The young forward is confounding doctors with the speed his recovery is going at. He is targeting a return to les Lionceaux's first team by the conclusion of the campaign... Click to continue reading...

Below are collated results for the knockout phase of the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League. This post will be bumped to the top on matchdays until the conclusion of the competition. The current phase is highlighted in red bold lettering. Ties are a two-match, home-and-away series, higher aggregate score wins, and away goals count. Click to continue reading...

Here's an interesting site.

There is much of interest that is of no real use (our most common home score this season has been 3-0! Imagine!) but a couple of things really do stand out.

You know how one of the knocks on Roy has been that he doesn't use his subs enough? I have never been sure about that.

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Using Archer's clock, we're under 1-1/2 days until the final CBA deadline arrives and I've pretty much given up hope of an agreement coming before the deadline. They've stopped talking and when they have talked recently, it's ended in a "nasty" manner. Without actually knowing what the latest offers are from each side, I don't feel like there's much of a point speculating over the content of the offers. Click to continue reading...

Bored at the weekend, I was flicking around the sports channels and came across Sunday Supplement. For those of you who don't know, the concept of the programme is to take a group of newspaper columnists, and let them debate football issues from the morning papers. What it invariably turns into is a series of increasingly outlandish statements and predictions as they try to outdo each other.

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The Kansas City Wizards needed a shake up and a change - they hadn't advanced into the MLS Playoffs, and head coach Curt Onalfo was dismissed.
In came Peter Vermes - the former captain of the US National team, and the Wizards' technical director and interm head coach.
Vermes was named the team's full-time head coach at the conclusion of the season, and has worked hard on trying to change the culture within the locker room. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, Ryan Giggs powered the ball in to the six yard box, hit at such pace that James Collins didn't have time to get out of the way, which allowed the ball to bounce off him and beat the excellent Brad Friedel.

Lucky Manchester United, was the conclusion.

Before yesterday, Aston Villa had conceded fewer goals at home than any other team in the Premiership, letting in just 7 goals in 12 games.

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It's eerily quiet on the CBA front, and for U.S. Soccer fans, that's not a good thing. A flurry of news came and went around the initial February 1 deadline, and after an extension was agreed upon

The old adage 'no news is good news' could apply here, but in this case no news would certainly equal a work stoppage of some kind.

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It's eerily quiet on the CBA front, and for U.S. Soccer fans, that's not a good thing. A flurry of news came and went around the initial February 1 deadline, and after an extension was agreed upon

The old adage 'no news is good news' could apply here, but in this case no news would certainly equal a work stoppage of some kind.

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I don't know if it's an age thing. Or the impact of the recession on the way I think about things. Or the influence of my lover who inspires me to think about things in an alternative way.
But increasingly, I am coming to the conclusion the way to make things work sometimes, is to put the power back with the people. Click to continue reading...

Since being beat by Manchester United I have seen criticism leveled at Arsene Wenger like never before. It's almost another level.
It got even worse when he didn't add to the squad on transfer dead-line day. A move that has led many Gooners to despair.
So much so I've even seen an Arsenal blog begin a petition to sack him. Click to continue reading...

Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has publicly played down the notion that former boss Ciro Ferrara was to blame for the Bianconeri's poor form. Ferrara was sacked by Juve and replaced by Alberto Zaccheroni, and Buffon insists it's down to the players to get results.

"The new coach presented himself in a proper and professional way.

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UPDATE: According to Arsenal's official website, Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has joined Bolton on loan for the rest of the season.

January 26th, 2026 According to Peter O'Rourke at Sky Sports News, Bolton look set to sign Wilshere on loan in the next 48 hours.

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I took time out from my busy schedule of pretending to work on my websites to watch Egypt demolish Algeria in, typically, controversial fashion last night.I also caught the highlight (there was only one) of Ghana's victory over Nigeria.And the conclusion I came to? The only consistent team in the whole competition (Egypt) aren't even going to be at the 2010 World Cup and the others are, well, Click to continue reading...

I haven't done one of these in a while, and a couple stories caught my eye:

• Sounds like Robinho (right) wants out of Manchester City in preference of a Brazilian return.
  
  
• Everton has signed Philippe Senderos on loan from Arsenal.
  
  
• Ruud van Nistlerooy is headed to Hamburg, to temporarily end his saga.

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The transfer saga surrounding Houston Dynamo midfielder Stuart Holden is set to come to a conclusion this week, as word has come out of England that Bolton Wanderers will finalize their signing of the U.S. international later today. A deal for Manchester City winger Vladimir Weiss is also expected to be completed by Bolton on Monday. Click to continue reading...

According to Arsenal's official website, contract talks between Arsenal and defender William Gallas are going well. Boss Arsene Wenger said,

"Yes, it's going well ... Let's keep the negotiations confidential. If we get to a conclusion, we will let you know.

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Fast girls sometimes pull their hamstrings, and that's not good
Forward Alex Morgan, the youngest player in WNT Training Camp at age 20, has left camp after suffering a hamstring injury in training on Wednesday. One of the heroes of the USA's title run at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the speedy Morgan hurt the hammie bad enough that she was ruled out of competing for the rest of the camp, so she has returned to school at UC Berkeley to begin the rehab process. Click to continue reading...

Hey everybody,

Amanda here Web Coordinator at the WPS league office. As you probably know by now, WPS has discontinued operations of the Los Angeles Sol, so I'm posting this to let you know the online plans for the Dispersal Draft and the future of the LA website and social media outlets.

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If ever there was compelling evidence that the law is an ass it is this....
Article 77a of Fifa Disciplinary Code states that the disciplinary committee is responsible for "sanctioning serious infringements which have escaped the match officials' attention". Henry's handball clearly escaped the attention of Hansson and his assistants, yet it could not be described as "serious" - a term which is defined in Article 47 of the code and which incidentally covers handballs intended to prevent a goal, but not those involved in creating one.

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After Sir Alex Ferguson's comments that he has no regrets over Carlos Tevez leaving, many fans have compared the Argie's strike rate this season at City with Dimitar Berbatov at United.

It wasn't a case of buying Berbatov or buying Tevez, as the transfer money for Dimitar had already been paid whilst Tevez was on loan, but the comparisons are made.

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The Daily Mail and the Times both writes tonight that Wolves have made a massive bid of £6.5 million on Boro winger Adam Johnson. Paddytheflea has written lengthy about Johnson as a player and Wolves interest in him before (HERE) and my conclusion then was that Sunderland may very well be his final address. Click to continue reading...

So, the African Cup of Nations is well underway and, in between pretending to do some work, I've been watching a fair bit on Eurosport TV.And the conclusion I've come to so far: I don't think any of these teams is consistent or, frankly, good enough to even reach the quarter finals of the World Cup.Every time a World Cup Finals comes around, there is always media speculation about the potential Click to continue reading...

Finally, after months of back and forth, America's 2nd division is set and ready for play. The United Soccer League (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL) will play in the same league separated by two conferences of six teams each. The league will be overseen by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) for the 2010 season, and titled the USSF Second Divsion. Click to continue reading...

PREVIEW
I came to realize the recent comment by the MM does actually makes sense.
Don't draw your guns at me because I'm not referring to those content of those comments, but I drawn this conclusion after a brief chat with a co-worker of my over the discussion of the upcoming Lions' Asian Cup Qualifier fixture against Iran. Click to continue reading...

FC BARCELONA lost 1-2 yesterday in its 1º leg SPANISH CUP tieagainst SEVILLA FC.Barça went into the game without some big names (Xavi, Ibra, Valdes,Puyol, Pique, Henry...) & without its African stars (Keita & Toure) toface a fighty Sevilla who also suffered important losses thanks toAfrican Cup duties & injuries. Click to continue reading...

Earlier this year I had a mad posh to see which teams had been seen by the largest percentage of fans in a given season. It was interesting enough (to me at least) that I've created this post to update at the conclusion of each year.
The 2009 season didn't change the leaderboard in the least bit, which is not too surprising as each additional team makes it progressively harder to reach the top twenty. Click to continue reading...

Merry X-mas everyone!Â

And it is a shame that the All I Want for X-mas Series has come to its conclusion. Unfortunately, the slutty Santa ladies have all left the building and Easter and any other holiday down the road just doesn't compare to the girls X-mas apparell.Â

But such is life.

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As we come towards the conclusion of 2009 we feel it is the perfect time to start ringing out the awards for the season. If you want to get involved why not vote on our poll to find the best Premier League player of 2009, and whilst you are pondering who to vote for here are the highlights of the Liverpool Vs Arsenal game from earlier this year which was a hands down winner for game of the year.

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Over the last several months, soccer supporters in North America have been taking sides in the USL v NASL dispute with fans often falling along the lines of their team. As with all things, the most radical and fervent are often those that demand to be heard by speaking the loudest, proclaiming why their side will prevail.

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According to Fenerbahce manager Christoph Daum, players Colin Kazim-Richards (pictured above, right, very happy), Vederson (above, left, also very happy), Fabio Bilica and Santos "organized 'sex-marathons' in a hotel in Istanbul."

From Goal:

"Sadly, I have to confirm that the rumours are true.

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Harry finally set to get his man.

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Tottenham are poised to clinch the £7m transfer of Brazil under-20 captain Sandro according to reports.

A story in today's Mirror suggests Harry Redknapp will tie up a deal to bring the midfielder to White Hart Lane once the Brazilian season finishes this weekend.

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I wrote two days ago that I had reached the conclusion that football in England was corrupt. In response to my article the majority of commentators agreed, but three arguments were put forward to reject the claim.  They are important points, and I think they need debating. 1: As soon as Arsenal lose a match I start [. Click to continue reading...

After very long and hard work, we are proud to announce that the new version of EPL Talk Predictor is up and running, offering a new experience for our members.

For the past couple of football seasons we tried to make all necessary adjustments to make EPL Talk Predictor a virtual betting site combining the fun elements of football betting with the competitive elements of not only beating the bookie – but also proving your wits are superior over the rest of the EPL Talk Predictor members.

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This gameweek is a double for a few teams including Fulham, which makes Brede Hangeland a fine pick for the next couple of weeks given Fulham's forthcoming fixtures (Bolton, Sunderland and Burnley after this week's double GW). Hangeland does well every season as a bargain priced defender, and is a key choice for those looking to hone in on Fulham's potential clean sheets. Click to continue reading...

Other than the ghost of Banquo Frank Lampard appearing behind her after a late-night boozefest at Whisky Mist, we've not had any formal proof that Frank Lampard is dating presenter Christine Bleakley.

However, over the last few weeks, many "sightings" of the couple have taken place and "sources" have come forward with details of such events.

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Other than the ghost of Banquo Frank Lampard appearing behind her after a late-night boozefest at Whisky Mist, we've not had any formal proof that Frank Lampard is dating presenter Christine Bleakley.

However, over the last few weeks, many "sightings" of the couple have taken place and "sources" have come forward with details of such events.

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Yes, that is a serious question. Two players who 'offer more than just goals' as strikers. But how much more? Who would you rather have? Fortunately a member of the Football365 Forum (lol tb x) has done the analysis for us. Read on to see who comes out on top...

A comparison of their goals and assists since Tevez came here:

This is obviously an area where Tevez should win by a margin having played with some of the best players in the world.

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I wrote previouslythat he had been protective of the defence in recent times, but Mark Hughes went on the offensive today with MOTD - and particularly Alan Hansen - in his sights:

"Pundits on Match of the Day or whatever just have an opportunity to nail individuals in the public domain," said the Manchester City boss.

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With the Gunners virtually playing every team of the park it got us all talking, how good is their current squad and were they right to get rid of some of those has beens? Here's our Ultimate 11 of players that have at one stage of their career either played for the Gunners or been on trial. Our conclusion is Wenger was right with the exception of Palios and Upson, what are your thoughts?

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