by stresster on November 21st, 2008
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When you’re one of the world’s best players, it must be annoying when the opposition team have the audacity to mark you out of the game and give your side a good whipping in the process. It seems that it was all too much to bear for a certain Manchester United player.
by stresster on November 6th, 2008
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For the first time in Premier League history, the Gunners are bigger than 2/1 to win a home match. Indeed, for most matches, they are usually odds-on favourites, yet it’s a reflection of their poor form and injury worries that the bookmakers are instead making Manchester United the favourites to come away with the spoils.
by offsidetrap on November 3rd, 2008
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Some people don’t believe in false modesty, and this Red Devils forward certainly falls into that category. When asked to define himself in one word, he couldn’t resist giving the interviewer what he was looking for, but do you agree with the Manchester United player’s verdict?
by stresster on October 30th, 2008
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Sir Alex Ferguson generally doesn’t beat around the bush with his comments, especially when he’s trying to defend his players and stop a rival club from sniffing around them like a hungry dog. The Scot was typically outspoken during the summer when Real Madrid were trying to get their hands on the mercurial Cristiano Ronaldo, […]
by stresster on October 28th, 2008
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A few months ago, it appeared as though this player was going to leave Old Trafford, with the bookmakers going odds-on that he’d be plying his trade for Real Madrid this season. The Spanish champions seemed confident of getting their man, but they hadn’t banked on this man’s powers of persuasion!
by stresster on October 27th, 2008
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Many say that the Premier League is the strongest division in Europe, although the English top flight could only match the Primera Liga in terms of the players selected for the FifPro World XI today. 57,500 players in 42 countries have decided that the below footballers are the best on the planet - do you […]
by stresster on October 24th, 2008
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If there was an award for the most modest footballer of the year, you suspect that this player might just miss out on making the shortlist. He kept Manchester United fans hanging on throughout the summer, refusing to commit to the Red Devils until Fergie had a quiet word in his ear. Now it appears […]
by stresster on October 24th, 2008
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You wouldn’t be surprised if redundancies were announced on Fleet Street after this latest news concerning one of the best football players in the world. After all, journalists are going to have one less thing to write about in the summer, if indeed reports are true that Real Madrid have called off the hunt for […]
by stresster on October 23rd, 2008
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Jose Mourinho knows how to grab the headlines; simply make an accusation that a player from each of the ‘Big Four’ teams knows how to pull off a dive, knowing that your Inter team are likely to face at least one of them at a later stage in the Champions League. However, one of the […]
by stresster on October 14th, 2008
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Over the summer, we saw some tremendously loyal footballers being approached by nasty clubs from abroad, and thankfully, their extreme love (!) of the club meant that they decided to stay. Emmanuel Adebayor remaining at Arsenal was never really in doubt, while it’s clear that this Manchester United star was just on a wind-up mission […]