9-1.
9 f*cking 1.
We actually went and spanked Wigan by nine chuffing goals to one.
And all that after I foretold a nervy 2-1 win? This result could put me out of business (if I actually made any money from this site).
I'm too delirious to post anything of real value right now so expect more either later on in the evening or tomorrow, when I'll have hopefully recovered to a suitable state. Click to continue reading...

Hi readers. just to let you know that my site is back to normal.
I have removed some adds that were using pop-ups making the site inaccessible for readers.
Hope that viewers will come back to my site again.
I don't write articles to make money, I do it because I love Liverpool.
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This game was a nasty short right to the left midriff.
The Brisbane Club had worked hard to get its once healthy crowd back to a meaningful game. Things happen in the Brisbane v Melbourne games. From the brilliant 3-3 in game 2 to the mean 'Kruse' game.
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Is this the "new" mass threat to World Football (Soccer)?Dodgy referee decisions, intencional red cards to leave your team with less men, own goals, off-sides not called, goalkeeping mistakes...theoptions are long as "betting" money has entered as a possible factor ingame results. In Germany they are investigating up to 200 games; local,Europa League & Champions League. Click to continue reading...

Rumours are rife as we all know about Chelsea at the moment and there seems to be no stopping the press at the moment. Ashley Cole has said this week:
""Of course every club wants to see new players and at a club like Chelsea you know whoever comes in will be world-class, you would love to see new players but it's not my money they're spending and it's not down to me. Click to continue reading...

When Barry Moat's Newcastle United takeover bid failed, a lot of supporters feared that without money to invest in players, we'd struggle to add to our already depleted squad. The current Newcastle squad is probably just good enough to get out of the Championship, but without further investment, it's looking bleak for our future Premier League survival.

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Persija are probably having breakfast at their hotel in Balikpapan as I type this. They have been better off staying at home and saving some money.
Just take a look at Persiba's recent home record (source - Bola Tabloid)
v Persik 1-0
v Persijap 1-0
v Persita 3-0
v Pelita Jaya 2-0
v PSIS 5-0
v Persib 2-0
v Sriwijaya 4-0
v PSPS 3-0
Rather pisses on my theory that Daniel Roekito's team don't do defence, dunnit? Click to continue reading...

SEE YOU IN SEATTLE
It's MLS Cup Weekend - So come and party with your friends on Friday night!
The Designated Players - du Nord, Soccer by Ives, The Original Winger, This Is American Soccer and The Offside Rules - will be hosting a get together on Friday night in Seattle at Kells Pub. Click to continue reading...

We already knew this, but Avoiding the Drop crunches some numbers to show how Guillermo was the most productive and economical designated player in the league last year:

He had more goals (14), more combined goals and assists (17), and – probably the biggest factor for the Crew – was the cheapest on a per-goal basis* ($38,235).

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Raddy Majewski will hopefully become a permanent fixture at Forest, although there are implications that he could be holding out for a bit more money (who said that Polish workers are content with low wages?) In the meantime, Craig Broon has suggested that Wee Billy Davies could be the next manager of the Scotchland national team; [. Click to continue reading...

David France, a football philanthropist and previous owner of the world's largest football memorabilia collection, is the guest on the latest episode of the EPL Talk Podcast.

France has an incredible story to tell about the 20 years he spent traveling the world and assembling the most amazing and comprehensive collection of memorabilia items for any English football club.

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Man United may currently be sitting third in the Premier League, below Chelsea and Arsenal but Sir Alex Ferguson believes it will be a two-horse race. The Man United manager believes that one of the ‘top four' could drop out of the Champions League spots and that the race for the title will be between two teams. Click to continue reading...

See You At The Sweety!
Wednesday November 18
Denmark v USA
1:30pm Central Time live - Plus a delayed showing again at 7pm.
Come join your fellow football fanaticos to watch the game:
The Sweetwater Grill & Bar
at the Best Western Kelly Inn
161 Saint Anthony Ave
I-94 & Marion
St Paul
(651) 224-6373
All ages welcome! Click to continue reading...

Is to wait and see how this one plays out. To the Columbus fans, welcome to the silly season.
Lest we forget, everything in the transfer window is dramatic with Guille. Remember when he first came to Columbus? It took forever to get the deal signed, McCullers was back and forth, the deal was announced before it was finalized, and yours truly was beside himself:

So McCullers can introduce this guy to the press.

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Montreal inches closer to a MLS expansion bid.

By now we've all seen the lovely quote from MLS commissioner Don Garber yesterday about future league expansion.

"We've had productive conversations with Montreal to be our 19th team," said Garber.

With all the issues going on with the USL/TOA crap you have to think that Montreal owner Joey Saputo is trying to figure out the best way to get his club into the top-tier league instead of a new breakaway league.

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Rafael Benitez believes that Liverpool must buy relatively unknown players, train them, and sell them to make a profit and eventually reduce the club's mountain of debt.
The Merseysiders are said to be £245 million in the red, and the Kop boss has already threatened to resign if any stars go on sale during January. Click to continue reading...

Went past the Mercedes garage yesterday. Big, shiny car in the window, apparently the best model in its class that money can buy. So went inside, and offered a quarter of the asking price, because I reckoned that car wanted to come home with me. Know what happened?
Yep, I was slung out on my ear. Click to continue reading...

Real Salt Lake v. L.A. Galaxy.
I hear the MLS commish is going to be in town. He's gonna do an insider chat with a local newspaper and participate in the march to the match with the Sounders FC fans.
Should be a heckuva event for the league. Tickets are flying fast. And for my money the safe bet is Los Angeles. Click to continue reading...

The people linked with Newcastle United are either perpetually stupid or completely inept.

Barry Moat has finally broken his silence regarding the Newcastle United takeover and his failure to buy the club. In comments released yesterday Moat admitted that he too would consider selling the naming rights for St.

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I'm putting my money on Shalrie Joseph for MVP; as Al Hopkins says, he played out of position, scored goals and put his team in the playoffs. Who are you putting your money on? Click to continue reading...

Hello!

I'm still here.  Insanely busy week at work last week, and now we can't get internets at home.  British Telecom are sending out their best engineer, but not until Friday. So expect me when you see me really. Â

I had all sorts of ideas for posts based on last week's adventures:Â driving to Sutton Coldfield to run some focus groups, watching those focus groups on DVD (three hours of watching myself moderate:Â my voice doesn't sound half as silly as I thought it might, which is good; the overhead camera focused on my bald patch for three hours, which is less good), listening to Kerrang radio, but only in the West Midlands (why can't the rest of the country get Kerrang?

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Vote for the African Premier League player who has been the best ambassador for Africa here...The winner will be declared on the 30th of November 2009
Drogba signed a new advertising contract with Pepsi and pledged the entire £3m he earned from the deal to the setting-up of a hospital and orphanage in Ivory Coast.

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After trying his best to engineer a move away from Anfield in the summer, rumours are flying again that Javier Mascherano is on the verge of leaving Liverpool. So where's the problem? Why can't Liverpool just let him leave? There seems to be this idea that Mascherano is somehow irreplaceable and integral to Liverpool's success, but in my view, Liverpool could cope perfectly well without him. Click to continue reading...

We're guessing the buyer wasn't Pepe Reina The red beach ball which helped Sunderland to a shock victory against Liverpool has sold for £411.77 at auction. The inflatable, which deflected Darren Bent's shot past Pepe Reina, was auctioned to raise money for the Alder Hey Imagine Appeal. It is not known who won the auction, but the [. Click to continue reading...

According to ESPN Soccernet, Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie expects the club's transfer ban to be lifted before the January transfer window. He said,

"My understanding is that we would expect the transfer ban to be lifted in good time for us to continue trading in January.

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According to Zack Wilson at Goal.com, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson does not seem likely to spend big money this January. Ferguson told The Mail on Sunday,

"I would like to do business, but only if the prices are right - and that can be a problem in January.

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The news that Chris Rolfe was leaving at the end of the season for Denmark came out a couple months ago, but Jack Bell over at the New York Times had a long article that touched on the topic yesterday:

Rolfe said that Aalborg, known as AaB, attempted to buy him from the league last summer, but M.

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strong>Poor attitude, poor touch, just in it for the money. But enough about my career as a masseur, I'm talking of course about our half-hearted centre forward Marlon Harewood. Currently loaned to Newcastle by Premiership outfit Aston Villa, judging by performances so far, it would seem to most fans there were no flies on Martin [. Click to continue reading...

Some quotes, but not much new information.

A collective-bargaining proposal made by the league last week was "very disappointing," said Crew goalkeeper William Hesmer.
"Based off of what was last proposed, this doesn't end well," Hesmer said.
. . .
The union also is pushing for greater economic benefits, including higher minimum salaries, but Crew midfielder Brian Carroll said monetary considerations are secondary.

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Man United defender Gary Neville has been quoted by The Sun as saying that the crowd trouble at Barnsley was blown out of proportion because Man United were involved.
United won 2-0 down at Oakwell but the game was marred by three Barnsley supporters running onto the pitch and other supporters ransacking the food kiosks. Click to continue reading...

We heard yesterday that 26 year old Dutch centre forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar (of Real Madrid and currently AC Milan fame) is going up for transfer come January, and, with a desire to play in England, clubs entering the bidding war for the £12 million-rated striker will be Chelsea, Liverpool and Birmingham, who have recently come into some money with the arrival of Carson Yeung as their new owner. Click to continue reading...

We heard yesterday that 26 year old Dutch centre forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar (of Real Madrid and currently AC Milan fame) is going up for transfer come January, and, with a desire to play in England, clubs entering the bidding war for the £12 million-rated striker will be Chelsea, Liverpool and Birmingham, who have recently come into some money with the arrival of Carson Yeung as their new owner. Click to continue reading...

So now that the CAS have suspended the transfer ban that had been imposed on Chelsea by UEFA over the Gael Kakuta affair, the press are going to town about how Chelsea will be spending big money in January to cover players leaving for the African Nations Cup and also to plan for the future transfer windows just in case the ban is upheld after appeal. Click to continue reading...

While Chelsea were cleaning up on the field, David was, too in the stands.

In what surely has to be considered one of the great moments in Stamford Bridge history, if not footballing history, the man we all now know broke out the ol' toothbrusher for a quick cleanse in the final minutes of Sunday's 1-0 home win over Manchester United.

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Two signed captain's armbands from John Terry will be auctioned online from November 12 for charity. One signed as Chelsea captain, and one as England captain. These unique pieces of sporting memorabilia will raise money for two worthy causes - the Willow Foundation and the Steve Bernard Foundation. Unlike other sporting memorabilia, the captains armbands cannot be bought in the shops. Click to continue reading...