So in last week's preview I added in a few sentences about just how excellent an idea it was to move a W-League game to Shepparton, citing the 'Canberra effect'. Which is, there isn't much else happening there over summer so why not move women's games to areas where they don't have to compete with men's for attention? Click to continue reading...

This is slightly late in the game, as it's a preview for the Norwegian 2009 Tippeligaen. The same Tippeligaen season which ended on Sunday. (Rosenborg are celebrating their 15th title in 17 years while Norway of off celebrating parity.) But this little season preview has popped up and it bears a striking resemblance to the [. Click to continue reading...

I remember reading in the FourFourTwo season preview that around half of fans wish for the season was that their club would be taken over by a foreign billionaire.

There are plenty of examples where clubs have improved greatly under new investment, whether from abroad or overseas.

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The disciplinary hearing for us and the Sheep is approaching 22nd October. The Daily Star have noticed that the football season has begun, running a season preview and they have also just found out that we once won a few of trophies. The word is still that David Platt is favourite for [...] Read the original [. Click to continue reading...

Inside Minnesota Soccer brings you your 2009 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Associations Division III Women's Soccer Preview.

IMS sent out requests to all men's and women's head soccer coaches and asked them to fill out a few questions. Some responded some did not, but with the help of those cooperating coaches and the teams websites, Inside Minnesota Soccer brings you the 2009 season preview.

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Inside Minnesota Soccer brings you your 2009 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Associations Division III Women's Soccer Preview.

IMS sent out requests to all men's and women's head soccer coaches and asked them to fill out a few questions. Some responded some did not, but with the help of those cooperating coaches and the teams websites, Inside Minnesota Soccer brings you the 2009 season preview.

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We conclude our Just-Football.com 2009/2010 Spanish La Liga season preview now with a look at Click to continue reading...

In part two of his season preview, Kais Sabir Jesani explores a key tactical problem that has the potential to derail Liverpool in the quest for the Premiership title this year.
Note: This article was intended to have been published before the first game of the season, but unfortunately, this was not possible. Click to continue reading...

In part 3 of his season preview, Kais Sabir Jesani looks at the potential importance of Lucas Leiva and examines how he will fit into the Liverpool team this season.
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In part four of his season preview, Kais Sabir Jesani looks at Ryan Babel's tactical role in the Liverpool team. Could this be the Dutchman's year or will he flatter to deceive yet again?
In part 3 of this preview, I discussed how Lucas Leiva's career seems to be in the ascendency. In sharp contrast, Ryan Babel is a player whose Liverpool career arc seems to be heading in the opposite direction. Click to continue reading...

Portsmouth

Last Season: 14th, 10-11-17 (41 points, -19 goal differential)

Recent Form: LL

Away Form (last season): 8-6-5

Last Meeting: Portsmouth 0-Arsenal 3 (1/28/09)

Portsmouth is bad.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has (predictably) dismissed Liverpool's chances of winning the league this season, believing that the main threat to Manchester United's dominance will come from Chelsea. Is he right? In a three-part season preview, Kais-Sabir Jesani refutes Ferguson's churlish claims and outlines why Liverpool fans have every reason to be optimistic about the season ahead. Click to continue reading...

1. Welcome Back

I considered writing a season preview - Hell, I might even still do it - but I didn't want to overwhelm you with more than one post during a summer.
As such, we pick up where we left off, under a sweltering sun playing against a team who don't appear to be good enough for this division. Click to continue reading...

Everton 1-6 Arsenal

Here I am again, eight days since I last fired up the blog. I've been away, breathing in deep gulps of bracing coastal air, and though I had access to a laptop and a broadband connection, I let the blogging go fallow. So no season preview seems a bit late now anyway.

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The final part of our 2009/2010 Premier League team-by-team season preview concludes now on Just-Football.com with a look at the alphabetically challenged teams of Wigan Athletic and Wolves. Just a... Click to continue reading...

May 27th was a day of mixed emotions for me. On the one hand my club suffered a devastating loss that led many to question whether or not they could remain a world class side. On the other, my girlfriend experienced bloodlust for the first time, as obnoxious Barcelona fans nearly caused a small scale riot in our section of the bar.

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Season preview concludes today ahead of the season getting underway tomorrow. Today we answer the big questions regarding Arsenal. As always, leave questions and thoughts in the comments section.

Question 13: Come January, what Will be the Biggest Story Everyone is Talking About?

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BWFC24's round up of Premier League Previews for the 2009–2010 season which starts tomorrow, Saturday, August 15, 2009.

Overall, the predictions for The Wanderers is fairly grim, as you might expect. On average Bolton are expected to finish around 13th or 14th. Personally I think BWFC will finish higher than expected, hopefully in the top 10 and may reach the semi-finals in either the FA or Leauge Cup.

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When I wrote a quick post about the fixture list in mid-June it was never my intention for that to be my last blog post for a couple of months. However, whilst I wrote a couple of half pieces I never finished them off. July saw a month of particularly hard work and to say I've had limited internet access so far this month is a massive understatement. Click to continue reading...

Just-Football.com's Premier League 2009/2010 season preview continues now with a look at two of the league's big guns: Click to continue reading...

Just-Football.com's Premier League 2009/2010 season preview continues now with a look at two of the league's big guns: Click to continue reading...

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Season preview week continues today with more about what 2009-2010 will bring for the Arsenal, and today we talk specifically about individuals to watch for this season. As always, leave your thoughts and ideas in the comments section.

Question 10: Who Will Be Arsenal's Biggest Disappointment?

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Regular readers are no doubt all too familiar with my preference for concise posts. With that in mind, I thought I'd take my own shot at a season preview (seeing as everyone else is doing one).
Through a combination of winning and drawing games, I reckon Liverpool will finish with more points than any other team this season. Click to continue reading...

So, the new season is nearly here. As tradition dictates the Arseblog season preview must happen. And here it is.

Goalkeepers : From someone who made almost every Arsenal fan do a little brown wee out their bottom when he first played for us I don't think too many people can have any complaints about Manuel Almunia at this stage.

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With the Spanish football season only two and a half weeks away, teams are finishing their last preseason friendlies and making their final changes in preparation for the La Liga season. There are many questions concerning each of the twenty teams in La Liga, and this preview will explore the most important question for each La Liga team.

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Wolves finally get second crack at the Premier League, but it remains to be seen if their squad is anything but one for the Championship. To be honest Wolves is probably the team I'm least familar with. I don't know why really. They've been on my radar for a while thanks to an old friend who was a rabid Wolves fan (Hi, Steve! Click to continue reading...

Wigan has quietly become a favorite club of mine. I don't know why. Maybe I liked Palacios as a player, or because they brought in blog favorites like Jason Koumas and Charles N'Zogbia. Or maybe because Rodallega inexplicably scored against Manchester United when I had him on my team for a 2-game week. Click to continue reading...

What to say about West Ham? They are the very definition of a midtable club. Ambitious to a point, but hampered by history and finance. They have a young, exciting squad and a manager in Zola who will look to utilize that vibrancy. They have a solid defence with depth at center back and the under-rated Robert Green between the sticks. Click to continue reading...

Another year, another bandwagon for Spurs to make it into Europe or even break into the elite. But while there are signs of progress, it wouldn't be Spurs without their seemingly repeating their mistakes. So for every good signing like Palacios, who gives them a real presence in midfield, there is a head-scratcher like Naughton. Click to continue reading...

Stoke City were very, very good to me last season. Their fixture list fell just perfect so that their last few months were a cake walk. Not that I cleaned up, but I did get good returns from Lawrence, Beattie and Wilkinson. Meanwhile, Fuller and Shawcross were point machines.
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Pompey are a team on the up. They've the perfect manager in 'arry who will get the most out of a club with limited means. They've got lots of young talent to build around including Crouch, Defoe, Muntari, Diarra, and Glen Johnson.
Wait... what? All those players are gone? 'arry is at Spurs? Click to continue reading...

August is here. With a week of the year's eighth month in the books, there remains but one more before the English Premier League season kicks off.

To put it plainly, I'm like a kid on Christmas morning.

The summer has been agonizingly slow for me. Writing match reports on FC Dallas beating the Kansas City Wizards 6-0 should be interesting, as there were goals, but hey.

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In lieu of a longer (much longer) narrative, I'm going to go with bullet points for different thoughts, similar to how I treated the Aquilani transfer. Even in this format it clocks in at almost 1300 words. I can't help being verbose, and there are a few factors to take into account.
On Monday, I actually predicted Liverpool would win the league. Click to continue reading...

Courtesy of The Guardian's 2009/10 season preview:

• We scored 89.7% (4th highest) of our goals during 2008/09 inside the box.
• We were awarded the joint highest (with Blackburn) number of penalties with 7.
• We had the second highest shooting accuracy with 45.8%.
• We saw 10 different nationalities (5th highest) scoring.

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