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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Armed to the Teeth Bournemouth Boys Ready to Impact Premiership

Eddie Howe is ready with his chaps to make an all-around impact in all of the confines of the English Premier League, with his AFC Bournemouth, after making history and winning it with style in the Championship League.

The overall vision of this club is to make and impacting debut as well making sure their efforts didn’t went in vain in last campaign and assure their permanency in the big circuit.

After all this club made history by playing for their first time ever since their inception as a formal club in 1890 and this time is the real deal by getting to play with the big guns of Premiership and prove what are they made of!

For Boscombe Manager considered one of the youngest Bosses currently in Premiership, his will and knowledge will be put on a test after his chaps make a run all campaign long in what many consider one of the top and most competitive s of leagues.

These Cherries are for real and one thing for sure they don’t want to follow the same story as many of those squads who came from the Championship League and after promoted they succumb at the end of the campaign after showing a lack of ambition and modest play.

Not this squad as its front office with its limited budget really assembled a contender by netting eight new players- willing to give their best and defend the Cherries colors as well putting display of good football that can surprise anyone.

The arrival of several new faces to Dean Court in Boscombe will really ignite a squad considered as an underdog for those experts but for its top brass the idea is to contend as well seek more shields to bring to its stadium halls.

With players of the likes of Artur Boruc of Southampton, Adam Federici- Reading, Joshua King- Blackburn Rovers, Christian Atsu- Chelsea, Tyrone Mings- Ipswich Town, Silvain Distin- Everton, Max Gradel- Saint Etienne and Lee Tomlin- Middlesbrough.

Something positive comes from all of these newcomers looking to perform and demonstrate their mettle as top rated players and show their winning hunger that can become contagious in the field for Manager Howe scheme.

This squad is ready to confront the Mother of all challenges and endurance that Premiership offers to many of this squads that at the end reality strikes them and are fighting for their survival, for me personally this club can continue writing its own history.

Very well paying the role of spoiler when it plays with the likes of Manu, Arsenal, Tottenham, Man City, Southampton or the defending champion Chelsea how they can inflict a lot of damage and upsets to these so called titans of Premiership.

As luck is on the Boscombe Boys side, playing their first match of the campaign as home team and going against a newly hardened Aston Villa, the drive of this squad will be put on a test this Saturday August eight that will mark their Premiership adventure.

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Monday, August 3, 2015

The Southampton Saints Once Again Going for Premiership Glory

This squad is for real and despite selling a couple of their initial eleven top performers in Morgan Schneiderlein and Nathaniel Clyne, the Saints are going for everything in this edition of the English Premier League.

As the house that Pochetino built, that showed off with a series of top prospects coming from its academy, this squad so far is becoming a sort of player developer for the big guns of Premiership; ask that to Manu and Liverpool especially!

Players leave but since their arrival four years ago to the big circuit this squad after being saved by Poche, it has shown an all-around resilience, ambition and determination to play against the so called titans of Premiership on a one to one basis.

Being this campaign a reward and a spot in the UEFA Champions League the second tier behind Champions League, in a third round playoff with a rival to be designated and hence move to the group stages.

That was then and now under the Koeman era the squad once again looks like a sure contender to be among the top four in the overall table and although the campaign looks like a disputed tournament from now on.

These Saints can march in if they continue with their winning mentality and determination of playing a bright and top of the line football, with their academy prospects as well the newcomers obtained in the transfer market.

The arrival of Juami from Malaga, Cedric Soares- Sporting CP, Marteen Stekelenberg- Fulham, Cuco Martina- Fulham, Jordy Clasie- FC Twente, Jordy Clasie- Feyenrood and Steven Caulker- Queens Park Rangers complete the Saints circle in it acquisitions.

Being ready with the already established and hardened squad, this squad is ready to make all sorts of headlines and stun all of its rivals in league play as well try to net a shield or two on their quest to a perfect and all around grand campaign.

There’s no stopping the Saint down in this edition of Premiership as always this squad has something to show and hidden under their sleeve, but one thing for sure this squad will contend in this entire tourney as well in the FA and Capitol One Cups.

Still this edition as the previous ones of EPL will indeed be one of the most contested and disputed throughout this upcoming 2015-16, taking another challenge it’s Manager Ronald Koeman who will like to better his club performance from last edition.

By finishing among the top four positions in the league table will be one of his goals as well netting a shield or two in EPL internal competitions as well get into the group stage of UEFA Europa League, big list and ambitious one- but a feat not impossible for a club of this caliber.

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Tim Sherwood’s Villains Ready to Shake Premiership

Maybe, but this campaign for the Villains Boss Tim Sherwood, this is to demonstrate his abilities of why he can manage a team as well make it into an all-around contender.

After his brief stint in the Spurs helm and not given the opportunity to take over at North London as he would want, still he demonstrated he’s fit to manage as the way he salvaged if not rescue a squad in the brink of relegation.

After posting mediocre results and situated at the bottom of the table, Sherwood did some moves in his initial eleven at Villa Park that really paid off and saved this squad from the infamous relegation trip into the Championship League.

Now is the time for the new Lions Boss to demonstrate why Tottenham was wrong in not taking him as well show off his skills of why he’s fit to manage a Premiership squad, very well try to net some shields to its halls of Villa Park.

With a much contested championship in EPL seen in every campaign, many squads in order to survive or keep afloat need to reinforce its ranks and although they don’t have the budgets like the big clubs, still they managed to purchase some players.

Still this campaign saw an Aston Villa front office really hard at work, this to conform a squad according to Sherwood’s demands as well can prove itself worthy of still being around with the big boys of premiership.

This campaign the Villains really opened up their wallet as well sold valuable player’s to bigger entities to make up some funds and get themselves into the market to purchase valuable players to reinforce this squad as well make a squad not to be mess with.

The departure of Fabian Delph to Man City and Christian Benteke to Liverpool many experts would swear that a big crack in his squad initial eleven was left, but for their Manager his moves and acquisitions proved accurate to front a 2015-16 campaign.

With a solid determination and a way to get this squad rolling this squad so far has signed in the transfer market a total of nine players coming from the EPL, Ligue de France, La Liga and Championship division of England.

Being Micah Richard and Scott Sinclair both from Manchester City that will try to inject some of that squad winning ways into their new teammates and try to make this squad seek a European spots and stay clear from the bottom three positions.

At the end the Claret and Blue Army is up and ready to make all sorts of noises in this edition of Premiership- very well try to play the role of spoiler to the likes of the big clubs and make a statement especially in the overall table.

Anything can happen with this Aston Villa squad that can demonstrate how hardened they can be make honor to their motto as “Prepared” and indeed this club looks like is ignited!

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Arsenal’s Win at the Community Shield Raises Hopes at Emirate’s

Today’s win at Wembley proves that this campaign the hopes of Arsenal landing the EPL shield are very high, as the Gunners did the ultimate of feats by beating a surprised champion in the Chelsea Blues.

The Community Shield is another of the oldest competition’s in Premiership soccer with the FA Cup winner of last campaign and the overall winner of the tournament, were both of these play for this coveted shield to adorn its halls.

Still this match is considered a friendly before the English Premier League takes off next week in its 2015-16 edition, the protagonists were both clubs known for their bitter rivalry and contested matches known as the London Derbies.

Before this match many saw in the reigning champions Chelsea Blues Manager Jose Mourinho starting a certain war of words with his colleague from Arsenal Arsene Wegner on what have dubbed as very bitter rivalry between these two.

But in today’s match we saw a very determined Gunner squad dominating in all the aspects of this match as well in the field not allowing the Pensioners any liberties at all and netting the only goal by Oxlade- Chamberlain that made the whole difference in this event.

Celebratory and tense at the end when many saw Wegner a bit snobby with his colleague Mourinho that this latter one accused him of not shaking his hand when the match was over.

Still at the end the Gunners showed off a lot of class and determination that will make them the grand favorites of taking an EPL Barclay’s Shield to its halls at Emirates, but first they need to attend their league compromises.

So far this campaign the Gunner’s only big name signing was of goalie Petr Cech who will contribute greatly for his new club cause and very well rally his troops as a natural leader he is when he plays under the posts.

and both squad’s didn’t had in the field their big names as the Blues didn’t had Diego Costa and Arsenal Jack Wilshere at the end neither of their services were needed and the show went on without them with a lot wonderful and disputed plays.

Seeing an Arsenal backfield coming through and delivering when needed and stopping cold the Pensioners attack cold in its tracks, those Gunners really are giving the experts something to talk about before the start of this campaign.

The Gunners backfield really played wonders and for the Frenchman hopefully these four chaps can continue with a healthy campaign as Nacho Monreal aligned on the left in the center Laurent Kosielny and Pert Mertesacker and the right Hector Bellerin.

the natives of Holloway, London indeed will perform wonders this campaign and maybe become a direct competition to the likes of newly revamped Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea throughout the campaign.

At the end the ball is on the Gunners court and they will have indeed an all-around challenge in this upcoming edition of the English Premier League 2015-16, hopefully they don’t disappoint their followers.

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