Sorry for not posting yesterday, my realish job took precedent, and I was still recovering from an
emotional playoff weekend plus news that Real Fucking Salt Lake, those bastards whose goose TFC
were supposed to have cooked back in October as Rollins expertly pointed out yesterday, will be
playing for the MLS Cup.
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Anfield Talk 13 November @ 08:46 PM EST
Liverpool striker David Ngog claims team-mate Fernando Torres is the best striker in the world and
has played down his role as a direct replacement.
The French youngster has netted four goals from nine games this season and now heads the list of
replacements for crocked first-choice Torres.
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Ahead of today's game I had several concerns about how we were going to get on. I was worried
that we were going to get outpassed in midfield. I worried that Didier Drogba would have too much
for our third and fourth choice central defenders. I was worried after the less than passionate
display against Liverpool that our players would struggle again to get themselves up for a big
game.
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         Apart from John O'shea, combs , certain other articles which are used  to
scratch your back but generally aren't meant to be used that way and Carlton Palmer  there are
only very few things that can be termed as multipurpose. One of them is the word "Hello". You
receive a call you say "Hello" as a greeting.
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Today, ArsenalStation and, regular guest contributor, Ted Harwood, discuss the
merits, deficiencies, and perceptions of Abou Diaby. You are welcome to comment on your take on
Abou Diaby.
ARSENALSTATION SAYS: I've had this debate about Diaby for 2 years now.
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EPL Talk 05 November @ 11:30 AM EST
Ten years ago today, when I was still single, I threw a party for about 20 of my friends in my
studio apartment. It was November 5th, 1999. On a shoestring budget, I had an assortment of sausage
rolls and poppadoms available for people to eat and plenty of bottles of beer to wash the food
down.
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Alan Dzagoev showed exactly why he is Russia's brightest new hope with a masterful display on
how to use operational space.
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I was first alerted to the dazzling talents of Alan Dzagoev during a 1-1 draw against Aston
Villa in last year's Europa Cup campaign and it is noticeable to see just how far he has come since
then.
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Gary Speed, the former great Newcastle midfielder, is now assistant manager to Kevin Blackwell at
Sheffield United. Gary Speed - assistant manager at the Blades Gary will be planning the downfall
of Newcastle United, his former club, tonight and we have to hope he will not be successful. Gary,
who is best friends of course with a [.
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During the summer of 2006 the press predicted the downfall of Manchester United after our two
best players had seemingly fallen out during the World Cup.
Apparently there was no way they could both continue at the club and we were doomed.
When on the opening day of the season we beat Fulham 5-1 with Rooney and Ronaldo both scoring
and helping each other score, there were lots of disappointed people!
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The dispute between several clubs in the USL's first division and the league's administrators
has reached the end-game this week, and Triangle Offense is reporting that the breakaway Team
Owners Association is submitting its application for recognition as a league to the US Soccer
Federation.
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Before Sunday's game between Liverpool and Manchester United, Liverpool were supposedly in
crisis. While their manager Rafa Benitez has got some relief from the enormous pressure on him, the
questions regarding the team's dependence on Gerrard and Torres will come up again in the future.
Liverpool fully deserved their victory and this does not reflect well on the quality of the United
team.
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Apologies to Ireland, Slovenia, Ukraine and Bosnia. FIFA does not want you at the World Cup in
South Africa next summer. So fervent was its determination that the rules of the competition were
changed midway through it with the introduction of a seeding system in the qualifying
play-offs.
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As we've been reporting recently on Jeu Du Jour, each of the main contenders for the Ligue 1 title
this season have been losing their unbeaten records one by one. Going into last weekend's games,
only two were left and one of those, unsurprisingly, was the seemingly unbeatable Bordeaux.
Unbeatable, that is, until Saturday when Saint Etienne, of all teams, handed out a 3-1 beating at
the Stade Geoffrey-Guichard knocking the French champions off the top spot.
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After losing to Legia Warsaw 0-2 in the Polish classic, Lech Poznan is already nine points
behind the leaders Wisla Krakow in the Ekstraklasa. The team that last year represented Poland
proudly in the European competition made a huge step backwards this term. What are the reasons
behind this temporary downfall?
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I wrote following the Derby defeat that once the dust settled, Hughes would be more reflective on
the game as a whole, summising as follows:
In the cold light of day though when the emotion from the defeat settles, Hughes will
look at the game and be concerned at the way and manner in which we conceded the goals despite the
huge investment in that area.
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The first defeat of the season is always the most tricky one to deal with. Perhaps that explains
why some feel that the earlier it comes, the better. At the beginning of the 2007-08
season, a determined young Arsenal squad made a typically flying start to
the campaign.
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Yes you heard that right. The team out of Nation's captial, the Black and Red, walked away with
a victory not only on the road, but out of the country. To put the icing on the cake, it was their
first victory in 2 years in the CONCACAF Champions League. The downfall to all of this...the goal
came off a 14th minute penalty kick by Christian Gomez.
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The new van Basten or Barcelona's downfall? The striker goes back to Inter this week doing what he
does best: dividing opinions
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There are about 50 variations of this scene from the film "Downfall" parodied for the purposes of
adding humor to an otherwise disappointing situation in football, but I laugh almost every time.
The latest comes in light of the Chelsea Transfer Ban.
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God, You would think we had just been relegated the way the media and some around Liverpool have
reacted to last night's strange defeat to Aston Villa.
We caused our own downfall last evening thanks to errors by Lucas and Steve Gerrard.
But we had 21 shots with 11 on target compared to Villa's 6 strikes on goal, we didn't play badly
and did not deserve to get beaten.
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End of the line for the Brazilian midfielder?
Anderson has been told he can leave Manchester United following a furious fall-out with
manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
It is understood the Brazilian reacted badly after he was dropped for the season curtain raiser
Community Shield defeat to Chelsea, after losing his place in the starting XI to Irish youngster
Darron Gibson.
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After a run of good form, FC Dallas came back down to earth, falling 2-0 to the Columbus Crew. Once
again, a set piece situation was the downfall for Dallas as Vampire Dario (he fears the cross) fell
victim to a Chad Marshall header.
Comments about the match quickly fall by the wayside as the worst play-by-play man in sports, Brad
Sham, takes a beating from fans for yet another abysmal performance behind the microphone showing
he knows shit about soccer and should just stick to kissing Jerry Jones' ass.
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goalpost.tv 15 August @ 02:39 PM EST
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Burnley started off their first season in England's top flight for 33 years with a defeat away
to a Stoke side who showed why they avoided relegation last time around.
Two first half set pieces proved to be Burnley's downfall; the highly rated Ryan Shawcross
opened the scoring with an unchallenged header then Rory Delap continued his throw-in antics with a
perfectly weighted ball that Stephen Jordan glanced into the back of the net.
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Midfielder's departure may well have a positive effect at Anfield.
Xabi Alonso's exit from Liverpool may have been on the cards for a while, however it may not be
the disaster Liverpool fans are making it out to be. There is not doubt Liverpool are losing a
great player, his vision and passing are second to none, however his play in the last third of the
pitch was never world class.
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Believe it or not, John Terry was a player I was once an admirer of. I knew that he'd turned us
down in favour of Chelsea when he was lad, despite his dad bringing him up a United fan, but kids
do stupid things, eh?
Lots of people seemed to see Terry like I did though, which probably contributed to his
downfall.
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With the annual friendly with Barnet only a couple of days away, the question arises in the mind
of every Arsenal fan, if the team is capable of ending their four year drought for silverware. The
pre season matches to be played will help us make a better assessment of the team's
capabilities.
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KICKETTE 16 July @ 08:43 AM EST
Peter Crouch has proposed to his girlfriend, Abigail Clancy. During their recent holiday in
Sardinia, he popped the question - and of course, she said yes.
Peter and Abbey have been dating for 3 years.
The early part of their relationship was a little hectic, with the two breaking up after Abbey's
cocaine scandal and some sort of drama with another bloke.
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KICKETTE 16 July @ 08:43 AM EST
Peter Crouch has proposed to his girlfriend, Abigail Clancy. During their recent holiday in
Sardinia, he popped the question - and of course, she said yes.
Peter and Abbey have been dating for 3 years.
The early part of their relationship was a little hectic, with the two breaking up after Abbey's
cocaine scandal and some sort of drama with another bloke.
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Well we didn't see that one coming did we?
Just when Michael Owen looked set to check out property in Stoke or Hull Sir Alex Ferguson gave him
the phone call he dreamed of and snapped him up from under the nose of perma-tanned wonder Phil
Brown.
The destination of Owen's next club had been one of a handful of tedious, recurring stories over
the summer, along with Ronaldo and Man City and their Arabian chequebook.
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Regular users of the network of independent websites, Rivals.net, were in for something of a
surprise when they logged in last week only to find a blank page with only the cursory message,
"âRivals.net is currently unavailable" replacing their unofficial fan site. Rather than being a
temporary blip, however, this was permanent.
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Last year, Tim tried valiantly to chronicle the downfall, but gave up a week in. He hadn't yet
even gotten to this one, but I don't know if any of them hold a candle to this one, Ode To A Koala
Bear.
Yes, you read that correctly. Ode To A Koala Bear. Proceed with caution.
What's even scarier is that this piece of crap is the B-side to his hit duet with Michael
Jackson, Say Say Say.
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Soccer Pie 29 June @ 07:00 AM EST
Brazilian coach, who is currently employed in Uzbekistan, found some time to give his thoughts
on the burning issues in football. Big Phil believes that main reasons behind Ronaldinho's
downfall are the fact that he is overweight and that he's lost
the passion for the beautiful game.
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Odds are tricky. In math (well, more specifically, statistical probability theory), the "odds"Â
in favor of a specific event occurring are difficult to calculate. In fact, some of the formulas
used for solving complex odds equations are confusing enough to make one's head explode sort of
like the US MNT's play recently has made my head explode.
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Giuseppe Rossi is providing the latest evidence that there is plenty of soccer-playing talent in
the U.S. The downfall of the national team, and the MLS, though, is a lack of ability to identify
and develop young players.
U.S. administrators and coaches often fail to project the future of players.
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