With the international break nearly over, the excitement of the Premier League will be back with us and Manchester United will be looking to get back to winning ways against Everton at Old Trafford at the weekend.

Following the Chelsea defeat I began thinking about what the best Manchester United eleven actually is?

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Fresh after posting this came another report regarding Robinho surfaced, again in The Guardian, and it is fairly conclusive in its tone:

Manchester City's attempts to placate Robinho and keep the most expensive footballer in England happy have failed, with the Brazilian desperate to leave in the January transfer window.

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John Tarkpor will possibly line up for his new club, Persebaya, against his old club, Persitara, after a long winded, drawn out pre season transfer that had both sides fighting over his registration.
Persebaya won and on his debut, alongside fellow new signings Claude Ngon A Djam and Takotoshi Uchida they got thumped 4-1 by fellow newly promoted side PSPS Pekanbaru. Click to continue reading...

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Chelsea won the first battle of EPL heavyweights on Sunday when the Blues knocked off defending champion Manchester United, and while the victory didn't help Chelsea take over the top spot in the SBI European Club Top 25, it has the Blues piling even more pressure on No.

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Chelsea won the first battle of EPL heavyweights on Sunday when the Blues knocked off defending champion Manchester United, and while the victory didn't help Chelsea take over the top spot in the SBI European Club Top 25, it has the Blues piling even more pressure on No.

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Manchester City played out a six-goal thriller with Burnley at Eastlands, Everton returned to winning ways, as did Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur - the former in a more convincing manner than the latter - while an inspired double substitution helped Blackburn Rovers fight back against Portsmouth. Click to continue reading...

After the team's run of poor results lately, we're really looking to this match for a boost. Barca leads the Liga with a single shaky point, and we can't afford anything less than a win if we are to keep our first place position.
But we have a feeling this match will be a turnaround point for the boys, and they'll go back to their winning ways. Click to continue reading...

After a run of draws, we see the first rallying call from our new skipper, Kolo Toure:

"We need to impose ourselves as we have some gifted players in this dressing room," he told the club's website. "We can enjoy our football by passing it and controlling games. That's what we need to achieve now.

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Over the last few weeks I've been picking out the biggest derby fixtures from around the Premier League and elsewhere for my soccerondish articles. This weekend two of London's biggest clubs, and indeed historically London's biggest clubs before Roman Abramovic started the Chelsea revolution, meet in what is always massive fixture.

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First up, apologies for my absence over the last few days, I've come down with swine flu and it is not the most pleasant thing under the sun, my skins gone pink and Ive even started oinking too. Its not good.

Anyway tonight we need to get back to winning ways after two draws, it might only be the Carling Cup but at the moment any cup would do for us.

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Yesterday The Boss stated in the press that the player we are all desperate to see be given a chance is ready to play. Yep, he says Ramsey has grown into a man and expects him to play 15 -20 games for the first team this season?? Well Arsene, he won't reach the target you have set him if you don't play him will he?

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Miss Cleo has been on fire this season with her Premier League picks and who knows maybe the lady isn't a false prophet after all. Well on second thought she definitely is, but anyway with a record of 53-16 Miss Cleo can steal my credit card information anytime. Bu what about this week you ask?

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Last week I went on and on about how Sevilla is the most overlooked club in all of La Liga. They have beaten among the best (Real Madrid) and going into last weekend they were among the hottest clubs in all of the world. Well you can say that I gave Sevilla the dreaded curse as well. The club's winning ways would come to an end last weekend with a loss to Deportivo La Coruna.

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Zurab Khizanishvili had a decent game in the center of Newcastle's defense on Saturday night and he seems determined that Newcastle get back to their winning ways in tonight's game at Scunthorpe. Zurab Khizanishvili - determined to get back to winning ways The 27 year-old Georgian International said today: "I have played two away matches but they have [. Click to continue reading...

Jamie Carragher has vowed Liverpool will stick together as they prepare for a crucial period that could decide their season.
The Reds saw their title hopes suffer a further blow on Saturday after going down 1-0 to Sunderland, thanks to a fortuitous goal from Darren Bent.
It was Liverpool's fourth defeat in the Premier League and their third in a row in all competitions as they prepare to tackle Lyon in the UEFA Champions League before league leaders Manchester United make the trip to Anfield next weekend. Click to continue reading...

Nottingham Forest put a dent in our title ambitions as what appeared to be a very unmotivated Newcastle side struggled early on.

Forest had the best of the first half and were unfortunate to only go in to the half-time break with a one goal lead. Newcastle were guilty of:

• Giving away possession (Are you listening Marlon Harewood?

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Steve Cherundolo looks to help Hannover to a second straight win after his return from qualifying, while David Yelldell will do his best to help Koblenz find their own winning ways. Click to continue reading...

The Premier League is set to resume following the international break and this round will definitely favour the teams that didn't have a lot of players away on international duty. Carlo Ancelotti, Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger among others will be hoping for all their players to return unscathed so that they would be fit to play this weekend, while we are in for some interesting matches with the highlight being Aston Villa Chelsea game.

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Ryan Guy and St. Patrick's Athletic will be aiming to get back to winning ways against Dundalk, while Chris Konopka will hope to see some action for Sporting Fingal as they take on Shelbourne. Click to continue reading...

Argentina boss, Diego Maradona in his desperation has called up Martin Palermo into his Argentine squad for the crucial World Cup qualifier against Peru and Uruguay. The last time Palermo was called up was ten years ago, when he was 25. To say this is a waste of national caps may be too judgemental but I would have thought that there could be better alternatives to Palermo as replacement for the injured Diego Milito. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle are 3 points clear at the top of Championship, but they must get back to their winning ways in two weeks at Nottingham Forest. Danny Guthrie - wanted to make amends Danny was hoping to make amends for missing a penalty in the previous game against QPR, but what looked like a penalty when Marlon Harewood seemed [. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea returned to the top of the Premier League on Sunday as goals from Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda clinched an impressive 2-0 win over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
Carlo Ancelotti's side opened up a two-point gap over second placed Manchester United. But perhaps more importantly, the victory over another of the main title contenders restored Chelsea to winning ways after their 3-1 defeat at Wigan last weekend. Click to continue reading...

Steven Taylor feels that Newcastle need a clean sheet tomorrow afternoon, to allow Newcastle to get back on their winning ways against Bristol City. Steven Taylor clean sheet needed tomorrow It was a big disappointment on Wednesday night, in both the way the lads played and the final result, so a good result is what [. Click to continue reading...

Burnley = destroyed. Robbie Keane = bloody lethal. To paraphrase a well known and distinctly average rock band, his sex really was on fire.
Spurs comfortably got back to winning ways at the weekend with another comprehensive win, this time over struggling travellers Burnley. They may be insanely formidable on their home Turf (Moor) but they've yet to crack the art of getting points on the road. Click to continue reading...

While Manchester City continue their winning ways, Brazilian superstar Robinho is still working towards a return to training.

Robinho injured his ankle earlier this month on international duty for Brazil, and the stress fracture has forced him to miss City's last four matches. His recovery has taken longer than initially expected as the striker isn't back in training just yet.

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The important ACC match between UNC and Maryland came down to the wire on Friday. No. 2 UNC saw their unbeaten start to the season come to an end with less than two minutes left. Fifth-year senior Kevin Tangney, who had made two comebacks from knee surgery, grabbed the game's lone goal just when overtime seemed imminent.

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The important ACC match between UNC and Maryland came down to the wire on Friday. No. 2 UNC saw their unbeaten start to the season come to an end with less than two minutes left. Fifth-year senior Kevin Tangney, who had made two comebacks from knee surgery, grabbed the game's lone goal just when overtime seemed imminent.

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Jon-Paul Pittman will hope to help Wycombe escape the drop zone while Jemal Johnson will do his best to get the Dons back to their winning ways. Click to continue reading...

Hi all I am now away for a couple of weeks in the US and am hoping to be able to catch the games online somewhere if i can't get to a bar. So let's hope that the blue boys continue their winning ways especially against the scousers next week. So KTBFFH and Carefree everyone. When I come back I have important news about my site! Click to continue reading...

Hi all I am now away for a couple of weeks in the US and am hoping to be able to catch the games online somewhere if i can't get to a bar. So let's hope that the blue boys continue their winning ways especially against the scousers next week. So KTBFFH and Carefree everyone. When I come back I have important news about my site! Click to continue reading...

There's no nice way of saying this: Portsmouth are a terrible team. The first team to lose their first six games since Leicester City in the early 1980s, and they've scored three and conceded 12 goals in those games. We're looking at a potentially record-breaking season of awfulness here.
The worst part of it (for Pompey fans) is that while some very good players left in the summer -- Sol Campbell and Niko Kranjcar to name two -- they still have quality in their squad: David James, Younes Kaboul, Tal Ben-Haim, Jamie O'Hara and Tommy Smith, for instance. Click to continue reading...

I know as soon as I dare to mention Sol Campbell's name, hundreds of people get straight on the comments to jump to his defence, but the bloke is seriously unbalanced. He's gone from one of the best defenders in the country to one of the biggest jokes in a relatively short space of time. I doubt he'd sign for Arsenal if he could have his time again; it all started going wrong from that point!

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Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna review the weekend that was in the Premier League. Among the topics discussed are:

- Chelsea's continued winning ways
-Â Luck as a factor in the title race
-Â Liverpool's win at West Ham, and Lucas strong play
- Zola looking to leave West Ham?

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Arsenal returned to winning ways, Burnley continue to surprise while bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth's woes show no signs of abating.
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Team Played Goal Difference
Points
1 Chelsea 6 12 18 2 Man Utd 6 9 15 3 Liverpool 6 7 12 4 Man City 5 5 12 5 Aston Villa 5 5 12 6 Tottenham 6 2 12 7 Arsenal 5 9 9 8 Sunderland 6 0 9 9 Burnley 6 -5 9 10 Stoke 6 -2 8 11 Birmingham 6 -1 7 12 Wolverhampton 6 -3 7 13 Everton 5 -3 6 14 Fulham 5 -3 6 15 Wigan 6 -8 6 16 West Ham 5 -1 4 17 Bolton 5 -2 4 18 Blackburn 5 -4 4 19 Hull 6 -8 4 20 Portsmouth 6 -9 0

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Newcastle got back to winning ways with a win over Plymouth at St James' Park.

Newcastle United Vs. Plymouth Argyle 19/09/09 Funny bloopers R us

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