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by daryl on November 1, 2007
We all know Goldenballs is trying to popularize soccer in America, but what if it all happens in reverse? What if we Europeans take a curious glance at Becks in MLS and fall in love with the format? W...
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by daryl on September 29, 2007
Rooney and Ronaldo are a deadly pairing on the pitch, but off it? Not so much. It's nice to see them pretending to be best friends, but this segment got me thinking that all those media courses y...
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by daryl on September 27, 2007
Graeme Le Saux has been all over the media recently, offering his thoughts about the (inaccurate) gay taunts he endured through his career. Mostly to sell his new book. But his thoughts are still vali...
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by daryl on September 21, 2007
With Mourinho's departure, the Premiership is now missing a little arrogance. And that's a bad thing. Though he crossed the line more than once, Mourinho has consistently provided us with some...
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by daryl on September 20, 2007
1. He didn't win the Champions League. That's what Abramovich wanted and The Special One didn't deliver. I'd argue that he had a pretty good CL record, being only a slightly dodgy Luis...
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by daryl on July 11, 2007
This is all getting very complicated, and a little less than dignified. After West Ham were more or less in the clear over their initial signing of Carlos Tevez (give or take a £5.5million pound fine)...
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by daryl on June 8, 2007
Sheffield United and Rep. of Ireland keeper Paddy kenny not only had his eyebrow bitten off in a brawl this season, he's just discovered the most grueling way for a footballer to enjoy their summe...
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by daryl on May 15, 2007
It's the end of the Premiership season, and already there's plenty of hiring and firing going on. Newcastle have shown Glenn Roeder the St James' exit, Big Sam has left Bolton, Man City ha...
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by daryl on May 4, 2007
Sheffield United and Wigan are both looking into legal action over the Premiership's decision not to dock West Ham any points for the now officially dodgy transfers of Carlos Tevez and Javier Masc...
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by daryl on April 28, 2007
What a day in the Prem. At half time Chelsea were beating Bolton, Man Utd were losing to Everton and Fergie and Mourinho were level on points at the top.
45 minutes later Chelsea had squandered their...
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by daryl on April 27, 2007
Arsenal's poshly named chairman Peter Hill-Wood (on the right, obviously) has been explaining why he's not keen on damn yankee American billionaire Stan Kroenke taking over the club.
Why don&#...
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by daryl on January 14, 2007
Love or hate him, Jose Mourinho makes the Premiership a more entertaining place. Without him Chelsea likely wouldn't have broken the Manchester United and Arsenal Premiership stranglehold, Andriy ...
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by daryl on January 8, 2007
Famously soft spoken Paul Ince has blamed elderly chairman with old-fashioned prejudices for the lack of job opportunities extended to black British would-be managers. The fomer Manchester Utd and Liv...
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by daryl on December 30, 2006
John Terry's operation has apparently gone well, and the Chelsea captain should be back in weeks as opposed to months, but it will still be far too long for the Premiership champions who have disc...
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by daryl on December 29, 2006
Martin O'Neill lavished praise on Sir Alex Ferguson recently, possibly as a pre-game excuse for Villa's inevitable 3-0 beating at the hands of Manchester United but more likely because he'...
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by daryl on December 24, 2006
Fergie suggested Mourinho should apologize a second time after Man Utd rolled Aston Villa over 3-0.
"Perhaps it shows that we shouldn't believe Jose Mourinho. He said Chelsea would be top at...
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by daryl on December 22, 2006
Jose Mourinho has done the right thing and apologised to Everton and Andy Johnson.
"Did Andy Johnson try to avoid a collision with my goalkeeper?," said the Chelsea boss. "It seems now...
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by daryl on December 15, 2006
Newcastle are denying speculation that they're the subject of 200 million pounds plus joint takeover bid from polygon and United Bank of Switzerland. Which is a shame.
Newcastle need a takeover mo...
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by daryl on December 11, 2006
Is Jose Mourinho a hypnotist or something? How else to explain Wayne Bridge and Shaun Wright-Phillips being perfectly happy to waste the best years of their career in Chelsea's (surprisingly poor)...
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by daryl on December 7, 2006
Whether Manchester United's Larsson loan deal turns out to be a genius bit of Cantona or a big pile of steaming Blanc, it's definitely different.
Given the shocking amount of cash you have to...
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by daryl on December 4, 2006
Here are several reason's why manchester united snagging Henrik Larsson on a three month loan deal is a spot of genius from Fergie:
One: he's still good.
Two: he's a big name, but won'...
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by daryl on December 4, 2006
Next time you see Phil Neville named to an England squad, remember what you've seen here today. Not good.
My favourite bit:
Q: You play for manchester united don't you?
PN: Sometimes.
Q: Woul...
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by daryl on November 26, 2006
No doubt Manchester United vs Chelsea is a big game. It's this seasons realistic title contenders going head to head. But does this game count as a bona fide rivalry yet? Is it even as heated as L...
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by daryl on November 24, 2006
Kia Joorabchian's failure to buy West Ham has put Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano's Upton Park future in doubt. His company basically owns the two world class Argentines/second class Hammer...
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by daryl on November 21, 2006
The use of video evidence (which like it or not, is coming) came a step closer today. The Premier League will be sending a paper to FIFA in January proposing video technology to help referees with &qu...
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by daryl on November 6, 2006
First of all, what a shocking result. West Ham have been resurgent lately, but no one expected this. Even more shocking to see Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger acting so belligerent. Didn't know he had ...
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by daryl on October 31, 2006
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 confident...
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by daryl on October 29, 2006
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 on...
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by daryl on October 27, 2006
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 here'...
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by daryl on October 27, 2006
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 (basica...
