Barcaloco 07 November @ 06:28 PM EST
Vintage Arsenal Goal
4-1 is may have been the final result but judging from the opening 20 minutes of the game, it
would be rather hard to envisaged that scoreline. Credit to Wolves and McCarthy for their game plan
as they came out firing on all cylinders and chose to take the game to us rather than just contend
to defend.
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It's early November and we're still another seventh months until the tournament starts but I
must admit that the injuries to Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard
are beginning to worry me. According to Radio 5, Gerrard hasn't trained for two weeks and
Ferdinand's overall fitness this season may have contributed to some of his indifferent
performances when he has appeared for Manchester United.
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Liverpool Kop 07 November @ 06:47 AM EST
Despite the doom and gloom of the last few weeks - and amid the continued misplaced vitriol towards
the owners - there are plenty of reasons for Liverpool fans to be positive at the moment.
As many people who visit this regularly will know, I take a critical, realist approach to LFC.
Within that approach, I always try and be fair, and there is plenty of evidence for that on the
site.
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Figure 1:Â minutes between red cards for Fulham in league games since 08/09 and in Europa
League games against AS Roma
Since the start of 08/09:
Fulham red cards in league games:Â 2
Fulham league games: 48
Minutes per red card in league games:Â 2,160
Fulham red cards in games against AS Roma: 3
Fulham games against AS Roma: 2
Minutes per red card in games against AS Roma:Â 60
Proof of underhandness.
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by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Manuel Almunia has been told by Arsene Wenger that he will remain Arsenal's No
1 goalkeeper.
But the Daily Mail reports that while the Spaniard prepares to face Wolves today he may be
interested in the rave review Wenger has given fellow Frenchman Hugo Lloris, the 22-year-old Lyon
keeper who starred in the Champions League midweek frustration of Liverpool.
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ManUtd24 06 November @ 06:06 AM EST
After eleven league games it looks as if Chelsea and Manchester United will be the two sides
battling for the title through the course of the season. Liverpool look to be all but out of it
already, questions still remain as to whether Arsenal can maintain their form throughout the
campaign and Man City have lost ground following a run of draws.
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Let's get right to our favorite column of the week -
the Premier League preview.
I. Manchester United @ Chelsea: The biggest match of the Premier League thus far this season
sees Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney go head-to-head in Sunday's meeting at the top of the table.
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Futbolita 05 November @ 05:00 AM EST
Despite the plethora of Champions League games available to me this week I flicked my sports
channel over to the game in Milan to see whether the Milanistas could re-create their spectacular
victory in the Bernabeu two weeks ago. And, despite their failure to upset the football betting
odds and re-enact their Madrid heroics following 90 scrappy but passionate minutes, there were
still signs that they have turned the corner.
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SoccerLens 05 November @ 02:42 AM EST
Champions League View: Bayern Munich and Liverpool FC could get 10 points and still not
qualify.
An entertaining set of Champions League games threw up some unexpected results, great games and
the odd ninja (but not a very effective one). Almost all of the big names have a chance to reach
the knockout stages, even though the likes of Bayern and Liverpool have made it very, very
difficult for themselves.
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Soccer Source 04 November @ 04:57 PM EST
Liverpool's chances of advancing to the UEFA Champions League knockout stage are on life support
after the team's 1-1 draw at Olympique Lyon earlier today. With the point from the draw, Lyon
become the first team in the group to advance. Likely to join them are Fiorentina, who sit second
on nine points.
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Time to kiss and make up!
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur are 12
years behind the Gunners.
Despite making a strong start to the season, with Spurs winning their opening four league games,
defeats to Manchester United (3-1), Chelsea (3-0) and Arsenal (3-0) have highlighted that the White
Hart Lane side still have their work cut if they are to establish themselves at the top end of the
Premier League table.
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SoccerLens 03 November @ 01:31 AM EST
With the swine flu doubt cleared up, Paris Saint Germain picked up their first win since the
30th August on Sunday, beating Sochaux 4-1.
After years of struggling the Paris side finally had a good season last year, finishing 6th and
only missing out on a Champions League place due to their very poor form in the last league games,
picking up only 4 points from a possible 15.
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Apoel Nicosia vs FC Porto
FC Porto will look to lock up second place in Group D with a win against Nicosia. The 2-1
victory a fortnight ago did not represent the game. Porto out-played the Romanian side for the
better part of the game and Hulk should have had a hat-trick at least.
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A young Torres in the good old days before incessant groin problems
Liverpool's
star striker Fernando Torres faces 2 months out as he could be in line for a hernia option if the
situation with his problematic groin does not improve.
While Torres will travel to France with the rest of his teammates to face off against Lyon in a
crucial Champions League clash on Wednesday, Rafa Benitez has confirmed that surgery is a very
realistic possibility.
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"Put the chequebook away we're just fine!"
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Mark Hughes has warned Manchester City fans against expecting many new arrivals in the
January transfer window.
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This is something I saw at Kopblog, posted by a true fan who did a very good research. Â Maybe some
of us might see what's it is like for Rafa and how brilliant he has been for us.
2004/05
£2m - Josemi: peanuts and was moved on in a swap for Kromkamp 18 months later
£1.5m - Antonio Nunez: part of the Michael Owen deal and filled a gap for a while.
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Liverpool Kop 02 November @ 09:18 AM EST
Football fans are regularly accused of being 'fickle' but, as Pepe Reina proves with his latest
comments, it seems that footballers also fall into that category!
September 12th - Liverpool had lost 2 of the first 4 league games. Clearly down in the dumps, Reina
stated the following:
"We all want to win the league but right now it's not a realistic objective.
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bridge views 02 November @ 07:00 AM EST
Watching Match of the Day this weekend – something I don't normally do these days – it was
great not only to watch Chelsea coast to a four nil away win over Bolton but also to see Alans
Shearer and Hansen giving Drogba the praise he deserves for recent good form.
I was therefore pretty surprised when, after being asked by host Gary Lineker who was the best
striker in the league, Hansen said Torres and Shearer said Rooney.
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bridge views 02 November @ 07:00 AM EST
Watching Match of the Day this weekend – something I don't normally do these days – it was
great not only to watch Chelsea coast to a four nil away win over Bolton but also to see Alans
Shearer and Hansen giving Drogba the praise he deserves for recent good form.
I was therefore pretty surprised when, after being asked by host Gary Lineker who was the best
striker in the league, Hansen said Torres and Shearer said Rooney.
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My Anfield 02 November @ 06:14 AM EST
Are you still in a state of shock over another poor result ? Did anyone think we'd follow up the
great result against Man Utd with a 3-1 loss to Fulham ? It's becoming increasingly difficult to
defend LFC's run of poor results.
Sure there's some perfectly valid arguments like we've been hit by lots of injuries and some of our
key players aren't fully fit.
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SoccerLens 02 November @ 02:45 AM EST
Let's remind ourselves of the roller coaster ride that the fans of 1. FSV Mainz 05 have been on
during the summer of 2009. In March this year, the Mainzer were forced to say goodbye to their
influential midfielder Markus Feulner who had signed a pre-contract deal with Borussia Dortmund
after impressive displays for the second tier side.
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Liverpool Kop 01 November @ 08:31 PM EST
Bill Shankly once said: "Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and
you'll stay on the floor". Against Fulham on Saturday, Rafa Benitez didn't aim for the sky or the
ceiling; he didn't even aim for the floor! With his cautious approach and maddeningly
incomprehensible decisions, Benitez went against everything Liverpool FC stands for and committed
the ultimate footballing sin: he gave up and conceded defeat.
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Its got to be Liverpool's worst run in years.Five defeats in the League already, beaten twice in
the Champion's League and we will be going out unless we win our last three group matches, plus out
of the Carling Cup alreadyIt is Rafa Benitez's poorest spell in charge of Liverpool since he joined
us five years ago.
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Well wasn't
that ugly?
For those of you who TIVO'd the Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus Crew last night, a warning:
STOP! For the love of God, don't try and watch this match. Don't even risk trying to erase it. I
recommend that you yank the box out of the wall, go out back and burn it.
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Reina
Degen Carragher Kyrgiakos Insua
Lucas Mascherano
Kuyt Voronin Benayoun
Torres
Goals:Zamora 24'
Torres 42'
Nevland 72'
Dempsey 87'
Once again, you have to be kidding me. Another delicious mix of awful luck, costly mistakes, fluke
goals, and questionable substitutions.
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Has to be a quick one this weekend due to the imminent arrival of most of wife's family for
lunch, then I'm straight off to a game in the Championship. Last weekend I managed to watch no
football whatsoever due to a family gathering and a wedding ('Likely Lads' moment: I was the guest
with the mobile phone looking at score updates from Liverpool/Man UÂ during the
speeches), so I'm looking forward to this weekend, especially Ajax v
Feyenoord tomorrow lunchtime (ESPN)
It's about an hour or so to go before the lunchtime game: Arsenal v
Spurs (12:45pm, Sky Sports 1) looks a tasty one, Arsenal have won all four of
their home league games this season and Spurs have a decent away record; the rest of today's slate
is notable for the players that are missing.
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Gabriel Obertan impressed for much of his début against Barnsley before looking tired in the
final fifteen minutes or so. He kept the ball really well, ran at the opposition with speed and
showed off his silky skills. He looks to be the real deal, regardless of what Larry White
thinks.
He's only had one game so there's no point getting ahead of ourselves, but some sections of the
press have already questioned what impact Obertan's arrival and début might have on Nani.
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Soccer Pie 30 October @ 09:36 AM EST
Hull club officials had plenty of patience with boss Phil Brown over the last
year or so, even though the Tigers kept underachieving, but they have finally decided to sack him
if the team remain in the relegation zone after the next two rounds. Those of you who were
insightful enough to place a bet on Brown to win the Premiership sack race are
probably in for a nice betting bonus, while those of you thinking about doing that now should know
the betting is suspended.
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SoccerLens 30 October @ 08:52 AM EST
Everton v Aston Villa
English Premier League
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Everton's injury crisis shows no sign of abating and they are now without 10 senior players for
the match against Aston Villa but defender. Leighton Baines and Louis Saha their highest goalscorer
this season could return to the fold.
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SoccerLens 30 October @ 05:20 AM EST
Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers
English Premier League
Old Trafford
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Kick-off: 1730 GMT
Swine-flu and poor defending will be the talk of the day, as Manchester United take on Blackburn
Rovers in a late kickoff on Saturday.
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Anfield Talk 29 October @ 01:42 PM EST
Liverpool intend to reflect José Reina's status as one of the finest goalkeepers in the game with
a lucrative new contract that will secure his long-term future at Anfield.
The 27-year-old still has three years remaining on a five-year contract extension he was awarded in
2007. However, in keeping with club policy not to allow key players to enter the final two years of
their contracts, and having tied such players as Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Yossi Benayoun
to new long-term deals over the summer, Reina is next in line for a contract offer.
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It is very likely that
Stuttgart coach
Markus Babbel may be out of the job after the
forthcoming weekend. He received the
dreaded vote of confidence after their 1-0 defeat to
improving
Hannover 96 last Saturday but the club's Sporting Director
Horst Heldt made
it clear that he was looking for a response against the 2 Bundesliga side
Greuther Furth in
the German Cup (DFB Pokal) on Tuesday.
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WVHooligan 29 October @ 09:22 AM EST
Jimmy Conrad and Josh Wolff lead the way in 2009 for Kansas City. (WVH Photo Correspondent Brian
Stevens)
The bandwagon was getting bigger for this club going into 2009. Many folks had hoped this was
the year the Kansas City Wizards would get over the hump and make a big splash in the eastern
conference.
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