Steven Gerrard has shouldered the burden of being Liverpool's 'talisman' for years now, and when the chips are down, everyone seems to look to the captain for inspiration. Such over-reliance on Gerrard has arguably been a handicap at times, and with the team struggling to score goals, the pressure is once again on Gerrard to come in and solve the problem.

Keep it under your hats but Spurs can go third tonight. Yes. Exactly. Ruddy heck. In a season where the City of Manchester is shaking off the ghastly idea of having to actually compete with the rest of the league and instead branching off and starting their own SUPER AWESOME MEGA league where non-local types aren't even allowed past reception, there's a feeling that anything's possible in the race for, well, everything else.

Thailand play Palestine in their World Cup Qualifier Second Leg knowing that their 1-0 lead is no way near enough. The shot shy Thais have been notorious for their inability to turn their silky build up play in to goals and new coach Winifred Schaeffer found out the hard way in the 1st leg.
As if that ain't enough the Thais may face a further handicap.

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Walter Broeckx As I am not from England I have a bit of a handicap in some things. Even though we can see some channels over here in Belgium we don't get all the UK channels. So I couldn't see the Panorama programme about "buying a football club". And [.

My SI.com article got quite a bit of response, and I've posted a few emails here that are pretty representative overall.


From M.S.:
C'mon Andrea, everyone knows what a mean and nasty bastard Wynalda is -- he's lucky to still have a job on the air with his bitter criticism of everyone and everything always leaking out all over the place.

1. Switzerland don't waste any time. Their first-minute goal against Iceland won them the match the Icelandic heads immediately dropped. 2. Xherdan Shaqiri might have to be fitted with a horse racing-style handicap for the semi-finals. He looks a cut above so far. 3. It is a good job Christian Eriksen's poor penalty bounced [.

Esta noticia puede cambiar el rumbo del partido del proximo sábado y asi el ascenso de un equipo a primera division nacional mexicana, juegue o no Cuauhtemoc pondra a la trinca fresera con un handicap por una lesion. ¿Podrá el Cuauh recuperarse y salirse con la suya o es el fin de un sueño fresero?

This is the first of what should be plenty of weekly "doubles" for the Seattle Sounders, although it's just one of a handful that includes two MLS dates. Considering how poorly we at Sounder at Heart have fared in predicting lineups, I doubt this particular handicap is going to make it any easier.

Well, after the 29th weekend in Turkish Spor Toto Super League, Trabzonspor still holds on to the lead with two points.
Although Fenerbahce captured the first place on Saturday,gave it back to Trabzonspor after Trabzonspor beat Bursaspor at home with Burak Yilmaz's only goal again!

Well, after the 29th weekend in Turkish Spor Toto Super League, Trabzonspor still holds on to the lead with two points.
Although Fenerbahce captured the first place on Saturday,gave it back to Trabzonspor after Trabzonspor beat Bursaspor at home with Burak Yilmaz's only goal again!

Well, after the 29th weekend in Turkish Spor Toto Super League, Trabzonspor still holds on to the lead with two points.
Although Fenerbahce captured the first place on Saturday,gave it back to Trabzonspor after Trabzonspor beat Bursaspor at home with Burak Yilmaz's only goal again!

Well this fixture should prove to be at least moderately more entertaining. This weekend, thanks to a replay victory over Wigan, we're playing Fulham at Craven Cottage, hoping to advance to the sixth round of the FA Cup. As Mark put it, we should "expect some hot American on American action" from this match with both Clint Dempsey and Stu Holden playing.

By JOSE M. ROMERO

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- The younger, less-experienced, less-traveled Vancouver Whitecaps keep asking veteran teammate Jay DeMerit for World Cup stories or tales of his time in Europe or a handicap of some of the greatest international stars he has ever marked.