According to Chris Flanagan at the Lancashire Telegraph, Burnley boss
Owen Coyle admitted that although funds will be tight, the club hopes to sign one
or two players. He said,
"We really have to weigh it up and decide what's the best way forward for us given in terms of
the Premier League we don't have a great big squad in terms of numbers .
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The International break is over and it is time to get back to Premier League action. The big
game this weekend has to be the lunch time match up between Liverpool and Manchester City.
Liverpool v Man City
This is really a huge game for two teams who have Champions League ambitions.
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The International break is over and it is time to get back to Premier League action. The big
game this weekend has to be the lunch time match up between Liverpool and Manchester City.
Liverpool v Man City
This is really a huge game for two teams who have Champions League ambitions.
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Liverpool Kop 20 November @ 11:33 AM EST
It has been a pretty disastrous three months for Liverpool in league so far, but on a game-by-game
basis, how do this season's result compare to last season's?
Below is a side-by side comparison of all results from this season and last season:
NCF = No Corresponding Fixture
This Season
Last Season
Points +/1
Tottenham v LFC
L 2-1
L 2 -1
0
LFC v Stoke City
W 4-0
D 0-0
+ 2
LFC v Aston Villa
L 1-3
W 5-0
-3
Bolton v LFC
W 2-3
W 2 – 0
0
LFC v Burnley
W 4-0
NCF
-
West Ham v LFC
W 2-3
W 3 – 0
0
LFC v Hull City
W 6-1
D 2 – 2
+2
Chelsea v LFC
L 2-0
W 1 – 0
-3
Sunderland v LFC
L 1-0
W 0 – 1
-3
LFC v Man United
W 2-0
W 2-1
0
Fulham v LFC
L 3-1
W 1-0
-3
LFC v Birmingham
D 2-2
NCF
-
ANALYSIS
This season
Last season
Won
5
7
Lost
5
1
Draw
0
2
Goals Scored
21
19
Goals conceded
17
4
Points gained (total: W+D)
15
23
Points dropped (D+L)
15
7
Overall point differential
-8 ( i.
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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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While the injury to Robin van Persie was disturbing news this past weekend, let's try not to go
overboard. Posts on message boards and the like have been raging about how our season is over,
etc., etc., etc.... That is hardly the case. Yes, he has been in the form of his life with 8 goals
and 7 assists in 15 matches.
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Well, I just finished gnashing my teeth, rending my clothes, and dropping down to my knees, head
thrust upward, yelling "Why, God? Why?!" I think now I can almost think rationally about this.
The big news is that the injury is not quite as bad as it had been first thought. Originally,
everyone was reporting 2-3 months, some of the more sensationalist English papers were saying out
for the season.
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Finally there is an official statement from the club on the extend of RVP's injury and it's 6
weeks. That's a total of 11 matches that the Dutchman will miss. 8 Premier League games, 2
Champions League games and 1 Carling Cup game (which I doubt he will feature in anyway). That spate
of matches includes Sunderland (A), Std Liege (H), Chelsea (H), Man City (A), Stoke (H), Olympiakos
(A), Liverpool (A), Burnley (A), Hull (H), Villa (H) and Portsmouth (A).
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EPL Talk 16 November @ 07:50 AM EST
The TV ratings are in for the last round of Premier League games on ESPN2 and Fox Soccer
Channel. For ESPN2, it's a tale of two cities as they had an impressive number of viewers for the
Tottenham against Sunderland game (259,831) but a very disappointing number of viewers for the
Monday match between Liverpool and Birmingham City (182,138) the second lowest viewing figure all
season long on ESPN2.
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It was a tough October for the stars of Manchester City. The squad that started out the year
with one of the hottest starts of any Premier League squad has slowed down their goal scoring pace
over the last four matches and achieved four straight draws. In only one of the matches did the
Blues even reach double digit goals, but at least it was against one of the tougher defenses this
season in Burnley.
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strong>In contrast to Chris Hughton's recent statement that he was more than happy with the
squad he has leading into the festive period, it's being reported that Newcastle are interested in
signing what be the latest in a line of French wingers. Apparently following in the footsteps of
David Ginola and Laurent Robert, Fabrice Pancrate could [.
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Carlo Cudicini, the Tottenham goalkeeper, fractured his wrists and injured his pelvis after being
involved in a road accident this morning. A spokesman for London's Metropolitan police said the
ambulance service and an emergency helicopter had attended the scene and found the 36-year-old
motorcyclist suffering from injuries described by medics as "possibly life-changing".
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In this weekend of European action France really cranked it up a notch, a 5-5 draw between Lyon and
Marseille showed not only great attacking talent, but also defensive organisation.
In England, Hull City get an important win over Stoke City with a late winner by Vennegoor of
Hesselink, this win eases the pressure on Phil Brown, who was leading the sack race recently.
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The biggest match of the weekend ended up being a tense but boring affair. It was so bad that in
the end, the most eyecatching incident turned out to be off the field as shown by the picture on
the left.
Just what this man was thinking is beyond comprehension but perhaps he DOES know what he was up to.
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Manchester City played out a six-goal thriller with Burnley at Eastlands, Everton returned to
winning ways, as did Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur - the former in a more convincing manner
than the latter - while an inspired double substitution helped Blackburn Rovers fight back against
Portsmouth.
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Off the Post 09 November @ 03:37 AM EST
1. Like father, like son. John Terry knows how to score when it matters. 2. Phil Brown will live to
fight another day after Hull's last gasp victory over Stoke. 3. If fatherhood has changed Wayne
Rooney, the only noticeable difference is he seems more inclined to shoot from 25 yards instead of
passing to team-mates in [.
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(this looks like it's going to be my annual 'mulligan' game will fill in more details when
I've seen more highlights)
When the league fixtures came out a few hearts sank. The early going looked difficult, with
Chelsea, Arsenal, Villa, Everton, Liverpool and Man City to be negotiated in the first ten
games.
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Soccerblog 08 November @ 04:47 AM EST
The £50m Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adabeyor combination are getting paid did not motivate them
enough to score a goal or two.Manchester City were unable to prevent the poorest paid side in the
league - Burnley from picking up their first away point of the season.
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Some common themes developing in the post-match interview - concentration and the lack of ability
to close games out in particular:
"First half we never really imposed ourselves as I know we can and conceded two poor
goals. But then we picked ourselves up and showed some of the qualities I expected from the
start.
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(video gol highlights di Manchester City-Burnley)
Quinto pari consecutivo per il Manchester City. E' Kevin McDonald l'autore del definitivo 3 a 3 che
regala un buon punto al Burnley e gela i Citizens, ormai praticamente con la vittoria in tasca. Con
questo ennesimo pareggio, l'undici di Hughes, rinforzata in estate da una campagna acquisti
stratosferica (circa 100 milioni di sterline), ed elementi di sicuro valore (citiamo Tevez ed
Adebayor tra i tanti) si ritrova solamente quinto in graduatoria.
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I've been away for the most part today so haven't had chance to see any of the game as yet, so for
those of you who were there please feel free to leave any comments or thoughts.
A disappointing result of course though, particularly as fixtures such as this should really be a
given. Credit can be given to the side for the manner in which they came back, but serious
questions have to be asked as to how we found ourselves 2-0 down in the first place and then having
got the lead, let it slip so late in the game.
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Mark Hughes's Man City side showed great character to come from two goals down to take the lead
against Burnley but a late goal from Kevin McDonald salvaged a well deserved point for the
Clarets.
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The English Premier League has five matches in Saturday, November 7, 2009 including Tottenham v
Sunderland, Wolves v Arsenal, Man City v Burnley, Portsmouth v Blackburn, and Aston Villa v Bolton.
Free Live Sports TV will be providing live coverage of all the matches. The links for each are
below along with match times.
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Video of goal highlights from the Manchester City vs Burnley FC Premier League game on November 7,
2009. Game kicks off at the City of Manchester Stadium at 15.00 UK time. City are currently fourth
in the league, while Burnley are in a safe mid table position. Manchester City vs Burnley goal
highlights and team lineups [.
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Calcioplus 06 November @ 05:38 PM EST
07/11/2009Aston Villa - Bolton ore 16.00Blackburn - Portsmouth ore 16.00Manchester City - Burnley
ore 16.00Tottenham - Sunderland ore 16.00Wolverhampton - Arsenal ore 18.3008/11/2009Hull City -
Stoke City ore 14.30West Ham - Everton ore 16.00Wigan - Fulham ore 16.00Chelsea - Manchester United
ore 17.
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MLS on Fox Soccer Channel: New England - Chicago at 8pm. EPL on ESPN2: Spurs - Sunderland at 10am.
Setanta has Manchester City - Burnley at 10am and Blackburn - Portsmouth at 6:45pm. On Fox Soccer:
Aston Villa - Bolton at 10am and Wolves - Arsenal at 12:30pm. Championship on Setanta: Swansea -
Cardiff at 7:45am.
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Chelsea-Manchester United
First off wowsers!  When we say this weekend is a big match we don't exaggerate (like some
other weeks) as number one hosts number two in this fight for the top spot. These two clubs have
passed off the honor of being the Premier League's best week by week and this week seems to be the
match where we will find out which team truly is the better squad.
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Expectation, expectation, expectation.
With a sense of frustration following four games on the spin, the unanimous feeling around the
blogs and forums this week is that tomorrow's game takes on an extra significance. Back at home
(easy to forget three of the four draws were on the road) and against a side who have badly
struggled on their travels so far suggests three points is a given.
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Just when Rafa Benitez thought things couldn't get any worse, a study published by Foster's
today reveals the Liverpool manager is officially one of the most worried managers in the
Premiership.
The leading Aussie beer brand analysed the interviews and statements from every Premiership
manager since the beginning of the season using its Ozometer, an algorithm developed specifically
to analyse language and word sequences to determine how worried or carefree a person is.
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Aston Villa v Bolton
That was terrible loss to West Ham on Wednesday's night for Villa and they will be looking to get
back on the winning track against a Bolton tea, that just has to be glad that they are not playing
Chelsea again. It is clear that Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd are the class of the Premier
League.
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EPL Talk 05 November @ 09:00 AM EST
The Nielsen Ratings are in for ESPN2's biggest match of the season thus far featuring the north
London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.
Approximately 325,187 viewers watched the game in the United States which represents the third
highest viewing figures for ESPN2's coverage of the 2009-2010 Premier League season thus far.
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Things aren't looking good in Merseyside at the moment, with Liverpool picking up yet another
disappointing result in Europe last night, which puts them five points behind the team above them
and six points off the top of the group, with just two matches to play.
In the league, they are currently 6th with just three points distancing them from 10th placed
Burnley.
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Stephen Ireland has spoken about the recent incident where he was taken to hospital following the
Fulham win:
"Thankfully it wasn't too serious because at the time I thought that was the end of me
but I don't even know what it was. I've had every test that there is and still don't know what it
was.
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