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Evra: Big Silence at United

Premiership Talk Blog 26 October @ 04:35 PM EDT

Patrice Evra has told reporters of the pain that him and his United teammates are feeling following their 2-0 loss to rivals Liverpool. United were defeated by a Fernando Torres goal, and a late David N'gog goal added salt to United's wounds.

"Normally when United play we create at least five or six clear chances, but we only had the one when Valencia hit the crossbar.

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John Terry Has His Way With the Ladies

Premiership Talk Blog 20 October @ 11:24 AM EDT

They call him Mr. Chelsea, and Blues skipper John Terry certainly lived up to that billing when he recently decided to take control of the financial aspect of the women's football team at Stamford Bridge. The economy certainly hit the Chelsea ladies very hard as a significant portion of their funding from previous years was slashed this season.

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Report Card: Ballon d’Or Nominations

Premiership Talk Blog 19 October @ 10:36 AM EDT

With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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Cesc Backs Thomas and Tomas to Shine

Premiership Talk Blog 15 October @ 12:07 PM EDT

While Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has clearly enjoyed his Spain side cruise to the World Cup 2010 finals with a perfect record (and no goals conceded at home), he has spoken to Arsenal.com to offer some backing to a couple of his teammates who won't be appearing in the showpiece event next summer.

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Ibra Burns the Bridge Back to San Siro

Premiership Talk Blog 13 October @ 12:15 PM EDT

Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has become the latest Barcelona star to egotistically pronounce the treble winning club's's dominance over their global rivals. Following Sweden's bitter loss to Denmark this weekend, where the spotlight was stolen away from him thanks to Nicklas Bendtner's scintillating performance for the Danes, Ibrahimovic has taken his frustrations out on former club Inter Milan.

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Non-Stop Drama Raises Italian Stock

Premiership Talk Blog 13 October @ 12:44 AM EDT

Beyond the nation's borders, Italian football has certainly faded into the background in recent years. A devastating match-fixing scandal in 2006 bitterly overshadowed the country's World Cup triumph that year while the domestic league has clearly become a one-horse race ever since. Reigning champions Inter Milan have shown no signs of a slip up in the Serie A for the last three seasons and that trend continued with their strong start to the current season as well.

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Quarter 1 Report Card: New Club Managers

Premiership Talk Blog 05 October @ 01:09 PM EDT

With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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Shameless Barca Continue Cesc Pursuit

Premiership Talk Blog 01 October @ 01:22 PM EDT

Barcelona may be the treble winners last season. In addition, they may also be the side with arguably the most potent attack in Europe, comprising of the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thierry Henry, Bojan Krkic, and FIFA World Player of the Year hopeful Lionel Messi. On top of that, they also possess one of the most powerful midfield combinations in the continent in the form of Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez.

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Nicklas Bendtner: ‘Accidentally’ Slammed

Premiership Talk Blog 01 October @ 11:09 AM EDT

The title to this article might suggest that I am providing some late coverage on Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner's recent car accident while driving to practice in his Aston Martin. In reality, though, this article is written in vehement defense of the player, who has certainly had more than his fair share of critics, to put it bluntly.

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Dreadful Olympiacos Waste Nikopolidis Heroics

Premiership Talk Blog 30 September @ 10:46 AM EDT

As the Olympiacos team bus got closer and closer to the Finsbury Park area, I am sure veteran goalkeeper Antonios Nikopolidis began to relive some of the greatest moments of his career at the highest level. From his invaluable contribution in Greece's historic Euro 2004 win to his consistency during his club's league triumph over the last three years, Nikopolidis is no stranger to success at a grand stage.

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Double Trouble: Ones to Watch

Premiership Talk Blog 28 September @ 06:33 PM EDT

Given the title of this article, I could be about to tell you about how the strike duo of Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones will be leading Sunderland to new heights in the Premier League this season, but we will save that for a later date. I'd rather make a bold statement and talk about the bottom of the table at the moment.

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This Weekend’s Winners and Losers

Premiership Talk Blog 28 September @ 10:08 AM EDT

With yet another exciting Premier League weekend in the books it's time to review this weekend's winners and losers.

Winners Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane emerges from this weekend as the biggest winner. The Tottenham striker has had a relatively quiet start to the season, oftentimes playing second fiddle to the red hot Jermain Defoe.

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Mart Poom: From a Reserve to a Coach

Premiership Talk Blog 24 September @ 10:09 AM EDT

While he was honored as Estonia's best player in the past half a century by the nation's football association, Mart Poom could not earn even remotely the same kind of respect on club level. Despite boasting a variety of Eastern European and English clubs on his resume during his early days as a player, the legendary former Estonia goalkeeper is best remembered for an extremely inactive spell as a back-up keeper at Arsenal F.

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Woodgate – Fate’s Bitter Victim

Premiership Talk Blog 23 September @ 12:21 PM EDT

Rewind back to 2003 and you'll see that Jonathan Woodgate had everything. From critical acclaim to a huge fan following, he had all the essentials required to go down in the Newcastle folklore as one of the very best defenders of all time. However, the only obstacle that could stop him injuries came into play very early into his career at St.

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Championship Leaders Head to the Emirates

Premiership Talk Blog 22 September @ 10:01 AM EDT

When the Carling Cup Round 3 draw was first made, it was very difficult to imagine West Bromwich Albion providing much of a competition to Arsenal at The Emirates. Granted, Arsene Wenger uses the competition to provide some first-team action to his reserves, but even those teenagers usually prove to be a handful for the opponents.

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Will Burnley’s Home Record Survive Sunderland?

Premiership Talk Blog 18 September @ 07:38 PM EDT

After experiencing a promising start in the top flight by defeating the current Premiership champions, Burnley's form went crashing down with two heavy road defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Liverpool, 3-0 and 4-0 respectively. Now, they have to defend their perfect record at home against Sunderland, who come pumped and ready after thrashing Hull City 4-1 at home.

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Will Burnley’s Home Record Survive Sunderland?

Premiership Talk Blog 18 September @ 12:54 PM EDT

After experiencing a promising start in the top flight by defeating the current Premiership champions, Burnley's form went crashing down with two heavy road defeats at the hands of Chelsea and Liverpool, 3-0 and 4-0 respectively. Now, they have to defend their perfect record at home against Sunderland, who come pumped and ready after thrashing Hull City 4-1 at home.

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Long Road Ahead for the Cottagers

Premiership Talk Blog 17 September @ 01:22 PM EDT

There is absolutely no doubt that Fulham's gritty displays of late are deserving of their newfound reputation as the people's club in the Premier League. The masses can relate to their mid-sized squad and down-to-earth players while tourists from all over the world simply cannot resist the amazing atmosphere at the conveniently located Craven Cottage.

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PFA Chief Calls for Calm Over Adebayor

Premiership Talk Blog 15 September @ 09:15 AM EDT

PFA chief Gordon Taylor has urged football fans, pundits, and the FA to put a stop to the lynch mob mentality that is surrounding Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor. The targetman stirred up controversy over the weekend by first stamping on Robin van Persie's face before scoring a goal and sprinting the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the angry Gunners fans.

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Big Signings Start With a Bang

Premiership Talk Blog 15 September @ 09:11 AM EDT

While Emmanuel Adebayor's infamous lack of sportsmanship this past weekend has overshadowed Manchester City's emphatic 4-2 victory over his former club Arsenal, it is impossible to overlook the strong impact he has made at the Eastlands already.

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Emmanuel Adebayor: A Huge Disgrace

Premiership Talk Blog 12 September @ 02:37 PM EDT

This weekend's headlines were stolen by Emmauel Adebayor even before a ball was kicked. Saturday morning, Adebayor finally lashed out at his former club Arsenal, moments before the Gunners kicked-off a challenging visit to the Eastlands.

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North London Takes on Manchester

Premiership Talk Blog 11 September @ 01:26 AM EDT

For Premier League fans around the world, the last couple of weeks have been almost too painful to endure as something very important seems to have disappeared out of our lives. But with yet another international period finally in the books, we can once again look forward to the return of our most beloved brand of football this weekend.

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Skipper Terry: The Difference Maker?

Premiership Talk Blog 07 September @ 10:43 AM EDT

Some moments are never meant to be forgotten. The entire world of football witnessed one such shocking moment a little less than two years ago in London. On a rainy evening at Wembley, hosts England were expected to advance to the finals of Euro 2008 with just a draw needed against visiting Croatia.

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Thursday Throwdown: A to Z

Premiership Talk Blog 03 September @ 01:38 AM EDT

Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

AÂ is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

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The Eduardo Witch Hunt: A True Story

Premiership Talk Blog 03 September @ 01:29 AM EDT

A great majority of the football world has grown used to laughing off Arsene Wenger's dramatic remarks over major incidents in recent years. This is precisely why the Arsenal manager was largely ignored when he labeled the accusations over Gunners striker Eduardo's recent "dive" against Celtic as a "witch-hunt".

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Transfer Madness at Fratton Park

Premiership Talk Blog 02 September @ 08:11 AM EDT

If you are Paul Hart - by far the bookies' favorite to become the first sacked manager in the Premier League this season - you would need a miracle to save Portsmouth from relegation at this point. Four games into the new season, Pompey are yet to scrap up a single point, which is a clear indicator of how the team roster was in desperate need of major bolstering on the final day of transfers.

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Consistency - The Missing Element!

Premiership Talk Blog 31 August @ 07:06 AM EDT

Officiating in modern day football has already received its fair share of flak. Of course, whenever a certain team is at the receiving end of harsh refereeing decisions, its passionate fans jump at the opportunity to hit back at the match officials with great force. In this article, however, I will not go ahead with the oft-repeated idea of accusing the referees of lacking the ability to call big games without the heavily proposed use of technology.

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Frank Lampard - The Model Professional

Premiership Talk Blog 27 August @ 12:01 AM EDT

Are you a fan of Frank Lampard? Don't worry, if you choose not to answer in the affirmative, you surely have some company. While I have written several articles here at Premiership Talk to demonstrate my support for Frank Lampard, this article is not about my support.

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City Triumph Over Treble-Winning Barca

Premiership Talk Blog 20 August @ 01:11 AM EDT

European champions Barcelona ended their dominant pre-season with a frustrating 1-0 defeat at the hands of a defiant Manchester City side in front of around 90,000 fans at Catalonia's huge Camp Nou Stadium. While I will stay consistent with one of my previous articles by conceding that pre-season results carry little materiality, tonight's game should go a long way in demonstrating just how foolish it is to write off Mark Hughes' flamboyant, new-look Sky Blues.

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Dropping Carra - A Big Mistake

Premiership Talk Blog 15 August @ 09:15 PM EDT

Stability. Composure. Quality. These are just a few adjectives that England's defense certainly doesn't deserve based on the Three Lions' 2-2 draw against Holland in their most recent international fixture. However, only the aforementioned adjectives can do justice to one defender that England's system failed to recognize.

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La concentración de la Selección Mexicana en el CAR

FutblogMexicano 11 August @ 09:00 AM EDT

Las Selecciones Nacionales de México tienen su sede de entrenamiento y concentración en el Centro de Alto Rendimiento (CAR), las cuales son unas instalaciones muy modernas y que cumplen con la misión de tener un ambiente confortable para nuestros equipos representativos.

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Things We Know Will Happen in 2009/10

Premiership Talk Blog 10 August @ 07:33 PM EDT

This coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. Of course, every coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. This is one of the many truisms of English Football. Last season we gaped open mouthed as Manchester City clumsily wooed Global Franchise Entities with the promise of dreams and Ferrero Rocher.

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Pre-Season: How Important?

Premiership Talk Blog 31 July @ 09:35 AM EDT

The pre-season is in full flow and the build up to the new season is getting more exciting by the day. Therefore, let's take pre-season preparation as a variable to preview this upcoming season in football rather than discussing the oft-repeated, boring variable known as the transfer market.

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Young Americans Denied Harshly

Premiership Talk Blog 27 July @ 04:26 PM EDT

A capacity crowd of more than 78,000 was in attendance at the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Sunday. At the full time whistle, Giants Stadium appeared to be a sight of gross injustice more than anything else. After resiliently fighting with their third-string side for the entire tournament, the Americans finally fell to their bitter regional rivals, Mexico, albeit very harshly.

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Contrasting Fortunes at the Bridge

Premiership Talk Blog 22 July @ 11:14 AM EDT

Those who saw last night's World Football Challenge clash between Internazionale and Chelsea must have noticed a solid performance from a rapidly emerging star wearing the blue shirt. Branislav Ivanovic, who played fullback for 65 minutes of Chelsea's dominant 2-0 victory over the reigning Italian champions seemed to be the player who was more eager than anyone else to cement his reputation during the high-profile friendly at the Rose Bowl.

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Unsung Stars Waiting to be Snapped

Premiership Talk Blog 16 July @ 01:21 PM EDT

Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Carlos Tevez, and Emmanuel Adebayor! Such is the caliber of each of these players that their involvement in this summer's transfer market has left no spotlight for the lesser-known talent. Such is the nature of the market right now that none of the European giants can be bothered with a move for the hidden gems.

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Ronaldo’s Bentley for Sale! Great Price!

Premiership Talk Blog 09 July @ 09:07 AM EDT

In his pursuit of a fresh start, Cristiano Ronaldo has officially listed his Bentley for sale. Of course, the drivers' seat would be on the wrong side of the car in Spain, and Ronaldo is being quite fair with the price - only about one week's wages!

The Bentley, with just 7,000 miles on it, is listed for sale at only £114,950.

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Make Way for a New Benitez

Premiership Talk Blog 08 July @ 03:17 PM EDT

If there is one team that is secretly thriving in a summer of high-profile transfers, it is Birmingham City. As mentioned by my fellow Premiership Talk writer, Brian Lofrumento, the newly promoted outfit is reportedly pursuing former Arsenal captain Patrick Viera, which is in addition to a handful of other acquisitions made recently.

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Last Roll of The Dice for Cruel Hand Luke

Premiership Talk Blog 06 July @ 09:14 AM EDT

On the 20th of June 2006 in Cologne, Germany, I was sat high behind the goal in the RheinEnergieStadion (then called simply 'The FIFA World Cup Stadium') when in the fourth minute, a figure crumpled to the ground. It was hard to see who it was from my unique vantage point, but the man sitting to my left immediately turned round and said 'any money it's Owen'.

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Terry Set for Showdown Talks

Premiership Talk Blog 06 July @ 09:07 AM EDT

John Terry is set for showdown talks this week with new Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti. Ancelotti begins his new position at Stamford Bridge today, and he is sending a strong and clear message to his captain by telling him to submit it or swallow it.

John Terry has been the subject of much speculation recently, with Manchester City hot on the heels of the English captain.

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