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An unlikely star
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
Sunday usually means football and X Factor repeats. Rarely do they collide…
Browsing all posts tagged with football.
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Managerial Report Cards: Part 1
Monday, December 1st, 2008
15 games in, how have the Premiership managers fared so far this season? We take a look… 1. Chelsea – ‘Big Phil’ Scolari Up until a couple of weeks ago, there would have been no complaints. But after home defeats to both Liverpool and Arsenal in the last few games, along with stuttering progress (not [...]
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Midweek Carling Cup Fixtures
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Tonight and tomorrow sees the fourth round of the Carling Cup, the Spurs-Liverpool game tomorrow the pick of the ties. Click here for the full list of fixtures on the BBC. Click here for the Times’ preview of all the matches. Finally, click here to find out where you can watch them…. I’m quite keen [...]
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Arsene Wenger
Monday, November 10th, 2008
A lot has been written about Arsene Wenger recently; much of which will now die down after the ‘plucky underdogs’ beat Man Utd. But one swallow doesn’t make a summer. If there was a problem, it was there before the game, and it is there now. I for one don’t think there is. Wenger has [...]
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Champions League Fixtures
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
A bumper week of football this week, with Newcastles shock 2-0 win over Villa last night preceding two nights of Champions League, and then UEFA cup on Thursday. Click here for wheresthematch.com, a great website that gives you the location of all live sports events. Tonight you have Liverpool – Atletico Madrid on ITV1 (1-1 [...]
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A quickie
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
A bumper weekend – and week – of football sees every team play twice. The results from the weekend were interesting (of course you know them already but I’ve been away…). Here are my five observations from the action: Can Liverpool now be considered genuine title contenders? They have beaten both Utd and Chelsea, have [...]
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Weekend Preview
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
The weekend’s Premiership Fixtures: Saturday, 4 October 2008 Blackburn v Man Utd, 17:30 Sunderland v Arsenal, 15:00 West Brom v Fulham, 15:00 Wigan v Middlesbrough, 15:00 Sunday, 5 October 2008 Chelsea v Aston Villa, 15:00 Everton v Newcastle, 16:00 Man City v Liverpool, 15:00 Portsmouth v Stoke, 15:00 Tottenham v Hull, 15:00 West Ham v [...]
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Lots of yummy kids…
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Arsenal’s, obviously. They beat Sheffield Utd 6-0 at Highbury last night, with Carlos Vela netting a hat trick, Nicolas Bendtner two, and Jack Wilshire finishing the rout. The Telegraph’s take on the youthfullness: If Arsenal’s players had worn white nappies and carried red dummies, few would have been surprised. Their combined age was just 209 [...]
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Champions League
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Two good wins for the English teams last night – a Gerrard inspired Liverpool won 2-1 in Marseille, and Chelsea were ominously efficient in a 4-0 destruction of Bordeaux. Scolari revealed the first signs of pressure in his pre-match interview, reacting nervously to the suggestion that he had to win the Champions League to avoid [...]
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Weekend Tips…
Friday, September 12th, 2008
(and Monday): Zaki to score at anytime v Sunderland Man Utd to beat Liverpool Tottenham v Aston Villa >2.5 goals Three doubles and a cheeky treble on those… For Fantasy Football – Zaki would be my tip, alongside Paintsil for Fulham. So happy the Premiership is starting again!
