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My Thoughts On The Hull City-Manchester United Game

I won’t go through a recap since I had a running commentary on the game here. The general run of the game was that Hull City could have made it a difficult game if they had not missed so many

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Boxing Day Diary Part 2

The second day of the Boxing Day fixtures are upon us. The first game I’ll be covering is Arsenal vs. Aston Villa. The second one will be Hull City hosting Manchester United. Aston Villa will be looking to complete the

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Boxing Day Diary Part 1

I will be covering three games today on Boxing Day starting with Fulham-Tottenham, Sunderland-Everton and finally Liverpool-Wolverhampton. I will be keeping a running diary which will be sort of a live commentary as well as just my own thoughts about

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Morning News: Los Angeles gets 3 Brazilians on loan, Real Madrid considering Maicon

Los Angeles has signed three players on loan from Sao Paulo. Alex, 21 year old left-sided player, Juninho, a 20 year old central midfielder, and Leonardo, a 21 year old central defender will join the Galaxy for the upcoming season.

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Premier League Naughty and Nice List and Holiday I Know The Score

It’s the holiday season and while most leagues go on break, the teams in Britain rev up the schedule. Every year I always look forward to Boxing Day, which is a bit of a downer this year since it falls

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Morning News: Bassong left off Cameroon Squad, Craig Levein takes Scotland job

Sebastian Bassong was left out of the Cameroon national team for the Cup Of Nations. He had missed some of the qualifiers for the team, but he was still expected to be included. His exclusion will be welcomed by Tottenham

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Morning News: Udinese replaces coach, Rafa Benitez will have to sell to buy

Udinese have removed their coach Pasquale Marino and replaced him with Gianni De Biasi. Marino had received the dreaded vote of confidence last week, but the move makes sense with the Serie A in its winter break. Udinese sit in

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Lionel Messi wins FIFA World Player Of The Year

Lionel Messi completed his sweep of the awards this year by being named the FIFA World Player Of The Year. He beat out Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and Kaka for the award. The Argentinian scored the a goal in

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News: Wigan-Bolton game postponed, Stan Kroenke close to Arsenal takover, Ferguson says no new signings

With winter weather creating havoc for holiday travelers in the United States, the Premier League is not immune to the weather as the Wigan-Bolton game has been postponed. The game was postponed due to dangerous road conditions for getting to

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Morning News: Transfer Rumors at Manchester City

With Roberto Mancini replacing Mark Hughes there are likely to be changes in squad for Manchester City. Robinho, who had been rumored to move to Barcelona, is staying in Eastlands after Barcelona had a bid turned down. However, it also

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