Before Adebayor, Robinho and the other eight strikers at City, there used to be Georgios Samaras. Although highly touted by Stuart Pearce, he failed to make an impact in the two years while at the club.

When Sven Goran Ericksson was made manager Samaras was confined mostly to the bench.

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Gibbs limped off with an ankle injury after a 12st minute tackle forced him out of the U21 Euro match against Lithuania. He is to undergo an X ray as a precautionary measure and more information on the extent of his injury will be available later this week.

With Gael Clichy out for a month with a back injury, the left back position was a lock for Gibbs.

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That's when Robin van Persie says he will be back, and just in case it's my chimney he selects then there will be a great big cushion in the grate to make sure he gets a soft landing!

I will miss our Robin, big time! For so many season's he has had a niggle here or there, but finally this year it seemed as if the boy wonder was going to send us all a bit crazy.

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Two up and coming youngsters on the White Hart Lane radar.

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Harry Redknapp has today been linked with moves for two up and coming England youngsters who are making a name for themselves in the Championship.

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Harry Redknapp interested in 'surplus to requirements' Manchester City man.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE� Arsenal fans are fearful for the� future of the club after Stan Kroenke increased his stakeholding to 29.6 per cent — just short of the threshold for an obligatory takeover of 29.9 per cent, reports the Times.

Kroenke yesterday purchased another 427 shares in the parent company of the North London club from the estate of Ernest Harrison, a British industrialist, at a cost of £3.

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Interesting story in Bild recently, suggesting that Fabio Capello has been asking Stuart Pearce to keep an eye on Werder Bremen's 23 year old attacking mid/forward Aaron Hunt, who you can see above scoring twice for Werder Bremen (in white) this weekend. The second goal (which tied the game at 2-2) is an absolute cracker of a chest-volley combo.

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Önceki senelerde kendi ülkelerinde kendi alt yapı çarklarında yetiştirdikleri futbolcuları başta Türk milli takımı olmak üzere diğer ülke takımlarına kaptıran Almanlar son yıllarda gerek Futbol Federasyon'u gerekse de Alman hükümetinin başarılı baskı politikası ile pek çok futbolcuyu Alman Milli takımına kazandırlar. Click to continue reading...

The Goal That Saved Fergie's Career
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The legend goes that had Mark Robins not scored to put United through to the 1990 FA Cup final, which we went on to win, Sir Alex Ferguson would have been given the sack. This is a story that the manager denies but after almost four years in charge and not a trophy in sight it stands to reason that time might have been running out for the manager.

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Stuart Pearce's England U21 squad for last Friday's European U21 Championship qualifier against Macedonia included players from towns such as Essex, Doncaster and Basingstoke; so it was ironic that a man born in Jamaica, the island nation in the Greater Antilles with a population of just 2.

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League two club Notts County have sacked manager Ian McParland. The 48 year old, a former Magpies player himself, arrived at Meadow Lane in October 2007. Notts County finished 21st in the 2007-08 season, and 19th in the 2008-09 season. However McParland's position was always under a cloud after the takeover of the club by [. Click to continue reading...

Wealdstone 3-0 Lewes (10:10:09)
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Following the Rooks last gasp win over Leatherhead in the last round, we were on the march with Ibbo's army, we were off to Wembley - well almost. Grosvenor Vale, the newish home to Wealdstone FC is only 9.8 miles from Wembley Stadium. Click to continue reading...

K. Gibbs - The Boy's a Bit Special

The England U21's continued their qualification campaign for the 2011 European Championships v. Macedonia Friday at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The match featured Premier League & Championship talent from the (young) Three Lions & ended up being quite an exciting & high scoring 9-goal affair.

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Stuart Pearce's side ran rampant against Macedonia in this European Under 21 Championship qualifier. Kieran Gibbs bagged a brace (one an own goal) as did Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll and West Ham man Zavon Hines.

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1-0 Gibbs

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3-2 Carroll

3-3 Gibbs (Own Goal)

4-3 Hines

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Morning Insiders, really slow news week this week. We have picked a few bits out of todays papers.

The Sun -� Barcelona eye move for Eboue� BARCELONA are said to be weighing up a January move for Arsenal full-back Emmanuel Eboue.

The Daily Mirror - Arsene Wenger on collision course over Theo Walcott� � Stuart Pearce is willing to risk the wrath of Arsene Wenger again by playing Theo Walcott in the England Under-21s tonight and then putting him on a plane to join the seniors in Ukraine.

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Morning Insiders, really slow news week this week. We have picked a few bits out of todays papers.

The Sun - Barcelona eye move for Eboue BARCELONA are said to be weighing up a January move for Arsenal full-back Emmanuel Eboue.

Reports in the Spanish press suggest Nou Camp boss Pep Guardiola has earmarked the right-back as cover for Brazilian star Dani Alves.

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Hullo there, happy Friday to you. This week appears to have gone by a bit quicker than I had thought it would. Or than I thought it was going when I stopped to think about it. Which is good.

A few bits and pieces around so we'll crack on. England U21 boss Stuart Pearce has played down reports that Arsene Wenger and him had a massive falling out over Theo Walcott.

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Sunday 4th October, 2000 BST. Many Arsenal fans are celebrating champagne football conquer Allardyce's Blackburn. A few with� bottles of champagne or bottles of Cava� if you're not as affluent like me. Could the day get even better? The England squad selection is revealed. Theo is not picked for the England senior team.

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Morning Insiders' a quick round up of the daily news today and most of it regards Sol Campbell and his possible return to Arsenal.

The Sun - Sol eyes return to Arsenal
SOL CAMPBELL spoke to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger yesterday about returning to the club.

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Morning Insiders' a quick round up of the daily news today and most of it regards Sol Campbell and his possible return to Arsenal.

The Sun - Sol eyes return to Arsenal
SOL CAMPBELL spoke to Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger yesterday about returning to the club.

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Leatherhead 0-1 Lewes AET (29:09:09)
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The media has been castigating Arsene Wenger since he came to England over the lack of English players that have come through the Arsenal ranks during his spell at Arsenal.

In fact during this period both Ashley Cole and Kieran Gibbs have played regularly for Arsenal, in the same period there have been players coming through the ranks at Liverpool, Tottenham or Chelsea and Manchester United have Wes Brown to show for their great English academy.

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I've deliberately avoided all the post World Cup qualification hooplah. Mostly because the usual questions: "Can we win it this time?" etc, make me want to stab myself in the leg with a pencil. And anyone who uses the phrase "Can England win it? Yes. Will they win it? No." should be reminded that
a) It's not clever or original if a thousand other people have already said it first, and
b) You deserve to be stabbed in the leg with a pencil.

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The football section of The Independent online version published a featured article By Simon Rice� � "The Most Feared Football Managers" click here to read the original article which is supported with images guide. The article talked about 10 feared managers as following (according to the article order): Alex Ferguson (Manchester United/Scotland) Brian Clough (former manager for Hartlepool United [. Click to continue reading...

After guiding England for South Africa World Cup 2010 yesterday with a strong performance beating Croatia (5-1), Capello work is well-appreciated by the British media and commentators. So I saw a great article talking about Fabio Capello work team, this article from the online version of The Telegraph, to read the original article click here According [. Click to continue reading...

The many islands of Greece are an easy lure for many English tourists, but Stuart Pearce's U-21 might not be interested in returning to Greece for some time now after a lucky 1-1 draw with their Greek counterparts in Tripoli on Tuesday.

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I feel like I should really log in here for an update of some description but there's not a whole lot to bat on about, as you are about to find out. All talk is of England's match tomorrow and as a result, the Arsenal blogs and Twitterers are all pretty quiet.

And as for England well as it's against Croatia, and it's a qualifier, it should be worth watching, but with no Arsenal involvement I always find it a bit tougher to get myself into a lather about.

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Morning Insiders another weeks ends with a 2-1 victory for England yesterday, as you would expect most of todays papers concentrate on the Internationals. We have managed to find a few Arsenal related stories from todays papers. Below's a quick roundup:

News Of The World: Manchester City's Robinho and Barca striker Henry will be the subject of further talks in the January transfer window.

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El otro día en Retrofootball hablábamos de Mágico González y os mencionábamos otro grande, Paul Gascoigne.

Para nosotros es uno de los jugadores ingleses más carismáticos de todos los tiempos. Cabe mencionar a otros como Bobby Charlton o Peter Shilton, pero sin duda "Gazza" es de los más recordados por los aficionados de las islas.

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England Under-21 coach Stuart Pearce revealed he has no intention to accelerate the maturity progress of Arsenal midfield Jack Wilshere. The youngster impressed with the Gunners in pre-season and many believe he could also be selected for the 2010 World Cup Finals.

On the 17-year old, Pierce said:

Time will tell and his ability will come to the fore.

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As the excitement continues to build across the world for the 2012 Olympics in London there is increasing speculation in the English sporting press regarding the olympic soccer tournament set to be held at Wembley stadium. My English Football Banter Blog earlier revealed how the Great British Team would be entering their first team for many years (although it is set to comprise of only English players) and there has been more recent speculation amongst the football hacks as to who will manage the British young guns at the London Games. Click to continue reading...

Stuart Pearce's decision to play Theo Walcott in the Euro U-21 has come in for criticism from Arsene Wenger as the Arsenal midfielder continues to be sidelined by a back strain. He has been ruled out for the big match on August 29th against Man Utd as well as England's World Cup qualifier against Croatia on September 9th.

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England Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce has brought in five new faces as his side look to build on their runners-up finish at the recent European Championships.� Daniel Sturridge, Andy Carroll, Freddie Sears, Junior Stanislas and Chris Smalling have all been called up for the first time, as England travel to the . Click to continue reading...

Well, it is still an unconfirmed rumor at this point, but supposedly Rosicky aggravated his hamstring injury and will be out up to 6 weeks. I will update this post when this rumor is either dispelled or confirmed.

But if it's true, it's really troubling, because it signals that Rosicky's injury is going to be a recurring injury, and that we're probably not going to be able to rely upon him as a regular for this season.

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