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BPL results 19-20th SEPT 09.

2009-09-21T17:56:00.001+08:00

BURNLEY vs SUNDERLAND
3-1 ***

ARSENAL vs WIGAN
4-0

BOLTON vs STOKE CITY
1-1

ASTON VILLA vs PORTSMOUTH
2-0

HULL CITY vs BIRMINGHAM
0-1

WEST HAM vs LIVERPOOL
2-3

MANCHESTER UTD vs MANCHESTER CITY
4-3

EVERTON vs BLACKBURN
3-0 ***

CHELSEA vs TOTTENHAM
3-0

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BERN's BPL selected picks: 19-20th SEPT

2009-09-19T13:54:00.002+08:00

BURNLEY vs SUNDERLAND
home win

ARSENAL vs WIGAN
D-H

BOLTON vs STOKE CITY
3-2

ASTON VILLA vs PORTSMOUTH
4-0

HULL CITY vs BIRMINGHAM
DRAW

WEST HAM vs LIVERPOOL
1-2

MANCHESTER UTD vs MANCHESTER CITY
0-0

EVERTON vs BLACKBURN
home win

CHELSEA vs TOTTENHAM
1-1

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Derbies

2009-09-19T00:10:00.005+08:00

Its back to weekend and we have top 4 teams against each other. Manchester derby and Londy derby. Man Utd came back from a goal down to win 3 - 1 at White Hart lane and Arsenal, again left the city of Manchester with back-to-back defeats.

Adebayor will not be available for this match after he was banned for three matches for stamping on Robin van Persie's head.

BURNLEY vs SUNDERLAND
Match No: 0301
Away 2.33
SUNDERLAND (-1.5) 4.65
A-A 4.10
0-2 9.50
TG 2 3.40

ARSENAL vs WIGAN
Match No: 0302
Home 1.18
ARSENAL (-1.5) 1.55
H-H 1.55
5-1 25.00
TG 6 12.00

BOLTON vs STOKE CITY
Match No: 0303
Draw 3.15
STOKE CITY (1.5) 1.22
A-D 14.00
1-1 5.50
TG 2 3.30

ASTON VILLA vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No: 0304
Away 8.60
PORTSMOUTH (1.5) 1.67
D-A 18.00
0-2 55.00
TG 2 3.60

HULL CITY vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No: 0305
Home 2.20
BIRMINGHAM (1.5) 1.15
H-H 3.90
2-1 8.00
TG 3 3.70

WEST HAM vs LIVERPOOL
Match No: 0306
Away 1.40
LIVERPOOL (-1.5) 2.30
A-A 2.10
1-3 9.50
TG 4 5.00

MANCHESTER UTD vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No: 0307
Home 1.50
MANCHESTER CITY (1.5) 1.40
D-H 4.50
1-0 6.50
TG 1 4.40

WOLVERHAMPTON vs FULHAM
Match No: 0308
Draw 3.15
FULHAM (1.5) 1.11
H-D 13.00
1-1 6.00
TG 2 3.30

EVERTON vs BLACKBURN
Match No: 0309
Draw 3.25
BLACKBURN (1.5) 1.30
D-D 5.00
2-2 13.00
TG 4 6.00

CHELSEA vs TOTTENHAM
Match No: 0310
Draw 3.70
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.50
A-D 16.00
2-2 18.00
TG 4 5.20

BPL results, 12th Sept 2009.

2009-09-13T14:18:00.000+08:00

BLACKBURN vs WOLVES
3-1 ***

WIGAN vs WEST HAM
1-0

SUNDERLAND vs HULL
4-1 ***

STOKE vs CHELSEA
1-2

PORTSMOUTH vs BOLTON
2-3

MAN CITY vs ARSENAL
4-2

TOTTENHAM vs MAN UNITED
1-3

LIVERPOOL vs BURNLEY
4-0

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BERN's BPL pick, 12th Sept 2009.

2009-09-12T17:07:00.002+08:00

HELLLOOOOoo....!!!! hows things people... (if there's people reading this blog... :P)???

so... England have scheduled their 2010 summer holidays to South Africa with a crushing 5-1 win over Croatia. the latter, managed by the cocky Bilic... looked dejected after Rooney "thank you" goal and England 5th to send his team to scrap the play-off spot with Ukraine. how's things have changed since that fateful drenching night in Nov 2007. :)

England to win 2010 World Cup??? shall see... just make sure they don't hit penalties.

tonight BPL games;

BLACKBURN vs WOLVES
H-H

WIGAN vs WEST HAM
DRAW

SUNDERLAND vs HULL
home win

STOKE vs CHELSEA
H-D

PORTSMOUTH vs BOLTON
1-1

MAN CITY vs ARSENAL
1-3

TOTTENHAM vs MAN UNITED
home win

LIVERPOOL vs BURNLEY
A-H

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Cheaters!!!

2009-08-29T01:50:00.003+08:00

Sorry for not able to post updates recently. Had a bad week at work and got back stabbed by cheater.

Anyway, back to the green field and round ball.
Arsenal progress to the group stage of the Champions League by beating Celtic in a 2 legged playoff. Leading 2 nil at Celtic Park, Arsenal won the 2nd leg 3 - 1. Eduardo dived to earn Arsenal a penalty.

He had since been charged by UEFA and is facing a two-match ban for 'deceiving the referee' after tumbling over to win a penalty.

UEFA Champions League draw.

Group A
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa

Group B
Manchester United
CSKA Moscow
Besiktas
VfL Wolfsburg

Group C
AC Milan
Real Madrid
Marseille
FC Zurich

Group D
Chelsea
FC Porto
Atletico Madrid
APOEL

Group E
Liverpool
Lyon
Fiorentina
Debreceni

Group F
Barcelona
Inter Milan
Dynamo Kiev
FC Rubin Kazan

Group G
FC Sevilla
Rangers
VfB Stuttgart
Unirea Urziceni

Group H
Arsenal
AZ Alkmaar
Olympiakos
Standard Liege

This week EPL matches.

CHELSEA: Alex (groin) and Paulo Ferreira (knee)
BURNLEY: Richard Eckersley (suspended), Steven Caldwell (groin)

CHELSEA vs BURNLEY
Match No: 0301
Home 1.12
BURNLEY (2.5) 1.63
H-H 1.42
2-0 6.00
TG 2 3.80

BLACKBURN: Pascal Chimbonda (debut), Steven Reid (hamstring), Brett Emerton (thigh), Michel Salgado (not match fit), Ryan Nelsen (knee), Franco Di Santo (hamstring)
WEST HAM: Savio (virus), Dean Ashton, Luis Boa Morte and Herita Ilunga (unavailable)

BLACKBURN vs WEST HAM
Match No: 0302
Home 2.15
BLACKBURN (-1.5) 4.20
H-H 3.90
2-0 9.50
TG 2 3.40

STOKE CITY: Robert Huth (debut)
SUNDERLAND: none

STOKE CITY vs SUNDERLAND
Match No: 0303
Draw 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.13
H-D 14.00
1-1 6.50
TG 2 3.30

BOLTON: Joey O'Brien and Ricardo Gardner (out)
LIVERPOOL: Sotirios Kyrgiakos (debut), Fabio Aurelio, Daniel Agger and new midfielder Alberto Aquilani (out)

BOLTON vs LIVERPOOL
Match No: 0304
Away 1.40
BOLTON (1.5) 1.53
D-A 3.80
0-1 7.00
TG 1 5.40

WOLVERHAMPTON: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (hamstring), Kevin Foley (knee)
HULL CITY: Jimmy Bullard, Ian Ashbee, Dean Marney and Richard Garcia (out)

WOLVERHAMPTON vs HULL CITY
Match No: 0305
Home 2.00
HULL CITY (1.5) 1.18
A-H 23.00
2-1 7.50
TG 3 3.70

TOTTENHAM: Jonathan Woodgate (hernia), Michael Dawson (Achilles), Heurelho Gomes (groin)
BIRMINGHAM: Cameron Jerome (ankle)

TOTTENHAM vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No: 0306
Home 1.28
TOTTENHAM (-1.5) 1.87
H-H 1.70
4-0 14.00
TG 4 4.60

MANCHESTER UTD: Rio Ferdinand (thigh) and Edwin van der Sar (hand) out.
ARSENAL: Cesc Fabregas (hamstring), Theo Walcott (back), Lukasz Fabianski (knee), Samir Nasri (broken leg) and Johan Djourou (knee) all out.

MANCHESTER UTD vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0307
Home 2.07
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 4.00
H-H 3.60
2-0 8.50
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH: Tommy Smith and Michael Brown (debut), Hermann Hreidarsson, Steve Finnan and Papa Bouba Diop (hamstring)
MANCHESTER CITY: none

PORTSMOUTH vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No: 0308
Away 1.45
MANCHESTER CITY (-1.5) 2.45
A-A 2.20
0-3 7.50
TG 3 3.50

EVERTON: Sylvain Distin (debut), Phil Jagielka, Mikel Arteta and Victor Anichebe (out)
WIGAN: none

EVERTON vs WIGAN
Match No: 0309
Home 1.65
EVERTON (-1.5) 2.70
D-H 4.40
3-1 9.00
TG 4 5.80

ASTON VILLA: Curtis Davies (shoulder), Stephen Warnock (debut)
FULHAM: Andrew Johnson (shoulder), Simon Davies (foot) and Toni Kallio (Achilles), Jonathan Greening (debut)

ASTON VILLA vs FULHAM
Match No: 0310
Draw 3.40
FULHAM (1.5) 1.37
H-D 14.00
2-2 14.00
TG 4 5.80

Chelsea back on top

2009-08-19T10:22:00.002+08:00

Chelsea went top of the table after victory over Sunderland at Sthe tadium of Light. Darren Bent put the Black Cats ahead in the 18th min. Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Deco replied after the break.

Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Wolverhampton W. (0 - 1)
WOLVERHAMPTON (1.5) 1.38
TG 1 4.50

Sunderland 1 - 3 Chelsea (1 - 0)

Celtic 0 - 2 Arsenal (0 - 1)
Away 1.75
ARSENAL (-1.5) 3.05
0-2 7.80
TG 2 3.40

More matches tonight.

HULL CITY vs TOTTENHAM
Match No: 0303
Away 1.80
HULL CITY (1.5) 1.27
A-A 2.90
0-1 7.00
TG 1 4.30

BIRMINGHAM vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No: 0304
Home 1.85
PORTSMOUTH (1.5) 1.23
D-H 4.20
1-0 6.80
TG 1 4.00

BURNLEY vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No: 0305
Away 1.25
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 1.87
A-A 1.63
0-3 6.20
TG 3 3.60

LIVERPOOL vs STOKE CITY
Match No: 0306
Home 1.20
LIVERPOOL (-1.5) 1.60
H-H 1.58
3-1 9.50
TG 4 4.80

Midweek games.

2009-08-18T10:27:00.003+08:00

Midweek games are always tricky because the teams will be playing in the evening (1945) . The results are unexpected at times with few surprises. Wigan taking on Wolves. Wigan surprised Villa on saturday with a 2 nil victory and is expexted to bag 3 points tonight. Sunderland take on Chelsea, both teams claimed 3 points on saturday and will want to continue the winning trend.

Champions League play-off
Gunners travels to Celtic with a victory over Everton and Celtic won at Aberdeen. History had not been on English teams sides when they travel over to Scotland, I still pick the Gunner come away with a victory.

WIGAN vs WOLVERHAMPTON
Match No: 0301
Home 1.60
WOLVERHAMPTON (1.5) 1.38
D-H 4.30
1-0 6.50
TG 1 4.50

SUNDERLAND vs CHELSEA
Match No: 0302
Draw 3.90
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.53
D-D 5.60
1-1 9.00
TG 2 3.30

GLASGOW CELT vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0504
Away 1.75
ARSENAL (-1.5) 3.05
D-A 4.50
0-2 7.80
TG 2 3.40

Opening day of new season

2009-08-16T01:06:00.007+08:00

Chelsea survived the opening day of the new season with a stoppage time winner from Didier Drogba. The striker equalised after debutant Stephen Hunt gave the visitors a first-half lead at Stamford Bridge. He later admit that he was lucky and his winning goal was trying to setup a teammate, and it went into goal.

Big spender Manchester City got off to a winning start with a 2 nil win at Ewood Park. Former Arsenal striker Adebayor needed only 3 mins to open his scoring for his new club. Last season unsung hero, Stephen Ireland killed off hopes for Rovers as he scored in the closing minute.

Arsenal went to the top of the table after trashing Everton 6 - 1. They lead Everton 3 nil at halftime with goals from Denilson, new boy Vermaelen and Gallas. Fabregas added another 2 goals and Eduardo getting himself on the scoresheet. Saha score a consolation goal for the toffees.

CHELSEA 2 - 1 HULL CITY (1 - 1)
Home 1.10

ASTON VILLA 0 - 2 WIGAN (0 - 1)
WIGAN (1.5) 1.43

WOLVERHAMPTON 0 - 2 WEST HAM (0 - 1)
TG 2 3.40

BOLTON 0 - 1 SUNDERLAND (0 - 1)
Away 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.16
0-1 9.00
TG 1 4.20

BLACKBURN 0 - 2 MANCHESTER CITY (0 - 1)
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH 0 - 1 FULHAM (0 - 1)
Away 2.70
FULHAM (1.5) 1.14
0-1 8.00
TG 1 4.20

STOKE CITY 2 - 0 BURNLEY (2 - 0)
Home 1.75
STOKE CITY (-1.5) 3.05
H-H 2.70
2-0 7.00
TG 2 3.40

EVERTON 1 - 6 ARSENAL (0 - 3)
Away 2.10
A-A 3.30

MANCHESTER UTD 1 - 0 BIRMINGHAM (1 - 0)
Home 1.18
H-H 1.60

TOTTENHAM 2 - 1 LIVERPOOL (1 - 0)
Home 3.10
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.22
2-1 13.00
TG 3 3.70

The Kickoff

2009-08-15T00:42:00.010+08:00

All right, the long awaited season finally come back after 2 mths plus of season break.

Will Manchester Uniter retain the trophy again??

1st game, Chelsea vs Hull City. Last season, Chelsea beat the Tigers 3-0 at the KC Stadium, but the return leg at Stamford Bridge played to a goalless draw. Carlo Ancelotti will want to start his 1st league game with a bang after Charity shield success and that gives Phil Brown leaving London empty handed. Rest of the matches all in action during the weekend.

CHELSEA vs HULL CITY
Match No: 0301
Home 1.10
CHELSEA (-2.5) 2.30
H-H 1.43
4-1 12.00
TG 5 6.30

ASTON VILLA vs WIGAN
Match No: 0302
Draw 3.45
WIGAN (1.5) 1.43
D-D 5.20
0-0 9.00
TG 0 9.00

WOLVERHAMPTON vs WEST HAM
Match No: 0303
Home 2.45
WOLVERHAMPTON (-1.5) 5.00
D-H 5.00
2-0 10.00
TG 2 3.40

BOLTON vs SUNDERLAND
Match No: 0304
Away 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.16
D-A 7.00
0-1 9.00
TG 1 4.20

BLACKBURN vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No: 0305
Draw 3.30
BLACKBURN (1.5) 1.25
H-D 15.00
1-1 6.50
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH vs FULHAM
Match No: 0306
Away 2.70
FULHAM (1.5) 1.14
D-A 6.00
0-1 8.00
TG 1 4.20

STOKE CITY vs BURNLEY
Match No: 0307
Home 1.75
STOKE CITY (-1.5) 3.05
H-H 2.70
2-0 7.00
TG 2 3.40

EVERTON vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0308
Away 2.10
EVERTON (1.5) 1.22
A-A 3.30
1-2 8.00
TG 3 3.70

MANCHESTER UTD vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No: 0309
Home 1.18
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 1.67
H-H 1.60
3-0 7.50
TG 3 3.60

TOTTENHAM vs LIVERPOOL
Match No: 0310
Home 3.10
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.22
D-H 7.20
2-1 13.00
TG 3 3.70

Unsporting Chelsea won the Community Shield

2009-08-11T14:33:00.002+08:00

What was referee Chris Foy thinking when he was right in front of Patrice Evra, Wayne Rooney and Michael Ballack. Was he thinking play on when ballack fouled Evra when Rooney had the ball?

Clearly, Ballack deliberately elbow Evra when Evra passed the ball to Rooney. Was Ballack playing the ball? No, that should had been a red card to the German captain.

The Blues went on to score when clearly they can put the ball out.

Rooney levelled the score in stoppage time to put the game into penalties.

Chelsea beat United 4-1 in the shooutout.

Xabi Alonso is officially a Madridista

2009-08-07T02:22:00.003+08:00

Xabi Alonso finally completed his move to Real Mardid on Wednesday. The Spanish international parted ways with Liverpool after 5 years with the Merserside. He helped Liverpool to Champions League glory in 2005

In his first press conference as a Mardidista:

Is there anything you want to say to Liverpool fans?
I am very grateful to Liverpool fans who made my five years there fantastic. They must understand, though, that this opportunity came up and it was the best option for me.

Sunderland landed Darren Bent in a club record £10m deal from Tottenham.

Still from the North London club, Peter Crouch reunites with former manager Harry Redknapp after joining from Portsmouth. The lankly striker will compete with Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko. The club missed out on Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

FA Community Shield

The 09/10 BPL season kickoff this weekend with FA Community Shield as curtain raiser. This year Manchester United meets Chelsea at Wembly.

With Van Der Sar injured, Ben Foster will be call into action between the sticks. Nemanja Vidic has been ruled out for two weeks with a calf injury, also on the treatment table are Wes Brown and Gary Neville. Fans should be able to catch Antonio Valencia and Michael Owen in action.

Carlo Ancelotti will get his first taste of English football. With no major injuries on his team, Ancelotti will want to fill the trophy cabinet with the shield to impress Roman Abramovich.

Kolo Toure signs for Man City

2009-07-30T10:13:00.004+08:00

(picture from The Sun)

City boss Mark Hughes made his sixth summer by signing Toure from Arsenal. The former Arsenal centre-back cost the blue £14million.

Audi Cup

Manchester United goes into the final of Audi Cup after beating Boca Juniors, 2 - 1. Anderson, who played 75 games for Utd, never scored in an open play except for penalty shootout curled an unstoppedable freekick into the the top corner. New boy Antonio Valencia scored the 2nd goal before halftime.

Federico Insua pulled one back for Boca Juniors.

Utd will meet Bayern Munich which they beat AC Milan 4 - 1.

CA Boca Juniors Vs. Manchester United at FootyTube.com

Transfer news.

Real Madrid signed full-back ALVARO ARBELOA from Liverpool.

On the move??

OBAFEMI MARTINS is joining Wolfsburg from Newcastle United.

Patrick Vieira to make a shock return to Arsenal.

Update

2009-07-23T15:46:00.003+08:00

An update on the transfer market for Premier League teams.

Arsenal
Ins: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax)
Outs: Amaury Bischoff, James Dunne, Rui Fonte, Abu Ogogo, Paul Rodgers, Rene Steer, Vincent van den Berg, Anton Blackwood (all released), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City)

Aston Villa
Ins: Courtney Cameron (Northampton), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough)
Outs: Martin Laursen (retired),Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Stuart Taylor (Manchester City)

Birmingham City
Ins: Christian Benitez (Santos Laguna), Scott Dann (Coventry), Joe Hart (Man City, loan), Giovanny Espinoza (Barcelona SC), Roger Johnson (Cardiff), Lee Bowyer (West Ham), Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
Outs: Mehdi Nafti, Radhi Jaidi, Artur Krysiak (all released), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Krystian Pearce (Peterborough, loan), Semih Aydilek (Kayserispor)

Blackburn Rovers
Ins: Elrio Van Heerden (Bruges), Gael Givet (Marseille), Lars Jacobsen (Everton), Nikos Giannakopoulos (Asteras Tripolis),
Outs: Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth) Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Tugay (retired), Johann Vogel (released), Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City), Matt Derbyshire (Olympiakos), Tony Kane (Carlisle), Dean Winnard (Accrington Stanley), Josh O'Keefe (Walsall)

Bolton Wanderers
Ins: Sean Davis (Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (West Brom)
Outs: Blerim Dzemaili (Torino), Rob Sissons, Nathan Woolfe, James Sinclair (all released)

Burnley
Ins: Tyrone Mears (Derby), Steven Fletcher (Hibernian), David Edgar (Newcastle), Brian Easton (Hamilton), Richard Eckersley (Man Utd)
Outs: Steve Jones, Alan Mahon, Gabor Kiraly, Alex MacDonald (all released)

Chelsea
Ins: Ross Turnbull (Middlesbrough), Daniel Sturridge (Man City), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)
Outs: Slobodan Rajkovic (FC Twente, loan), Jimmy Smith (Leyton Orient), Lee Sawyer (Southend, loan), Miroslav Stoch (FC Twente, loan), Ryan Bertrand (Reading, loan), Frank Nouble (West Ham), Morten Nielsen (AZ Alkmaar)

Everton
Ins: Anton Peterlin (Ventura County Fusion,), Shkodran Mustafi (Hamburg), Jo (Man City, loan) Outs: Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn) John Irving, Cory Sinnott, Nuno Valente, Andy van der Meyde (all released)

Fulham
Ins: Stephen Kelly (Birmingham), Bjorn Helge Riise (Lillestrom)
Outs: Moritz Volz, Collins John (released), Leon Andreasen (Hannover, free)

Hull City
Ins: Steven Mouyokolo (Boulogne)
Outs: Dean Windass, Michael Bridges, James Bennett, Ryan France, Joe Lamplough, Matthew Plummer, Tom Woodhead (all released), Wayne Brown (Leicester City), John Welsh (Tranmere)

Liverpool
Ins: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Aaron King (Rushden & Diamonds), Chris Mavinga (Paris Saint Germain)
Outs: Jack Hobbs (Leicester), Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen), Ronald Huth, Godwin Antwi, Miki Roque, Gary MacKay-Steven (all released), Jermaine Pennant (Real Zaragoza)

Manchester City
Ins: Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn), Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa), Nils Zander (Schalke), Carlos Tevez (Free Agent), Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
Outs: Joe Hart (Birmingham, loan), Dietmar Hamann, Richard Martin, Danny Mills, Ben Morris, Curtis Obeng, Chris Ramsey, Darius Vassell (Ankaragucu, released), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Gelson Fernandes (St Etienne), Jo (Everton, loan)

Manchester United
Ins: Antonio Valencia (Wigan), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Sean McGinty (Charlton), Gabriel Obertan (Bordeaux), Mame Biram Diouf (Molde)
Outs: Carlos Tevez (end of loan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Rodrigo Possebon (Braga, loan), Fraizer Campbell (Sunderland), Richard Eckersley (Burnley), Manucho (Real Valladolid)

Portsmouth
Ins: Aaron Mokoena (Blackburn)
Outs: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Djimi Traore (Monaco) Sean Davis (Bolton), Joe Collins, Noe Pamarot, Lauren, Glen Little and Jerome Thomas (all released)

Stoke City
Ins: Nil
Outs: Vincent Pericard, Marc Grocott, Jimmy Phillips, Tom Thorley (all released)

Sunderland
Ins: Fraizer Campbell (Man United), Paulo Da Silva (Toluca)
Outs: Peter Hartley (Hartlepool), Arnau Riera, Dwight Yorke, Nick Colgan, David Connolly, Niall McArdle (all released), Darren Ward (retired), Greg Halford (Wolves) Michael Chopra (Cardiff)

Tottenham Hotspur
Ins: Kyle Naughton (Sheff Utd), Kyle Walker (Sheff Utd)
Outs: Ricardo Rocha, Simon Dawkins, Kyle Fraser-Allen, Cian Hughton, Takura Mtandari (all released) David Hutton (Cheltenham), Danny Hutchins (Yeovil), Didier Zokora (Sevilla), Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest) Jacques Maghoma (Burton Albion), Yuri Berchiche (Valladolid), David Button (Crewe)

West Ham United
Ins: Peter Kurucz (Ujpest FC), Luis Jimenez (Inter Milan, loan), Jack Lampe (Harlow), Frank Nouble (Chelsea)
Outs: Freddie Sears (Crystal Palace, loan), Diego Tristan, Walter Lopez, Kyel Reid, Tony Stokes, Jimmy Walker (all released), Joe Widdowson (Grimsby Town), Lee Bowyer (Birmingham)

Wigan Athletic
Ins: Jordi Gomez (Espanyol), Hendry Thomas (Deportivo Olimpia), Jason Scotland (Swansea), James McCarthy (Hamilton)
Outs: Antonio Valencia (Man Utd),Lewis Montrose (Wycombe), Henri Camara, Lewis Field, Matt Hampson, Craig Mahon, Andrew Pearson, Antoine Sibierski (all released)

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ins: Nenad Milijas (Red Star Belgrade), Marcus Hahnemann (Reading), Kevin Doyle (Reading), Andrew Surman (Southampton), Greg Halford (Sunderland), Ronald Zubar (Marseille)
Outs: Matt Bailey, Lewis Gobern, Alex Melbourne (all released)

Owen for United!!

2009-07-03T10:25:00.005+08:00

Michael Owen has agreed terms to join Utd. He completed a series of stringent medical tests and had agreed a deal worth £50,000 a week plus huge bonuses depending on goals and appearances.

The former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Newcastle forward signed for United on a free transfer for 2 years. He became a free agent after his contract ended 1 July.

Ferguson without much option for a striker after french forward Karim Benzema chose to became a galactico.

Owen could force his way back into England boss Fabio Capello's plan who had continually snubbed him at international level. But, with top level of football play every week, Capello will have 1 more striking option with World Cup finals less than 12 months away.

Other transfer news.

Manchester City had offered a record-busting £300,000-A-WEEK to JOHN TERRY to join .

Real Mardid eyeing Ashley Cole as he rejected a new Chelsea deal.

Arsene Wenger will not stand in Emmanuel Adebayor's way if he wants to quit Arsenal.

Back in Business

2009-06-24T00:57:00.002+08:00

Ok, back to business...

08/09 season ended with Manchester United retained the BPL title, Liverpool this time was the bride's mate.

Season 09/10 will not have Christiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez as the pair joined Real Madrid and rival Manchester City. A quick look at the transfer market at the moment.

Arsenal
Ins: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax)

Aston Villa
Outs: Martin Laursen (retired), Gareth Barry, Stuart Taylor (Manchester City)

Birmingham City
Ins: Christian Benitez (Santos Laguna), Scott Dann (Coventry)
Outs: Mehdi Nafti, Radhi Jaidi, Artur Krysiak (all released), Stephen Kelly (Fulham, free)

Blackburn Rovers
Ins: Elrio Van Heerden (Bruges)
Outs: Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth, free) Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Tugay (retired), Johann Vogel (released), Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City)

Liverpool
Ins: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth)
Outs: Jack Hobbs (Leicester, undisc), Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen, free), Ronald Huth, Godwin Antwi, Miki Roque, Gary MacKay-Steven (all released)

Manchester City
Ins: Gareth Barry, Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa), Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn), Carlos Tevez

Manchester United
Outs: Carlos Tevez (end of loan)

Down but not out..

2009-02-25T22:48:00.002+08:00

So sorry for not being an active figure lately. Usual stuff from work to new house and to sideline are draining me out..

Back to the ball and the pitch..

4 games of the UCL were played this morning and only 1 team managed to beat their opponent.

Tomorrrow morning, Real Mardid will host Liverpool, Chelsea vs Juventus, Villarreal vs Panathinaikos and Sporting vs Bayern.

Try some predictions..

VILLARREAL vs PANATHINAIKOS
Match No. 0505
Home 1.65
VILLARREAL (-1.5) 3.05
TG 2 3.40
H-H 2.50
2-0 7.00
LS 3-1 10.00

SPORTING vs MUNICH
Match No. 0506
Away 2.28
MUNICH (-1.5) 4.00
TG 3 3.70
A-A 3.90
0-3 20.00
LS 0-2 9.30

REAL MADRID vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0507
Home 2.00
REAL MADRID (-1.5) 3.75
TG 2 3.30
D-H 4.50
2-0 8.50
LS 1-0 5.50

CHELSEA vs JTUS
Match No. 0508
Draw 3.00
JTUS (1.5) 1.27
TG 2 3.30
D-D 4.50
1-1 5.50
LS 0-1 10.00

BPL results & updates, 10th FEB.

2009-02-10T13:20:00.002+08:00

WIGAN vs FULHAM
0-0

WEST BROM vs NEWCASTLE
2-3 (1-3)

SUNDERLAND vs STOKE
2-0 (0-0)

PORTSMOUTH vs LIVERPOOL
2-3 (0-0)

MAN CITY vs MIDDLESBROUGH
1-0 (0-0)

EVERTON vs BOLTON
3-0 (1-0)

CHELSEA vs HULL
0-0

BLACKBURN vs ASTON VILLA
0-2 (0-1)
villa moved up to third after this win at Ewood Park.

TOTTENHAM vs ARSENAL
0-0

WEST HAM vs MAN UNITED
0-1 (0-0)

Chelsea have sensationally sacked manager Luiz Felipe Scolari.

The club's website revealed the dramatic move had been made "to maintain a challenge for the trophies we are still competing for".

World Cup winner Scolari had only been in the job since June 2008, when he became Chelsea's third boss in a year.

Tony Adams has admitted he was surprised to have been sacked as manager of Portsmouth.

Adams, 42, left the club after winning just two of 16 Premier League games since taking over on 28 October.

He told BBC Radio Solent: "I am a little bit surprised but results haven't been good.

"I haven't had a lot of time and I certainly haven't had the financial backing. We've had a few injuries as well and that's tough to take."

He added: "I'm still up for the challenge so I've got mixed feelings."

Adams' final game in charge was Saturday's 3-2 home defeat by Liverpool, and he admitted he could not have asked for any more from his players or fans.

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BPL 7th JAN BERN's picks;

2009-02-07T11:13:00.002+08:00

MAN CITY vs MIDDLESBROUGH
draw half-time

WEST BROM vs NEWCASTLE
home win

CHELSEA vs HULL
under 2.5

WIGAN vs FULHAM
DRAW

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MIA-ing

2009-01-26T02:31:00.002+08:00

Back after MIA for so long... really had been very busy during my absence.. planning for new place, tiring work really keep me very busy. Didnt even patronised the local bookie..

Anyway here's the FA Cup 5th round draw.

Sheffield United v Hull City

Watford v Chelsea

West Ham United v Middlesbrough

Sunderland or Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City

Derby County or Nottingham Forest v Manchester United

Swansea City v Fulham

Liverpool or Everton v Doncaster Rovers or Aston Villa

Cardiff City or Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion or Burnley

BPL results 17-19th JAN, FA Cup picks;

2009-01-24T10:13:00.002+08:00

WEST BROM vs MIDDLESBROUGH
3-0

SUNDERLAND vs ASTON VILLA
1-2

MAN CITY vs WIGAN
1-0

HULL vs ARSENAL
1-3

CHELSEA vs STOKE
2-1

BOLTON vs MAN UNITED
0-1

BLACKBURN vs NEWCASTLE
3-0

WEST HAM vs FULHAM
3-1

TOTTENHAM vs PORTSMOUTH
1-1

LIVERPOOL vs EVERTON
1-1

FA CUP 4th Round

CHELSEA vs IPSWICH

Chelsea is without captain John Terry, who suffered a back spasm last weekend, while midfielder John Mikel Obi is suspended.

Michael Ballack should be fit and Didier Drogba has been recalled.

Ipswich defender David Wright will return from injury for the trip to Stamford Bridge, but Moritz Volz and Ivan Campo both miss out.

Ben Thatcher has recovered from illness and Pim Balkestein and Dan Harding will be hoping to keep their places.

+2.5

MAN UNITED vs TOTTENHAM

Manchester United will be without a host of first-team players, with Anderson, Nani and Jonny Evans injured as well as Park Ji-sung (hamstring).

Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs are slight doubts and Darren Fletcher will probably start at right-back.

Tottenham have Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Corluka, Ledley King, Jermaine Jenas, Jamie O'Hara, Aaron Lennon and Darren Bent all injured for the game.

Michael Dawson, Jonathan Woodgate and Luka Modric are also all doubtful.

LS: DRAW

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BPL BERN's pick, 17th JAN;

2009-01-17T22:42:00.002+08:00

MAN CITY vs WIGAN
LS: away win

CHELSEA vs STOKE
2-0

BLACKBURN vs NEWCASTLE
draw

BOLTON vs MAN UNITED
1 goal

HULL vs ARSENAL
LS: H-D

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BPL results 10-11th JAN;

2009-01-12T09:49:00.002+08:00

ASTON VILLA vs WEST BROM
2-1

NEWCASTLE vs WEST HAM
2-2

ARSENAL vs BOLTON
1-0

MIDDLESBROUGH vs SUNDERLAND
1-1

EVERTON vs HULL
2-0

STOKE vs LIVERPOOL
0-0

MAN UNITED vs CHELSEA
3-0

WIGAN vs TOTTENHAM
1-0

portsmouth-man city / fulham-blackburn matches postponed due to frozen pitch.

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BPL 10-11th JAN BERN's pick;

2009-01-10T11:05:00.002+08:00

hilo everyone... TAK GIU LAND takes a long long break over the New Year period to recharge our prediction abilities... my fellow punter Pete been MIA way so long... i cant be bother as well... lolx... league games resumes after FA Cup last week... where i think the biggest upset would be Man City losing 0-3 at home to Nottingham Forest & Southend holding Chelsea to a 1-1 draw.

top 3 teams facing daunting task... my beloved REDS travel to face Stoke whom i cannot forgive for not losing to my loved... Chelsea goes to Old Trafford in the match of this wkend.

ARSENAL vs BOLTON
Bolton +1.5

ASTON VILLA vs WEST BROM
LS: 3-1

EVERTON vs HULL
D-H

PORTSMOUTH vs MAN CITY
DRAW

STOKE vs LIVERPOOL
0-2

MAN UNITED vs CHELSEA
Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand returns to the team after a four-game absence with a back injury.

Patrice Evra is also back after his four-match ban, so United have only Owen Hargreaves and Wes Brown missing.

Chelsea welcome back captain John Terry for the trip to Old Trafford after he served a three-match suspension.

Michael Ballack is also available after a ban and Jose Bosingwa should play despite picking up a knock,

A-D
LS: 0-0

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BPL results 20-22nd DEC 08;

2008-12-23T10:54:00.002+08:00

HULL v SUNDERLAND
1-4

WEST HAM v ASTON VILLA
0-1

B'BURN v STOKE
3-0

WEST BROM v MAN CITY
2-1

ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL
1-1

BOLTON v PORTSMOUTH
2-1

NEWCASTLE v TOTTENHAM
2-1

EVERTON v CHELSEA
0-0

FULHAM v MIDDLESBROUGH
3-0

defending champions Manchester United is away in Japan for the Club World Cup.

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BPL BERN's pick; 20th DEC.

2008-12-20T19:04:00.001+08:00

HULL v SUNDERLAND
home win

WEST HAM v ASTON VILLA
Draw

B'BURN v STOKE
D-H

WEST BROM v MAN CITY
away win

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BPL results 13-14th DEC 08.

2008-12-15T09:25:00.002+08:00

MIDDLESBROUGH v ARSENAL
1-1

LIVERPOOL v HULL
2-2

TOTTENHAM v MAN UNITED
0-0

MAN CITY v EVERTON
0-1

STOKE v FULHAM
0-0

PORTSMOUTH v NEWCASTLE
0-3

ASTON VILLA v BOLTON
4-2

CHELSEA v WEST HAM
1-1

WIGAN v BLACKBURN
3-0

SUNDERLAND v WEST BROM
4-0

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BPL BERN's pick for 13th DEC.

2008-12-13T10:40:00.003+08:00

MIDDLESBROUGH v ARSENAL
Arsenal 1-0 half-time

ASTON VILLA v BOLTON
away win

LIVERPOOL v HULL
D-H

WIGAN v BLACKBURN
DRAW

MAN CITY v EVERTON
draw half-time

late kick-off
TOTTENHAM v MAN UNITED

striker Dimitar Berbatov is a doubt for a return to White Hart Lane due to an Achilles injury. as well for Michael Carrick and Rio Ferdinand. Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra are suspended.

Spurs wait on the condition of skipper Ledley King's troublesome knee.

On-loan Fraizer Campbell is not allowed to face his parent club, while Alan Hutton (foot) and Giovani dos Santos (ankle) are still out.

LS: home win

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Huat AH!!!

2008-12-13T00:48:00.002+08:00

Its the time to make my picks again.. No champions League till Feb... So there will be an average of 4 EPL games for mosts teams till end 2008. Manchester Utd will have another game in hand after the other big 3 play 4 games as the defending champion travel to Tokyo to play in FIFA Club World Cup.

First stop at lunchtime kick-off, MIDDLESBROUGH vs ARSENAL.

MIDDLESBROUGH vs ARSENAL
Match No. 0301
Away 1.62
TG 4 5.50
A-A 2.40
0-4 25.00
LS 1-4 28.00

SUNDERLAND vs WEST BROMWICH
Match No. 0302
Home 1.85
WEST BROMWICH (1.5) 1.30
TG 3 3.70
D-H 5.10
2-1 7.50
LS 1-0 6.50

LIVERPOOL vs HULL CITY
Match No. 0303
Home 1.33
LIVERPOOL (-1.5) 1.85
TG 3 3.60
H-H 1.80
3-0 7.00
LS AOS 33.00

STOKE CITY vs FULHAM
Match No. 0304
Draw 3.15
FULHAM (1.5) 1.13
TG 2 3.30
D-D 4.80
1-1 6.20
LS 0-0 8.50

MANCHESTER CITY vs EVERTON
Match No. 0305
Home 1.90
EVERTON (1.5) 1.25
TG 3 3.30
D-H 4.50
2-1 7.50
LS 3-1 13.00

ASTON VILLA vs BOLTON
Match No. 0306
Home 1.55
ASTON VILLA (-1.5) 2.60
TG 5 9.00
D-H 4.30
2-3 33.00
LS A-H 22.00

WIGAN vs BLACKBURN
Match No. 0307
Home 2.02
WIGAN (-1.5) 3.60
TG 3 3.70
H-H 3.25
3-0 16.00
LS 3-1 9.50

TOTTENHAM vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No. 0308
Away 1.70
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.33
TG 1 4.70
D-A 4.50
0-1 7.00
LS 1-2 7.50

PORTSMOUTH vs NEWCASTLE
Match No. 0309
Draw 3.15
NEWCASTLE (1.5) 1.22
TG 2 3.60
D-D 4.80
0-0 8.50
LS 0-1 9.50

CHELSEA vs WEST HAM
Match No. 0310
Home 1.17
CHELSEA (-1.5) 1.60
YG 3 3.60
H-H 1.47
3-0 6.00
LS 4-0 8.50

BPL results, 6-8th DEC 08.

2008-12-09T10:24:00.002+08:00

NEWCASTLE v STOKE
2-2

MAN UNITED v SUNDERLAND
1-0

HULL v MIDDLESBROUGH
2-1

FULHAM v MAN CITY
1-1

BOLTON v CHELSEA
0-2

BLACKBURN v LIVERPOOL
1-3

ARSENAL v WIGAN
1-0

WEST BROM v PORTSMOUTH
1-1

EVERTON v ASTON VILLA
2-3

WEST HAM v TOTTENHAM
0-2

Arsenal striker Eduardo will return to competitive action in a reserve game against Portsmouth on 16 December.

There were fears for his career after he suffered a fractured left fibula and an open dislocation of his left ankle at Birmingham on 23 February.

But the 25-year-old Croatian's rehabilitation has gone well and Wenger said last week: "He is joining in full training matches but needs games now."

News of his return will come as a boost to Arsenal, who have beaten Chelsea and Manchester United recently but are eight points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has hit out at claims he has demanded a massive pay rise in his contract negotiations.

Benitez's agent is holding talks with Reds owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett over a new deal to replace his current one, which has 18 months left.

"I was surprised to read that I was demanding more money. That is not true," said the Spaniard.

BPL BERN's pick, 6-8th Dec 08.

2008-12-06T15:23:00.002+08:00

FULHAM v MAN CITY
draw

HULL v MIDDLESBROUGH
home win

NEWCASTLE v STOKE
home win

BOLTON v CHELSEA
home win
LS: 0-2

BLACKBURN v LIVERPOOL
away win

ARSENAL v WIGAN
draw

MAN UNITED v SUNDERLAND
LS: 3/5 goals

WEST BROM v PORTSMOUTH
draw

EVERTON v ASTON VILLA
LS: 1-1

WEST HAM v TOTTENHAM
home win

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BPL results, 29-30th NOV.

2008-12-01T08:38:00.002+08:00

WIGAN v WEST BROM
2-1

SUNDERLAND v BOLTON
1-4

STOKE v HULL
1-1

MIDDLESBROUGH v NEWCASTLE
0-0

ASTON VILLA v FULHAM
0-0

TOTTENHAM v EVERTON
0-1

PORTSMOUTH v BLACKBURN
3-2

MAN CITY v MAN UNITED
0-1

CHELSEA v ARSENAL
1-2

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Back with Bang!?!?

2008-11-28T10:33:00.003+08:00

Ah so bloody long didnt make any posting... but didnt forget to but score... Anyway b4 i get busy again, let me see this weekend's fixture. Manchester derby (Ah bang going over to Ah deh's home to play), London derby (another blue vs red).

WIGAN vs WEST BROMWICH
Match No. 0301
Home 1.70
WEST BROMWICH (1.5) 1.33
TG 1 4.30
D-H 4.60
1-0 6.50
LS: 1-1 6.00

MIDDLESBROUGH vs NEWCASTLE
Match No. 0302
Home 2.10
NEWCASTLE (1.5) 1.18
TG 3 3.70
H-H 3.30
2-1 7.50
LS: 3-1 9.00

STOKE CITY vs HULL CITY
Match No. 0303
Home 2.30
STOKE CITY (-1.5) 4.35
TG 4 5.50
H-H 3.80
3-1 12.00
LS: 2-2 15.00

ASTON VILLA vs FULHAM
Match No. 0304
Home 1.55
ASTON VILLA (-1.5) 2.50
TG 2 3.30
H-H 2.35
2-0 7.50
LS: 1-1 6.00

SUNDERLAND vs BOLTON
Match No. 0305
Away 2.80
BOLTON (1.5) 1.16
TG 1 4.20
D-A 6.20
0-1 9.50
LS: 0-0 8.50

MANCHESTER CITY vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No. 0306
Away 1.75
MANCHESTER CITY (1.5) 1.33
TG 5 9.00
D-A 4.60
2-3 22.00
LS: 1-3 13.00

TOTTENHAM vs EVERTON
Match No. 0307
Home 1.90
EVERTON (1.5) 1.23
TG 3 3.70
H-H 3.30
2-1 7.50
LS: D-H 4.70

PORTSMOUTH vs BLACKBURN
Match No. 0308
Away 3.45
BLACKBURN (1.5) 1.23
TG 1 4.30
D-A 7.50
0-1 8.00
LS: A-A 6.50

CHELSEA vs ARSENAL
Match No. 0309
Home 1.65
ARSENAL (1.5) 1.35
TG 1 4.30
H-H 2.40
1-0 6.50
LS: 1-1 6.00

LIVERPOOL vs WEST HAM
Match No. 0310
Home 1.25
LIVERPOOL (-1.5) 1.85
TG 2 3.50
H-H 1.75
2-0 5.50
LS: 3-0 6.00

Oh btw, any of the TNP tipsters got this right???

BPL results, 22-23rd NOV.

2008-11-24T09:12:00.003+08:00

ASTON VILLA v MAN UNITED
0-0

CHELSEA v NEWCASTLE
0-0

LIVERPOOL v FULHAM
0-0

MAN CITY v ARSENAL
3-0

PORTSMOUTH v HULL
2-2

STOKE v WEST BROM
1-0

TOTTENHAM v BLACKBURN
1-0

MIDDLESBROUGH v BOLTON
1-3

SUNDERLAND v WEST HAM
0-1

overall, lose $9... knn!

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson admitted that Cristiano Ronaldo is a doubt for Tuesday's Champions League game at Villarreal.

United's Portuguese winger limped out of Saturday's 0-0 draw at Aston Villa with a leg injury and Ferguson fears he will not be fit for the trip to Spain.

"His leg is in a mess to be honest with you. He'll be doubtful for Tuesday I'm sure," said Ferguson.

BPL BERN's picks, 22nd NOV.

2008-11-22T16:43:00.002+08:00

ASTON VILLA v MAN UNITED
LS: H-D

CHELSEA v NEWCASTLE
LS: 1-0/2-0 (HT)

LIVERPOOL v FULHAM
LS: D-H

MAN CITY v ARSENAL
LS: City to score first.

MIDDLESBROUGH v BOLTON
LS: DRAW

PORTSMOUTH v HULL
LS: away win

STOKE v WEST BROM
LS: H-H

Arsenal defender William Gallas has been stripped of his captaincy role after his public attack on the team, BBC Sport understands.

Gallas, 31, also did not travel with the squad ahead of Saturday's key game against Manchester City.

In his attack, Gallas said his team-mates were "not brave enough" and accused a player of disrupting morale.

BPL results, 15-16th Nov.

2008-11-17T09:39:00.002+08:00

ARSENAL v ASTON VILLA
0-2

FULHAM v TOTTENHAM
2-1

WEST BROM v CHELSEA
0-3

MAN UNITED v STOKE
5-0

BLACKBURN v SUNDERLAND
1-2

WEST HAM v PORTSMOUTH
0-0

BOLTON v LIVERPOOL
0-2

NEWCASTLE v WIGAN
2-2

EVERTON v MIDDLESBROUGH
1-1
knn!... bought 0-0 at HT but O'Neil scored in e 8th min... CCB!...

HULL v MAN CITY
2-2

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BPL Bern's selection, 15th NOV.

2008-11-15T12:44:00.002+08:00

BLACKBURN v SUNDERLAND
LS : DRAW

NEWCASTLE v WIGAN
LS: DRAW

FULHAM v TOTTENHAM
LS: D-A

MAN UNITED v STOKE
LS: 2-0/3-1

WEST BROM v CHELSEA
Chelsea -1.5

WEST HAM v PORTSMOUTH
LS: home win

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BPL results, 9th NOV.

2008-11-10T09:19:00.001+08:00

ASTON VILLA v MIDDLESBROUGH
1-2

MAN CITY v TOTTENHAM
1-2

BLACKBURN v CHELSEA
0-2
spot on!!! but din buy... kns right??? :P

FULHAM v NEWCASTLE
2-1

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BPL results, 8th NOV.

2008-11-09T10:13:00.004+08:00

WIGAN v STOKE
0-0

ARSENAL v MAN UNITED
2-1
Rafael 90th min drive came too late for any United resurgence. for those who took United to win.. SHAME ON YOU!!!.. lolx..

SUNDERLAND v PORTSMOUTH
1-2
a penalty in stoppage time burns up ticket away... KNNCCB!!!... i relishing a DRAW for this game. NB!!!

WEST HAM v EVERTON
1-3
nowadays no such thing as winning comfortably, bcos football is a 90 minute game.. its not OVER TIL THE REF BLOWS HIS FUCKING WHISTLE!!!. e Toffees 3 goals slaught in last 10 mins brought another defeat Zola's team and Moyes winning another game after disposing Fulham last week.

LIVERPOOL v WEST BROM
3-0
Robbie Keane grabbed a brace as my beloved REDS winning more than i expected, and they go top of e table.. at least for 24hrs before Chelsea plays Blackburn later today at Ewood Park.

HULL v BOLTON
0-1
ive a hunch Hull would not be able to recover after their double defeats to Chelsea & Man United last week. but being handed a advantage at home. i tot jus go for them to win it at all costs. but sadly it wasn't to be their evening.

BLACKBURN vs CHELSEA
Blackburn's Benni McCarthy is suspended and fellow striker Roque Santa Cruz is a major doubt with a calf tear.

Brett Emerton is also out, while Vince Grella is another doubt. Both men have hamstring injuries.

Chelsea defenders Ashley Cole (calf) and Ricardo Carvalho (hamstring) and midfielders Michael Ballack (foot) and Michael Essien (knee) are sidelined.

Brazilian midfielder Mineiro has been added to the Blues squad and could make his first Premier League start.

LS: 0-2

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BPL Bern's selection, 8th NOV.

2008-11-08T18:06:00.002+08:00

Ohhh.. no wonder la.. thot Pete MIA and abandon this site for good.. :P:P

niway.. i dun know who la.. but if i u hav browse this site b4.. i urged that instead of u critizing this site.. pls put in ur predictions in e comment link... both Pete n I will welcome that. ok, lets continue my selection of matches today... first up, e game everyone, from ti ko pek to young boys is relishing for;

ARSENAL v MAN UNITED
people think hor, Arsenal recent injuries and Van Persie suspension will deeply affect e whole team morale n chances of a win over my hated Devils. but I believe e Gunners will nicked something out of this.. United on e other hand cannot be denied, after all they being defending champs is without nothing. so a DRAW looks likely, if e Gunners keep e Devils at bay.

LIVERPOOL v WEST BROM
2-0

HULL v BOLTON
D-H

WIGAN v STOKE
Stoke 1x2

SUNDERLAND v PORTSMOUTH
DRAW

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Backed

2008-11-08T01:17:00.002+08:00

Wah so long didnt post... was busy moving office and barred from using net in office for my ops side..sigh.. Trying to do some predictions now.

First game JJB Stadium.

WIGAN vs STOKE CITY
Match No. 0301
Home 1.67
WIGAN (-1.5) 2.90
TG 2 3.30
H-H 2.60
2-0 8.50
LS: D-H 4.50

ARSENAL vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No. 0302
Away 1.88
ARSENAL (1.5) 1.23
TG 1 4.20
D-A 4.60
0-1 6.50
LS: 1-1 6.50

SUNDERLAND vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No. 0303
Home 2.20
SUNDERLAND (-1.5) 4.20
TG 4 5.50
H-H 3.80
3-1 11.00
LS: 2-2 15.00

WEST HAM vs EVERTON
Match No. 0304
Draw 3.15
EVERTON (1.5) 1.12
TG 3 3.80
A-A 4.85
1-2 9.00
LS: 0-3 35.00

HULL CITY vs BOLTON
Match No. 0305
Draw 3.23
BOLTON (1.5) 1.21
TG 0 9.00
D-D 4.80
0-0 9.00
LS: 1-1 6.50

LIVERPOOL vs WEST BROMWICH
Match No. 0306
Home 1.15
WEST BROMWICH (2.5) 1.50
TG 3 3.70
A-H 22.00
2-1 9.00
LS: 3-2 30.00

BLACKBURN vs CHELSEA
Match No. 0307
Away 1.37
CHELSEA (-1.5) 2.15
TG 4 4.30
A-A 2.05
LS: 0-4 11.00

MANCHESTER CITY vs TOTTENHAM
Match No. 0308
Draw 3.25
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.16
TG 2 3.60
A-D 14.00
1-1 6.60
LS: 0-1 9.50

ASTON VILLA vs MIDDLESBROUGH
Match No. 0309
ASTON VILLA (-1.5) 2.60
TG 3 3.70
H-H 2.35
3-0 19.00
LS: 3-3 55.00

FULHAM vs NEWCASTLE
Match No. 0310
Away 2.65
NEWCASTLE (1.5) 1.16
TG 1 4.20
D-A 6.00
0-1 9.50
LS: 1-2 11.00

HUAT AHH!!!

BPL results, 1-2 Nov.

2008-11-03T13:09:00.002+08:00

BOLTON v MAN CITY
2-0

MAN UNITED v HULL
4-3

CHELSEA v SUNDERLAND
5-0

MIDDLESBROUGH v WEST HAM
1-1

WEST BROM v BLACKBURN
2-2

STOKE v ARSENAL
2-1

PORTSMOUTH v WIGAN
1-2

EVERTON v FULHAM
1-0

TOTTENHAM v LIVERPOOL
2-1
yeap, even Spurs boss says they were lucky... Benitez added that Liverpool first defeat of e campaign is hard to take.. come on, RAFA.. u toking cok right?? who like to lose...

now leadership at e top of table is handed back to Chelsea on goal difference after their 5-0 thumping over Roy Keane's Sunderland. a total of 8 scored n 0 against for their last 2 matches.

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BPL BERN's pick; 1st Nov.

2008-11-01T14:23:00.002+08:00

STOKE vs ARSENAL
Manager Tony Pulis is likely to retain the Stoke team that gained an important victory over Sunderland in midweek, with only the exception of Winger Liam Lawrence, out for another month after surgery to repair a torn ankle ligament.

Arsenal are without skipper William Gallas and Emmanuel Eboue, both rated doubtful.

LS: D-A

EVERTON vs FULHAM
Everton will give late fitness tests to midfielders Tim Cahill and Leon Osman ahead of the game.

full-back Nuno Valente is out with a knee problem.

Fulham forward Seol Ki-Hyeon, who has been struggling with a knee injury, will miss the game after returning to South Korea for personal reasons.

Defender Toni Kallio is still suffering from a virus and is rated doubtful for the trip to Goodison Park.

LS: H-H

MAN UNITED vs HULL
Manchester United will be without Wes Brown after he picked up an ankle injury, with Gary Neville set to return to the right-back slot.

Hull will make their first change in six matches as Ian Ashbee is suspended, with Bryan Hughes or Bernard Mendy set to deputise.

Record signing Anthony Gardner is out after pulling a thigh muscle.

LS: 2-0/4-0

CHELSEA vs SUNDERLAND
Chelsea are without defender Ricardo Carvalho, who injured his thigh against Hull City in midweek.

Didier Drogba has recovered from his knee problem, but Joe Cole (ankle) together with Michael Ballack (foot) and Michael Essien (knee) are still out.

Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones is likely to start his first game since recovering from a knee injury and Phil Bardsley (leg) should be passed fit.

Keeper Craig Gordon (ankle) is doubtful so Marton Fulop is set to play again.

LS: Chelsea 1-0 (HT)

MIDDLESBROUGH vs WEST HAM
Middlesbrough midfielder Mohamed Shawky (thigh) is out for three weeks and Robert Huth (ankle) is also sidelined.

Mido (groin) and Justin Hoyte (hip) both trained on Friday and have a chance of being involved against the Hammers.

West Ham will be without doubters Valon Behrami and Scott Parker, who both have calf problems.

defenders Lucas Neill (virus) and James Tomkins (knee) are set to return. Carlton Cole is suspended.

LS: DRAW

TOTTENHAM vs LIVERPOOL
Tottenham hope club captain Ledley King will return to the side after being rested against Arsenal.

Midfielder Jermaine Jenas is optimistic of recovering from a toe injury, Michael Dawson is suspended.

Liverpool are unlikely to risk frontman Fernando Torres, who is still only in light training after a hamstring problem

LS: H-D

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BPL Wed night results.

2008-10-30T13:53:00.002+08:00

NEWCASTLE v WEST BROM
2-1

ASTON VILLA v BLACKBURN
3-2
damn i was minutes away from collecting $$ when Rovers struck with a free-kick... CCB!!!

BOLTON v EVERTON
0-1

HULL v CHELSEA
0-3
brilliant on sat, like shit last night...

ARSENAL v SPURS
4-4
two goals in final 2 minutes from Jenas & Lennon prevent the Gunners to edge closer towards the top of the table.

MAN UNITED v WEST HAM
2-0
Ronaldo first-half brace keeps the Red Devils in the chasing pack.

FULHAM v WIGAN
2-0

MIDDLESBROUGH v MAN CITY
2-0

STOKE v SUNDERLAND
1-0

LIVERPOOL v PORTSMOUTH
1-0
Gerrard 2nd-half penalty winner ensures the REDS still lead Chelsea by 3 points.

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football Wednesday BERN's pick (selected);

2008-10-29T16:09:00.002+08:00

HULL vs CHELSEA
Defender Andy Dawson’s chances of being fit are rated as 50/50 after he suffered a dead leg against West Brom. Should he miss out Sam Ricketts is expected to deputise after impressing against the Baggies.

Chelsea’s injury list continues but Luiz Felipe Scolari is hoping to have Joe Cole back to face the Tigers. Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack and Michael Essien are all still out.

A win for Hull would continue their incredible Premier League form, put them three points ahead of Chelsea and set them up nicely for their next fixture, a trip to face the champions at Old Trafford on Saturday. But after losing their proud unbeaten home record in the league, Chelsea are in determined mood when they arrive at the KC Stadium.

LS: DRAW

ASTON VILLA vs BLACKBURN ROVERS
Aston Villa's Gareth Barry will be fit to face Blackburn, despite limping out of Saturday's win away at Wigan.

Striker John Carew could return after he was fined by manager Martin O'Neill for being out in the early hours ahead of Villa's Uefa Cup clash with Ajax.

Blackburn central defender Chris Samba has recovered from an ankle injury and should be fit to play. and so for striker Benni McCarthy who has regained match fitness and in line for his first start of the season.

LS: H-H

MAN UNITED vs WEST HAM
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson may recall midfielder Michael Carrick for the visit of West Ham.

The England international has only played 70 minutes of football this season due to an ankle problem but he returned to training last week.

West Ham will be without the suspended Carlton Cole who was sent off against Arsenal on Sunday. Mark Noble (calf) is out.

LS: 2-0

BPL results 25th-26th OCT.

2008-10-28T14:50:00.003+08:00

WEST BROM v HULL CITY
0-3

SUNDERLAND v NEWCASTLE
2-1

BLACKBURN v MIDDLESBROUGH
1-1

EVERTON v MAN UNITED
1-1

WIGAN v ASTON VILLA
0-4

WEST HAM v ARSENAL
0-2

PORTSMOUTH v FULHAM
1-1

TOTTENHAM v BOLTON
2-0
Harry Redknapp 1st game in charge ended a first win for the North London club in 9 games.

MAN CITY v STOKE
3-0

CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL
0-1 (0-1)
i simply loved it... at one stage the home side have 69% of ball possession and not a goal scored. hahaaaa.. 86 unbeaten Premier League home games ended at the hands of my beloved REDS... WWWOOOOOOOooooo!!!!!

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CHELSEA vs LIVERPOOL BERN's preview.

2008-10-24T14:39:00.002+08:00

i remember vividly Liverpool's opening game in season 2003-04 was at home to Chelsea. weeks before the opener, Chelsea welcome new owner Roman Abramovich. with his millions... he paid off the debt and secure several signings. Claudio Ranieri was then manager... present West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola had since left the club. signings then includes Adrian Mutu, Juan Veron, Claude Makelele, Damien Duff, Scott Parker, Hernan Crespo. Arjen Robben & Pete Cech came in just before Ranieri was booted out from the club.

the score at Anfield ended 2-1 in favour of Chelsea. of cos, it was a result that hard to stomach... notably because of Chelsea new found wealth, the way they purchase players resulted an inflation of player's value once Chelsea comes knocking. Liverpool then manager Gerard Houllier was into his last year reign as REDs boss... nothing comes quite sweet when he led Liverpool to victories over Chelsea and Man United that season, away.

Liverpool win at the Bridge comes courtesy of Bruno Cheyrou, and secured a 1-0 win in the end in Jan 2004. Arsenal became the last side to win a league game on the Blue turf... edging them 2-1.

it was not until 3 years later that Liverpool once again emerged winners in the Premier League. Dirk Kuyt and Jermaine Pennant scored in a exciting 1st-half to beat them 2-0. last season both games ended draws.. 1-1 at Anfield, 0-0 at the bridge. the game at Anfield was somewhat overshadowed by referee Rob Styles. gifting a dubious penalty to the Blues.

from what ive seen last weekend.. Chelsea although missing some players in the mould of skipper Terry, midfielder Deco. the Blues still edgin out 5-0 winners over Middlesbrough. in short, Chelsea have no shortage of players that could take the place of those first-teamers. Liverpool on the other hand must really tuned up for this game. Agger miscue the ball and gifted Wigan forward Zaki the easiest of chances to scored, painfully in front of the stunning KOP.

my fellow TGL contributor, Pete and Chelsea fan David quoted that Liverpool luck might run out though they admit they seen a certain sense of determination this season. in a team where no Torres again.. will the REDs rise to the occasion to finally end Chelsea proud unbeaten home record in the Premier League? or Chelsea 5-0 win at the Riverside was no fluke... i can't wait to see these 2 teams square-off in this wkend's top-of-table clash.

Torres and Gerrard was on the bench when Liverpool last played a BIG-4 team. winning 2-1 after going behind. frankly, ill be happy wif both sides played out a DRAW. my estimated percentage for Liverpool winning is somewhere 35-40%. wif a draw at 85%.

Chelsea with home advantage, is a clear favourites for this tie. but im sure Liverpool will come off with another positive result, provided they do not go behind again!...

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36 Champions League goals!!

2008-10-22T10:14:00.004+08:00

Wats the first thing when u open you eyes, checking the results in the morning?? See your tickets got tio anot right?? Hmmm, so glad tat there's a winning ticket amont the 4D n soccer betting slips.

3 high scoring matches and 1 of them got AOS. Villarreal hammered Danish team Aalborg to a 9 goal thriller.

Must thank all TNP tipsters for not predicting the scoreline, if not, the rate sure drop. Haha.... Oh, i dun buy TNP, cos they dun have latest noon edition. Now its only Monday and Thursday

Damn, why am I not writting for The Newpaper!!!

Zenit St. Petersburg 1 - 1 BATE Borisov (0 - 0)
Manchester United 3 - 0 Celtic (1 - 0)
FC Steaua Bucuresti 3 - 5 Lyonnais (3 - 2)
Fenerbahce 2 - 5 Arsenal (1 - 3)
Bayern Munchen 3 - 0 Fiorentina (2 - 0)
Villarreal 6 - 3 Aalborg (2 - 2)
Juventus 2 - 1 Real Madrid (1 - 0)
Porto 0 - 1 Dynamo Kyiv (0 - 1)

A quick pick for tonight's games.

PANATHINAIKOS vs W BREMEN
Match No. 0509
Away 2.25
PANATHINAIKOS (1.5) 1.14
TG 1 5.10
D-A 4.90
0-1 7.80
LS: Draw 3.25

SHAKHTAR vs SPORTING
Match No. 0510
Home 1.90
SPORTING (1.5) 1.23
TG 3 3.70
H-H 3.10
2-1 7.50
LS: 1-1 6.50

CHELSEA vs ROMA
Match No. 0511
Home 1.30
CHELSEA (-1.5) 1.90
TG 2 3.60
H-H 1.90
2-0 6.20
LS: 1-1 7.50

PSV vs MARSEILLE
Match No. 0512
Away 2.70
MARSEILLE (1.5) 1.16
TG 3 3.80
D-A 5.70
1-2 9.50
LS: 0-1 7.00

ATLETICO MADRID vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0513
Draw 3.05
ATLETICO MADRID (1.5) 1.12
TG 2 3.30
D-D 4.80
1-1 6.20
LS: 0-0 8.00

BORDEAUX vs CFR CLUJ
Match No. 0514
Away 3.85
CFR CLUJ (1.5) 1.30
TG 4 5.80
A-A 6.90
1-3 40.00
LS: 2-3 37.00

BASEL vs BARCELONA
Match No. 0515
Away 1.38
BARCELONA (-1.5) 2.10
TG 4 4.70
A-A 2.10
0-4 17.00
LS: AOS 35.00

INTER vs ANORTHOSIS
Match No. 0516
Home 1.11
INTER (-2.5) 2.15
TG 3 3.90
H-H 1.48
3-0 6.20
LS: 2-2 25.00

BPL results, 18-19th Oct.

2008-10-20T10:25:00.002+08:00

MIDDLESBROUGH v CHELSEA
0-5
i hope Liverpool wld b first team in more than 4 yrs to beat Chelsea at e bridge.

FULHAM v SUNDERLAND
0-0

ASTON VILLA v PORTSMOUTH
0-0

ARSENAL v EVERTON
3-1

BOLTON v BLACKBURN
0-0

MAN UNITED v WEST BROM
4-0
damn, they win again...

LIVERPOOL v WIGAN
3-2
A-H payout $23 for every dollar bet, damn... e REDS cannot go on like this forever.. losing first before winning... Agger conceding a really soft goal which is never forgiven by ME!.

HULL v WEST HAM
1-0

STOKE v TOTTENHAM
2-1

kns, those 2 matches above i predicted home wins.. yet din buy... WAH BIANG EH!!!

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BPL BERN's pick, 18th OCT.

2008-10-18T14:06:00.002+08:00

Belarus v England
1-3

MIDDLESBROUGH vs CHELSEA
halftime 0-0
under 2.5 total goals

LIVERPOOL vs WIGAN
D-H
LS: 2-1

FULHAM vs SUNDERLAND
D-A
LS: 2-2

ASTON VILLA vs PORTSMOUTH
-1.5
over 2.5 total goals

ARSENAL vs EVERTON
H-H
LS: 3-0

MANCHESTER UTD vs WEST BROMWICH
LS: 3-1

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Chelsea duo ruled out!

2008-10-14T10:06:00.003+08:00

England made it three wins out of three in their World Cup qualifying campaign with a fine second-half display against Kazakhstan.

After a poor first half Rio Ferdinand, captain in the absence of the injured John Terry, nodded in a corner, before Alexandr Kuchma headed into his own net.

Zhambyl Kukeyev fired one back after an Ashley Cole mistake before Wayne Rooney headed in a Wes Brown cross and then tapped in after a David Beckham free-kick.

Jermain Defoe finished off the scoring with a late, low finish.

But it was not the comfortable evening for coach Fabio Capello the scoreline suggests, and it was even less so for Cole, who was mercilessly booed by the home fans after his error.

Bern's thoughts;

i can understand e frustration of those fans watching e game. its almost e same boo-hoo as scoring a own-goal. but mistakes do happens.. if e fans think even a amateur player would not hav did such a hoo-ah... then PLEASE PUT ON E SHIRT N PLAY LA!!!

nowadays football is not about whos stronger or favourites... take a look at Hull... got it??

England will be without John Terry and Ashley Cole for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Belarus.

The England captain has failed to recover from a back injury, while his Chelsea team-mate Cole has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.

"It is disappointing to lose two very experienced players in John Terry and Ashley Cole for the game in Belarus," said England manager Fabio Capello.

Goalkeeper Robert Green is also out because of a knee injury.

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WCQ

2008-10-11T09:35:00.002+08:00

Its the week of International break for all the league in europe. All the top teams will be trying to grab maximum points for these two games. Lets take a look at what ~~Sillypools~~ Singapore pools had offered.

European

Gp 9

SCOTLAND vs NORWAY
Match No. 0701
Home 1.88
NORWAY (1.5) 1.23
TG 3 3.60
D-H 4.20
2-1 7.00
LS: TG 4 5.90

HOLLAND vs ICELAND
Match No. 0711
Home 1.13
HOLLAND (-2.5) 2.20
TG 3 3.70
H-H 1.42
3-0 6.00
LS: 4-0 8.50

Gp 6

ENGLAND vs KAZAKHSTAN
Match No. 0703
Home 1.03
KAZAKHSTAN (3.5) 1.55
TG 3 3.80
H-H 1.23
3-0 5.50
LS: D-H 4.60

UKRAINE vs CROATIA
Match No. 0704
Home 2.50
UKRAINE (1.5) 1.13
TG 1 3.90
D-H 5.70
1-0 7.00
LS: H-H 4.80

Gp 1

SWEDEN vs PORTUGAL
Match No. 0705
Away 2.00
PORTUGAL (-1.5) 3.85
TG 4 5.80
A-A 3.30
1-3 10.00
LS: TG 5 9.00

Gp 7

SERBIA vs LITHUANIA
Match No. 0706
Home 1.55
SERBIA (-1.5) 2.50
TG 2 3.40
H-H 2.20
2-0 6.50
LS: D-H 4.30

ROMANIA vs FRANCE
Match No. 07
Draw 3.15
ROMANIA (1.5) 1.21
TG 2 3.40
A-D 14.00
1-1 5.80
LS: 1-2 7.20

Gp 8

BULGARIA vs ITALY
Match No. 0707
Draw 3.17
BULGARIA (1.5) 1.25
TG 2 3.30
H-D 14.00
1-1 6.50
LS: 2-2 13.00

Gp 3

POLAND vs CZECH REPUBLIC
Match No. 0708
Home 2.70
POLAND (1.5) 1.15
Tg 1 3.80
D-H 5.70
1-0 7.00
LS: 0-0 7.00

Gp 4

GERMANY vs RUSSIA
Match No. 0710
Home 1.53
RUSSIA (1.5) 1.43
TG 3 3.70
A-H 22.00
2-1 7.50
LS: H-H 2.30

FIFA WCQ, England vs Kazakhstan.

2008-10-10T22:53:00.002+08:00

e Barclays Premier League takes a backseat this wkend for e WCQ matchday 3 tml n matchday 4 nxt wednesday.

John Terry has been ruled out after suffering a recurrence of a back injury so either Wes Brown or Joleon Lescott will likely deputise.

Rio Ferdinand will captain the Three Lions.

Tak Giu Bern's predict: 2-0

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BPL latest*, 8th Oct 2008.

2008-10-08T08:48:00.002+08:00

Football Association chairman Lord Triesman believes the global credit crisis could pose a "terrible danger" to clubs dealing with spiralling debts.

Against the backdrop of such a volatile financial climate, Triesman estimates English clubs owe an estimated £3bn.

A worldwide banking crisis has led to a collapse in shares, fears of a recession and increasing costs for clubs having to repay or maintain huge debts - with Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United believed to account for a third of that £3bn debt.

"The last figures I saw was that indebtedness in professional football in this country was running at about £2.5-£2.6bn, which is about where current annual revenues are in football. So our ratio is about 1:1.

"The FA themselves know about all these things because they are one of the most indebted organisations in the world. Their Wembley debt is about £350m and they have a turnover of about £300m.

"Our clubs are all heavily regulated but they've also got directors and owners who will assess the level of risk of their overall debt. This is at the top of clubs agendas and I think they are managing it responsibly.

Liverpool have been boosted by the news that defender Martin Skrtel does not need surgery on his knee injury and so could return to action by Christmas.

The 23-year-old defender needed oxygen as he left the field on a stretcher after falling awkwardly in the Reds' 3-2 win over Manchester City on Sunday.

It was feared he could face a lengthy spell out with posterior cruciate ligament damage to his right knee.

Skrtel, who was signed from Zenit St Petersburg in January, has forged a solid partnership with Jamie Carragher at the heart of Liverpool's defence.

The Slovakian has kept Daniel Agger out of the side but his injury may open the door for the Dane to return, with manager Rafael Benitez admitting: "Everyone can see that the understanding between Martin and Carra is becoming really good and to lose a player who is doing well is always a problem.

Striker Peter Crouch believes his return to the England squad has much to do with Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp's man-management skills.

Crouch was not named in the squad for England's opening two wins of the Group Six qualifying campaign, but two goals in two games has earned him a recall.

"I believe for the rest of the season he will get the best out of me and a lot in terms of my England recall is down to him."

In his final season at Liverpool, Crouch struggled to play regularly under Rafa Benitez but is confident his move to Portsmouth will help him cement his place in Fabio Capello's World Cup plans.

Hull City chairman Paul Duffen has backed boss Phil Brown to build on the Tigers' impressive start to the season.

Newly promoted City are third in the Premier League table after back-to-back wins at Arsenal and Tottenham.

Duffen, who took control of the Tigers in June 2007, feels Hull deserve more plaudits for their achievements, which included a win at Newcastle as well as at the Emirates and White Hart Lane.

Tottenham sporting director Damien Comolli says the club is united behind coach Juande Ramos, despite their worst start to a league season in 96 years.

Ramos's side lie bottom of the Premier League and pressure is mounting on the Spanish coach and Comolli.

Comolli has been criticised for Spurs' policy in the transfer market this summer, with boss Ramos admitting he is short of strikers after the departure of Robbie Keane to Liverpool and then Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United just minutes before the transfer window closed.

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Manchester City vs Liverpool 2-3

2008-10-07T13:25:00.001+08:00

what a comeback from Rafael Benitez men!!!

WWWWwoooooo...!!!

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BPL results; 4-5th Oct.

2008-10-06T08:53:00.004+08:00

WIGAN vs MIDDLESBROUGH
0-1

WEST BROMWICH vs FULHAM
1-0

SUNDERLAND vs ARSENAL
1-1
Pete, Arsenal is e team which lucky to get away lor...

BLACKBURN vs MANCHESTER UTD
0-2

WEST HAM vs BOLTON
1-3

PORTSMOUTH vs STOKE CITY
2-1

TOTTENHAM vs HULL CITY
0-1
Spurs gone liao la...

CHELSEA vs ASTON VILLA
2-0

EVERTON vs NEWCASTLE
2-2

MANCHESTER CITY vs LIVERPOOL
2-3 (2-0)
another comeback, but just how many more times can Liverpool do this?...

ive no say on Gorradi brilliant free-kick in e 42nd min. but credit to e home side for their dominance in e first half. to those who thinks Liverpool was below-par or cannot win or jus pure lucky... lolx... boo u la!!!

H-A $23. cool...

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Back to business

2008-10-04T01:23:00.003+08:00

Finally back after holidays & trying to win back some $$$ spent.. Prediction time

WIGAN vs MIDDLESBROUGH
Match No. 0301
Draw 3.15
MIDDLESBROUGH (1.5) 1.25
TG 0 8.00
D-D 4.70
0-0 8.00
LS: 1-0 6.50

WEST BROMWICH vs FULHAM
Match No. 0302
Home 2.20
WEST BROMWICH (-1.5) 4.20
TG 2 3.30
H-H 3.85
2-0 7.50
LS: 2-1 7.00

SUNDERLAND vs ARSENAL
Match No. 0303
Away 1.38
ARSENAL (-1.5) 2.30
TG 5 7.20
A-A 2.05
1-4 15.00
LS: AOS 17.00

BLACKBURN vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No. 0304
Away 1.40
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 2.30
TG 4 4.50
A-A 2.15
0-4 13.00
LS: 2-4 27.00

WEST HAM vs BOLTON
Match No. 0305
Away 4.20
BOLTON (1.5) 1.30
TG 3 3.70
D-A 8.50
1-2 11.00
LS: 0-1 8.00

PORTSMOUTH vs STOKE CITY
Match No. 0306
Home 1.55
STOKE CITY (1.5) 1.40
TG 1 4.30
D-H 4.40
1-0 6.50
LS: 0-0 8.00

MANCHESTER CITY vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0307
Draw 3.20
MANCHESTER CITY (1.5) 1.23
TG 2 3.30
A-D 14.00
1-1 6.50
LS: A-H 32.00

TOTTENHAM vs HULL CITY
Match No. 0308
Home 1.58
HULL CITY (1.5) 1.40
TG 1 4.30
D-H 4.60
1-0 6.50
LS AOS 90.00

CHELSEA vs ASTON VILLA
Match No. 0309
Away 6.35
ASTON VILLA (1.5) 1.45
TG 3 3.60
D-A 13.00
1-2 16.00
LS: A-A 11.00

EVERTON vs NEWCASTLE
Match No. 0310
Draw 3.40
NEWCASTLE (1.5) 1.37
TG 0 8.00
D-D 5.20
0-0 8.00
LS: 0-1 8.00

Champions League preview, 1st Oct.

2008-10-01T12:23:00.002+08:00

last nite results (English teams);

ARSENAL v PORTO
4-0 (2-0)

AALBORG v MAN UNITED
0-3 (0-1)

Cluj:

Cluj will likely field the same side that swept Roma aside two weeks ago.

Didi - who started the game against Steaua - is expected to make way for Trică.

Chelsea:

Joe Cole did not make the trip as he is struggling to shake off a muscular trip. Ivorian forward Salomon Kalou takes his place.

Didier Drogba returns from his ban following the red card he picked up in the final last season.

0-1

Liverpool

Javier Mascherano and Yossi Benayoun are due to return providing Rafael Benitez with the luxury of pretty much a fully fit squad.

PSV

PSV are without midfielder Ibrahim Afellay for Wednesday night’s game. The midfielder has suffered a bruised toe.

D-H

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Champions League preview 30th Sept.

2008-09-30T17:37:00.001+08:00

Arsenal:

Arsene Wenger has made a vow to ring in the changes for the midweek clash after the Emirates horror show against Hull. He hinted that Johan Djourou may be drafted in to add some defensive height, while Samir Nasri is back in contention.

Alex Song, Abou, Diaby, Eduardo and Tomas Rosicky are all ruled out.

FC Porto:

Lucho Gonzalez, who sat out the league win on Friday, is part of the travelling panel meaning that Ferreira has a full squad from which to choose.

1/3 goals.

Aalborg BK

Lasse Nielsen could move in to the Aalborg defence to replace the suspended Michael Jakobsen for the visit of Manchester United. Australian centre-back Michael Beauchamp is available for selection after the red card he picked up against Celtic was correctly transferred to his team-mate. Danish international right-back Kasper Bøgelund (hamstring) is a serious doubt for this game after being forced to come off at half-time during AaB’s match at the weekend.

Manchester United

midfielder Owen Hargreaves (knee) as well as his England team-mate Michael Carrick (ankle) are ruled out. Edwin Van der Sar should be between the posts once again for the European champions after his successful recovery from the knee injury he picked up against Chelsea a week ago.

+1.5

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BPL results for 27th Sept.

2008-09-28T10:02:00.002+08:00

MAN UNITED v BOLTON
2-0
Ronaldo converted wat was a hotly disputed penalty. well, im not surprise the Devils is lucky... after their opponents justify enough to hold e defending champions.

ARSENAL v HULL
1-2
shocker of the day!!! lolx...

EVERTON v LIVERPOOL
0-2
except for Cahill who nearly scored after 13 minutes. e rest is e REDS show as they comfortably win courtesy of Torres brace on 59th & 62nd mins. Cahill himself was sent off after referee Riley deemed his challenge on Alonso too rash. hahaa!!!... he deserve it!

STOKE v CHELSEA
0-2
the BLUES sitting comfortably on top, Lampard n Anelka provide e initiative.

ASTON VILLA v SUNDERLAND
2-1

FULHAM v WEST HAM
1-2

MIDDLESBROUGH v WEST BROM
0-1

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BPL BERN's prediction, 27th Sept.

2008-09-27T17:20:00.003+08:00

attended New Paper ABU-NBU telecast of game between Chelsea n Man United on Sunday. i can say Chelsea at times is vunerable and fair to say... the game is pretty even.

for tonite games... Liverpool would least leave Goodison Park wif a point. as any passionate derby game. past games results will count for nothing. as the REDS prepare for their Champions League in midweek. a draw is more likely...

elsewhere, Man United, Chelsea n Arsenal have easier ties... breaking e 1/2 goal handicap posed no problem.

Man United 2
Bolton 0

Stoke 1
Chelsea 3

Arsenal 5
Hull 0

Everton 1
Liverpool 1

Fulham n Aston Villa would pick up points in their respective games as well.

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Chelsea vs Man United preview

2008-09-21T13:00:00.002+08:00

results from last nite games;

SUNDERLAND v MIDDLESBROUGH
2-0

LIVERPOOL v STOKE
0-0

WEST HAM v NEWCASTLE
3-1

BLACKBURN v FULHAM
1-0

BOLTON v ARSENAL
1-3

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW
Chelsea vs Manchester United

The Blues' CL side was unchanged from the team which had put Manchester City to the sword so potently. Scolari, therefore, will be loathe to tinker. Continuity is possible after John Terry's Eastlands red card being successfully overturned.

Anelka, having bagged two in a week, is expected to start despite Didier Drogba slowly snaking his way towards full fitness. Michael Ballack is also pushing for a place, but may be held back from the starting line-up for another week. Michael Essien is still out.

Dimitar Berbatov has recovered in time from his recent knee injury to make the squad, while Cristiano Ronaldo is eligible for selection. Key centre-back Nemanja Vidic is suspended so either Wes Brown or Johnny Evans is available to partner Rio Ferdinand.

TAK GIU BERN's predict:
It is difficult to envisage a Chelsea defeat on their own ground, but perhaps United will treat this as their wake-up call for the season and emerge with a point... perhaps.

Chelsea 1-0.

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TGIW

2008-09-17T10:39:00.003+08:00

Barcelona 3 - 1 Sporting Lisbon (1 - 0) *1.22 + 1.87
Basel 1 - 2 Shakhtar Donetsk (0 - 2) *2.70 + 1.14 + 4.00 + 5.00 + 9.50
Marseille 1 - 2 Liverpool (1 - 2) *1.88 + 1.22 + 3.40 + 7.00
Panathinaikos 0 - 2 Inter Milan (0 - 1)
Roma 1 - 2 CFR Cluj (1 - 1)
Chelsea FC 4 - 0 Bordeaux (2 - 0) *1.15 + 1.70 + 5.20 + 1.62 + 12.00
PSV Eindhoven 0 - 3 Atletico de Madrid (0 - 2)
Werder Bremen 0 - 0 Anorthosis F. (0 - 0)

JP quite a number of predictions, shall carry on tonight's games.

Defending Champion, Manchester Utd will start their season at home hosting Villarreal. Midfielder Michael Carrick has been ruled out for four to six weeks after breaking a bone in his foot. Paul Scholes is suspended.

MANCHESTER UTD vs VILLARREAL
Match No. 0509
Home 1.45
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 2.35
TG 3 3.60
H-H 2.20
3-0 11.00
LS: 4-1 27.00

Juventus back in CL after missing out for the past 2 season for match-fixing.

JTUS vs ST PETERSBURG
Match No. 0510
Draw 3.35
ST PETERSBURG (1.5) 1.35
TG 2 3.30
D-D 5.20
1-1 6.50
LS: D-A 10.00

STEAUA vs MUNICH
Match No. 0511
Home 4.30
STEAUA (1.5) 1.30
TG 3 3.70
D-H 9.00
2-1 18.00
LS: 2-2 13.00

LYON vs FIORENTINA
Match No. 0512
Home 1.73
LYON (-1.5) 3.05
TG 4 5.80
H-H 2.80
3-1 10.00
LS: TG 5 8.90

PORTO vs FENERBAHCE
Match No. 0513
Home 1.62
FENERBAHCE (1.5) 1.37
TG 3 3.90
D-H 4.30
2-1 7.50
LS: 3-0 12.00

REAL MADRID vs BATE BORISOV
Match No. 0514
Home 1.07
REAL MADRID (-2.5) 1.70
TG 3 3.60
H-H 1.32
3-0 6.80
LS: 5-0 12.00

DYNAMO KIEV vs ARSENAL
Match No. 0515
Away 1.65
DYNAMO KIEV (1.5) 1.33
TG 1 4.50
D-A 4.40
0-1 6.50
LS: 1-2 7.50

GLASGOW CELT vs AALBORG
Match No. 0516
Home 1.43
AALBORG (1.5) 1.55
TG 5 8.70
A-H 22.00
3-2 22.00
LS: 2-2 17.00

UEFA Champions League 08/09

2008-09-16T18:10:00.005+08:00

The new season of Champions League kickoff tonight and we have 8 ties for 2 nights respectively. Spanish giant Barcelona will entertain Sporting Lisbon. 5 time champion Liverpool will travel to Marseille and Chelsea plays Bordeaux at home.

BARCELONA vs SPORTING
Match No. 0501
Home 1.22
BARCELONA (-1.5) 1.87
TG 2 3.60
D-H 18.00
2-0 5.80
LS: 3-0 7.50

BASEL vs SHAKHTAR
Match No. 0502
Away 2.70
SHAKHTAR (1.5) 1.14
TG 3 4.00
A-A 5.00
1-2 9.50
LS: 0-1 7.00

MARSEILLE vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0503
Away 1.88
MARSEILLE (1.5) 1.22
TG 1 3.60
A-A 3.40
0-1 5.80
LS: 1-2 7.00

PANATHINAIKOS vs INTER
Match No. 0504
Home 4.25
PANATHINAIKOS (1.5) 1.25
TG 1 3.50
D-H 8.00
1-0 8.80
LS: H-H 6.60

ROMA vs CFR CLUJ
Match No. 0505
Home 1.22
ROMA (-1.5) 1.67
TG 4 4.80
H-H 1.60
3-1 9.00
LS: A-H 21.00

CHELSEA vs BORDEAUX
Match No. 0506
Home 1.15
CHELSEA (-1.5) 1.70
TG 4 5.20
H-H 1.62
4-0 12.00
LS: 2-2 34.00

PSV vs ATLETICO MADRID
Match No. 0507
Home 2.30
PSV (-1.5) 4.55
TG 4 5.80
H-H 4.20
3-1 18.00
LS: 4-2 55.00

W BREMEN vs ANORTHOSIS
Match No. 0508
Home 1.19
W BREMEN (-1.5) 1.50
TG 3 3.70
H-H 1.50
3-0 7.00
LS: AOS 10.00

Surep saturday

2008-09-14T00:16:00.003+08:00

Rafael Benitez has finally break the duck by recording his first and only win after his team beat Manchester United 2-1. Carlos Tevez put United ahead after Berbatov crossed the ball from the bye line in the 3rd min.

The lead was back to square one when Van der Sar palmed a harmless crossed onto Wes Brown and the ball was back in the net. Another communication error, when will they learn??? So Liverpool's players didnt score and its another OWN goal after John 0'Shea "scored" for them few season back!!

United took their foot of the pedal in the 2nd half. No decent atack and passing, play worst then school boys. Liverpool's confident grew, Mascherano battled his way down the right and to the line, beat Ryan Giggs and crossed for the unmarked Babel to slam home.

A confident win for the Merseyside.

Liverpool 2 - 1 Manchester United (1 - 1) *3.80
Blackburn Rovers 0 - 4 Arsenal (0 - 2) *1.65 + 2.90 + 5.20 + 2.65
West Brom 3 - 2 West Ham (2 - 2) *1.14
Wigan 1 - 1 Sunderland (0 - 1)
Fulham 2 - 1 Bolton Wanderers (2 - 0) *2.10 $4.00
Newcastle United 1 - 2 Hull City (0 - 1)
Portsmouth 2 - 1 Middlesbrough (0 - 1) *1.90 + 1.23
*Manchester City 1 - 1 Chelsea FC (1 - 1)

Game underway..
New Manchester City boy, Robinho open his account against Chelsea in the 12th min thru a freekick. Ricardo Carvalho equalised for Chelsea 3 mins later.

BPL BERN's selected picks for 13th Sept

2008-09-13T13:03:00.003+08:00

WEST BROM vs WEST HAM
1-1 (6.50)
LS: home win (2.40)

WIGAN vs SUNDERLAND
D-D (5.00)

NEWCASTLE vs HULL
D-H (4.70)

BLACKBURN vs ARSENAL
0-1 (6.50)

MAN CITY vs CHELSEA
1 or 2 goals (4.20/3.30)

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Latest news

2008-09-13T00:52:00.002+08:00

LIVERPOOL stars Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard have been given the green light to take on arch rivals Manchester United. Both missed their respective country World Cup qualifiers games earlier this week and are named in the Liverpool squad.

Cristiano Ronaldo is back and likely to be on the bench.

But how really fit are they? Can ex Spurs strikers Robbie Keane and Berbatov score?

Yawn....

BPL news, 12th Sept

2008-09-12T11:28:00.000+08:00

West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola insisted his lack of managerial experience would not hamper him in his new job when he was unveiled at Upton Park on Thursday.

The 42-year-old Italian has not managed a club side before and has still to obtain the Uefa Pro Licence.

West Ham have agreed with the Premier League that Zola, who already has Uefa's B licence, can work as a manager as long as he gains the Uefa Pro Licence by 2010.

There have been reports that Zola wants Chelsea assistant Steve Clarke, who coached him at Stamford Bridge, to be his number two at Upton Park.

Zola, who is West Ham's fifth manager in seven years and their first foreign boss, was an instinctive and lavishly gifted forward.

He promised to also have an attacking philosophy now he is a manager.

"My philosophy is to play offensive football if I can," he said. "I have always done that, because I trust it.

The Italian paid tribute to his predecessor. "I believe Curbishley has done a great job here and I respect him very much," he said.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes football is in danger of becoming destabilised by the amount of outside investment coming into the game.

Wenger said: "What is worrying for me is that a player signs somewhere and then the next day he does not even know where he has signed. You cannot say that is a good trend.

"Football is not a supermarket, we have to all understand that."

Blackburn have agreed to sign Robbie Fowler on a three-month pay-as-you-play deal, with the striker in line to face Arsenal at Ewood Park this weekend.

The former Liverpool frontman, 33, has been training with Rovers since Paul Ince took over as manager in June.

Manager Paul Ince said last month that he hoped a deal could be done with the former England international.

"I've always said he needs to get his fitness and sharpness and now we are seeing signs of that," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"He's a world-class striker. If he can get himself fit he'll always score goals at any level."

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher admits Manchester United have been better than the Reds in recent derbies ahead of their home clash on Saturday.

The Reds have not beaten United in the Premier League since 2004.

Carragher, 30, told BBC Radio Merseyside: "I'm not a great believer in being lucky or unlucky. I'm a big believer in 'you get what you deserve'.

"United over the last few years have probably edged it with us and small details in football make a difference."

TAK GIU BERN's thought:
Hopefully they can get the three points and that will give them a bit of confidence for the season ahead.

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Super SATURDAY

2008-09-12T11:11:00.002+08:00

Didnt follow TNP's pick, so its back to own's prediction.

Its only 3 games old (2 for MU) and we have the clashes of old rivals between Liverpool and Manchester United. Its a game come too early, but who cares? Its the advantage that counts. Manchester United will have tough away league games, visiting Liverpool and Chelsea with a Champions league tie with Villarreal in between.

The Red Devils had done the double by beating Liverpool home and away for the past 2 season and Anfield had been a favourite hunting ground.

Dimitar Berbatov will make his debut and will don the no. 9 jersey. Spainish striker, Fernando Torres has made good progress from a hamstring tear sustained against Aston Villa on August 31 and is more likely to feature than Steven Gerrard, who will likely to feature against Marseille.

Pete's pick

LIVERPOOL vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No. 0301
Away 2.35
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 5.00
TG 3 3.80
A-A 4.60
1-2 7.50
Longshot: 1-3 17.00

WEST BROMWICH vs WEST HAM
Match No. 0302
Draw 3.15
WEST HAM (1.5) 1.14
TG 2 3.50
H-D 13.00
1-1 6.50
LS: H-A 25.00

Ex Chelsea star, Gianfranco Zola first taste of EPL as a manager for the hammers.

WIGAN vs SUNDERLAND
Match No. 0303
Home 1.95
WIGAN (-1.5) 3.75
TG 4 5.50
H-H 3.30
3-1 12.00
LS: 4-2 45.00

PORTSMOUTH vs MIDDLESBROUGH
Match No. 0304
Home 1.90
MIDDLESBROUGH (1.5) 1.23
TG 1 4.50
D-H 4.40
1-0 6.50
LS: 0-0 8.50

NEWCASTLE vs HULL CITY
Match No. 0305
Draw 3.40
HULL CITY (1.5) 1.37
TG 2 3.50
D-D 5.00
1-1 6.50
LS: A-D 16.00

FULHAM vs BOLTON
Match No. 0306
Home 2.10
FULHAM (-1.5) 4.00
TG 2 3.50
H-H 3.30
2-0 7.80
LS: 2-2 13.00

BLACKBURN vs ARSENAL
Match No. 0307
Away 1.65
ARSENAL (-1.5) 2.90
TG 4 5.20
A-A 2.65
1-3 10.00
LS: 2-3 22.00

Clash of the CA$$$H

Robinho wearing blue jersey for Manchester City instead of Chelsea.

MANCHESTER CITY vs CHELSEA
Match No. 0308
Draw 3.25
MANCHESTER CITY (1.5) 1.30
TG 2 3.30
H-D 14.00
1-1 6.50
LS: 2-2 14.00

STOKE CITY vs EVERTON
Match No. 0309
Home 3.10
STOKE CITY (1.5) 1.20
TG 4 5.40
H-H 6.00
3-1 38.00
LS: TG 5 8.70

TOTTENHAM vs ASTON VILLA
Match No. 0310
Draw 3.15
ASTON VILLA (1.5) 1.20
TG 4 5.50
A-D 14.00
2-2 13.00
LS: D-D 4.80

Walcott stunner slienced Zagreb

2008-09-11T08:45:00.003+08:00

Croatia needs only four minutes to test David James in the England goal. After a decent spell of possession, Pranjic tried his luck from range but the Portsmouth goalkeeper saved comfortably after a slight fumble.

However, Croatia grew into the game quickly and caused England early problems. Luka Modric was being given far too much space in midfield and the visitors looked vulnerable whenever anyone ran directly at the defence.

Yet despite the home side’s brighter start, it was the visitors who took the lead. Rio Ferdinand brought the ball out of defence and found Rooney who attempted to play in Joe Cole.

Rooney’s attempted through ball instead fell to Pranjic, whose rushed clearance hit Kovac and the ball rebounded to Walcott in the area. The Arsenal teenager, full of composure, struck a fine finish, slipping the ball past the goalkeeper and into the bottom left hand corner to hand Capello’s side the lead.

Within minutes of the second-half matters got even worse for the home side. An aerial challenge between Joe Cole and Robert Kovac left the Chelsea midfielder with a bloodied head and the Croatian with a red card, the referee adjudging Kovac to have led with his elbow.

Less than ten minutes later and the visitors inflicted even more damage on the home side. Heskey laid the ball off to Rooney on the edge of the area and the Manchester United man slipped a cute ball through to Walcott inside the area.

The Arsenal youngster, in an identical position to his first goal, found another superb finish, firing the ball across the goalkeeper and low into the bottom corner to double England’s lead.

Minutes later and England’s joy was unconfined. Ashley Cole and Jermaine Jenas combined well on the left and the Tottenham midfielder’s cross found Rooney in the centre of the area, who finished confidently to give the visitors a three goal cushion and finish the match as a contest.

Yet Croatia did manage to pull one goal back. A high challenge on Terry on the half way line was waved away by the referee allowing Srna to run free and cross the ball to Mandzukic who eased the ball past James to grab a consolation for the home side.

It was to prove a mere consolation though and almost immediately afterwards Walcott had his hat trick. A superb through ball from Rooney again found Walcott running through on the flank and an exquisite finish gave the Arsenal man his third goal and the perfect way to top off an excellent evening for Capello’s men.

simply stunning!!!

Croatia 1
England 4
(0-1)

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFIER: CROATIA vs ENGLAND

2008-09-10T15:07:00.002+08:00

TEAM NEWS

Croatia

Portsmouth winger Niko Kranjcar has undergone surgery following the rupturing of his ankle ligaments while on international duty against Slovenia.

Eduardo Da Silva is still recovering from his horrific leg-break.

Mladen Petric, recently signed by Hamburg, managed a goal coming off the bench against Kazakhstan, and could be set to start.

Two names who wont be though are Igor Budan and Mario Galinovic.

England

Steven Gerrard has ruled out of both international games: Andorra and Croatia, after undergoing a double groin operation.

Rio Ferdinand is back to full fitness following a problematic back complaint.

Joe Cole, fresh from his bench role on Saturday and scorer of both England goals will displace Stewart Downing.

Theo Walcott likely be used as a super-substitute while David Beckham's experience will be seen as pivotal in the opening stages of the game.

TAK GIU BERN's predict: 0-0 (HT)

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Joe Cole double wins for Three Lions

2008-09-08T13:19:00.007+08:00

Manager Fabio Capello surprised many people with his starting lineup before the game. Out went David Beckham, Wes Brown and Joe Cole and in came Glen Johnson, Theo Walcott and Stewart Downing with Joleon Lescott taking the injured Rio Ferdinand’s place at the back.

England certainly started brightly and in particular Theo Walcott in his first start for the senior side. Within two minutes he had already carved out a couple of opportunities, his pace and trickery causing the home side all sorts of problems.

Capello replaced Downing and Defoe with Joe Cole and Emile Heskey and within three minutes Cole had volleyed England ahead. A Lampard free kick was touched on by Lescott and Cole finished sweetly to finally give the visitors the lead.

Ten minutes later and Cole had his, and England’s second of the match. A slide rule pass from Rooney on the edge of the box sent the Chelsea man through and he comfortably slotted the ball underneath the advancing Koldo.

While Capello will point to a victory and three points comfortably gained, the trip to Zagreb on Wednesday will provide a far sterner challenge and England will need to improve considerably if they are to return home with any kind of result.

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFIER: ANDORRA vs ENGLAND

2008-09-06T23:24:00.003+08:00

TEAM NEWS

Andorra

Andorra lost their opening World Cup qualifying game against Kazakhstan three-nil. The eleven that started that game left the pitch unscathed, and manager David Rodrigo will likely field the same line-up.

England

Michael Owen has been omitted from Fabio Capello's first competitive squad. The man who may capitalise on Owen's absence is Jermain Defoe who will be given the responsiblity/burden of heading England's forward line. Steven Gerrard has been ruled due to Liverpool deeming the international break as the perfect chance to operate on their captain's troublesome groin. In a surprising move Jimmy Bullard, 29, has been called up to the international fold for the first time in his career. Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out due to injury.

TAK GIU BERN's predict: 0-2

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Surprise Suprise

2008-09-02T07:43:00.007+08:00

Manchester City

Final day of the transfer market, big names in, others out. The biggest shocker came from Manchester, not the red side but the blue one. Troubled owner Thaksin Shinawatra sold the club to Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment for £200m. Next they they tried to hijack Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov from rival Manchester United with a £30million British record. They also attempted to get Valencia’s David Villa and Stuttgart’s Mario Gomez.

Knowing that none of the 3 targets were heading to the Eastlands, they contacted Real Madrid and put forward a British record £32.5m bid for Robinho, a longtime target for Chelsea. Now the same Robinho who will now be pulling on the famous sky blue shirt with Manchester City and not Chelsea..

Best of all, Manchester City vs Chelsea on 13 September!!

Manchester United

Manchester United had finally captured Dimitar Berbatov for £30.75 million, with Fraizer Campbell going to Spurs for a season loan. As part of the settlement the Club has agreed not to pursue its official complaint to the Premier League.

Its comfirmed, star striker Fernando Torres WILL NOT be available when Manchester United visit Anfield. Steven Gerrard is also doubtful.

Louis Saha has finally left Manchester United for Everton for a 2 year contract.

Tottenham Hotspur

Big spender Tottenham Hotspur had also signed Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow and Vedran Corluka Manchester City.

Liverpool

Liverpool had signed another Spanish player, Albert Riera from Espanyol and Steve Finnan moving the other way. Striker Voronin has joined German side Hertha Berlin on a one-year loan.

All latest news here at soccersiao888 even before u get to read it on TNP, which will carry the reports on tomorrow's edition.

Picks of the day

2008-08-29T10:43:00.005+08:00

UEFA Super Cup

MANCHESTER UTD vs ST PETERSBURG
Match No. 0501
Home 1.55
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 2.65
TG 2 = 3.30, 3 = 3.60
D-H 3.90
2-0 7.50

BPL

33 hits now..

HULL CITY vs WIGAN
Match No. 0301
Draw 3.20
WIGAN (1.5) 1.12
TG 2 = 3.30, 3 = 3.80
H-D 13.00
1-1 6.00

BOLTON vs WEST BROMWICH
Match No. 0302
Home 1.80
BOLTON (-1.5) 3.15
TG 2 = 3.30, 3 = 3.70
H-H 2.65
2-0 8.00

MIDDLESBROUGH vs STOKE CITY
Match No. 0303
Home 1.57
MIDDLESBROUGH (-1.5) 2.70
TG 3 = 3.70, 4 = 5.40
D-H 4.70
3-1 9.00

EVERTON vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No. 0304
Draw 3.20
PORTSMOUTH (1.5) 1.20
TG 2 = 3.60, 3 = 3.70
D-D 4.80
1-1 6.50

WEST HAM vs BLACKBURN
Match No. 0305
Away 2.70
BLACKBURN (1.5) 1.13
TG 0 = 8.50, 1 = 4.40
A-A 5.00
0-1 8.00

ARSENAL vs NEWCASTLE
Match No. 0306
Home 1.40
ARSENAL (-1.5) 2.30
TG 4 = 4.70, 5 = 8.50
H-H 2.10
3-2 21.00

SUNDERLAND vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No. 0308
Home 2.20
MANCHESTER CITY (1.5) 1.14
TG 1 = 4.40, 2 = 3.50
D-H 5.00
1-0 6.50

ASTON VILLA vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0309
Away 2.20
ASTON VILLA (1.5) 1.16
TG 2 = 3.30, 3 = 3.70
A-H 25.00
1-2 7.00

BPL latest.

2008-08-29T10:33:00.002+08:00

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is set to miss four matches, including the first two World Cup qualifiers, because he needs a groin operation.

Gerrard played through the pain barrier on Wednesday to help Liverpool into the Champions League group stage.

England travel to Barcelona to play Andorra on Saturday 6 September and face Croatia away four days later. in the Premier League he is set to miss the matches involving Aston Villa on Sunday and Manchester United on 13 September.

James Milner's representatives have hit back at Newcastle after they revealed he has handed in a transfer request.

The 22-year-old has been heavily linked with Aston Villa and informed Newcastle of his desire to leave last Wednesday.

"The club is very disappointed that James sees his footballing future as being away from St James' Park. He is a valued member of the squad and it is only a year ago that he signed an improved long-term contract here."

Newspaper reports claimed on Wednesday that Villa boss Martin O'Neill was preparing a £9m offer for Milner, who joined the Magpies from Leeds in 2004.

Although the transfer request was handed in seven days ago James has been professional in keeping the matter private whilst giving strong performances for Newcastle United.

Manchester City have completed the signing of their former winger Shaun Wright-Phillips from Chelsea.

England's Wright-Phillips, 26, has signed a four-year contract at the City of Manchester Stadium having rejoined for an undisclosed fee.

He told the club's website: "Obviously I'm delighted to come back to City and I can't wait to get started again."

Wright-Phillips left City to join Chelsea for £21m in July 2005, but struggled to hold down a regular place in his three years in London.

He made only 43 Premier League starts, scoring four times, as he fell out of England reckoning too.

Champions League holders Manchester United were drawn with Scottish champions Celtic in the group stages of this year's competition.

The British pair will also face Spaniards Villarreal and Danish side Aalborg in Group E.

Chelsea were drawn with Roma, Bordeaux and Romanian minnows CFR Cluj, while Liverpool will meet PSV, Marseille and Atletico Madrid in a tough group.

Arsenal will play Porto, Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev in Group G.

The four English sides were guaranteed to be kept apart after being made top seeds, but Celtic could have faced any one of them after being drawn in the third pot of clubs.

They will get their chance to test themselves against the English champions in two mouth-watering clashes.

Dimitar Berbatov's hopes of a move to Manchester United look to be fading after Sir Alex Ferguson said he was "less optimistic" about new signings.

The United boss, who had a £20.5m bid for the striker rejected, was uncertain whether he would boost his squad before the transfer window shuts on Monday.

"I'm less optimistic so we'll carry on," Ferguson said.

"I've no idea what's going on. It's very hard to get communication with some people in life."

Berbatov has made no secret of his desire to leave White Hart Lane but Tottenham are determined that their £30m price-tag will be met.

United are unlikely to be pushed into paying over the odds and Ferguson may be prepared to miss out on Berbatov.

Berbatov's Dimitar Berbatov's agent Emil Danchev is believed to be in London to hold crisis talks with Tottenham.

It is understood that Danchev hopes to meet boss Juande Ramos and chairman Daniel Levy in a bid to thrash out the striker's future.

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UEFA Champions League's draw

2008-08-29T09:26:00.007+08:00

UEFA Champions League holders Manchester United FC will begin their trophy defence in Group E facing Villarreal, Celtic FC and Denmark's AalborgAalborg BK. Last season runners-up, Chelsea FC will pit against AS Roma (host city of final), Bordeaux and Romanian newcomers CFR 1907 Cluj in Group A.

Five-time champion Liverpool was group with PSV Eindhoven, Atletico Madrid and Olympique Marseille. Fernando Torres will face his old club for the first time. Arsenal will make long journeys to Turkey and Ukraine as they face Fenerbahçe SK, FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Porto.

BPL Europe's finest

2008-08-29T08:54:00.005+08:00

Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award for last season outstanding performance. The winger was also named Forward of the Year for his incredible 42 goals last season.

Ronaldo receives his award from Michel Platini

Chelsea trio, Petr Čech, John Terry and Frank Lampard won Best Goalkeeper, Best Defender and Best Midfielder.

east of anfield

2008-08-28T09:36:00.007+08:00

this is way too long... lol... Liverpool secured their passage to e Champions League group stage after a late Dir Kyut strike on 118th mins of play. congratulations!

ive been used to doing things alone... last wkend no exception. instead of roaming e streets after my haircut... i went to catch DEATH RACE, a lovely jap dinner and dropby Harrys@Chjimes for Liverpool v Middlesbrough game. Teesiders was no push-overs.. judging e way... Weather n Huth subdued Torres n new-signing Robbie Keane. in e end, it was Liverpool groom Jamie Carragher n Captain Steven Gerrard who got e goals and 3 points, cancelling out Mido 70th min wonder goal. pics from then:

the liverpool anthem "you never walk alone"....

after the win, these guys went estatic.... lol....

entire of last week... was worse of my life... when Mido scored... my heart like... sank!.... not a way to end the week.... so i went to Gents... pee some bad luck away.. as soon i got back... Carragher equalised.. thru a slight deflection... Gerrard.. n how many times he gets Liverpool from e dead to triumph.... everyone... mostly decked out in Liverpool shirts... jump up n down... dun know one never mind... jus hug... pretty got bf one also hug me... shucks!... lol... we stand together... arms ard each other as we sang you never walk alone... i thought myself... lol... perhaps my problem is not a big issue after all... no need to ask u y this that.. or hate myself, blame others watsoever... this win is sweet... bitter sweet and hope more positives to come...

cant wait for 13th Sept. where defending champions Man United comes visiting...

in any English soccer calender... these 2 teams generate much interest here in Singapore... Man United have comes on tops last few seasons... i hope this time Liverpool will get a win... for us.. ABU fans something to cheer about.

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23- 25 Aug results

2008-08-25T10:52:00.004+08:00

Results..

Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Sunderland (0 - 0)
Liverpool 2 - 1 Middlesbrough (0 - 0)
Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Hull City (1 - 1)
West Brom 1 - 2 Everton (0 - 0)
Newcastle United 1 - 0 Bolton Wanderers (0 - 0)
Stoke City 3 - 2 Aston Villa (1 - 0)
Fulham 1 - 0 Arsenal (1 - 0)
Wigan 0 - 1 Chelsea FC (0 - 1)
Manchester City 3 - 0 West Ham (0 - 0)
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Man Utd (0 -1)

17 Hits this week..

Total 33 hits.

BPL 23rd AUG BERN's pick (selected);

2008-08-23T13:24:00.000+08:00

TOTTENHAM vs SUNDERLAND
A-D (16.00)

LIVERPOOL vs MIDDLESBROUGH
D-H (3.80)

BLACKBURN vs HULL
H-H (2.10)

NEWCASTLE vs BOLTON
away win (4.20)

FULHAM vs ARSENAL
0-2 (5.70)

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BUCK UP

2008-08-22T22:38:00.002+08:00

16 hits last week. Time to buck up man...Phew!!!

TOTTENHAM vs SUNDERLAND
Match No. 0301
Draw 3.70
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.45
TG 2 = 3.60, 3 = 3.60
H-D 15.00
1-1 7.00

LIVERPOOL vs MIDDLESBROUGH
Match No. 0302
Home 1.30
LIVERPOOL (-1.5) 2.00
TG 2 = 3.60, 3 = 3.60
H-H 1.78
2-0 6.00

BLACKBURN vs HULL CITY
Match No. 0303
Home 1.50
BLACKBURN (-1.5) 2.40
TG 3 = 3.70, 4 = 5.20
H-H 2.20
3-0 14.00

WEST BROMWICH vs EVERTON
Match No. 0304
Home 3.00
WEST BROMWICH (1.5) 1.20
TG 1 = 4.50, 2 = 3.50
D-H 7.20
1-0 8.50

NEWCASTLE vs BOLTON
Match No. 0305
Home 1.72
BOLTON (1.5) 1.33
TG 3 = 3.70, 4 = 5.20
D-H 4.50
2-1 7.00

STOKE CITY vs ASTON VILLA
Match No. 0306
Away 1.60
ASTON VILLA (-1.5) 2.80
TG 3 = 3.70, 4 = 5.20
A-A 2.45
0-3 11.00

FULHAM vs ARSENAL
Match No. 0307
Away 1.45
ARSENAL (-1.5) 2.50
TG 3 = 3.70, 4 = 5.00
A-A 2.10
0-3 9.00

WIGAN vs CHELSEA
Match No. 0308
Away 1.30
CHELSEA (-1.5) 2.05
TG 3 = 3.70, 4 = 5.20
A-A 1.80
0-3 8.50

MANCHESTER CITY vs WEST HAM
Match No. 0309
Home 2.18
WEST HAM (1.5) 1.19
TG 2 = 3.50, 3 = 3.70
D-H 4.40
2-1 7.50

PORTSMOUTH vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No. 0310
Away 1.65
PORTSMOUTH (1.5) 1.30
TG 1 = 4.20, 2 = 3.30
D-A 4.40
0-1 6.50

BPL results 16-17th AUG.

2008-08-18T10:20:00.001+08:00

ARSENAL vs WEST BROMWICH
1-0

WEST HAM vs WIGAN
2-1

MIDDLESBROUGH vs TOTTENHAM
2-1

BOLTON vs STOKE CITY
3-1

HULL CITY vs FULHAM
2-1

EVERTON vs BLACKBURN
2-3

SUNDERLAND vs LIVERPOOL
0-1

CHELSEA vs PORTSMOUTH
4-0

ASTON VILLA vs MANCHESTER CITY
4-2

MANCHESTER UTD vs NEWCASTLE
1-1

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Picks of the new season.

2008-08-16T11:57:00.002+08:00

Time for weekly challenges to challenge TNP.

ARSENAL vs WEST BROMWICH
Match No. 0301
Home 1.13
ARSENAL (-1.5) 1.60
TG 1 = 5.40, 2 = 3.50
H-H 1.50
2-0 5.00

WEST HAM vs WIGAN
Match No. 0302
Draw 3.25
WIGAN (1.5) 1.28
TG 0 = 8.50, 2 = 3.30
D-D 5.00
0-0 8.50

MIDDLESBROUGH vs TOTTENHAM
Match No. 0303
Away 1.82
TOTTENHAM (-1.5) 3.20
TG 4 = 5.40, 5 = 8.70
A-A 2.95
1-4 32.00

BOLTON vs STOKE CITY
Match No. 0304
Draw 3.30
STOKE CITY (1.5) 1.33
TG 1 = 4.20, 2 = 3.30
D-D 5.00
1-1 6.50

HULL CITY vs FULHAM
Match No. 0305
Away 2.52
FULHAM (1.5) 1.11
TG 2 = 3.30, 3 = 3.80
D-A 5.20
1-2 9.00

EVERTON vs BLACKBURN
Match No. 0306
Away 3.50
BLACKBURN (1.5) 1.25
TG 2 = 3.50, 3 = 3.70
A-A 6.00
0-2 15.00

SUNDERLAND vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0307
Draw 3.40
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.40
TG 1 = 4.20, 2 = 3.30
D-D 5.50
1-1 6.50

CHELSEA vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No. 0308
Home 1.27
CHELSEA (-1.5) 2.00
TG 3 = 3.60, 4 = 4.60
H-H 1.70
3-1 8.00

ASTON VILLA vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No. 0309
Home 1.80
ASTON VILLA (-1.5) 3.35
TG 3 = 3.70, 4 = 5.40
H-H 3.10
2-1 7.00

MANCHESTER UTD vs NEWCASTLE
Match No. 0310
Home 1.20
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 1.90
TG 3 = 3.65, 4 = 4.60
H-H 1.62
3-0 6.50

EPL 2008/2009

2008-08-16T09:04:00.034+08:00

Finally after about 2 months of waiting, the most popular game in sports kickoff its new season tonight. In between, there's European Championship and Olympics Beijing and not forgetting the Ronaldo transfer saga.

Oh forgot to mention that I went for an interview at Football Weekly, a football magazine. I did pretty well in Q&A segment and 2 short summaries on Arsenal vs Chelsea and Man Utd vs Liverpool. But not so good in "WRITING" out in Chinese. Yes, writing out, who the hell will write nowadays?? All uses software to type out those characters right!!!

Anyway, this place is still my favourite playground, no MDA to kachiao!! (better not)

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Blackburn Rover

Bolton Wanderers

Chelsea

Everton

Fulham

Hull City

Liverpool

Manchester City

Manchester Utd

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Portsmouth

Stoke City

Sunderland

Tottenham Hotspur

West Brom

West Ham

Wigan

Finally done... Took me 3 hrs to do this..

FA Community Shield

2008-08-11T08:36:00.004+08:00

Manchester Utd have to expand their trophy cabinet today as they had won the FA Community Shield last night. It was a sweet revenge over Portsmouth, the team whom knock the red devils out in the 5th round clash last season. The season curtain raiser usually was a good omen for them as Utd went to win the league title and the Champion's League last time.

It was Manchester reserve vs Portsmouth first eleven. No Rooney, Ronaldo, Owen Hargreaves and co., it was Tevez who stole the show as he threaten to beat David James.

COMMUNITY SHIELD 2008

2008-08-10T14:44:00.002+08:00

hi guys... the one other than soccersiao himself is BACK!!!!! :P

back for new BPL season starting this weekend... but first on tonight's season curtain-raiser... YES! the FA COMMUNITY SHIELD between defending champs Man United and Cup winners Portsmouth.

i thought all along like his previous no. 7, Cristiano Ronaldo would just have his wish and play the club of his dream, Real Madrid. his desire to moved and Real seemingly continuing courting of the 42 goal hitman i think could go through... but after whole summer of intense speculation... Ronaldo is staying.... if im a United fan (swear i won't) i will be disgusted by his loyalty after Ferguson stood much by him after the last World Cup. but understanding his desire to seek fresh play elsewhere... after winning all domestic English trophies available plus Europe top prize and top-scorer award. himself is ruled out after a ankle surgery... would he be back to his best... we shall see... i hope not!.. lolx....

along with Ronaldo, Owen Hargreaves, Louis Saha & Ji-Sung Park are among the absentees for tonight clash. Gary Neville probably captain the side since his injury in March 2007. United as i know, w/o key players.. still be one to watch out for in the coming season... though they might slower down the pace in the first couple months... Peter Crouch certain to comes in and partner his England colleague, Jermaine Defoe in attack for the Pompeys.

draw at HT.

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Keane (基恩) the new Kop

2008-07-29T22:02:00.004+08:00

Of all the transfers done during the off season, only this interest me because Liverpool's latest signing, Robbie Keane had left Tottenham and signed a 4 year deal with Liverpool.

Keane, one of my favourite player in Championship Manager was handed the No7 jersey at his new club. He will partner Spanish hotshot Fernando Torres upfront.

基恩加入利物浦

从旧东家热刺，加盟利物浦的新球员基恩，将披上七号球衣。身价20万英镑的基恩将和托雷斯打前锋。

彼得，
踢球国，报道。

So call Superstars

2008-07-25T22:54:00.003+08:00

Coach:
Dunga, 44

Goalkeepers:
Diego (23) (Almeira, Spain)
Renan (23) (Internacional)

Defenders:
Alex Silva (23) (Sao Paulo)
Breno (18) (Bayern Munich, Germany)
Thiago Silva (23) (Fluminese)
Ilsinho (22) (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine)
Rafinha (22) (Schalke 04, Germany)
Marcelo (20) (Real Madrid, Spain)

Midfielders:
Anderson (20) (Manchester United, England)
Diego (23) (Werder Bremen, Germany)
Hernanes (23) (Sao Paulo)
Lucas (21) (Liverpool, England)
Ronaldinho (28) (Barcelona, Spain)
Thiago Neves (23) (Fluminese)

Strikers:
Alexandre Pato (18) (AC Milan, Italy)
Jo (21) (Manchester City, England)
Rafael Sobis (23) (Real Betis, Spain)
Robinho (24) (Real Madrid, Spain)

Another LAST GAME at the National Stadium, FAS, when is the actual last game huh?? If the tickets were 6 bucks, i dun mind going to watch... BUT Brazil U23 leh... If they dun take a single amount appearance fee or donate the money to Africa or for Singapore development for football, I will go watch, but WTF... I m not saying they are bad, but y take the fees??

Now Sg Lions, learn to play like Japan U23...

Tales of 2 Ronaldo(s)

2008-07-15T09:41:00.009+08:00

Sign, mid July only, still got about 3 more weeks to the new season.

So much saga about the Handsome Ron everyday that we almost forget about the fat Ron. Looks like he is having a good time with ~~transvestite~~ (Ahem) ladies while nursing an injury back in Brazil.

Ronaldo rejected Spain

Rumour has it that Ronaldo had 'dumped' his Spanish girlfriend NEREIDA GALLARDO last week after the 32D model had confessed that she had an previous affair with Real Madrid defender SERGIO RAMOS.

Will Ronaldo want to be in the same dressing room with Ramos? Ronaldo is now recovering from an ankle operation and is out for 3 months.

Bored July

2008-07-04T10:54:00.002+08:00

Long time didnt post... For a quick update, Spain went home with the European trophy, Ballack became runners up again..

What else? Hmmm... Big Phil signed Deco, Uefa Champions League & Uefa Cup 1st qualifying rounds starting soon... RAFAEL BENITEZ signed the whole spanish team for Liverpool.... (wait long long, joking only)... but we all know that he wanted to buy Barry but dosen't want to pay his valuation..

Oh, Singapore has been drawn to meet Jordan, Thailand and Iran in the Final Qualification Round for the AFC Asian Cup 2011.. Want to go World Cup? Try this first.

Black Russian for the Oranje

2008-06-22T05:07:00.004+08:00

Russia stomped into the semi final when they beat Holland 3-1 (aft, fulltime 1-1) this morning.

They look set to beat Holland when Roman Pavluchenko scored in the 56th min, but Nistelrooy delay their party and equalised in the 86th min with a diving header.

The Dutch looks tired and their defence couldn't keep in pace with the Russian's attack. Guus Hiddink's team up the tempo in the 2nd period of extra time. Man of the match, Andrei Arshavin (10) floated a cross over the top of Van der Sar and Dmitri Torbinsky (7) need no invitation and tap into the empty net.

Andrei Arshavin killed of any hope for a Holland come back when his shot went thru Van der Sar's leg.

Looks like Vodka or Black Russian are not Holland favourite's drink!!

Turkish Delight

2008-06-21T08:32:00.003+08:00

Woke up at 4 plus to check on the match between Croatia and Turkey. On TV, surprised that Croatia was held at bay by the Turkish. With 5 minutes remaining to penalty shoot out, Croatia kept attacking. Croatia's Ivan Klasnic broke the dead lock on 119 min. Turkey hit by injuries and suspensions threw every trick they had and Semih Senturk's strike gave all Turkish fans something to cheer for. His strike was 120 + 2 min of added time.

Penalty shoot out time, Croatia to kick first. Tottenham's new signing Luka Modric put the ball wide. Turkish scored all 3 penalties and Recber Rustu, stand in keeper for suspended keeper Volkan Demirel, saved Mladen Petric's spot kick. Dark horse Croatia is out and a new dark horse was born.

Turkey will face Germany in the semi final next thursday, 26 June.

Netherlands vs Russia

Tonight we'll see Guus Hiddink's Russia taking on his birth country, Netherlands. With attacking talents on both sides, it will be tough for the defenders. The Oranje will be fresher since they kept most of the players in the last group game, while the Russia had a hard fought with the Swedish.

My pick, Marco van Basten's side to advance into the semis and Wesley Sneijder to be on the score sheet.

3-1 9.00

Portugal vs Germany

2008-06-19T09:12:00.003+08:00

Well, if there's a bet on pick the last 8 on Euro08, I would have won. Looking back at my pick on 6th June, I got all my picks right!! 2 groups winner, Portugal (1.95) & Netherlands (3.20) right also.

Portugal will play against Germany, Croatia meeting Turkey, Holland host Russia and the Spainish will fight with the Italians in the Quarter-Final.

Portugal vs Germany

Luiz Felipe Scolari rested 8 players against Switzerland, will have them back after a week rest. Germany's defence will have to deal with the likes of Christino Ronaldo, Deco & co. German coach Joachim Loew will keep his fingers cross and hope that top scorer, Lukas Podolski will be fit in time to face Portugal. The Bayern Munich forward has a calf injury.

Pete: The battle will be in the midfield, Ballack, Schweinsteiger, Hitzlsperger vs Deco, Petit, Simao and Ronaldo. 2-1 to portugal. Longshot: 3-1

2008/2009 Fixtures out

2008-06-17T08:26:00.002+08:00

Fixtures for new season are out, all clubs are gearing up for the new season. Defending Champion Manchester United kickoff their campaign at home to Newcastle. Chelsea new coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, will get a taste of English league when they entertain Portsmouth. Liverpool will travel to Sunderland and Arsenal host newly promoted West Brom.

16 August
Arsenal v West Brom
Aston Villa v Man City
Bolton v Stoke
Chelsea v Portsmouth
Everton v Blackburn
Hull v Fulham
Man Utd v Newcastle
Middlesbrough v Tottenham
Sunderland v Liverpool
West Ham v Wigan

BPL updates

2008-06-16T08:40:00.002+08:00

Cardiff City teenager Aaron Ramsey has completed his £5m move to Arsenal.

Champions League winners Manchester United and Premier League giants Everton were also in the hunt for the 17-year-old Welsh prodigy.

But Ramsey has signed a long-term deal at Arsenal after they flew him to Switzerland for face-to-face talks with boss Arsene Wenger at Euro 2008.

"He was a big factor in my decision to join Arsenal," said Ramsey. "I'm so happy to have signed for Arsenal."

Ramsey spoke to Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson on the telephone as initially Premier League champions United looked favourite to sign him.

Cardiff made no secret of the fact they wanted him to join United to take advantage of the loan-back agreement.

He also met Everton manager David Moyes before being flown out on a private jet to Basel last Saturday to meet with Wenger.

"Arsene talked to me for a long time about the club and the plans for the future, which really excites me," said Ramsey.

"Arsenal is a club which always gives young players an opportunity at the highest level of the game and I am going to work my hardest to be part of future successes here.

Liverpool will make an improved offer to sign Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry after having a second bid - believed to be £13m - turned down.

BBC Sport understands boss Rafael Benitez is poised to go back to Villa in a renewed attempt to bring the acrimonious saga to a conclusion.

The £18m-rated 27-year-old has told Villa he wants to sign for Liverpool.

Liverpool hope to sell Xabi Alonso to Juventus to help fund the deal, but have yet to receive a serious offer.

O'Neill has been critical of Liverpool's pursuit of Barry, who captained England for the first time and scored his first international goal during the recent friendly against Trinidad and Tobago.

Liverpool are keen to partner Barry in midfield with his England colleague Steven Gerrard and have declared their interest publicly, much to O'Neill's fury.

England midfielder David Bentley has told Blackburn he wants to leave Ewood Park for a new challenge.

"The situation is I want to move on. I want to be playing Champions League football, or in Europe.

"I've been here for three years and I love the club and I love playing for them but I feel I've done everything I can," the 23-year-old explained.

Bentley, who began his career at Arsenal, has been linked with possible moves to Liverpool or Manchester City.

City are now managed by former Rovers boss Mark Hughes, who has been promised substantial transfer funds by owner Thaksin Shinawatra with the aim of turning them into one of the Premier League's elite clubs.

Luiz Felipe Scolari says a new challenge and financial security were two reasons why he agreed to become the new manager of Chelsea on 1 July.

The current Portugal coach said: "Five and a half years is a record for me in a job. It's good to change."

The Brazilian conceded that there was some financial motivation behind his decision because the 59-year-old wants to retire before he is 70.

"Yes, that is one of the reasons," added Scolari.

"I spent 20 years as a club manager, so I think I know the ins and outs of club management.

"When I work with my players, I speak English, Portuguese, German, Italian because football is one language.

"I feel comfortable anywhere in the world as I'm someone who always has good relations with people around me."

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2010 Fifa World Cup Asian Zone Qualifier (3rd round)

2008-06-15T01:06:00.009+08:00

Ok, here's the 1st post of Local football.

After so many rounds of talking about "LAST MATCH" @ the National Stadium (since 2005) and with no EPL on a saturday nite, a few of my colleagues n Bernard headed to Kallang for this match between Singapore (plus some foreign talents) vs Saudi Arabia.

Singapore started well and on the 3rd minute of play, they were presented with an golden opportunity. The Saudi defence couldn't clear the ball and 2 Singapore players, lurking near the last man were left facing the Saudi keeper. Khairul Amri clearly can pass to his teammate for a simple tap in, chose to shoot instead. His weak shot was palmed away by the Saudi keeper. Almost 22,500 fans (minus the Saudi fans & me) had already lifted their bums, hands in the air, shouting GOAL and they can't believe the Lions had missed. He was substituted at halftime.

Nothing much had change with the Lion's style of play, slow in attack, no support from the midfield (can see some players relax jogging to join the attack), players don't know how to run into space (to get the ball or to pull the defender with him to open up the defence for the attackers or midfielders), slow in counter attack when free kick is in our favour, must wait till Saudi ran back to defence then kick the ball... WTF.

Even this Saudi also commented that we Singapore should not concentrate so much on nationalized expired players.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=802013.html#saudi+arabia+march

Do the Lions have initiatives or Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic tactics wrong?? Instead of shouting instructions at the touch line, he spent more time warming the bench. Maybe he knows that his job is safe even if Singapore couldn't qualify.

Singapore no. 6, Precious Emuejeraye was our entertainer for the night, his big body frame and his style of running was just like Kung Fu Panda.. Remember when he was chasing a ball during the second half, section of the fans (I started) shouted "Run, Run, Run... The way he ran is so funny! He even use his bum to block the ball.

My Man of The Match was no. 1 Hassan Sunny. Saved few shots from the Saudi.

Weakest link was no. 16 Daniel Bennett.

Maybe I watched too much EPL, their standard and Local standard are miles apart.

Maybe we play in Malaysia Cup better, at least we shout BU-TOK or Referee Kayu, still got players understand what are we shouting for. No point we shout & shout to visiting teams and they don't even understand what's that!

Nice try Team Singapore, maybe try to qualify for AFC Asian Cup first.

P.S. is this really the LAST TIME National Stadium open its door?

East entrance

Saudi Fans

Match ticket. 4 numbers to buy.

My dinner.

Scoreboard

UEFA Euro2008

2008-06-06T09:49:00.009+08:00

The long awaited European Championship is back. This year there's no 3 lions cos they were lousy!! Only interesting to watch is Group Of Death which is Group C. World Cup Champion, Italy, Holland, France and Romania were grouped together. Will we have another underdog as European Champion?? Stay tune!

Group A
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Portugal
Turkey

Group B
Austria
Croatia
Germany
Poland

Group C

Netherlands
Italy
Romania
France

Group D
Greece
Sweden
Spain
Russia

My Predictions for top 2 teams in each group to qualify for the quarter final.

Portugal 1.95
Turkey
Germany 1.45
Croatia
Netherlands 3.20
Italy
Russia 5.00
Spain

Top scorer
R. V. NISTELROOY 14.00

Championship Winner
HOLLAND 9.50

Players to watch

Luca Toni
Karim Benzema
Luka Modrić
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Kim Källström

My 1st eleven

Grant sacking unavoidable...

2008-05-26T09:37:00.001+08:00

Grant's sacking, was no great surprise after messages from Chelsea's hierarchy since their defeat on penalties to Manchester United in Moscow gave him no cause to start planning for the future.

No surprise - but still a startling example of what football has become at the sharp end. It may be madness but this is now the price on the ticket for some managers.

It is a sign of the cut-throat nature of the modern game that a decent, dignified man is sacked three days after missing out on club football's biggest honour by the width of a post and on the Premier League title on the last day of the season.

The 53-year-old Israeli was perceived as dour and low-key, despite time revealing Grant's dry sense of humour and quiet decency in the face of almost daily questions about his future.

And yet he kept his head and kept Chelsea in the title race until the final afternoon, and achieved a feat beyond even the celebrated Mourinho when he defeated Liverpool to guide the club to their first Champions League final.

Grant handled himself in a way that did him huge credit right up until his final moments in charge, when he received generous applause from the world's media following his Moscow press conference.

He will now go in search of another chance to prove his credentials - and he can leave Chelsea with his head held high.

but football is no ordinary world, especially not at a club with one of the world's richest men at the helm, a man for whom second place is as bad finishing bottom of the pile.

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Manchester derby recap (FANZONE )

2008-05-22T15:44:00.002+08:00

this video is dedicated to those who are Anything But United fan. :P

funny clip! lolx