Given - Could have done better with the goal but redeemed himself with a fantastic block late on.
6.5 Zabaleta - First yellow was soft but the type of rash challenge we have seen before from him earned
him red. 5.5 Bridge - Solid enough but perhaps hadn't fully recovered from the midweek injury. Click to continue reading...
Given the circumstances leading upto the game (preperations hampered through injury and an
international break) and then during the ninety minutes itself (going a goal down on the stroke of
half-time and then playing the final half an hour with ten men) a point can be seen as a very good
return. It is, I suppose, a measure of the current sides mentality that we came away with a point rather
than empty handed, and also a sign of the ambition and expectation there is that there is also a
sense of frustration to not come away with all three-points. Click to continue reading...
It's a good job the club revamped the medical facilities last season as the treatment room is a
crowded place currently:
"We have a couple of doubts. Kolo has not trained since Villa due to the bang on the heel he
received there, and Craig Bellamy has a little bit of stiffness in his groin.
So The Dona and gang have a mission to qualify for the World Cup. And obviously
a place in South Africa is muy importante! As you can see, he probably
cracked a ball joke in the photo above and KindMessiah decided that it would've only been polite if he laughed along.
Ahead of the World Cup qualifying double-header which kicks off against Peru on Saturday, Diego
Maradona did his bit for team harmony amongst the under-pressure Argentina squad by telling the
press that he wasn't sure whether he'd continue as manager if the team qualify for next year's
global extravaganza in South Africa. Click to continue reading...
"I am going to have lots of options but it is a good problem to have," he said.
"We have good players playing well and good players still to come back. Now it is down to me to
make sure I pick the right options for the right opposition."
Having lost 2-1 away at Manchester United, Arsenal face the other side of Manchester, Mark
Hughes' team who according to many, may as well fight for one of the top four Premiership
positions.
As for the line-ups, contrary to false rumours, captain Cesc Fabregas is fit to start but Tomas
Rosicky is only the bench for the Arsenal, joined by Eduardo.
Manchester City: You can't Buy Class. By Phil Gregory The game last season that really opened my
eyes in regards to City's flaws as a team was Hamburg away in the UEFA Cup. One glance at the team
sheet told you the team was going to be horribly lopsided (a midfield and attack of Zabaleta,
Wright-Phillips, Ireland, [. Click to continue reading...
Perhaps not the performance many were expecting then. Whilst three points were anticipated ahead of the game, to take the points with a performance that
married grit, determination and tenacity. A 2-0 away victory at Blackburn is precisely the type of
result needed if we are to have ambition this season. Click to continue reading...
So the new season is upon us. The one day in the season where everyone is equal. Hopes and dreams remain intact as the sun shines
down onto the perfect green turf below. Optimism reigns supreme. There is expectation now more than ever before. A serious assault on the top four is a possibility
- albeit an outside one, but there are high hopes. Click to continue reading...
The Vodacom Challenge finished on Saturday with South African side Kaiser Chiefs FC taking on
English Premier League side Manchester City. The two teams played earlier in the week as Man City
won that match 1-0. Here's a recap and video highlights of Saturday's match.
Man City falls to Kaiser Chiefs FC 0-1 Video Highlights - Manchester City
couldn't repeat their performance earlier in the week against the Kaiser Chiefs as they fell
0-1.
Much is made of the strength in depth of the top four in comparison to rest of the Premier League,
with an indication of this strength being the quality of your substitutes bench. During 2008/09, the bench would routinely feature the likes of Hamman, Etuhu, Garrido, Evans,
Caicedo, Gelson, Vassell and Glauber. Click to continue reading...
Manchester City is behaving like a kid with their first credit card, like Victoria Beckham at the
LA Galaxy team store, like a alcoholic with a $1000 liquor store gift certificate...they are out of
control. This is not just out of control, it's completely out of balance (or is it...read on). They seem to be executing a brilliant strategy that I have named "The Reverse USA Emergency Phone
Number Plan" aka. Click to continue reading...
Manchester City is behaving like a kid with their first credit card, like Victoria Beckham at the
LA Galaxy team store, like a alcoholic with a $1000 liquor store gift certificate...they are out of
control. This is not just out of control, it's completely out of balance (or is it...read on). They seem to be executing a brilliant strategy that I have named "The Reverse USA Emergency Phone
Number Plan" aka. Click to continue reading...
If you've not already voted for our Argentines Abroad award, now's the time. Less than 24 hours
remaining! Argentina has recently had its own elections, but this week sees the culmination of a
far more important one. You've got only six days left to vote, if you haven't already, for your
winner in the HEGS / [. Click to continue reading...
Argentina has recently had its own elections, but this week sees the culmination of a far more
important one. You've got only six days left to vote, if you haven't already, for your winner in
the HEGS / Mundo Albiceleste Award for Best Argentine Abroad. Pick Lionel Messi, Christian
Giménez, Diego Milito or Pablo Zabaleta, [. Click to continue reading...
The nominations have been counted for the 2008-2009 HEGS / Mundo Albiceleste Award for Best
Argentine Abroad, and they're an interesting bunch. Four players were nominated, and last year's
winner Carlos Tevez isn't among them. The top flights of Italy, Spain, Mexico and England have
provided us with the nominees, of whom three haven't previously [. Click to continue reading...
An anniversary was marked in fitting fashion by one of our foreign contingent in the weekend just
gone, whilst another won a league title and two claimed a Brazilian state trophy - to find out
which ones, you'll have to read on. The winners in Brazil were Andrés D'Alessandro and Pablo
Guiñazú, who helped Internacional do [. Click to continue reading...
Amongst five other changes from Thursday night's defeat in Hamburg. An interesting forward line,
with Etuhu, Bojinov and Petrov all starting. Man City: Given, Richards, Onuoha, Dunne, Garrido, Etuhu, Zabaleta, Ireland, De Jong,
Petrov, Bojinov. Subs: Hart, Robinho, Elano, Fernandes, Evans, Sturridge, McGivern. Click to continue reading...
Arsenal is back. Just a half hour until kick off. For those watching the game, post links to
feeds here, as I will do as well. Glad that things are starting up against here are the starting
line ups via BBC Sport:
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preview/a]br //divbr /The bookies make us very much second favourites for Saturday's trip to The
Emirates, and even putting aside our miserable away form, Arsenal's resurgence of late backs this
up in what is expected to be a very different game than when we met a href="http://bitterandblue. Click to continue reading...
I generally hate the transfer window because it's an excuse for all bad papers to print simply made
up rumours rather than attempt any actual journalism. However the last day is always good
fun. I think that's mainly because I am a Spurs fan and we have a penchant for concluding
deals at 23.58 in [. Click to continue reading...
I generally hate the transfer window because it's an excuse for all bad papers to print simply made
up rumours rather than attempt any actual journalism. However the last day is always good
fun. I think that's mainly because I am a Spurs fan and we have a penchant for concluding
deals at 23.58 in [. Click to continue reading...
