I will follow this up with a full report on Thierry Henry's handball that looks to have denied
Ireland a place in the World Cup but I wanted to be the first to use that headline...
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Yes, that is a serious question. Two players who 'offer more than just goals' as strikers. But
how much more? Who would you rather have? Fortunately a member of the Football365 Forum (lol tb x)
has done the analysis for us. Read on to see who comes out on top...
A comparison of their goals and assists since Tevez came here:
This is obviously an area where Tevez should win by a margin having played with some of the best
players in the world.
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Actually, a lot... pretty much every football trivia question ever in fact. Thanks to Steve
(from whom you can also find all the answers).
Question 1
Name 4 teams out of the 92 in England (Premiership, Championship and Divisions 1-2), who start
with the same letter that they end with.
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I think these are our most covered topics. We've discussed it here, here, and here, and provided
material for Patrick Barclay. If you read those articles (which I don't suspect for a second you
will) you'll see our position is abundantly clear. There were two incidents this weekend that
fulled the debate one in the United/Chelsea game, and one in the Liverpool/Birmingham game.
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We haven't done this for a while here are our best three picks for this week and the weeks
ahead... Although we make no assurances they will be successful.
1. David Dunn
He's fat, he's round, he's only five point seven million pound... David Dunn. By a margin
Blackburn's outstanding performer this season, Dunn has already notched four goals, and in only
seven appearances.
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Roughly a quarter of the way into the new season and the Big Four have experiences vastly
contrasting fortunes. We have a look at them...
Chelsea
Won five from five, on a great run currently, Drogba firing, Lampard re-finding his goalscoring
touch, defence shored up.
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Now updated after the Ukraine and Belarus games (and some 'interesting' feedback) below is the
squad we think Don Fabio should take to South Africa, with reason for inclusion - and
exclusion...
Who should go...
Goalkeepers
David James - Has been first choice for a while now, and we are yet to find a
better alternative
Rob Green - He is the closest we have to a better alternative.
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Courtesy of F365:
Arsenal
* The Gunners are scoring an incredible average of 3.37 goals per Premier League game this
season.
* If games ended after 45 minutes, Arsenal would be top of the table with 19 points.
* All Arsenal's points have been won against bottom-half opposition.
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Ronseal
Here is the goal in gif format:
And here is the guilty party - the most hated man (boy) in Liverpool:
As you can see from the last gif, it's not a balloon at all, but some sort of beach ball thing.
Hence the deflection. That chavvy kid must be extremely unpopular right now.
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England had already qualified before their defeat to the Ukraine - several other teams joined
them on Saturday, including Italy after their last gasp equaliser against Ireland. Read on for a
full round up of what is left to be decided (when time is short and articles are factual we tend to
reproduce the best of the rest - that's the case here, lawyers, we are reprinting an article from
the ever-excellent Football365.
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England take on the Ukraine having already qualified for the World Cup with a 100% record. Read
on for the squad we think Don Fabio should and shouldn't take, and why...
Who should go...
Goalkeepers
David James - Has been first choice for a while now, and we are yet to find a
better alternative
Rob Green - He is the closest we have to a better alternative
Paul Robinson - He is the best option for third choice considering Ben Foster
is actually shit
Defenders
Ashley Cole - Utter prick, arguably one of the best left backs in the world
though
John Terry - Captain spastic
Rio Ferdinand - A world class performer when he isn't being merked by
injuries
Joleon Lescott - Ridiculously overpriced but solid and an option at left
back
Matthew Upson - Shows the paucity of good resources should Terry/Rio get
injured
Glen Johnson - Yes, has defensive frailties.
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There have been more goals than ever before in the Premier League. And despite the relative glut
this weekend, many less draws. Plus, more players than usual are getting on the scoresheet. We look
at these anomalies and the possible reasons why...
1. More goals than ever before
There have been 2.
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It's patently obvious Man Utd are not the side they were. No-one can lose Tevez and Ronaldo and
be as effective - especially if you replace them with Valencia (3 goals and 3 assists last season)
and Owen (perennially injured, super-sub). We maintain they will struggle this season - a slip out
of the top four has even been mooted.
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Every so often we see a football site that draws a nod of admiration. The latest to elicit such
a response is the excellent Football Filter, an RSS based news and content aggregator.
http://footballfilter.com is the address - once there you can view football news categorised under
broadsheets, tabloids, blogs, podcasts, and more, and you can search by club.
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Time is tight this busy Monday but having a 'weekend preview' as the top story is just
irritating. So instead we've used Football 365's ever excellent 'winners and losers' feature.
Cheers...
The original story can be found here.
Winners
Wigan
Defeat for Chelsea, history for Wigan, relief for the chasing pack and welcome credibility for the
other half of the Premier League.
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