Blackburn star parks his truck where he likes El-Hadji Diouf enjoyed his lunch at a Manchester restaurant and also took advantage of convenient parking facilities by ditching his gold-plated gas guzzler in a loading only bay. But the Blackburn forward avoid a parking ticket (presumably because the vehicle is so inconspicuous that the traffic wardens missed [. Click to continue reading...

Well, the game kicks off in half an hour, I need to get a shift on.

Blackburn and their vile manager are visiting the Grove this afternoon and after United slipped up yesterday we need to take advantage and close the points gap, especially with Liverpool and Chelsea playing each other. This season is certainly shaping up to be an interesting one, teams lower down the table believe they can beat any of the top 4 teams this season and we have had a fair few suprises in a short amount of time.

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Lineups are in:

Arsenal: Starters: Mannone, Sagna, Vermaelen, Gallas, Clichy, Song, Fabregas, Diaby, Rosicky, van Persie, Arshavin Bench: Szczęsny, Gibbs, Silvestre, Eboue, Ramsey, Walcott, Bendtner

Blackburn: Starters: Robinson, Chimbonda, Givet, Olsson, Jacobsen, Nzonzi, Dunn, Andrews, Emerton, Diouf, Di Santo Bench: Brown, McCarthy, Pederson, Salgado, Kalinic, Hollett, Jones

Not sure what Arsenal's formation will be it will either be a 4-4-2 with Rosicky playing as a "true" winger, or a 4-3-3, with Rosicky playing a "forward" winger role alongside van Persie and Arshavin.

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The Game

Arsenal are after their third consecutive Premiership win after beating Wigan and Fulham in their last two games. Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner are both back for the Gunners with Walcott celebrating his first official game of the season after making a comeback from a back injury.

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The Game

Arsenal are after their third consecutive Premiership win after beating Wigan and Fulham in their last two games. Theo Walcott and Nicklas Bendtner are both back for the Gunners with Walcott celebrating his first official game of the season after making a comeback from a back injury.

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After yesterday's draw at home to Sunderland, United have now dropped five points this season. Liverpool have dropped six and Chelsea three. With the latter two meeting this afternoon, at least one of those numbers will increase.

We've dropped six, but bearing in mind we've already travelled to United, City, Everton and Fulham in our first six games, that's a pretty favourable number compared to the rest.

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Who: Arsenal (7th) Vs Blackburn (14th)
What: Barclays Premier League, Round 7 for both teams
Where: Emirates Stadium, London N5, England
When: Sunday, 4th October 2009, 13:30 BST, 14:30 CET (Catch the live streaming right here! Click to continue reading...

Hear ye! Hear ye! The court is in session, Judge Longshot presiding.

A fortnight back, the right honorable Mickey Marbles told you how outraged he was that that poor Paddy Kenny was getting 9 months without football for forgetting to read the ingredients on some medicine.

Well, I wonder if anyone will be handing out 9 months for Ade's stamp on Van Persie, Diouf's racist faux Pas or Bellamys doh-boy on a supporter, the greatest ever example of the sh*t hitting the fan.

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Finally, we have some good injury news. Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that United's new signing Gabriel Obertan should be ready to make his debut in six weeks. The winger...
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A lot of news agencies are reporting that Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled out any other signings prior to the close of the transfer window. That's not quite the case. In an interview with The Independent, Ferguson admitted that, after the Burnley match, he saw considerable problems with his United side.

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Blackburn Rovers enter the first full year of the Big Sam era.� He's already put his stamp on the team - Samba as a lone center-forward anyone? - and this year should see further consolidation.� They start the season injured with Nelsen, Samba, Gallagher, Emerton, Grella, Dunn, and Reid in various states of crocked. Click to continue reading...

We finally got a win, with the only goal of the match coming from a very nicely set up play.

Here is the first video I could find of the goal

Overall the team showed some promise but lacked consistency throughout. There were times when everything was going smoothly. Passes were being made, plays were built up, and a few chances were created.

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Highlights Below (Pavlis Goal, Burgas Goal, and Scocco post)

Again, another draw for AEK. I believe that's our third from three friendlies. Perhaps not an encouraging result on paper, but in reality, AEK dominated the match.

Each half saw two different lineups. The first half seemed to have what might be considered to main squad, consisting of players such as Scocco, Blanco, and Majstorovic.

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First Half:
Cavalieri
Degen Carragher San Jose Agger
Benayoun Mascherano Lucas Babel
Ngog Voronin
Subs:
Gulasci for Cavalieri 46'
Riera for Babel 46'
Insua for San Jose 46'
Kuyt for Benayoun 61'
Torres for Voronin 61'
Plessis for Mascherano 61'
Pacheco for Lucas 61'
Nemeth for Ngog 61'
Spearing for Degen 61'
Kelly for Carragher 61'
Reina for Gulasci 78'
Alonso for Agger 78'
Dossena for Riera 78'
Goals:
Voronin 45+1'
Riera 54'
Nemeth 73' 83'
Torres 80'
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Red Devils' new striker goes into denial over move New Manchester United signing Mame Biram Diouf thought his transfer to Old Trafford was a wind-up. The Senegalese young striker will join from Norwegian outfit Molde in January in a £2 million deal. But the 21-year-old thought the deal was too good to be true. Click to continue reading...

According to Manchester United's official website, Manchester United have agreed to buy Molde F.K. striker Mame Biram Diouf. Diouf will stay at his old club on loan until January where he will then join United. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said,

"We weren't intending on signing anyone else after [Gabriel Obertan] last week - we feel we have a full squad - but the situation accelerated to a point where other clubs started to make bids, so we had a decision to make.

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It looks like a summer of surprises for Manchester United thus far, doesn't it? After swooping for Michael Owen and signing a little-known young French winger in Gabriel Obertan, United have pulled another rabbit out of the transfer hat with their latest signing.

They've been busy this summer, but not nearly as busy as their city rivals, who appear to be meeting a little frustration with at least one of their current targets.

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Manchester United have signed 21-year-old striker Mame Biram Diouf from Norwegian club Molde.
The player, originally from Senegal, will join the English champions in January, pending a medical, and remain in Norway until then.
"Mame Biram Diouf will go through medical checks at Manchester United next week and will join the club in January," Molde stated.

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Image from: mirror.co.uk Bio: Born: December 10, 1987 (Aged 21) Height: 6'1" Position: Striker Only some days after Sir Alex announced that United will not sign any new players, the latest news today for the club was that they signed 21-year old striker, Mame Biram Diouf, of Senegalese origin, from Molde FK in Norway. Click to continue reading...

Less than a week after Fergie said he wouldn't be signing any more players this summer, what does he go and do? You've guessed it... Today Manchester United announced the signing of Senegal international Mame Biram Diouf (pictured above) from...

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Just a few days after Fergie hinted that the club's transfer business was done for the summer the United manager has confirmed they have agreed a deal for a new striker. Senegalese born Mame Biram Diouf is expected to sign subject to passing a medical next week, however he will be loaned out to his current club Molde until January. Click to continue reading...

Much like the heroine addict who swears this is his last hit, Manchester United (and Sir Alex Ferguson) need just one more hit to get them through their Asia tour. As previously discussed, Fergie made it quite clear that United were done in the transfer window (leading some incredibly astute individuals to wonder whether or not this was smoke and mirrors).

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Por Sole Leyva
En Yoff, una barriada en las afueras de ese puzzle de barriadas que es Dakar, la capital de Senegal, en cuyos mercadillos las falsificaciones de las zamarras del Madrid y Barcelona valen cinco euros al cambio -con un poco de barro impregnado, eso sí-, vive el padre Joaquín, un salesiano de un pequeño pueblo de Zamora, que hace dos décadas cogió los zarríos y se marchó a África de misionero. Click to continue reading...

7:45am, live in the US on Setanta
Last 4 head-to-head:
3-1 Liverpool (a) 12.06.08
3-1 Liverpool (h) 04.13.08
0-0 (a) 11.03.07
0-1 Blackburn (a) 12.26.06
Last 3 matches:
Liverpool: 1-3 Chelsea (h); 1-0 Fulham (a); 5-0 Villa (h)
Blackburn: 2-1 Spurs (h); 1-1 West Ham (h); 0-4 Arse (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Gerrard 13; Torres 9; Kuyt 8; Benayoun 4; Alonso, Riera 3; Aurelio, Babel 2; Arbeloa, Carragher, Dossena, Hyypia, Ngog 1
Blackburn: McCarthy 8; Roberts 7; Santa Cruz 4; Andrews, Warnock 3; Derbyshire, Ooijer, Samba 2; Diouf, Dunn, Emerton, Tugay
Referee: Mike Riley
Guess at a squad:
Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Hyypia Insua
Alonso Mascherano
Benayoun Kuyt Riera
Torres
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AEK grabbed another thre points this weekend to move into one point within second place in the standings. Goals for AEK came from Djebbour, Blanco (who is now top-scorer), and substitue Edinho. Levadeiakos' only goal came from an own goal after a Levadeiakos shot rebounded off Tacthtidis' foot, catching Saja off guard. Click to continue reading...

AEK put five past Panserraikos in Serres this evening, with two goals coming from Blanco, two from Djebbour, and one from Scocco. Panserraikos' goal came from a penalty. AEK, in what was arguably one of its best performances this season had no trouble with the team from Serres. Considering Pnaserraikos had just come back from beating [. Click to continue reading...

Deformed Blackburn striker poses no threat Any concerned OTP readers who have been keeping their mum (and possibly dad) under lock and key to keep them away from self-professed sex fiend El-Hadji Diouf can breathe easy. The Blackburn Rovers striker appears to short of a few fingers, an eye and, of course, a brain. Click to continue reading...

The madness is over, the phones are silenced, and January transfer window is closed. With all the snow and traffic collapse in London, the news of the day was Andrei Arshavin's transfer to Arsenal. A real soap opera lasted over 24 hours, minute after minute contradictory news arrived and it even seemed that nothing is [. Click to continue reading...

Another great article from former Republic of Ireland forward Tony Cascarino, where Tony questions the recent signings that Keane has made including Pascal Chimbonda, El Hadji Diouf, and Djibril Cisse. I disagree with Tony on his views though as I think Roy is doing the best he can within his resources to bring in players that can help make Sunderland a respectable team within the Premier League and keep them out of a relegation battle. Click to continue reading...

With the season underway it is already looking like it may be dominated by at least 3 of the Big Four teams. The top teams will concede fewer goals and keep more clean sheets, so their defenders make fine choices. We looked recently at Arsenal defenders; but which team will provide better value in the backs between Liverpool and Chelsea? Click to continue reading...

Senegalese striker Mame Biram Diouf is being targeted by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger. Scouts have been impressed by Diouf's performances where he has scored 15 times in 34 games for his current club FC Molde in Norway. However, it is not only Arsenal who's attention the 20-year old has attracted, and The Gunners will face stiff competition [. Click to continue reading...

With the season here in a few weeks, Soccer Statistics thought we'd unleash our statistical analysis tools on some of the transfers from the previous few weeks.
Player: El-Hadji Diouf
New Club: Sunderland
Fee: £2.5million
Soccer Statistics Verdict: Approve
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The Summer transfer window is not nearly closed yet, so a good bit more will likely happen. I hope so anyway. We still have some serious holes to fill. But things have slowed to such a point that there is little to write about or even link to. Saja is supposed to officially sign today, [...] Click to continue reading...