Jack Wilshere's latest injury scare is a minor issue caused by a screw in his ankle, according to Arsenal team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Gooners will have feared the worst when it was touted that the England international will probably undergo another operation at the end of the season. But midfield colleague Oxlade-Chamberlain says the problem only [.
Arsenal midfielder Alex Song has completed his £15million switch to Barcelona and immediately been
praised by the Catalan giants for his lack of fat. The Cameroon international was widely expected
to move to Camp Nou subject to a medical. Not only did he pass that formality with flying colours,
Barca's quacks were impressed by Song's [.
How to be a happy Gooner, despite not winning any silverware for seven years
and counting!
About twenty years ago, I read for the first time, the well-known ‘Management' bestseller
‘Seven habits of highly effective people' by Stephen Covey. The one bit I still remember clearly
from Covey's book is ‘Habit two': ‘Begin with the end in mind'.
How to be a happy Gooner, despite not winning any silverware for seven years
and counting!
About twenty years ago, I read for the first time, the well-known ‘Management' bestseller
‘Seven habits of highly effective people' by Stephen Covey. The one bit I still remember clearly
from Covey's book is ‘Habit two': ‘Begin with the end in mind'.
Before he touchline-crouched his way to domestic and European success with Porto — and even
longer before he flexed his knees on the side of the pitch at Stamford Bridge — Andre Villas-Boas
was lined up to make his Premiership managerial debut in Lancashire.
In his upcoming autobiography, Burnley chief executive Paul Fletcher reveals that the current
Tottenham manager was interviewed for the vacant position at Turf Moor when Owen Coyle departed in
2010.
Welcome to my blog I am Dave Disco I'm 32 years old I currently live in Swansea and I am (I think I
may have mentioned this in intro) a TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR fan and along with a former colleague have
become researchers of the weird and wonderful world of the bizarre football. We are embarking [...]
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has backed new Tottenham Hotspur boss Andre Villas-Boas to
succeed in his second stint in the Barclays Premier League.
Di Matteo served as the assistant manager to Villas-Boas at Chelsea last season and following
the Portuguese's premature sacking in March, the Italian took over as interim boss to guide the
Blues to FA Cup and UEFA Champions League glory.
Spurs star Sandro has revealed he's been enticed by the great British past-time of darts. The
midfielder reckons he might be the first Brazilian 'baller to try his hand at arrows. And Sandro is
so caught-up with his new hobby that he regularly has darts legend and walking pawnshop Bobby
George round for a game.
Nuri Sahin has refused to rule out the prospect of completing a permanent switch to Liverpool if
his loan deal proves to be a success.
The Turkey international has linked up with the Reds on a season-long agreement from Real
Madrid.
Arsenal were also believed to be keen on acquiring his services, but Sahin will spend the 2012/13
campaign at Anfield after being convinced to head for Merseyside by Real colleague Xabi Alonso.
Luis Suarez has hit back at those fans that jeered him as his Uruguay team were dumped out of the
Olympics in a 1-0 defeat by Great Britain.
The Uruguay captain was targeted by fans at the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday evening, having
previously been booed at Old Trafford and Wembley.
But the Liverpool forward was particularly aggrieved by the fact that sections of the crowd also
decided to boo Uruguay's national anthem.
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has been included in Uruguay's 2012 Olympic squad, along with club
colleague Sebastian Coates.
A strong 18-man line-up also includes Napoli's in-demand forward Edinson Cavani, who continues to
be linked with big-money moves to Europe's top clubs.
Suarez, Cavani and Arevalo Rios have been selected as over-age players.
Andy Carroll says England are feeling '100 per cent' confident ahead of their final Euro 2012 group
game against Ukraine following the win over Sweden.
England followed up an opening 1-1 draw with France by edging out Sweden 3-2 in a thrilling tussle
in Kiev on Friday evening.
Carroll rewarded the decision to hand him a start by heading England in front on 23 minutes, but he
conceded a cheap free-kick early in the second half which led to Sweden's equalizer.
It's no secret that Andy Carroll's 42 performances in a Liverpool shirt this season have been
largely forgettable, but his presence has been critical to success in the last two outings: he
headed in a late winner in the 3-2 win over Blackburn, and his skull was also responsible for the
goal that put the Anfield side through to the FA Cup Final.
Dear readers, just thought I'd take some time to let you all know, especially you regular readers
out there, what's happening with the site. As you may have realised, there have been less blogs
than usual over the last few months, and no prediction competition for the first half of this
season too. My colleague, [.
Dear readers, just thought I'd take some time to let you all know, especially you regular readers
out there, what's happening with the site. As you may have realised, there have been less blogs
than usual over the last few months, and no prediction competition for the first half of this
season too. My colleague, [.
My esteemed colleague, Jimbob, has already taken a look back at the season past, you have already
voted Fabricio Coloccini as our "Player of the Season," but now it is time to look forward to next
season. Being the hopelessly deluded, stereotypical Geordies that we are, Alan Pardew seems to
think that our expectations will [.
Highlights of today's game between Newcastle United and Man City at St James' Park. I will update
these when better ones are available, and posting a full match video, interviews if / when they
become available too. My colleague, UTD111 will also be posting his report on the game in the
fullness of time.
Highlights of the game. Well, highlights of you're a Wigan fan anyway! I shall be endeavouring to
post longer / better highlights when they become available, and also a video of the whole match
too. My colleague, UTD111 will also be writing up a full report of the rout. Teams Wigan Athletic
(4-3-3): Ali Al [.
United States international Maurice Edu appears set to move to England as he closes in on
signing a deal with Championship outfit Ipswich Town. Edu is currently contracted to Glasgow
Rangers, but Ally McCoist has admitted a move could be imminent despite pen not hitting paper just
yet.
"There is nothing at the moment," McCoist told Sky Sports News.
"I'm hearing mixed messages from people with good connections to the board. There is no question
that there will be a massive number of Celtic die-hards who will not renew their season tickets if
the board do anything other than oppose NewHuns in the SPL.
Craig Bellamy is confident he will be fit for Team GB's second Olympic fixture despite taking a few
knocks during a physical opening encounter with Senegal.
Stuart Pearce's side were held to a 1-1 draw by their Group A rivals on Thursday after putting in a
nervy display at Old Trafford.
Their efforts to make a flying start to their gold medal quest were not helped by some rather
questionable challenges from the Senegalese.
Lord Redknapp of The Sandbanks or Woy The Hedge or Stuart Pearce?
A colleague has had an entertaining conversation with a senior HMR&C official and was informed that
the police found copious amounts of highly incriminating evidence when the mansion of a certain
individual was raided.
One of the things that Newcastle just love about their captain Fabricio Coloccini, is that
he's been so loyal to Newcastle, in his almost four years at the club. Coloccini - Newcastle
captain so loyal to the club Colo and his Argentine colleague Jonas Gutierrez elected to stay
on Tyneside, when the club were relegated in May of 2009, while other players couldn't get out
of the door quickly enough.
As we reported earlier this morning Danny Simpson is till refusing to sign the latest contract
offer from Newcastle United. Fabricio Coloccini Newcastle's loyal captain But Newcastle captain
Fabricio Coloccini didn't hesitate too much, before joining his Argentine colleague Jonas
Gutierrez, in signing on for a long-term deal to stay at Newcastle until the [.
It all could have been so different for Andre Villas-Boas. Instead of walking a path which took
in Euro-success with Porto, lack-of-success with Chelsea and not-sure-yet-if-he'll-have-any-success
with Tottenham, the Portuguese tactician could have been the main man at none other than Burnley
FC.
10 games without a win. It's the easiest stat to dwell on. And it should be dwelled on. I think
you know why.
But there are other stats from the match that are worth noting as well. From the run of play,
for example, the Revolution and the Philadelphia Union were almost even in all categories except
for two that stand out: Attempts on goal and possession.
This piece by Chandrima Chatterjee. Find out how you can help the Bay Area Street
Soccer USA team here.
There's less than two weeks until the 2012 Street Soccer USA National Cup in NYC, yet there's
one team that's been quietly yet diligently working away at practices, fundraisers and program
building over the past few years and they are contenders both for the Cup and for the hearts of
fans.
So, another scintillating goal-fest in the Euros in the first Semi-Final between Spain and
Portugal. This was a real game for the purists, with attacking football at is finest, and chances
being created nearly every minute in front of a capacity crowd who could barely control their
excitement.
Here's a new one on us. Over in the eighth tier of Swedish football (Division 6) the recent game
between Burea IF and Bygdsiljum SK finished with both sides racking up a negative goal count, after
shenanigans in their respective squad selections incurred penalties from the local league
authority.
We've already covered this a bit when we quoted and linked to our fellow SB Nation colleague,
Alicia Ratterree, and her editorial on the whole Simon Borg fiasco, but I really, really wanted to
add my two cents.
In a new relatively young league that trends toward youth, the last thing that MLS needs is an
MLSsoccer.
We haven't hosted a decent t-shirt and jeans street style test between teammates in some time,
but Antonio Valencia's cracking goal last night inspired us to change our sartorial tunes.
Seen leaving San Carlos restaurant in a pair of properly fitting denim and classic white
trainers last Thursday was Valencia, whose getup did no wrong in our own squinty eyes.
