Team News Ben Foster looks to have recovered from the thumb injury that kept him out of the England friendly in midweek and there are no new injury worries.  Obafemi Martins’ visa has come through so I expect him to have a place on the bench. Stoke also have a full sqaud to pick from
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The year is nearly over and like almost everyone else we will be looking back on the year from a Blues perspective.  2010 was not a vintage year in terms of results (Only seven league wins so far) but it did see us retain our Premier League place with a best ever finish.  Add to
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Not the summer of course, although the sun has been hiding for a while now, but the last few weeks before the season starts. The World Cup has been and gone with it’s usual level of disappointment and now we are all awaiting the start of the new Premier League season. To fill this void
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Watching the World Cup it was interesting to see how the successful sides employed a variety of formations to get the best out of their players but very few relied on the traditional 4-4-2 formation. England’s reliance on this and their strategy of getting players to fit it made them look like dinosaurs compared with
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Team News Slovenia forward Nejc Pecnik will miss the rest of the World Cup after breaking his right ankle in Friday’s 2-2 draw against the United States. England will be without Jamie Carragher who is suspended and Ledley King who has not recovered from the injury sustained in the first match.  Former Blue Matthew Upson
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