Early this month I had a rant about Arsenal and their lack of leadership. So imagine my glee when
hearing on the radio on my drive home the headline that Gallas believes that the Gunners' young
stars that they are "not brave enough" to challenge for the Premier League title.
However after I got home I actually read his interview in full and it read to me that is was a true
rallying call by a man out to prove a point.
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Germany v England
That alone looks impressive
Germany v Endland (friendly)
not so?
In my opinion I don't think it matters. It is the old rivals. Also I believe that friendlies are a
good thing. We need to test players and formations out so we can be prepared for the next world
cup.
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So Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool provided no shocks with their victories over the weekend, however
Arsenal's inability to put together any kind of run is really starting to effect even the most
ardent Gooners faith that they can win anything this year.
So what is the problem?
They have the world class players, they have the world class amateurs and they have certainly the
worlds best youth players.
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Everton
1-1
(HT 0-1)
Middlesbrough
Yakubu 65
O'Neil 8
Bookings:
Digard 65
Pogatetz 69
Hull
2-2
(HT 1-2)
Man City
Cousin 14
Geovanni 60
Ireland 37
Ireland 45
Bookings:
McShane 25
Marney 88
Bookings:
Ben-Haim 11
Wright-Phillips 83
Ireland 84
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Arsenal
0-2
(HT 0-0)
Aston Villa
Clichy o.g. 70
Agbonlahor 80
Bookings:
Denilson 10
Fabregas 19
Bookings:
Friedel 44
Barry 55
Agbonlahor 81
Sidwell 90
Blackburn
1-2
(HT 1-0)
Sunderland
Samba 45+2
Jones 49
Cisse 71
Bookings:
Warnock 33
Khizanishvili 54
Mokoena 70
Bookings:
Tainio 25
Ferdinand 29
Collins 39
Jones 54
Bolton
0-2
(HT 0-1)
Liverpool
Kuyt 28
Gerrard 73
Bookings:
Nolan 63
Bookings:
Carragher 86
Fulham
2-1
(HT 1-0)
Tottenham
Davies 33
Johnson 70
Campbell 81
Bookings:
Zamora 16
Man Utd
5-0
(HT 2-0)
Stoke
Ronaldo 3
Carrick 45+1
Berbatov 49
Welbeck 84
Ronaldo 89
Bookings:
Evra 63
Bookings:
Fuller 43
Delap 47
Newcastle
2-2
(HT 0-1)
Wigan
Owen 80
Martins 87
Taylor 3
Bramble 89
Bookings:
Beye 49
Bookings:
Boyce 16
Bramble 50
Palacios 57
Sent off:
Boyce 54
West Brom
0-3
(HT 0-3)
Chelsea
Bosingwa 34
Anelka 38
Anelka 45+1
Bookings:
Terry 52
Bosingwa 57
Ivanovic 78
West Ham
0-0
(HT 0-0)
Portsmouth
Bookings:
Pamarot 39
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When McClaren's England won 3-0 against Andorra many fans and pundits attacked the manager and team
for not winning against a poorer opposition, tonight Cappello's England only managed a 2-0
victory.
So does this mean that once again that England will struggle and even fail to qualify for a major
tournament?
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Just when I thought my respect for Steve McClaren couldn't get any lower he goes and gives the most
bizarre interview ever to a Dutch TV channel.... For some reason he decided to speak to the
commentator in a broken English accent! I can only think two things have happened here; either
McClaren has started to lose his grasp of English after only being in Holland for 8 weeks or he
believed the interviewer so stupid that he decided to mimic their broken English accent.
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Thank God the Premier League starts again this weekend, so Man U are creeping closer to Liverpool's
crown of most successful English club ever but will any other records be broken?
Take a look at the records below, thanks to Wikipedia (I love you guys!)
Records in this section refer to The Football League from its founding in 1888 through to 1992,
and to both the Premier League and The Football League from 1992 to the present.
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1908 Manchester United Queens Park Rangers 1-1
replay Manchester United Queens Park
Rangers 4-0 1909 Newcastle United Northampton Town 2-0 1910 Brighton and Hove Albion Aston Villa
1-0 1911 Manchester United Swindon Town 8-4 1912 Blackburn Rovers Queens Park Rangers 2-1 1913
Professionals Amateurs 7-2 1914- 1918
Not Played1920 West Bromwich Albion Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 1921 Tottenham Hotspur Burnley 2-0 1922
Huddersfield Town Liverpool 1-0 1923 Professionals Amateurs 2-0 1924 Professionals Amateurs 3-1
1925 Amateurs Professionals 6-1 1926 Amateurs Professionals 6-3 1927 Cardiff City Corinthians 2-1
1928 Everton Blackburn Rovers 2-1 1929 Professionals Amateurs 3-0 1930 Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday
2-1 1931 Arsenal West Bromwich Albion 1-0 1932 Everton Newcastle United 5-3 1933 Arsenal Everton
3-0 1934 Arsenal Manchester City 4-0 1935 Sheffield Wednesday Arsenal 1-0 1936 Sunderland Arsenal
2-1 1937 Manchester City Sunderland 2-0 1938 Arsenal Preston North End 2-1
1940 - 1945
Not Played1948 Arsenal Manchester United 4-3 1949 Portsmouth Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1* 1950 World Cup Team
Canadian Touring Team 4-2 1951 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle United 2-1 1952 Manchester United
Newcastle United 4-2 1953 Arsenal Blackpool 3-1 1954 Wolverhamton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion
4-4* 1955 Chelsea Newcastle United 3-0 1956 Manchester United Manchester City 1-0 1957 Manchester
United Aston Villa 4-0 1958 Bolton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 1959 Wolverhampton
Wanderers Nottingham Forest 3-1 1960 Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2* 1961 Tottenham Hotspur F.
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Aston Villa have agreed a £7.8m fee with Rangers for their highly-rated Spanish defender
Carlos Cuellar. Villa invoked an exit clause in the player's contract for that amount after
Cuellar, 26, made it known he wanted to play in the English Premier League. "My ambition has
always been to play for Spain and I believe that playing in the biggest league in the world will
help me realise that," he said.
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Chelsea have made a £19.7m bid for Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Robinho, BBC Sport
understands. In a statement on their website, Chelsea confirmed they have made an offer for
Robinho, although they did not reveal the size of their bid. The 24-year-old former Santos star
played a key role in helping Real secure the Spanish title last season.
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3 August
Omar Alieu Koroma [Banjul Hawks - Portsmouth] Undisclosed
Jan Lastuvka [Shakhtar Donetsk - West Ham] Loan
Danny Simpson [Manchester United - Blackburn] Loan
2 August
Carlos Villaneuva [Audax Italiano - Blackburn] Season-long loan
30 July 2008
Tal Ben Haim [Chelsea - Man City] Undisclosed
David Bentley [Blackburn - Tottenham] Undisclosed
Amaury Bischoff [Werder Bremen - Arsenal] Undisclosed
Steed Malbranque [Tottenham - Sunderland] Undisclosed 29 July 2008
Lee Cattermole [Middlesbrough - Wigan] Undisclosed
28 July 2008
El-Hadji Diouf [Bolton - Sunderland] Undisclosed
Anthony Gardner [Tottenham - Hull] Loan
Robbie Keane [Tottenham - Liverpool] £20.
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Aston Villa say that Gareth Barry will be staying at the club and not moving to Premier League
rivals Liverpool. Villa claim the Reds failed to meet a deadline to sign the midfielder, who stated
he wanted to move to Anfield, and now any switch is off.
"During talks in the past few days, a final deadline to conclude this episode was set that
all parties were aware of and agreed to," said a Villa statement.
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Well I am willing to eat my own words. Only a day after I stated that there would be no big
transfers Liverpool go and and make me look by a fool by signing Robbie Keane for a fee that could
rise to £20.3 million.
Keane, 28, underwent a medical on Monday after agreeing personal terms on a four-year contract
worth around £80,000 a week over the weekend.
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26 July 2008
Brad Friedel [Blackburn - Aston Villa] Undisclosed
Seyi Olofinjana [Wolves - Stoke City] £3m
25 July 2008
David Meyler [Cork City - Sunderland] Undisclosed
24 July 2008
Nick Colgan [unattached - Sunderland]
David Ngog [Paris Saint Germain - Liverpool] Undisclosed
23 July 2008 Valon Behrami [Lazio - West Ham] £5m
Emmanuel Mendy [Murcia Deportivo - Liverpool] Free
22 July 2008
Amr Zaki [Zamalek - Wigan] Season-long loan
So no more big transfers, talk seems to be cheap.
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