Arsenal's Lukas Podolski opened the scoring after just six seconds as a second-string Germany side beat Ecuador 4-2. He nipped in to pinch the ball off defender Gabriel Achilier and stroke it into the far corner of the goal to grab one of the fastest goals of the year and the fastest of his career. [.
Wojciech Szczesny is out with a rib injury. With Per Mertesacker and Carl Jenkinson filling in
for Laurent Koscielny and Bacary Sagna, this means more pressure on the back four to step up. Add
Abou Diaby making his second Premiership appearance after a long, long injury absence and this
could be a very long afternoon for the Gunners on set pieces and counterattacks.
All gather around the prayer circle for this man please
The fight continues, probably none the more apt word to be used considering who we are up
against today. Stoke City, have made quite a name for themselves (in our minds at least) since
their promotion to the Premier League. They've managed to make themselves the scourge of Arsenal
fans.
Arsene Wenger must have known what he was doing when he decided to choose this evening to announce
the dreaded sale of Alex Song to Barcelona. The Gunners have not got the best record against
Sunderland or Martin O'Neill, and with three new players bedding in along with the absence of last
year's top goalscorer, [.
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The first thing to know about the Sagna Conundrum is that it does not involve Bacary Sagna.
The Sagna Conundrum is a problem created not by his presence, but by his absence, and it comes
down to this: when our super-consistent French right back is not available, who should take his
place?
The first thing to know about the Sagna Conundrum is that it does not involve Bacary Sagna.
The Sagna Conundrum is a problem created not by his presence, but by his absence, and it comes
down to this: when our super-consistent French right back is not available, who should take his
place?
After Bordeaux turned down a return for their prodigal son, Fiorentina rejected Chamakh because
of his high wages, it is the turn of Besiktas. The Turkish club as per Milliyat is looking
at a loan move en route to a permanent deal worth £4m.
Don't really see this happening because Beskitas is neck deep in debt with the former chairman
having spent boat loads of money bringing Guti, Simao Sabroso, Hugo Almeida, Ricardo Quaresma, and
Manuel Almeida for a measly return of one league title.
The squad for Arsenal's tour of Asia was supposed to be announced yesterday at around lunchtime.
As of this moment, early on a Saturday morning, that announcement has yet to be made.
There were reports that aside from everything else Robin van Persie would not be going on the
tour. The line being peddled is that it's a fitness thing but under the circumstances I don't know
that anyone will really believe that, especially when further reports of bids from Man City, Man
United and Juventus emerged.
Frank Lampard's preference is to make a summer move to Manchester United when his Chelsea contract expires, according to the Daily Star. The reports follow suggestions that Chelsea had yesterdat performed a U-turn on their decision to move Lampard on and offered the England midfielder a new deal. That talk of a new deal is [.
With several tabloids putting two and two together and making five, Sir Alex Ferguson has set
the record straight on why Wayne Rooney was left out of the starting team against Fulham. Rumours
have been rife that our striker was ready to leave the club this transfer window, with City being
the team mentioned again.
QPR striker Andy Johnson is probable to lose most of the rest of the season after enduring a prior cruciate ligament injury. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/62937000/jpg/_62937009_150881990.jpg
Douglas McNeill is back with another guest post. Enjoy.
After my July piece on Fulham's finances, I promised a follow-up once the transfer window had
closed. So here goes. I see eight key points.
1. There has been a marked reduction in squad size. Eleven players have gone (Dembele, Dempsey,
Etuhu, Gecov, Gryhgera, Halliche, Johnson, Murphy, Pogrebnyak, Riise BH, and Sa) and only six have
come in (Berbatov, Dejagah, Petric, Richardson, Riether and Rodallega).
Douglas McNeill is back with another guest post. Enjoy.
After my July piece on Fulham's finances, I promised a follow-up once the transfer window had
closed. So here goes. I see eight key points.
1. There has been a marked reduction in squad size. Eleven players have gone (Dembele, Dempsey,
Etuhu, Gecov, Gryhgera, Halliche, Johnson, Murphy, Pogrebnyak, Riise BH, and Sa) and only six have
come in (Berbatov, Dejagah, Petric, Richardson, Riether and Rodallega).
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has dismissed suggestions of Daniel Agger's Europa League absence
being an indicator of a move to Manchester City.
The centre-back was left out of the Anfield club's squad for Thursday evening's Europa League
qualifier against FC Gomel and that sparked extra speculation.
Steven Gerrard has backed the returning Lucas Leiva to once again underline his class to Liverpool
fans.
The 25-year-old was displaying his most consistent form since joining the Reds in 2007 when he
damaged his cruciate ligament at the tail end of last year.
Lucas, though, has now recovered from the injury and is poised to start the 2012/13 campaign at the
heart of Liverpool's midfield.
Doesn't it just feel good to get a win again? The Columbus Crew were probably the hottest team
in MLS going into Wednesday night's clash in Foxboro; but they were exhausted and far from home,
and the New England Revolution took advantage. It was a trap game for the Crew and a much-needed
vote of confidence for the Revs.
Philadelphia Union head coach John Hackworth took some time out from helping coach the MLS
All-Star Team to address some internet rumors making the rounds that had the Union dealing Freddy
Adu.
Adu's absence from Philadelphia's 2-0 loss to New York, and the Union's subsequent refusal to
provide details as to why he was absent (saying only that it was an internal matter) helped spark
some imaginations and led to the creation of some internet trade rumors, with the most popular
being that the Union was going to trade Adu to FC Dallas for Brek Shea, who is out of favor in
Dallas after a very public blow-up with head coach Schellas Hyndman.
Reports and reaction from Saturday's loss against New York Red Bulls. Adu absence fuels rumor and
speculation. Reading and Ocean City out of playoffs. FC Sonic defeat NYRB U-23 to advance to NPSL
championships. More news.
In case you missed it, per the official Fire site, Logan is getting some light training work in.
Although he is likely still 2-3 weeks from returning (which matches the original timeline given),
it's still welcome news for Fire fans. I think a lot of fans take him for granted sometimes.
Sunday was a great win by the Fire and the squad garnered 3 important points in the standings.
As per usual, the Fire got the job done after going down a goal early. The Fire have come back so
many times this year, that I'm starting to get a little complacent with conceding early goals.
Hopefully the player don't start feeling the same.
A brace from Lionel Messi, and goals from Carles Puyol, Pedro, and David Villa as Barca
sauntered through their opening fixture against Real Sociedad. The opposition got a consolation
from Chory Castro.
Perhaps no goal was as satisfying as Villa's coming back to the game after an 8th month injury
absence.
If you watch the video it was a garden variety clip by Charlie Adam. Cynical yes, but not
unusually so for this day and age. The history is a bit different. Adam while at Blackpool was the
player who tackled Bale causing ankle ligament damage which led to a three month injury absence in
2011.
Luka Modric will be fined by Tottenham after refusing to train and his absence from their
pre-season tour.
Whether you bet on politics or sport, you will know that this is perhaps a combination of both.
The Croatian midfielder has expressed his desire to leave White Hart Lane for Real Madrid and did
not turn up for training or travel on the tour of America.
He needed pain killing injections in order to play for England this summer at the Euro's and
Tottenham Hotspur's Scott Parker is paying for that decision now. Parker will miss the Premier
League kick-off next month and he is expected to be out of action for six weeks.
By having the surgery now Parker will miss Spurs's first three Premier League games against
Newcastle, West Brom and Norwich.
Spurs appear to have banned their players from talking about Luka Modric's absence from their US
tour if this footage from Sky Sports News is anything to go by. As soon as the subject is brought
up by the reporter, a member of the White Hart Lane media team swoops in to whisk Gareth Bale [...]
Spurs appear to have banned their players from talking about Luka Modric's absence from their US
tour if this footage from Sky Sports News is anything to go by. As soon as the subject is brought
up by the reporter, a member of the White Hart Lane media team swoops in to whisk Gareth Bale [...]
Luka Modric will be finned for his repudiation to string and his nonoccurrence from Tottenham's
pre-period circuit. HTTP://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image/61746000/jpg/_61746990_015094544-1.jpg
Chelsea have unveiled the new home kit at the scene of a Smurf massacre. David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Fernando Torres and Oscar are all implicated in the vicious and sustained attack on the Smurfs, with the Stamford Bridge old guard are conspicuous in their absence from the main publicity photo for the new kit.
When David Ferreira returned to the field for FC Dallas on July 4 against Toronto FC, it was a
welcome sight for FCD fans on several fronts. Not only was it great to see "El Torito" back on the
field after a 14-month absence due to injury, but his return sparked his teammates to up their own
level of play.
If the U.S. men's national team is to take a pair of World Cup qualifying results off of
Jamaica, it will have to do so without the services of integral midfielder Michael Bradley.
Bradley's agent told FOX Soccer that he will miss the Sept. 7 and 11 matches against JamaicaÂ
after picking up a right thigh injury in training with AS Roma on Tuesday, one that is expected to
keep him out for the next 2-to-3 weeks.
Once again I sat on my couch on Wednesday with hopes of watching a Red Bulls match on MLS Live
and once again I was denied. In the Hartford area, the Red Bulls are blacked out despite the
absence of any means to watch the games through cable television. Yet again, fans in a
neighboring state are prevented from watching one of the league's hallmark franchises because of
the league's complex blackout rules.
Chris and Ted take the reigns of the show and discuss all the week's action, MLS schedule
congestion, and the return of the Toja mullet. They also of course bring in the correspondents to
rag on Scott's absence, of course. Correspondents include: Montreal, Kansas City, New England,
Portland, Los Angles, Colorado, and San Jse.
Milan got their season underway on Sunday afternoon at home to newly-promoted Sampdoria. After a
summer where a host of stars exited the club, their absence was already showing after 45 minutes.
Max Allegri's side looked disjointed and scrappy for large parts of the first period while the
rearguard marshalled by 36-year-old Mario Yepes [.
Despite quiet confidence in advance of this season's opening salvos, a tough sequence of fixtures
added to the absence through injury of midfield playmaker Peter Leven will have left Oxford United
fans cautious before the Capital One Cup visit to Bournemouth on August 14th. But their divisional
betters from Dorset were seen off on penalties and the League campaign has started no less
auspiciously – two of the favourites, Bristol Rovers and Southend have been vanquished and the
performance in the latter game in particular was notable for its ease.
Juventus Meet Napoli In Fiery Supercoppa Encounter is a post from: Serie A Weekly Juventus Meet
Napoli In Fiery Supercoppa Encounter is a post from: Serie A Weekly Saturday's Italian Super Cup
match between Juventus and Napoli saw the Bianconeri emerge as 4-2 winners in a hotly contested
match. The most significant absence for the Serie A champions was manager Antonio Conte, who is.
Alan Pardew has always been well aware what a fantastic club Newcastle United is, and he has
come out today and said he is humbled to take the club, one of the best supported football clubs in
the world, back into European competition after an absence of six years. Derek LLambias attended
draw in Nyon, Switzerland yesterday Glenn Roeder was the last Newcastle manager to [.
Given a chance to end their season on a high note, the Madison 56ers did so by finishing some of
their chances Saturday night.
Player-coach Jed Hohlbein (Middleton/UW), in charge of the team in coach
Jim Launder's absence, scored twice as the 56ers held off the Bay Area Ambassadors
3-2 in the National Premier Soccer League third-place match at Del Norte High School in San
Diego.
Bryan Gerzicich and Kiryat Shmona will look to bounce back at home against Zilina while Molde
should have no problem protecting their aggregate lead over Ventspils despite Josh Gatt's likely
absence.
