Chelsea take on Manchester City at Stamford Bridge tomorrow in a game that has been overshadowed by the John Terry v Wayne Bridge story that has dominated the press in recent weeks . Its a shame really as because of Bridge's statement yesterday, it has only hightened tension of the situation and the public feeling towards John Terry. Click to continue reading...

We're not going to lie: his freckle count wasn't our first priority this time around.

We're sure many of you have seen the brilliant Pepsi/Pesi ad with Fernando Torres popping up on the internet of late, and the new Refresh Your World pics have been doing the rounds too.

Real talk: everyone else should just throw in their marketing towels now.

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We're not going to lie: his freckle count wasn't our first priority this time around.

We're sure many of you have seen the brilliant Pepsi/Pesi ad with Fernando Torres popping up on the internet of late, and the new Refresh Your World pics have been doing the rounds too.

Real talk: everyone else should just throw in their marketing towels now.

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photo credit: terren in Virginia

1) Wayne Rooney- Man U

Rooney will win the honor this year of being not only the best domestic player in the Premier League, but also the best overall player as well. Rooney is shattering all of his past goal milestones this season and has really proven to be a potential 30 goal guy.

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Yes, it's true that Wayne Rooney scored a thousand goals against Pompey to bring ManU 1-up on the Premier League table over Chelsea, but we're all forgetting that Chelsea plays on Sunday...against Arsenal.

Now, it could be very easy for us to say that ManU is on fire.

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1) Wayne Rooney- Man U

Rooney has enjoyed becoming the featured player this season and the Englishman might just be heating up now that the second half of the season is underway. Rooney was in a dead heat with most of the other Premier League stars, but his outstanding play in the last few weeks has put him five goals ahead of the rest of the pack.

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Former Chelsea stud Eidur Gudjohnsen has joined Tottenham
We predicted an Arsenal - Aston Villa draw, as well as a 2-goal Everton win on Monday, (pats self on back) but now we are back to our regularly scheduled weekend gameweeks, so let's get to it:
I. Manchester United @ Arsenal: Sol Campbell is old, and much slower, and will face off against a Wayne Rooney in the form of his life on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

Given the financial situation at the moment, the news that Fulham defender Chris Smalling is to sign for Manchester United came as quite a shock.

The transfer is reported to be in the region of £8million. That seems like a lot of money paid for someone who has only started once for Fulham, though he has featured in eight games all together.

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Given the financial situation at the moment, the news that Fulham defender Chris Smalling is to sign for Manchester United came as quite a shock.

The transfer is reported to be in the region of £8million. That seems like a lot of money paid for someone who has only started once for Fulham, though he has featured in eight games all together.

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Searching through this morning's news in the search of some credible transfer gossip, I stumbled across a worrying headline that reinforced the view that John Terry – and others at Chelsea – are wielding too much power at the club.
The headline, in the Daily Express, unwaveringly says: "Terry: I run Chelsea with Lampard and Drogba".

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Searching through this morning's news in the search of some credible transfer gossip, I stumbled across a worrying headline that reinforced the view that John Terry – and others at Chelsea – are wielding too much power at the club.
The headline, in the Daily Express, unwaveringly says: "Terry: I run Chelsea with Lampard and Drogba".

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While most EPL fans saw the African Cup of Nations as a distraction, the continent's showpiece tournament actually had amazing potential.
An in-form Didier Drogba, perhaps the greatest striker in the world, a coming together of African nations, on the "up" on the world stage, in the same year that South Africa will host The World Cup. Click to continue reading...

There is of course a downside to the age of instant analysis, with blogs posting instant opinions about the political under-trappings of a football tournament held an ocean or a continent away, in a country very few knew much about geographically only a few days ago. I don't know how many times today I've read writers who in one sentence condemn the conflation of Angola and South Africa ahead of the 2010 World Cup, but in the next are content to speak about how Friday's attack on the Togolese football team bus in Cabinda has affected "African football's legacy" in "African football's biggest year. Click to continue reading...

With 2009 over and done with it seems appropriate to do a mini-review of the campaign so far. United currently lie second in the table and are just two points behind Chelsea, who lose the likes of Michael Essien and Didier Drogba to the African Cup Of Nations in January. Things are looking pretty good when all things are considered, so I'll start with the positive points.

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My personal list of my 10 favourite players in 2010:10) John Terry: Strong for Chelsea and for England.9) Michael Essien: Scored one of the best goals of the year against Barcelona in the CL and has been one of the best players in the PL. His has besides this also been an important part of Ghana's awesome Worle Cup qualifying side. Click to continue reading...

1. Help Us, Obi-Wan Kenobi... You're Our Only Hope...
I fear that even the unquestionable ability of a learned Jedi Knight, albeit a dead one, can not save us from our current predicament.
Well, Tuesday night was fun, wasn't it? Another toothless, faltering performance, punctuated with costly errors, firmly embedding us within the relegation morass. Click to continue reading...

It is far too early in the season to guess who will eventually win the plaudits from both players and writers alike but here are my top five performers of the campaign so far.

5.) Richard Dunne (Aston Villa) – Man City were absolutely crazy to let such an influential figure go.

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An excellent video compilation for Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, made by the talented CFC8Scott you can see more of his videos here.

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PlainSoccer.com Premier League Leaderboard: Week 15
Player Club Goals Assists Combined 1.Fabregas, Cesc Arsenal 6 10 16 -.Drogba, Didier Chelsea 11 5 16 2.Persie, Robin van Arsenal 7 7 14 3.Defoe, Jermaine Tottenham 12 1 13 4. Click to continue reading...

Siempre en todo mundial hay un "grupo de la muerte", siempre hay dos selecciones que tienen rivalidad, otras selecciones que vienen jugando bien y uno que otro equipo que viene de relleno.

Pues bien, en este sorteo el Grupo G ha sido el tan aclamado grupo mortal y en el que se encuentran:

Brasil

llega como una autentica potencia, jugando eficazmente y con una eliminatoria un tanto fácil, aunque su comienzo para llegar a esta justa mundialista se vio criticado por la forma en cómo Dunga plantaba al equipo brasileño.

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Congratulations to Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who takes the Ballon d'Or this year. He was voted head and mini-shoulders above the rest of the competition by journalists as the best player in Europe.

It's the first time an Argentinian player has won and Leo won big beating last year's winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, by the biggest vote margin in the competition's history.

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Congratulations to Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who takes the Ballon d'Or this year. He was voted head and mini-shoulders above the rest of the competition by journalists as the best player in Europe.

It's the first time an Argentinian player has won and Leo won big beating last year's winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, by the biggest vote margin in the competition's history.

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La pulce d'oro

Prevedibile e meritato. Leo Messi scrive il proprio nome nel prestigioso palmarès della rivista France Football.

Nelle prime sette posizioni, eccetto Eto'o, giocano tutti nella Liga. Ecco la classifica dei primi 10:

1. Lionel Messi
2.

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Née bother...
15 Footballers' Names As They'd Appear If They Took Their Wives' Surnames Rather Than The Other Way Around
1. Ashley Tweedy (Chelsea)
2. Carlos Mansillo (Man City)
3. Didier Diakite (Chelsea)
4. Fernando Liste (Liverpool)
5. Jamie Hart (Liverpool)
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by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Not the greatest round-up of Arsenal stories from this morning's papers today but what scant coverage there is is pretty much here. First off we have RVP telling the Sun that he does not believe his game is similar to his Liverpool and Chelsea counterparts Torres and Drogba.

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Ahead of our match against Chelsea, RoM and The Chelsea Blog teamed up for a discussion to put you in the mood for Sunday.

Scott the Red: The question has been raised a few times in the media who would you prefer out of Drogba, Rooney and Torres? Why?

The Chelsea Blog: The first thought that came into my head was Drogba.

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A Much Improved Bolton Suffer Heavy Defeat

• Tuesday, Ocotber 31, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 22,680
• Referee: Peter Walton

• Jlloyd Samuel [45+1]
• Frank Lampard [45+2]
• Paul Robinson [57]
• Deco [61]
• Paulo Ferreira [80]
• Zat Knight (og) [82]
• Didier Drogba [90+1]

It was going so well until the stroke of half–time, a clipped heel took Drogba down, Chelsea ahead and The Wanderers down to 10 men.

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All of a sudden, it seems no-one wants to win Ligue 1 this season. Every time a team rises to the top of the pile, they quickly lose their next game and fall from grace again.
Such is the case for Lyon who recently replaced long-standing leaders Bordeaux at the top end of Ligue 1. Their trip to Nice seemed barely troublesome after beating Liverpool in the Champions League last week, but they hadn't accounted for the home side's desperate need for points. Click to continue reading...

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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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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"Didier had a scan and there's no problem with his calf," assistant coach Ray Wilkins said Tuesday. "It was just the most horrendous bout of cramp.

"We thought he couldn't release the muscle and it might be something more nasty but he'll be able to take part on Saturday.

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. Image by Getty Images via Daylife In what was being touted as a high profile game turned out to be a one sided affair as Chelsea defeated fellow London club Tottenham Hotspurs 3-0. The match saw both teams having their fair share of chances in the beginning. But as Ashley Cole used a Didier Drogba [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea supporters know all too well the defensive contribution made by one Didier Drogba. What we weren't aware of was the Drogs' Jesus-like view of himself in this light.

"I often sacrifice myself for the good of the team," Drogba said, where and to whom I have no idea.

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TalkSport ran a poll to see who the Premiership's all-time biggest diver was. Cristiano Ronaldo, who is talked of a lot more fondly in the media now that he has left us, finished an impressive fourth, way behind Steven Gerrard!

Jürgen Klinsmann - 35%
Steven Gerrard - 29%
Didier Drogba - 18%
Cristiano Ronaldo -12%
David Ginola - 6%

"Worst Premiership Divers" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

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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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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The run down to the closure of the transfer window has seen Boro heavily involved in transfer activity, sadly it is with news of imminent departures rather than squad additions.

Sky are reporting that Robert Huth and Tuncay Sanli are undergoing medicals ahead of a move to Stoke City for a reported joint fee of around £11M.

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. Image by proforged via Flickr Chelsea have continued their good start to the Premier League campaign by defeating Fulham 2-0 at Craven Cottage. Chelsea dominated the game but Fulham put up a dogged resistance against their London rivals. Their resistance was broken down in the 39th minute though. Click to continue reading...

EXPENSIVE Didier Drogba (Chelsea) Yes, he's a bit of a c**t, but I still rate The Drog as the best striker in the world; only when he wants to be though. Luckily for Chelsea fans, it looks like their favourite...

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Alright, let's just consider this back full time now...Let's start with the guy Charlie Davies is replacing at Sochaux, Paris Saint-Germain speedster Mevlüt Erdinç...Wigan's Hugo Rodallega stuns Brad Friedel and Aston Villa... Rodallega Wonder Goal Against Aston Villa - The most popular videos are a click awayWill someone please hurry up and buy VVV Venlo's Keisuke Honda already? Click to continue reading...