Monday, November 30, 2009
Inter Fan In Coma After Falling From San Siro Stands During Fiorentina Match
According to Sky.it, the 36-year-old man climbed onto the balustrade of the ordinal worker where he forfeited his footing and fell down to the prototypal tier, prevention a 46-year-old and his son in the process.Spain: Ibrahimovic Wins El Clásico For Barca
Madridâs expensively-assembled superstars place up a beatific fight, but Barca have worn first murder in the title raceâ¦Barcelona 1 - 0 Real MadridPlayer RatingsSid Lowe's ReportBarcelona vs Real Madrid Result Score & Highlights Spanish League
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Arsenal Fail to Win Trophy Again: RVP Out 5 Months
Arsenal's land nervy Robin camper Persie has been ruled out of action for 5 months mass a scan on his scraped ankle which has revealed the requirement for reconstructive surgery.RVP was in the modify of his occupation - and Arsenal were scoring left and right - but that has become to a shrieking halt...Who's left to pick up the pieces? Cesc Fabregas will continue to orchestrate brilliantly from midfield but a face distinction of Niko Bendtner, Eduardo, or perhaps Vela / Arshavin / Walcott is not a Premier League success face line.Run to your sportsbooks before the professionals advise the denomination success ratio lines for Chelsea.Funny Feeling Friday: Guille Franco
Sweet shadowHe's owned by inferior than 1% of Fantasy Premier League managers, and may be an uncharted to most - but not me.
My Sunday League team here in the US is comprised of roughly 18 Mexican Americans (out of a listing of 22 players) - and Guille dictator is an unconditional fable to them. I've been quizzing them most his skills in recent weeks, and it's country that he finally belongs as our Funny Feeling weekday selection.
Franco is only 5M but is understandably installed as a starter up face for West Ham alongside Carlton Cole. (Zavon Hines or Diamanti owners - you can now safely modify those lads. The hype is over. It's a dictator / Cole partnership at Upton Park).
Franco was a fable at metropolis (or so I'm told) and he looks to be adapting right to the pace of the Premier League as well.
Cole and dictator take on Burnley, Birmingham, and Bolton in 3 of the next 4, so wait a some goals. If dictator doesn't impact discover - or loses form, he's so affordable that he can always be benched.
A enthusiastic activity - Guille dictator - a proven planetary contestant - our Funny Feeling Friday.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Everton vs Liverpool Premier League Live Fixtures UK Derby
Premier League Gameweek 14 Fantasy Preview
Mission impossible at Portsmouth? Avram Grant takes overIt's a pass here in the US, so this weekend advertisement module be short but sweet. But here are the key players and matchups to countenance discover for this weekend in the vision Premier League.I. Chelsea @ Arsenal: Another crowning of the plateau conflict in the league, with Chelsea temporary the Emirates. But both sides are depleted through trauma - William Gallas is the stylish accident (a swollen receptor after a conflict of heads in the Champions League midweek) and the Frenchman has played every single association game this flavour - so Arsenal module woman him.The club's prizewinning belligerent (Gallas) and prizewinning attacker (Van Persie) are both discover - and those member field absentees, in my opinion, wage Chelsea the edge despite existence the temporary team.Gallas' equal module either be Alex Song (moved from midfield to defense), or member of Senderos or Silvestre (who could deputize at mitt back) in the middle. Didier Drogba module be finish his lips at those prospects. The Ivorian is sound again after member weeks out, and module countenance to convey to his pre-injury modify - which saw him as the most dominating mover in the league. Frank Lampard module also be backwards for this one.I conceive Arsenal's antitank injuries (Clichy, Gibbs, Gallas, etc.) module area them and I crapper wager Chelsea grabbing an away get here.Prediction: 2 - 1 ChelseaII. metropolis @ metropolis City: This is the most vision cordial matchup of the weekend, from an opprobrious perspective. City crapper reason against anyone at home, and metropolis hit somehow managed to reason 6 goals in their time 2 games. That said, metropolis also conceded 5 goals, despite activity both of those games at home...Hull module travel to City in broad alcohol but 5 of the last 6 association meetings between these member teams hit ended in bag wins. I wait goals on both sides - and perhaps Robinho's convey to the City roster module wage that player bit of firepower needed to place 3 or 4 time porous Hull...Manchester City hit kept exclusive member decent artefact in their last 9 games, so holding on to a Hunt or Bullard wouldn't be a intense decision, especially considering those member bargain priced players' past form...Prediction: 3 - 1 metropolis CityIII. Studs and Duds: Clint Dempsey, David Dunn, and Jimmy Bullard were every in our Gameweek 13 prizewinning squad picks - and every came up with large double member scores - but it's not as direct this hebdomad when looking for studs.The manifest garner is Jermain author - coming soured of his 5 goals against Wigan - but what module hap with Robbie Keane backwards in contention? Will author continue to squealer every the chances up front? author remains a cover - and I personally conceive Redknapp should yield Keane on the governance and follow with Crouch / Defoe.A field winner garner cover this hebdomad is West Ham's Guillermo dictator - who is inferior than member proportionality owned - but has played 60 + transactions in 5 straightforward games. dictator is exclusive 5M and takes on Burnley at home. Other studs allow Carlton Cole (Franco's relation up front) and any attackers from either of the metropolis teams...City verify on metropolis at Home and United travel to bottom of the association Portsmouth, so wait goals for Rooney or Adebayor, or both.Duds this hebdomad allow Everton players not named Saha. Somehow - rattling quietly - Saha has already scored 8 association goals this flavour - and despite his lingering calfskin problem and the chance he could break down at any time (somewhat same Jimmy Bullard), when he plays - he produces. I could wager Saha coming up with a content against metropolis in a loss - or he could turn his ankle within 15 transactions and Yakubu could reason - either way, Saha is not a loser despite the team's poor form.Duds this hebdomad allow Stoke's rattling brawny backwards distinction (Shawcross, Sorensen, Faye)- because Blackburn hit been brawny at bag this year - and Burnley's usually brawny backwards distinction at bag (Alexander, Bikey, etc.) because the Clarets are on the road... Many vision owners module ready establishment with those players based on past results, but don't block - these teams are excellent at home, but inferior (at best) on their travels...IV. Gameweek 14 Best Eleven:GK: R. GreenD: Evra - A. Cole - HangelandM: metropolis - Wright-Phillips - songster - A. Young - GerrardF: C. Cole - AdebayorSubs: Kirkland - G. dictator - Dann - NelsenThursday, November 26, 2009
Arsenal vs Chelsea Premier League Live Fixture London Derby
Barcelona vs Real Madrid La Liga Live Fixtures Spain
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Just the Basics Today
Butt's Brain: Wednesday
I surmisal I'll actually hit to move stipendiary attention to this rivalry too- Looks same the swine contagion module be in aggregation individual than metropolis module be. Fiorentina beat city terminal night, sound metropolis discover of the Champions League before the knockout stages. metropolis had advanced from the assemble stages for five straightforward seasons, but six was the jinxed number. Looks same the aggroup module hit to go on and get the Europa League now... [Oh You Beauty]
- Paul playwright is discover at Portsmouth, but is Bolton's metropolis Megson next? According to reports, he seems to hit forfeited a taste of the dressing shack and the aggroup is playing whatever dreadful sport as of late. Terrible modify - with 3 straightforward losses and a compounded score of 11-1 against [EPL Talk]
- Arsene Wenger is a taste antitank over his soft (and oft-injured) kids but at least the Gunners advanced to the knock-out stages of the Champions League [The Spoiler]
- Some more Arsenal news: Armand Traore, recognize to the play lineup. Kieran chemist has suffered a broken bone in his foot. Former vision footie cover Traore didn't countenance great against Sunderland but suburbia should be backwards in December [Tribal Football]
- Fantasy footie cover king Dunn for the England team? He has appeared erst for the domestic aggroup in a friendly artefact backwards in 2002 but Fulham's trainer Roy Hodgson thinks Dunn is clean quality. Fulham and Blackburn face soured at Craven Cottage today [Sky]
Bottom of the table Pompey sack manager Hart
Portsmouth hit sacked manager Apostle playwright after the club's poor move to the season mitt them unmoving to the lowermost of the Premier League.Breaking News: Paul Hart Out at Pompey, Avram Grant In?
Portsmouth trainer Apostle playwright has left the edifice with immediate effect.He seemed same a pleasant sufficiency guy, but he meet wasn't a results guy. And we're in the results business. After 10 losses in meet 13 games, and on the heels of a dreadful performance at Stoke which erst again unclothed his tactical deficiencies - it looks same Apostle playwright is out as trainer of Portsmouth.The manifest replacement is Asiatic Avram Grant - hired inferior than a period past to help as Football Director at the club.Grant led Chelsea to the Champions League Final two seasons past before a John Terry slip resulted in a uncomprehensible penalisation that forever changed the legacy / representation of the Asiatic manager. Had Terry not slipped, Grant would hit been a European champion.Instead, he is ordered to verify over a Pompey aggroup in last locate in the Premier League, on only 7 points, the only aggroup in the association not to hit broken double digits in points this season.Perhaps Pompey module pay in the Jan to increase the club's talent, but it module be a massive hard climb to spend the aggroup from relegation. One abstract is for certain, no matter how such the edifice spends in the winter transfer window, they won't be production up the anti-semetic and prejudiced Amr Zaki - who has refused to endeavor at the club.Tuesday, November 24, 2009
UEFA Champions League: Tuesday Previews


Liverpool, metropolis and Rangers are every facing the individual of crashing discover of the UEFA Champions League in the penultimate ammo of group games.Debrecen vs. LiverpoolVictory in Magyarorszag may not be enoughCarragher remembers past failuresU.S. TV: Setanta (LIVE at 2:45pm), FSC (5pm)Barcelona vs. Inter MilanReigning champs face thickened testEto'o can area former clubBarcelona on the brinkU.S. TV: FSE (LIVE at 2:45pm), FSNet (5pm), FSC (7pm)Fiorentina vs. LyonBoth clubs countenance to advanceFiorentina raise wager U.S. TV: Fox Soccer Channel (LIVE at 2:45pm)Arsenal vs. Standard LiegeDraw at bag sufficiency for Gunners to advanceStandard politico hopes to exploit Arsenal weaknessU.S. TV: Setanta (4:45pm), FSC (9pm)Rubin metropolis vs. Dynamo KievRussian champs countenance to move successRangers vs. StuttgartMust get for both clubsButt's Brain: Tuesday
May you undergo a career success injury, Amr ZakiSo here's a bit of what's been feat on in Butt's Brain these time some days:- In case you uncomprehensible it, Roy Keane's mobile phone rave is artist [Unprofessional Foul]
- They beat association leaders Chelsea 3-1 meet 2 months ago, but forfeited to Tottenham 9-1 yesterday. Do Wigan attain some significance whatsoever? [Football Corner]
- Have you heard of Rolando Fonseca? A modify list of crowning active planetary goalscorers. I haw love the Premier League as much as anyone else, but I must admit I'm getting pretty agog most the World Cup every azygos day and my pore is movement to the planetary stage... [The Best Eleven]
- Please don't feature this sentence some further if strong language offends you, but fuck you Amr Zaki [ESPN]
- And on a device note, the Thierry speechmaker handball mettlesome [Jeu de Main]
How Not to Strike a Penalty
Debreceni vs Liverpool Champions League Fixtures Watch Live
Bobby McMahon Column

Not since Zinedine Zidane unsmooth up Marco Materazziâs dresser with his head in songster over threesome years past hit so some opinions, distortions, hyperbole and hypocritical utterances been spewed forth.
The âHenry Incidentâ has provided an opportunity for outlandish stereo-typing and xenophobia. Opportunists hit embraced a papers from which to moralize patch others wager the chance to advocate the flushed herring resolution of video replay. (When Tony Cascarino lectures on ethics and clean endeavor and isnât laughed out of municipality then the apocalypse must be at hand.)Monday, November 23, 2009
Darren Bent Needs a Horse Placenta Massage
Bent's sinew needs some equid placenta treatmentJermain author was healthy to command his in-form England colleague Darren Bent this weekend with a disentangle 5 goals against Wigan - surely boost denting the Sunderland striker's chances of landing a World Cup place.But despite Bent's poor action against Brasil in England's last international friendly, he is determined to win a WC place. That's the daylong term aim.But in the short term, Bent should be more worried most his hamstring as programme has emerged that he could woman out on Sunderland's trip to Wigan this weekend after suffering a pull against Arsenal. After sight his compatriot author place 5 time Wigan, Bent must be finish his chops to get in on the action at the DW Stadium, but boss Steve doc is worried.A equid placenta massage, of course, seems the prizewinning cure at this saucer - with Yossi Benayoun proving that the Serbian clinic isn't perhaps as crazy as most people think. The grapheme Asiatic was expected to woman 3-4 weeks with a sinew injury of his own, but returned after only 2 weeks and even scored against metropolis City in a substitute attendance after receiving the equid placenta treatment.If Bent can't attain it against Wigan, it seems Frazier Campbell haw be in distinction for a start.Manchester United vs Besiktas Champions League Live Fixtures UK
DEFOE
5 goals in the ordinal half for Jermain author today in a 9-1 Tottenham win.9-1.Roberto Martinez, Wigan manager, welcome to the blistering seat.Jermain Defoe, modify if you don't reason another goal every season, it looks same you just punched your listing to South continent with the England National Team.Wayne Rooney module sure be there, and it looks same there are a sort of in-form Premier League options for trainer Fabio Capello to choose - but sure someone module be mitt out... who module it be?This weekend alone, Emile Heskey scored for Villa, Peter Crouch scored for Tottenham, Darren Bent scored for Sunderland, Carlton Cole scored (an possess goal) for West Ham, and of course Defoe scored 5...Gabriel Agbonlahor's chances of making the England aggroup must be thin to none, then, with those 5 strikers aweigh of him (6 including Rooney).England's top finishers are in the form of their lives at the moment, perhaps the best is still to become in the season of 2010?Sunday, November 22, 2009
Bordeaux vs Juventus Champions League Live Fixtures France
Saturday Musings: The Hand of Henry and More
- Manchester City and metropolis drew 2 - 2 this morning. Blog chum Yossi Benayoun's equalizer secured the draw. Benayoun had meet flown backwards at 3:00AM from Serbia, after receiving extensive equid placenta massages on his hamstring. No word on if he ate fodder for breakfast. Neither aggroup looked deserving of a win, though City's endeavor reinforced after the launching of Carlos Tevez in the second half.
- Another journal chum (and favorite) Jimmy Bullard already has a content and an support in 45 minutes of play. metropolis lead West Ham 3-2 at the half...
- Cesc Fabregas looks intense for Arsenal but they hit failed to encounter the backwards of the net at Sunderland. They woman RVP, but the endeavor of Rosicky, Song, Ramsey, and Fabregas has been great. Eduardo and Nasri hit frustrated me a bit though they hit seen much of the ball. I wait a content or two in the second half...
- Chelsea (obviously) are running force at home to Wolves, modify without Drogba and Lampard.
- Have a enthusiastic weekend all...
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Weekend previews
Shockingly there's a full weekend of soccer state most to start. I know, how crapper that be?!?! Have the authorities forfeited their minds? With Thierry speechmaker roaming the streets, direction a ball, destroying a nation's economy, causing cancer and intake children, it's hard to believe dweller governments are allowing grouping discover of their houses. Madness. It'll modify in tears, especially as he's today got Roy Keane on his side.The Times EPL previewSky Sport's EPL previewLawroGoal's Bundesliga previewESPN's Serie A previewESPN's La Liga previewFriday, November 20, 2009
Barcelona vs Inter Milan Live Champions League Fixtures Match
Funny Feeling Friday: Eduardo
Eduardo's most common move, the ankle breakerThis is the most manifest Funny Feeling weekday activity in history - but the activity completely fits the honor for the hebdomad - an unpopular, out of form, or underrated player who we think module perform over the incoming some weeks.Couldn't be more obvious: it's Eduardo (7.7M). The mover meet subscribed a newborn daylong term deal and should feature as the direct replacement for RVP in Arsenal's 4-3-3. The Brazilian turned Slav module countenance to intend on the scoresheet against a Sunderland team that is absent Michael Turner in the edifice of accumulation this weekend...As we've mentioned, Eduardo haw become relatively affordable (for a Top 4 striker) but he doesn't become without a warning: I highly, highly, highly uncertainty he crapper endeavor 2 or 3 matches in digit week. The Dec / Christmas schedule gets busy, but Eduardo module sure be managed by the Arsenal staff - and this could cut into his activity time - especially as Walcott, Vela, and Bendtner convey from their individual injuries. He looks safe over the incoming 2-3 weeks, but Arsenal endeavor 3 matches in the span of 6 days - Dec 13th, 16th, and 19th. Two of those are against Hull and Burnley (Yes!). I would not be astonied if Eduardo only complete ~ 90-120 transactions out of the available 270 transactions there...So yes he is a big trauma venture and turning venture with his demand of shape and trauma unerect body, but he's also a fatal finisher. 34 goals in 32 games for Dinamo Zagreb in 2006-2007, you have got to be kidding me. He's only 3% owned in the Fantasy Premier League, too.You haw not like him. He is a diver after all, but when he plays, he scores. And he's most to play. Are you on board, playas?Liverpool vs Man City Live Premier League Fixtures Big Match
Premier League Gameweek 13 Fantasy Preview
Above average finishing ability, Average rat-tail, Below average shape historyThe Premier League is back, and while the World Cup is still crowning of nous (especially for those Irish and realty fans), the greatest association in the world is backwards from a digit hebdomad hiatus. Let's intend to it:I. metropolis City @ Liverpool: A effort for 4th place? With Chelsea, Arsenal, and metropolis United cementing their positions as the crowning dogs thus farther this season, discover of luck metropolis and new flush metropolis City haw be unnatural to fight it discover for the final Champions League function when every is classified this spring. Don't calculate Tottenham and Aston Villa out, but I wait metropolis to right their wrongs, and closing the flavour in 4th.Liverpool haw hit the worst physios in the story of sport, but they hit been handed a bounteous increase with the news that star mover (and Premier League directive scorer) Fernando Torres haw convey from injury. He could also be connected by edifice officer Steven Gerrard (12.3M) in the starting lineup, which would mean a drastically assorted metropolis aggroup from the digit that slumped to a pitiful 2-2 bag draw with city their terminal time out. Amazingly, metropolis City hit worn 5 consecutive matches. That demand of success modify won't realty you a blot in the Champions League, and Mark Hughes' men module need to alter their offensive football to Anfield and wish to ready move the wounded canid whilst their down, but I meet don't see an absent intend on the game here despite the Adebayor / Tevez / Bellamy firepower up front.Liverpool, with Torres and Gerrard healthy - are digit of the 5 prizewinning teams in Europe, and easily digit of the 4 prizewinning in England. I wait their antitank woes to intend straightened discover kinda rather than later, and I'm throwing the modify aggregation discover the window here (they've exclusive won once in their terminal 5 EPL games) and feat with a bag win. If Alberto Aquilani plays, he could be a field factor in this one, providing a quality relation for Gerrard in the bicentric midfield - allowing Stevie G to roam nervy and create...Prediction: 2 - 1 LiverpoolII. Wolves @ Chelsea: A no-brainer bag banker here, despite Chelsea's trauma crisis. Wolves are ordinal from bottom, and Chelsea are the association leaders, so I conceive a easy intend at Stamford Bridge is on the cards.Nicolas Anelka (10.1M) (who scored for France terminal weekend) could be the important receiver of Drogba's absence, and I also believe former Funny Feeling Friday, and association directive representative breather Joe Cole (9M) module intend a move with both Lampard and Ballack out. In the slight chance that Anelka is rested (Anelka featured for 120 transactions terminal night in an emotionally and physically draining effort and was digit of France's prizewinning offensive weapons over the digit legs) moneyman Kalou could feature. But I conceive Anelka module sure play, especially if Drogba is out. The real continuance though in the Chelsea aggroup lies in defense, kinda than attack. While most teams hit failed to ready clean sheets this flavour in the league, Chelsea hit picked up whatever nice antitank modify of New and Cech (6.4M) and Ivanovic (5.6M) countenance same enthusiastic options. Fair warning, however: Chelsea are AT Arsenal and AT Man City in the incoming digit after Wolves, and both of those teams crapper score, and reason big, at home....So, a clean artefact this weekend and a easy intend despite missing the quality of Lampard, Ballack, and Drogba and then Ancelotti's men hit whatever thickened impact to do battling it discover with another Top 4 hopefuls. Look for Anelka, Joe Cole, and Ivanovic to place up the bounteous points.Prediction: 3 - 0 ChelseaIII. Studs and Duds: We hit got a enthusiastic "double gameweek" edition of studs and duds as Hull, Fulham, Blackburn, and Everton every hit digit games this gameweek. Let's countenance at the cover threefold gameweek contenders:Fulham hit affordable studs Hangeland (5.1M) and Pantsil (4.7M) as the most probable to garner up incentive points at the back, whilst Duff - in modify for island (5.5M) and gladiator (6.4M) are the affordable punts in midfield. Club officer Murphy (6.1M) takes penalties and free kicks and is 50-50 to feature against Birmingham, but should be 100% fit for the correct against Blackburn, he's more of a venture then.Up face it's every Bobby Zamora (5.5M) - who is not pretty to check on the tele or in person for that matter, but sometimes gets those goals deflected soured his articulatio which earn him a fortunate incentive saucer or two... All studs then.Blackburn hit inferior on offer, but Samba (4.9M) and Dunn (5.8M) are affordable and proven, and must qualify as studs with digit games under their belts. Ryan Nelsen meet qualified for the World Cup with New Zealand and is exclusive 4.4M if you can't give Samba and poverty to equip in Blackburn's defense.Hull are horrid, but blog chum Bullard is exclusive 5.9M and if his articulatio doesn't fall apart on the artefact to the training ground, could be in distinction for a some incentive points as the Tigers hit digit bag games. I can't see the incentive points reaching from somewhere added if metropolis manage to score, and simulacrum forbid, to win. If they crapper do both of those things, Bullard module sure be in on the action. I love that guy.Lastly, Everton are in inconsistent modify and hit digit absent matches (United and Hull) so I wouldn't highly recommend those players for investment as "studs" over the likes of Fulham, Blackburn, or metropolis players. If Saha's calfskin holds up, he is always dangerous, and could reason digit against his older edifice United, but he straddles the stud/dud fence cod to trauma worries. Everton hit never maltreated United at Old Trafford since the move of the Premier League.Duds this hebdomad allow every of the planetary players backward with injuries, slight knocks, and who added knows what. We should encounter discover more at the advise conferences tomorrow, but United's O'Shea looks same a loser cod to injury. He was condemned soured primeval in the ordinal half yesterday against France. Arsenal's mitt backwards chemist is also a loser and got hurt in an England U-21 match. Armand Traore, terminal year's brief constituent discover of function fantasy darling, could move at mitt backwards for Arsenal, though Silvestre haw also be in the streaming for that slot. Avoid purchase chemist and O'Shea this week... Other duds (obviously) allow the previously mentioned RVP, Benayoun, Lampard, etc. who are every discover cod to injury. Replace them or bench them.IV. Gameweek 13 Best Eleven:GK: P. RobinsonD: Hangeland - Ivanovic - A. DawsonM: Fabregas - Gerrard - D. Dunn - gladiator - BullardF: Anelka - RooneySubs: chemist - Eduardo - Nelsen - Dann
Praise Jesus.Amen.