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Portsmouth FC: The five steps behind Pompey’s Championship survival surge
26 February 2025 Off

Portsmouth FC: The five steps behind Pompey’s Championship survival surge

By Total Football News

You have to be careful choosing your metaphors at this time of the season.

Portsmouth clearly aren’t over the finish line. I’m not sure it’s even quite in sight yet.

However, after three wins in a row it feels like they’ve come around the final bend and are on the home straight towards Championship survival.

To be 17th and nine points clear of the relegation zone considering where the team

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Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea: Arne Slot’s measured approach leads Liverpool surge to top
20 October 2024 Off

Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea: Arne Slot’s measured approach leads Liverpool surge to top

By Total Football News

Liverpool seem able to exert greater control under Slot’s more studied style than on the occasions when so many victories were secured after a wild ride under Klopp.

This must never be taken as a criticism of the German, who left at the end of last season after a nine-year spell as boss, but Slot’s early statistics are hugely impressive – the home defeat by Nottingham Forest in September the

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