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September 29, 2008

QPR Weekend Overview: Derby Loss...Man Ut Draw...Bowles Criticizes...QPR Name Change Talk: Claim and Denial...Price Protest...One QPR Speaks

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A few QPR-related items for the QPR Fans who might have turned off their computers on Friday...!

No elaboration is needed about QPR's disappointing 0-2 home loss to Derby County, before a crowd of just over 14,000 - Match Reports and Comments.

And every QPR fan in the world pretty much, must be aware that QPR were drawn against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Fourth Round of the Carling Cup! Click to continue reading...

September 27, 2008

QPR - Mail "Humour"

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A day after having a Daily Mail story about a proposed QPR name change was categorically denied in a QPR official statement from Chairman Briatore....Some forced "humour" from the Mail's Patrick Collins

Daily Mail/Patrick Collins

PS...
RUMOUR suggests that Queens Park Rangers will shortly be renamed by the motor racing money men who purchased the club. Click to continue reading...

5 Controversial Club Name Changes

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The Daily Mail, if you choose to believe anything they write, reports today that QPR owner Flavio Briatore is eager to change the club's name from Queens Park Rangers to Queens Park City to emphasise their London connection. Briatore has obviously overlooked the fact that being based in London is a pretty big clue in [. Click to continue reading...

QPR Statement - No Name Change Name Even Discussed

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QPR Official Site- CLUB STATEMENT
Following a report in one of today's national newspapers, titled 'QPC is definitely a move too far, Flavio,' QPR Holdings Ltd Chairman Flavio Briatore has issued the following statement:
"This is pure fabrication and I don't know where the story has come from. Click to continue reading...

September 26, 2008

QPR Name Change?

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Hopefully just media hype, although there were board rumours a few months ago, but then the talk was "London Rangers"

Daily Mail/Charles Sale - QPC is definitely a move too far, Flavio

The super-rich owners of London Championship team QPR have been discussing
changing the name of the club to Queens Park City in order to emphasis its location in the capital. Click to continue reading...

Guess where Robinho was while Manchester City were losing to Brighton?

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The Daily Mail today reports that Robinho was swanning off to Brazil whilst his new Man City teammates were getting shamed by Brighton in the Carling Cup... The Mail reckons Sparky Hughes gave his big-money signing special dispensation to leave, saying: Sportsmail understands that Robinho, 23, had been given permission by manager Mark . Click to continue reading...

September 24, 2008

Wednesday: Cups of all kinds

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Just in time for today's story about the Puerto Rico Islanders' dual runs to the USL regular-season crown and the CONCACAF Champions League group stage, they go out and beat Mexican power Santos in pools of standing water Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Houston traveled to Panama's Rod Carew Stadium and eked out a 0-0 draw in what MLSNET's Dylan Butler notes is the first of four Dynamo games in four countries over the next 12 days.

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September 22, 2008

Spanish Winger Linked With £12m SPURS Bid

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Reports suggest Spurs boss Juande Ramos will return to his old hunting ground in an attempt to prise winger Diego Capel out of Sevilla. The Daily Mail understands that the Spanish coach will make a final effort to land the 20-year-old with a £12million offer. Capel was a major target for Ramos over the summer but the [. Click to continue reading...

Benitez Backing Goalshy Strikers

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists he is not concerned by the lack of goals from strikers Fernando Torres and Robbie Keane.

Torres has netted only one goal in seven appearances this season, while Keane has yet to open his account since joining from Tottenham in July - and both struggled as Liverpool drew 0-0 with Stoke at Anfield on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

September 21, 2008

More stupidness, this time journalists

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Isn't commandment No. 1 for journalists 'Never use any info found in Wikipedia'...?

Well some dude at the Daily Mail (not going to name names David Anderson) didn't follow said commandment and embarrassed himself thoroughly when citing a false "fact" about a Cypiot soccer teams fan base. Click to continue reading...

September 20, 2008

REPORT: Ruud Gullit Says MLS On Par with Dutch Top Flight But Must Change To Progress

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It seems one of the things that may have prompted MLS to consider major changes to the schedule might have been the words of ex-LA Galaxy boss, Ruud Gullit. In this interview with Britain's Daily Mail he give MLS some constructive criticism that many readers here likely agree with.

Here is an excerpt:

Courtesy of our friends at Tribal Football:

Former LA Galaxy coach Ruud Gullit says there's a lot that needs to change in MLS.

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September 18, 2008

Family Will HELP Spurs Keeper Recover From His ERROR

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Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes claims his family will help him make a quick recovery from his error against Aston Villa on Monday. The Brazilian stopper was heavily criticised as Tottenham slipped to a 2-1 defeat on Monday night, after allowing Ashley Young's shot to squirm under him. But the former PSV gloveman told the Daily Mail he [. Click to continue reading...

What do you make of Ramos’ Spurs excuse - that his boys need time to gel?

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The Daily Mail reports that Juande Ramos, after having successfully steered Tottenham to what is now their third successive craptastic start to a season, has come up with a whopper of a lie excuse. Tottenham boss Ramos claims that Spurs' grotty start is down to the fact that his players need ... Click to continue reading...

September 16, 2008

Toure BACK On Arsenal’s Radar

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Arsenal could launch a bid to sign Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure after the Ivory Coast international lost his place in Pep Guardiola's team, according to reports. The Daily Mail claims that the 25-year-old - brother of Gunners defender Kolo - is back on Arsene Wenger's hitlist as he is light in midfield following the departures of [. Click to continue reading...

September 15, 2008

Newcastle United’s Evil Cockney Emperor sacks Alan Shearer…

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Mike Ashley, the Evil Cockney Emperor of Newcastle United, has flexed his mendacious dictatorial muscles and given Alan Shearer the boot, surely one of the most heinous of crimes in Toon eyes... The Daily Mail brings us word that Ashley has kicked Alan Shearer into touch, relieving the former star . Click to continue reading...

September 11, 2008

Spurs fans look away NOW! You should sit down before you read this!

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The Daily Mail can usually be relied upon to produce very pretty shoddy transfer rumours. They can at least be entertaining in their ridiculousness, but this latest attempt at an article is quite frankly the worst thing that publication (and possibly any publication on earth) has produced! You have been . Click to continue reading...

September 10, 2008

Zola: Chelsea is the past, West Ham is my future

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Gianfranco Zola is widely expected to take over as West Ham manager this week with the Italian's charm, playing reputation and promise to deliver entertaining football a winner over other candidates. Zola, Speaking to the Daily Mail: "I only know one way to play: on the floor, attacking football, the way things should be done. Click to continue reading...

September 9, 2008

Mike Ashley's crazy LINKS

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Along with the picture, this is all you need to know...

"The owner and three other men, including one man named only as PK, downed an amazing 175 bottles of Cristal Champagne — the club's entire stock. They also necked 16 bottles of Dom Perignon, 29 of PJ Fleur Rose and three of Grey Goose Vodka. Click to continue reading...

Ambani Looking To Buy Newcastle Himself

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There's some interesting and potentially good news in the Daily Mail today for Newcastle fans, and we hope it is true, but you can never be sure, of course. Anil Ambani - may buy Newcastle himself The Mail reports that Anil Ambani is expected to go ahead with his interest of buying Newcastle United from current unpopular [. Click to continue reading...

September 7, 2008

Sunday something about nothing

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Morning all, as you might expect there's approximately nothing going on about Arsenal. And by approximately I mean exactly. I didn't really see any of the international football yesterday so I have no clue who won, who scored, so perhaps there's some Arsenal connection there. It's not important though.

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September 6, 2008

Vodafone Chief On Gunners CEO Shortlist?

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Vodafone chief executive Paul Donovan is being linked with the job at Arsenal - to replace already-departed Keith Edelman. Edelman had held the job since 2000 and was instrumental in steering the club through its move from its old home Highbury to its new Emirates Stadium at Ashburton Grove. According to The Daily Mail, Donovan [. Click to continue reading...

September 2, 2008

Keegan Could Still Walk Away From Newcastle And Fans

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The saga that started today, with reports that Kevin Keegan had resigned as manager of Newcastle, and then that he had in fact been sacked, is regrettably not over. Kevin Keegan - negotiating how to get out of contract? The Daily Mail is reporting that Kevin Keegan was in discussions with his lawyers last night, as he [. Click to continue reading...

September 1, 2008

Looking for a few good blogs

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As a football supporter, I find that a good blog is a great addition to media websites. First, it's nice to have more voices available, but more than that, a well-written blog provides better coverage than most media outlets.

As the new Arsenal season is under way, I've been looking for some more Arsenal blogs to follow - I need my fix. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool about to secure £5m winger deal: Rafa makes the right decision!

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It can't be much fun being told that you're surplus to requirements at your current club. However, this is appearently what's happened at Anfield, with Rafael Benitez kindly explaining to this Liverpool winger that his future lies elsewhere. Will he be moving to a new club on Monday? The Daily Mail . Click to continue reading...

August 31, 2008

Premier League Newspaper Full Time Reports: Weekend 3

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Saturday August 30, 2008
Bolton Wanderers 0 West Bromwich Albion 0: BBC, Soccernet, Sun, Times, Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent, Sky Sports, Telegraph.
Everton 0 Portsmouth 3: BBC, Soccernet, Sun, Times, Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent, Sky Sports, Telegraph.
Hull City 0 Wigan Athletic 5: BBC, Soccernet, Sun, Times, Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent, Sky Sports, Telegraph. Click to continue reading...

August 29, 2008

Kiev we're a coming, and £30 million to spend.

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Well, the above picture is the first thing that comes up in a google image search for Kiev. That's the Pechersk monastery, apparently. How nice.

In terms of football, the draw was, on balance, kind to us. Not as kind as it perhaps could have been, but kind nonetheless. We should to be able to beat Porto, Fenerbache, and Kiev at home, and pick up at least a couple of points, if not more, from our away trips. Click to continue reading...

August 28, 2008

Spurs linked with £10m bid that would be STUPID!

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Tottenham fans may want to get ready for one hell of a side-splittingly ridiculous piece of speculation from the Daily Mail. You have been warned! Why not join the debate at the COS forum? Wigan have vowed to repel Tottenham's efforts to sign Emile Heskey for £10million. Spurs have turned their attentions towards . Click to continue reading...

August 27, 2008

Newcastle Reported After Marouane Fellaini - Video

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There is news today from the Daily Mail that both Newcastle and Aston Villa are interested in Standard Liege midfielder Marouane Felliani. Marouane Fellaini - 20 year old 6′5″ box to box midfielder The 20 year old 6'5" Belgian, is a box to box midfielder, who has already played 79 times for Standard Leige scoring 11 goals, [. Click to continue reading...

Ramos to complete a Spurs switcheroo - Bulgarian out, Russian in!

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It looks like Dimitar Berbatov may finally get his wish, as Juande Ramos lines up a replacement for his moody Bulgarian git. Spurs have got off to a craptastic start and a fresh striker will surely give them a boost. The Daily Mail reports that just as Berba sulks his way ... Click to continue reading...

August 26, 2008

Bruce issues warning to Ramos and Levy: Hands Off!

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Though Tottenham Hotspur are desperate for a quick fix to their striking problems, Steve Bruce isn't sympathetic. Though 30-year-old Emile Heskey has been linked in the press with a £10 million move to White Hart Lane, the Daily Mail reports that Wigan will refute any offer for the England ... Click to continue reading...

Will Tottenham really let Man United target ‘rot in reserves’?

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With just a handful of days between now and the transfer window slamming shut, Manchester United and Tottenham appear no closer to agreeing a deal which will allow Dimitar Berbatov to move to Old Trafford, thus granting Sir Alex Ferguson the extra firepower that he craves. The Daily Mail report that . Click to continue reading...

Press Coverage of Rivaldo’s Move to Uzbekistan

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ESPN here, and here is an AFP article with Rivaldo asking the fans' forgiveness but saying, esstially, money talks, bullsh-t walks... Goal.com coverage here, and here the British paper the Daily Mail rightly points out the irony in previously passing up stings at Tottenham and Bolton only to end up at that footballing mecca knows as Uzbekistan. Click to continue reading...

Spurs Chairman Will Let Berbatov Rot

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Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is prepared to let wantaway striker Dimitar Berbatov 'rot in the reserves' if Manchester United fail to meet the club's £30million asking price for the Bulgarian, according to reports. Berbatov was left out of Spurs' 2-1 home defeat to Sunderland and, according to the Daily Mail, Levy has told fellow board members [. Click to continue reading...

GBS rules LINKS

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(he's like do I really have to wear this?)

The superstar Argentine, that Columbus doesn't deserve, has won MLS Player of Week for the third time.

That ties him with LanDo for most this season.

Good stuff dude. Keeping the good fight over in Ohio.
  • Talking Sounders business.
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Newcastle’s Little Mickey needs to impress Fabio Capello on Saturday

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It looks like little Mickey Owen is going to face trial by fire on Saturday, as he'll not only have to test his mettle against opponents Arsenal, but know that Fabio Capello is following his every move from the stands at the Emirates. The Daily Mail reports that Fabio ... Click to continue reading...
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