tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242741968134974482024-02-07T19:51:08.032-08:00LetsKickTheBallArsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-45399833005170690102011-09-02T21:02:00.000-07:002011-09-02T21:03:23.361-07:00Premier League Squads!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Barclay's Premier League teams have submitted their squad sheets for the 2011/2012 season. But for those who are not aware of the rules that govern the selection of players here are the rules.</span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 11.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><b>Rules:</b>Each club's 25-man squad should have eight homegrown players who - regardless of age or nationality - spent three years (or a total of 36 months) in the youth system of a club in England or Wales before they reached the age of 21.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin-bottom: 6.9pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Contrary to reports elsewhere, players aged under 21 can, if required, be named in the 25-man squad as a homegrown player. An Under-21 player is defined as being born on or after January 1, 1989.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin-bottom: 6.9pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Clubs can use an unlimited number of Under-21 players in addition to their 25-man squad. For instance, Chelsea would not need to name Daniel Sturridge and Arsenal Jack Wilshere in their 25-man squad.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin-bottom: 6.9pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Any player who is left out of the 25-man squad will only be eligible to play in the Carling Cup until January 1. From January 1 to January 31, clubs can make unlimited changes to their 25-man squad. On February 1 a new 25-man squad must be named to run until the end of the current campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;">If a club chooses fewer than 25 players for their squad it is almost certainly due to them having a large number of under-21 players. Clubs with fewer than 25 players in their squad are still permitted to sign free agents.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;">.</span></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">ARSENAL:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Almunia, Arshavin, Arteta, Benayoun, Chamakh, Diaby, Djourou, Fabianski, Gervinho, Gibbs, Koscielny, Mannone, Mertesacker, Park, Rosicky, Sagna, Santos, Song, Squillaci, Van Persie, Vermaelen, Walcott.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
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<div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">ASTON VILLA:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Agbonlahor, Albrighton, Bannan, Bent, Beye, Clark, Collins, Cuellar, Delph, Dunne, Given, Guzan, Herd, Heskey, Ireland, Lichaj, Lowry, Marshall, S Petrov, Warnock, N'Zogbia, Jenas, Hutton.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">BLACKBURN:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Samba, Salgado, Nelsen, Roberts, Ribeiro, Dunn, Robinson, Bunn, Blackman, M Olsson, Formica, Petrovic, Givet, Pedersen, Nzonzi, Goodwillie, Grella, Vukcevic, Yakubu, Dann, Emerton, Goulon, Linganzi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">BOLTON:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Blake, Bogdan, G Cahill, K Davies, M Davies, Eagles, Gardner, Holden, Jaaskelainen, Klasnic, Knight, Lainton, Mears, Muamba, Obadeyi, M Petrov, Pratley, Reo-Coker, Ricketts, Robinson, Steinsson, Tuncay, Wheater, Ngog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">CHELSEA:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Cech, Ivanovic, A Cole, Luiz, Essien, Ramires, Lampard, Torres, Mata, Drogba, Mikel, Malouda, Meireles, Bosingwa, Ferreira, Kalou, Turnbull, Sturridge, Terry, Alex, Bertrand, Anelka, Hilario.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">EVERTON:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Anichebe, Baines, T Cahill, Hibbert, Jagielka, Neville, Osman, Bilyaletdinov, Coleman, Distin, Fellaini, Heitinga, Howard, Mucha, Saha, Yobo, Drenthe, Stracqualursi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">FULHAM:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Baird, S Davies, Dembele, Dempsey, Duff, Etuhu, Gecov, Grygera, Sa, Hangeland, Hughes, A Johnson, S Kelly, Murphy, B Riise, J Riise, Ruiz, Schwarzer, Senderos, Sidwell, Somogyi, Zamora, Stockdale.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">LIVERPOOL:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Jones, Johnson, Enrique, Agger, Aurelio, Suarez, Gerrard, Carroll, Rodriguez, Kuyt, Downing, Spearing, Carragher, Reina, Adam, Doni, Skrtel, Lucas, Bellamy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">MAN CITY:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Richards, Hart, Taylor, Lescott, Barry, Milner, A Johnson, Clichy, Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Kompany, K Toure, Kolarov, De Jong, Y Toure, Silva, Nasri, Dzeko, Tevez, Aguero, Onuoha, Bridge, Nielsen, Hargreaves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">MAN UTD:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Evra, Ferdinand, Evans, Owen, Anderson, Berbatov, Rooney, Giggs, Smalling, JS Park, Hernandez, Vidic, Carrick, Nani, Young, Cleverley, Fletcher, Valencia, Gibson, Kuszczak, MB Diouf, Lindegaard.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">NEWCASTLE:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Ameobi, Ba, Ben Arfa, Best, Cabaye, Coloccini, Elliot, Guthrie, Gutierrez, Harper, Krul, Lovenkrands, Marveaux, Obertan, Perch, Simpson, Smith, S Taylor, R Taylor, Tiote, Williamson.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">NORWICH:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Ruddy, Martin, Drury, B Johnson, Morison, Whitbread, Crofts, Vaughan, Holt, Jackson, Surman, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Fox, Martin, Bennett, Lappin, Barnett, Ward, Tierney, De Laet, Naughton, Wilbraham.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">QPR:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Kenny, Orr, Hill, Derry, Hall, Gabbidon, Taarabt, K Dyer, Campbell, Bothroyd, Faurlin, Mackie, Traore, Buzsaky, Perone, Connolly, Barton, L Young, Smith, Helguson, Cerny, B Murphy, Wright-Phillips, A Ferdinand, Puncheon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">STOKE:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Arismendi, Begovic, Crouch, Delap, Diao, Etherington, Fuller, Higginbotham, Huth, K Jones, Nash, Palacios, Pennant, Shawcross, Shotton, Sidibe, Sorensen, Upson, Walters, Whelan, Whitehead, Wilkinson, Wilson, Woodgate, Jerome.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">SUNDERLAND:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Bardsley, Bramble, Brown, F Campbell, Carson, Cattermole, Colback, Bendtner, C Gardner, Larsson, Richardson, Turner, O'Shea, Vaughan, Westwood, Elmohamady, Gyan, Mignolet, Sessegnon, McClean, Meyler, Angeleri, Gordon, Kilgallon, Nosworthy, Nyron.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">SWANSEA:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Vorm, Williams, N Taylor, Tate, Bodde, Britton, Stabilin, C Beattie, Graham, Sinclair, N Dyer, Dobbie, Routledge, Monk, Cotterill, Lita, L Moore, Moreira, Rangel, Agustien, Gower, Butler, Tremmel.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">TOTTENHAM:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Friedel, Gomes, Cudicini, Assou-Ekotto, Dawson, Gallas, King, Kaboul, Bassong, Corluka, Lennon, Livermore, Huddlestone, Modric, Kranjcar, Bale, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Van Der Vaart, Sandro, Adebayor, Pienaar, Dos Santos, Alnwick, Parker.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">WEST BROM:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Bednar, Brunt, Cox, Dorrans, Fortune, Foster, Fulop, Gera, Jara, B Jones, Long, McAuley, Morrison, Mulumbu, Odemwingie, J Olsson, Reid, Scharner, Shorey, Tamas, Thomas, Tchoyi, Daniels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">WIGAN:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Kirkland, Pollitt, Watson, Boyce, Caldwell, D Jones, Thomas, McArthur, Gomez, Rodallega, Diame, Figueroa, Gohouri, Alcaraz, Di Santo, Al-Habsi, Stam, Lopez, Sammon, Maloney, Crusat.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12.75pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">WOLVES:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Hennessey, Elokobi, Edwards, Stearman, Craddock, Kightly, Henry, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher, Ward, Hunt, Ikeme, R Johnson, Berra, Jarvis, Vokes, Hammill, Milijas, Zubar, O'Hara, Doyle, Foley, Guedioura.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-9708302925853367302011-08-25T10:13:00.000-07:002011-08-26T07:50:23.922-07:00Champions League Group Stage<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The champions league group stage draw was done today. The draw was done in Monaco Thursaday evening and the seeding were very interesting.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Pot one: </b>Manchester United, Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Porto, Inter Milan.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Pot two</b>: Shakhtar Donetsk, Lyon, Villarreal, AC Milan, Valencia, Marseille, CSKA Moscow, Benfica.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Pot three</b>: Zenit St Petersburg, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Basle, Lille, BATE.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Pot four</b>: Borussia Dortmund, Dinamo Zagreb, Napoli, APOEL, Genk, Trabzonspor, Otelul Galati, Viktoria Plzen.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All of Europe's current elite are in pot 1 (yes even Arsenal) and each will be grouped with one team from pot 2 ,one from pot 3 and 4.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The draw took place and football fans are in for a treat this season. Here are the results of the draw:</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Group A:</b> Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Group B</b>: Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Group C</b>: Manchester United, Benfica, FC Basle, Otelul Galati</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Group D</b>: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Group E</b>: Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Genk</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Group F</b>: Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiakos, Borussia Dortmund</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Group G:</b> Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, APOEL Nicosia</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Group H</b>: Barcelona, AC Milan, BATE Borisov, Viktoria Plzen</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And there they are, the teams that will be fighting to be crowned champions of Europe.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The most eye catching group is of course Group H. Barcelona will face AC Milan, but eyes will also be on big wage paying, money spending, we buy everything Manchester City. Manchester City will face a tough task against the likes of Villarreal, who are no push over, Bayern Munich, they speak for them selves and if City sit back too much, they can just ask Manchester United what happen to them when they played Bayern. And last Napoli, the Italians have been on the rise in recent years and will be looking to impress.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Manchester United and Inter Milan have been handed relatively easy groups and should progress to the Knock-Out stage, not to say it is a given but these two teams stand miles apart from the respective group members.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Real Madrid will once again face off with Lyon. And the most open group would have to be Group F, as Arsenal (still considered one of Europe's eilte) will have to fight for all there wins in this group.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div>Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-60623096992553802752011-08-21T07:11:00.000-07:002011-08-21T07:11:28.082-07:00La Liga Strike!The Spanish La liga was scheduled to kick off today but due to the top flight teams stike, over unsure wage payments, all matches have been postponed....<a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/945843/la-liga-fixtures-postponed-by-strike?cc=3888">Read more</a>Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-137777963666548252011-08-19T20:12:00.000-07:002011-08-19T20:13:46.778-07:00Barclay's Premier League game week 2<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Saturday August 20, 2011</span></u></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Sunderland vs Newcastle</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These two teams both drew in their first match, versus Liverpool and Arsenal respectivel</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">y; and they will </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">be looking to secure all three points this week when they face off at the Stadium of Light. In the last 13 meetings Newcastle had the upper hand, with only 1 defeat to the Black Cats, but Sunderland may want to set it right this time around.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Arsenal vs Liverpool</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Liverpool are tipped to kick Arsenal out of the top four spot this season and this match may yet prove vital come May. Liverpool comes into this match on the back foot, with only one victory over Arsenal in their last 11 meetings and that victory is not among the last 8 matches.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With both teams drawing their first match they will be looking to go all out for three points to keep up with the early table leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Aston Villa vs Blackburn</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aston Villa has lost only one of their last 9 Barclay's Premier League matches. And Alex Mcleish will want to win his first home match to win over some of the Villa fans.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Everton vs QPR</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">QPR’s first outing ended in a bashing by Bolton, and the task does not get easier as they travel to Goodison Park. Everton's first game was postponed last week, so with an undefeated record in their last Barclay's premier League match, Everton will want to continue.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Swansea vs Wigan</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Swansea was the first team to face ManCity's millionaire team and paid the price heavily last week. But they may look to bounce back against an already struggling Wigan side.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Chelsea vs West Brom</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">West Brom faced the Champions last week, only to go down by a late winner. Chelsea's new boss, Boas, may just be realizing how tough of a task it is to manage a Premier League team when his side drew blanks last week. However, he will be confident the Blues can repeat last year’s 6-0 rump of West Brom.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Sunday August 21, 2011</span></u></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Norwich vs Stoke</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Norwich started their campaign in a convincing fashion, mounting a comeback to draw with Wigan. Stoke also delivered a strong opener when they denied Chelsea three points. This time however they may be looking to secure all three points from the new comers.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Wolves vs Fulham</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The wolves were on the hunt last week and they got their prize, all three points. This week the hunt will be on as they take on Fulham. Fulham start to the campaign was not a very convincing one as they squandered numerous chances, which lead to a draw against Aston Villa. The squandered chances leaves much to be admired of Fulham’s forward line.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Bolton vs Manchester City</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Barclay's Premier League current first and second place face off with each other. They both disposed of the opponent last week with the same score line, 4-0. This week they will both want to continue they impressive start to the campaign. Bolton, however may be a much more of a challenge for the millionaire 's though.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><u><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Monday August 22, 2011</span></u></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Manchester United vs Tottenham</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Champions will kick off the second match against one of the teams tipped for a top four finish and even the Premier League title. This will be Tottenham's first match of the campaign as their first was postponed last week. Tottenham will be on a high after crushing Scottish rivals hearts 5-0 in mid-week. <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The champions will be looking to secure three more points this week, but will be wary they may actually just get one.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div>Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-81663400559375188982011-08-14T09:47:00.003-07:002011-08-14T10:00:19.077-07:00Arsenal Supply Line?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17px;">Arsenal's manager fear that Arsenal are becoming a feeder club for their rivals. This come on the moon of Cecs Fabregas rumored departure today, to Barcelona for a medical which will </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">be the first sign that he will complete a 35mil transfer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">Wenger was asked if he fear that his team is becoming a supply line for their rivals, both local and Europe, he responded: "Yes we are concerned by that".</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Manchester United's defender Rafael da Silva has been sidelined for up to 10 weeks with a shoulder injury. The defender was making his stamp in defense after the departures of John O'Shea and Wes Brown. But it was not be as a training ground incident saw his shoulder dislocated and Rafeal unavailable for up to 10 weeks.</span><br />
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</div><div>Newcastle had they chances but didn't take any, most of them coming through "bad boy" Barton.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Wigan took the lead after just 21 minutes played when Ben Watson scored from a free kick. The lead only lasted until the last minutes of the first half, when Hoolahan slotted home into a empty net due to an error by Ali Al Habsi</div><div><br />
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</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fulham 0-0 Aston Villa</span></b></div><div>In a game of chances, atleast one of these two teams should have won. John Arne Risse, Andrew Johnson and Bobby Zamora missed a host of chances. Another guilty party is Aston Villa's Emile Heskey who missed two (if not more) clear chances.</div><div><br />
</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Blackburn 1-2 Wolves</span></b></div><div>Premier League debutant Mauro Formica scored his first goal for Backburn as they lost to a very resilient Wolverhamton side. Wolves were level minute later when Mathew Javis cross was met by striker Stephen Fletcher, who's header was unstoppable. Wolves took the lead minutes after the restart when Kevin Doyle's missed penalty rebounded and Stephen Ward was at hand to finish what Doyle had started.</div>Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-74612042196595164372011-08-13T05:52:00.000-07:002011-08-13T05:52:42.313-07:00Premier League Returns!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Barclay’s Premier League is back for another season, and it starts off today with six matches. Earlier this week, the Premier league kick off was in jeopardy as officials were considering postponing matches due the unrest in parts of London. Only one match was eventually postponed, Tottenham vs Everton, all other matches will start at their scheduled time.</span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Saturday</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blackburn vs Wolves<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;">Last season these two sides were separated by just three points and they both want to get off to a flyer in their first match. Both sides can possibly field their strongest eleven as injuries have been at a minimum, they both had a good pre-season and will want to secure as many points as soon as possible this time in order to avoid any relegation battle come May.</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fulham vs Aston Villa<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These two teams will face off with two new managers, Martin Jol and Alex Mcleish, eager to prove they are the right men for the job. Two high profile departures, Stewart Downing (Liverpool) and Ashely Young (Manchester United) from Aston Villa leaves a lingering taste of disappointment for a club that wants Champion League football.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That taste may have been worst if not for the arrival of the talented Charles N’zogbia. Fulham on the other hand have capturedpremier league returnee, John Arne Risse and is the only new face that may feature in the Fulham’s starting lineup. This may turn out to be an entertaining opening match after all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Liverpool vs Sunderland<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Liverpool will hope to continue where they left off last season, and without a ball being kicked, talks of Champions League football is on the way. Many expect Liverpool to finish somewhere in the top four and Kenny Danglish has made some summer signing (Charlie Adams, Stewart Downing, Jordan Henderson and Alexander Doni) that may deliver just that.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Danglish has also made a late defensive signing, Jose Enrique, to make sure their horrible preseason defensive problems don’t carry over into the season’s opener.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sunderland has brought in ten new players so far, and Steve Bruce will hope that this new crop can deliver the goods this season. The last time these two teams met, Sunderland secured a 2-2 draw and they will be hoping that they can do one over on the Reds this time around.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">QPR vs Bolton</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Queens Park Rangers return to the Premier League and will want to continue where they left off in the Championship last season.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They will face a Bolton side that finished the last campaign in a horrible fashion, five straight defeats and QPR will be hoping that form continues.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">One of Bolton's promising players Lee Chung-Yung, pre-season was ended after his leg was broken. But no fears for Bolton, as thier last meeting with QPR ended in victory.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wigan vs Norwich</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Another new comer, Norwich, kicks off to Wigan who survived the drop last season on the last day. Norwich last played in the premier League in 2005 and will be hoping that they secure three points today, as the season will only get tougher.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Newcastle vs Arsenal</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To close off Saturday's games, is the meeting of the teams that served up one the most entertaining matches last season. a thrilling 4-4 was the score, Newcastle coming from 4-0 to earn a draw.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Newcastle's badboy Barton will most likely be the key, if he plays, if Newcastle wants to win. And the Gunner will be without el captain Cesc Fabregas and midfielder maestro Samir Nasri (both want to leave Arsenal), so it will be a tough task for Ramsey (the only proven creative central midfielder they have available to run the midfield on his own.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stoke vs Chelsea</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The runners up of last season, will travel to hard playing, ruby tackling (according to Arsenal), man kicking (according to Arsenal...again) Stoke. It will be a tough match for both teams and a nervous starter for Chelsea's new boss Boas.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-75366993659671995792011-08-11T01:42:00.001-07:002011-08-12T20:12:22.934-07:00Arsenal Transfers!!!<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYbp2N31iv_ywdFhmiHWKOY9FF5GxgldF5csolzU4JX5aAPMJbGiiosAjRaTW51ceRlqXyjADNevHT9WggHDi_dnX7LxlIgLsvTcMtdUXcA-I0GA2iIppcv1EsCQYJeWQ81BFLs46rGQ/s1600/ept_sports_sow_experts-401667531-1265732467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYbp2N31iv_ywdFhmiHWKOY9FF5GxgldF5csolzU4JX5aAPMJbGiiosAjRaTW51ceRlqXyjADNevHT9WggHDi_dnX7LxlIgLsvTcMtdUXcA-I0GA2iIppcv1EsCQYJeWQ81BFLs46rGQ/s320/ept_sports_sow_experts-401667531-1265732467.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of Arsenal's longest transfer saga is about to end according to “<a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/">The Sun</a>". Cesc Fabregas is on the brink of returning to his boyhood club, he only has to splash out 4.5mil of his own cash to add to Barcelona’s 35.9 mil. The Gunners are set to agree to the 35.9 mil fee and add-ons which includes Fabregas paying Arsenal £900,000 (all this from his pocket) a year for the next 5 years.</span><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So it finally looks like Fabregas is going to part ways with Arsenal.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly for Arsenal fans he may not be the only exit as Nasri is set to leave the Emirates before this weekend, apparently to join money bag Manchester City. Nasri’s future has been in doubt all summer and although Arsene Wenger tried to swash all talks of an exit, it seems all but possible now. Manchester City are weighing up a £22mil bid for the French midfielder and Arsenal are set to accept, or possible loss Nasri for free next summer when his contract runs out.</span></div></div>Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-32707515816522629852011-08-07T10:25:00.000-07:002011-08-12T20:13:30.110-07:00Manchester United wins Community Shield<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">New season, young players, same old story! Manchester United beating Manchester City. This derby is always interesting and never short of excitement. Remember Michael Owens’s late winner back in 2009? Wayne Rooney’s jaw dropping winner in 2010/2011 season? And now, Nani’s twinkled toe eye popper!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Manchester City was in the driver’s seat for a famed victory over their arch rivals, after Joleon Lescott’s header made it 1-0 and Edin Dzeko’s belter made it 2-0. But Alex Ferguson had seen the bus route and it didn’t stop at the blue half of Manchester. Half time introduction of some young blood, Tom Cleverly, Phil Jones and Jonathan Evans, sparked United to life.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Within six minutes of the restart, United had one, with Smalling finishing Young’s free kick. Then came the eye popper, United trio (Rooney, Nani and Cleverley) craved opened City’s backline with a series devastating passes for Nani to delicately chip the ball over the advancing Hart.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The game perfectly poised and seems to be heading for penalties when Nani decided to stop the bus. Kompany’s misjudgments allowed Nani to capitalize, rounding Hart, scoring and fatally wounding City.</div>Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-60889938132121427122011-08-04T08:48:00.000-07:002011-08-12T20:13:30.110-07:00Top teams fight for Champions League spot<div style="text-align: justify;">So its finally back, "The Champions League" return and for all football fans, its another year of smiles and cries. 2006 runners-up Arsenal, 2010 runners-up Bayern Munich, french big boys Lyon and La Liga's Villarreal will all feature this Friday seeding for Champions League play-offs.<br />
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<dl style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Seeded teams</dt>
</dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" class="thumbborder" height="17" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Copenhagen</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" class="thumbborder" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> BATE Borisov</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" class="thumbborder" height="16" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/22px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Maccabi Haifa</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" class="thumbborder" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Dinamo Zagreb</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" class="thumbborder" height="13" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> APOEL</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" class="thumbborder" height="14" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Wista Krakow</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Sturm Graz</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Belgium"><img alt="Belgium" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Genk</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Viktoria Plzen</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" class="thumbborder" height="14" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Malmo FF</li>
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</dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.6em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" class="thumbborder" height="13" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Bayern Munich</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="England"><img alt="England" class="thumbborder" height="13" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Arsenal</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="France"><img alt="France" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a>Lyon</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Portugal"><img alt="Portugal" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Benfica</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Villarreal</li>
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</dl><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Twente</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Rubin Kazan</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" class="thumbborder" height="15" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Udinese</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" class="thumbborder" height="20" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="20" /></a></span> Zurich</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="flagicon"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" class="thumbborder" height="17" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-style: solid; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;" width="22" /></a></span> Odense</li>
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</tbody></table>Arsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324274196813497448.post-82732055739009708152011-08-03T15:23:00.001-07:002011-08-12T20:14:53.408-07:00"To be a Gunner"This is a personal phrase of mine and I first stared saying it in the 2009-2010 season (if memory serves right). I started saying it because my friends were constantly questioning my loyalty to 'the arsenal' ( this due to me continual rants about arsenal short comings in important matches), and to avoid the back talking and debates, i would simple reply "to be a gunner".<br />
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To be a Gunner has no one meaning, or simple explanation. I like to think "to be a gunner" means all of the following:<br />
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1.you have to love football<br />
2.you have to love arsenal<br />
3.you have to have faith<br />
4.you have to love beautiful football<br />
5.you have to be strong and keep to your philosophy no matter what other may say<br />
6.you have to be patient<br />
7.you get mad when arsenal...and i mean "ARSENAL" does not show up for a match and get beaten in a game they should win by a mile<br />
8.you rant when a player in the arsenal shirts says or does something not in-keeping with the arsenal spirit.<br />
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Now this is just a small list of the things "to be a gunner" means to me. It may mean anything to any arsenal fan.<br />
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Its just an expression...its just my feelings..its my love<br />
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TO BE A GUNNERArsenalkickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01646296550664572558noreply@blogger.com0