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By Tony Attwood

If you have a long memory, and take note of the occasional ramblings of mine on this site you might recall that I've written a few things about the Redknapp [.

Kickettes, do you recall the veiled threat we (and many, many other members of the media) received from legal firm, Schillings, on behalf of their clients, the Gerrards, requesting privacy from the paps whilst out with their kids?

If not, read about it here.

Well recently, and as we rightly predicted, Lourdes made her grand entrance into the public world via the same pages that pay Alex for her brainless ramblings, which OK!

Just a heads up that tomorrow, January 18th, On The Pitch will go dark in protest of the pending SOPA and PIPA legislation. If you haven't heard about this legislation, you need to educate yourself, as the major media companies are trying to get Congress to pass legislation that will allow for government censorship of the Internet under the guise of copyright infringement.

I've spent a lot of time using social media to expand the reach of various organizations, non-profits, and even our own soccer league. So it made me laugh when I realized I had Facebook pages for just about everything except On The Pitch. What a silly oversight.

One of the neat experiences I've had coaching youth soccer is having a player who can do a flip throw. We actually have two players on our 96 girls team that can do it, though one is a striker and only throws in on occasion. The other is one of our starting defenders and was a competitive gymnast before she started playing soccer.

Crunch time. This one could not be much bigger if it were written in size 72 font, stretched in a rack and then injected with muscle-steroid-type-things by that Russian giant of a chap David Haye beat a couple of years back. It's not just the three points, which would give us a five-point platform from which to wave down at Chelski, with a game in hand.

- Jason Davis
There's a piece of accepted truth in the blogging world, one of those bits of conventional wisdom impossible to verify, that the average blog's lifespan is three years. I'm not sure if this is meant to apply to all blogs, sports blogs, or specifically to soccer blogs, but it's a "fact" I've heard repeated more than a few times during the span of Match Fit USA's existence, and by extension, the time I have been penning my overwrought missives on the state of American soccer.

Guus Hiddink is unemployed. He likes Chelsea, a lot.

So, is a return to London in some capacity other than manager represent good business for the club and Roman Abramovich? Yes and no.

London calling?

Hiddink resigned his managerial post this week following a turbulent near two-year spell in charge of the Turkish national team.

The World Cup is going back to Brazil, which means we're surely due for an unforgettable atmosphere, but it also means we're going to be subject to Pele's ramblings on the entire universe for the next three years. Not that he ever needed an excuse, , but as the tournament's ambassador, he's just not going away.

PLAYOFFS ARE HERE
As we all know. Anything goes in the playoffs and anything can happen. and often anything WILL happen. so here we are the bloggers unite and bring you yet another session of fantastic insights, witty comments and often some absolute bull S**t. but here we go again!

We broke the curse. That's all you need to know. Well, not really. Once again I'm taking you on a running diary odyssey of sorts. The madness, after the jump:

No Church in the Wild

Much like the last go around, I woke up on Saturday morning, broke out the laptop, and did my best to track the madness of the match in whatever fashion I could surmise.

It was a bright March morning two years ago when Liverpool fans were rising and preparing for the massive game against Manchester United. The trip to Old Trafford, the pub or even to the armchair is sometimes a nervy experience before games like this but the excitement and adrenaline always prevail.

Games Gone By: Manchester United 1 Liverpool 4

It was a bright March morning two years ago when Liverpool fans were rising and preparing for the massive game against Manchester United. The trip to Old Trafford, the pub or even to the armchair is sometimes a nervy experience before games like this but the excitement and adrenaline always prevail.

Joey, we can cope with your occasional tantrums, esoteric and downright confusing Twitter ramblings and even your dodgy hair-do. But the moustache is too much. Please stop it. Image: Alex Livesey/Getty Images/Daylife.

You may have noticed that every transfer window, Pav has something to say about whether he is staying at Spurs or is leaving the lane. Below you will find the definitive chronological time line of genuine Pav related transfer headlines from Sky Sports. ITK rubbish, or the ramblings of a split personality mad man?

By Tony Attwood If you have read any of my ramblings on the FFP issue you'll know I did hope that it might have an impact. I was encouraged by Chelsea pulling back on expenditure, until last January when they went wild. I have been discouraged by the way Man City is spending its billions [...]

A long, long time ago we tried to start a soccer website; thought we were writers or something....
It was called "Snorting the Endline" named after Robbie Fowler's infamous goal celebration and one of our favorites of all-time. That site failed miserably. I mean who would want to read our ramblings!

A long, long time ago we tried to start a soccer website; thought we were writers or something....
It was called "Snorting the Endline" named after Robbie Fowler's infamous goal celebration and one of our favorites of all-time. That site failed miserably. I mean who would want to read our ramblings!

It's that time of the week you've all been waiting for - Diary of an MLS Convert is back, and the converts have, as usual, got plenty to say this week. Topics covered by supporters of Eastern teams include doing just enough, a newconvert still looking for a first win, how transfers differ between Premiership and MLS, meeting a former MLS head coach (and current director of player development), a replacement DC United convert and Danny Dichio's legendary status in North America.

So we arrive at the hateful day when the approaching empty oceans of a no-football summer is at hand. Normally, it a day of deep depression but following the events post- Birmingham, there is a sense of relief that the disappointments of the past 3 months have come to an end. Such are the slings and arrows of supporting an Arsenal team in "development.

So we arrive at the hateful day when the approaching empty oceans of a no-football summer is at hand. Normally, it a day of deep depression but following the events post- Birmingham, there is a sense of relief that the disappointments of the past 3 months have come to an end. Such are the slings and arrows of supporting an Arsenal team in "development.

The frozen ice water. The booneyliga. Schalke City. We will miss the ramblings of Raul Gonzalez's German adventure. Please enjoy this last entry in a series dubiously subtitled "Real Madrid legend meets 10th place Bundesliga team." Au revoir. Right here.

It seems every week there is speculation about an Arsenal player leaving the club.
Most of the time we hear that Cesc Fabregas is on his way out. His Barcelona DNA, alongside Xavi and Iniesta, is dragging him back to Catalonia quicker than you can fart.
Nicklas Bendtner is always linked away with a move away too.

Twiggster reflects on only our 2nd defeat in 21 games and although Leeds got trashed, Twiggs is still in a positive mood regarding promotion...but he does have a couple of rants! Loads of listener emails this week bring a balance to our host's ramblings and a couple of managerial interviews round off this week's Glory Glory Leeds Show!

By Dru Boyer Fancy to see you back here again. I know it has been so long since you last took some time out of your busy schedule to skim through my ramblings in your search for Yanks Abroad highlights, thanks for returning. It feels good to be back...and the site redesign looks damn good. [...

"I've been doing this job for almost 36 years and you learn an awful lot of things," said Roy Hodgson when he was officially unveiled as manager of West Bromwich Albion yesterday and held his inaugural press conference. And for a moment, as he spoke, it felt unpleasantly as though he might never have left Liverpool.

If you scour the Arsenal blogosphere on a daily basis the name Critic will need no introduction. He's a passionate Desi Gooner like yours truly and has contributed the following piece. I hope you will find it a nice change from my usual analytical ramblings.

It has been a crazy transfer month, with even crazier rumors.

By Chris Wright

According to ramblings in this morning's Sun, Chelsea are gearing up for a hefty summer clear-out to help 'balance the books' (if that's possible when you're owned by an oil-swathed Russian oligarch) after their monolithic, record-obliterating deadline day splurge.

Shall we have the bad news first? We're still in the midseason slump I keep talking about. I realise my previews are getting fairly repetitive. Every game I've been saying "This is the one, we're coming out of it now, how could anything possibly go wrong?" Every game, things do go wrong. It is Bolton after all.

I had written an article a couple of months back about the concept of the #10 now playing in a wider role on the field, and how that was illustrated by the number of players who traditionally played in that #10 role that were stationed out wide during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Sounder at Heart had a recent article on how Steve Zakuani has become the Seattle Sounders' most important attacking player from his wide role.

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3 months ago: SEATTLE - OCTOBER 15: Steve Zakuani #11 of the Seattle Sounders FC scores a goal in the first half against Chivas USA on October 15 2010 at Qwest Field in Seattle Washington.

Today is a sad day for United fans, because it's the day that some of them turned on eachother. A brave keyboard warrior from the Stretford End blog went into battle against the RedCafe forum. And lost.

The two have history. Yolkie, the warrior in question, claimed back in October that Jordan Henderson would be signing for United and that Karim Benzema would join him if we could find a buyer for Michael Owen.