"I know there are not four or five years ahead of me, not with the injuries I've had," revealed Bellamy. "Maybe I've got one or two years at the most. It will be all over before I know it, so I'm just enjoying it."

>>Craig Bellamy

I remember when he signed for us, Bellamy spoke of it being a 'last chance' of sorts for him which could well explain the attitude and form he has shown since arriving.

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I was reading about the rebel soccer teams and their departure from the United Soccer League's First Division. It seems that St. Louis is about to unleash their soccer prowess upon the nation. This is from the website of the newly formed St. Louis Soccer United.

St. Louis and soccer are synonymous.

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Phil Bardsley admits Sunderland need to be at their best when they host Arsenal on Saturday.
The Gunners have been in fearsome form in front of goal this season and will be keen to continue that trend at the Stadium of Light.
Bardsley, who will form part of a back four directly in the firing line, admits as much, but the combative full-back feels Steve Bruce's side are capable of springing an upset. Click to continue reading...

First things first that's Tigre midfielder Matias Gimenez in the picture above. Dressed as a tiger. Holding two live chickens. With a demonic look on his face. In what appears to be the backyard of a meth lab/child abductor's hideout. I have no answers for any of that. I found the picture here.

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I wake up this morning and read something pretty disturbing coming from Rafa Benitez.� Apparently, he says that if Fernando Torres is EVER moved out of Liverpool he'll walk...right there...on the spot.

First, let's deal with the 5th Grader's attitude about this.� "So, what if Torres is 50 years old and you've won the FA Cup 5 times with him, but now he's too old.

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Over the weekend, Nani was keen to stress that his outburst against Sir Alex Ferguson last week did not constitute a ‘bust up' with his boss.

Speaking in a Portuguese newspaper, he was quoted as saying:-

"Ferguson is a very complicated man. He's tough. If things are all right, then they are all right.

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According to Jordan Cross at The News, Portsmouth boss Paul Hart would like to sign midfielder Jamie O'Hara permanently from Tottenham. Hart said,

"Jamie – like most of the players we signed in August – has fitted in brilliantly .

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Friday night and we're on our second LAPL game in 5 days, back at Crossroads we're 2-0 down to Penmar at half-time. We're really not concentrating, or working anything like as hard as we need to, and though we're a couple of first-choicers light (Nick, Jeff, Mike, David, Theo all out) credit to Penmar - they capitalize. Click to continue reading...

I came across Brian Reade's article in the Mirror and couldn't help but ask why he wrote such a Pro-Pavlyuchenko piece?
It's as though Roman has made a new friend in Reade, or there's some other fascination not worth thinking about. Either way, Reade did make some valid points about our Russian striker. Click to continue reading...

Misfiring striker Andriy Voronin has told of his determination to help Liverpool get this season back on track. Does he have anything to offer or is he a lost cause?
The Ukraine striker has yet to find the back of the net in eight games this season, and to be fair, hasn't even looked remotely like scoring. Click to continue reading...

Singapore coach Raddy said he's glad with the media turn out today that he felt this must be something good about the game tomorrow.
Thailand's coach Bryan Robson this is first time he comes to Singapore in a capacity as a coach and he's looking forward to the game and challenge ahead.
At the meantime, the former England skipper gave an update to the media on his team preparation and said,"everything is going well. Click to continue reading...

Glen Johnson believes Liverpool must stick together to bring an 'awful' sequence of results to an end.
The Reds had to come from 2-1 down to hold Birmingham to a draw on Monday night in a match at Anfield they were firm favourites to win.
Rafa Benitez's men have picked up just one victory in their last nine matches in all competitions, while they remain 11 points adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea and are in danger of being knocked out of the UEFA Champions League. Click to continue reading...

Soccer is a cruel game, and Chivas USA felt that cruelty tonight.� While the Galaxy may have done enough to win the game, Chivas did not deserve to lose it.� On the pitch, the differences between Chivas and the Galaxy were small and on the margins.� Off the pitch, the difference in huge – the Galaxy will spend their week preparing to face Houston on Friday and Chivas will not.

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A kick in the stomach. There's no better way to describe a game where, with a squad decimated by injuries, Liverpool went to Lyon and totally dominated. With better finishing, the contest should have been over by half time and when Ryan Babel scored, it looked as if Liverpool were going to get a much merited win. Click to continue reading...

Greetings, Dynamo fans. I haven't written in awhile. It's partly because my internet closes out 90% of the time I try to access the site, but mostly because soccer (or MLS) hasn't held my interest.

I am fairly new to soccer so I was hoping this blog would chronicle my growing appreciation and understanding of the sport.

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Napoli won vs. Juventus in Torino for the first time since November 20, 1988, when Maradona's Napoli won 5-3. Since then, there had been 11 wins and 5 ties, and Napoli hadn't scored in Torino since March of 1998. This Napoli side has been rejuvenated under Walter Mazzarri, and they have shown they have a never say die attitude that keeps them working for the full 90 minutes.

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Moving as I do mostly through non-footballing circles, I've been asked, "hey, what's the deal with Toronto FC? Did they make the playoffs? I heard they lost something like 10 nothing to some nobody team in the states."
These post-mortems can get boring, so let me just throw down my two-cents on this club as I see it so we can all move on. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >It appears that the current mutinous attitude of the Toon faithful is spreading around the country as fast as the H1N1 virus with the latest rumblings of discontent being voiced at Bramhall Lane, where more than 100 supporters stayed behind after Sheffield United's last home match, to demonstrate at their recent poor [. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton at least has the right attitude, and few Newcastle fans would disagree with that. Chris Hughton wants to be Newcastle manager long term How could anybody else survive at the Newcastle club over the last 20 months, (close to 10 years at normal clubs), and actually love the club a lot more than when [. Click to continue reading...

Until the 32nd started, things looked dull for Palmeiras. There was enormous pressure and the fear that the team had just lost the Brasileiro. But after the last mid-week round of Brasileirao, things changed again. Palmeiras won and all direct rivals, but one, lost precious points. With that, the hopes of Palmeiras fans have been renewed.

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HOWDY guys.
FP used to hate Saturday's when he was working at one of the major supermarkets (doesn't matter which one, they as bad as each other).
But now Saturday's are a day for a bit of R and R.
This has nothing to do with Glory, but sharing is caring, right?
Anywho, Glory take on Melbourne Victory tomorrow, and with game-day so close there's quite a bit going on. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor was interviewed on CNN International by the sports correspondent Pedro Pinto. He spoke about his early months at Eastlands, how they can get into the top four and why the attitude of former team-mates hurts. Click to continue reading...

The MLS Playoffs opened up on Thursday night with a draw between Houston and Seattle.� Given that Houston win in almost from the beginning of the season and Seattle had to pull it together at the last minute to get in I'd say this leaves a great deal of promise for the playoffs.

On Saturday Columbus and Salt Lake square in their first Semi-Final match and if they go anything like Houston and Columbus this should be a doozy.

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After Sunday's great victory over Man Utd and a very good performance in the Carling Cup defeat to Arsenal on Wednesday, Rafa Benitez must be starting to believe that Liverpool have turned a corner this season and that his side are now prepared to fight again for the Premiership title.
Lets face it, we played United of the park last week and we put in a very good display against Arsenal the other night and were very unlucky to lose that match. Click to continue reading...

Perhaps trying to dampen some of the criticism aimed at him - particularly in the wake of Sunday's drawagainst Fulham, Mark Hughes has offered support for big money signing Joleon Lescott:

"You have to understand, though, that this is a new back four and the more games Joleon and Kolo [Touré] play together the better they will gel as a pair.

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A couple of enforced moves anyway for Mark Hughes tomorrow evening:

"Kolo is not fit, and neither is Martin, while there is a doubt over Wayne and he may well not be involved. Kolo and Martin should hopefully be alright for the weekend, but they are not quite right at the moment.

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Rafa Benitez believes Jamie Carragher proved with his performance against Manchester United that he is not at the end of his career just yet.
The Liverpool defender has been criticised for some of his displays during the early part of the season and there have been suggestions he is not the player he once was. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was pleased with how his players responded to their recent difficulties as they defeated Manchester United 2-0 this afternoon.
"The players they show good character and the fans behind the players were the twelfth man," Benitez told Sky Sports.
"I think the passion, the attitude, the character and also some good play some times but especially the mentality, everybody working together from the beginning and we won," he continued. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool fear another season of failure could spark Fernando Torres' departure from Anfield.
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Rafael Benítez today shrugged off the growing pressure on his position at Liverpool ahead of Sunday's game against Manchester United at Anfield. Liverpool desperately need a win after four consecutive defeats, and Benítez will give Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Glen Johnson - all groin injury victims - as long as he possibly can to prove their fitness. Click to continue reading...

If Jay Spearing needed a lesson in the fickle nature of football fans, he certainly got it this week. Given the Lucas Leiva's continuing unpopularity, Spearing somehow became not only a viable alterative for the Brazilian but also a better player. A sort of 'he can't be any worse than him' attitude took over. Click to continue reading...

Dull. Uninspiring. Inept.

All words than can some up tonight's performance. It's really gone beyond who scored for / against us anymore. It's now down to attitude and application. Sadly for Newcastle United fans, both our coaching staff and players are completely incapable of showing either.

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Has any week in the modern history of American soccer contained the kinds of highs and lows that we witnessed last week? It's taken me all the way until now to be able to sit and really think about what happened starting with the win over Honduras and ending Wednesday night at RFK.
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One of the common themes from press conferences and interviews with Mark Hughes this season has been his satisfaction with the current make up of the squad. This time he is praising the application and attitude to the training sessions:

City's boss also admitted that not every player in the squad he inherited last year was able to rise to the challenge of his demanding regime - but there is no dissent in the camp today.

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Today you take the field against the defending State Champion, a position you held proudly for 2 years. As with any match when we face LOSC it will be a battle. A hard fought, physical and emotional war. The time is now for players to put aside their illness, their injuries, their differences and unite. Click to continue reading...