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Transfer Window Closes With A Couple Big Moves

It was an active final day of the transfer window but most of the moves were small. The big moves of the day were Robinho moving from Manchester City to AC Milan and Sunderland getting Ghanian Asamoah Gyan from Rennes

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A Very Early Season Look At Manchester City

It is still early in the season, but Manchester City have been somewhat of a conundrum as they have had two underwhelming performances against Tottenham and Sunderland on the road mixed in with an impressive home win against a somewhat

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Weekend Watch List: The Bundesliga Begins

The German Bundesliga gets started this weekend and features some incredible match-ups in the opening weekend. The Premier League enters its second week and have a very good match on Monday. Here is a look at the top games from

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A Look At The UEFA Champions and Europa League Playoff Rounds

The final qualifying gets started this week for both the Champions and Europa League as the teams attempt to make it into the group stages of the competition. The top match-up in this round is Werder Bremen facing off with

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Premier League Week 1: Things We Learned

The season got started with a couple of surprises. The two big results were the 4-0 win by Blackpool over Wigan and the 6-0 beatdown by Chelsea on the newly promoted West Bromwich Albion. Elsewhere around the league, Tottenham and

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2010-11 Premier League Preview: Breakout Players

The most exciting part of any season is the new players that will emerge in the coming season. It is impossible to give a complete list, but here are 10 of the players who I think will step-up and have

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2010-11 Premier League Preview: Part 3

This is the third part of my Premier League preview taking a look at another five teams including both Manchester clubs and the promoted side Newcastle United.

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How Good Are Manchester City?

The transfer market has been quiet for top teams in the Premier League with one exception: Manchester City. This summer has seen the blue half of Manchester add David Silva, Yaya Toure, Jerome Boateng, and Aleksandar Kolarov. Beyond this group,

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Premier League Season Recap, Part III

Here is the third part of my season recaps of the teams in the Premier League. In this part, I will look at Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, and Stoke City. Liverpool (7th, 63 pts) Looking Back: Liverpool may

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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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