Arsene Wenger has admitted his Arsenal team were a little cocky going into their Champions League defeat at CSKA Moscow. "I was very positive going to Moscow, but as a team, we were too...
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Filed in archive by daryl on October 30, 2006
Big news for USA fans, US Soccer has officially accepted the invitation for to play in Copa America 2007, meaning the US will participate for the first time since 1995. "We are delighted to be...
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So Wayne Rooney is back, with a hat-trick against Bolton as Man Utd pretty much demolished their near neighbours. Watching these five minutes of highlights, it looks like Jussi Jaaskelainen was the...
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Lots of debate around Rafa Benitez and his squad rotation system at Liverpool lately. Is squad rotation a good thing? Is it madness? Wasn't it what did Claudio Ranieri in at Chelsea? But...
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Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has come up with a genius idea. He's going to sign Kiki Musampa suggested a "sack window" for managers similar to the transfer window, so teams...
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Word is that if the Kia Joorabchian West Ham takeover goes through, he'll be bringing Corinthian's attacking midfielder Carlos Alberto with him. Like Tevez and Mascherano, Carlos Alberto is...
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Filed in archive General
by daryl on October 25, 2006
Marco Materazzi isn't ready to Shake hands with Zinedine Zidane just yet. "It could happen one day but all the conditions will have to be met," Materazzi told French radio station RTL....
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Filed in archive Blog Watch
by daryl on October 24, 2006
Fans of World Cup Blog, the excellent site that offered English language blog coverage of all 32 World Cup teams, will be pleased to hear that spin-off site The Offside is taking a similar route....
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With David Beckham apparently not too happy with his new Real Madrid position (left back, in the dressing room) why not indulge ourselves in some groundless speculation. As I see it, Beckham's...
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by daryl on October 24, 2006
As the controversial Premiership lawyer vs 101GreatGoals blogger debate about YouTube videos rumbles on (click here for original story), The Gaffer from EPL talk has interviewed "ronaldo"...
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The Premeriship lawyers vs 101GreatGoals blog battle was picked up by the BBC recently. As ever, the Beeb can't be too opinionated, but seems to just about favor the blogsite David to the...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on October 21, 2006
It's 17 year old Freddy Adu vs 16 year old Josmer "Jozy" Altidore as the MLS Playoffs get underway today. Half the MLS season I couldn't care less, but the playoffs should be pretty...
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You may have noticed that the majority of YouTube football videos on Soccer-Weblog are now dead. This is because YouTube has been suspending the accounts of users who were making videos freely...
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Arsene Wenger has promised more English players wearing an Arsenal shirt in the future. With only Justin Hoyte (pictured) and Theo Walcott anywhere near the current Arsenal first eleven, the...
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Something Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez said this week got me thinking. When asked about Jose "Pepe" Reina's poor form, Benitez replied "When you have a good goalkeeper, you must...
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Is it just me or is Frank Lampard (Junior) coming in for some very unfair stick lately? I watched him closely during Chelsea's 1-0 win over Barcelona last night and it dawned on me that he...
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Remember when we were all laughing at Didier Drogba? Well now you can stop for good. On a night when Andri Shevchenko contributed nothing but frowns, Drogba did this... ...and beat Barcelona. LEAVE A...
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I'm not a big fan of Real Madrid, not since all that Galactico business, but all that talent occasionally clicks and the results are worth watching. So here's video of Real's 4-1 win over...
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Thierry Henry was not happy with his goal against CSKA Moscow was disallowed, and the Arsenal striker was even less impressed with being booked. Three minutes of highlights below, but if you're...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 17, 2006
We received a couple of requests for video of Chelsea keeper Petr Cech's clash with Reading's Stephen Hunt. So - by popular demand - here it is... LEAVE A COMMENT......
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All the Premiership goals from Saturday the 14th October. Check out Leighton Baines free kick for Wigan (which came 85 minutes too early) Arsenal's great Passing move that finished with an...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on October 13, 2006
Mark Bosnich was listening to Talksport callers babble on about Beckham, McClaren and England yesterday, and decided to call in with his own observations. The Aussie keeper was at Man Utd when Becks...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on October 13, 2006
Steve McClaren has dropped a fair sized hint that Theo Walcott could get a senior England recall for one of the two friendlies before Euro 2008 Qualifying resumes in March 2007. "We will use the...
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Filed in archive General
by daryl on October 13, 2006
Adriano (Inter Milan, Brazil) Michael Ballack (Chelsea, Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal), Petr Cech...
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