Manchester United – Liverpool FC; the very thought of it strikes every chord of passion amongst either set of fans. This particular derby has often failed to exhibit the mesmerising displays of copacetic football expected by the neutrals across the globe. The contest which is often decided by individual bravura is widely described as ‘pixelated' around the world.

Personnel wise it's been a disastrous couple of days for the New England Revolution. Rajko Lekic is off in Denmark, Monsef Zerka has signed in India, Milton Caraglio is off in Chile, Re-entry Draft pick Danleigh Borman is in South Africa, and now news out of Columbia has told us that one of the Revs "big" offseason signings has changed his mind and will not suit up for Jay Heaps in Foxborough.

So, Monday morning, eh? After a win, eh? Tends to be quiet, eh?

That last one wasn't a question. It's true. After a win there's a lot less to talk about than after a defeat. This, my friends, is not a bad thing at all. Much as I love the chatting and the breaking up of the online discourse to tell people not to suggest such things about their opponent's mother and the like, a day when there's little to complain about (although I'm sure some will find a way), is no bad thing at all.

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Naturally, I'm describing Arsenal's 2011-2012 season. I'm a nice guy, and I don't want to hold Arsene wholly accountable for the team's woes, particularly due to the simple fact that, well, that's what everybody else already does.

A little gallows humour can go a long way. Kettering Town's patchwork team played Gateshead in the Blue Square Premier in Tuesday night. Another crowd of under one thousand, another critical evening in a relegation battle that may yet prove to be highly important should the club somehow scrape through its current woes.

Liverpool have been linked with dozens of strikers over the last month, but John Aldridge believes that Kenny Dalglish may have already missed out on a potential solution to the club's current goalscoring woes. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Aldo argued that Liverpool should've followed the example of Arsenal and Manchester United and brought back one the club's former players:"Robbie Keane

Liverpool have been linked with dozens of strikers over the last month, but John Aldridge believes that Kenny Dalglish may have already missed out on a potential solution to the club's current goalscoring woes. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Aldo argued that Liverpool should've followed the example of Arsenal and Manchester United and brought back one the club's former players:"Robbie Keane

There is a big laundry list of things new manager Mark Hughes needs to get QPR off and running. The London side have scored just 19 goals, one more than Wigan's output, the worst in the Premiership. Apart from the scoring woes, one of Hughes's biggest priorities will be to get Barton to act like the senior citizen he should be at 29 years of age.

We're back! And so is Paul Scholes!

United solve their central midfield woes with some old ginger...

Often, when push comes to shove in radicalising a group of football supporters, it will take one, symbolic moment to push those that might otherwise have merely got on with the job of watching their team to realise that the time for action is now.

For those that follow the ailing Blue Square Premier club Kettering Town, that moment may have come at any of three or four different occasions over the last month or so, but the tipping point for many may have cone with twin five-goal defeats at the hands of Luton Town over Christmas and the New Year (results which plunged the club back into the thick of the relegation places at the bottom of the table), it with the release of an official club statement which sought, unsurprisingly enough, to place the blame for the club's woes at the foot of everybody but those with the overall responsibility for managing its finances.

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Let's go with a classic scenario. What if you spent the last 12 months fighting for your life on an island after a shipwreck? How would you acclimate back into society? Well, you would probably want to catch up on what you missed. If you're a fan of football and love reading about the game, then you would want to read the best pieces from 2011.

Danish defender Daniel Agger insists Liverpool must maintain belief if they are to solve their recent woes in front of goal.
The Reds were again left frustrated by a failure to take their chances in the 1-1 home draw against Blackburn Rovers on Boxing Day.
Rovers keeper Mark Bunn produced a number of top saves to deny the home team - particularly from Andy Carroll's late volley.

Agger urges Reds belief

Danish defender Daniel Agger insists Liverpool must maintain belief if they are to solve their recent woes in front of goal.

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Manchester United keeps on unleashing their fury after failing in the Champions League by destroying their opponents in the league and after beating QPR last weekend, this midweek it was Fulham, who received a battering from the defending champion.

Playing in a difficult ground, Man United players surprisingly demolished the North London outfit by scoring five goals without receiving any reply from the home side.

Picture Credit: 123RF.comIt has come to this part of the year when I would always pen my annual review to summarize my thoughts on what happened in the past twelve months in Singapore Football.
Having said that, I must admit that it's been quite a difficult year for the local football that has been struggling with myriad of procrastinating problems that remain lingering.

Tomorrow's game at Norwich gives Newcastle United a chance to get back to their winning ways. But they will have to do that without top center-back Steven Taylor, who was injured in the game against Chelsea last Saturday afternoon, and is now out for the season after undergoing surgery on his Achilles last Monday.

MLS has released its list of eligible players for this year's Re-Entry Draft, and it features three New England Revolution players. Ryan Cochrane, Kheli Dube, and Pat Phelan will be available for selection by other MLS clubs after their options for the 2012 season were declined. Stage one of the draft will take place on Monday, December 5th.

Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is still confident that his side can win the English Premier League. Chelsea who were 3-0 winners over Wolves yesterday, registered their first win in their last 4 outings with goals from Terry, Sturridge and Mata easing the pressure on Villas-Boas.

With Man United and Arsenal both drawing, the EPL table looks slightly different after Tottenham's 3-1 win over West Brom that saw them into position 3 on the table.

Luis Suarez was the man expected to need time to settle when he and Andy Carroll arrived at Liverpool in a £57.8million double swoop in January.
Yet he hit the ground running, while Carroll is still struggling to find his feet.
Suarez's dazzling form for Liverpool is in total contrast to Carroll's woes and the England striker has found himself in and out of the team as he struggles with injuries and inconsistency.

Wigan Woes Continue in '6-Pointer' Clash - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Halloween may have come and gone, but Wigan Athletic's form remains scary. After the Latics' 3-1 away loss to fellow strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers, the losing streak has stretched to eight Premier League games.

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Monaco aren't exactly basking in rude health at the moment, languishing down at the arse-end of the French second tier following their relegation from Ligue 1 last season though Marama Vahirua's sublime volleyed goal against Le Mans (to equalise with just five minutes left to play) on Saturday certainly provided a brief distraction from the club's ongoing woes.

Blackburn vs Chelsea 0-1 Highlights Lampard Goal Video 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Blackburn vs Chelsea 0-1 Highlights Lampard Goal Video 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Blackburn vs Chelsea 2011 ( Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea 2011) Final score and result:- Blackburn vs Chelsea 0-1 ( Frank Lampard) Ewood Park, Lancashire- 5 November, 2011- 15.

Colorado's journey into the 2011 playoff starts at Dick's Sporting Goods Park at 8 Thursday night against the same foe the team edged on a successful run to the 2010 MLS Cup.

The Columbus Crew meet the Rapids in a one-shot wild card match the night after FC Dallas and the New York Red Bulls tangle in the other wild card match.

LeBron James heads to Liverpool for first time since buying stake

• Miami Heat forward will be at Anfield for United game • John W Henry stays in Boston because of Red Sox woes LeBron James has toured Liverpool for the first time since becoming a shareholder in the club.

Former Arsenal midfielder Edu is the latest star to speak out concerning the Gunners less than impressive start to the League this season. According to Edu, he believes that all Arsenal need to do is 'gel'.

It is sort of surreal to see how low the Gunners have slumped in such a short period of.

The injury bug seems to have bit Martin Kelly again.
The promising Liverpool defender is making a premature return home from England U-21 duty because of a groin complaint.
The 21-year-old played 90 minutes for his country in its 3-0 win over Iceland Thursday and felt some tightness in his groin after the game, the Liverpool Echo reports.

It is bad enough losing to your nearest rivals on derby day, but just to make matters worse and put the cherry on top of the iced cake one of our better defenders, Bacary Sagna, breaks his leg and will be out for at least three months. Sagna was injured in what, at first, appeared [...]

A superb individual performance by Mario Balotelli coupled by goals from Adam Johnson, Samir Nasri and Stefan Savic saw Manchester City put the woes of the week behind them as they crushed Blackburn Rovers 4-0 and proved that they may not need Carlos Tevez after all. The victory at Ewood Park under the awkward October [.

The latest talk out of Indianapolis is that Peyton Manning could be out for the season. While not a huge surprise considering the future Hall of Fame quarterback underwent neck surgery recently, it was surprising to hear Colts owner Jim Irsay talk about how Manning is not expected back this season.

Sporting KC travels to Rio Tinto to face Real Salt Lake this weekend. (Getty Images)

Let's just go ahead and say that this week has already been interesting for the 18 MLS clubs. The five involved in CONCACAF Champions League games only saw one positive result in Seattle's 2-1 win down in Costa Rica last night.

The US National Team walked away from friendlies against Costa Rica and Belgium with two 1-0 losses, but with Jurgen Klinsmann still kicking the tires of the program he inherited, it is the individual performances that are of greatest importance for US fans as the red, white and blue builds toward qualification for the 2014 World Cup.

Hammer blow, Devastating injury blow, Major blow. Just three ways to cook the same story, namely Vermaelen's latest crock. It's an injury that has rocked us, added to our woes and amounts to nothing less than a KO. Well, so we're told. Maybe it's not that bad though? He's off school for another month, and should be back in six weeks.

Hammer blow, Devastating injury blow, Major blow. Just three ways to cook the same story, namely Vermaelen's latest crock. It's an injury that has rocked us, added to our woes and amounts to nothing less than a KO. Well, so we're told. Maybe it's not that bad though? He's off school for another month, and should be back in six weeks.

OK, so he's six foot six tall, has won 75 caps for one of the world's leading sides and is a (relative) bargain at £7.6 million. But is Per Mertesacker really the answer to Arsenal's woes?
Sunday saw their defence totally outclassed by Manchester United and so I'm not sure a slow, lumbering centre half would have been all that much help, to be honest.

There were some fantastic performances this weekend, with plenty of goals scored and several players who made big impacts on their debuts. Here is a short summary of the big performers and who was wearing what.

Wayne Rooney 3 goals and 1 assist in Nike T90 Laser III
Manchester United put in an amazing display to trounce a very much under strength Arsenal side 8-2.

Etchu Tabe and RoPS' woes continue with a tough loss again this week while Mason Trafford and Josh Wicks featured in IFK Mariehamn's draw this weekend.

Arsenal slip again as Wenger obsesses over wantaway players - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

As Arsenal players struggled to convince Scousers that losing is part of being a trendy North Londoner this weekend, you'd be forgiven for asking exactly where all the adversity came from. A team carrying Robin Van Persie, Andrei Arshavin and Thomas Vermaelen shouldn't struggle very often, yet it couldn't pull away from a team containing Charlie Adam.

Arsenal slip again as Wenger obsesses over wantaway players - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

As Arsenal players struggled to convince Scousers that losing is part of being a trendy North Londoner this weekend, you'd be forgiven for asking exactly where all the adversity came from. A team carrying Robin Van Persie, Andrei Arshavin and Thomas Vermaelen shouldn't struggle very often, yet it couldn't pull away from a team containing Charlie Adam.

Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool: Bizarre Ramsey own goal, late Luis Suarez strike & sending off for Frimpong add to Wenger woes

Reds get their first win of the season, while injuries and suspensions build up for Arsene Wenger's men as Koscielny limps off and Frimpong sees red

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On our final day of View from the Enemy, Ed Harrison from the NUFC Blog has shared stories about their hated owner and transfer woes.

Scott the Red: Were you happy with your team's performance last season?

Ed Harrison: Yes, Newcastle did very well and but for a last minute equalizer in the last game against WBA, then Newcastle would have finished in 9th place, but 12th place was good, when the primary goal was just survival.