Morning all, the team fly out to Porto today so they can do that thing where they get to train on the pitch which seems to be customary to Champions League football. Arsene will meet the press beforehand and we should get some more in-depth team news later on.

As it stands there are worries about William Gallas who took no part in training yesterday after aggravating his back.

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"You've won fuck all for five years!""Arsenal, wankers! Wank Wank Wank!""Same old Arsenal, always cheating!""Are you Tottenham in disguise?!""There's only one team in London!"Just a few of the chants I endured sitting amongst the Chelsea faithful in the Shed End yesterday. Â I thought I'd be in the away section with the Arsenal supporters but I was not about to complain; I had a ticket, I was in the ground, and I was seeing world-class football in the flesh. Click to continue reading...

It's so easy to get spoiled by watching English football games on television each week. Without thinking about it, you always have the best seat in the stadium. And you have the luxury of seeing close-ups, action replays, slow-motion, different camera angles and more.

So when you do physically go to the stadium to see a match, you sometimes feel disappointed.

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Proving that jazz hands really do make the world a better place, take a look at Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o and Nigerian NT player Chinedu Obasi. They're modeling the first-ever continental football kit during what seems to be A Chorus Line rehearsal breaks.

The kits were created to raise awareness of the International Year of Biodiversity.

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Proving that jazz hands really do make the world a better place, take a look at Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o and Nigerian NT player Chinedu Obasi. They're modeling the first-ever continental football kit during what seems to be A Chorus Line rehearsal breaks.

The kits were created to raise awareness of the International Year of Biodiversity.

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Living as I do away for the heartlands of football, most of my consumption of the game is through television. And whilst the spread of football's popularity is such that today it is practically possible to watch any game that takes you fancy, it is still merely a shadow to the experience that is seeing a game with the fans who are there in the ground. Click to continue reading...

"Ron smash!"

So it looks like Cristiano has been hitting the gym HARD since he moved to Spain. There's talk that he's crunching 3,000 sit-ups a DAY, which is suggestive of a) a man whose body is a temple, or, b) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

C-Ron paid for his vanity at the weekend when he was booked for taking his shirt off after scoring for Real against Almeria.

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World Cup seeding is almost impossible to figure. Even when very intelligent people attempt to flesh out just who will be seeded for next year's World Cup by applying the formula used during the...

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Later today, I will have that 'fun Premier League post' that I promised was coming a few weeks back. Sean and I put it together with a couple of NSC pals. Took a little longer than expected, but it's ready now...#1 - I've posted my Q&A with USMNT/IK Start defender Clarence Goodson, who I had somehow had never interviewed before last week. Click to continue reading...

This is a photo of Las Senadoras --of Republica Deportivo fame-- getting their mitts all over the Philip F. Anschutz trophy. For this it is The Luckiest Trophy in the World, Todayâ„¢. Also it should be noted that there was an obvious caption for this photo but it was just too obvious, even for a blogger as hackey yours truly. Click to continue reading...

I'm not sure who has better placement here: Russell "Rusty" Brand or West Ham. Click to continue reading...

Peep the new video for the upcoming KickSwerve iPhone app. I mentioned it a while back but they took down the original clip before they dropped this one. Looks like they've got Nike on board to flesh out the experience with the game-ball and signage. Can't wait; I could use a little more distraction in my life. Click to continue reading...

We've seen it happen before. Many times over. Sadly, companies and their marketing teams like to take hot footballers and turn them into dorks for sales purposes. It's a wide-spread (albeit, entertaining) issue in our community.

This Gillette ad wants you to rate the "champion of the future" and you can win a razor.

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We've seen it happen before. Many times over. Sadly, companies and their marketing teams like to take hot footballers and turn them into dorks for sales purposes. It's a wide-spread (albeit, entertaining) issue in our community.

This Gillette ad wants you to rate the "champion of the future" and you can win a razor.

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Looking at these photos of the Tottenham boys out celebrating their win over Portsmouth this weekend, we were struck by one undeniable truth: shop assistants lie. Oh, how they lie.

They lie to the young, innocent and cash-rich when they tell them: yes, Mr. Keane, flesh-coloured satin is big for 'ballers this fall.

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Looking at these photos of the Tottenham boys out celebrating their win over Portsmouth this weekend, we were struck by one undeniable truth: shop assistants lie. Oh, how they lie.

They lie to the young, innocent and cash-rich when they tell them: yes, Mr. Keane, flesh-coloured satin is big for 'ballers this fall.

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Ladies of New England, behold the Massachusetts Mack Daddy of the Month courtesy of RevsTV. Sure he's not a Celtic or a Red Sock but he is a pro athlete who makes pretty good money. He is also single. He also likes his ladies in "any white top," a pair of jeans and high heels so if you can handle that you at least have a shot. Click to continue reading...

Just a flesh wound. If "the most horrendous bout of cramp." isn't your new team name, I'll be very disappointed in you.from Sporting Life:Didier Drogba has been given the all-clear to resume training on Thursday after being carried off against Tottenham on Sunday with a calf injury.The Ivory Coast international is set to figure in the squad for the trip to Wigan on Saturday after a scan revealed Click to continue reading...

White patent leather go-go boots: sexy or sleazy? Discuss. Click to continue reading...

Danielle Lloyd wastes no time in displaying as much flesh as possible, so I'll waste as little time writing text for you to read so that you can go straight to viewing.

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Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager!

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This week saw yet another much-hyped series of columns on the internet that put the US Soccer Federation squarely in the cross-sights. This time it was freelancer and Big Lead contributor Ty Duffy laying into US Soccer with his three piece series. I hate having to, to paraphrase Wiilliam F. Buckley, stand athwart the nonsense being thrown the USSF's way, yelling stop, but in this case, I will again. Click to continue reading...

Theo Walcott's lady friend Melanie Slade looking very nice indeed in this German FHM shoot. Anyone speak any German by the way? We are wondering what the text on the first photo may be about. Yes in case you hadn't noticed there are some words on these pics and not just exposed flesh!

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Shep & co. somehow spend 8+ minutes discussing streaks without mentioning Tiffany May. Shocking. Where is she now anyway? Click to continue reading...

David Beckham was out on the beach in Santa Monica to film a tourism campaign for California.

If they want to increase visitors to Cali, all they have to do is print a map of the common locations David visits, from Starbucks to nightclubs and organise some sort of Wagabee/hoochie tour guide with a free mini skirt.

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David Beckham was out on the beach in Santa Monica to film a tourism campaign for California.

If they want to increase visitors to Cali, all they have to do is print a map of the common locations David visits, from Starbucks to nightclubs and organise some sort of Wagabee/hoochie tour guide with a free mini skirt.

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And so the scratchy pre-season results continue.
Whilst there were some positives - Martin Petrov looking lively and added another goal to back up his one against Barnsley. There was some nice movement throughout the side, and the sharpness and fitness is no doubt tuning up for the start of the league campaign. Click to continue reading...

Nike is usually one of the best at producing quality, entertaining advertisements. This is not one of them. This is something that will eat your dreams.

As @Kickette says, the Werder Bremen players' wavy flesh set against a soul-sucking black void of a background makes them look like some kind of freaky aliens sent to crack open my skull and fiddle with my insides.

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Tossers.
This morning's bombings of two hotels in downtown Jakarta shattered the hopes and dreams of 70,000 fans who had been looking forward to a chance of seeing Manchester United's stars strut their stuff in the flesh.
One of the hotels targeted was the Ritz Carlton which was where the visiting players were due to have stayed for their short stay. Click to continue reading...

Describes herself as "loving" and loves to do the chest-thrust on the dance floor. Any takers gentlemen? Click to continue reading...

If you know a few guys who don't have the time for soccer, send them this link. I think it may get their attention. The Sirens of Soccer are a group of comely female players formerly known as Hollywood United Girls Soccer and they've put together this instructional video for the purpose of educating and entertaining soccer-ignorant perverts nationwide. Click to continue reading...

Donovan Ricketts has been making huge stops all year long - All-Star caliber stops. But just being good doesn't mean you are going to get what you deserve. Sometime you have to pimp yourself a little. Press the flesh. Get the word out. Bribe people with food. Ricketts shows how to make it happen on the field and off.

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Hope everyone had a great weekend - we have a lot to catch up on and are in transit today so bear with us. All news will be updated, even if it is via a typewriter and a sketchpad.

Let's start our week off right with a look at Harry Kewell shooting the Politix Winter Leather campaign on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Hope everyone had a great weekend - we have a lot to catch up on and are in transit today so bear with us. All news will be updated, even if it is via a typewriter and a sketchpad.

Let's start our week off right with a look at Harry Kewell shooting the Politix Winter Leather campaign on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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We wanted to save this for the weekend and now that it's here.....let's throw rice at them! Roberto Carlos aka Brazil Thunder Thighs married for the second time last Saturday His bride, Mariana Lucon, works as a physiotherapist and we're willing to bit that she's seen his muscular thighs about a million times in the flesh.

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I am posting this video of Italy's Genaro Gattuso --the rich man's Dema Kovalenko-- getting his unmentionables out on ESPN for three reasons:
1. I haven't done sh*t for the ladies and homosexualists in a minute.
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Damn, if ever there was a reason to broadcast a Lamar Hunt US Open Cup match that is not the final this is it. Portland won their second round match last night vs. some PDL side or other and will now host sworn enemy Seattle Sounders at PGE Park on July 1st. We thought the Rose City-Jet City rivalry was on ice on until 2011 but I guess beef waits for no one, least of all the guy making schedules for the USOC. Click to continue reading...

What Ronaldo's bank account receives in a week takes the average worker five to six years to earn. Then again, the average worker can't score from forty yards. The thieving bankers take millions for themselves and play golf, that most twisted of Freudian perversions (little balls and little holes).

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I didn't know the Revs had girls but here they are taking the piss out of that much-maligned RBNY marketing stunt from a few months ago. Possibly the first time I've ever seen a rivalry go from the pitch to the stands to the new media dept. If it goes to the next level be prepared to see an advert for a new, taurine-enhanced shaving gel that's smoother than Gillette. Click to continue reading...

Carrying on from The First Time I Saw Denis Law Play, Giles Oakley reflects on Law's best goal.

On the eve of United's Champions League Final against Barcelona, this is a good moment to remember Denis Law, the greatest Red to miss out on a final at such a level. No-one deserved a European Cup winner's medal more than the King of the Stretford End but tragically he was stuck in a hospital bed after surgery for a recurrent knee injury the night that United beat Benfica 4-1 at Wembley in May 1968.

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