She's back! Miss Cleo enjoyed her week off last weekend and your favorite false prophet also enjoyed tricking people into foolishly giving out their credit card numbers. But enough about stealing.... What about this weeks picks? Lets take a look at the cards.Â

What can be said about Aston Villa.

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Stats Top Goalscorers in All Competitions: Torres- 10 Kuyt- 4 Benayoun- 4 Gerrard- 3 Ngog- 3 Babel- 3 Johnson- 2 Insua- 1 Biggest Win: (away) 3-2 over Bolton and West Ham (home) 6-1 over Hull City Biggest Loss: (away) 1-3 @ Fulham (home) 1-3 v. Aston Villa Games Played/Won/Clean Sheets/etc.: Played: 17 Won: 8 Drawn: 1 Lost: 8 Clean Sheets: 5 Goals Scored: 30 Goals Conceded: 22 Current "5 match" Form: 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses. Click to continue reading...

Fireworks are expected on Sunday when Premier League leaders Chelsea host second-placed Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. Elsewhere, Phil Brown is under pressure for his Hull City side to pick up a positive result against Stoke City, in-form Arsenal travel to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City welcome North West rivals Burnley to Eastlands while Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland clash at White Hart Lane. Click to continue reading...

Just when Rafa Benitez thought things couldn't get any worse, a study published by Foster's today reveals the Liverpool manager is officially one of the most worried managers in the Premiership.

The leading Aussie beer brand analysed the interviews and statements from every Premiership manager since the beginning of the season using its Ozometer, an algorithm developed specifically to analyse language and word sequences to determine how worried or carefree a person is.

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We get sent many Press releases about various products , services and news. This one jumped out at us today and we thing you'll enjoy! We all love the pint of Fosters and the Aussie spirit even more! Just when Rafa Benitez thought things couldn't get any worse, a study published by Foster's today reveals the [. Click to continue reading...

Three points, two injuries, one hero: this was a mixed night for West Ham United that ended in pure joy. When injuries to Carlton Cole and Hérita Ilunga were followed by a freakish equaliser for Aston Villa, the scene seemed set for yet another promising performance to end in another disappointing result. Click to continue reading...

The Nielsen Ratings are in for ESPN2's biggest match of the season thus far featuring the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

Approximately 325,187 viewers watched the game in the United States which represents the third highest viewing figures for ESPN2's coverage of the 2009-2010 Premier League season thus far.

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For more than two years, they formed the public face of Hull City, each gravitating towards the limelight in a manner that endeared them to some but increasingly irritated others. As chairman and manager, Paul Duffen and Phil Brown tried to project a positive image, regardless of results. Click to continue reading...

Robin Van Persie

Van Persie was the Gunners go-to-guy in the Match of the Week as Arsenal defeated Tottenham 3-0. Van Persie would score twice in the critical match and the result continues to push the Gunners towards the top of the league table. Van Persie has seven goals and six assists on the year putting him in the top five in total points of all Premier League players this season.

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According to the Hull Daily Mail, Hull City will have money to spend this January depending on if they are able to sell a few players. Hull City chairman Adam Pearson said,

"The major factor for January would be how many players we were able to move out.

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After a decade in relative anonymity at the wrong end of the English football league pyramid, you would think Hull City fans would be enjoying their spell in the limelight. But given the worrying nature of the headlines over the past few weeks, you could forgive them for wishing for a return to the peace and quiet of the lower leagues. Click to continue reading...

According to James Riach at Sky Sports News, Hull City chairman Adam Pearson is looking to lower the wages of the club. Currently the club's highest paid players are Jimmy Bullard, Geovanni, Daniel Cousin, and George Boateng.

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After a decade in relative anonymity at the wrong end of the English football league pyramid, you would think Hull City fans would be enjoying their spell in the limelight. But given the worrying nature of the headlines over the past few weeks, you could forgive them for wishing for a return to the peace and quiet of the lower leagues.

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Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show.

This week's episode focuses on the Premier League relegation battle (it's already started), and the spotlight is on Portsmouth (who lost their first seven games, just beat Wigan 4-0 and are still bottom of the table) and Hull (who have been lurching from weakness to weakness, but still have faith in their unfortunately named manager).

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Arsenal handed Tottenham Hotspur a critical 3-0 loss in our PLTO Match of the Week. The win keeps Arsenal in third place and they remain right in the mix despite being back four points because they have played one less game. The Spurs, on the other hand, drop back to fifth place with the loss.

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Welcome aboard for another edition of the Sound Of Football Podcast. This week your master of ceremonies Chris Oakley, ably assisted by is ushers Graham Sibley and Terry Duffelen discuss the comings and goings (with the emphasis on the latter) in the world of football.
First up is beleaguered Hull City boss Phil Brown but unlike others the chaps aren't too quick to poke him with sharp sticks until he falls over the precipice. Click to continue reading...

They Think It's All Over... believes football's 'Silly Season' has arrived, and makes his predictions as to who will be it's first managerial casualty. Click to continue reading...

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We all know about Jozy Altidore's well-publicized suspension and fine for being late for a recent Hull City match, and his punishment for mentioning it on Twitter, but now we get our first evidence of what may be a conspiracy to make Altidore late again. Click to continue reading...

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We all know about Jozy Altidore's well-publicized suspension and fine for being late for a recent Hull City match, and his punishment for mentioning it on Twitter, but now we get our first evidence of what may be a conspiracy to make Altidore late again. Click to continue reading...

So Jozy Altidore was dropped for showing up to a Hull City game late. Then he was fined for tweeting an apology for being late.
Not a good day for the youngster.
Maybe some links will cheer him up.

• Ryan Giggs wants to coach Wales. [UK Press]
  
• A mass brawl in the Bulgarian league.

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I recently asked the question: When Will Phil Brown Go?, & it seems in all actuality I'm no closer to an accurate answer of that question than when I posed it last week. Hull City lost another football match this weekend at Turf Moor to current over-achievers Burnley, 2-0. Two Graham Alexander goals were enough to see off a brave Hull City that will feel slightly cheated by the outcome.

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I haven't been paying much attention to the Premiership action these last couple weeks, but one glance at the table shows my pick Chelsea still leading the way.
Liverpool has a gastly 6-5-0 record, so I can only imagine that Reds fans and the English press are putting the pressure on Rafa Benitez (above). Click to continue reading...

Under-pressure manager Phil Brown can boast the "full support" of Adam Pearson despite a desperately poor run of form, according to Hull City's new chairman. Click to continue reading...

Phil Brown has been talking a storm about Jozy's "Twittergate" this week, including gems like this:

Asked if Altidore had put the twit in Twitter, an unimpressed Brown replied: "I'd have put an 'a' in it."

Now that is the kind of comment Maradona would be proud of!

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Pompey mount revival. Following a miserable season start of 7 losses, conceding 13 goals and netting just 3 in the process, the South Coast club, rooted in last place, were everyone's early season pick for relegation. But how quickly things change in football. In the last 4 matches, Portsmouth have scored 10 goals, conceded just 2 and amassed 7 crucial points on the way to Premiership survival.

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About six weeks ago I did a piece predicting West Ham to win the Premier League based on their league position this year and Manchester United's league position last year after 5 games.

That prediction hasn't been working out too well (hopefully you didn't think I was serious...although I'm pretty sure I still managed to annoy some Millwall fans.

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This week included two gigantic matches in world football, the North London Derby, Arsenal against Tottenham, and Ajax against Feyenoord. Pellegrini is a bit safer at Madrid, and Benitez is moving up the spots in the sack race. While Inter escape to the top of Serie A, seven points above second place Juventus, Portsmouth start getting the three points needed to start moving up the Premiership table. Click to continue reading...

Adam Pearson, the new chairman of Hull City, has told manager Phil Brown that he has one more match to save his Hull City career.
"The manager was expected to be dismissed after the 2-0 defeat away to Burnley on Saturday, but it seems he has earned himself a stay of execution for one more game at least because of the woeful performance of Mike Jones, the referee, at Turf Moor. Click to continue reading...

The top European Leagues are well into their 2009-10 seasons with the races starting to take shape. In England, Chelsea remains on top but Manchester United and Arsenal are close behind. In Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are in a tight battle at the top of the table. The French Ligue 1 and German Bundesliga are very competitive and several teams still in position to make a run for the league titles.

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Last night's Match of the Day was great fun, for obvious reasons.  But as the games wore on, I couldn't help feel sorry for Hull City.  Here we saw them lose 2-0 at Burnley, and fall victim to some fairly ordinary refereeing.  When you're struggling these things seem to happen, and Phil Brown is now under a lot of pressure (as if he wasn't before).

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Guidolin has revolutionized Parma, with young Italian players like Paloschi and Galloppa, mixing with older players that share their experience like Panucci and Zaccardo, Parma has turned into a team that is ready to shine. With an experienced coach like Francesco Guidolin, Parma look to be a consistent side that won't die out after a few more games.

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Miss Cleo asked for the week off after her dismal performance last week of only getting two games right on the calender. This week your favorite false prophet is busy with the holidays and all (what could be scarier then a thousand dollar phone bill) , so I'll try to help out in our prophets absence.

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31/10/2009Arsenal - Tottenham ore 13.45Bolton - Chelsea ore 16.00Burnley - Hull City ore 16.00Everton - Aston Villa ore 16.00Fulham - Liverpool ore 16.00Portsmouth - Wigan ore 16.00Stoke City - Wolverhampton ore 16.00Sunderland - West Ham ore 16.00Manchester United - Blackburn ore 18.3001/11/2009Birmingham - Manchester City ore 17. Click to continue reading...

The major non-event of last weekend was the cancellation of the Classico between Marseille and Paris SG. The supporters made up for it by rioting in downtown Marseille antagonizing locals and behaving like the idiots they are. Many arrests, mostly local fans when it seemed like the Parisians started it all. Click to continue reading...

Marouane Chamakh, Hull City's interested...
The major non-event of last weekend was the cancellation of the Classico between Marseille and Paris SG. The supporters made up for it by rioting in downtown Marseille antagonizing locals and behaving like the idiots they are. Many arrests, mostly local fans when it seemed like the Parisians started it all. Click to continue reading...