Arseblog 20 November @ 03:10 AM EST
Morning all, good to see the Thierry Henry stuff has blown over. Erm ... I wouldn't normally
bother but I think it's only fair that someone tries to counter the lies and the hysteria. He's not
one of ours now but he was and he was one of our best. Plus it's kinda quiet.
The Mirror:
Liam Brady last night branded Thierry Henry "shameful" after launching a bitter attack on FIFA
for fixing the outcome.
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Here at In The Stands there is a lot of banter in our head office about how everyone is
doing in the Premier League's Fantasy Football game. So we thought that we will bring in number 208
(out of 2.15 million) to give us a few tips. Please welcome Chez...
"I would bring him in, but I know as soon as I do he will start playing rubbish.
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WVHooligan 17 November @ 07:41 PM EST
Montreal inches closer to a MLS expansion bid.
By now we've all seen the lovely quote from MLS commissioner Don Garber yesterday about future
league expansion.
"We've had productive conversations with Montreal to be our 19th team," said Garber.
With all the issues going on with the USL/TOA crap you have to think that Montreal owner Joey
Saputo is trying to figure out the best way to get his club into the top-tier league instead of a
new breakaway league.
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Everyone I have spoken to or who has texted me says the same thing. That Indonesia were crap and
that the Uruguay adventure has been a waste of time and money. So there you have it. Everyone says
it so it must be true.
But before I jump on that particular bandwagon...
The opening 15 or 20 minutes were as good as anything I've seen from any Indonesian football team
since I took up my computer to begin these rambles.
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Liverpool Kop 07 November @ 06:47 AM EST
Whether it's empty, half-baked ‘Spirit of Shankly' rhetoric or brainwashed fans jumping on the
‘Hicks and Gillett are the devil' bandwagon (without actually knowing WHY), there is a damaging
and pointless agenda being peddled in the press at the moment by alleged Liverpool fans that needs
to be highlighted.
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bridge views 05 November @ 10:24 AM EST
Football has changed immeasurably over the past ten or twenty years and, with it, Chelsea
Football Club. Fans no longer exclusively hail from the Kings Road, South West London or Surrey.
Since Roman Abramovich bought the club in particular, Chelsea has drawn increased interest from all
over the world with blue shirts appearing on pretty much every continent.
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bridge views 05 November @ 10:24 AM EST
Football has changed immeasurably over the past ten or twenty years and, with it, Chelsea
Football Club. Fans no longer exclusively hail from the Kings Road, South West London or Surrey.
Since Roman Abramovich bought the club in particular, Chelsea has drawn increased interest from all
over the world with blue shirts appearing on pretty much every continent.
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When we beat the Mancs last week, everyone including his pet rock was jumping with joy I am
certain. Everyone except those in the clueless bandwagon. Then, afterwe lost to Fulham, the dam
burst further!
How do some fans miss the obvious I do not know. We have been overachieving with Rafa at the
helm and yet these people scream murder and want Rafa to be sacked.
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Kudos are clearly warranted for Clint Dempsey as he hits his second goal in as many weeks for
Fulham FC.     While his first professional coach and likely mentor, ex-Liverpool great Steve
Nicol, might not immediately love that Clint helped Fulham take down Liverpool, it was clearly a
significant achievement following a goal the prior week against wanna-be powerhouse Manchester
City.
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WVHooligan 29 October @ 09:22 AM EST
Jimmy Conrad and Josh Wolff lead the way in 2009 for Kansas City. (WVH Photo Correspondent Brian
Stevens)
The bandwagon was getting bigger for this club going into 2009. Many folks had hoped this was
the year the Kansas City Wizards would get over the hump and make a big splash in the eastern
conference.
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Looks like if some Liverpool fans are given the powers, they will sack Rafa Benitez immediately.
The reason? Because we are not at the top of the table at the moment, we have not won all the games
we have played so far this season, and we have not won our games by a 5 goals margin, all scored
from 20 yards I suppose.
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It's come to this - another must win game, and another must win game against Columbus.
Will DC, complete with its coach-is-clearly-panicking-terrible-starting-goalkeeper (Steve Cronin)
and an injury/suspension list a mile long beat a Columbus team poised to make another run at a MLS
title?
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Now that the internationals are finished, attention is turning back to the Premier League at
last. The international break brought loads of transfer rumors, plenty of boring and pointless
matches, and a much needed break for fantasy football players around the world.
As action resumes and the Premiership Talk Fantasy Football league heats back up, here's a
rundown of the top ten fantasy players this season, based on total points.
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THAT'S IT!!! I might be the last one to do so, but I'm officially off the Ronaldinho
bandwagon!!!After promising to his teammates to become a more responsible and professional player,
Ronaldinho has let everyone down once again. His level of play is not improving, neither is his
fitness, or game shape.
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THAT'S IT!!! I might be the last one to do so, but I'm officially off the Ronaldinho
bandwagon!!!After promising to his teammates to become a more responsible and professional player,
Ronaldinho has let everyone down once again. His level of play is not improving, neither is his
fitness, or game shape.
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That's what I heard at the end of the DC United vs Chivas USA match. I made the trip up to RFK
Stadium and took in the 2-0 loss in person. It is time to give up on this season and start to look
at changes for next season. The first 2 changes are find a new goalkeeper and a new head coach.
Josh Wicks is looking at a suspension by the US Soccer Federation from his actions during the US
Open Cup final.
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BEFORE we get into today's juicy blog, should give a mention to the guys at Glory Football Tees and
the new shirt available from their site (left).
The joke obviously refers to the antics of Chris Coyne against Brisbane a couple of weeks ago.
These guys aren't guys who live in China, these are Perth Glory fans (the type of guys who don't
know what a bandwagon looks like) who use the profits for the creation of Glory banners and the
Perth Glory fanzine - which always gives FP a bit of a laugh.
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WELL, wasn't that a disappointing performance. Perth Glory were held to a 1-1 draw by a 10-man
North Queensland side which didn't even look like scoring.
In the past couple of weeks, the Glory have claimed the points when, arguably, they didn't deserve
a single thing. But there is only so long that a side can benefit from luck until it runs out -
just like yesterday.
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3rd Degree 03 October @ 12:26 AM EST
WVHooligan 30 September @ 01:44 PM EST
Chester Stadium currently under construction. (Photo via Philadelphia Union)
Editor's Note: Geoff Reid appears on WVHooligan each week. Today he is back to discuss something
that is very close to home, the soon to be expansion Philadelphia Union. Geoff lives just 15
minutes away from the new club.
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Given the title of this article, I could be about to tell you about how the strike duo of Darren
Bent and Kenwyne Jones will be leading Sunderland to new heights in the Premier League this season,
but we will save that for a later date. I'd rather make a bold statement and talk about the bottom
of the table at the moment.
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On a stormy Saturday night in Columbus, 21,000 fans packed into Crew Stadium hoping to see one
of two things: 1) A Massive win extending an unbeaten streak to 24 games, or 2) David Beckham. I'm
not going to say who was in the majority, but I will tell you that only one of those groups got
what they come for.
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Liverpool Kop 28 September @ 12:26 PM EST
The net is awash with 'rumours' that Liverpool are to mount a - wait for it - €49m bid for
Valencia striker David Villa. This absurd story is clearly nonsense, but what's funny about it is
how many Liverpool/football sites have jumped on the bandwagon and reported it.
The probably origin of this 'story' was the 'The Daily Mail', who published a typically unfounded,
sourceless article on the 21 September titled: 'Manchester United and Liverpool put on alert as
David Villa hits out at Valencia boss'.
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FOOTBALLSUP 28 September @ 09:40 AM EST
Every so often we see a football site that draws a nod of admiration. The latest to elicit such
a response is the excellent Football Filter, an RSS based news and content aggregator.
http://footballfilter.com is the address - once there you can view football news categorised under
broadsheets, tabloids, blogs, podcasts, and more, and you can search by club.
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It's a pity that Branko Culina's undignified, self-serving comments at Sunday's press conference
have served to obscure the fact that he does have a point. He developed that point somewhat
truculently in his "clarification" today, pausing for a moment to offer Vitezslav Lavicka a
well-deserved apology.
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The morning after the day before and the finger pointing of blame has begun following the
shambolic collapse against West Bromwich Albion. The brunt, no pun intended, of the vitriol seems
to be aimed fairly and squarely on the shoulders of manager Gareth Southgate, but for me the
players who took to the field yesterday let themselves, the club and the fans badly down.
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WVHooligan 12 September @ 06:57 AM EST
Editor's Note: Geoff Reid appears on WVHooligan.com each week. This week he returns with his
series on the life of a Liverpool fan. Feel free to leave Geoff your thoughts below.
It's been a little while since I last posted my thoughts on Liverpool FC. Last time out, the
club had just suffered a demoralizing defeat at home to the hands on Aston Villa, and crisis mode
was being pushed by the media and some fans adding fuel to the already growing fire.
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I know I´m trying to jump on the bandwagon just as it disappears round the corner, well actually
two bandwagons, like a crazed charioteer out of Ben Hur, but first: what is the point of Emile
´the bulldozer´ Heskey? And second didn´t our boys do well? So that's me nicely caught up to
date and its only Manchester Utd.
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Liverpool Kop 10 September @ 04:06 AM EST
What do Steven Gerrard and John Terry have in common? They both play at the highest level of
football; they've both captained the English national team; they've both played in a Champions
league final; oh, and they're both arguably xenophobes.
In November 2007, Steven Gerrard hit out at ‘foreigners' in the Premiership, complaining that if
a quota system is not introduced, ‘foreigners' will ‘take over'.
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Liverpool Kop 10 September @ 04:06 AM EST
Fernando Torres has jumped aboard the 'Liverpool can't compete because of money' bandwagon.
Displaying a defeatist attitude in public is bad enough, but blaming the team's lack of trophies on
lack of money is worse because, in my view, it just isn't true.
In an interview, Torres said:
"I think we are close to getting a trophy but it's very difficult.
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Everton: a model for success teetering on the edge. by Phil Gregory Very easy to stick the knife in
here, but I'm not going to jump on that bandwagon just yet. We all know Moyes has done a fantastic
job with them over the years, but can we really see them breaking the top four as they [...]
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Everton: a model for success teetering on the edge. by Phil Gregory Very easy to stick the knife in
here, but I'm not going to jump on that bandwagon just yet. We all know Moyes has done a fantastic
job with them over the years, but can we really see them breaking the top four as they [...]
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If there is one person who will always have a rant at Arsenal its Tony Cascarino. The former
Chelsea striker is the first one to jump on the bash Arsenal band-wagon. It is his job, but with
Cascarino it is always one way traffic.
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When we sold Adebayor and Toure, Cascarino was the first to jump on the anti-Arsenal
bandwagon.
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Fantasy EPL 31 August @ 12:05 PM EST
Part the first:
Aston Villa 2 - 0 Fulham
I'm not sure we can draw any conclusions from this match. Fulham must have been absolutely wiped
out after their trip to the Urals. Villa are a real Jekyll and Hyde team so far this season, but
I think they'll continue to improve.
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Red Rants 28 August @ 05:39 PM EST
Sir Alex Ferguson has made a few things clear about his plans for our central midfielders today,
and it answered some questions (and debunked some rumours doing the rounds lately).
When asked about Carrick and Anderson, he said, "there are no issues at all."
"Michael wasn't involved against Birmingham or Wigan because we played Burnley on the Wednesday
and it was a chance to freshen up.
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