There are loads of things that we know, or think that we know, and we use those things. And there's other things that we don't know, and we use the things that we do know, or think that we know, to solve the things that we don't know.
When you are dealing with Big Fake, the solution becomes self-evident. Click to continue reading...

The lights went out twice in Carson, California last night, but LA scored twice in the overtime portion to eliminate Houston and win the west.
I would like to salute myself for tactical wizardry in the area of PVR programming. I did not stay up all night to watch this, I pvr'ed it to watch Saturday morning. Click to continue reading...

Join Matilda and myself for some chit chat about understrength England vs understrength (but still scary) Brazil, from about 30 minutes before kickoff on Saturday, November 14th, 2009. If you're in the UK it's a 5pm kickoff on ITV1. If you're in the US it's a 12 noon kickoff on Fox Soccer Channel.

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The papers over the weekend were linking Wayne Rooney with an £85m move to Barcelona whilst Cristiano Ronaldo said he would welcome Wayne at Real Madrid.

Rooney has moved to put an end to end rumours before people start getting carried away by again claiming he wants to spend the rest of his career with us.

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I think I would have preferred Group B rather than Group A, but as you know, there are no easy games for Cambodia at this level.
The tournament here is going really well. It is very good preparation for the SEA Games. A good opportunity to play against strong opposition, and playing every second day, like we will do at SEA Games. Click to continue reading...

But I'm not making that sign with the index, or pinkie, or ring, or thumb... I had what I thought was a great follow-up post on the Lambert affair but when I hit 'Publish', Typepad decided to do a server reset and I ended up losing almost 30 minutes of work. Yes, the autosave failed, too. It's late, and you will have to wait until tomorrow for that post. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal hosts AZ Alkmaar on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in the UEFA Champions League. The two teams played last matchday as Alkmaar scored a late goal to get a draw. Arsenal will be looking to get three points playing at home and to put them in great position to advance to the knockout stage. Here's a recap and video highlights of the match.

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The UEFA Champions League had a full set of group stage matches on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 including Chelsea traveling to play Atletico Madrid in Spain. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Chelsea draws with Atletico Madrid 2-2 Video Highlights

It was a quick start as Atletico Madrid came out with confidence playing at home.

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Manchester United looks to recover from last weekend's defeat to Liverpool as they face Blackburn Rovers. Were they able to win or did Blackburn get a result? Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Manchester United beats Blackburn 2-0 Video Highlights

The match had a slow start as neither team really had any great chances in the first 20 minutes.

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Pay Mario Karlovic for a full game. Leave Cernak out.
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Royston Drenthe grabbed his chance in the Real Madrid - AC Milan CL game last week. Although the Galacticos lost the game, the young Dutchman impressed 30 minutes. Bert van Marwijk watched the game with one eye, using the other one to check out Bayern Munich vs Bordeaux. Did you look Click to continue reading...

Chivas USA 1 Dynamo 3

Chivas USA have pulled one back eight minutes after the Dynamo made it 3-0.

Justin Braun was the creator sending over a cross to the far post that was met by Paulo Nagamura who set up Michael Lahoud for a simple tap in in the 59th minute.

Sensing an opportunity, Preki has sent in Eduardo Lillingston for Maicon Santos up front with about 30 minutes left in the game.

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Columbia, Mo.- The Missouri State High School Activities Association in partnership with When We Were Young Productions have launched MSHSAA.tv. The website will contain live game action, as well as archived events and highlight summaries at no cost to the viewer.

"We have been expanding internet coverage of our championships for the past few years," said MSHSAA Executive Director Dr.

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Where is the refing consistency? Fox, who have now clearly turned to supporting the Roar after ditching them after game 3, clearly need to write to the FFA that the Refs need to be re-briefed. Well maybe not. But apart from Miller's punch, how was the Roar's treatment of Kruse worse than Sydney's treatment of Oar? Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Champions League group stage returned on Tuesday with eight matches. One of them was Inter Milan (Internazionale) v Dynamo Kiev at the San Siro. � Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Inter Milan (Internazionale) draws with Dynamo Kiev 2-2 Video Highlights

Inter Milan once again could only manage a draw in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday against Dynamo Kiev.

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Arsenal 3-1 Birmingham City

I suppose football is the popular game that it is partly because, while money, good management and history will always bubble to the top over the course of a season, so much still relies on the vagaries of the human mind.

So it was yesterday.

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Sunderland battled bravely to secure a 1-0 win over Liverpool at the Stadium of Light and exacerbate the anxiety of Liverpool fans who are painfully realizing that their team will not win the Premier League this season.
Darren Bent controversially scored for the Black Cats in the first half when his shot deflected in off a balloon which had been tossed onto the pitch by a fan. Click to continue reading...

What a game! Except for the nail-biting after going down 2 goals to none in the first half, that was an incredible match! I printed my number 9 (and mounted it on poster board because I'm anal crafty like that) and held it up with the crowd. The stadium went absolutely berserk when we scored in the 95th minute, especially since we couldn't see the extra time remaining.

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It was all done in about 4 minutes. 3 Great goals.
Melbourne had their big game last week. And in front of over 30,000 they just were not there. Kruse lasted 30 minutes and didn't do much. Towards the end Melbourne gave them a barrage, particularly Thompson. But Simon Colossimo showed he has earned Craig Moore's Socceroos spot. Click to continue reading...

Ritchie de Laet has been handed a new contract by Alex Ferguson as the 20 year old defender nears his first team break through.

De Laet only signed for United in January and has so far made two first team appearances; a Premiership win over Hull last season and a substitute appearance in the Carling Cup this season when he was brought on after just 30 minutes following Fabio's red card against Wolves.

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Oguchi Onyewu's official AC Milan debut finally came on Wednesday, but the result of the match itself overshadowed any good feelings that might have come from Onyewu's first official appearance for the Italian club.

The U.S. national team defender played the final 30 minutes in AC Milan's 1-0 loss to FC Zurich, a loss that came just days after Milan's surprising draw vs.

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Oguchi Onyewu's official AC Milan debut finally came on Wednesday, but the result of the match itself overshadowed any good feelings that might have come from Onyewu's first official appearance for the Italian club.

The U.S. national team defender played the final 30 minutes in AC Milan's 1-0 loss to FC Zurich, a loss that came just days after Milan's surprising draw vs.

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Newcastle manager Chris Hughton has praised 18 year-old teenage striker Nile Ranger for the second-half display which turned the game for Newcastle against Plymouth Argyle. Nile Ranger - great in last 30 minutes on Saturday With the score at 1-1, just over half an hour left, � and� things not looking too good for the Magpies, Ranger was brought [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United sustained another injury in their wobbly 3-2 home win against bottom of the league Plymouth yesterday. Danny Simpson injury weill be assessed today On loan Danny Simpson, the 22-year-old defender. seemed to jar his ankle after 30 minutes, and was replaced by Ryan Taylor. The Newcastle medical staff will assess the extent of the injury [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky is finally back. After suffering a bizarred injury which kept him out for a very long time, the Czech International is ready to help the Gunners end their lack of silverware.

Speaking to the Evening Standard, the 28-year old said:

It was a great feeling when I came back and I got a great reception from the fans,

I am fired up to win a trophy and enjoying being back.

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Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky is finally back. After suffering a bizarred injury which kept him out for a very long time, the Czech International is ready to help the Gunners end their lack of silverware.

Speaking to the Evening Standard, the 28-year old said:

It was a great feeling when I came back and I got a great reception from the fans,

I am fired up to win a trophy and enjoying being back.

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Yeah, I missed last week. Since most teams were off over the weekend for the World Cup Qualifiers I'm not that far behind though.
Colorado Rapids - With their back to back home 1-0 wins the Rapids have given themselves a bit of breathing room. They are third in the West and tired for 5th overall with DC. Click to continue reading...

Harry Kewell, David Carney, Luke Wilkshire and Danny Invincibile have withdrawn from the Socceroos squad for Saturday's international friendly against the Korea Republic in Seoul. Australian coach Pim Verbeek explained the changes. "Harry played 30 minutes for Galatasaray last night and scored a goal when he came on as a substitute, but . Click to continue reading...

Following a cracking start to the new season, scoring four goals in four games for United, Wayne Rooney has pledged his future to the club.

"I've always said that I love this club and, as long as I'm wanted here, I'll play here," said Rooney. "It's as simple as that. I can't see one reason why I should want to move to another club.

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by Usman Azad, Football Perth Editor
Perth Glory 2 (Jelic 4, 54)
Melbourne Victory 1 (Thompson 9)
Crowd: 8056
SERBIAN striker Branko Jelic scored two opportunist goals, as Perth Glory defeated Melbourne Victory 2-1 at ME Bank Stadium tonight.
Jelic, formerly with German Bundlesiga side Energie Cottbus, scored the game's opener in the 4th minute after Naum Sekulovski's cross into the box was headed to Mile Sterjovski, whose shot squeezed through Victory keeper Glen Moss. Click to continue reading...

The draw for the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League group stages will take place Thursday in Monaco. While we wait for Europe's top-club competition to finally set sail, this a 30 minutes of drama every fan must go through every year, as they silently (or extremelly vocally, it's a matter of taste) conjure karma in order for their team to get an easy group.

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The English Premier League began its third week of matches with Liverpool v Aston Villa on Monday August 24, 2009. Here's a full recap of Monday's match along with video highlights.

Aston Villa stuns Liverpool 3-1 Video Highlights

1st Half

The first half started with Liverpool getting several chances.

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Liverpool surprisingly lost 3-1 to Aston Villa at Anfield to end a run of 31 matches unbeaten at home and leaving them with two defeats out of three so far this season.
Things started to go wrong when Lucas headed into his own goal after 30 minutes and they were made worse on half-time when Davies headed in from a Villa corner. Click to continue reading...

I've had a dilemma for a while now. I believe to deliver a blog which people will read regularly you have to be consistent with your posting days and times (as well as actually having half decent content and a writing style that people can actually understand).

I originally chose to to go for a morning 'edition' but this was a rather stupid idea as I start work at 5.

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Sir Bobby Robson 1933 to 2009.

ALL proceeds including writers and performers royalties for "Sir Bobby's Song" will go to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.

Written and recorded only hours after Sir Bobby passed away - is on sale through www.coquet-shack.com or www.arkade.com/artists/JohnDLewis.

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