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/ 5691 days agoFive Things To Note From Serie A This Weekend; October 2010
The Serie A has returned, and we're beginning to see some interesting developments regarding teams which might need a new manager sometime soon. Just looking at the bottom three teams: Fiorentina, Parma, and Udinese, you find underachievers which will need to either start winning, or be replaced. The question is, how much time will Mihajlovic […]
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/ 5691 days agoManchester City To Challenge For The Title?
They say the sign of a good side is winning when you’re not playing well. If that is the case then Roberto Mancini's Manchester City could be a real challenger for the Premier League this season after grinding out another result, this time a one goal advantage as City won 3-2 at Premier League new-boys […]
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/ 5691 days agoSpecial 1 TV Returns to the Airwaves, Once Again: Video
Trust Special 1 TV to return with perfect timing. The BBC 3 show is back with its first episode of the season, albeit quite late. But in the episode, there's plenty of talking points including: Wayne Rooney's sexual indiscretions, Sven's recruitment by Leicester City, Liverpool fiasco, and much more. Not the greatest episode but definitely […]
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/ 5691 days agoEnglish Football Fan Journal: United Draw West Brom at Old Trafford
As good as United were in the opening twenty minutes of the match, so too were they awful in the second half when they allowed West Brom to equalize through a myriad of mistakes. Many of United's gaffs were easily avoidable, Patrice Evra's botched clearances and Edwin van der Sar's bobble which allowed the Baggies […]
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/ 5691 days agoSunday's Bundesliga Review: Hoffe, Frankfurt Pick Up Wins
Kaiserslautern 0 – 3 Eintracht Frankfurt I definitely didn't see this one coming! Frankfurt's Theofanis Gekas was once again the man of the match for his side as he scored a brace and lifted his side to what ended up being a comfortable win. Kaiserslautern had the chance to go ahead after 25 minutes, when […]
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/ 5691 days agoProblems Continue For Liverpool
It might have been a good week for Liverpool off the field, but their on pitch woes continued with a woefully disappointing defeat at the hands of Merseyside rivals Everton. New owner John W Henry, who was in attendance at Goodison Park, might have been thinking what he had parted £300 million for as goals […]
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/ 5691 days agoPre-Show Open Thread: EPL Talk Podcast, Weekend Review
Thank the heavens that league football is back! And boy, did the English Premier League remind us what we were missing. A Merseyside derby, a compelling (if deliberate) affair at Villa Park, and a slew of great matches adorned this weekend's fixture list. For myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna, it's fodder for a great […]

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/ 5692 days agoBlackpool V Manchester City – LiveBlog
After the emphatic win for Everton, we continue our discussion over to the match of the Haves and the Have Nots. Blackpool V Man City EPLtalk Live Blog
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/ 5692 days agoFan Diary – 17 October 2010: Goodbye, Hicks and Gillett (And The Crowd Went Wild...)
Ding dong: the ding dongs are dead. It will be some time before Liverpool supporters know what we're getting with John Henry and NESV, but we can at least bask in the joy that comes with departure of tweedle-dee and tweedle-jackass: Mr Tom Hicks and Mr George Gillett. For us, the news of their ousting as club […]
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/ 5692 days agoWhy Are We Seeing So Many Bad Tackles?
While his Wolves side weren’t able to earn a valuable victory over West Ham, Mick McCarthy was able to hit back at Danny Murphy, with a comment in a press conference summing up the universal disagreement that has followed the Fulham midfielders attack on managers who ‘encourage’ bad tackles. When asked what he thought of […]
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/ 5692 days agoPremier League Sunday: Oct. 17, 2010
The Merseyside derby is always one of the biggest Premier League matches on the English football calendar, and today is no different after everything that has happened to Everton and Liverpool this season. In previous years, many of the Merseyside derbies I've watched are clouded in fog, literally. I seem to remember that many of […]
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/ 5692 days agoSunday's Bundesliga Preview: Matchday Eight
Kaiserslautern – Eintracht Frankfurt This match is a pivotal one as far as the relegation dogfight is concerned. Both teams play a similar system and it should be a very tight encounter. Kaiserslautern's Srdjan Lakic and Frankfurt's Theofanis Gekas have been banging in the goals this season, and their aerial ability and physical strength will […]
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/ 5692 days agoJack Wilshere Shows He Still Has A Lot To Learn
victory over Birmingham was overshadowed by a clumsy challenge by Jack Wilshere that saw the young English star pick up the first red card of his professional career. While Wilshere may have the world at his feet, the red card demonstrates that the 18-year-old still has plenty learn. It really was a mixed day for […]
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/ 5692 days agoWhat Is Going Wrong For Manchester United?
West Brom fought back from two goals down against Manchester Untied to earn a very impressive point at Old Trafford. At half time few would of thought the final outcome would be anything other than a comfortable win for the home side, but credit to Roberto Di Mateo’s men who continue to impress. While Di […]

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/ 5693 days agoWhy It Feels Like the English Football Season Starts Today
Can we have our football season back now please? The golden days of Autumn are upon us, the first frosts leaving a kiss of silver on our parks and gardens; the chilled Chablis gives way to a robust Argentinean Malbec and cardigans begin to look attractive, once again. There is something magical about the Fall […]