Conspiracy theories don't usually do it for me, but tonight's farce is enough to make me pause for thought. If Jack Warner can retain a high ranking position in FIFA than nothing in football is impossible; could it be that UEFA, frightened by Roma's poor start to the campaign and desperate to show off their new Europa League, have issued a far reaching anti-non-famous club mandate?

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Video of goal highlights from the Fulham vs Liverpool game on Saturday, October 31, 2009. Game kicks off at 15.00 UK time from Craven Cottage, London. Liverpool will be without captain Steven Gerrard for this trip, but striker Fernando Torres is expected to start. Related posts:Liverpool 0-0 Fulham On a poor day for the Premiership's big [. Click to continue reading...

Who: Fulham (14th) Vs Arsenal (7th)
The London clubs will be looking for a win, as both of them have not made the best of starts to the season..
What: Barclays Premier League, Round 6 for both teams.
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Come the revolution, the Premier League will be no more – of that you can be certain. As clubs attempt to regain control of their upwardly spiralling finances, the top flight will break up into smaller regionalised leagues, thereby reinforcing the weakening notion of local derbies and local rivalries. Click to continue reading...

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It's not quite what video replay advocates were hoping for, but Michel Platini is betting the experimental addition of two goal line officials during tonight's Europa League group stage opener will eventually silence critics and placate fans, managers, and players tired of diving players and dodgy goal mouth calls like the one made at Ashton Gate last month.

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Here are my thoughts about my 2 teams this past weekend...

DC UNITED

Umm...I thought I was supposed to watch DC United v Seattle Sounders FC this past Saturday. What I saw was Seattle was there. The DC fans were there. The refs showed up. The only thing missing was the home team.

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. Image via Wikipedia Fulham secured their second Premier League win of the season by beating struggling Everton 2-1 at Craven Cottage. Everton had the better of the first half without looking really threatening. They did however take the lead in 33rd minute through a trademark header from midfielder Tim Cahill. Click to continue reading...

Phew, wow, hurray! A reminder that Roy knows what he's doing and that last season's magic didn't get lost over the summer. Today was classic Hodgson-era Fulham, solid, strong, hard-working and occasionally flat out excellent. A win to put smiles on faces.

The game started slowly, with some wonderful centre-back/centre-forward duels but few chances.

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The English Premier League wrapped up its weekend of matches with two on Sunday. The matches on Sunday were Aston Villa traveling to play Birmingham City and Fulham hosting Everton. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights on Sunday, September 13, 2009.

English Premier League Recap Saturday, September 13, 2009

Fulham defeated Everton on two second half goals while Aston Villa got a late goal to beat Birmingham City.

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Here's where Fulham players were selected in the Paintsil League at The Times:

ROUND Â Â Â Â PICK Â Â Â Â PLAYER Â Â Â Â POS Â Â Â Â TEAM
1    9    Dickson Etuhu    CM    Flatter to Decieve FC
1    10    Mark Schwarzer    GK    Ball Blacks
1    13    Clint Dempsey    LM    New York Whites
2    27    Brede Paulsen Hangeland    CB    Ball Blacks
2    28    John Paintsil    RB    Flatter to Decieve FC
3    43    Danny Murphy    CM    Lamb Chops
4    71    Aaron Hughes    CB    Jimmy Hill Is The Messiah
5    76    Andrew Johnson    FOR    HammyEnd.

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Fulham's Brede Hangeland is a towering defender but there are question marks about his pace, something he answered with his intelligent positioning.
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FK Vetra were never going to be the most demanding of oppositions for Fulham and therefore probably not the most appropriate opponent whereby to do a scouting report of defender Brede Hangeland.

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The all new rumour reporting article system is in full effect! The Rumour Tottenham's Gareth Bale has fallen out of favour under Harry Redknapp. The 19-year-old left back is a useful utility man, also being able to play in midfield and would be a useful addition to Fulham's line-up. Paul Konchesky . Click to continue reading...

The Fulham striker tells Gary Andrews how Roy Hodgson's organisation has the Cottagers flying high, and why he's unconcerned by his lack of goals.

When Fulham head to Newcastle this weekend, casual observers could be forgiven for expressing surprise that the two clubs' respective positions aren't reversed.

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Below I noted Ashley Young's performance, and superficially, it seemed impressive. And maybe it was.  He passed the ball 27 times and gave it away 16 of them, which seems bad, but there's an awful lot of passing right into the heart of the box there.   On balance, you have to say that we did a fine job of containing him, but on another day some of those passes could've found a man.

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Just my quick opinions on the other games from this past weekend.
Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion: In what looked like a replay of so many Arsenal games last season, Arsenal controlled the game against West Bromwich Albion, but were unable to put them away, only getting a 1-0 result.
Samri Nasri's play today stood out to me as he looked comfortable on the ball all day long.

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My favourite time of the year (not really)(but almost): squad numbers! 1 MARK SCHWARZER 2 MORITZ VOLZ - shame, if he's going to Boro would've been nice for Stoor to have 2 3 PAUL KONCHESKY - proper left back number 4 JOHN PANTSIL - quite a coup for John, this.  Good number, 4.  I hope John uses it well 5 [. Click to continue reading...

News this morning on a couple of web sites, including Vital Football that seems to suggest that Newcastle may be interested in Fulham left-back Paul Konchesky.  Paul Konchesky - while at West Ham United Click to continue reading...

Sunderland have signed Michael Chopra from Cardiff City on a four-year deal.

The former Newcastle striker joins the newly promoted Mackems for a fee believed to around £5 million, after scoring 22 league goals for Cardiff last season.

He becomes Roy Keane's third signing for Sunderland in the close-season, following the capture of defensive duo Russell Anderson from Aberdeen and Greg Halford from Reading.

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Think Dailly is wishing him a happy birthday?

Paul Konchesky became new Fulham manager Lawrie Sanchez's fifth signing of the summer after he penned a four-year contract and ended his anguish at West Ham.

Konchesky's future at Upton Park looked uncertain when his former Charlton boss Alan Curbishley arrived last season and he made just four appearances after Alan Pardew's exit in December.

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