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Chelsea v Manchester United: five talking points | Dominic Fifield
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Manchester United showed drive and determination and an unwillingness to give up the fight to defend their title1 Manchester United's stubborn refusal to relinquish their title remains …Manchester City ended up reopening a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League this weekend, though the manner of Manchester United's recovery from three goals down here left the champions sensing that the m
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England left in a spin by stripping John Terry of captaincy | David James
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In 2000 the FA told England's manager not to pick Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate but all players should be treated alikeIt was a bold decision by the FA to strip John Terry of the England captaincy but now the question is how the national team will be affected before Euro 2012 this summer. In my experience such off-field issues can either tear apart a team or galvanise them. Whichever the outco
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Fernando Torres's greatest days may be confined to memory | Daniel Taylor
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The days when Chelsea's £50m striker laid waste to Premier League defences look to be behind himIt is never easy watching a top footballer stray dangerously close to the point when his audience has to accept, however much we might wish to be more generous, there is a real possibility that we might be permanently talking about his gifts in the past tense.When that player is Fernando Torres and the
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John Terry must decide his own fate after FA throw him to the wolves | Paul Wilson
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Retiring from England duty may be John Terry's best option now that the wolves have been sent to his doorIf Fabio Capello is furious about losing his captain while his back was turned he will be incandescent on discovering that John Terry can never even play for him again, which will be the inevitable upshot now that the pack has tasted blood.The campaign will not stop here. Either Terry will dec
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England's Owen Farrell kicks Scotland boo boys into touch | Richard Williams
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The crowd tried to put the young centre off his game but he shows maturity to put points on the boardAn outbreak of booing during a rugby match is always an ugly sound, the more so when it is directed at a young man, only a few months out of his teens and in the early stages of his international debut, doing nothing more discreditable than attempting a kick at goal.Perhaps this sort of thing is o
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Football League: your thoughts | Jacob Steinberg
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Cardiff throw it away against Blackpool, Leeds get over Simon Grayson's sacking and Sheffield Wednesday mount a fightback• Cardiff City missed the chance to keep in touch with West Ham, who beat Millwall 2-1 despite losing Kevin Nolan to a red card after just nine minutes. Malky Mackay will be furious after Cardiff took the lead against Blackpool through Joe Mason after 59 minutes, only for the v
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England lay foundations for future to banish 'unspeakable past' | Richard Williams
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A new generation and new hope but the new coach, Stuart Lancaster, may not be around long enough to build on his promising startAs they assembled for their departure to Edinburgh this week, the young hopefuls of Stuart Lancaster's New England found themselves in surroundings familiar to followers of the red-rose saga through the turbulence of recent years.Filing out of Pennyhill Park, a five-star
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Without will of the fans some football clubs would just fade away | David Lacey
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The capacity of clubs such as Portsmouth to carry on in apparently hopeless positions is one of the game's phenomenaIn football perspectives have obviously changed. There was a time when the merest hint of a famous old club threatened with extinction would have been regarded as a major crisis within the game. Now the news of Portsmouth being issued with a winding-up order by HM Revenue and Custom
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