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Why West Ham Will Go Down

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West Ham United have just experienced their best season of the Premier League era, with 65 points and a 6th-placed finish ahead of London rivals Tottenham and Arsenal securing a place in the Europa League group stages. Fans can now look forward to a first proper European adventure this century, not including qualifier defeats to Palermo and Romanian minnows Astra Giurgiu. But if these supporters were to take a look beneath the surface of this European haze, the cracks already starting to appear in David Moyes' squad are alarming to say the least, hence why they are my early shout to be relegated from the Premier League in the 2021/22 season. It would certainly be a fall from grace to tumble from 6th to the bottom three in the space of 12 months, but West Ham fans must remember that it is securing European football, not the usual bottom-half finish, that is the anomaly, and that a return to battling relegation would not be quite as big a shock as initially perceived. That being said...

Aaron Rodgers to Stay at the Packers for 2021

Aaron Rodgers is now expected to stay at the Green Bay Packers for the 2021 NFL season, according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport. The quarterback has reportedly told those close to him that he will be staying in Green Bay for at least one more season, while Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst says he is "hopeful" for a positive outcome. The news looks to signal the beginning of the end of a months-long saga involving Rodgers' future as he looked to move away from Green Bay due to behind-the-scenes tensions. Such tensions were recently brought into the spotlight by the Packers' drafting of quarterback of Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft, a decision which Rodgers was displeased with as he had been hoping to be provided with more offensive support for the upcoming season in the shape of a wide receiver or tight end. After losing the NFC Championship Game to Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers in January, Rodgers voiced his intentions to leav...

The NFL Quarterbacks with the most to lose in 2021

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After a frantic NFL off-season, at least 10 out of the 32 franchises will be lining up with a different starting quarterback in 2021 to the one that saw out the end of the 2020 campaign. The pressure will be on these new arrivals to hit the ground running as more teams than ever eye up a realistic shot at reaching the Super Bowl, while a number of veterans entering the twilight of their careers could be facing one final shot at glory before either their body or their team gives up on them. As last year's rookies embark on the highly-scrutinised second seasons of their fledgling careers and several others reach the familiar third-year crossroads, there are very few quarterbacks who can approach the upcoming season with little pressure on their shoulders. Here's a look at the quarterbacks with the most to lose, and the most to prove, in 2021.  Firstly, there are those whose teams debated whether or not to get rid over the summer but decided to give them another chance this season...