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- Blog favorite Jimmy Bullard made it 2-in-2 as he scored for Hull's reserves yesterday in the
2-2 draw with York City. Bullard may even start against old club Fulham this weekend. I love this
guy [Vital Football]
- Another one of my man crushes, West Ham's speedy Zavon Hines, has impressed recently for both
club and country [EPL Talk]
- Dirk Kuyt admires big umbrella.
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- Who will be the next Liverpool player to have his house robbed while away on Champions League
duty? [Dirty Tackle]
- Robbie Keane to Celtic in January? Makes sense to me. Defoe + Crouch up front with a healthy
Modric back in the midfield, and Pavyluchenko continuing off the bench.
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England international Shorey to Portsmouth
- Follow all the transfer deadline day dealings live as the clock ticks away [Telegraph]
- Aston Villa defender Nickey Shorey will be loaned to Pompey. The left back would have been
pushed down the pecking order with Villa's capture of Stephen Warnock from Blackburn [Goal]
- Portsmouth wins one, but loses a bigger one.
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- Aston Villa take on Liverpool at Anfield today [Sky Sports]
- Everton's demise is confusing [Football Corner]
- West Ham's Calum Davenport stabbed in both legs, fighting to avoid amputation [Off the
Post]
- Joleon Lescott signs for Man City.
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A nice opening weekend. As I watch Liverpool - Tottenham battle it out at White Hart Lane, I
thought I'd share some of my observations from the Premier League's first gameweek.
Due to a combination of multi-screen viewing and Tivo-ing (Setanta on my PC and ESPN / FSC on the
tele) I was able to take in 8 matches over the past two days.
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Mark Hughes rings John Terry
- Roman Abramovich is a modest man [Dirty Tackle]
- Fantasy footie stud Stephen Ireland and Xerxes from '300'Â [Who Ate All The Pies]
- Luca Toni to the Premier League? [Tribal Football]
- Elano turns his back on City's 1-1-8 formation and moves to Turkey [ESPN]
- Bojinov turns his back on City's 1-1-8 formation too, goes to Parma [Football 365]
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A fantasy Premier League Butt's Brain rundown from blogger One-One-Eight:
- 2008-2009 fantasy Premier League stud Brede Hangeland to replace Kolo Toure at Arsenal
[Telegraph]
- Martin O'Neill gives a drunken EPL prediction.
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Manchester United Clock Challenge
- A fun article on deep lying playmakers. Will you have one in your fantasy football team this
season? [SoccerLens]
- Let's run it back two years to check out this obscure but excellent goal from Sweden [In the
Stands]
- Giggs grabs a hat trick as United score eight against Hangzhou Greentown, a team from the
(clearly not so) Super League in China [Football 365]
- Strange Ibracadabra airport video [Dirty Tackle]
- Streaker on the pitch with a decent dummy during an exhibition match yesterday [Off the Post
via 101 great goals]
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A few quick random news items/thoughts to hold you over until The Champions League kicks off in a
few minutes:
- Fox Soccer Report gets a new look. (For those of you in North America).
- Martin Petrov is back with a vengeance. In my opinion, Petrov was the best crosser in the EPL
in 2007-2008.
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A few Monday musings in no particular order and with varying degrees of importance. Feel free to
add your own Monday musings in the comments section:
- John Terry was sent off at Everton. For those of you have stuck with blog favorite Alex, you
will be well rewarded over the busy Christmas period.
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