Manchester United are still embroiled in the will he go/will he stay Ronaldo farce. Chelsea have brought in Deco, Jose Bosingwa and a former World Cup-winning coach in Luiz Felipe Scolari, while Arsenal have brought in talented schemer Samir Nasri... Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger today made his case for abolishing UEFA's away goal rule that serves as the primary tie-breaker in European competition. The illustrious coach of Arsenal FC told the Guardian he felt "the weight of the away goal is too heavy now tactically - it was created 42 years ago at a stage when the teams that went abroad just defended. Click to continue reading...

After Hull painfully exposed Arsenal's fallibility at the back, the last thing Arsene Wenger's men will want to see is the Incredible Hulk trying to batter through them. But that is exactly what they will get when they meet Porto at the Emirates this evening. Jesualdo Ferreira, the Portuguese champions' coach, will unleash his secret weapon, [. Click to continue reading...

Nationally, we talk Asian Champions League, A-League Expansion, we hear from Young Matildas Coach Alen Stajic and we wrap the A-League.

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Locally Aaron Walker debuts in the host chair alongside Russ Gibbs.
Christine Ng looks forward to Canberra United and we hear the remarkable football story of Canberra returnee Tim Skinner. Click to continue reading...

Nice article here about Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger in honor of his 12th anniversary managing the club. While he seems like a personally unpleasant individual on any number of levels, he has created one of the most unique teams in Europe, if not the most unique in England. They may not win the [... Click to continue reading...

Canberra's full of football and tonights show is no different.

Nationally from 6.30pm we have an interviews with:
Young Matildas Coach Alen Stajic
Live in the studio Adelaide United fan foum moderator Nick Rundle.

And locally from 6.55pm we have:
Passionate women's football follower Christine Ng
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Here's a recap.

Sure it would've been great for the USL Sounders to win the league championship in the final go. But after the announcement of the MLS team, I'm pretty sure minds have been on bigger and better things.

While small trophies are nice, filling out a roster and finding a coach are higher on the priority list I think. Click to continue reading...

Things could not have been worse for Ronaldinho coming into the latest edition of the Derby Della Madonnina.  He was still not at the level that people though he could be at, but then the big stab in his heart came midweek. Brazil coach Dunga left the AC Milan midfielder out of his 23-man callup for [. Click to continue reading...

He's started just one game this season, so who can blame the 25 year old?

"The coach here now is not the one who brought me in so it's difficult proving that I deserve to be on the field," the News of the World quoted Dempsey as saying.

No one wants to hear that we might lose a Yank in the Premiership, but I'd rather see him get playing time somewhere -- especially if he's going to be a veteran on the '10 W. Click to continue reading...

Though he did get a goal against Espanyol.

Thierry Henry has revealed he will demand talks with Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola if he continues to be played out on the left wing for the Spanish club.

I don't think the Frenchman is trying to cause trouble. I just think he knows he's getting old and wants to be on the field. Click to continue reading...

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Sky Sports/Juha Pal - Buzsaky pleased to be back
Hungarian ace hoping to lead promotion charge

Queens Park Rangers playmaker Akos Buzsaky is relishing the prospect of helping the club into the Premier League.
The Hungarian midfielder has only recently returned from a long-term injury, but is hoping to play his part over the course of the current campaign. Click to continue reading...

Alan Shearer admitted to Match Of The Day last night that he has no idea about the claims made by new boss Joe Kinnear, regarding returning to Newcastle United as a coach. Alan Shearer - has no knowledge of rejoining Newcastle But we don‘t think this is surprising news because what we think Ashley told Joe, was [. Click to continue reading...

Gary Van Egmond is still the best, but Aurelio Vidmar is on the move...and quick.

Van Egmond's side were a goal down to Adelaide and having used their three subs and when Jason Hoffman got injured they were down to ten.

But Van Egmond did what few coaches ever do even when they have a full complement. Click to continue reading...

Under 20's Aussie Coach Jan Versliejen recently hailed Jason Hoffman as one of the best players in his squad. Although I think it's fair to say he hasn't translated any of this form or confidence to his Jets performances yet.

Versleijen's next squad is due to be announced Monday for the upcoming ASEAN tournament. Click to continue reading...

Malaysian Premier League side Kelantan have appointed Peter Butler as their new coach for the season which begins in January.

The former West Ham midfielder has previously coached Sabah, SAF and Persiba.

Kafa council member Azman Ibrahim said they wanted a candidate who was familiar with the local scene and the Englishman fitted the bill, having coached Sabah for two seasons (2003-04). Click to continue reading...

You have to check out Goal Seattle's report of the game.

Apparently after a 2-1 Sounders win over Montreal in the first leg of the first round of the USL playoffs, the Impact coach went into the stands at Starfire and was getting into it with the fans.

The match was testy too, with a bunch of cards and chippiness. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle dropped their marquee Zora for this match (all the way out). Then lost Adam and Joel Griffiths to hamstring injuries, Joel's looks bad. I don't see why Joel isn't the lone striker. Anyway it is academic as he looks like he'll be out for 4 or so weeks. Disappointing foreign purchase Hakansson was the last subbed - coach looked cheezed. Click to continue reading...

1. For a manager who has had to walk out of managerial jobs before now with ill health stemming from heart problems, Newcastle United is not the place to be at the minute. Even the youngest, whippersnapper of a coach would be feeling the strain on their health after a few weeks at St James' [...] Click to continue reading...

Freddy Adu finally made a start for AS Monaco, putting in a solid effort in a League Cup match against Paris Saint-Germain. Unfortunately, Monaco fell to the resurgent PSG 1-0 on a 36th minute goal by Fabrice Pancrate. Adu was replaced in the 70th by Park Ju-Young who was also unable to produce an equalizer. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have been linked with a move to sign highly-rated England winger Aaron Lennon from struggling Tottenham Hotspur in January. Anfield manager Rafael Benitez seems to be using strikers as wingers and it has been said that the former Valencia coach wants to alter that. Liverpool are set to dig . Click to continue reading...

Thierry Henry unhappy with Barcelona role

Thierry Henry has said he will seek an explanation from Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola if he continues to be employed out of his preferred central position.

From Telegraph.co.uk

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MLS/Craig Merz - Padula a quiet leader for Crew
Columbus has 8-0-1 record with Argentinean defender in lineup
Gino Padula has missed nearly two-thirds of the season with an injury, but has still had an impact for the Crew.

COLUMBUS -- Good luck charm or just plain good? Click to continue reading...

Sir Alex Ferguson mixed youth with experience to ensure victory over Premiership side Middlesbrough in the 3rd Round of the Carling Cup on Tuesday. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has taken the post as the Reserves' coach, was very proud of their performance, and believes we have several young players in the ranks capable of cutting it [. Click to continue reading...

Man City target Sergio Aguero is 'happy' at Atletico Madrid, says coach Javier Aguirre

Atletico Madrid coach Javier Aguirre is confident Sergio Aguero will not join Manchester City in the January transfer window.

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When you have Terry Venables' wealth of experience and expertise as a coach, you can pick and choose your jobs a little more freely than most people. Perhaps he is eager to get back into the game after leaving the England set-up with Steve McClaren, and maybe he is looking for a real challenge to [.. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona scores the game winner and Etoo jumps out of the players bench to hug his coach. Click to continue reading...

That a Juan Carlos Valenzuela own goal in the 75th minute gave Chile a 1-0 win over Mexico pretty much summed up the tenor of this game.

Neither team exhibited much rhythm and attacking opportunities were sparse - especially in a dull first half dominated (and I use the term loosely) by Mexico.

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Real Salt Lake announced Wednesday that the club has reached an agreement on a contract extension with Javier Morales, a deal that will keep the Argentinean midfielder in Utah through 2012. As part of the deal, RSL has purchased Morales' contract rights from UD Vecindario, a team in the Spanish Segunda Division B. Click to continue reading...

You call this a formation? Seven notes on Werder dismantlement of FC Bayern at the Allianz. 1. Stereotyping A defensive player usually makes an attack-minded coach and an attacking player usually makes a defense-minded coach. Granted, there are exceptions such as the Bruno Labbadia's of this world, but the general rule of thumb holds enough merit to [. Click to continue reading...

You might think that loud obnoxious parents are 'Soccer Parents From Hell' in a coach's eyes, but they aren't. Debra-Lynn explains about true soccer parents from hell over at Journey in Parenting: We are the parents who make the coach think really hard about retiring, the ones who always forget to pay our fees, who can [. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger hails Arsenal youngsters as best ever after destroying Sheffield United

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has claimed he has never managed a better crop of young players than his latest bunch of teenager up-starters.

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This week Andrea Canales got the US faithful abuzz with a nice article on a potential Landon Donovan return to Europe. Your faithful vagabond has been sniffing about this week checking on the possibility that Landon Donovan has attracted interest from Bundesliga power Bayern Munich. So far the results indicate that people have taken Andrea's speculation and twisted it into something it is not; a rumor. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham will move for Sporting Lisbon forward Simon Vukcevic in the Januray transfer window, according to reports. The Daily Mirror claims that the Monenegro attacker will tell the Portuguese club that he wants to leave after falling out with coach Paulo Bento, opening the door for Juande Ramos to make his move. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United's caretaker manager Chris Hughton says that Newcastle United will be going all out against Tottenham Hotspur in the Carling Cup tomorrow night. Chris Hughton - will field strong side tomorrow night The former Spurs coach, who has stepped into a very difficult job at Newcastle, after Kevin Keegan left, really wants to help lift the [. Click to continue reading...

The Newcastle Reserve side suffered another defeat at Whitley Park last night, when they were beaten 3-0 by an experienced Sheffield United side. Richard Money - pleased with young Reserves display But Richard Money, who is now in charge of the Reserves after the Board sacked local coach Adam Sadler, believes his young Reserve players will benefit [. Click to continue reading...