The madness never stops. Now Bayern Munich are rumoured to be interested in Dimitar Berbatov, with the Bundesliga club supposedly cutting in line ahead of Manchester United (to whom Tottenham are less than keen on selling their star forward). I don't believe it for a second, especially since Bayern have 3 very good strikers already in Klose, [. Click to continue reading...

As I'm sure you've noticed, the promises I delivered about contributing regular articles and even live blogs during my time in Germany were as empty as...well as a net after Cunningham has had a breakaway. The live blogs were not possible for various reasons:

Colorado: I couldn't get a consistent feed (just like the TFC strikers, but thankfully one of them buried a deadly set piece)

New York: I was on an 8 hour train ride home from Freiburg, where I watched the season opener of my other team, 1860 Munich.

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Many United fans will be delighted to learn that Louis "Sicknote" Saha is on his way to join Everton, subject to the not so small matter of first passing a medical.

Given the French striker has somehow managed to sustain injuries in several pre-match warm-ups it cannot be ruled that he will manage to get himself injured before he signs on the dotted line. Click to continue reading...

Bremner makes it 5 with his first touch. A drilled muligruber from outside the box. Huge amounts of space allow Melbourne to deploy 4 strikers.

Jets in disarray. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United's chances of signing Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov today look greater than ever after the Premier League Champions got rid of Louis Saha to Everton. The French international has struggled during his five year spell at Old Trafford and he is now on the verge of signing for Everton. Click to continue reading...

So far its been end to end but Victory look just too good. Thompson came on after about 20mins with an injury to Thwait. And Melbourne look like they are all strikers. Fab and Thompson have scored but it could easily have been 4, with misses from Hernandes (not Nay Fab) and Vargas put a point blank header into Covic's knee. Click to continue reading...

Peter Kenyon isn't one to let stats get in the way of the truth. While most of us might consider a return of 22 goals for the princely sum of £30 million a little extravagant, there are others amongst us that are far too sensible to simply associate strikers with ... Click to continue reading...

Remember a few days back when we were talking about Mo Edu possibly making his Rangers debut this Saturday vs. Celtic? Dude, might not be the only European débutante this weekend as a couple of injury's to the attacking portion of Villarreal's side may leave the door open for The Boy King of New York & New Jersey™ to see the field vs. Click to continue reading...

The dawn of the La Liga season is upon us, and the Yellow Submarine of Villarreal is pulling up to Osasuna's dock, with a couple of dents in its mighty fascade.

Midfielder Robert Pires is out, a heavy blow for the Spanish side. But to make matters worse, their attacking duo of Rossi and Kahveci are also expected to be sidelined.

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Kilburn Times/Ben Kosky - Dowie doesn't expect striking changes
IAIN Dowie admits he needs to sign a striker - but has low expectations of doing so before the transfer window closes on Monday.
With Patrick Agyemang sidelined by a groin problem and Rowan Vine still some weeks away from returning, Dexter Blackstock - who missed Tuesday's Carling Cup win over Carlisle with 'flu - is QPR's only available senior forward. Click to continue reading...

It's clear that the Newcastle team has more quality now than last season, but we're still too small a squad,  and injuries are already affecting team selection for manager Kevin Keegan. Michael Owen - only fit striker right now - and he's just returned Michael Owen said after the game last night: "We're a lot of strikers down. Click to continue reading...

An anemic New England offense rarely threatened Trinidad's Joe Public F.C. and the Revolution fell 2-1 in the away leg of their CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round series.

Injuries decimated the Revs offensive options and only a late penalty kick converted by Mauricio Castro allowed them to escape the island nation in a decent position heading into the home leg.

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While Arsene Wenger is woefully short of decent midfielders, he seemingly has an abundance of central defenders at Arsenal. Perhaps he should convert one or two of them into footballers who can carve out chances for strikers and break up the opposition play - in the same way that Kolo ... Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United are very likely to be without both strikers Ob Martins and Damien Duff for tonight's 2nd round Carling Cup tie at Coventry City. Oba is out for at least 2 weeks with a groin injury and we doubt very much that Damien will be risked tonight after sustaining a knee injury. Both injuries [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool striker Robbie Keane says he is confident his team's performances will improve as the season progresses.

Rafa Benitez's side have taken six points from their opening two Premier League games but have struggled to hit top-form so far.

"We haven't been playing unbelievably in the last two games," Keane told BBC Radio Merseyside. Click to continue reading...

Ok that is just about enough Arsene. I'm one of your biggest supporters and have stuck by you through the summer and every summer before when you have sold and let players leave without sufficiently replacing them, but this is the final straw. Letting Phillippe Senderos go to Milan on loan for the season is absolutely ridiculous. Click to continue reading...

Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Skrtel Dossena
Kuyt Gerrard Alonso Benayoun
Keane
Torres

Goals:
Mido 70'
Carragher 85'
Gerrard 90+4'

Wow. Just wow.

We've been privy to some incredible comebacks in the past five or so years. As late ones go, Olympiacos and West Ham obviously top that list, but this was a special last 10 minutes in its own right. Click to continue reading...

Under Bob Bradley the USMNT has become reliant on set pieces for scoring and quite possibly more dependent on its center backs than any top 50 national team/photo from US Soccer

For all the criticisms of Bob Bradley's tactics by commentators including myself, the continued success rate the United States enjoys on set pieces is remarkable.

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Sky Sports News have announced that Manucho has been given a work permit, allowing him to play for Manchester United. The 24 year old Angolan hit man's arrival is welcome news to Sir Alex's ears. Having spoken of his diminishing confidence of landing another striker, the arrival of Manucho will lighten the load of pressure on young Fraizer Campbell. Click to continue reading...

10am, live in the US on Setanta.

Last 4 head-to-head:
3-2 Liverpool (h) 02.23.08
1-1 (a) 01.12.08
2-0 Liverpool (h) 04.18.07
0-0 (a) 11.18.06

Last match:
Liverpool: 1-0 Sunderland (a)
Middlesbrough: 2-1 Spurs (h)

Referee: Mike Riley

Guess at a squad:
Reina
Arbeloa Carragher Agger Dossena
Kuyt Gerrard Alonso Benayoun
Keane
Torres

Yes, I know, except for Agger, this would be the same line-up that struggled at Sunderland. Click to continue reading...

The New York posts Brian Lewis is reporting that the Red Bulls have narrowed down the search for a strike partner for Juan Pablo Angel. They include the Atlanta Silverbacks Senegalese striker Macoumba Kandji (who will probably be purchased from Atlanta if the club can pay the $200,000 transfer fee), Dominic Oduro of Dallas, and Colorado's Omar Cummings. Click to continue reading...

Australia 2 - South Africa 2

The game yesterday morning was certainly a game of two halves. The first dominated by a rampant Australia and the second dominated just as fully by South Africa.

I like the fact that Pim continues to favour a two striker combination when using Kennedy up front. Click to continue reading...

If you haven't heard about it yet, the newest bug going around Premier League clubs is one that makes a club short on strikers. Manchester United have suffered from the early season bug as they struggled to string together any meaningful attacks in a 1-1 draw against Newcastle. Everyone saw this coming as they drew 0-0 to Portsmouth a week prior. Click to continue reading...

England-Czech Republic 2-2 goals ( hd) quailty
I'm not going to say anything. Except that we're screwed for 2010. That I've decided. Why is Steven Gerrard STILL being played out wide? Even my cat know that he's most effective slipping in behind the strikers. I won't say anymore. But my Dad will. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham are today preparing for life without Dimitar Berbatov after the striker admitted he is desperate for a move to Manchester United. The Bulgarian international has been linked with a move to Old Trafford all summer long and it now appears as though things are beginning to take shape for his £25 million transfer. Click to continue reading...