Anfield Talk 20 November @ 04:42 PM EST
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has hailed the clinic that has got four of his top men fit for
Saturday's crunch Premier League encounter with Manchester City.
Benitez defended the use of a controversial Serbian clinic to get Glen Johnson, Fabio Aurelio,
Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera all fit.
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Anfield Talk 20 November @ 04:41 PM EST
Liverpool clash with Manchester City this weekend and Rafael Benitez will be hoping the
international break will have given his side the opportunity to turn their recent shoddy form
around.
Roaming right-back Glen Johnson, according to Benitez, has received the experimental placenta
massage that Arsenal striker Robin van Persie elected to try following the injury he sustained
while representing Netherlands.
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EPL Talk 17 November @ 01:16 PM EST
For many in England, last week's news that the Premier League would not be inviting Rangers or
Celtic to join anytime soon was a welcome relief. After all, the Premier League has already done
enough damage in some eyes to the traditional feel of English football, despite unquestionably
expanding the international reach of the English game.
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The big news for the
Premier League today is that Premier League clubs have rejected a
proposal to admit Scottish teams
Celtic and
Rangers into the English top flight.
It is being reported that over 14 of the Premier League chairmen have rejected this idea.
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Is there any reason why the ACL final is played in Tokyo? Beyond the fact probably that they bid
the most, they provide most of the sponsors, they are the best organisers and the wives of the
senior officials can enjoys a few days shopping in Japan.
But beyond that and in footballing terms why is the final there?
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Anfield looking for more reliable defensive line.
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Manchester United are the latest big name club to be linked with highly rated Danish
defender Simon Kjaer.
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Footy Factor 08 November @ 06:43 AM EST
‘In Flanders fields the poppies blow. Between the crosses, row on row...'
91 years ago today, World War 1 hostilities ended. To commemorate the anniversary, most
Premier League clubs will be sporting fresh kits this weekend emblazoned with the poppy
emblem. Only three out of the twenty clubs in the league are refusing to conform to public
sentiment: Manchester United, Liverpool and Bolton.
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Red Rants 07 November @ 04:14 PM EST
A lot of you might have noticed the poppy flower adorning attire of managers, broadcasters,
players' shirts etc. to mark Remembrance week. Sportsmail (or, indeed, the Daily
Mail) have led this campaign to get all Premier League clubs to have an embroidered poppy on
club kits. Personally, I didn't have much of a problem with a campaign of this sort.
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EPL Talk 06 November @ 01:18 PM EST
Several Premier League clubs announced today changes to their January fixtures so matches can be
moved to TV timeslots. As a result, we can infer which matches will be shown on the US soccer TV
networks.
January's highlights include:
- Arsenal v Manchester United, Sunday, January 31, 11am ET, Fox Soccer Channel
- Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur, Sunday, January 10, 11am ET, Fox Soccer Channel
- Birmingham v Man United, Saturday, January 9, 12;30pm ET, Fox Soccer Channel
- Hull v Chelsea, Saturday, January 9, 7:45am ET, ESPN2
Be sure to read the complete TV schedule of Premier League matches shown in the US.
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North London rivals most attractive options open to soon to be out of contract forward.
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Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh linked with a host of Premier League clubs including
Arsenal, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland this summer has insisted he will still
not sign a new contract with the French champions before the end of the season.
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Sport companies and clubs have, in living memory certainly, always gone hand in hand with
advertising. Formula 1 has given much wide- spread criticised publicity to cigarette companies on
the sides to their big red engines, cricket players are sponsored by airlines and football teams
are sponsored by companies by all walks of life.
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The Bucs and Browns are a combined 1-14 this season, while across the pond Manchester United stands
second and Aston Villa stands eight in the Premier League standings. I know what some people are
thinking, what is the connections between the four teams. The connections is simple The Browns and
Aston Villa are owned by Randy Lerner, while the Bucs and Manchester United are owned by Malcolm
Glazer (pictured right).
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Anfield Talk 03 November @ 04:43 PM EST
Representatives from Manchester United and Liverpool lead a list of twelve Premier League clubs who
are expected to watch QPR wonderkid Raheem Sterling in action this week.
Sterling has been picked for the England Under-16 side to play Northern Ireland in the Victory
Shield on Thursday.
Scouts from United and Liverpool were in attendance at a QPR Under-18 match over the weekend to
have another look at the striker.
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Anfield Talk 03 November @ 04:34 PM EST
Liverpool youngster Mikel San Jose may be set to return from his loan spell in Spain ahead of
schedule.
The 20-year-old defender agreed to join Athletic Bilbao on a season-long deal over the summer, but
has grown frustrated at a lack of opportunities in his homeland.
He has been awarded just seven minutes of action this term and feels he needs to explore other
avenues.
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FC Boro 02 November @ 05:27 PM EST
Reports over the weekend linked former Boro favourite and now Peterborough forward George Boyd
with a £6m move to Tottenham. Boyd has been arguably the Posh's best player in their first season
in the Championship so far and his recent form is thought to have alerted Premier League clubs to
making an offer.
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After a disappointing start to the season that sees them sitting above the League One relegation
places on goal difference, Brighton & Hove Albion have parted company with their manager, Russell
Slade. This in itself isn't much of a surprise, but it does provide us with a reasonable case study
on the psychology of football supporters and the pressure under which clubs find themselves.
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Football fans have become better educated in the mysteries of football finances over recent
years out of necessity as much as anything else, but just occasionally old naiveties come to the
fore. It might just be that they can't believe that things could be as bad off the pitch as on it
at the moment, but Hull City fans are less concerned than they should be about the lack of
financial information coming out of their club in recent times, and now that the information has
come out and has proved as grim as one may have feared, they still don't sem to believe that things
can be as bad off the pitch as on it; despite the phrase "significant doubt over their ability to
continue as a going concern" appearing not once, but three times in a relatively short annual
report and statement of accounts for the Tigers' promotion year.
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International women's World Cup qualifiers, huge surprise in Spain and a prison sentence for
Premier League footballer all feature on this week's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
section of languagecaster's podcast. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in
bold at the foot of the post.
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In light of the fact that United had a Carling Cup tie last night, which was won comfortably
enough, but was overshadowed by a good ol' college-style food-fight, BigFourZa shall not review the
match in protest, to express our solidarity with the 1 Billion people in the world who go hungry
every day (seriously).
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I did not think that any team could outdo Newcastle for their off-field antics, but Portsmouth
is determined to outdo even Mike Ashley. Portsmouth's season has descended yet further into chaos
with news that the Premier League have hit them with a transfer ban.
The Premier League confirmed reports by the DailyMail that they had taken the drastic action
because of Portsmouth's debts to other English clubs that remain outstanding.
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The English Carling Cup resumed play on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 with round 4 matches. There
were five matches on Tuesday including Manchester United, Everton, and Tottenham Hotspur. Here's a
recap of all the matches along with video highlights.
English Carling Cup Recap - Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Most of the favorites advanced on Tuesday as there were not any major upsets.
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New Boro boss drops a clanger!
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New Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan may have slipped up on his first day in charge
of the Riverside Stadium outfit, by inadvertedly revealing a list of transfer targets.
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EPL Talk 23 October @ 04:06 AM EST
Congratulations to EPL Talk reader Danny Godfrey for recently winning the dream chance of
attending an England training session.
The chance-of-a-lifetime experience was courtesy of Umbro who gave Godfrey the opportunity to
watch a behind closed doors training session featuring the England national team.
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The UEFA Europa League resumed its group stage matches on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Fulham,
one of two English Premier League Clubs, hosted Italian Serie A side AS Roma at the Craven Cottage
in one of the matches. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.
Fulham draws with AS Roma 1-1 Video Highlights
The match was fairly even as neither side was dominating.
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The UEFA Europa League resumed its group stage matches on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Everton,
one of two English Premier League Clubs, traveled to play Portugese side Benfica in one of the
matches. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.
Benfica crushes Everton 5-0 Video Highlights
Benfica was in control of the match from the start as they dominated Everton on Thursday.
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BWFC 24 22 October @ 09:00 AM EST
While Camel Meriem trains with The Wanderers and Gary Megson announces that he wants to
concentrate on Bolton's defence two more players enter the rumour mill.
First of all Rochdale's versatile winger, Will Buckley, who is happy to play as a striker too,
has been linked with Bolton Wanderers.
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Anfield Talk 21 October @ 12:34 PM EST
A host of Premier League clubs are said to be chasing Standard Liege striker Dieumerci M'Bokani,
according to reports in Belgium.
The Congo international has been linked with a move to Manchester United in the past while
Blackburn, Liverpool and Arsenal are all said to be monitoring his progress.
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You'd have thought that even the publicity junkie that is Sulaiman Al-Fahim would keep as low a
profile as possible, after his dismal, embarrassing failures at Portsmouth, but no. Having done a
round of self-justificatory chats with the UK press, who didn't balk at pointing out the flaws in
every argument he put forward, he returned to the happier, compliant hunting ground of the Arabic
press for his latest lecture to the masses.
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Anfield Talk 19 October @ 11:59 AM EST
Stoke City centre-back Ryan Shawcross has been attracting interest from an elite of Premier League
clubs but has publicly reiterated his interest in continuing to kit out for Tony Pulis' Potters, as
he could not be guaranteed regular first-team football at a top-four club.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is reportedly an admirer of Shawcross' defensive nous, while
Arsenal, Manchester United, Fulham, Everton, and West Ham United have also been linked with a move
for the player.
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A financial disaster waiting to happen? Ryan Baxter takes a look at the figures.
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Manchester City's billionaire owners have wasted no time in splashing the cash in an effort to
win silverware and establish the club among the world's elite.
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ManUtd24 16 October @ 04:29 AM EST
Take my word, I haven't just looked at a couple of blurry Youtube clips before coming to a
conclusion about the Standard Liege player who Manchester United have been strongly linked with
recently.
Sir Alex Ferguson sent a 'get well soon' letter wishing him a speedy recovery which has caught
the attention of the media, with fans on various internet forums discussing their thoughts on a
possible signing.
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East Lower 15 October @ 04:30 PM EST
Well here we all are again, a little dustier and a trifle older, but here we all are
nevertheless.
I did try to get excited about the internationals. But I couldn't. I missed the Ukraine game
entirely, and though I did watch the Belarus game, it was so inconsequential that I lost interest
faster than I do when I periodically attempt doing some DIY.
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