffered another catastrophic failure, individually and collectively. Lampard is flunking this particular test...
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F365’s early loser: Ed Woodward, witness to his own incompetence
Crystal Palace shone the brightest light on glaring weaknesses Man Utd are stubbornly refusing to address...
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F365’s early loser: Defending champs Liverpool fail to firm up
It may seem churlish to focus on a negative after a breathless seven-goal thriller. But Jurgen Klopp surely will...
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F365’s early loser: Jose Mourinho’s dreary miserabilism
Jose got a point and made his point. But is this really all Spurs can expect for £15m a year?
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F365’s early losers: Anyone taking the Mik out of Arteta
The tide was starting to turn for Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. But this was a statement to confound the critics.
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F365’s early loser: Mourinho and his meandering midfield…
Jose Mourinho has plenty of midfield options yet none of them can form a functioning pair. No pressure, Gedson Fernandes...
