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If the U.S. men's national team is to score its first road victory in the CONCACAF Hexagonal round of World Cup qualifying, it will have to do so without Jay DeMerit.

A wonderful performance gives Wenger a 'good' selection headache.

Arsenal's rookie goalkeeper Vito Mannone earned a '10 out of 10′ rating from his manager Arsene Wenger for his performance in the 1-0 win at Fulham.

With Manuel Almunia sidelined by a virus, and Lukasz Fabianski out with a knee injury, third-choice keeper Mannone started his second successive Premier League game on Saturday.

Centre Back names Liverpool, Barcelona and Inter Milan frontmen as the best but how could he omit the Fulham man?

Nemanja Vidic has named the three strikers that he believes are currently the best in the world and has chosen one from England, Spain and Italy.

The Serbian defender does not relish playing against Liverpool's Fernando Torres in the league and would see the task of marking Samuel Eto'o or Zlatan Ibrahimovic as a tough one.

He always reminded of a Dolphin, not sure why?

Skysports.com understands Hull City and Newcastle United are rivals to sign Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood on loan.

Hull are desperate for attacking options and spent the summer attempting to secure reinforcements to avoid a repeat of last season's Premier League relegation battle.

The Hull City Tigers have all the odds against them. This off-season they discovered that most players with the talent to play for the club would prefer to be role players for more historically successful clubs. Take Michael Owen for example. He spurned the Tigers for a sub spot on Manchester United.

Come the revolution, the Premier League will be no more – of that you can be certain. As clubs attempt to regain control of their upwardly spiralling finances, the top flight will break up into smaller regionalised leagues, thereby reinforcing the weakening notion of local derbies and local rivalries.

Sky Sports is reporting that Hull City and Newcastle United are rivals to sign Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood on loan. Marlin Harewood - Newcastle loan target Hull have had a little trouble this summer in attracting players to the Yorkshire club, and manager Phil Brown failed in moves for Fraizer Campbell and Bobby Zamora.

Deadline day. My expectation was that we'd see nothing much happen, and nothing much happened. Roy doesn't seem like the sort of man to leave things until the last minute, and while I'm sure there were irons in the fire until 5pm (seems to be football's way), if he'd seen someone he wanted I'm sure it'd have been dealt with sooner.

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If the U.S. men's national team is to score its first road victory in the CONCACAF Hexagonal round of World Cup qualifying, it will have to do so without Jay DeMerit.

Toon Army complete loan deal for Dolphin lookalike.

Newcastle United have completed a loan deal for Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood, BBC Newcastle reports.
The 30-year-old will go into the Magpies squad for the trip to Ipswich Town in the Championship on Saturday.

Welcome to Ask the Oppo! Perry Groves' Lovechild is still on an extended break so today Eldo71 talks to Martin James, a Fulham season-ticket holder, from Midhurst, West Sussex, who will be at the match today when the Arsenal go to Craven Cottage...

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Vito Manonne produced a string of saves to ensure Arsenal took the share of the spoils.
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Roy Hodgson is becoming quite the tactical master against Arsenal as his side once again tested the Gunners to their limits yet somehow, mainly in the form of Vito Manonne, came away with nothing.