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Last Updated: October 13, 2007 07:07 EDT
Added: July 30, 2007

October 13, 2007

Club vs. Country saga

This week Club football is on hold for the European Championship 2008 qualifiers. Michael Owen, Newcastle United and England striker has reignited the whole club vs. country saga once again. This can be quite a tedious topic but I will be indulging into my opinion whether it is more important to play for your [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , International football, Newcastle United, Premiership

October 4, 2007

The reasons behind Arsenal’s great start

Last season Arsenal arguably played the most attractive football in the Premiership but were constantly let down by their finishing in front of goal. Other factors that influenced Arsenal finishing fourth last year include; - Being bullied out of games when playing against physical teams (mainly when having to play away to the northern clubs). - [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Arsenal, Football, Premiership

October 2, 2007

Summary of September

I haven't been able to write on the blog over the past month of September as I have been working on a different Project, which hasn't been finished as of yet either! Therefore as I have been away for an entire month I think it's a good idea for a summary of all the main [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea, Derby County, Manchester United, Premiership, Real Madrid, la liga, sevilla

August 30, 2007

Champions League draw

Here you have the Champions League draw. There isn't really any group that will be classed as the Group of Death as the big teams seem to have been kept apart, for the time being! Group A:Liverpool, Porto, Marseille, Besiktas Liverpool and Porto should have absolutely no problem advancing to the next stage. Marseille, with Cisse, lost [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Arsenal, Barcelona, Champions League, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Valencia, sevilla

August 27, 2007

La Liga full of shocks

La Liga got underway this past weekend with plenty of goals, entertaining football and a long list of shocks. Although there was some wonderful football, what happened at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán overshadowed all the football. Antonio Puerta suffered two heart attacks and is still in a critical condition. Let's hope he will have a speedy [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Almería, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo, Espanyol, Murcia, Racing, Real Madrid, Valencia, Zaragoza, la liga, sevilla, villarreal

August 20, 2007

Controversial penalty, goalkeeping howlers and a shock!!

This past weekend was dubbed as the biggest of the season so far and my god it didn't disappoint. These are the major talking points of the third week into the 2007/2008 Premiership season: Everybody seems to be hounding Rob Styles (the referee that took charge of Liverpool – Chelsea yesterday) but I for one, as [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Arsenal, Birmingham City, Blackburn, Bolton, Chelsea, Derby County, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Premiership, Tottenham

August 16, 2007

Premiership Champions – Chelsea??

The long awaited Part 4 is here! Here you can see Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3. 1st Position - Chelsea� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � If the rumors are to be believed, Arjen Robben will be playing for Real Madrid this season whereas Daniel Alves will become a Blue. I think this is a great move for Chelsea, not only [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Premiership, Tottenham

August 9, 2007

Relegation dog fight – Wigan and Boro down

This is Part 3 of this 4 series Premieship predictions. Here you have Part 1 & Part 2.� � 16th Position – Sunderland� Roy Keane did a wonderful job for Sunderland last season and I think his grit and determination will be passed on to his players this season enabling them to beat the drop. I think Roy [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Birmingham City, Derby County, Middlesbrough, Premiership, Sunderland, Wigan

August 8, 2007

Season with Potential – West Ham into Europe

This is part 2 to this series of Premiership predictions. Click here for Part 1.� 6th Position – West Ham� After a disastrous season last year I think West Ham have a point to prove, and that being they deserve their status in the Premiership. They have rung major changes to the squad and to be [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Blackburn, Bolton, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Premiership, West Ham

August 7, 2007

Mediocre season – City to evade relegation

This is the first part of a series of four sections. With the Premiership set to kick off next Saturday everybody is getting their fantasy team together and giving their predictions for the up and coming season. So here are my predictions of how teams will fare in the Premiership this season, divided in four [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Everton, Fulham, Manchester City, Premiership, Reading, aston villa

August 5, 2007

United draw first blood

Manchester United defeated Chelsea on penalties to take home the Community Shield in an entertaining game played on a scorching day at Wembley. The game finished 1-1 with goals from Ryan Giggs and Florent Malouda but in the end Manchester United deservedly won on penalties with Edwin Van der Sar the hero. United took the [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Chelsea, Manchester United, Premiership

August 4, 2007

Sven Goran’s Unbelievable!

Over the past two days Manchester City have signed four players! These being, Brazilian midfielder Elano for £8million, Bulgarian forward Valeri Bojinov for around £6m, defender Javi Garrido cost £1.5m and £4m Croatian defender Vedran Corluka. This takes Manchester City's total summer spending to around £40 million. However, since signing these players Sven has stated that [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Manchester City, Premiership

August 1, 2007

‘Tapping up’ – part and parcel of football

It must be intriguing to know how football transfers are done nowadays, and through the press I think we are pretty much well informed, although you mustn't believe everything you read! Due to the press coverage on football nowadays, ‘tapping up' has become a frequent phrase associated with football.� I think it is important to define [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Real Madrid, la liga

July 30, 2007

Reyes snapped up by ATLÉTICO Madrid

Atlético Madrid have snatched José Antonio Reyes from under the noses of their arch rivals Real Madrid. It was an almost certainty that Reyes would be playing in the Real Madrid white strip for the up and coming season but Atlético had something else in mind. It hasn't been officially confirmed yet but the [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Arsenal, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, la liga

July 27, 2007

Keano finding it hard in the Premiership?

Over the last few days Roy Keane has missed out on two big transfer targets, these being goalkeeper Craig Gordon (Hearts) and left-back Leighton Baines (Wigan). Last season Sunderland endured a nightmare start to the season, losing four of the first six games and dropping down to the foot of the table. Roy Keane then [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Premiership, Sunderland

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