Our old ASD colleague Alex Abnos is an idea man, a musician. Today, he has all sorts of ideas on how to orchestrate a comeback season for the Kansas City Wizards. Lots of ideas. And-a-one-and-a-two...What went wrong?The short answer: this.The long answer: It's tough to point to any one thing, as I believe the team's failings in 2009 were the result of many little wrongs that built up over time. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger denied that Samir Nasri will fill the gap to be left by Alex Song when the Cameroon International will be involved in the African Cup of Nations. Speaking on Tuesday, the Frenchman ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger denied that Samir Nasri will fill the gap to be left by Alex Song when the Cameroon International will be involved in the African Cup of Nations. Speaking on Tuesday, the Frenchman ...

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Samir Nasri will not replace Alex Song in a defensive midfield role in the New Year.
Song will be lost to the Gunners due to Cameroon's African Nations Cup campaign.
But on Nasri, Wenger told arsenal.com: "No, [he is not a replacement].
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There I was sitting at my desk at work and a news story came through to me about Saloman Kalou . It said that he was involved in fight with West Brom's Abdoulaye Meite and that the two have since made up but will miss the friendly against Germany on Weds!
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Alex Villaplane said captaining France was 'the happiest day of his life'. Fourteen years later he was shot dead for being a traitor. Click to continue reading...

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It's Futbolita's One Year anniversary and 21st birthday today (exactly a year since we started the site!) so we'd like to take the opportunity to thank every single one of you for your support, comments, backlinks, retweets etc.

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Fergie: Doesn't like the BBC AP Photo/Mikhail MetzelSir Alex, 'Arry, and Fat Sam may have to talk to the Beeb after all. [Telegraph]Maradona gets a two-month ban, but won't miss any real games. A few things he said at his heari... Click to continue reading...

Il capitano bianconero sta tornando. In allenamento, con Diego, è vero e proprio show. Dopo aver passato parecchie settimane tra infermeria e panchina, "Pinturicchio" riassapora il campo e, alla bellezza di 35 anni suonati, è pronto a regalare nuove magie ai tifosi torinesi. Ma non è solo sul campo che concede spettacolo. Click to continue reading...

It has been one of the quieter football revolutions of the last decade Peterborough United have, over the last couple of years, gone from being also-rans in League Two to being back in the Championship for the first time (if we gloss over the various name changes) for the first time since 1994.

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Many raised an eyebrow or two when last Saturday's line-up was announced with Aaron Ramsey replacing in-form Alex Song in central midfield. But after the game, the Welshman was one of the best for the Gunners ... Click to continue reading...

Many raised an eyebrow or two when last Saturday's line-up was announced with Aaron Ramsey replacing in-form Alex Song in central midfield. But after the game, the Welshman was one of the best for the Gunners ...

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So there was the Hollywood United game and all the anticipation that went with it, and we did brilliantly to draw 1-1, with Anthony LaPaglia having the game of his life in goal for Hollywood - and them unleashing the hounds of their 'A' team against us in the second half when they were 1-0 down.
It was quite a high really, as we enjoyed a couple in The Daily Pint afterwards. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea sealed qualification into the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-2 draw at Atletico with goals from Didier Drogba. FC Porto beat Apoel as they also clinched qualification and its now down to our game at their place to see who wins the group for the favourable draw when its made by UEFA. Click to continue reading...

So we comfortably dispatched of Wolves in the end, the first 20 minutes or so were a little nervy but Diaby picked up a calf strain bringing Alex Song into the fray, we never looked back as minutes later one of two slightly fortuitous goals was scored.

The final two goals were class though, the first involved a lung busting run from Cesc Fabregas to get on the end of a move, his finish was coolness personified.

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Where will Aleksander Duric be plying his trade next year following the breakdown of his move to Sriwijaya?
SAF's leading goalscorer over the last few seasons is for sure to be in demand as not only has he consistently scored goals throughout his time in south east Asia, he is also incredibly fit despite his 39 years. Click to continue reading...

From hero to zero. It could easily be the story of Cameroon International Alex Song who according to many last season, was not good enough to play for Arsenal. But this year, the 22-year old is ...

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From hero to zero. It could easily be the story of Cameroon International Alex Song who according to many last season, was not good enough to play for Arsenal. But this year, the 22-year old is ... Click to continue reading...

Alex Ferguson
The Red Devils boss celebrated 23-years at Old Trafford on Friday having brought unprecedented success to the club in the process.

The Scot hasled the club to 11 Premier League titles, two European cups, five FA Cups, three League Cups, a European Cup Winners' Cup, the Fifa Club World Cup and the Uefa Super Cup during that time.

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It's funny how when you're playing well and in good form you find things going your way, little bits of luck that can help decide a game.

I think it's fair to say we got a bit of that yesterday against Wolves. You certainly wouldn't have put too much money on the final scoreline after the first twenty minutes.

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The Game Was Diaby's injury a blessing in disguise? That's surely the question many are asking after seeing the Arsenal struggle for the first 10-20 minutes but come out and dominate after the introduction of Alex ...

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The Game Was Diaby's injury a blessing in disguise? That's surely the question many are asking after seeing the Arsenal struggle for the first 10-20 minutes but come out and dominate after the introduction of Alex ... Click to continue reading...

By Paul Williams The season is beginning to take shape now, everyone has played enough games for the hopes and worries to be well set. So far the season for Arsenal has been generally good. However, we are entering November – a month all Arsenal fans have� learnt to worry over.

Today we take on Wolves and all sensible comment would suggest another three points, after all we have only lost 2 games all season and the Manure defeat was, to say the least, undeserved.

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You know there's only one thing to talk about in this photo, right? And it ain't how gorgeous Mrs. Gerrard is looking though she is looking completely foxy.

It's the boots.

Do you love or do you hate? Our shins are getting sweaty just looking at them. We would, frankly, rather go barefoot.

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You know there's only one thing to talk about in this photo, right? And it ain't how gorgeous Mrs. Gerrard is looking though she is looking completely foxy.

It's the boots.

Do you love or do you hate? Our shins are getting sweaty just looking at them. We would, frankly, rather go barefoot.

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Bizim futbolu çok bilen futbol yazarlarımız hala daha Alex'e ofansif orta saha Kewell'a sol kanat deyip ardından "Ama hiç geriye dönmüyorlar" demeye devam etsinler. Alex de Kewell da oynadıkları rol ve ortaya çıkardıkları sonuçlar ile tam manasıyla forvet oyuncusudurlar. FM ya da PES oynayanların aşina olduğu deyim "SS" (Second Striker) ya da Türkçe meali ile "ikinci forvet" olarak takımlarının her hücum aksiyonunda hem Alex hem Kewell sonucu değiştirmeye en yakın adamlar oluyorlar. Click to continue reading...

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*Don't forget, the second MLS playoff game between the Columbus Crew and Real Salt Lake is scheduled for 5 o'clock today on ESPN2.

*The Cal State Northridge men closed in on a post-season berth Wednesday with a 1-0 victory over Cal State Fullerton with the goal coming in the sixth minute of OT and now hold the tiebreaker over the Titans going into the final game of the regular season Saturday against UC Irvine.

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For the second straight season, the Columbus Crew's Chad Marshall was selected as the league's best defender. Marshall was named as the MLS 2009 Defender of the Year Thursday, joining Carlos Bocanegra and Robin Fraser as the award's only two-time winners.

2009 has been a tremendous success for Marshall, named in July as an All-Star, and earning five caps with the U.

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For the second straight season, the Columbus Crew's Chad Marshall was selected as the league's best defender. Marshall was named as the MLS 2009 Defender of the Year Thursday, joining Carlos Bocanegra and Robin Fraser as the award's only two-time winners.

2009 has been a tremendous success for Marshall, named in July as an All-Star, and earning five caps with the U.

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For the second season in a row, the Columbus Crew's Chad Marshall was named the best defender in Major League Soccer. Marshall joins Carlos Bocanegra as the only other player to win consecutive MLS Defender of the Year awards. Also on Thursday, MLS announced Alex Prus as the Referee of the Year and Greg Barkey as Assistant Referee of the Year. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea sealed qualification into the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-2 draw at Atletico with goals from Didier Drogba. FC Porto beat Apoel as they also clinched qualification and its now down to our game at their place to see who wins the group for the favourable draw when its made by UEFA. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea sealed qualification into the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-2 draw at Atletico with goals from Didier Drogba. FC Porto beat Apoel as they also clinched qualification and its now down to our game at their place to see who wins the group for the favourable draw when its made by UEFA. Click to continue reading...

It looks like we have shut the Spuds up for another few months then with a performance that left even the most hardy Spurs fans noting that they had some way to go to catch up with us.

I had a very good feeling before the game, a feeling I hadn't had since that 5-1 beating we took. Maybe it was confidence or just a sign of what was to come, whatever it was I liked it and enjoyed every second of this North London Derby.

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After a tough start against Spain the United States' U17 side was able to stack up 1 0 wins against Malawi and the United Arab Emirates. The United States will advance after securing second place in their group. A skillful side that is able to move the ball around and keep possession, the United States kids have drawn criticism from some for lacking a clinical finishing edge, but they seem to excel at moving the ball around (something we haven't been able to say about many US sides).

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After a tough start against Spain the United States' U17 side was able to stack up 1 0 wins against Malawi and the United Arab Emirates. The United States will advance after securing second place in their group. A skillful side that is able to move the ball around and keep possession, the United States kids have drawn criticism from some for lacking a clinical finishing edge, but they seem to excel at moving the ball around (something we haven't been able to say about many US sides).

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