I might as well start with the bad news because there is plenty of it at the moment. We are currently tied at 18 points with Hungary for the second place in group E and while Hungary have only one game left (and that is Finland at home), we have two to go and one of them is Finland away and the other is the Netherlands at home.

Ricardo Montolivo and Jan Vertonghen are two players that have been linked with Arsenal over the last couple of months, and today there is good news and bad news to report about them both. Montolivo is out of contract in the summer with Fiorentina and just two weeks ago said, "Florence has always been my [.

An article has caught my eye today about Fernando Torres and after reading it, I really hope that Torres proves this idiot wrong. We all know that Torres has had problems with scoring goals for us for one reason or another, but this bloke has taken aim at Torres and Chelsea for that matter in his article published in The Mirror today.

Well I'm back as the designated D&G (doom and gloom) blogger of the group, to keep anyone from getting too excited about how the transfer window ended. But there are quite a few positives to take from the last few days, and I want to be fair and balanced. And to be even more magnanimous than usual, I'll present 10 pieces of good news, coupled with only 5 pieces of bad news.

Stuart Pearse, England under-21 Manager had the good sense to allow Jordan Henderson return to Liverpool ahead of the game against Israel's under-21 international, Monday evening.
Pearse's Captain put in a commanding performance in midfield against Azerbaijan, scoring a delightful goal in the 6-0 victory.

What is Liverpool's form like in domestic games that immediately follow international breaks? To find out, I've examined all of the club's post-international games since the 2005-06 season. Unfortunately, the results are less than encouraging, especially when it comes to away games, which is potentially bad news ahead of the game against Stoke City this weekend.

Good morning from a wild and windy Dublin. I think summer, such as it was, is now well and truly gone.

There's gloomy news to start with this morning involving Thomas Vermaelen. The Belgian is set to miss two months having undergone ankle surgery in Stockholm early this week. He picked up a knock away to Udinese and although Arsene Wenger was hopeful he might play against United at Old Trafford things have taken a very obvious turn for the worse.

There is yet more bad news for Arsenal today because midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has chosen to play for Ghana instead of England. This means that if he is selected for the African Nations Cup he will miss vital games during the new year period. Frimpong, 19, has played for England at both Under-16 and Under-17 [.

The good news is that Italy, with a 1-0 victory, have secured qualification to the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine next summer. The bad news it's not that bad is that the they haven't been living up to the hype recently. Italy have been compared with Barcelona an awful lot during Cesare Prandelli's tenure in charge of the Azzurri, but any viewers.

Bad news tonight that 20 year-old Newcastle striker Nile Ranger has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Nile Ranger arrested and then released on bail The news is in the Daily Mirror and the report says that Ranger has been put on bail awaiting the results of a blood test, after he was [.

Apparently Office Joe is some sort of soothsayer as he predicted D.C. United would win (although he had the score wrong) and he somehow new that United forward Charlie Davies would return to his early season goal scoring form, predicting Davies would have a "break out game".
The hat-trick from Davies and the much needed 3 points where obvious positives from Saturday night in L.

Good news and bad news for Dalglish

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So we play in Brussels against Anderlecht on thursday, our first game in the group stage of the Europa League. A very important game ofcourse, and a chance for retribution after last years Euro League games against the Belgians. But things don't look very good for us. We didn't get to play one game in the Superleague, so we lack playing rythm.

Iniesta out four weeks following hamstring tear against AC Milan (Photo: Reuters Pictures)

Last week FC Barcelona lost winger Alexis Sanchez for eight weeks with a thigh injury suffered in their 2-2 league draw against Real Sociedad.

Last night in Barcelona's 2-2 draw against AC Milan in Champions League play they suffered another injury to their starting lineup.

The build up to tomorrow's game against Blackburn is as low-key as I can remember for Arsenal in recent times.

Usually, in the immediate aftermath of a press conference, from which many Tweets are sent by those in attendance, there are a host of stories scrambling to the top of the various news feeds.

Paris St Germain have become the latest club to be interested in the signature of 36 year old former England captain David Beckham, which is ,a href="http://www.attackingsoccer.com/2011/09/qpr-make-audacious-swoop-for-beckham/">bad news for newly promoted EPL side QPR who have made it public of their interest in Beckham's signature after his current LA Galaxy contract expires at the end of the MLS season.

Disappointing news arrives from Newcastle United's camp as the club revealed that one of their new summer signings, Davide Santon is set to take a month rest from the playing field as the ex-Inter Milan player will be facing a surgery to his knee.

The bad news was reported by the club's manager, Alan Pardew, who looked very worried with his new player's condition revealing that Santon might be facing a cartilage problem.

An MRI showed good news and bad news for Tony Romo of the Dallas Cowboys. The good news: he has only one broken rib (it was originally thought he had two broken ribs). The bad news: Romo has a punctured lung.

While a punctured lung is nothing to joke about, it sounds as if the Cowboys expect Romo to play in Week 3.

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In which Chelsea break the bad news to AVB in the harshest manner possible, informing him of his sacking via the official teamsheet for their Carling Cup tie with Fulham on Wednesday evening or someone in the club's IT department opened last year's Microsoft Word templates by mistake.

Michael Vick fantasy football owners aren't sleeping well tonight. The top rated fantasy quarterback coming into the 2011 fantasy football season is injured once again. Last week, Vick suffered a concussion. In Week 3, the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles broke his hand.

Though Vick returned to the field after breaking his right hand, he soon had to leave again because the swelling and pain were just too much.

- Jason Davis
The fourth installment of the Free on a Bosman program, enumerated with the classy Roman numeral desigination, is here for your enjoyment.
Jared and I start with the good news and the bad news around the USMNT. Just when Holden gets back, down goes Torres. Gooch is playing well (maybe?

The clarity regarding Jack Wilshere's condition seems to be getting in the right direction as the latest report from Arsenal's medical team revealed that the player have already concluded the operation on his troubling ankle.

Moreover, the Gunners also informed that because of the operation, the player is confirmed to take a rest for about four-five weeks out from the playing field, which is a bad news indeed as the young midfielder won't play until at least late February or even more.

Bad news struck an all-around good guy today in a way that, in another situation, would have seemed almost comical. Bolton and U.S. national team midfielder Stuart Holden is out for six months, according to his club. The initial reports ...
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