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Relegation. One of the dirtiest words in football. Any fan worth his weight in ale hates the word, despises it, tries to run away from it as fast as he can … Valencia are in trouble, as we all know. But this much trouble? The R word? No, couldn’t be. But take a look at the league table. We’re 8th, courtesy of our early season form more than anything. After 20 ... [link]

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Handyman Koeman has a lot more work to do
Published 1/24/2008 by Simon Baskett at Reuters Soccer Blog
... at the Mestalla, in particular with his decision to purge three of the club’s most experienced players in the shape of David Albelda, Santiago Canizares and Miguel Angel Angulo. The storm might have blown over if results had improved, but they haven’t. Instead the team have gone out of the Champions League, won just one of their last nine league matches and now lie just five points above the relegation zone. Looking ahead to the rest of the season, The Offside have even raised the dreaded ‘R’ word. “I have ...

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