Tag: Yohan Cabaye

Premier League Season Review – Crystal Palace

Stephen Donovan

Crystal Palace: 15th FA Cup: Runners-up Capital One Cup: Round Four A feature of many Premier League seasons is when an unfancied side does brilliantly up until the turn of the year and is riding high in a position where qualification for Europe becomes a potentially realistic ambition, before fading away dramatically in the final months as performance levels deteriorate and opposition sides become more adept at eliminating their threat. This time around that team was Crystal Palace. Appointed manager in January 2015, Alan Pardew had seen the club to…

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Crystal Palace vs Leicester – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Leicester City can move a step further towards winning the Premier League title by taking all three points when they head to South London to face a Crystal Palace side that has taken just four points out of the last available 36. But football always has the potential to throw up a hugely surprising result that emphatically upsets the form book, so it would be ironic for Palace to end their abysmal run here. The FA Cup meanwhile has been a different story, with the club having advanced to the semi-finals with…

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Top 10 Premier League summer transfers of 2015

Vincent Van Genechten

The winter transfer period is in full effect, but with the Premier League season passed the halfway point, it’s a good time to evaluate the best summer transfers of 2015. 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City) Performance: 5 goals + 9 assists The Belgian joined City from Wolfsburg for a record £51.8m this summer. He once escaped from Chelsea, but has not disappointed one bit at the Etihad, scoring five goals and recording nine assists. No other new player has been involved in more goals this season than De Bruyne.…

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Tottenham vs Crystal Palace – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

Two attack-minded teams come together at White Hart Lane on Sunday as Tottenham take on away specialists Crystal Palace in what has the look of a highly entertaining affair. There was much relief around the Spurs camp last time out at Sunderland as they claimed they claimed their first league victory of the season at the fifth time of asking, at a time where there were murmurs of manager Mauricio Pochettino coming under pressure. It was a tight affair on Wearside, but the one real moment of quality decided the game…

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Crystal Palace vs Arsenal – Premier League preview and team news

Stephen Donovan

After going down to a thoroughly unexpected home loss to West Ham United on opening weekend, Arsenal are targeting their first points of the season against another London club, Crystal Palace. A convincing success at Norwich City suggested that the Eagles are continuing to go places and look a good bet to improve on last season’s final placing of 10th. Although fortunate not to be pegged back to 2-2, they played with the authority of an established Premier League side, proving clinical in front of goal and coming up with…

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Premier League boss claims Arsene Wenger missed out on the chance to sign WORLD CLASS midfield star

Steve Green

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew believes that though Arsene Wenger is one of the Premier League’s finest managers, he missed a trick by not moving to sign France international Yohan Cabaye this summer, according to the Daily Express. Palace take on Arsenal this weekend, looking for their first victory over the Gunners in 20 years with Pardew laying on the praise for his managerial counterpart. “He has introduced to the English game the type of football that has educated managers and coaches, and that is simply the beauty of possession,”…

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The best transfers of the summer so far: NO Man United or Chelsea players feature as title contenders do TERRIBLE business

Steve Green

It’s been another busy summer with several big names and big fees swarming the market. And the best part about it is that it’s not over yet! With just over two weeks to go there are a number of big deals left to be done. However, until then, we’re highlighting the best deals already done. Arturo Vidal – Juventus to Bayern Munich With Bastian Schweinsteiger departing, the Chilean stepped in to represent the changing of the guard at the Alianz Arena. His box-to-box all action approach should ensure that the…

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Analysis: Pardew and Cabaye reunion can continue Crystal Palace’s ascent

Stephen Donovan

Yohan Cabaye learnt many lessons on his return to Ligue 1. After repeatedly begging Newcastle United to be allowed to leave for what was seemingly the promised land of Paris St. Germain he found first-team opportunities relatively hard to come by and as a result he finds himself back in the Premier League, on Friday being unveiled as Crystal Palace’s new £10m record signing. That also means he reunites with Alan Pardew, who consistently got the best out of him on Tyneside. Luring him from Lille in the summer of 2011 was a…

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Twelve players in DESPERATE need of a summer move: including Liverpool flop and Bayern Munich stalwart

Jordan Harris
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While content players tend to hate the prospect of the summer months, with pre-season training looming, those that are unhappy at their current clubs would have been counting down the days until the transfer window opened so they can engineer a change of scene that could help resurrect a stagnating career. READ MORE: Liverpool man denies contract resolution Valencia defender wants to join Man United Liverpool target raid for £17m Premier League midfielder The Daily Mirror has put a list together of the players that arguably need a move, and…

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