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2011, My Top Goals Of The Year

This has been a year that has been dominated by Barcelona once again, and the start of the fall season saw games with plenty of goals. However, there were plenty of great goals. Before I get to my top goals,

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Where Should Wayne Rooney Play?

The struggles of Wayne Rooney this season have brought up questions about where he is best employed in attack. In my opinion, his best position is as a withdrawn striker and therefore is best when paired with a striker who

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Wayne Rooney Signs Five Year Deal In Complete U-Turn

In a complete U-turn, Wayne Rooney signed a five year deal with Manchester United that will keep him at the club until 2015. This is a shocking given the news that had been coming out in the past week as

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Wayne Rooney Wants To Leave Manchester United

This rumor had been building ever since Wayne Rooney had come out and said that he was not injured and could have played in the past few United games, despite Sir Alex Ferguson saying that the striker had an ankle

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World Cup 2010: Top Forwards

This is the third part of my preview of the top players at the World Cup. In this part, I will look at the top forwards. There were a lot of good forwards that were excluded including the Champions League

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Champions League Recap: Best XI And Player Of The Season

Internazionale completed the treble by defeating Bayern Munich 2-0 on Saturday which completes the Champions League for another season. Looking back, there were tremendous performances and here is a look at the best players of the season with a Best

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End Of Season Awards And Gameweek 38 I Know The Score

Heading into the final weekend of the Premier League season, it is time to take a look back at the season as a whole and hand out my own awards. It has been an exciting season as the title race

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Manchester United 2, Liverpool 1: Red Devils Go Top, Liverpool in Real Trouble

This game was tightly contested, but United got the result they needed to return to the top of the table. United will be pleased with the result and they limited Liverpool’s chances, but perhaps would have wanted to create more

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World Class Players And Gameweek 31 I Know The Score

One of the words that is thrown about far too much in soccer is “world class.” I think it is almost hard to find a player who has not been described as world class. Announcers use this term almost every

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Manchester United 4, AC Milan 0: Red Devils Run Riot

It took 13 minutes for Wayne Rooney to score, but AC Milan never had a chance in this game. AC Milan sandwiched a bad 70 minutes with 20 minutes of domination in Italy but at Old Trafford, they were outclassed

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