The trap-door has been opened at Anfield, and above it perches a team on the brink. Consequently, every game seems to be make or break for Liverpool this season. Every decision is overly scrutinised, and despite us being without a league title since 1989, the media tells us that the league must be won or the manager must go. Click to continue reading...

After last week's swine flu debacle, Heart of Clackmanannshire Football Club find themselves in court in this week's Shit Shot Mungo, accused of deliberately and maliciously spreading the virus through playing an infected team in a recent match. A draconian punishment awaits them, unless Mungo McCrackas or Sir Roddy Bulbs can save the day.

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While I've been moving, things have been falling apart in south-central Ireland. In the middle of last week the directors of the team resigned, followed by the manager on Friday. This was leading up to the team's final game of the season on Saturday at home to Shelbourne. Earlier int he week te fixture was called off, but the fans got together with the remnants of the team and figured out how to make it work. Click to continue reading...

Tomorrow sees us take on Sunderland at home in what has now become a massive match. Steve Bruce has taken them to the next level, although they're a sort of Jackal and Hyde side as they're nowhere near as good on their travels as they are when playing at home. Sound familiar?
The good news is that Jones won't be bullying King and Woodgate, but we'll still have Darren Bent to worry about. Click to continue reading...

Big Story
The future of Rafa Benitez dominates the British press this morning, as Liverpool slumped to their sixth defeat in seven games and fingers are being jabbed once again: former Liverpool star Ronnie Whelan suggests Rafa does not care about the Premier League; Sam Wallace concludes that Rafa is too clever for his own good; John Ley looks at the facts unnecessarily needed to prove Liverpool have had a poor start; and David Hytner looks at the club's growing injury crisis, the one mitigating factor that seems to be saving Rafa.

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After the way he has been treated by Messrs Hicks and Gillett, who would blame him!

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Real Madrid are lining up Rafa Benitez as their next manager after giving Manuel Pellegrini two games to save his job.

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Real Madrid are lining up Rafa Benitez as their next manager after giving Manuel Pellegrini two games to save his job.
The Spanish giants have won just one of their last five games and suffered the humiliation of a 4-0 defeat by third division Alcorcon in the Cup on Tuesday night.
Madrid considered sacking Pellegrini straight after the latest debacle, but will give him a chance to turn things around against Getafe on Saturday and at AC Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday. Click to continue reading...

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After having to swallow a 5-0 debacle in New York, one thing was clear - any team other than Toronto FC had to make the playoffs tonight. There was that brief moment where it was still possible that the Reds, that unbalanced, built-on-the cheap by Mo Johnston squad could still make the playoffs despite the club's horrifying display and completely mediocre season. Click to continue reading...

Ssshhh!
We need to keep our voices down.
My lover is not very happy.
4 losses on the bounce for his beloved Liverpool.
He has been out of love with Rafa for a while now.
Ever since the Robbie Keane debacle.
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I decided not to comment on our 2-0 loss against Chivas since my arguments are the same as the Houston tie except for the Zoltan goal. This week we didn't even score and it would seem that playing those players in a slump (Wolff, Arnaud, Jewsbury) has brought nothing good.

The game did have a horrible offside non-call on the first Chivas goal, but in all honesty should be blamed on the assistant and not the ref (Mike Kuhn has all the evidence, and the video is clear also).

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I recently had a chat with Hank, a mate of mine that's a Portsmouth season-ticket holder. He's come along to The Lane a few times and you could say that he know's his football pretty well. The only downer is that he and a lot more Pompey fans blame Harry for their current plight. Now, call me stupid, but how is Harry to blame? Click to continue reading...

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst, I always say.

And thank goodness for Group 9, because the worst, if France can earn a point at home against the Faroe Islands, will be advancing to the playoffs.

Serbia's last two matches are against Romania and Lithuania, and there's certainly a possibility that they'll blow their chance of winning the group.

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A look back at Liverpool FC related quotes from the last week
"I can understand the feelings between Man Utd and Liverpool. I'm a foreign player, so maybe I don't have to think like that, but I know how the Liverpool fans feel and I remember the welcome I had when I arrived – it was just amazing, so I think Liverpool is my English club. Click to continue reading...

Antes de meterme de lleno a lo que es el partido quiero tirarles algunas preguntas.

¿Con que mentalidad vemos el partido de mañana? ¿Los que van, van a poyar, van a ver o van a reventar? ¿Animaremos al equipo o solo seremos simples espectadores?

Estoy con ustedes, nuestra temporada ha venido en decadencia, ese juego que veíamos en los primeros encuentros y que nos daban una esperanza de buen fútbol ha vendió decayéndose y definitivamente hoy somos uno de los equipos que peor juegan en la liga, pero ¿Qué tanta responsabilidad compartimos todos?

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Wow, and here I thought with Shalrie Joseph still playing and (reasonably) healthy, the Revs would be OK and make the playoffs, even without Steve Ralston.
And then came the Debacle at the Cotton Bowl, losing 1-0 and being run around and off the field by FC Dallas (FC DALLAS! Click to continue reading...

With another AZ debacle behind us, another proud Dutch club wasn't able to concentrate for the full 90 minutes. The mighty Ajax this time, at home against Anderlecht. Ajax missed many chances (one Suarez, in particular) but it did seem Ajax was cruising towards a 1-0 win. It was the much Click to continue reading...

The USA-Honduras World Cup qualifier broadcast situation, which has gone well beyond the USA-Mexico version on the debacle scale, is slowly resolving. Mediapro, the company that purchased the rights...

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Hello there, Fulham today in a late kick off and a chance to put last season's debacle behind us. The second game of the season gave us an unseemly taste of what was to come.

I remember later in the season reading some quotes from Robin van Persie about how the team were on the bus afterwards and he was thinking 'How did that happen?

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As one of the most exciting Premier League weekends in recent memory winds down, episode 18 of the Premiership Talk Podcast has been released.

Episode 18 is the first of this 2009/10 season and for the first time ever consists of three c0-hosts. Premiership Talk writer Brian Lofrumento assumes the role of Master of Ceremonies as Taylor Fisher and Zain Alvi help tackle all of the weekend's hottest topics.

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It's a pity that Branko Culina's undignified, self-serving comments at Sunday's press conference have served to obscure the fact that he does have a point. He developed that point somewhat truculently in his "clarification" today, pausing for a moment to offer Vitezslav Lavicka a well-deserved apology. Click to continue reading...

A fantastic performance by the FK squad on Saturday night as the lads played FC Valhalla off the park - beating them 4-1. We conceded the early goal of course, it's the Dinamo way.
We didn't go to The Daily Pint afterwards because we were tending to Jason in the Emergency Room. He took a ball in the eye - a deflected shot that came off Kato's knee. Click to continue reading...

A fantastic performance by the FK squad on Saturday night as the lads played FC Valhalla off the park - beating them 4-1. We conceded the early goal of course, it's the Dinamo way.
We didn't go to The Daily Pint afterwards because we were tending to Jason in the Emergency Room. He took a ball in the eye - a deflected shot that came off Kato's knee. Click to continue reading...

Galaxy 2 Toronto FC 0

Game story

Toronto's Nick Garcia paid close attention to Edson Buddle. (AP Photo).

Best line of the night goes to Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena explaining why last weekend's debacle and this Saturday's game were so dissimilar:

"In all honesty Dave Sarachen coached the team last week and this week I was fully in charge.

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Recently I haven't being paying a lot of attention to the football world. The time I have spent watching football, though, has been filled with cheating, disgraceful antics, and stupid bickering between managers. This Friday, it's time for someone to speak the cold, hard truth.

Diving

Firstly, there is the diving debacle.

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"I think that, all things considered, that second half was the worst Celtic performance I've ever seen. I'd say that match was a clear cut case of selling the jerseys" - Gerry Coogan (ManAtTheWindow).
Well, yet again we have to remind you that we warned of the consequences of allowing not-so-super agent John Colquhoun to oversee the selection process for the new Glasgow Celtic manager. Click to continue reading...

No sé si será mucho pero después de rechazar ofertas de Real Madrid, Sevilla, Depor, Valencia, Atlético Madrid, Espanyol, Liverpool, Arsenal y Manchester City, Mauro Icardi (16) toma sol en las gradas del Camp Nou y puede llevarse toda la ropa Adidas que le guste cuando pasea por las tiendas del Corte Inglés. Click to continue reading...

Got to show some love for my fellow Israeli Yossi Benayoun, who netted a hat-trick in Liverpool's 4-0 win over Burnley last weekend.
In other EPL news, Tim Howard and Everton stay in the drop zone, but Clint Dempsey's Fulham scored a big win thanks to a turn-back-the-clock day for Damien Duff. Click to continue reading...

"The first objective is to arrive at the final."
-Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti on this season's Champions League

The journey begins Tuesday at Stamford Bridge. The Blues welcome FC Porto, a familiar opponent in this competition, to the Bridge for our Group D opener.

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As pointed out by CA, anything less than a spot in the final will be seen as a disappointment.

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Hay tres equipos que representan profesionalmente al fútbol de Jalisco en la Primera División y parece que los tres se han puesto de acuerdo para andar mal, arrastra la cobija y estar cerca de los lugares del deshonor y tocar fondo cual botella de tequila en fiesta mexicana.

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Yes the USA is very close to qualifying for the 2010 World Cup for next summer and this coming October there will be two more matches remaining for the Nats when they visit Honduras on the 10th & home against Costa Rica on the 14th. Once the official word comes from FIFA that our boys have qualified for South Africa then we can watch the World Cup Draw this coming December 5th.

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Never in my life as an Argentina fan have I seen a national team like the current one. Regardless of the players called up and their merit or lack of in being in the starting lineup, I have never seen an entire Argentina team play with so little heart, with so little pride, with so little soul, with so little dignity, with so little personality, with so little inner strength.

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EDIT: Think of this as the numerical basis for Ed's post about tonight's games.
This chart would have been even simpler if Costa Rica hadn't swan-dove against Mexico. I think it was John Jagou who pointed out that Mexico tends to do very well in Ticostan, though, so it shouldn't have been a big surprise. Click to continue reading...

After the latest WC qualifying debacle I must ask the following:

1. Why does Tevez continue to be in the starting lineup?

2. Why can't any Argentina forward score goals? Is it bad luck, have the wrong forwards been called up or is there no support from the midfield?

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Colombia did Argentina a good turn yesterday with their 2-0 win over Ecuador which meant that they still retained fourth spot even as they crashed to defeat against Brazil at the Grand Arroyito.

This maybe the way to go to SA, with a little help from other teams. Because the public seems to be quietly giving up on the team as over 65% of them in a survey believe that they will not make it to the World Cup.

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Well, things aren't going to get any easier for the Wizards in the next couple of weeks. KC will be visiting New England, DC and NY in an effort to bust out the slump the team is currently in.

Having not scored a goal in 424 minutes and having only one in the last 8 games (counting the US Cup game where we used our starters) KC will have their hands full with 2 playoff teams and one team that is on the rise after firing their ineffective coach (hopefully we will catch the same bug they did).

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