One of the players playing extremely well at the moment is Genoa fantasista Raffaele Palladino. Palladino has always been a player that could do things with the ball that others could only dream of doing, but he never had the consistency to show that talent at a high level.

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Wayne Rooney may be a legend to some already, but on paper and in the history books he is overshadowed by names such as Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton, Jack Rowley and George Best.

Giggs, 34, is the most decorated player in the Premier League's history and tops the club's appearance charts having played in an amazing 816 (and counting) matches for the club in a career spanning nearly 20 years.

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The line up against Wolverhampton Wibbleyous will be much as we saw against the London Street Directory (the A to Z do try and keep up).� � Carlos Vela and Armand Traore are just about ready for action, but not quite. Denilson hasn't started training yet, but will do so while the silly internationals are going [. Click to continue reading...

Major League Soccer is growing and improving but outsiders often criticise the league for having a lack of quality. It is a relatively fast football played in the US, with plenty of big, athletic players of the kind which is becoming so important in so many footballing countries across the world.

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Thomas Vermaelen, Arsenal's only summer signing, was speaking after Wednesday's 4-1 win over AZ Alkmaar on how the Gunners were not being taken seriously when the season kicked-off. On whether the Gunners are good enough to ... Click to continue reading...

Thomas Vermaelen, Arsenal's only summer signing, was speaking after Wednesday's 4-1 win over AZ Alkmaar on how the Gunners were not being taken seriously when the season kicked-off. On whether the Gunners are good enough to ...

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Arsenal right back Emmanuel Eboue is confident the Gunners can win silverware this season. The 26-year old, who is enjoying plenty of first team action this season, believes the team is confident and believe they can ...

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Arsenal right back Emmanuel Eboue is confident the Gunners can win silverware this season. The 26-year old, who is enjoying plenty of first team action this season, believes the team is confident and believe they can ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was full of praise for Frenchman Abou Diaby before yesterday's Champions League game at home against AZ Alkmaar, although he believes the 23-year old should be more responsible in his job. ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was full of praise for Frenchman Abou Diaby before yesterday's Champions League game at home against AZ Alkmaar, although he believes the 23-year old should be more responsible in his job. ...

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Hopefully Rafa saw the negatives in Andriy Voronin's performance last night; rather than claiming he is a good player who can have an impact on this season. He proved last night he is nowhere near good enough to play for Liverpool; it's time for the number 10 to move on. I honestly beleive he would struggle [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool drew 1-1 with Lyon last night, leaving any chance of getting through the group stages of the Champion's League hanging by a thread' but what do you think went wrong last night? There are a number of possible reasons: Rafa's tactics/his woeful decision to play Voronin/the lack of introduction of Aquilani/bringing on Babel too late, [. Click to continue reading...

Just when you thought our season couldn't get much worse, along comes Lyon to equalise in the last couple of minutes. We're not out of the Champions League yet, but we're relying on some serious favours now.
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Roma-Inter from May of 1999 is another highly entertaining game from one of the most entertaining Serie A seasons of all time. The 1998-99 season had 3 leaders of the table (for the first part of the season it was Fiorentina, who were winter champions but were then hurt by the injury of Batistuta, then Lazio, who looked on their way to the Scudetto but fell off form towards the end, and then Milan who surprised everyone and stole the Scudetto on the last day).

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Liverpool face Lyon in the Champion's League tonight, but given the fact that Rafa has an injury list longer than his arm; who do you think should play? The squad is as follows: Reina, Cavalieri, Carragher, Ayala, Darby, Insua, Agger, Kyrgiakos, Kuyt, Lucas, Benayoun, Aquilani, Babel, Mascherano, Spearing, Plessis, Ngog, Voronin, Torres. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal can win silverware. This is the opinion of midfielder Tomas Rosicky. In a complete interview published by UEFA.com during which the Czech International was answering questions by the website readers, the 29-year old said Arsenal ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal can win silverware. This is the opinion of midfielder Tomas Rosicky. In a complete interview published by UEFA.com during which the Czech International was answering questions by the website readers, the 29-year old said Arsenal ...

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It was just announced that Cesc Fabregas edged out Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba as the PFA Player of the Month for the month of October.

Ultimately, of course, such awards are pretty meaningless, and Cesc would probably be the first to say so. But it is nice that his superb play all month was recognized, as he was consistently pulling the strings for a club which was undefeated on the month.

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With our regular pre-match pundit being asked (bizarrely) to write an essay by his university (something that never happened when I was a student) we turn this week to Billy "The Dog" McGraw, landlord of the Toppled Bollard, St Thomas' Rd, for a run down on the match against the London Street Atlas, or A [. Click to continue reading...

Where do you draw the line when it comes to Fernando Torres' fitness? That's the question I've been asking myself ever since I wrote yesterday's piece on Steve Gerrard's absence from the squad for Wednesday night's European tilt against Lyon. I read, re-read, and then read Rafa's comments regarding the injury numerous times before coming [. Click to continue reading...

A few nice goals this week, but nothing extraordinary. Giuseppe Mascara scored one of his trademark wonder-goals, and Marco Borriello got back on the scoresheet with 2 goals (the second a nice scissor kick) after almost a year. Diego Milito got back to his scoring ways as well after being absent through injury, and Mirko Vucinic finally scored his first goal of the season.

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He's one of the best players for Arsenal this season. With eight goals scored already, Dutchman Robin van Persie is flying high and is enjoying every second of it. Speaking to the Official Matchday Programme, the ... Click to continue reading...

He's one of the best players for Arsenal this season. With eight goals scored already, Dutchman Robin van Persie is flying high and is enjoying every second of it. Speaking to the Official Matchday Programme, the ...

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The case of Cesc Fabregas By Luke Tao (Diceman) He is really a superman. I stumbled onto some blogs and found various quotes from, who else, those pub bore lot saying along the line of "Fabregas is not a better player than Xavi and/or Iniesta". I'd say to them; piss off and relocate yourself to Barcelona then you [. Click to continue reading...

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp will not only be disappointed for his side's 3-0 defeat against Arsenal but will also be upset for failing to sign Belgian International Thomas Vermaelen who is producing back-to-back impressive performances ... Click to continue reading...

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp will not only be disappointed for his side's 3-0 defeat against Arsenal but will also be upset for failing to sign Belgian International Thomas Vermaelen who is producing back-to-back impressive performances ...

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Ivory Coast International Emmanuel Eboue was speaking to Le Quotidien du Foot on his present and future, revealing how he would not say no if Paris Saint Germain came knocking at his door. The Arsenal right ...

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Ivory Coast International Emmanuel Eboue was speaking to Le Quotidien du Foot on his present and future, revealing how he would not say no if Paris Saint Germain came knocking at his door. The Arsenal right ... Click to continue reading...

It's a regular mash unit at Melwood prior to Wednesday's do-or-die Champions League tie against Lyon. And whilst we'd all love to hear good news ahead such a match, it appears the reports coming from the club keep getting worse. Isn't the typical of the way this season has gone so far? The word [.. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal midfielder Andrey Arshavin declared the Gunners were sure of the three points already at half time last Saturday in the North London derby. Speaking after the game which Arsenal eventually won 3-0, the Russian said: We ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal midfielder Andrey Arshavin declared the Gunners were sure of the three points already at half time last Saturday in the North London derby. Speaking after the game which Arsenal eventually won 3-0, the Russian said: We ...

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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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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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One of Arsenal's best players so far this season, Dutchman Robin van Persie is indeed enjoying a brilliant moment of form. On target twice against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, the 26-year old is being compared ... Click to continue reading...

One of Arsenal's best players so far this season, Dutchman Robin van Persie is indeed enjoying a brilliant moment of form. On target twice against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, the 26-year old is being compared ...

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