Is Jack the lad preparing for his Arsenal comeback sooner than we thought? I am only asking as the wonder that is Wilshere seems to be in the mood to play again and we know this because he has a new pair of boots made by Nike especially for his return from injury.

Our very own wonderkid, 20, has had the boot stitched with the name of his new son on it and surely this can only mean he is ready to get back in action (Lord knows we desperately need him) any time soon?

This game was so utterly predictable. The unpredictable part of it was that young Oxlade-Chamberlain started and was arguably our best player, also that Nico Yennaris came on at half time for the hapless Djourou, this also swung the game in our direction. These two good managerial decisions were then more than negated when the Ox was take off and replaced by our lazy fat Russian.

It's been a frustrating period for Jermain Defoe whereby he has spent most of his time on the bench in recent weeks. Despite scoring some valuable goals when he has been on the pitch, the striker is a firm third in the White Hart Lane pecking order behind Adebayor and VDV.

JD will surely get his chance this weekend however as Adebayor is forced to sit out the game against his parent club and in his newspaper column, manager Harry Redknapp almost went overboard in praising his ‘back up' striker.

So there is at last some good news on the injury front, Carl Jenkinson has had positive scan results and is back in training, TV5 is not far off and may be back for Manu. Per looks unlikely to beat his flu in time for Swansea, while Johan Djourou is back from suspension. It still means that our back four this sunday will be rather ropey and may contain Squillaci, not good.

Today's post is written by Neil, a QPR supporter who we met up with before the game last Saturday. These are his thoughts on the game and the Emirates experience.

I got the chance to visit the Emirates stadium as I have always wanted to, as iI had heard a lot about it and it always looks great on TV.

You know what they are going to do. You don't like it and wouldn't play that way if it meant 80 points a season, but that's what they are going to throw at us and if we're not prepared, it's down to us.

I don't like it but I'm not going to go on about it because then I'll end up like Arsene Whinger, always complaining about injustices that his precious little angels have to face when they play those awful big boys from up north.

08.12.2011 - Con gol de Óscar de Marcos (11´), Athletic de Bilbao venció (0-1) a Oviedo en el Nuevo Tartiere por la ida eliminatoria de la Copa del Rey.
Sin salirse del libreto Bielsa, Athletic tuvo la iniciativa, la presión y el dominio de la pelota durante la mayor parte del partido.

Images via twitter, AP Photo/Manu Fernandez.

There's a neatly trimmed pattern forming here, gang.

Remember last week, when Cesc Fabregas finally buckled under growing international pressure (from us, mainly) to cut his monstrous mop? Who was present at the scene? One Gerard Pique.

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Sevilla vs Getafe 3-0 Highlights Score Video 2011 Goals Manu Kanoute is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Sevilla vs Getafe 2011 ( Sevilla Getafe video below) Score and result:- Sevilla vs Getafe 3-0 ( Fazio, Manu, Kanoute) Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Sevilla- 5 December, 2011- La Liga Monday night's La [.

It's tough seeing my club embroiled in such poor results. Looking back:

• ManU 3-1
  This one was an amazing game, Manchester edged it but there was so much to take away from our performance that the season looked bright.
• QPR 1-0
  The surprise.

Harry Redknapp is the quintessential English manager. Working class roots, played football since he was a kid, steeped in the game, worked his way up in management from the lower leagues. Close to his players, he preaches the virtues of hard work and character. He has prospered in the modern era but his teams would look familiar to fans from any era of English football big men at the back, tough tackling midfielders and wingers with another big bloke up front.

Arie Haan vs Tony Schumacher....

Aaaah...finally another Holland-Germany.

The Ajax-Feyenoord ( or Barca - Real, AC Milan - Inter, ManU-ManCity, Arsenal-Spurs) of international football.

It's been a while. The last one I remember is from 2004! That's seven years and the hurt makes you feel alive ( thanks Johnny Cash) if we [read more]

SPANISH FOOTBALL with Monday Night action as the last game of Round 11 was played of LA LIGA. Here is a brief resume of things with the final result & the scorers. Sevilla -Granada SEVILLA FC lost at home against GRANADA 1 - 2 with the latter making a heroic comeback. Sevilla got off to a flying start with a goal buy MANU DEL MORAL just after 38 seconds.

Xavi Hernández goal helped Barcelona to a 1-0 victory over nine-man Granada on Tuesday, while Sevilla struck late to draw 2-2 with Real Racing Club.

The Spanish champions took the lead in Granada after 33 minutes when Xavi, brought down 22 metres from goal, curled the resulting free-kick past goalkeeper Roberto.

SPANISH FOOTBALL celebrates mid-week action with Round 10, & with two games played Tuesday night of LA LIGA with the following results & scorers. Manu de Moral SEVILLA FC remains undefeated at home after drawing in the last moment 2 - 2 against RACING DE SANTANDER. Sevilla player MANU DE MORAL opened the scoring in the 36th min & again for the last moment winner in the 92nd min.

Frustration as Barcelona draw against Sevilla (Photo: Manu Fernandez/AP Photo)

Javi Varas saved a stoppage time penalty from Leo Messi to highlight his brilliant performance on the night, holding the defending champions to a scoreless draw at the Camp Nou.

It was a match of resilient defense, poor finishing and childish antics in the closing minutes.

Spurs away and just like the old days. An inferior side produces their best because we let them play. Shaky at the back, vulnerable to the simplest long ball. Can't keep hold of the ball or close down our opponents. One difference, mind we won.

The familiar 4-4-2 created plenty of opportunities early on.

szólj hozzá: ManU 1-3 ManC "VIDEO: Fletcher's Goal vs City" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

About to get it on in Red Bull Arena in New Jersey. It's the USA. It's Ecuador. There are no marbles involved.

Some solid manu-et-manu match-ups though: Chandler vs. Valencia, Benitez vs. Bocanegra, Noboa vs. Williams perhaps.

Starting line-ups shortly...as well as your commentary.

Dempsey rips around the corner.

Berbatov, Rooney & Co. machen es uns vor. Sie schießen die Kegeln um und machen uns damit verdammt neidisch. Wir dürfen das nämlich nicht, einfach mal auf der Bowling-Bahn den Fussball rausholen und dann die Pins vorne umschießen. Nein, wir dürfen das nicht, denn uns fehlt der Promistatus, denn die Spieler von Manchester United definitv [.

The King is Dead ( well, injured ) Long live the King!


The biggest shock in this week of premiership soccer was that Wayne Rooney (the aformentioned King) didn't play due to a injury acquired from practice. And boy did that show. Of course everyone knew that Stoke as a host wouldn't be giving anything for free, and in a way the Manchester United players were lucky to get even the one pt that they got.

Man Utd played their first game without Rooney.Chicharito was taken off early on.
Nani produced another bit of brilliance to give Man Utd the lead late in the first half.However seven mintues after half time Peter Crouch scored his first goal for Stoke and that's the way the scoreline stayed till the final whistle.

Tres malas noticias para los pupilos de Alex Fergusson , Javier Chicharito Hernandez y Wayne Rooney salieron lesionados de este partido y ademas no ganaron y rompieron la racha perfecta o sea el record de 100% que tenian con el equipo del Stoke City quienes tomaron este partido como una victoria.

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PLAYERS AC Milan's Thiago Silva, left, reacts after scoring with his teammate Pato against FC Barcelona during a Champions league soccer match at the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) MANAGERS AC Milan's coach Massimiliamo Allegri, right, looks on near to FC Barcelona's coach Pep Guardiola during a Champions league soccer.

It was interesting to see the media's contrasting reactions to our excellent point away to the German champions to Manu's draw against a Benfica. There is no doubt that Dortmund are a considerably stronger side than Benfica, but the media did not paint things like this, same old I say.The most encouraging thing was the way in which we defended well as a unit even when he came under a lot of

Gameweek 5 gives us yet another batch of Fantasy Football excitement as ManU and Chelsea go against each other in English Premier League. Before we get to that, though, let's see what went on in GW 4.
Fantasy Premier League once again showed us, that having player from a team that has a lot of great players is not only a blessing but a curse for players of Premier league fantasy football.

Modric proving once and for all that his head is 'in the right place' (i.e. on his shoulders).Project 2011/12 is finally underway. As Piers Morgan astutely pointed out on Twitter in reference to his beloved Arsenal, 'the real season starts now'. Those embarrassing early few games for both sides obviously don't count (erm, except that they do!

Every year around this time, we warn you that turmoil is ahead in the rankings. That is because when domestic leagues complete five full matchdays (where everybody plays), all of the prior season's numbers are purged from the database. Of the top five domestic leagues in the world, the first two to reach this point in the season, Germany and France, had it happen to them this week.

Pep Guardiola was all smiles yesterday as the Catalan Parliament awarded him the Gold Medal, Catalunya's highest accolade, for being an excellent representative of Catalan values in the sporting world. There were words of praise and admiration, which almost brought Pep to tears at one point.

Paul Gardner writes about the trials and tribulations of Arsene Wenger.
Is it OK to feel sorry for Arsene Wenger? That 8-2 rout by ManU was a humiliation that he surely did not deserve, a sad, sad moment in the history of Arsenal, a cruel game that I found it almost agonizing to watch.

Wow, what a gameweek! Don't you just love soccer! My comment from last week about this season being evenly matched jumped out of the window. Both teams from Manchester dominated their opponents, and showed just how you play football. And how about that Dzeko! Not to mention Young or Rooney. Hopefully you captained one of the them.

O terceiro jogo das eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo do Brasil 2014, foi realizado no dia 29/06/2011, na cidade de Kathmandu-NEP, no Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções do Nepal (148º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Timor-Leste (202º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado.

Fantasy Premier League gameweek 2 showed us once again, how even this years premier league is. There are only 3 teams that continue with 6 points. Those teams of course being ManU, ManCity and Wolves.
This gameweek, I again await big things from Chelsea. Their performance last week left a lot of room to improve, but I think that they will.

Man. Utd: Tottenham: Hearts We look down on them but we look up to them So now we are down in the relegation places and bottom of the league purely on merit. The team we played last night is top and the team we play on Sunday are second: so the heat is on. Two games played and some light shed on the shape of our season.

It was three'n'easy for Manchester United as they beat Tottenham 3-0 at Old Trafford to-night and it was one of Fergie's Babes Danny Welbeck who opened the scoring on the hour mark set up by another youngster Tom Cleverley, Welbeck then showed his vision , when back heeling for Anderson for United's second before golden oldy Ryan Giggs crossed for Wayne Rooney to head home to complete the rout.

What makes a great defender for your fantasy soccer team? He of course has to play in a winning team. He of course has to play often and whole games. If he scores a goal or gives an assist now and then that is a big plus. Of course we wouldnt mind if his price wouldnt be too much either.
So who are these denfenders.

I think the goal of the week is deserve the goal of the week without a doubt
szólj hozzá: ManC 2-2 ManU
A passionate goal from Argentina with very nice skill
But here a better, more skillful, and a more passionate one from America vs. Fluminense from Brazil
AC Milan vs.

szólj hozzá: ManC 2-3 ManU All 1. For our first conclusion we couldn't do any better than a text doing the rounds: Blue Moon / You started singing too soon / You had a two goal headstart / But three were put past Joe Hart. 2. David De Gea hopefully treated Nani to a couple [...]

Less than week to go until the begininng of the Fantasy Premier League, so it's about time to start looking at the top picks and tips for your team. I'll try to give comments about the best player for your team in every price range. So, no more blabbering, let's get right to business.
GOALKEEPERS:
Over £6M
At the top of the price list for goalkeepers are ManCity's Joe Hart and Chelsea's Petr Cech.

Why Capello should take a leaf out of Flowers' book

Two England teams are in action on ­Wednesday. One is ruthless, purposeful, and ­adheres to a long term strategy. The other is tentative, fearful, and under short term management. Spot the difference between cricket and football?