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Aston Villa are flying high in the Premiership and manager Martin O'Neill is relishing the chance
to chase a UEFA Cup spot. Indeed, Villa are just 3 points off a European spot and O'Neill, so often
tipped to be the next England head coach, is believed to be on the lookout for a certain Jose [...]
Soccerlens reader shahryarnoon has compiled a comprehensive list of transfer rumours for the month
of October 2007. Have a look, and add your rumours to the comments section if you think he's missed
something. Manchester United The most surprising name linked to Manchester United is that of
Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho, whose situation at Barcelona is being [.
Against Blackburn Rovers, new Manchester United midfielder
Anderson showed again why I don't think he is as good as people claim.
There were lots of comments in my last entry on the subject, most disagreed. The most common
argument was regarding how talented he is but nobody could point to much game changing impact.
More of the latest news from the transfer rumours coming up in today's headlines. Arsenal are
preparing a £5m move for PSV Eindhoven's Dutch international Ibrahim Afellay. The young
midfielder, who has Moroccan roots, is considered as one of the most exciting prospects to emerge
from the Netherlands recently.
My heart goes out to supporters of Liverpool FC. The club have been rocked by Champions League
failure, the validity of their Merseyside derby victory has been questioned, and they have to
travel to Liverpool at least once a fortnight. Steven Gerrard probably received the brunt of the
criticism after the controversial derby day win. [...]
Chris over at EPLTalk has paid someone to put together a list of the pitch sizes in the Premier
League - not to be confused with other metrics of measuring a club's superiority, such as title
count, time spent playing in the top level, the relationship of your manager with your players,
your transfer [...]
The Premier League weekend is likely to be overshadowed by Jose Mourinho's exit (dismissal) from
Chelsea, something that has also overshadowed the minor injury crisis at Liverpool as Daniel Agger
and Xabi Alonso are out for 6 weeks following metatarsal injuries. No chance to breath though, as
we've got some exciting close fixtures, 2 one-sided [...
Arsene Wenger is keen to bring Barnsley keeper Heinz Muller to Arsenal. The cost? A very Arsene
Wenger-like £1m. This move would also pave the way for Teutonic gaffe-lord Jens Lehmann to move
back to Borussia Dortmund. (Various) ...And there is "no chance" of a Cesc Fabregas move to Real
Madrid according to Cesc's agent.
Uefa maintain that they'll leave the Grant situation for the Premier League to solve - a polite way
of telling the English to firm up and police themselves. While the Premier League scrambles to find
its pair of strap-ons (balls!), there are some juicy matchups taking place this weekend. As always,
you can make your [...]
I've never been particularly lucky in love. As a result of a severe lack of confidence, I can only
approach women after a skinful of lager when the beer goggles are on. Even Kermit would have turned
his nose up at some of the pigs I've tried my luck with. I raised the bar [...]
Blackburn Rovers has made a late decision and has decided to sign a contract with Umbro instead of
Lonsdale for their 2007/2008 football kit.
The move to Umbro is unusual because Rovers fans, in the latter half of last season, voted on new
designs from Lonsdale (see story here).
While Umbro has been signing contracts with a significant number of clubs this summer and is
enjoying quite a resurgence, the fact is that nearly all of the designs follow the same Umbro
templates.
A nice merry-go-round we have here. Completely fabricated news coming out of Manchester suggests
that Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Benni McCarthy are both in Manchester - now whether they are actually
in Manchester or not, let's assume that they are. In such a case, Benni McCarthy is the ideal
striker deal for Manchester United - [...]
Quite a few relative unknowns linked with Premiership clubs today, although considering some of the
unknown players that have done well in the last few seasons, as well as the global market for
players constantly getting bigger these rumours should not be written straight off (feel free to
wait five minutes before you do so). [...]
Jaime Moreno is now the all-time leading goals scorer in the MLS. The 33-year-old DC United forward
scored his 109th netter last night in his club's win over the New York Red Bulls. As many goals as
his age, 33, have been from the spot.
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A Palestinian football club, who was scheduled to play friendlies against Chester City and the
Blackburn Rovers, was denied entry into England by British Authorities.
Before I get to my grades, let me say a couple of things. First off, until you accept that we just
aren't good enough to win the League this year, the easier to take results like today's. We are at
least a dynamic class striker and probably a solid, consistent centre back away from challenging
Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal for the title.
We were down to the final eight teams in the Carling Cup; the "Elite" or "Great" eight if you're a
fan of college basketball and the NCAA Tournament, the boring last eight if you're not, but six
days ago, Everton sent West Ham out of the competition with a 2-1 victory at Upton Park. Three more
quarterfinals remain to be played with two of them taking place today and the other to kickoff
tomorrow.
With Sven winner of August's manager of the month award and Micah Richards receiving the player of
the month gong, I thought it might be interesting to try to build a complete ‘team of the first
month and a half'. Many questions arise when considering such a team: should it just be a
collection of [...]
The football headlines may be swamped today with the confirmed countries that have qualified for
Euro 2008 and England's shocking failure but there's still news revolving around football clubs and
their players in the transfer market. Real Madrid attacking midfielder Guti has told Spanish radio
that he is keen to extend his current deal at [.
I remain a slave to tradition. Every year, I make a complete fool of myself at the office Christmas
party, and this year was no exception. After consuming a few too many ales, I made a misguided play
for the cleaner under the mistletoe. He was absolutely livid. My luck is unlikely to [...]
Remember the time when you just couldn't wait for football to come back? Depending on your
allegiances, that feeling has either faded fast or reached an all-time high - less than a week
after the 07/08 season has started, the future is a bit clearer and as usual, a season of
over-achievement and heartbreak awaits. All [...]
On Thursday 23rd August Blackburn Rovers held an official kit launch at the Ewood Park club
shop. It was the first chance for fans of the Lancashire club to get their hands on the new home
and away shirts made by Umbro for the team's 2007/08 Premier League season.
The top 12 are separated by 3 points, the top 4 are on 10 points and theoretically speaking,
Manchester United are only, at most, 5 games off the pace while Chelsea are 3 points off. However,
Liverpool are top on goal difference (courtesy of Derby) followed by Arsenal and then Everton, and
for these teams, [...]
For the last six or seven seasons, Arsenal have been the most entertaining side in the English
Premier League but on more than one occasion their effectiveness has failed their flair. But things
have imbibed a different hue this season and as the English Premier League 2007-2008 crawls into
Week 16, it is Arsene Wenger's [.
I'm all for good-natured banter at a football match, but supporters are beginning to overstep the
line. Harry Redknapp commands respect from all the major players in the game, such as Frank Lampard
and Jamie Redknapp, yet the colourful manager endured a torrent of vitriolic abuse when Portsmouth
travelled to Aston Villa.
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes has been waxing lyrical about the current Arsenal team, comparing
them to the Manchester United team of 1992. Now former Gunners captain and legend Patrick Vieira
has jumped on the bandwagon, claiming that they're the best Arsene Wenger team he's even seen,
including the one he featured in!
The wife and I are similar in many ways, but we disagree on the most prudent way to discipline
children. Betty is from the old-school, and believes a small slap is perfectly acceptable. I take
the opposite view, and prefer the use of a knuckle-duster. Such actions would not be necessary if
it wasn't [.
It's back to familiar terms for Manchester United this weekend as they claimed their first win of
the new season, albeit a nervy (and controversial) one against Tottenham. The rest of the fixtures
provided their usual entertainment and by now most viewers would have realised that no matter what
happens, most of these teams [...]
We're through the first two months of the Premier League season, and things are beginning to shake
out at the top. Arsenal has put last season's underachieving, injury-ravaged campaign behind them,
and despite the departure of Thierry Henry to Barcelona, have hit the ground running, with eight
wins and two draws in ten matches thus far. Manchester [.
(Summary is not available.)
Hardly a day passes by when you don't hear the words FC Barcelona, Ronaldinho and AC Milan in a
single sentence. Today is no exception as the Spanish press goes on and on about the Ronaldinho
circus that has reached almost to the point of insanity. Sport.es has reported that Ronaldinho
would leave the Camp Nou [.
Grand Slam Sunday headlined Week 17 of the English Premier League season, with Manchester United
edging Liverpool at Anfield, and Arsenal poking past Chelsea to remain on top of the league table.
But, that wasn't the only action worth watching this past weekend, as there were eight fixtures on
Saturday that preceded Sunday's top-of-the-table [.
In-demand Dutch striker Maceo Rigters has signed for Blackburn for an undisclosed fee.
Rovers had been following the progress of the 23-year-old for some time and the NAC Breda
forward agreed a four-year deal after a passing a medical at Ewood Park.
Rigters' arrival however could be an indication that Blackburn expect to lose Benni
McCarthy.
- If you missed the Brazil against Uruguay semi-final of Copa America last
night, you could have seen a classic. The entertainment value was extremely high as both teams came
so close to winning the match within regulation. Uruguay continually threatened Brazil and were
unfortunate not to win the match. After ending 2-2 in regulation, the match proceeded to penalties
where Brazil squeezed by with a win.
Back with another issue of Soccerlens Premier League predictions - to make your own predictions,
jump to the end of this post, copy-paste the list of fixtures and make your predictions in the
comments. A sidenote: For the last 3 prediction issues, my track record has been (correct/wrong):
6/4, 5/2 and 2/8. Looks like I [...]
Must be a tough day for managers today. Almost every club is looking to sign or sell players and to
add to the drama, they have to prepare their teams for the weekend games as well. This is why
managers have assistants to deal with most of the team's training and preparation and in [...]
Back from international week and the Premier League is raring to go with Liverpool, Everton,
Chelsea and Arsenal all on 10 points and all teams looking to increase their lead at the top of the
table. As usual, we've got the weekend predictions and previews - you can also make your own
predictions by copying [...]
After watching this highlight video of our Reserves side manhandling a Wigan Reserve side, I wonder
if some of our kids are wasting their time against obviously subpar opponents.
Sebastian Leto, Nabil El Zhar, and Ray Putterill are all obviously more adept then their opponents
in the 3-0 thrashing of a Wigan side that featured many Lactics first-teamers.
Well, this is disappointing news. Apparently Harry Kewell is not in-line to start today at
Blackburn and may not even play nonetheless. Rafa has said that he will be extra cautious in
integrating the Aussie into the first-team. This may be a ploy by Benitez, but I doubt it. To be
honest, King Harry looked oddly spent within minutes of taking the field against Cardiff on
Wednesday.
Alright, so again, I'm sitting on the couch watching soccer this morning (no pizza this time
though), and I see something else a bit out of the ordinary. For those of you watched Manchester
United humble a Blackburn side that believes they can crack the top four, you may know what I'm
talking about.
I can't exactly remember the situation but in the first half for some reason, the camera cut to a
close-up of the back of David Bentley's jersey.
It was a really good day for those Fantasy footy players that had Ronaldo in their team because
he gave out 30.50 points eventhough he was yellow carded!.Indeed the Portugese scored a brace and
ensured that at least for 24 hours Man Utd are top of the table.
Rovers had David Dunn dismissed for a second bookable offence early in the second period and
were never able to recover from his loss.
