The look of the player on the pitch, a skilled & fiery workhorse, captures the fan'sÂ
imagination, but what follows?
Few goals, lots of whining, a desire to quit.
If this was said about Carlos Tevez in relation to Manchester United you might take pause to
consider if he was done wrong and has a grevience.
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This is Fabio
At least that's what Manchester United is saying.
Sir Alex Ferguson played both twin Brazilian brothers, Rafael & Fabio Silva, in their Carling
Cup match against Barnsley. En route to winning, Rafael fouled Jamal Campbell-Ryce and earned
himself a yellow card; however Referee Chris Foy put brother Fabio in the book.
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For the love of football!
This looks like too much fun. Â What footballer wouldn't want to have a go at a game like
this?
Play Guitar Hero by kicking soccer balls against a warehouse wall? Â The scale of this takes
video gaming to another level, and looks silly fun. Â It would take a handful of good footballers
and some practice to manage a decent score, but wouldn't it be a blast to try?
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Here's a short video tribute to Charlie Davies who was seriously injured in a car crash this
last week. Charlie is a player who seemed to be really coming on and finding himself in the game.
Our thoughts are with Charlie Davies, and his family and friends
Charlie Davies, No.9 Age 23 National Team USA Current Club Sochaux Current League
France Ligue 1 Last Club Hammarby Last League Sweden Allsvenskan College Boston College Total Club
Goals 29 Total Caps 17 Total International Goals as a Senior 4
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"You ask 100 people, 99 will say it's very bad and the hundredth will be Mark
Hughes."
 Arsene Wenger upon video review of Emmanuel Adebayor's tackle whereby he dragged his cleats on
Robin van Persie's face.
Arsenal lost to Manchester City 4-2 in their 12 September 2009 match.
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Numerologists will tell you that the date 9-9-09 is special. Â Sounds a bit far fetched, but
maybe strikers believe it.
There was a veritable goal spree in World Cup qualifying matches in Europe today, with two
countries racking up 7-0 victories. Â Here are a few fun facts from today's Europe matches:
- 72 goals were scored in 25 matches
- 48 goals were scored by the home teams
- 24 goals were scored by the away teams
England, Spain, and Netherlands have now each qualified for the World Cup with eight
straight wins.
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You know you want to see the final scores before the matches are even started, so here they are.
All results brought to you by Crystal Ball Corporation "When you need to know what your bookie does
not".
All predictions are of course subject to the minor caveat that this is futbol, football and
soccer where anything can and will happen except what you think will happen.
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World Cup qualifying games over the last weekend have set the race to qualify in the CONCACAF
group on a knife's edge.
The top 3 teams qualify for the World Cup and at this point no team is a safe bet to qualify,
as it's neck and neck among the top four teams. Â The fourth place team does get a last chance to
qualify by playing a home and away against the 5th place team in South America qualifying.
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Strikers live and die by their goal tallies, so I thought it'd be interesting to take a peak to
see who is doing well as the European season gets under way. Â Here's a snapshot, see the link
below for the goal tallies on an on-going basis.
Top
League in Goals Top
Scorers England 4 Jermaine Defoe, Wayne Rooney France 4 Yoann Gourcuff Germany 4 Paolo Guerrero,
Stefan Kiessling Italy 3 Antonio Di Natale Portugal 3 Oscar Cardozo, Garcia Radamei Spain 3
Roberto Soldado
The players above have scored at an amazing rate over the first league games.
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Is this Rooney's year? As of today Wayne Rooney has 4 goals in 4 league games for his club, and 10
goals for 9 games including cup play and internatioanl games. Â That's a scoring rate one would not
expect Rooney to maintain, historically speaking. If you have read the football pundits about Wayne
Rooney in any of the last several years, it will have been hard to avoid glowing characterisations
of his football.
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Estadio Azteca, Mexico - Thin, smoggy air, and an intimidating venue for away teams
Soccer fans and pundits have analyzed the CONCACAF qualifying performances to near death, but
have we all missed the point?
Of the eighteen Round 4 World Cup qualifying matches in CONCACAF (so far), how many matches have
home teams lost?
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As the standings were shaken up today, you might wonder if some of the nations fighting for a
World Cup Qualifying spot in CONCACAF are taking things a bit too much for granted. Â They
shouldn't.
In today's 6th round of matches, Â all the home teams won. Now only 3 points separate the top 4
teams.
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Any Lionel Messi fans out there?
Here's Messi juggling the ball atop the Space Needle, more than 500 feet above Seattle.
Lionel Messi, FC Barcleona, juggling atop the Seattle Space Needle - Click for full size picture
- Courtesy: FCB/Sounders FC/SUM
FC Barcelona will face MLS's Seattle Sounders in a sold-out match at Qwest Field Wednesday,
August 5.
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Sir Bobby Robson, 1986
With Maradona, even Arsenal would have won the World Cup.
A bit of fun from Sir Bobby. Â Arsenal did win the League (Carling) Cup that year, and finished
fourth in the league.
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The world has lost Sir Bobby Robson of the game of Football
Sir Bobby Robson brought England close to World Cup victory
Sir Bobby Robson, a great player and even better manager, will be well remembered in football
as a winner and man of the home team.
As a player Sir Bobby was a deep forward who loved the ball at his feet.
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