Happy Monday to you from a very wild and rainy Dublin.

Still lots of misinformation abounding regarding Robin van Persie's injury. This morning's Sun says he could miss the 'entire season' and says Arsene is 'gutted' but the news from the player himself isn't so bad. The Dutch FA have confirmed that there's a 'partial rupture' of his ankle ligaments but there's no requirement for surgery, which is a good thing.

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took 3 unanswered goals to the Columbus Crew tonight and the Crew (the best team in the league all season) is out. I only have one thing to say...MAN, did I pick the right team to adopt or what!?

There's something about this win for RSL that screams inflation and deflation. On one hand RSL is on top of the world, probably thinking (as is best) that they can run the table and win the MLS Cup.

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International week always feels a bit odd when the season has just got going. You've just about got used to two games a week, Premier League, Champions League, Carling Cup plus whatever else you can find to watch and then it all stops for the internationals.Â

Luckily for England it wasn't a crucial match over in the Ukraine and Rio Ferdinand has to count himself lucky that yet another mistake was only seen by a few that bothered to pay £10 to watch the game on the internet.

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Real Madrid spent the summer spending their money. Â REALLY spending their money. Â After forking over 136 Million Euros on Ronaldo and Kaka' the boys in Madrid didn't stop. Â They also acquired Karim Benzema in a move that could only compete with the New York Yankees.

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Sriwijaya are hoping to bring 35 year Liberian striker Oliver Makor to Indonesia next month. The old guy, recommended by his compatriot Zah Rahan, would complete their allowance of three foreigners.
Makor, who has recently spent time in Greece, the country not the musical which is spelt differnt anyway, is a Liberian international. Click to continue reading...

I get on the MLS referees pretty good at times. Heck, who am I kidding? I beat 'em like eggs. So it's just fair that I comment when the men in the middle get things right. And they got things right in Round 22 of Major League Soccer when it came to dealing with the miscreants. It [...] Click to continue reading...

Rough week this week so far for Vasco, if only you knew. 4-5-1 last week, interesting week, no one thought Dallas would beat Chicago in Chicago. Two really crappy PK calls late in games.
USSF needs to make improvements in their refs. DC has already lost seven points because of ref calls.
Eight games this week over four days starting with Thursday night. Click to continue reading...

It is the Friday of what has been a long, sleepless week for me. I've just eaten a pile of eggs covered in hash browns and hot sauce with a Red Bull on the side for breakfast but I am still feeling a bit slow; I'm paying the price for staying up to watch the KC v. RBNY match on DVR after getting home from DJing. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool legend John Barnes has hailed the progress of Rafael Benitez's side this season even if they fail to win the Barclays Premier League title.
Liverpool's recent quarter- final elimination from the Champions League by Chelsea left them focusing solely on overhauling leaders Manchester United. Click to continue reading...

Part 8 of Premiership Talk's season preview features Stoke City and Sunderland.
Stoke City
Best Case: 16th place. Stoke finished in second place in the Championship last year, ensuring automatic promotion to the big time. Their squad, however, is full of Premiership rejects. Their main addition of the summer is former Reading striker Dave Kitson, who surely doesn't have enough to single-handedly keep the club in the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Our prediction ability started out a little rusty in the quarterfinals. (Which is a polite way of saying we collectively sucked eggs.) We were wrong for Germany-Portugal, Croatia-Turkey, and Netherlands-Russia. But finally, in the last game, we got it right, picking Spain over Italy. Now is our chance Click to continue reading...

After the first five minutes of Italy v Spain I just KNEW the game would be decided on penalties. I just knew it!! 2 hours of tedium, 2 hours of boredom, 2 hours of nothing.

It wasn't Spain's fault they just couldn't break down the masters of negative football - 'Let's play for penalties chaps, Spain haven't won a penalty shootout on the 22nd June before.

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It's hard to put into words just how bad the Wizards played last night. In front of an honest to god sell out crowd, the Wizards laid one of the biggest eggs in team history, with a 3-0 loss to the Crew. The Wizards looked unable to do the simplest of soccer basics like passing and marking. The Crew scored early and after that, the Wizards never looked like there were going to score. Click to continue reading...

Yet more rumours today, circulating possible exits for three Tottenham players who aren't exactly the most important players at White Hart Lane, but could still be worth holding onto. England international Tom Huddlestone is high on David Moyes Everton wish list but, with Tottenham notoriously difficult to deal with, Moyes will not place all his eggs [. Click to continue reading...

Jose Mourinho will be remembered for many things over the four years he's been at Chelsea Football Club.
Unfortunately, he may regret one of his last few press conferences where he uttered these inane comments about eggs as he compared them to his Chelsea squad:
Omelette, eggs. No eggs, no omelettes. It depends on the quality of the eggs. Click to continue reading...