A little respite before the storm I suppose. But, not really.
The U10 lads have their final regular season game before play-offs - if they win tomorrow morning
they'll be seeded 6th going into the post season.
Sunday morning at 9 is the final training session with the Thanksgiving Tournament Team, and then
at 12:00 noon is the start of the Dinamo Recruitment Session at Griffith Park - and the launch of
the Women's Team.
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The Great Old
Belgium finally has its very own galactico, no really. This week, their PM Herman van Rompuy romped
to victory in the race to become President of the European Council. So how to celebrate this
historic moment here on EFW!? Well, I thought we'd blow the cobwebs off our Belgian history books
and delve deeper into this wonderful country.
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I understand it is normal at the end of AFC games for both teams to line up at the end of the game
in the centre circle and shake hands with their opponents and match officials. Last night Kuwait
didn't, preferring to slink off down the tunnel.
All in all I don't think the Kuwaitis will look back on their Jakarta trip with a great deal of
fondness.
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Anybody else feeling edgy?
I'm getting a little tired of reading that this France side aren't "a spot" on the 1998-2000
side. Time for the lads to debunk that nasty sentiment; and a masterclass today would be a good
start.
Join Laurie on this site later today (she's never missed a match before, and I wouldn't expect
her to start now) for a bit of pre -, during -, and post-match banter (and ranting and raving).
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KICKETTE 18 November @ 07:06 AM EST
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Update: Here's the official video! Enjoy. And shame on you if you ran away from a
floppy eared bunny with a bucket.
Original post below.
Sometimes it's best not to find out the answers to the hard questions.
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by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Straight into it this morning my fellow Arsenalistas and news that Robin van
Persie wants a Serbian housewife to massage placenta fluid into his injured ankle in bid to return
to action for Arsenal within a month, reports the Daily Mail.
The paper says RVP flies to Belgrade today with Arsene Wenger's approval to seek out the
services of a mysterious woman who works from home and claims her unorthodox remedy can drastically
speed up recovery times.
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Southampton 1-3 Brighton (15:11:09)
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I'm probably bereft of any Albion supporting credit nowadays. With the non-league coverage on these
pages coupled with the European stuff something had to give. Unfortunately, it was my 30 year
association with The Seagulls and my £400 quid season ticket in that athletics stadium.
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Dirty Tackle 16 November @ 02:19 AM EST
Two years ago, when he was still playing for Chelsea, Lassana Diarra would rather would rather
flee in terror than speak English and now he's apparently going out of his way to insult the Irish
in the frightening language.
After France won the first leg of their World Cup qualifying playoff 1-0 over Ireland on
Saturday, Diarra allegedly went up to the home side's Keith Andrews and made an insulting comment
that was so bad Andrews refused to reveal what it was:
"I don't want to say exactly what he said, but he knows what it was, which was a disrespectful
comment and it was typical of him, to be honest, and the way that he was.
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Friday night and we're on our second LAPL game in 5 days, back at Crossroads we're 2-0 down to
Penmar at half-time. We're really not concentrating, or working anything like as hard as we need
to, and though we're a couple of first-choicers light (Nick, Jeff, Mike, David, Theo all out)
credit to Penmar - they capitalize.
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Jonny Evans has reiterated the comments of other United players and fans in claiming that big
decisions have gone against us so far this season.
"We are usually quite good with referees," Evans said. "I think there are a lot of
teams that do a lot of play-acting, but I don't think that's the case with Manchester
United.
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KICKETTE 13 November @ 12:08 PM EST
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Oh, it's a good Friday indeed, Kickettes:
We've got two clips from behind-the-scenes at the now infamous Arsenal dressed as furry animals
shoot for their charity campaign with the Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Above, enjoy Theo Walcott as a lion getting a kiss from a little boy who doesn't remotely seem
concerned about the giant predator head in his vicinity.
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KICKETTE 13 November @ 12:08 PM EST
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Oh, it's a good Friday indeed, Kickettes:
We've got two exclusive (and short) clips from behind-the-scenes at the now infamous
Arsenal dressed as furry animals shoot for their charity campaign with the Great Ormond Street
Hospital.
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SoccerLens 12 November @ 02:55 AM EST
Brazilian journalist Fernando Duarte (a future guest on the Soccerlens Podcast, once we can
track him down) interviewed Brazil and Real Madrid star Kaka in Doha this week, ahead of Brazil's
friendly against England.
The full interview can be read on the Guardian here are a few excerpts:
Kaka on.
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My Anfield 11 November @ 05:27 AM EST
We lack the squad depth to cope with injuries to several key players at the same time. So it looks
like the international break has arrived at the right time to allow some of them to recover.
Riera & Benayoun both picked up hamstring injuries against Birmingham. Agger & Johnson both pulled
out of their international squads so they can get treatment on minor injuries.
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So there was the Hollywood United game and all the anticipation that went with it, and we did
brilliantly to draw 1-1, with Anthony LaPaglia having the game of his life in goal for Hollywood -
and them unleashing the hounds of their 'A' team against us in the second half when they were 1-0
down.
It was quite a high really, as we enjoyed a couple in The Daily Pint afterwards.
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Anfield Talk 10 November @ 02:59 PM EST
Glen Johnson believes Liverpool must stick together to bring an 'awful' sequence of results to an
end.
The Reds had to come from 2-1 down to hold Birmingham to a draw on Monday night in a match at
Anfield they were firm favourites to win.
Rafa Benitez's men have picked up just one victory in their last nine matches in all competitions,
while they remain 11 points adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea and are in danger of being
knocked out of the UEFA Champions League.
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Red Rants 09 November @ 01:43 PM EST
United will go into the international break ruing, what could have been, a draw (even, to the
optimists, a win). Prior to the game, whilst I predicted a 1-1 draw, a nagging feeling told me a
defeat to Chelsea was a perfectly possible and in a parallel universe, even deserving, given our
recent form and I had my mind made up preparing for the worst.
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From Super Metro Final Summer 2009
From Super Metro Final Summer 2009
In just 5 years, The Dinamo Football Club has gone from a scrimmage at this very field to the final
of the Super Metro Division - the highest expression of the beautiful game in the Los Angeles
Municipal Sport Program.
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Small but raucous crowd at the Jalak Harupat Stadium, something the Singaporean players will be
used to. Well, the small crowd anyway!
1' - Munawar goes close for Indonesia with a 20 yard drive
3' - bright start by Indonesia with their #9 going close with a header
This is the first chance most of us have had to see the lads who have spent the last couple of
years in Uruguay
6' - Syamsir Alam goes down under a challenge with the Singapore keeper Neezam
8' - hmm, should Indonesia have had a penalty?
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Clinging to the rickety banisters I walked slowly up the seemingly endless winding staircase before
climbing onto the roof of the Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourviere. The guide directed us down a
narrow passageway which led onto an overhanging balcony that can't have been designed for touring
parties.
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Anfield Talk 06 November @ 12:44 PM EST
Liverpool defender Daniel Agger is taking heart from the Reds'
positive performance against Olympique Lyonnais this week, despite the disappointing result – a
1-1 draw placed the Merseysiders' hopes of progress in the Champions League in severe doubt.
"You get what you deserve in football and you have to look at closing the game down otherwise you
get punished in the way we did in Lyon," he told the club's official website.
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Ooh la la!
Leave it to those Italians.
Juventus' Paolo De Ceglie, left, and Giorgio Chiellini, right, not only gave their shirts to
fans in the wake of the Italian club's 1-0 victory over Maccabi Haifa in Israel Tuesday, but their
shorts, too. (AP Photo).
I offer this picture not so much so we can ogle Italian bums (although my wife, ahem, begs to
differ), but as a vivid reminder that the UEFA Champions League is on again today.
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Valencia fans are nasty fans.
Thats the conclusion that has to be drawn if you read the the chatter this week.
Our Che have lost 1 game all season. 1 Match. We are in 4th and within grasp of the top.
And yet even after a hard win against Malaga the fans complain.
Here are the highlights in case you missed the match.
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The Clock Is Ticking on Rafa's Reign, here are ten ways he can buy himself more time.
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1. Put Yossi Benayoun in First Team Sheet EVEN if we have no injury
problems!
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The Journal today published an article with quotes attributed to none other than our favorite
cockney geezer, Derek Llambias.
With most sane Newcastle fans venting fury at the clubs efforts to sell naming rights to St.
James's Park next season, the club appear to be trying to alleviate some of the damage.
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EPL Talk 31 October @ 07:14 PM EST
Genius or Madness?
Recently, an article by ESPNSoccernet was brought to my attention by one of our faithful readers
about the Reserve league in England. The Premier Reserve League is a valuable resource for clubs in
the Premiership. Each club in the Premier League is able to play in the top league against the
reserve clubs from other members of the top flight.
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EPL Talk 31 October @ 06:57 PM EST
Genius or Madness?
The Premier Reserve League is a valuable resource for clubs in the Premiership. Each club in
the Premier League is able to play in the top league against the reserve clubs from other members
of the top flight. It offers teams a chance to give fringe players a run out and give players
returning from injury, a competitive environment in order to integrate them to game shape.
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Tomorrow sees us come up against our rivals, Arsenal, in their own backyard. Let's not beat around
the bush with this one either; this is our biggest match to-date this season.
I don't think Robbie Keane has made the situation easier. Saying that we've got a better squad than
them makes Wenger's job a whole lot simpler.
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Willem, it was really something
Willem II 4-1 Heerenveen (25:10:09)
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The last day of the EFW Oktoberfest and finally our hosts in Tilburg (Willem II) were playing at
home. It was with a heavy heart that we checked out of the 1 FIFA star rated 'Hotel Central
Tilburg' on the morning of the match.
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Alright all,
I'm still half dying from Swine Flu here, its horrible I tell you, absolutely bloody horrible.
Anyway, it didnt stop me from watching the lads the other night and what a great game it was, I
really enjoyed it. It was entertaining and you got that feeling that anything could happen at any
time.
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The end of season funk that I normally fall into has in the last three seasons been ameliorated by
the continuation of the LAPL and this season by the U10 Boys Dinamo team that is playing in Santa
Monica AYSO.
The funk has been cast completely aside by FK Dinamo's incredible run since mid season in The Los
Angeles Premier League where we've lost one game in the last 7 and won the other 6 - we haven't
drawn all season.
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The end of season funk that I normally fall into has in the last three seasons been ameliorated by
the continuation of the LAPL and this season by the U10 Boys Dinamo team that is playing in Santa
Monica AYSO.
The funk has been cast completely aside by FK Dinamo's incredible run since mid season in The Los
Angeles Premier League where we've lost one game in the last 7 and won the other 6 - we haven't
drawn all season.
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Cup time in Britain, and Brad Guzan took over for Brad Friedel in goal for Aston Villa. They beat
Sunderland on penalties after drawing 0-0. Guzan was strong in net, stopping Kenwyne Jones's
85th-minute penalty and then stoop up during the penalty phase where Villa advanced 4-1. "The lads
are pretty euphoric, none more so than Mr Guzan," Villa manager Martin O'Neill said.
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