After 2 weeks wait our team failed us, what went wrong? I don't really know, a slight attitude
problem I would guess. We need more desire to win. We need to believe..
If we still need to find a scapegoat we cannot for a change point the finger at our favourite
villains Diaby, Eboue or Bendtner.
First off, let me apologize for not having a live-blog for the game. I had to drive back to my
parent's house for the Thanksgiving holiday, and was not able to get back until the game was well
under way, and my current internet (damn you parents) is spotty as all hell.
Previous Posts: Formation Okay, a bit of a change in the calendar. Depending on when/if there's a midweek match posts in this
series will go up on Sunday/Wednesday or Monday/Thursday. And since I'll have the preview for
Tuesday's match up Monday afternoon, I'd like to give these polls a bit of time at the top of the
blog. Click to continue reading...
Sunderland went ahead with a Darren Bent goal in the 71st minute and held on for the win. A
somewhat lucky goal but the they are getting quite the reputation as the club that the big four
fear the most. Liverpool and Man Utd have had their share of difficulties with them, so it was
never going to be easy for Arsenal.
According to Salvatore Landolina at Goal.com, La Gazzetta Dello Sport is reporting that
Arsenal are interested in Sampdoria striker Giampaolo
Pazzini and are willing to offer €18million. However Sampdoria supposedly want at least
€25million for him.
UPDATE: According to Simone Bargellini at Sky Sports News, Standard
Liege striker Milan Jovanovic will not be leaving the club in January.
His agent Torsten Weck told calciomercato.it,
"The only contacts I have had are with the Germans and the Spanish club, Valencia, in the first
place.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez insisted his side will finish in the Champions League places
following their 2-2 home draw with Manchester City. The Reds have lost five and drawn two of their opening 13 Premier League matches and are now 13
points adrift of Premier League leaders Chelsea. But a defiant Benitez said: "When we have all our players coming back I am confident we will start
winning games. Click to continue reading...
Fernando Torres is losing his fight to be fit for next week's Merseyside derby. Liverpool's Spanish striker is sidelined by a groin injury since playing through the pain barrier
in the Champions League draw with Lyon at the start of the month. He returned to training last week
and was expected to return this week. Click to continue reading...
Mark Hughes will make another audacious bid to prise Fernando Torres away from Anfield if
Manchester City replace Liverpool in the Premier League's so-called Big Four this season. Manchester City had a £70million offer for Spain striker Fernando Torres rejected last summer but
will go back for him if they qualify for the Champions League for the first time. Click to continue reading...
So Werder Bremen thrashed Freiburg 6-0 last night in the Bundesliga (See, they don't even need
Diego aka Survivor Contestant No. 91255 these days). As for Hugo
Almeida, we've not heard from him for a while so it was finally nice to see the Portuguese
striker helping himself to a double.
The art of a natural striker is immensely undervalued these days isn't it? "Yeah he is okay, but
he does nothing else apart from score". How would we have love to have that player at the Stadium
of Light. We did. He went off just after the 71st minute. Shortly after we went 1-0 down.
Frazier Campbell didn't know what he did with Bent's header from Reid's corner.
The match fixing scandal has tainted 32 matches in the Bundesliga lower divisions. The
investigation into it have been widened the dragnet. Former and current players of VfL Osnabruck
have come under suspicion.
Thomas Cichon, former captain of Bundesliga third division side VfL Osnabruck
who now plays for Moroka Swallows in South Africa, is alleged to have accepted an undisclosed
amount of money to lose to Augsburg's (17 April 2009) by three goals.
Man United striker Wayne Rooney has said that United are now ready to go on a long
run of winning games. After a 1-0 loss against Chelsea two-weeks ago, United are now five points
behind Chelsea. United can't afford to drop anymore points, so we must carry on winning to challenge Chelsea. Click to continue reading...
Ian Ayre, the commercial director of English soccer club Liverpool, has paid tribute to the club's
Spanish links, following the acquisition of the Spain Tourist Board as a sponsor and the success of
Spanish driver Adrian Valles in the team's Superleague Formula motorsport franchise. Turespaña, the Spain Tourism Board, signed a three-year contract with the club, which is managed
by Rafa Benitez and has a number of Spanish stars including goalkeeper Pepe Reina and striker
Fernando Torres. Click to continue reading...
Rafa Benitez said he would quit Liverpool if Fernando Torres is sold. The Spanish striker could
have been sold last summer to Manchester City if Benitez had accepted their offer – and there
will no doubt be more enquiries coming in for Torres until the day he does actually leave. But what is remarkable about the offer made to Liverpool last summer is the scale of the City bid:
£70million for Torres plus and additional £30million for Javier Mascherano. Click to continue reading...
Latest development in the already long running Thierry Henry handball incident (or "la main de
dieu" as it's being called by some) is that Henry himself thinks a replay is a good idea:
"The fairest solution would be to replay the game but it is not in my control," said the
Barcelona striker.
In the preview of tomorrow's game I touched on news of a possible return to the line-up for
Robinho, and the Mark Hughes has spoken of this possibility:
"He is back training with the group, which is pleasing from everyone's point of view,"
said Hughes. He is travelling with us and we will make a decision [on his fitness]
tomorrow.
Reflecting on his recent game-winning performance against reigning Danish champions Copenhagen,
Aalborg striker Marcus Tracy remains steadfast and focused on his continual growth as a player. Click to continue reading...
Arsene Wenger today confirmed Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner will be back in full training in
three weeks. Nicklas was originally set to play against Manchester City in the Carling Cup tie at
the City of Manchester but will now more than be short of fitness for the tie.
Nicklas comeback from injury is likely to be pencilled in for Arsenal's last group tie away in
Greece, against champions Olympiakos.
Eduardo's most common move, the ankle breaker This is the most obvious Funny
Feeling Friday selection in history - but the selection completely fits the award for the week - an
unpopular, out of form, or underrated player who we think will perform over the next few weeks. Couldn't be more obvious: it's Eduardo (7. Click to continue reading...
UPDATE: According to Sky Sports News, the agent of Tottenham
striker Roman Pavlyuchenko admitted that Roma are interested in
his client. Oliver Wendt told romagiallorossa.com:
"It is true, yesterday Daniele Prade was in London to better understand the situation of
Pavlyuchenko but we don't know the real intentions of the Giallorossi .
According to Peter O'Rourke at Sky Sports News, Everton and
Birmingham are both interested in Standard Liege striker
Milan Jovanovic. Jovanovic's contract ends after the season so the club might
decide to cash in on him in January.
With most attention on the exploits of Pohang Steelers in the Asian Champions League and the
national team's friendly matches in Europe against Denmark and Serbia, the fact that the K-League
is about to embark upon its championship play-off series has almost gone unnoticed. Six teams are still in with a chance of the domestic title. Click to continue reading...
RAFA BENITEZ is confident David Ngog will be available to face Manchester City this weekend –
despite breaking his nose on international duty. The young striker sustained the injury during a training session with France's Under-21 squad last
week and has returned to Melwood for treatment. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool, Spurs and Fulham were put on red alert last night as Ruud van Nistelrooy admitted he
would consider a return to the Premier League. The Dutch striker is out in the cold at Real Madrid and is worried about his World Cup place. The Spanish giants would consider selling the former Manchester United hitman for £5m in the
January transfer market. Click to continue reading...
Liverpool striker David Ngog has been approached by Cameroon to play for the African country. Ngog, who has played for France from Under 16 level through to Under 21, qualifies for Cameroon
through his father. Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen is keen for Ngog to change his allegiance ahead of the African Cup of
Nations and World Cup. Click to continue reading...
Thierry Henry's handball heard around the world helped secure France's passage to the 2010 World
Cup, but the French may not be through to South Africa yet.
The Irish federation has appealed Wednesday's night 1-1 result (2-1 aggregate advantage for
France), and is demanding that France replay the second leg of the playoff.
Thierry Henry's handball heard around the world helped secure France's passage to the 2010 World
Cup, but the French may not be through to South Africa yet.
The Irish federation has appealed Wednesday's night 1-1 result (2-1 aggregate advantage for
France), and is demanding that France replay the second leg of the playoff.
Watch the Thierry Henry handball video from the France versus Ireland game here. In the analysis
by Irish TV station RTE, the pundits dissect the controversial moment in the game and analyze
whether it should have been offside or not and whether the video of the Thierry Henry handball
shows if he cheated on purpose or not.
So he's not exactly the world's favourite man right now, but Titipo Henry has
officially joined The Dona's recreational volleyball club after his handball
against Ireland. Ok, instead of calling him a hypocrite like everyone, let's sit down and have a
drink.
It has been all about Thierry Henry and his "Hand of God" this past 24 hours. Articles,
comments, they are everywhere, lambasting the striker for his role in the controversial equaliser.
I am a Gooner, and Henry scored the goal which mesmerized me into pledging my allegiance to
Arsenal.
Eduardo has committed his future to Arsenal by signing a new long-term contract at Emirates
Stadium. The 26-year-old Brazil-born Croatia international suffered horrific leg and ankle injuries against
Birmingham in February 2008 and was sidelined for almost a year as he battled his way back to full
fitness. Click to continue reading...
