"He picked me again." "Should have picked me though." "Idiot."
So here it is, I'm
putting myself out on the line. More vulnerable than ever. Almost 12 weeks down, 26 to go. While we
still have 70% of the Premier League season remaining, I'm in the midst of my worst "Captaining"
stretch in 5 years, and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing a similar misfortune or has in
the past?
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With much of the qualification process almost complete and South Africa 2010 looming large, it
would make sense to assess some of the world's best custodians who will be present during the World
Cup. Goalkeepers such as Petr Cech will be excluded from the discussion since their nation failed
to qualify for next summer's big event.
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Our leak was right! While naming his squad for the France's FIFA World Cup qualifying playoffs with
Ireland earlier today, France coach Raymond Domenech unveiled the Les Bleus 2010 adidas home kit.
The new France World Cup 2010 adidas home kit is expected to make its debut on November 18th when
France host the Republic of [.
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goalpost.tv 05 November @ 07:53 AM EST
Image via Wikipedia Although many have called it unfair, the seeding system adopted for the play
off matches to decide the final four European teams that will make it to the 2010 World Cup Finals
in South Africa, has produced four potentially exciting match ups. The two leg matches will be
played on November 14th [.
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The playoff between the Repiblic of ireland and France to see who makes it to the 2010 World Cup
finals is set to take place in the 14th of November but at the moment one of Irelands key players,
Damien Duff, looks set to miss the match with the news ...
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Given - Match saving performance. Three superb saves and the penalty stop to 'win' the
point.
8.5Zabaleta - A strong performance, not a step out of place. Put more distance between him and
Richards.
7Kompany - Cool, calm and assured. Forged a nice partnership with Lescott in dealing with the
lively front pair.
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St. Pat's attacker Ryan Guy fired an early second half decider for a 2-1 win at Drogheda United.The
proud new papa celebrated with his fifth goal of the season, giving the Saints a shot at avoiding
the relegation playoff in next Friday's closing day visit from Shamrock Rovers.As always, we cross
our fingers hoping that the St.
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This is november Update to Africa world cup fixtures, take a look(source fifa.com):
14/11/09TBARepublic of
Ireland-France14/11/09TBAPortugal-Bosnia-Herzegovina14/11/09TBAGreece-Ukraine14/11/09TBARussia-Slovenia14/11/09
15:00MaputoMozambique-Tunisia14/11/09 15:30FesMorocco-Cameroon14/11/09 15:30LomeTogo-Gabon14/11/09
15:30KigaliRwanda-Zambia14/11/09 16:00NairobiKenya-Nigeria14/11/09 16:00OuagadougouBurkina
Faso-Malawi14/11/09 16:00AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire-Guinea14/11/09 19:30CairoEgypt-Algeria14/11/09
20:00San JoseCosta Rica-Uruguay14/11/09 20:00WellingtonNew Zealand-Bahrain14/11/09
20:00OmdurmanSudan-Benin15/11/09 17:00KumasiGhana-Mali18/11/09TBAFrance-Republic of
Ireland18/11/09TBABosnia-Herzegovina-Portugal18/11/09TBAUkraine-Greece18/11/09TBASlovenia-Russia18/11/09
21:00MontevideoUruguay-Costa Rica
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Off the Post 28 October @ 05:42 PM EST
A song for South Africa (well, France at least) Sometime we lack skill / And sometimes we lack
speed / Who needs Steven Ireland? / Bring back Andy Reid We have all heard of World Cup songs, but
World Cup play-off songs might be a new one. Here's To Trapattoni has been written by the Corrigan
Brothers [.
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A couple of enforced moves anyway for Mark Hughes tomorrow evening:
"Kolo is not fit, and neither is Martin, while there is a doubt over Wayne and he may well not
be involved. Kolo and Martin should hopefully be alright for the weekend, but they are not quite
right at the moment.
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Franck Ribery could miss France's World Cup playoffs against Ireland next month because of an
injury which has sidelined him for a month, France Football reported on their website Wednesday.
Ribery is suffering from tendonitis in his left knee which requires "a new period of rest of
approximately one month," the .
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Ireland v France: What ever happened to the "luck of the Irish"?
Portugal v Bosnia-Herzegovina: Corporate sponsors breathe huge sigh of relief
Ronaldo is headed to South Africa.
Greece v Ukraine: Mediterraneans in the steppes in mid-November?
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Probably not...which is a shame. It's got a really good goalscoring record against one of the
top teams in the Premiership.
Anyway, here's the line up for the UEFA playoffs: all of them kick off at 7pm GMT on Saturday
November 14th 2009.
Greece v Ukraine
Ireland v France
Portugal v Bosnia & Herzegovina
Russia v Slovenia
It's also worth noting that on the Saturday the second leg of the New
Zealand/Bahrain (0-0) playoff kicks off at 7am GMT that Saturday and the first leg of
Costa Rica v Uruguay kicks off an hour later than the European games.
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WorldCupBlog 20 October @ 10:58 AM EST
For those on the inside looking out, nary a worse manager reigns in the international realm; for
those on the outside looking in...
Viva la Domenech.
What he lacks in coaching abilities, he makes up for in deliciously idiotic words. He's kind of
like Maradona without the playing career.
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The Sun reported that Harry's interested in signing Club Brugge defender Vadis Odjidja. The
red-top's article wasn't too enlightening either. Apparently, we're lining up a £5 million bid for
him.
The Sun got it wrong in saying that he's a defender. Odjidja is a defensive midfielder. Whenever
I've seen him play, he's deployed just in front of the back four and he's fairly adequate at
getting stuck into the oppositions face and break up play.
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Soccerblog 20 October @ 01:19 AM EST
The draw is in. Eight team compete for the last four spots from the European zone.
France line up against Ireland in a two match playoff next month. In the other head to head,
Portugal face Bosnia, Russia play Slovenia, and Greece take on Ukraine.
Raymond Domenech who has survived innumerable calls for his dismissal gets one more chance to
silence his critics.
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The Footie 20 October @ 01:00 AM EST
The 2010 World Cup in South Africa looms ever closer as teams from around the
world compete for a chance to play in the worlds most prestigious sporting event. The FIFA World
Cup Games begin on June 1th this summer and will run until July 11th. Only 32 nations will be
honored enough to play in the games.
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Port 19 October @ 05:24 PM EST
PSNL Fans were hoping to face Slovenia before this mornings draw, as 40% of all votes turned in the
past few days here on P.S.N.L. supported this matchup for Portugal's knockout playoff game for a
World Cup spot. The Portuguese will be taking on Bosnia-Herzegovina which was the second most
popular choice from fans at 23%.
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See The Cup 19 October @ 01:25 PM EST
It's official. France's playoff opponent is Ireland.
And Raymond Domenech is kissing the boots of UEFA for deciding to seed the draw.
France, the 1998 world champions, 2000 European champions and beaten World Cup finalists in
2006, will have the advantage of playing the second leg on home soil against an Ireland side
coached by Giovanni Trapattoni.
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WorldCupBlog 19 October @ 12:02 PM EST
The slightly controversial UEFA bridesmaid's draw has taken place and fortunately it's gone off
without controversy. Somehow, someway, despite UEFA being involved, Liverpool and Chelsea will not
meet. Who knew?
It's rather pedestrian, really, as perhaps the two best teams France and Russia were handed the
easiest draw.
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The game swill be played November 14th & 18th. Should be some tense battles.Ireland v France
Portugal v Bosnia Greece v Ukraine Russia v Slovenia- Greg Seltzer
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The Republic of Ireland national football team will have to beat France in order to participate
in the 2010 World Cup South Africa. This was decided in Zurich this afternoon (Monday) in a
controversial seeded draw.
The two sides (Ireland and France) last met in the 2006 World Cup qualifying stages sharing a
0-0 draw in Paris; a Thierry Henry goal was the difference between the two sides in Ireland.
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France and Ireland will square off in the marquee match-up of the UEFA World Cup play-offs after
the draw was held on Monday.
France finished second to Serbia in its group while Ireland finished second to Italy in its
qualifying group.
In the other drawn match-ups, Portugal will take on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece will face Ukraine
and Russia will take on Slovenia.
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France and Ireland will square off in the marquee match-up of the UEFA World Cup play-offs after
the draw was held on Monday.
France finished second to Serbia in its group while Ireland finished second to Italy in its
qualifying group.
In the other drawn match-ups, Portugal will take on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece will face Ukraine
and Russia will take on Slovenia.
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Ireland and Bosnia-Herzegovina got the toughest opponents in today's 2010 FIFA World Cup
Qualifying Play-off Draw after being matched up against footballing powers France and Portugal. The
draw consisted of the top eight runners-up from the nine UEFA European qualifying groups.  The
top four nations in the draw were seeded according to the latest edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola [.
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This weekend, we've had 'Gladbach's Michael Bradley give his team a late shot with a fine
shot...... Matthew Dallman bag another pair for Sportfreunde Siegen (in red) in Germany and Ryan
Guy ring the bell for St. Pat's (video to come... we hope).- Greg Seltzer
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Big Story
As expected, the Republic of Ireland have not been seeded for the World
Cup playoffs the four countries who have been are France, Portugal, Russia and Greece, who
will each face one of Ireland, Bosnia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
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Ireland international defender John O'Shea will celebrate his 10th year as a senior player at Old
Trafford this week when Manchester United host Bolton. O'Shea made his United debut in October
1999...
Continue to the full story
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Switzerland and Slovakia clinched Europe's last two automatic spots at next year's World Cup on
Wednesday, while Portugal got the win it needed to keep alive its hopes of reaching the competition
in South Africa.
The playoffs start Nov. 14, with the return matches four days later.
He's not going to South Africa.
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