EPL Talk 23 February @ 06:23 PM EDT
The Marquis De Sade was never short of a quote or two, but one that currently could be applied
to certain members of Chelsea's first team squad at the current time sprang to mind after today's
latest off field crisis at Stamford Bridge. "Lust is to the other passions what the
nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty,
avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.
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Our (late) review of the noughties sees The Arsenal Column count down the top 20 teams of the
decade (not definitive).
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A slightly sentimental choice given the golden generation didn't win a thing and the semi-final
featuring a blonde weeping on the bench but each time the Czech's played, they thoroughlyÂ
entertained.
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Monday 11th January13:30 Malawi v Algeria, Africa Cup of Nations, British Eurosport/British Eurosport HDDespite the bloody intervention by The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda there is
still a football tournament to be played. Few people are better equipped to move on after tragedy
than the war torn populous of Angola.
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Lionel Messi at Monday's ceremony in Zurich
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Lionel Messi has just been graced with the 2009 FIFA World Player award.
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Group C contains England, USA, Algeria and Slovenia. The English are very happy with the draw as
they should easily win this group. The other three teams will fight it out for 2nd place, and I
expect the U.S. to move onto the knockout stages.
A look at the teams in Group C
ENGLAND
Manager: Fabio Capello
Key player: Wayne Rooney
Best: Winners (1966)
World ranking: 9
Rarely has a qualifying campaign gone so smoothly for England, who have found a new lease of
life under the authoritative leadership of Italian coach Fabio Capello.
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No week passes without Mesut Özil being appreciated, hyped and worshipped just a little bit
more.
On display in the studio are infamous paintings like The Man with the Golden Helmet, The Girl
with a Pearl Earring and, soon, The Boy with a Pair of Magic Feet. Two masterpieces from the Dutch
Golden Age and one from the new German Golden Generation.
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Whatever happened to the 'Golden Generation'? They seemed to kick up a fuss a few years ago
without ever doing anything. They even gained a reputation by not winning anything. Apparently Sven
wasted them and we missed our chance.
Another ‘Golden Generation' knocked them out on penalties in 2004 and they didn't win
anything.
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Listen to the report here Transcript
Footballing superstars Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have much in common: known throughout the world
as skillful players that can win a game single-handedly. Yet they also share the
possibility that they may not appear in next year's World Cup finals.
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