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With the acquisitions of Martin Petrov and Robbie Blake it seems clear that Bolton Wanderers manger Owen Coyle is trying to change the philosophy at the club from being a hard working and physical side, to making them more exciting and adventurous.

They are both technical footballers and will offer a change to the usual types of signings Bolton fans have been accustomed to over the last few years. The signing of Petrov particularly is a coup for the club, as without disrespecting Bolton he could have signed for a bigger club as he is a very talented player. He will be able to give Bolton a lot of options as he can play anywhere in the midfield in an attacking position. Petrov is an exciting player is equally capable of providing goals and assists for his side and will undoubtedly be one of Bolton’s star players next season, manager Owen Coyle has said about him:

“He’s someone I’ve admired for a long time because he’s a top-class player and this is a tremendous signing for the club.”

He added: “As far as I’m concerned he’s probably one of the best Bosman transfers available. To try to purchase him on the market last year then it would have cost you four or five million pounds easily.”

The signing of Robbie Blake will also give the team experience and different options upfront and Bolton will be able to use his creativity if needed. Despite Burnley’s relegation from the Premiership, Blake had a decent season for the club, Coyle has said on the capture of Blake:

“He has proven Premier League ability and adds to our striking options. He is a bubbly character who will be a great lad to have in the dressing room.”

Coyle also said: “I worked with him for two fantastic years and I am pleased to link up with him again because I know a number of clubs were interested in securing his signature.”

It’s clear from the signings that the Scotsman made last season that he is trying to change the team’s dynamic as the likes of Jack Wilshere and Stuart Holden allowed the team to produce some fluid passing last season. If Coyle can persuade Arsenal to loan them Wilshere again then it’s possible that we could amazingly see an entertaining Bolton side next year.

Owen Coyle’s Bolton could well be a surprise package next season if they continue to make signings of this magnitude. There are definitely some exciting times ahead for the club and with Coyle at the helm boring, predictable Bolton might actually become one of the team’s to watch.

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Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has admitted he may have to sell up to five players before the end of next month in an attempt to balance the Molineux books.

Greg Halford, Matt Hill, Andy Keogh and Stefan Maierhofer are all likely to shown the way to the exit if McCarthy, who is still chasing Michael Mancienne and Guirane N'Daw, gets his way.

McCarthy said:"I can see a real scrum developing because I'm going to have to say to some of them 'listen, there's two weeks to go and you're not going to be in my squad'.

"I will be totally fair to them. I won't leave it until the last knock-ins. I'll tell them their futures will be sorted out a lot sooner than that.

"Don't get me wrong, I love all the lads and I've got respect for them all. But the last thing I want is anyone left here from the end of August until January who can't play.

"Let me say though there are no players here who would want to be here under those circumstances just collecting their money and it won't be our fault or anyone else's if we have anyone left here not able to play.

"Someone has given us a real test of man-management. We can't have more than 25 players, so we have to name those 25 which we can't change until January.

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"Sam Vokes and Geoffrey Mujangi Bia are under 21 which means I can effectively have 25 others, provided eight of them have come through an English or Welsh academy system, which we'll be fine with.

"If you looked at the back of the programme last season, we had about 765 players – you had to unfold it at the bottom. But the reality was there were only about 25 who we used in a squad of maybe 30."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email

Love or hate him, it doesn’t hide the fact that Joey Barton is a top quality footballer who when fully focused is right to be considered for seriously selection in the national team. As a Newcastle fan I would be delighted if he was called up, as it must mean he is finally doing a job for the Toon.

Although I know some supporters still have a dislike of Barton, given what has gone on before, I truly believe that if Hughton can get hold of him and ensure that he stays disciplined then we have a top quality player on our hands, who alongside Nolan can drive us up the Premier League next season; he certainly owes us and maybe given what has gone on in the past three seasons, this coming year could be the making of him.

“First and foremost I want to do well for Newcastle but, after watching some of the performances in the World Cup, on form I’m as good as anyone in this country and I don’t say that lightly,

“I’m a much more rounded footballer than I was when I first came to Newcastle,

“I’m very confident of finding the form which got me into the England squad in the first place. That’s my goal. And if I can break into the England squad it will prove I’m doing fantastically well for this football club.” (Guardian)

Making no bones about it this really is Barton’s last real chance to establish himself and fulfil his massive potential and hopefully he won’t let this football club (who has been incredibly loyal in standing by him) down. With money in short supply at the football club, it is time that Barton started to repay the faith we originally showed when we first brought him to St James Park three years ago. I really believe he will, but only time will tell whether leopards can in fact change their spots.

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The failure of England’s so-called “golden generation” at this summer’s World Cup has brought new focus to the up and coming young talent at international level. This time, the spotlight shines on Tottenham and England U-19 international Dean Parrett.

Parrett is an all-action midfielder with great drive and technique, aided no doubt by his attendance at Davor Suker’s Austrian branch of his coaching academy. Spurs’ then sporting director Damien Comolli had this to say about the precocious youngster:

“Dean is exactly the kind of player we want to attract to our club, a player who will be part of the next generation to come through to the first team.”

“He is an extremely talented young player who has that rare combination of pace, aggression and creativity.”

Tottenham beat off competition from the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool to sign the talented schoolboy from fellow London club QPR. Spurs first signed the young midfielder to a schoolboy contract in 2007 and then a full time academy contract a year later. As a 15 year old playing at QPR, Parrett was already an established youth international with England, featuring for the U-16 side as they managed to retain the Victory Shield 2006.

Despite being only 16 years old, Parrett featured regularly for Spurs’ U-18 academy side and his excellent performances led to the youngster being named captain for the second half of the season. In addition to making the step up at club level, Parrett make the jump to the England U-18’s where he was also a regular fixture in the side.

Since signing a professional deal in December 2008, Parrett had already graduated to the reserve team and found himself called up to the first team squad, earning a spot on the bench for Tottenham’s UEFA cup group stage game against Spartak Moscow. His first team debut was to follow shortly when Harry Redknapp selected Parrett to start in Tottenham’s first leg knockout tie against eventual cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk, where the young midfielder impressed in the heart of Tottenham’s midfield. Off the back of his accomplished display in the Ukraine, Redknapp gave Parrett his second first-team appearance in the return leg at White Hart Lane, with the midfielder coming on as a late second half substitute.

Parrett’s reputation continued to go from strength to strength and he was named as part of Redknapp’s provisional squad for the 2009 Carling Cup final in which Spurs were defeated by Manchester United.

Parrett was sent on loan last season to League Two side Aldershot Town where he played four times for the Hampshire team during a one month period. He then returned to White Hart Lane where he played eighteen times for the U-18’s, scoring three goals in another promising season at the club’s academy.

This off-season saw Parrett play for the England U-19’s in the European U-19 Championship Finals held in France. Here, Parrett turned in a number of solid performances for Noel Blake’s Young Lions as they reached the semi-final stage of a fiercely competitive tournament.

Parrett has all of the tools to be successful both at club and international level. His tournament experience with England will stand the midfielder in good stead as he looks to develop into a regular for club and country in the years to come.

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Despite a distinct lack of football to watch, transfer deadline day is one of the most frustratingly exciting days of the football season.

You know it’s that time of year again when the big timer on Sky Sports News looms large in the corner of the screen, counting the hours, minutes and seconds until the transfer window slams shut and you finally realise that your club hasn’t quite managed to pull off the signing of that superstar striker as exclusively revealed in The Sun last week.

Or the constant refreshing of your chosen ‘DEADLINE DAY-LIVE NEWS FEED’, even though your computer does this automatically for you. Message boards and Twitter feeds are ablaze with inside information from a mate of somebody’s dad’s uncle that Aston Villa striker Emile Heskey has been spotted getting out of a taxi near your club’s training ground, pen in hand, to dot the i’s and cross the t’s on a last-minute deal.

The panic, chaos and confusion adds to the tension and excitement of deadline day, as late loan deals, big-money transfers and player exchanges are rushed through with just seconds to go. Despite having two months to conclude their transfer business, clubs often wait until the final day of the sales in a high-risk strategy aimed at picking up cut-price deals in the transfer market. Which in-turn can have a domino effect on other transfer deals.

There has certainly been some exciting signings on transfer deadline day in recent years; Manchester City’s new owners wasted no time in smashing the British transfer record within hours of taking over the club with the £32.5m capture of Robinho from Real Madrid in 2008. While West Ham’s double deal to take Argentine duo Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to Upton Park in 2006 was arguably the most astonishing of all.

Yet it’s the signings that go right to the wire that create the most controversy. Tottenham’s sensational £8m deal to land Dutch star Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid on Tuesday was only reported on news channels five minutes before the window was due to slam shut. Over 24 hours later it was still unclear if the Premier League had ratified the move, allowing Van der Vaart to complete his transfer to North London. So when does the transfer window actually close?

It is believed the deal for the Holland international was allowed to go through because the necessary paperwork needed by Spurs to complete the deal could not be processed in time, due to technical difficulties in their negotiations with Real Madrid. I think Harry Redknapp mentioned something about a dodgy fax machine he bought down the market, or something along those lines. The Premier League took a day to evaluate these claims however and were satisfied enough to give the deal the go-ahead.

Amazingly bad weather, which brought the country’s transport system to a standstill, meant the 2009 January transfer window deadline was extended by an hour. Although seemingly Arsenal were given a slightly longer extension after Andrei Arshavin’s move from Zenit St Petersburg was completed a whole 24 hours after the deadline. It seems as long as a deal has been agreed in principle then the Premier League will allow all the loose-ends to be tied up afterwards. However this allows players to arrive after the transfer window and understandably leaves other clubs infuriated.

The Premier League can stop this simply by refusing to ratify any transfers which are not completed, along with al the relevant paper work by the deadlines set. Clubs have a significant amount of time to complete their business and should pay the price for leaving it so late to complete their deals. While Tottenham and Arsenal both have valid and genuine reasons for missing the deadline, clubs will continue to flaunt the rules unless the Premier League gets tougher with the deadline day late arrivals.

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Arsene Wenger is well known for developing young players, and it appears that the Arsenal manager himself is more than aware of the quality with which he does it. In a recent interview, Wenger was quoted in the Telegraph as stating,

“The most difficult thing is to play them (young players) and to stand up for it, and nobody in the world does this as much as me. One day I’ll give you the list of those at the top-level who have made careers with me and you will see. You will be absolutely astonished.”

Asked if he did this more than any other manager, Wenger responded,

“Of course. How do I know? Take the list of players who started here. If you go back it’s unbelievable.”

Not many would dispute that Wenger has a penchant for nurturing young players and turning them into top class talent, but can he legimately lay claim to be the world’s best?

The list of players who have made it at Arsenal from youth since Wenger has been at the club is an impressive one. Ashley Cole, Alex Song, Abou Diaby, Gael Clichy, Cesc Fabregas and now Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere have all had much of their football education at Arsenal, and have all made it to the top level of the game. It is what Wenger prides himself on, and it is major plus of his management at a club, at his previous club Monaco, the Frenchman also saw the development of stars such as Emmanuel Petit, Lilian Thuram and Thierry Henry.

Some have countered however, that Arsene Wenger’s reputation as a great developer of talent is undeserved. They argue that the majority of the young players that have made it under him were brought in from other clubs, and that Wenger’s role in their process of maturing is not what he claims it to be. Certainly Fabregas, Alex Song, Diaby and Clichy for instance were not part of the Arsenal youth system, but there is also no doubt that Wenger played a major role in the crucial years in their nascent careers which made them who they are today. It is a point that has some weight, but it ignores the the good work Wenger has done with these players, which in my view would be a mistake.

Over the question of whether Wenger the best developer of talent, some other managers might believe themselves to be right near the top. Chief among them would be Sir Alex Ferguson, the Scot saw the emergence of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Roy Keane and Gary Neville who all became club legends, during his watch at Old Trafford. In other countries it has been more systems than individual managers that have developed excellent young players, if one thinks of the Ajax and Barcelona academies for instance. Managers in the top jobs on the continent do not tend to keep their jobs for any great length of time, so for a decade or so at least, Wenger could make a valid claim in this regard.

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Although Sir Alex Ferguson would have something to say about Arsene Wenger’s rather bold claims, the Frenchman is not completely off the mark in his claim that he is the number one developer of talent in the game. The roll-call of youngsters he has seen grow up and turn into quality players is highly impressive, and whilst it would be short-sighted of me to definitively say he is the best, he is certainly not far away from the top.

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There have been calls in various quarters for a winter break in the Premier League in recent years, but perhaps the most prominent of them has waited until now to voice his opinion on the subject. Speaking to the Sunday Express, Wayne Rooney stated that the head honchos of the Premiership should introduce a winter break, he said,

“A winter break would not only help the England team but the Premier League as well. Towards the end of the season the intensity in some of the games which is normally there is missing. It’s a long season with the intensity the games are played at. It is only fair on the players that there is a break.”

It would be interesting to canvass other players on the subject, but Rooney clearly believes it would be beneficial to England and the Premiership, so is he right about the winter break?

The other top leagues around Europe already have a winter break in place, it is the case in Spain, Italy, Germany and France, so why should England be any different? Premier League chief Richard Scudamore has stated that he doesn’t know where the time would come from in what is a crowded fixture list. Some have argued that the size of the league should be reduced in order to cope with this, from 20 teams to 18, but Scudamore has also dismissed this prospect, he stated,

“I can’t see where the momentum is going to come to reduce our league from 20 to 18 clubs. It would be daft to do that when you have a global property of our strength.”

However, Spain, Italy and France all have 20 teams in their top league, and they still manage to fit in their winter breaks. Like in England they also have cup competitions such as the FA Cup and the League Cup as well as European ties to cope with, and I think reducing the Premier League down to 18 teams would be a bad move.

Arguments for the winter break have mainly stemmed from the performances of the England national team. After a series of failures and a particularly disappointing showing at this summers World Cup, calls for the break reached their highest level, as fans, pundits, journalists and managers attempted to fathom the reasons behind England’s awful showing. England seemed jaded, tired and uninsipired, but is the reason for this a lack of a winter break? It is not conclusive. Players from other countries who had had a full season of Premier League action did not necessarily suffer from tiredness, and there are certainly other reasons as to why England performed so badly.

As an observer of the Premier League and England, I would be hesitant to say definitively whether a winter break would help the players and make a difference to the national team, until it was put into action I’m not sure anyone could. What I can say for definite is that I’m not particularly opposed to a winter break, and I think it might be worth trying at some point to see the effect it has on the league and on England. It is the players who are going to be affected most, and if a majority of them expressed an interest in one being introduced, I think it is something the Premier League chiefs would be well advised to look at.

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Sports’ betting has really taken off in recent years and this is largely down to the services offered by online bookmakers. It has never been easier or more convenient to have a flutter on a sporting occasion, as with just a couple of clicks of your mouse you can have made a bet of your choice. Incentives in the form of free bets have also helped to make online betting increasingly popular, as new members can get money for nothing and have a bet without risking their own cash. There is even an opportunity for you to play the system, taking advantage of all the free bets on offer and making yourself a tidy sum of money.

You can make online betting extremely profitable for yourself by doing a spot of matched betting, which involves you making a bet with an online bookie, and then laying against your bet on a betting exchange. This is very simple to do and will result in you not having to risk any of your own money. Usually when signing up to a new online bookie you have to make a bet yourself to qualify for the free bet, thus you could lose both bets and be out of pocket. However, if you were to lay against your original bet you could ensure you wouldn’t lose out and that your free bet really would be free.

All the information you need to make your matched bets can be found on the freebets4all website. There you’ll find advice on how to make matched bets in addition to the free bets that online bookies are offering that you can take advantage of. By using the ‘Automatcher’ software you can find ideal matched betting opportunities within the next ten days on upcoming football matches. You can see exactly how to make a bet with an online bookie and then a follow up bet on a betting exchange so that you can convert the free bet into guaranteed cash.

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Everything you need to match your bets effectively can be found on the freebets4all website, and you may even be entitled to betting cashback with certain bookmakers if you sign up via the links on freebets4all.com. Once you’ve used your free bets with one online bookie and matched your bet on a betting exchange, there’s nothing to stop you from signing up with all the other bookmakers and make betting on sporting events online a lucrative process.

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has said the critics who have turned on his England team-mate Wayne Rooney in the last few weeks have been making "lazy" assumptions.

The Manchester United striker, who is currently training in the United States in a bid to regain his fitness following injury, has been slammed for saying he wanted to leave the club because of their lack of ambition.

He then did an amazing U-turn and signed a lucrative new deal after one of the most discussed top episoides in recent football history.

Lampard told BBC Radio Five Live:"People who call him thick, but it's just a lazy thing to say by looking at him and saying 'he's a footballer, he looks quite tough because he comes from that background' and all that kind of stuff and the way he plays, but he is sharp.

"I think the people who are calling him thick have got a certain element of thickness about them, because they haven't even invested the time to speak to him.

"He doesn't speak to the press that much for them to make that judgement of him.

"He's a confident boy and he has a sensitive side to him. During the World Cup we'd sit in a room together and watch some of the other games and stuff like that.

"If you read the headlines of the last few weeks you can get an impression of someone but he's a very sensitive lad, you can have a good conversation with him about anything you want.

"He's a very cute, worldly lad for how young he is. He has no problem relating to older players, he treats everyone the same.

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"Some people like to align themselves to the bigger names in the squad, to speak to certain players or stick to their own little group. Wayne talks to David Beckham the same as he would to a new player who's just come into the squad from Stoke or Bolton, and that's the beauty of him I think as a person.

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Former Manchester United defender and now manager of France, Laurent Blanc, has been voicing his concerns over the Premier League and how it hinders the progress of precocious young players. His ideal would be for players to gain as much experience through regularly playing, but when that isn’t the case in the Premier League, he suggests that staying in France would be more advantageous to players in order to improve and build their reputation. It is notoriously infamous that the Premier League has the lowest home reputation of players, compared to all of the other major leagues in Europe.

So does Blanc’s point remain valid or is he narrowly viewing the matter as influenced by his current managerial position? Against Blanc, we may cite the new Premier League rules that limit clubs to a 25 man squad and the further caveat that 8 of these 25 players have to fall under the category of ‘home grown’. This came into effect for the new season, it is therefore in its preliminary stages of having notable and observable effects. The only problem is that the term ‘home grown’ doesn’t necessarily mean English, it only means that the player has to have been affiliated to the club for 36 months prior to their 21st birthday.

These rules will undoubtedly take years to fully come to fruition, the type that will increase the percentage of ‘home grown’ players and the aim of giving the England manager more options when choosing their squad. It still seems that the Premier League are behind the times, having enacted this new legislation only this season, whilst countries such as Germany have been implementing this kind of mentality for years now.

There seems to be a vicious contradiction of interests at work here, as Blanc cites Gael Kakuta’s stagnation at Chelsea as evidence of his rationale, the young prospect was enticed by the instant gratification of material gains that French clubs couldn’t match. But rather than the likes of Kakuta being played, they are kept at arm’s length, only if needs determine his use. This is due to the overarching demand of competition, the cry for success, and fans insatiable desire for immediate change. So why would managers risk their jobs in playing inexperienced kids, devoting their time to developing them over a course of years, when they’re likely to be cast aside if results aren’t favourable over the short-term?

This dichotomy of clashing forces creates two paths that are poles apart and one that will be arduous to reconcile. The demand of short-term success contrasts against the foresight to provide for the national squad. Do we wish for an exciting and unparalleled league or do we wish for a respectable effort in attaining a World Cup? Admittedly we do have some talent emerging, the likes of Jordan Henderson, Jack Wilshere, Andy Carroll and Kieran Gibbs all being involved with the England set-up in some capacity.

But is it really enough, and soon enough, that these types of players are getting the exposure that is essential to their evolution? With the stipulated rules mentioned above, from the Premier League, it’s a dip in the shallow end of the pool, I mean who’s to say, and there’s evidence for it, that clubs won’t just buy foreign 12-18 year olds and develop them accordingly. Blanc identifies a familiar problem and it bares testament, pressurised clubs will be determined by tangible outcomes, not who their academy has produced. But then can youth challenge this notion for the good of the national team?

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