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REPORT: Aston Villa 2, Fulham 0

This was a matchup of two teams that had been struggling to get points in the league since Christmas despite good success in their cup runs. Fulham had not played a home league game since December, but Aston Villa came

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Weekend Watch List: Arsenal vs. Manchester United and Africa Cup Of Nations Final

There is not quite as much soccer this weekend as last weekend that I will be taking in, but there is still plenty of good stuff I will be trying to catch. The highlight of the weekend will be in

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Juventus Continue Their Fall

Juventus’ fall seems to be complete. They have fallen to sixth in the Serie A. They have already fallen into the Europa League and today were eliminated by Inter Milan from the Coppa Italia. Their play has not been particularly

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…And Then There Were None

The Brazilian contingent at Manchester City is no more. At the beginning of last season they featured Elano, Robinho and Jo but 18 moths later and the will all be gone, although Jo is on loan from the club. Jo

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Gareth Bale Finally Gets A Win, Smalling Goes To Manchester, Americans On The Mend

Gareth Bale finally gets a win It has been a long journey that started in August of 2007, but Gareth Bale can finally say he was the winner of a Premier League game he started. Fulham seem to be good

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Is Robinho The Biggest Premier League Flop?

The biggest news of the day is the possible departure of Robinho for Santos in Brazil. Juan Sebastian Veron is often cited as the biggest flop in the Premier League era, but Robinho is certainly putting up some stern competition.

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Hull City Game

The storyline of this game will be Wayne Rooney’s four goals and it should be but there were a wealth of good performances for United. It helped that United got the early goal in the game in the 8th minute.

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Effective Goals And Gameweek 23 I Know The Score

I decided to give another run at a different statistic that might be helpful for determining how important a player is to their team. I decided to look at this by looking at effective goals. This idea was based on

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The Day In Soccer: How Many Liverpool Revivals Is This?

Liverpool got a 2-0 win over Tottenham that leaves them only 1 point out of fourth place and once again there is belief that this is the great Liverpool revival. I almost want to see if the patterns of the

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The Day In Soccer: Saving Rooney, Tiebreakers, and Dempsey Update

I did not put it into the my report on the Manchester derby, but I have to say it. I’m not sure why Sir Alex Ferguson constantly turns out squads with Wayne Rooney up front by himself. He is just

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