by VIC CRESCIT Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Somebody at the club must have repeatedly run
over a black cat in a tank. Yet again the injury curse has struck. Robin van Persie will be out, as
things stand at the moment, for at least six weeks. He did his right ankle ligaments landing badly
after a tackle playing for the Netherlands in their goalless draw in a friendly against Italy in
the Stadio Adriatico in Pescara on Saturday.
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At look at the winners and losers of another weekend of Premier League action.
Winners
Chelsea
Chelsea is the best team in Europe at the moment. That doesn't mean that they will win the
Champions League or the Premier League, it simply means that they are playing better than anyone in
Europe at the moment.
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At look at the winners and losers of another weekend of Premier League action.
Winners
Chelsea
Chelsea is the best team in Europe at the moment. That doesn't mean that they will win the
Champions League or the Premier League, it simply means that they are playing better than anyone in
Europe at the moment.
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Anfield Talk 09 October @ 11:05 AM EST
On May 17, 1990, Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in the FA Cup Final replay to win the
first silverware of Sir Alex Ferguson's 22-year reign at Old Trafford. It had taken the Scot
three-and-a-half years to achieve it, but 32 trophies later the adoring Mancunian fans have no
qualms about the bedding-down period Ferguson was granted.
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Red Rants 26 September @ 01:27 AM EST
Having edged into the fourth round of the Carling Cup, albeit with an ultimately monotonous
performance, the Premier League returns for United on Saturday and a somewhat tricky trip to the
Britannia Stadium awaits.
Stoke have started the season in a pretty decent fashion having picked up seven points already
and been extremely unfortunate not to have come away with something more last weekend against
Bolton and previously against Chelsea too.
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"Las Fútbolistas" Ángel Zárraga (Mexico, 1886-1946)
A friend recommended this painting to me - amazing, given the year it was painted and the commonly
held view that women's football is a recent phenomenon spearheaded by post Title IX generations of
American women. By chance, I happen to be just finishing Barbara Jacobs's incredible portrait of
perhaps the most successful and famous side in English women's football, The Dick, Kerr's Ladies
(see also this recent Guardian story).
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FC Boro 28 August @ 04:13 PM EST
Rushden & Diamonds are next up for Boro as they look to bounce back from their defeat last
weekend to Oxford United. The 2-1 loss at the Kassam Stadium was Boro's only defeat of the season
so far although the Hertfordshire club have also only won 1 match out of the 5 played. Rushden have
faired slightly better recording 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in their opening 5 games.
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Regarding Manchester United and the transfer window, there have been a few points that have
consistently weighed on the mind of many a United supporter. Perhaps most notably, there is the
fact that United were (by all accounts) completely played off the pitch by a Barcelona side that
were missing three of their big-time players.
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FC Boro 03 July @ 04:21 PM EST
Stevenage's 16th consecutive season in the Blue Square Premier will kick off at home against
newly promoted Tamworth on the 8th August. The opening week of the new season couldn't of been
nicer for Graham Westley's side with a home fixture against a newly promoted club to start off
with and then two away fixtures against two teams liklier to be at the bottom end of the table
come April.
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The H List 24 June @ 07:16 AM EST
I forgot Freddie Sears! Which is easily done.
Freddie Sears : Appearances - 7 (15)Awful.
Rating : 4/10
Best Performance : Middlesbrough (a)
The Manager
In our brave, new, post Curbishley world it is fair to say that most were fairly
underwhelmed by the prospect of an untried, untested Italian at the helm.
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If you were only allowed to attend one Wolves game next season in the Premier League, what would it
be?
For me, it's the Boxing Day trip to Anfield, provoking magical memories of my trip to Liverpool in
January 1984.
No-one gave us a chance, even though Liverpool were without the injured Kenny Dalglish, as the team
anchored to the foot of the table arrived on Merseyside.
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It's one of the most exciting days of the football calendar, partly because there is little else
going on!
The fixtures are out and we open up against........................
Arsenal!
A tough one but it should be a good game, at least we are at home, I love the buzz ahead of the
first game of the season.
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EPL Talk 29 May @ 09:36 AM EST
No no I am not jumping the gun about the result of FA Cup Final.
But even if Everton lose on Saturday David Moyes can have the consolation of collecting a
personal piece of silverware this season - The LMA Manager Of The Year Award.
It is the first time a manager has won the award three times, after the Scot received the
accolade in 2003 and 2005 - even Sir Alex Ferguson hasn't done that!
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If Hull City carry their woeful form into the last two games of the Premier League season and do
end up relegated, history will likely look back on their demise and pinpoint Boxing Day 2008 as
the...
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Football and religion
Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has criticised the Premier League for scheduling games
on Easter Sunday, saying it should be a day to spend time with those we love. I like Dr Sentamu. He
speaks a lot of sense, most recently suggesting that making St George's Day a national holiday
could promote unity in England.
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.You can always tell what sort of match it was by where it comes on the Match of the Day running
order. I watched the Fulham game and knew we would be on last even though there was the traditional
full programme, just like the good old days on Saturday afternoons.
A 0-0 draw is almost certain to be last anyway, even Hanson, a defender, still finds it hard to
appreciate the qualities in a goalless encounter, though not as much as Lineker and Shearer
obviously.
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La vuelta de Fernando Torres a los terrenos de juego podría acelerarse, según publica el
diario The Guardian. Parece que el cuerpo técnico del Liverpool está considerando si
sería conveniente convocar al delantero madrileño para el partido ante el Bolton, en el
Boxing Day del 26 de diciembre. Según aseguran fuentes del conjunto del Mersey al [.
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Last season it was Roller Coasters: this season its Snakes and Ladders. It certainly was this week;
we got four points to go up the ladder, but lost Woodgate and Jenas to possible serious injuries.
We gave an excellent team performance to take a point off Man. U but with Newcastle winning at
Portsmouth we slid down the snake again to hover one point above the relegation places.
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Nothing else to talk about, so I will fall back on this for today. Thankfully, it's La Liga preview
tomorrow, so I won't have to spend ages on another list.
This list is the 50 best players now. It therefore will not include any has beens who's talent
might be rekindled (sorry R10) and no wonderkids who remain just that.
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So here we are again taking a look at the upcoming season. I would like to thank those who took
the time to let me know how much they enjoyed the first round of previews.
It's funny when I was coming up with the names for the categories I am fitting these teams into,
late season survival was one of the first ones I came up with.
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Just like after Boxing Day supper, Turkey are down to the bare bones. Here's the six
players they could have done with to help them beat Germany tonight 1. Arda
Turan Arda would be in my team of the tournament, but he won't be in Turkey's team
tonight. Despite being a skilful winger rather than a tough-tackling midfielder, the youngster has
acquired the dreaded two yellow cards and will have to watch the semi-final from the stands.
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Hull away to start the season! It's illegal to copy fixture lists so here is the link. Then Arsenal
home and Man Utd away. My birthday fixture is Sunderland away (following Sheffield Utd away and
Bolton away in the last two seasons). Boxing Day is Spurs away again. Pretty good. We finish
the season Stoke home, Chelsea away, Villa home, [.
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QPR Report 16 June @ 03:06 AM EST
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This of course, is one post that really does not need to be made: Since every football/soccer
site - and every QPR site - will have this information!QPR's 2008-2009 Fixtures Released-
QPR open at home to Barnsley. For their Boxing day game, QPR are away to Charlton .
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Boxing Day. A national holiday in British Commonwealth countries whose traditions relate to the
giving of Christmas boxes (or presents) to friends and family. Nothing to do with Mike Tyson,
Muhammad Ali or any other famous pugilists, for that matter.
In England, another Boxing Day tradition is the playing of football matches as part of the
Christmas festivities, and yesterday was no different.
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Magpies Zone 25 December @ 12:03 PM EST
Newcastle United away form on Boxing Day were always inside the box and already
suffering seven defeats and three draws. Tomorrow we will have Wigan and their new boss, Steve "the
Geordie" Bruce.
Without being negative, we are also have poor away records at JJB Stadium.
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