Looks a bit more quiet on the Samir Nasri transfer buzz as the player plays down the rumours. Hopefully negotiations can get back on track without the distractions of the last few days.

Meanwhile Liam Brady, in charge of youth development is optimistic that Nasri will still be at Arsenal.

Hull City give Kenny Dalglish a headache after beating Liverpool

• Anfield club lose 3-0 • £20m Jordan Henderson fails to impress To suggest that Liverpool supporters are not sure about Kenny Dalglish may seem similar to declaring that David Attenborough is not altogether certain animals are very interesting – but the fact is, Dalglish has plenty to prove this season.

Manchester United Reserves booked their place Manchester Senior Cup final after a 8-0 victory over Bury.

Paul Scholes inspired the team to success as Anders Lindegaard got his first taste of English football.

Team: Lindegaard; Gill (R Brown 46), W Brown, Wootton, O'Shea; King (Vermijl 46), Gibson, Scholes (Norwood 60), Fabio; Brady, Obertan.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Liam Brady and striker Theo Walcott both believe new players will join the Club during the summer transfer window. Speaking to talkSport, the Irishman revealed that there will be a lot of business ...

By Ollie Irish

Keys: "Somebody better get down there and explain offside to her."
Gray: "Can you believe that? A female linesman. Women don't know the offside rule."
Keys: "'Course they don't.

I saw her wince, I saw her cry,
I saw the glory in her eye.
Myself I long for love and light,
But must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?

Sam Allardyce could be confirmed as the new manager of West Ham United as early as tonight, reports Jason Burt, as the Hammers board successfully changed the 56-year old's mind about turning his back on English football management.

Hull City 3-0 Liverpool: Premier League side humbled by Championship opposition as Brady, Koren and Simpson hit target

The Tigers were two up at half-time before Kenny Dalglish brought on his big guns. They changed the outlook of the game, but hosts extended their lead and held-on well

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Hull City spoiled Stewart Downing and Jordan Henderson's Liverpool debuts with an impressive 3-0 win at the KC Stadium.
England duo Downing and Henderson were handed their first outings for Liverpool since their big-money arrivals from Aston Villa and Sunderland respectively, but it was not an occasion to remember.

Kenny Dalglish admitted he was disappointed by Liverpool's surprise 3-0 defeat at Hull City on Saturday.
Stewart Downing, Jordan Henderson and Alexander Doni all made their debuts for Liverpool, but they could not prevent the Reds from slumping to their first defeat of pre-season.
Hull picked up a confidence-boosting win thanks to goals from Robbie Brady, Robert Koren and Jay Simpson and Dalglish admits he expected better from his troops at the KC Stadium.

Showing signs of becoming the next Liam Brady for the Gunners, 21 year-old Jack Wilshere's absence after injuring his ankle in late July was considered by many as to being the end of Arsenal's season before it had even begun. The fact that the club had been struggling for consistency with him in the team [.

By Jimmy LaRoue

Norfolk–The Norfolk SharX demonstrated Murphy's Law for first-year franchises Friday night.

The logistics of fielding a team and building a fan base got in the way of each other with the 23-7 loss to the Syracuse SilverKnights before an announced crowd of 2,347 at Norfolk Scope Arena.

I was reading this fantastic article today in the Guardian about young Josh McEachran and I have to say it has more than got me thinking if young Josh is ready to start week in week out now. The article quotes Ray Wilkins speaking of Josh and the time he first saw him playing at the age of 15 in a tournament at Cobham.

On the day that David Beckham finally donned a Spurs shirt, albeit only a training one, the furore over local ‘rivals' West Ham's suggestion that the whole affair was just a publicity stunt to help with Spurs bid for the Olympic stadium, was back in the news.

In her column in The Sun over the weekend, Hammers Vice Chairman and Lord Sugar's right hand lady on The Apprentice Karren Brady had stated: "Call me cynical but I smell a rat in the 'Beckham for Spurs' reports.

The Stadium has dominated all the Spurs headlines again today as the first images of the proposed 60,000 all-seater facility have been released.

Once again though, the war of words between Tottenham and West Ham – in the shape of Brady and Levy has overshadowed the issue and Daniel Levy has hit back at some of the misunderstandings surrounding Spurs' bid.

The Olympic Stadium decision will be announced this week, and the biggest question the legacy committee will be asking themselves is what bad things will Karren Brady have to say about them if they rule in favour of Tottenham?

She's conducted herself in a manner any unscrupulous politician in the world would be proud of latched on to one key piece of rhetoric (promises, legacy, equating Tottenham with 'shaming Britain') and subsequently ignored everything tangible about the Tottenham position.

It's been a manic, surprising and very entertaining few days in my life, so much so I've not been able to write about my beloved Spurs or mention 4-4-2 once. I did of course manage to watch the Bolton game but there's very little point in me going into that now, especially as that's been superseded by more bickering and handbag waving between Levy and Brady.

Not much action for the Boro thanks to waterlogged pitches again, so I thought I would give a mention of the excellent Scarborough Under 16's girls team who play in the 'City of York Girl's football league'.
Last week the team increased their lead at the top of the league with an excellent 10-1 victory over their opponents 'Tockwith'.

An 11th minute goal from newcomer Cristian Nazirit and a 40th minute equalizer from Chance Myers provided the scoring in the Fire's Reserve League match against Sporting Kansas City this morning at the Toyota Park practice field.

The Fire's starting eleven included Alec Dufty in goal and Dasan Robinson, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Josip Mikulic, and Bratislav Ristic in defense.

Liverpool have beaten off the advances of Manchester United and Chelsea to sign highly-rated Irish teenager Alex O'Hanlon, it has been claimed.
According to The Times, the Reds have won the race for the 15-year-old, who has been nurtured in the famed stable of St Kevin's Boys' Club - a former home to Liam Brady, Damien Duff and Ian Harte.

Hull have announced the signing of Irish Under-21 winger Robbie Brady on loan from Manchester United.
The 19-year-old Dublin born player, who can also play as a striker, has joined the Tigers until the end of the calendar year.
The highly-rated player was an influential member of United's 2009 Milk Cup-winning squad, scoring five goals in the prestigious youth tournament.

First Half
Doni
Kelly Carragher Ayala Robinson
Poulsen Coady
Cole Aquilani Maxi
Ngog
Second Half
Jones
Flanagan Kyrgiakos Wilson Insua
Spearing Adam
Kuyt Henderson Downing
Carroll
Goals
Brady 21'
Koren 34'
Simpson 58'
Let's get the excuses out of the way now.

Hull City 3-0 Liverpool: Premier League side humbled by Championship opposition as Brady, Koren and Simpson hit target

The Tigers were two up at half-time before Kenny Dalglish brought on his big guns. They changed the outlook of the game, but hosts extended their lead and held-on well

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Hull City 3-0 Liverpool: Premier League side humbled by Championship opposition as Brady, Koren and Simpson hit target

The Tigers were two up at half-time before Kenny Dalglish brought on his big guns. They changed the outlook of the game, but hosts extended their lead and held-on well

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Hull City 3: Brady 21′, Koren 33′, Simpson 58′
Liverpool 0

Let's just get the standard "doesn't mean anything unless someone looks good, then we'll get really excited" proclamations out of the way few conclusions can be made from any preseason match, and after the display today we'll have to hope that the Liverpool we see on August 13th has little in common with the one we saw today.

In a friendly game which saw Stewart Downing, Jordan Henderson and Alexander Doni all made their debuts for Liverpool against Hull City, A Manchester United youngster Robbie Brady was in a superb...
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Highlights and reaction

On RTE (Irish TV) last night, Liam Brady was one of the panelists and he spoke about the game, obviously, but welcomed the win, and what it means, because it might put an end to a 'month of unrelenting negativity around the club'.

Now, some of that is of our own making, some of it not, but even for a few days it's nice to get away from the doomier side of life and enjoy a good win which, while still lacking in some quality, showed some real spirit and character.

Highlights and reaction

On RTE (Irish TV) last night, Liam Brady was one of the panelists and he spoke about the game, obviously, but welcomed the win, and what it means, because it might put an end to a 'month of unrelenting negativity around the club'.

Now, some of that is of our own making, some of it not, but even for a few days it's nice to get away from the doomier side of life and enjoy a good win which, while still lacking in some quality, showed some real spirit and character.

Arsenal.com, the official website covering all things Gunners, has a long form interview with their former prodigy, Mr. Steve Zakuani. First noted by @joshuamayers on twitter, Zakuani addresses his national team affiliation as well as growing up within the Arsenal Academy. Considering the attention given lately to the idea of playing his as a forward here's his quote regarding where he played;

I was there for five years and loved every minute.

The transfer window is over and Cesc Fabregas has finally gone. As the dust settles and the pain dulls and subsides, I feel it fitting to both celebrate and lament the end of his Arsenal career. Hopefully now we can move on as we close the book on another chapter in Arsenal's history. This is my final farewell to our former captain.

The transfer window is over and Cesc Fabregas has finally gone. As the dust settles and the pain dulls and subsides, I feel it fitting to both celebrate and lament the end of his Arsenal career. Hopefully now we can move on as we close the book on another chapter in Arsenal's history. This is my final farewell to our former captain.

Ireland U21 international Robbie Brady could have scored a hat-trick, but ended up without a goal to his name on Saturday, as Hull beat Portsmouth 1-0 at the KC Stadium.
The Manchester United on-loan winger was thwarted three times by Pompey keeper Jamie Ashdown, whose heroics were enough to limit the Tigers to just one goal, scored by the equally impressive Robert Koren early in the first-half.

Car trouble for Rio, Ashley, Hammers and Bent

With the commercially-minded Karren Brady aboard, West Ham have a wider range of merchandise than most Championship clubs. But could this be the first sign that things might just have gone a little too far? ** Ashley Cole is taking no chances over the police crackdown on overtinted car windows.

Championship giants West Ham United have confirmed they are still very much interested in a move to the London Olympic Stadium following the completion of next year's Olympic Games. The Hammers had originally won the bid to take over the ground as part of the legacy of the games, but with legal challenges from London rivals Spurs and Leyton Orient looming it was instead decided that the stadium would remain in public ownership as a valued asset and be leased out instead - with some circles of the British press reportedly claiming the rental of the ground would cost a fee in the region of £2 million per year.

For six long years it has irked me. Long days and longer nights pondering just what had happened that fateful day and would the mystery every be solved. I am not afraid to admit it left me discombobulated at every turn. No longer, though. The news is out. The children can smile again.

For we are told that our former hero Lauren (Ralph) has been reunited with his £6,000 Rolex watch stolen in a burglary during his time at Highbury.

Someone give him back his snood

You know what comes after November? December. What after December? January. Brilliant. You know what comes in January? In so many different walks of life, January usually means a new year and a new beginning. In football, it means the transfer window reopens once again.

We've long admired the busts of Herbet Chapman and Arsene Wenger at the club but now our hierachy have decided that they will erect three statues of Arsenal icons at the Emirates.

A missive has arrived at Arsenalinsider HQ, thus:

The Chairman and Directors of Arsenal Football Club have the pleasure of inviting you to the unveiling of statues to commemorate three legends in the history of Arsenal Football Club.

I didn't make it out to the Independence Events Center for the game last night, but watched the majority of the game on the league's website. The Comets let the Norfolk Sharx stick around for a half, in fact the Sharx grabbed only their second lead of the season when they went up 5-2 in the first quarter.

Missouri's Largest Outburst of Season Includes Three 3-Pointers
By Ed Bishop
Byron Alvarez high fives Comets fans after scoring. The Missouri Comets snapped their brief two game losing streak on Saturday night as they blew out the expansion Norfolk Sharx 19 – 9 at the Independence Events Center.

By Chris Wright

Back in November of 1995, with 3,500 fans crammed into a tiny ground two metres below sea-level in the Thames estuary, non-league Canvey Island (a team of 'postmen, brickies and bouncers' playing in the first round of the FA Cup for the first time in their history) held Division Three side Brighton & Hove Albion at Park Lane thanks to an 84th-minute equaliser from Alan Brett with Brighton 'keeper Nicky Rust pulling of a desperate, clawing save in the dying moments to keep the Essex part-timers from nicking a dramatic victory.

Missouri's Largest Outburst of Season Includes Three 3-Pointers
By Ed Bishop
Byron Alvarez high fives Comets fans after scoring. The Missouri Comets snapped their brief two game losing streak on Saturday night as they blew out the expansion Norfolk Sharx 19 – 9 at the Independence Events Center.