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A-Z of 5-A-SIDE Football (PART 2)
Impact player- Somebody who turns up ten minutes into the game and makes an immediate impression on it, mainly because nobody is quite sure who he is or where he’s come from, and feel it easier and more polite to let him have an uncontested spell of possession to gauge …
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A-Z of 5-A-SIDE Football (PART 1)
‘Aaaaaargh’: Noise of frustration made by a player who has just over hit a pass, or put a shot wide. Usually exclaimed by the player in the Barcelona Messi shirt, it is done to suggest that the previous passage of play was deeply uncharacteristic, and that his shirt doesn’t usually …
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Derek Llambias joins in the Owen bashing
The perception of Newcastle Chairman Derek Llambias on Tyneside isn’t the greatest. Part of the ‘Cockney Mafia’, Llambias hasn’t helped out Mike Ashley with some of the things he’s said to the media in the past or, more accurately, hasn’t said. When Newcastle fans have been crying out for some …
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FIVE things we learnt this afternoon – The Champions Edition
A single point. Saturday, lunch time kick-off, the time earmarked as the moment Manchester United would go out to Ewood Park and do the job required of them in sealing a record 19th League title and surpass Liverpool’s tally of 18.
Yet, it was very nearly not to be. A strong …
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Where do Rafa van der Vaart and Spurs go from here?
You’re always venturing down a questionable alley when you start querying the future of a player who has had as successful a debut season at Tottenham as Rafael van der Vaart has had this year. It’s my opinion however, that for the sake of balance, Rafael van der Vaart is …
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Manchester United – no ‘stars’ but a shed load of talent
In Robert Altman’s biting Hollywood satire The Player, a movie producer makes a pitch to a studio executive where he says for his latest film he wants “no stars, just talent” to appear in it.
“What the hell is that?!” The incredulous exec asks, the idea subsequently goes out of the …
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FIVE Liverpool young guns hit a career crossroads
Everyone has been hailing the success of the Reds Academy over the last few months with the emergence of players such as John Flanagan and Jack Robinson. For other youngsters though, this summer, rather than being the start of their Anfield careers, could see the end of their time on …
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Would Arsenal welcome back old boy with open arms?
Lassana Diarra has had a strange career since leaving Arsenal back in 2008.
The French midfielder played weekly at Portsmouth, but then upon joining Real Madrid in an £18m move in 2009, he immediately began to sit on their bench, and has struggled to rise from it on many occasions. He …
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A transfer masterstroke by Kenny Dalglish?
Liverpool FC underwent a period of transition in this season’s January transfer window. When star striker and fans favourite Fernando Torres demanded a transfer to Chelsea , the world of football was shocked. However, Kenny Dalglish didn’t give Liverpool fans any time to mourn the loss of …
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The 4 transfer ‘near misses’ that impacted Fergie’s fortunes greatly
Manchester United’s dream of an historic 19th title is only one point away from becoming a reality.
Only 20 years ago the idea of United “knocking Liverpool off their perch” would have seemed about as likely as 14 years of a Labour government happening in our lifetime.
Yet before Tony Blair could …
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