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Liverpool’s American owners drop another bomb on Anfield: They don’t have the funds to finish the stadium!

by offsidetrap on August 29th, 2008 | 337 words | 12 comments

Ah, you have to love Liverpool’s American ownership. Aside from being two of the biggest buffoons in the Premier League, Tom Hicks and George Gillett have turned the Anfield club into a laughing stock over the last year by airing the club’s dirty laundry for all to see. Aside from the verbal bouts in public, […]

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Arsenal and Liverpool supporters: Who has the tougher Champions League draw?

by offsidetrap on August 29th, 2008 | 147 words | 13 comments

If yesterday’s Champions League draw taught us anything, it’s that Chelsea and Manchester United surely have a guardian angel (or a man named Platini) looking over them. With the exception of Villarreal and AS Roma, both should surely waltz into the knockout stage of the tournament.
For Arsenal and Liverpool, the road doesn’t seem to […]

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Can Everton do a Liverpool and beat Standard Liege? Tough old draw for Toffees

by stresster on August 29th, 2008 | 184 words | 10 comments

It’s not the draw you imagine David Moyes would have wanted. His Everton team had a reasonable European adventure last season, cruelly ending on penalties against Fiorentina, yet they have some hard work ahead of them if the Toffees are to make the UEFA Cup group stage for the second season running.

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7 ways to make America fall in love with Soccer!

by Mr Comfort on August 28th, 2008 | 1,036 words | 2 comments

The MLS is growing nicely and an increasing number of people in the US are beginning to become obsessed with soccer, but here are SEVEN more ways to make them fall head over heels in love with the game that pretty much rules the roost in rest of the world.

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Potential CL nightmare looms for Liverpool

by Jon on August 26th, 2008 | 408 words | 14 comments

With two Premier League victories under his belt, no doubt Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez would normally be confident ahead of a home match against the Belgian champions. But results aside, the recent form of the team must surely leave a lot of fans nervous ahead of Wednesday night’s vital CL clash with Standard Liege.

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Tottenham hold out for £30m for Berba…How high should Man Utd go?

by Dexter on August 26th, 2008 | 236 words | 38 comments

The battle for Berbatov looks to be coming to a head as the transfer window is only open for a few more days; and while the Lord of the Ferg clearly only has eyes for Berbatov, Tottenham are holding out for a huge wad of dosh.

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Top 10 MLS Players Who Can Compete with the Soccer Elite

by Mr Comfort on August 26th, 2008 | 744 words | 8 comments

The MLS is gathering momentum and the quality of players on Stateside is improving. A great number of players have recently made the jump from America to top-level European sides, but who else is good enough to prove they have what it takes to make it big in the football world!

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Everton and Manchester City tussle over Chelsea star…

by Dexter on August 26th, 2008 | 277 words | 2 comments

It looks like Mark Hughes and David Moyes are set to go head to head over Chelsea’s Sean Wright-Phillips, a man who has been tossed aside by Big Phil Scolari, but is highly prized by these two managers.

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Dodgy guttersnipe paper has a pop at Everton’s David Moyes…

by Dexter on August 25th, 2008 | 240 words | 13 comments

The Daily Mail aka The Daily Hate Mail has today had a pop at David Moyes aka the Moyesiah, for his shambling summer of non-signings and the fact that he has yet to scrawl his signature on a brand spanking new contract.

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COS Big Up - August 25, 2008

by Dexter on August 25th, 2008 | 161 words | no comments

The COS Big Up brings you a daily batch of our favourite stories. Avast ye mateys!
Studs Up takes a look at Aston Villa and Tottenham, two Premier League scamps sticking it to the Big Four by digging their heels in and refusing to let their star players leave without huge vats of cash in compensation. […]

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