Liverpool legend Dietmar Hamann has come to Rafa Benitez's aid by saying "People calling for Rafa's head are very premature, he has been there five years and has improved them every season.
Rafa has got everything a top-class manager needs, he will be turn it around. The team is good enough to pull through, they were pretty unlucky against Fulham. Click to continue reading...

"There is a massive difference in money but we have better fans than United."

I don't know whether I'd describe the difference as 'massive', but yes, Rafael Benitez has spent more money than Sir Alex Ferguson.

Money
Liverpool
2004/2005
In:
Djibril Cisse £14m
Xabi Alonso £10.

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.Arsenal Transfered In: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax, £11m), Damian Martinez (Club Athletico Independiente, £1.3m), Jamie Edge (Cheltenham, undisc) Transfered Out: Abu Ogogo (Dag & Red, free), Amaury Bischoff (Academica de Coimbra, free), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man C, £25m), Kolo Toure (Man C, £14m), Jay Simpson (QPR, loan), James Dunne (Exeter, free), Rui Fonte (Lisbon, free), Rene Steer (Oldham, free), [. Click to continue reading...

Eduardo, UEFA's scapegoat.

Let me begin by conveying how absolutely disgusted I am about this entire episode. First the dive by Eduardo (lets not kid ourselves, it WAS a dive) and then the hypocritical way UEFA has dealt with it.

We see the same circumstances every week. A player suffers insignificant contact and goes down and is awarded (or not) a penalty.

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Time for you all to feel sorry for footballers without a home for the new season!

Footballers rarely deserve sympathy in today's cash-drenched game.
Fans are fed up with hearing of players being paid six figures for a week's work, especially when that involves pulling on their boots for a few hours each day.

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It's not often you feel sorry for footballers. After all, their heartache is pretty minimal when you hold it up against the light of the real world.

Three weeks till payday and not a penny in the bank account? Well Carlos here never got a single text off Sir Alex in all the time he played for Manchester United!

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The transfer merry-go-round is starting to wind itself up. A few big money moves have already taken place - Ronaldo, Kaka, Glen Johnson - and the next few days are bound to see some more cash flying around. Click to continue reading...

Not good news for former Anfield man. According to The Times, Manchester City midfielder Dietmar Hamann is being sued by betting firm Sporting Index over £600,000 he owes for gambling losses that date back to May 2006. By December last year, Hamann, 35, who spent seven years playing for Liverpool, had racked . Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you skate your dress off (NSFW) ........ Stephen Ireland has the worst wheels ever. (The Spoiler) City's list of failed transfers. (guardian) Eduardo's latest rehab performance. (101 Great Goals) The Forgotten Man: Dietmar Hamann (EPL Talk) Posing some life or death questions. (FM Offside) Andrei Arshavin's agent goes off his rocker again. Click to continue reading...

With all of the attention focused on Manchester City's latest acquisition, defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong signed from Hamburger SV for a fee believed to be around £18 million spare a thought for the latest forgotten man at Eastlands, Dietmar Hamann. Just as left back Wayne Bridge pushed Javier Garrido and Michael Ball to [. Click to continue reading...

With all of the attention focused on Manchester City's latest acquisition, defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong signed from Hamburger SV for a fee believed to be around £18 million spare a thought for the latest forgotten man at Eastlands, Dietmar Hamann. Just as left back Wayne Bridge pushed Javier Garrido and Michael Ball to [. Click to continue reading...

After plenty of speculation, it's finally happened. Just hours after AC Milan said that Kaka wasn't for sale, the newswires went crazy over the fact Manchester City has indeed opened talks to purchase the star player, and the figures are simply staggering. The 100 million euro purchase price, yes it's there. Click to continue reading...

The most profitable single game in the world was won by...no, not Manchester United...no, not the New York Giants...Hull City last season, as the Tigers' 1-0 Coca-Cola Championship playoff final victory over Bristol City at Wembley will net the East Yorkshire club an estimated $120 million when all is said and done. Click to continue reading...

EPL Para-Roundup Dirk Kuijt converted 2 PK's to beat 9-man Everton (Howard got his hand to both PKs but couldn't follow through). Rooney scored a brace to lead Man Utd over Aston Villa 4-1 but he had 3 other sitters (one a PK) missing his chance for a hat-trick (that's still 5 goals in the last [...] Click to continue reading...

Led by the magical, enigmatic Elano, Man City were a class above Newcastle United, as they convincingly won 3-1. The Toon side played well, and against any other side, may have come away with a point. Obefemi Martin scored a gem of a goal, further reinforcing the belief that he is a scorer of great goals, not a great goal scorer.
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Is it just me or has Man City made all the right moves? First they accept the bid of the Thai version of Abramovich. Then they hire one of the most successful unemployed-at-the-time coaches in Sven-Göran Eriksson. Finally, they give Sven a huge spending purse to buy what he feels the team needs.
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I wasn't going to write anything else about this match, but I just can't help myself. This was a tremendous match, exciting, intense, and fun to watch. Basically it was Micah Richards' 'coming out' match as, despite similarly great performances from Richard Dunne and Peter Schmeichel, Jr, overall he takes Man of the Match honors. Didi Hamann also stepped up in the second as his calming presence was ever crucial. Click to continue reading...

I wasn't going to write anything else about this match, but I just can't help myself. This was a tremendous match, exciting, intense, and fun to watch. Basically it was Micah Richards' 'coming out' match as, despite similarly great performances from Richard Dunne and Peter Schmeichel, Jr, overall he takes Man of the Match honors. Didi Hamann also stepped up in the second as his calming presence was ever crucial. Click to continue reading...