Tag: struggling

26 December 2024 Off

Preston North End 1-0 Hull City: Potts piles pressure on struggling Tigers

By Total Football News

For Hull, their struggles continue, particularly away from home where they are still looking for a first clean sheet of the season.

They were, at times, decent going forward and had chances to both take the lead and draw level.

It was also a result though which could reduce Selles’ honeymoon period in the job with tough-looking home fixtures against Middlesbrough and Leeds next up.

The Tigers had started on

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19 December 2024 Off

FPL gameweek 17 tips and team of week: Chelsea and Fulham should spark against struggling sides

By Total Football News

Mohamed Salah (captain), Liverpool, £13.4m – away at Tottenham

We are going back to the Egyptian King as captain this week.

Last week was the first time he had failed to score since gameweek seven and he still got an assist.

I’m looking at that Tottenham 3-4 Chelsea game a few weeks ago and picturing the same scenario on Sunday.

Spurs can’t defend and are also injury-hit at the back

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12 December 2024 Off

Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Oxford United: Sam Field scores twice as QPR beat struggling Oxford

By Total Football News

There was plenty of enthusiasm but little goalmouth action in the opening 20 minutes in west London.

Idris El Mizouni tried his luck from 20 yards in the 22nd minute after the Hoops failed to close down a swift Oxford move. The Tunisia international’s shot took a slight deflection, but failed to trouble the hosts’ goal.

QPR, meanwhile, were seeking long throws into the box, without success.

That was as

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30 November 2024 Off

Middlesbrough 3-1 Hull City: Fifth straight loss for struggling Tigers

By Total Football News

Delano Burgzorg should have scored inside the opening 10 minutes and Conway shot wide before Azaz broke the deadlock.

The elegant midfielder received the ball on his right foot, switched it to his left and curled a beauty past Ivor Pandur to get his sixth in six games to add to seven assists this season.

Boro remained on the front foot and Conway’s looping header made it two, benefiting from

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21 November 2024 Off

Why are teams struggling to score goals in the Championship?

By Total Football News

The Championship is so often the home of thrills, spills and goals – and plenty of them. But not so much this season.

After 15 rounds there have been 435 goals in 180 matches, which is 57 fewer than we had at this stage last season.

It’s a four-year low – so where have all the goals gone?

“We have to keep this in context because we’re comparing it to

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6 November 2024 Off

Marti Cifuentes: QPR boss ‘100% confident’ he can turn struggling Championship club’s season around

By Total Football News

Goals from Riley McGree, Tommy Conway and substitutes Emmanuel Latte Lath and Dan Barlaser for Boro consigned QPR to their fourth home league defeat of the season.

The Hoops had drawn each of their previous three games, including creditable 0-0 results against promotion-chasing Burnley and Sunderland, but there were loud boos at the full-time whistle at Loftus Road after this latest defeat.

“Hopefully they see a team that is trying

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2 October 2024 Off

Thomas Kaminski: Luton Town goalkeeper says Hatters struggling to ‘click’

By Total Football News

Luton have eight points from their first eight games and currently sit 18th in the table. Their two wins so far came in back-to-back victories against Millwall and Sheffield Wednesday last month.

Since then they have lost at Plymouth and seen a potential three points turn into one against the U’s.

“It’s a confidence thing,” the 31-year-old Belgian said. “Obviously, last season was different and we’re now one of the

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11 March 2024 0

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino would ‘never’ quit struggling Blues

By Total Football News
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino
Former Tottenham and Paris St-Germain boss Pochettino took over at Chelsea last summer

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has insisted he would “never” quit his job amid the club’s struggles this season.

He was booed by some Blues fans, who also called for him to leave, during last weekend’s draw at Brentford.

Chelsea have earned five points from the last 15 and go into Monday’s game against Newcastle United in 11th

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