David De Gea might have built a bit of a reputation for being uncomfortable with high balls flying towards him, but there isn't a goalkeeper in the land who could cope with a high Andy Carroll flying towards him. The Manchester United keeper dealt with this particular cross without any problems... until West Ham striker [.
Victor Moses will finally sign for Chelsea this week in a deal worth around £9m after Wigan's Dave
Whelan finally decided to let the player go.
Now for regular readers of my blog, you will know that when it comes to Moses, I am not 100%
certain this is a good deal. I mean no disrespect to Moses as a person or a player in any way, I am
just thinking that there are other "natural" wide players out there that Chelsea should be going
for.
Chelsea's striker Andriy Shevchenko has made public his intention to leave football and pursue a
career in politics instead. The announcement was released in a recent press statement by Dynamo
Kiev, his football club. Shevchenko made his initial appearance as under Dynamo Kiev in 1994, and
achieved his reputation as one of the deadliest strikers [.
Southampton have sacked manager Nigel Adkins and immediately replaced him with Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino. Adkins had been in charge at St Mary's for two-and-a-half years, in which he managed to take the club from League One to the Premier League. That flagrant lack of ambition has been immediately stamped out by Saints' executive chairman [.
Well, here is a first. We're all wellaverseto players power-hosing match officials with a myriad of swear words but now the tables have seemingly turned with the man in black turning the air blue against the Blues. That's according to Chelsea who last night complained to the Premier League about "inappropriate language" directed at [.
Glen Johnson says Brendan Rodgers has made his philosophy clear to the Liverpool players and he has
backed the manager to be successful in time.
The Reds have made a disappointing start to the new season under Rodgers, picking up just one point
from their opening three Premier League matches.
Rodgers was appointed earlier in the summer after building a reputation with Swansea, and Johnson
has called for patience as a long-term project develops.
1) If we insist - rightly - on giving new signings a chance, then it's pretty inconsistent to jump
to extensive conclusions too quickly. Have Arsenal looked better defensively in the first three
games of the season? Yeah, absolutely.
But to argue that this mean we now have the best defence in the League is not so much over-egging
the point as scrambling it (if you'll forgive the terrible metaphor).
Will he, won't he: Shakhtar's Willian wants Tottenham switch - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
With less than a week remaining in the transfer window, Tottenham are expected to be one of the
main clubs eager to bring in a new face or two before the opportunity ends. Andre Villas-Boas faces
the prospect of losing star playmaker Luka Modric to Real Madrid, and is eager to add a creative
midfielder to his repertoire, with one name in the mix Brazil international Willian.
Your whistle-stop guide to the latest Premier League arrivals Name: Alexander Buttner Age: 23
Position: Left-back Signed from: Vitesse Arnhem Fee: £3.9 million Did you know? His dad,
Christian, was also a footballer, who played for De Graafschap, FC Twente, Vitesse and NEC. But his
party animal reputation sometimes got in the way of his [.
Morning all, welcome to a brand new week and one that will kick off with another high profile
departure.
Alex Song will become a Barcelona player today and Arsenal will receive somewhere in the region
of £15m + add-ons for him. For some it's a sign that we're content time and time again to sell our
best players, for others it's a good deal for a player whose reputation outweighs his talent.
Lucas Leiva has revealed how Joe Allen is already impressing his new Liverpool team-mates in
training.
The Wales international joined the Reds for a reported fee of £15million earlier this month and
comes with a reputation for his excellent technique and ball retention skills.
Lucas admits that is already shining through at the club's Melwood training base.
So a new season is almost upon us. Players have had their vacations (Dutch ones seem to start at
the beginning of the Euros), teams have finished their tours of various countries and hopefully
injuries have healed and players are 100%.
Players are not the only people who need rest in an off-season.
Gunners we all have to admit that our football didn't live up to its reputation last season, we
weren't as good to watch as we were when we had Fabregas, Nasri and Jack Wilshere in the team.
I'm not complaining but -In My Opinion- our football wasn't as entertaining as before.
The majority of Tottenham's first team squad took to the field for the first time last night as
a strong side finally defeated a battling Stevenage outfit. Both goals came in the second half from
Gylfi Sigurdsson and Yago Falque but it was the Icelander's striker which seemed to grab the
headlines.
This evening, we have another from our series covering the video histories of the clubs of the
next seasons Premier League season and tonights featured club is West Bromwich Albion, featuring
six of their matches from the period between 1966 and 1981. Our first match is the second leg of
the 1966 League Cup final against West Ham United, which Albion went into having lost the first leg
at Upton Park by two goals to one.
Brendan Rodgers is one of the more interesting managerial appointments in recent years. He has no
extended record of success and his reputation is largely based on one excellent season at Swansea,
persuading Liverpool to entrust him with heavy hopes that have claimed many talented managers down
the years.
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand admits he cannot wait to see the club's summer signing
Shinji Kagawa in action, tipping the former Borussia Dortmund star to surprise many despite already
having a strong reputation.
Japanese midfielder Kagawa propelled Dortmund to a second consecutive Bundesliga triumph last
campaign and caught the eye of Ferdinand, who then tuned in to see the 23-year old in action during
the German Cup final.
Former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has been signed a three year contract to take over at
White Hart Lane. AVB struggled at Chelsea but he's still widely viewed as a talented manager who
should have a longer career (still in his 30s).
Villas-Boas had the following comments about the new job.
Nuri Sahin has refused to rule out the prospect of completing a permanent switch to Liverpool if
his loan deal proves to be a success.
The Turkey international has linked up with the Reds on a season-long agreement from Real
Madrid.
Arsenal were also believed to be keen on acquiring his services, but Sahin will spend the 2012/13
campaign at Anfield after being convinced to head for Merseyside by Real colleague Xabi Alonso.
Theo Walcott – He is what we have made out of him by AM When Theo Walcott arrived at Arsenal from
Southampton in 2006, he came in with an ever bludgeoning reputation; someone who had a sponsorship
with Nike when he was just a 14 year old kid; someone who has already rejected Chelsea and [...]
You only get one chance to make a first impression. So Geoff Cameron decided to make his EPL
debut a memorable one.
On Sunday, the Attleboro (Mass.) native earned Man of the Match honors after helping Stoke
City's hold off Arsenal for 90 minutes during a 0-0 draw at Britannia Stadium.
Thai FA chief Worawi Makudi plans to file a countersuit against a South Korean company which is
sueing him for fraud.
Daihan 21 (now Daihan Yonhap) yesterday filed a lawsuit with the Criminal Court against the
Football Association of Thailand and its president Worawi claiming that they tricked the company
into joining a business to oversee the commercial and broadcasting rights for the FAT from
2007-2011.
It's time for the Timbers organization to move on and get rid of Gavin Wilkinson. The club is
in last place and Gavin continues to tarnish our reputation. The media won't hold the front
office accountable, so it is up to the Timbers Army and Timbers fans.
Brazilian 26 year old ALEXANDRO MENDONCA DOS SANTOS, aka "CICINHO", from PALMEIRAS is a new signing
for Spanish Football Club SEVILLA FC. The player comes at a cost of 2M€ & signs for the next four
seasons. Cicinho Sevilla FC Football Manager "Monchi" has a well known reputation for having a fine
eye for Football talent.
The German youth international Serge Gnabry came to Arsenal with a huge reputation when he arrived
from Stuttgart last summer and he settled quickly, scoring six goals in eight games for the
U18′s. He was quickly moved up to the reserves and made another six appearances which persuaded
Arsene Wenger that he could rise just [.
We've heard it said before that people would rather have teeth pulled than spend a year in
Birmingham (joking... some of my best friends are Brummies... honest), but Ravel Morrison has taken
the whole thing a little too literally joining Birmingham City on a season-long loan from West Ham
and having seven teeth pulled in order to do so.
We've heard it said before that people would rather have teeth pulled than spend a year in
Birmingham (joking... some of my best friends are Brummies... honest), but Ravel Morrison has taken
the whole thing a little too literally joining Birmingham City on a season-long loan from West Ham
and having seven teeth pulled in order to do so.
Jermaine Jones has earned the reputation of a hard-tackling destroyer in central midfield, play
that has made him a bit of a card magnet for both club and country.
More than a decade into his professional career and at age 30, Jones is setting out to clean up
his act.
According to reports from Germany, Jermaine Jones is making a bet with Schalke general manager
Horst Heldt that he won't get more than five yellow cards this upcoming season.
First thing this morning I went scouring the Spanish football dailies to see what I could find
the latest on Santi Cazorla. More than one headline this morning suggests it's D-Day, what with
Malaga having to pay their bills or face expulsion from La Liga, but while it's not impossible
something could happen today, I wouldn't hold my breath.
In all honesty, we could care less about the squabbling at the Magistrates'
Court this morning, being as though the upshot of it all is that if John Terry is found
guilty he'll be left facing little more than a £2,500 fine (which he'll be able to work off in two
hours and 38 minutes) and his reputation further besmirched the legal equivalent of a 'miss' in
Battleships.
Before most fans had ever heard of Massimo Luongo, his first appearance in the Spurs spotlight
was to miss the vital penalty in our Carling Cup tie with Stoke last season. With apologies for
even mentioning that, it's pleasing to report that the player's reputation enhanced throughout the
remainder of the campaign.
Andre Villas-Boas has once again had a pop at Roman Abramovich and the Chelsea board as he
continues to try and rebuild "his reputation" at Tottenham.
He has his press conference, said what he said and that should have been the end
of it as far as we are all concerned. I am sure Spurs fans just want him to get on with
concentrating on their club and as for Chelsea fans, like our club, we have moved on.
Andre Villas-Boas may not have directly used this Alan Partridge based quote but that was
essentially the gist of his first press conference as Tottenham's manager.
AVB took the time out to speak about his plans for the club and he also gave an insight into
some possible transfer deals into and out of the Lane.
Joe Hart says Manchester City need to 'improve massively' next season after failing to achieve their goals in this campaign. Speaking during the club's post-season trip to the USA, Hart said visiting New York where City announced their involvement in new MLS franchise New York City FC was indicative that the club was [.
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What most people don't understand is that home field advantage isn't always about where you
play. Just as often, it's about what you're playing for. And no matter where the games are played,
US Open Cup matches are home matches for the Seattle Sounders, because this is their Cup. It's our
Cup. Sounders players have been stomped, cut, mocked, and bruised for it.
Maura Gladys, as usual, with pinpoint accuracy on the state of the
USWNT
It's interesting what we talk about when we talk about the USWNT these days. The lineup is
stable, their form has been great, and there is little room to nitpick their play on the field.
Up for grab again.Here we go again as tomorrow will see the resuming of the League Cup competition
with another chance for the clubs to complete for a silverware.
What has made it more interesting is that everyone will have their fair share of chances of
grabbing one of the two pieces of silverware offered in this mid-season tournament now renamed as
"Starhub League Cup" with the sponsorship that tied with the package announced earlier of the year.
Coming back from a miserable 0-3 loss to Colorado rapids last weekend the Portland Timbers bounced
back to beat league leaders San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 on Tuesday night and enhanced their reputation
as a team who can beat "in form" opposition when playing at JELD-WEN Field.
