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/ 5961 days agoHull City Preparing Surprise Bid For Freddy Adu
Hull City manager Phil Brown is preparing a surprise bid for US international and Benfica player Freddy Adu, according to the News Of The World. Benfica would accept a bid of £1.5m for Adu. The American striker is currently on loan at Belenenses, a fellow Portugese side but Adu has only made a handful of […]
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/ 5962 days agoLandon Donovan Arrives At Everton
U.S. international star Landon Donovan has arrived in England and made his first public appearance today for Everton, the club he has joined on loan for the next 10 weeks. Donovan arrived at Goodison Park for the second half of the Toffees FA Cup win against Carlisle. He flew in to Manchester Airport on Saturday […]
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/ 5962 days agoWhy FA Cup Third Round Matches Are Better On Radio Than TV
The third round of the FA Cup is like Christmas to me. There's always a surprise or two that you never expect. Plus, I usually get up early in anticipation of the matches that are before me. And this year, it was great to see the added touch of snow across England to make the games […]
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/ 5964 days agoPoll: Which FA Cup Matches Will Most Likely Feature An Upset?
Which FA Cup matches will most likely feature a shock result?(polls) It's one of my favorite weekends of the year – the third round of the FA Cup when there's always an upset result. The question is, which Premier League is going to suffer a shock defeat against a team from the lower leagues? Will […]
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/ 5964 days agoFox Soccer Channel Still On Time Warner After Brief Extension Agreed: Open Thread
January 1, 2010 was supposed to mark day one of Fox Soccer Channel not being available on Time Warner Cable due to a squabble over how much Time Warner would pay News Corp., which owns Fox Soccer Channel (as well as other Fox networks), for the right to carry its cable and broadcast channels. According […]
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/ 5964 days agoTop 8 Premier League-Related Stories Of 2000-2009
What was your favorite Premier League-related story of the past decade (2000-2009)? That was the question I posed this week to the writers of EPL Talk and here are their responses. But before I share them, I also want to find out what your favorite story was, so be sure to post that in the […]
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/ 5965 days agoUS Soccer and MLS Doing a Disservice To Southeastern United States
Shame on US Soccer for making an announcement right before a major holiday about not sanctioning the USL and NASL. By releasing the news on December 30th, the organization must be hoping the story would be buried by most news organizations. While the soccer community will be up in arms over the news in the […]
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/ 5965 days agoBolton Makes Wrong Decision By Sacking Gary Megson
Watching the entertaining match Tuesday night between Bolton and Hull City, the thought crossed my mind that being the manager of Bolton Wanderers was the least desirable job in the entire Premier League. Little did I know that less than 24 hours later Gary Megson would be sacked as the gaffer. The only Premier League […]
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/ 5966 days agoTop 15 Podcast Episodes Of 2009
During 2009, EPL Talk made some big changes in the podcast department by moving the weekly show to a daily format, promoting Kartik Krishnaiyer to host and adding new guests and analysts such as Laurence McKenna and Alex Caulfield. In 2010, we have even bigger plans and some major celebrities lined up to be interviewed, […]
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/ 5966 days agoTuesday Night Premier League Roundup
When soccer purists criticize the Premier League, they often mention Bolton Wanderers and Hull City as two teams that send them into a comatose state. They conjure up images of a nil-nil draw with the ball played in the air more than on the muddy pitch. They imagine unskillful players playing drab, gray football. But […]
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/ 5967 days agoTop 10 Posts Of 2009
It's been the best year ever for EPL Talk not only in terms of site traffic but also, I believe, based on the quality of articles and the interaction of the EPL Talk community of readers (i.e. you) via the comment sections. So, before 2010 arrives, it's time to look back at the top 10 […]
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/ 5967 days agoMonday Premier League Roundup in 232 Characters
Because Twitter won't let me post more than 140 characters, here are my thoughts about the Premier League matches I watched on television Monday: Sunderland can't hold on to a lead, Wolves can't score, Spurs look fast on the break, Bellamy and Tevez are both dynamite when they're playing together, Darren Bent should start for […]
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/ 5968 days ago5 Bold Soccer Predictions For 2010
In the past four years, the world has made significant strides in better broadband access as well as the latest in high-definition TVs and better access and programming to carry the beautiful game around the world. It's no wonder then that next year is going to be the biggest World Cup in the history of […]
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/ 5968 days agoBank Holiday Premier League Matches Expose Divide Between US and UK
It's this time of the year when it's most noticeable how many more public holidays the United Kingdom has compared to the United States. Because Boxing Day this year fell on a Saturday, it means that today (Monday, the 28th) is recognized as a bank holiday where the vast majority of the UK gets to […]
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/ 5968 days agoArsenal 3-0 Aston Villa: Fabregas Makes a Statement, But At What Cost?
Cesc Fabregas came on as a second-half substitute to completely turn this game in Arsenal's favor by first scoring a sublime free kick from outside the area and second, by latching on to an exquisite Theo Walcott pass to secure all three points for the Gunners. But immediately after scoring the second goal, Fabregas pulled […]