Avenell Road 27 February @ 04:02 AM EDT
Don't know about anyone else, but it seems along long time since we played our last game of
football, since Cesc slotted home his penalty to secure us three points against Sunderland.
Thankfully today the boys are back in action and we should all be able to see it on a proper
screen rather than a stream somewhere.
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Anfield Talk 20 February @ 05:21 PM EDT
Manchester City play host to Liverpool in the Premier League this weekend with both sides seeking
the upper hand in their tussle for a top-four finish.
Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur are also within striking distance of the Champions League places,
but is the Citizens who currently hold possession of the final berth to Europe's elite competition.
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Anfield Talk 19 February @ 12:19 PM EDT
Tale of the game:On Tuesday, City went to Stoke and were fortunate to take a point. So, after three straight league
wins at the start of his career with City, manager Roberto Mancini has won just two of his next six
games, taking seven points from a possible 18.
City are still without Carlos Tévez , back in Argentina for the birth of his second child, while
Craig Bellamy and Vincent Kompany undergo tests.
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Wrighty7 15 February @ 09:16 AM EDT
I suppose we've all seen the 'new 2010/11 home shirt' on various Arsenal blog sites. Many are
saying it is photo-shopped.
To be fair, it does look a little dodgy and I'm sure that someone has already pointed out the
original photo.
I've also seen that Arsenal may get a new kit supplier when our contract with Nike runs out.
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A solitary goal from Pedro helped Barca register another victory in the League and hold on to the
five point lead at the top. The scoreline might suggest an equal contest but in reality a rather
wasteful Barca side never managed the second goal they deserved. The 1-0 lead meant that the last
ten minutes had it share of uncertainity.
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Whilst a semi-final defeat would be frustrating enough, the manner in which we exited on Wednesday
evening will have resulted in a squad of players eager to get back on the pitch and get it out of
their systems.
For a choice of opponent, perhaps Portsmouth are exactly what is required. Currently bottom of the
league, players not being paid and facing an uncertain future with a winding up order scheduled in
February would be bad enough.
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Barcaloco 29 January @ 11:18 AM EDT
Alves will miss match with leg injury but Barcelona get back midfielders Yaya Toure and Sergio
Busquets read more...
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We're over the halfway stage now in Angola and it has proved to be everything I hoped for;
excitement, bags of goals, ridiculous refereeing, gravity defying longshots and abysmal defending.
What I didn't hope for was the terrible Togo shooting incident that overshadowed the earlier part
of the tournament.
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Why are the Eastlands outfit trying to improve defence by spending large sums of money on
dross?
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Portsmouth are demanding a huge fee for centre-back Younes Kaboul in a bid to avoid
selling their star players at bargain basement prices.
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Avenell Road 09 January @ 06:32 AM EDT
So Man Citeh have signed one of our hero's from the last 13 years.. Old Paddy, but not the Paddy
of old..
I don't want to tell the Man Citeh fans that he won't be anything like the Paddy we knew and
worshipped, I told a Citeh fan that Ade was a lazy tosser and give him six months he would go back
to his lazy offside ways.
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Group C – Benin, Egypt, Nigeria, Mozambique
Benin
Not a lot of people have heard of Benin and less have seen it, the gaff is tiny and the squad is
tinier but they definitely have the best nickname, The Squirrals! Most of the ickle Benin team make
Shaun Wright Phillips look like Crouchy on stilts.
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I'll begin with this cracking quote from Antipodean Gooner as he, like us, finds out that Vieira
will soon be the 5th ex-Gooner at Manchester City.
If the Abu Dhabi sheikhs wanted our players that badly, they should've saved their money and
just bought the club
The signing of Vieira will not only sadden a few Arsenal hearts but will also infuriate the red
half of Manchester.
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The third of our four half-term report cards (check out the first and second parts) for the
09/10 Premier League season features some big names:
LIVERPOOL (7th, 33 points from 20 games)
An unforeseen season horribilis for Liverpool in the making nothing has gone right
for Rafa Benitez, from the injury woes of Fernando Torres to the poor form of captain Steven
Gerrard and key defender Jamie Carragher.
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So here we are in 2010, a year that will again provide us with another month of top quality
entertainment, our eyes stuck to the screen as we see great names perform to the highest levels of
peak perfection until there can be left just one standing at the final whistle.........my money is
on Vinnie Jones.
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Featuring a wealth of European-based talent (including Seydou Keita and Yaya Toure of FC Barcelona,
Mahamadou Diarra of Real Madrid and Frédéric Kanouté of Sevilla) the Mali national football team
will be one of the contenders for the Africa Cup of Nations 2010. Les Aigles (or The Eagles in
English) are grouped with hosts Angola, World [.
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Stories are making the rounds this morning regarding the future of William Gallas. At 32, Gallas
is more than two years past Arsene's imaginary new contract threshold. As we all know, in the past,
Arsene has refused to give multi-year contracts to players over the age of 30. However, in this
case, Arsene needs to break his own rule.
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FC BARCELONA lost 1-2 yesterday in its 1º leg SPANISH CUP tieagainst SEVILLA FC.Barça went into
the game without some big names (Xavi, Ibra, Valdes,Puyol, Pique, Henry...) & without its African
stars (Keita & Toure) toface a fighty Sevilla who also suffered important losses thanks toAfrican
Cup duties & injuries.
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Here's hoping for Accrington Stanley, eh?
Two nuggets today:
First, from George Clint gets the nod from Gazzetta dello Sport as the best left midfielder in
the Premiership!  High praise indeed. (original link here)
IL TOP 11 — Ruolo per ruolo, scegliamo i migliori giocatori, aggiungendo 7 ipotetiche
riserve.
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FC Barcelona will be returning back to La Liga action tonight with Villareal visiting Camp Nou.
Lionel Messi will not feature in tonight's encounter as he was given an extended holiday. Yaya
Toure has already left for African nations Cup, eventhough it is clear that Guardiola will not have
used him even if he is available.
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Roberto Mancini must wonder just who will be ruled out next:
Stephen Ireland is set to miss the first leg of Manchester City's Carling Cup semi-final against
Manchester United after the midfielder picked up a hamstring injury in City's 3-0 win over
Wolverhampton Wanderers. The 23-year-old, who was substituted after 55 minutes at Molineux, was
assessed this morning and will be out for the next fortnight.
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As the January transfer window quickly approaches, many clubs will look to add new players to
their squad hoping that at least these acquisitions can help them win some silverware. What many
have forgotten is that another major tournament will be taking place for the entire month of
January in the beautiful continent of Africa.
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Sometimes a 3-0 win is more satisfying than a 7-0 drubbing.
A 3-0 win can speak of a controlled and disciplined performance, an efficient despatching of a team
that (unlike in a 7-0 scenario) has not completely lost its head but has tried its utmost to defeat
you, and yet has still been beaten comprehensively.
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French Football paper "L´Equipe" published today its "IDEAL 11TEAM" for 2009. The Spanish Club FC
BARCELONA has 5 members:XAVI, INIESTA, TOURE, DANI ALVES & LIONEL MESSI, included withthe other
representative of another Spanish Club being IKERCASILLAS from REAL MADRIDThe rest of the members
the make up the team are:John Terry (Chelsea FC)Nemanda Vidic (Man Utd.
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Continuing to look back at the decade that was for Arsenal, we come to season 2003/04. The history
books were rewritten as Arsenal reclaimed back the Premier League by remaining unbeaten throughout
the entire campaign. This was virtually the same team that finished runners-up to Man United in the
previous season, except for the replacement [.
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News that will certainly intensify speculation that defensive reinforcements will be top of the
January wanted list:
The defender strained a calf muscle during Saturday's win over Sunderland and now faces
a recovery period of three to four weeks. This news comes the day after Joleon Lescott had his knee
operation to remove some floating bone, but the summer purchase from Everton is also out until into
the New Year.
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Livin La Liga 21 December @ 03:55 PM EDT
Barcelonas xmas came early when news filtered through that their bid for
Manchester Citys forward
Robinho had been rejected. The euforia
surrounding Barcas sextruplet must have gone to
Laportas head as he made Man City
an offer for their record signing.
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EPL Talk 20 December @ 09:49 AM EDT
During the takeover of Manchester City last summer, City's Chief Executive, Gary Cook made
several rather tasteless comments but one stood out above all the others for me. During an
interview with the Daily Telegraph, Cook was outlining City's plan for world domination. As
Wednesday's defeat at Tottenham showed, sometimes things don't go to plan.
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According to the Daily Mail, Manchester City boss Mark Hughes
indicated that the club clearly needs a defender in January. Hughes said,
"We've lost Joleon for six to eight weeks, that is a big loss to us and comes
on the back of losing Kolo Toure for the African Nations Cup,' Hughes said.
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Barcelona had to come back from a goal down to beat Atlante 3-1 and qualify for the World Club
Cup final. Barca got goals from Sergio, Messi and Pedro. Pedro has noe scored in six different
competitions this year, a new record.
With a win in the final, Barcelona will win their sixth trophy in 2009, a remarkable total.
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FC Barcelona booked their place in the finals of 2009 World Club Cup by beating CONCAAF Champions
Atlante 3-1. Barca went down a goal down as early in the fifth minute but strikes from busquest,
Messi and Pedro helped Barca to a more than comfortable win. We will now meet South American
Champions Estudiantes in the final.
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One thing that we have been able to rely upon in recent games - when we have not been playing well
- has been the ability to get back into games when required, something that has preserved our
unbeaten run.
Not tonight though. Through a combination of our own lacklustre play (comfortably our most poor of
the season) plus an impressive Tottenham performance, our unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt
tonight at White Hart Lane as Tottenham laid their claim to be a far more likely candidate for a
potential Champions League spot.
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The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup had its second semifinal on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 as Spanish
giants FC Barcelona took on Mexican club Atlante. Barcelona is looking to continue their great 2009
and earn another trophy while Atlante would make news with an upset. Here's a recap of the match
along with video highlights.
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FC Barcelona have made sure that they will end this year as winter champions with a 1-0 victory
over Espanyol in the first edition of local derby. Real Madrid meanwhile have won at Valencia
reducing the lead to five points, they will have a chance to further reduce the lead to two points
while we are away in UAE for FIFA Club World Championship.
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Desi Gunner 11 December @ 03:21 AM EDT
Carlos Vela has just signed a new six-year contract. There's an indication of Arsene's faith in
his talents if ever you wanted one. The Mexican putting pen on paper takes the number of contract
extensions signed this year to eleven. Apart from Vela, senior players like RvP, Eduardo, Song,
Walcott, Fabianski, Bendtner and Denilson have agreed fresh terms.
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As I continue my move, it's as though I've been transferred:
- DMB leaving Rangers finally?
- Everton taking a look at our Landon Donovan.
- Sol Campbell to save United's defense?
- Liverpool says Aquilani isn't frustrated.
- Fabregas wants a target man at Arsenal.
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If FC Barcelona manage tp avoid a defeat by two goals or more against Dynamo Kiev, they will
qualify for the knockout stage of this year's Champions league. With the victory against Inter,
Barca leads the group by two points. But that will count for nothing if they lose at Kiev by two
goals or more.
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Tough talking from the skipper:
"We have to make sure we build on the result from Saturday," declared the skipper. It
is no good beating Chelsea with all the emotion that entailed and then coming home from Bolton with
nothing.
"We have got to make sure we remain mentally tough, it is not enough to beat the best sides we have
to produce the same against everyone.
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Its official the World Cup fever is here. Friday's draw for the group stages of the South Africa
2010 FIFA World Cup was a milestone in African football history. This is the first time for the
event to take place on the continent and with only about 200 days left to kick-off, football fans
worldwide are in for a mega.
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