Asian Cup results & EPL gossip latest.

INDONESIA vs KOREA REPUBLIC ***
0-1 (0-1)

SAUDI ARABIA vs BAHRAIN
4-0 (2-0)

MALAYSIA vs IRAN ***
0-2 (0-1)

UZBEKISTAN V CHINA PR
3-0 (0-0)
China is out.



Manchester United keeper Edwin van der Sar has revealed that next season may be his last for the club.

Van der Sar, 36, who will be out of contract next June, admitted he did not perform as well as normal last season.

The Dutchman is expected to start the new campaign as United's first-choice keeper, with Ben Foster ruled out with a cruciate ligament injury.

Van der Sar will face competition from Poland's Tomasz Kuszczak, who recently completed a permanent move to Old Trafford after a one-year loan spell from West Brom.

Chelsea winger Arjen Robben has agreed personal terms over a move to Real Madrid, reports BBC Radio Five Live.

The clubs are yet to agree a fee, which is understood to be about £15m, but Robben, 23, is due to fly to the Spanish capital on Friday.

It is also believed Feyenoord's 20-year-old left winger Royston Drenthe has been lined up to replace Dutch international Robben.

Holland Under-21 star Drenthe is expected to move for £7m.


Spurs striker Mido has revealed he is close to signing a one-year loan deal with Birmingham.

The 24-year-old Egypt international had limited opportunities under Martin Jol at White Hart Lane last season and almost signed for Manchester City.

Mido is now further down the pecking order after Spurs signed Darren Bent.


Carlos Tevez's adviser Kia Joorabchian has criticised West Ham's conduct over the Argentine's proposed transfer to Manchester United.

With the move of the 23-year-old forward deadlocked, Joorabchian made his critical comments in a statement.

Tevez was in Manchester on Tuesday but West Ham refused permission for him to have a medical at Old Trafford.

But Joorabchian was confident last week that he had a sound legal footing to push through the transfer.

"We don't see any problems. I spoke to United and they are confident they will have him registered within days," he claimed.

"Personal terms between Carlos and United have been agreed in full. He feels confident now he is a Manchester United player."


Fifa World Player of the Year Fabio Cannavaro has rejected the chance to join Chelsea, according to his agent.

New Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has said that Fabio is untouchable. It's highly unlikely that Fabio will leave Real Madrid at least this year.

Cannavaro joined Real from Juventus shortly after skippering Italy to World Cup glory last summer, and is under contract with the Spanish champions for a further two seasons.


Reading have signed three 16-year-old South Korean youth internationals.

Nam Taehee, Ji Dongwon and Kim Wonsik will join the Royals' academy as part of the Korean Football Association's overseas youth development programme.

Reading academy manager Eamonn Dolan told his club's website: "We're pleased to form this partnership with the KFA.

BERN

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Asian Cup & S-League.

allo allo.. everyone ah....

thanks to Pete for creating this blog... certainly a smart move since the old knn ccb corrupted hotspots web was taken off their message board. a pity i can't read back those old pages... how Pete & me scored dim sum over and over again. sigh*....

now no EPL.. copa is over.... but fret not! the current Asian Cup and S-League worth your time and $$ to punt on... my pick for tonight games;


INDONESIA vs KOREA REPUBLIC
+1.5

SAUDI ARABIA vs BAHRAIN
DRAW

MALAYSIA vs IRAN
probably another thrashing to the malaysians?????
0-2, 3/5 goals

SAF FC vs GEYLANG
2/4 goals


please ah.. take note that every pick is just a PREDICTION.. bo bao will dio one...
follow cautiously.... ;)

BERN

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English Premier League 07/08

The 07/08 English Premier League will kickoff in about a month time, here's the list of what happen in the transfer market.

Arsenal
In: Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw), Eduardo da Silva (Dinamo Zagreb), Bacary Sagna (Auxerre), Havard Nordtveit (Haugesund)
Out: Jeremie Aliadiere (Middlesbrough), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Arturo Lupoli (Fiorentina), Freddie Ljungberg (West Ham), Jose Antonio Reyes (Atletico Madrid), Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal), Mart Poom *Wartford)

Can da Silva fill Henry's boots?

Aston Villa
In: Nigel Reo-Coker (West Ham United), Marlon Harewood (West Ham United)
Out: Eric Djemba-Djemba (released), Liam Ridgewell (Birmingham), Steven Davis (Fulham), Aaron Hughes (Fulham), Gavin McCann (Bolton), Jlloyd Samuel (Bolton), Lee Hendrie (Sheffield United), Robert Olejnik (Falkirk), Chris Sutton (retired)

1 of the relegation team this season?

Birmingham City
In: Franck Queudrue (Fulham), Liam Ridgewell (Aston Villa), Olivier Kapo (Juventus), Garry O'Connor (Lokomotiv Moscow), Fabrice Muamba (Arsenal), Stuart Parnaby (Middlesbrough), Daniel De Ridder (Celta Vigo), Richard Kingson (Hammarby), Rafael Schmitz (Lille loan)
Out: Julian Gray (released), Bruno N'Gotty, Stephen Clemence, DJ Campbell (all Leicester)

Daniel de Ridder is a good bargain.

Blackburn Rovers
In: Gunnar Nielsen (BK Frem Copenhagen), Maceo Rigters (NAC Breda), Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich)
Out: Andy Todd (Derby County), Michael Gray (Wolves)

Mid table team

Bolton Wanderers
In: Jlloyd Samuel, Gavin McCann (both Aston Villa), Danny Guthrie (Liverpool, loan), Mikel Alonso (Real Sociedad, loan), Heidar Helguson (Fulham), Christian Wilhelmsson (Nantes, loan), Daniel Braaten (Rosenborg), Zoltan Harsanyi (FC Senec), Blerim Dzemaili (FC Zurich), Gerald Cid (Bordeaux)
Out: Henrik Pedersen, Quinton Fortune, David Thompson, Cesar Martin (all released), Tal Ben Haim (Chelsea), Chris Howarth (Carlisle)

Mid table team

Chelsea
In: Steve Sidwell (Reading), Danny Philliskirk (Oldham), Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich), Tal Ben Haim (Bolton Wanderers), Florent Malouda (Lyon)
Out: Geremi (Newcastle United), Khalid Boulahrouz (Sevilla, season loan), Juan Sebastian Veron (released), Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay (Hibernian), Nuno Morais (Apoel Nicosia), Jimmy Smith (Norwich loan), Michael Mancienne (QPR loan), Ben Sahar (QPR loan)

Big 4

Derby County
In: Robert Earnshaw (Norwich City), Tyrone Mears (West Ham United), Andy Todd (Blackburn Rovers), Claude Davis (Sheffield United), Lewis Price (Ipswich Town), Andy Griffin (Portsmouth)
Out: Paul Peschisolido (Luton) , Seth Johnson , Paul Boertien, Morten Bisgaard (all released), Lee Camp (QPR), Lee Grant (Sheffield Wednesday)

1 of the relegation team this season?

Everton
In: Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United), Steven Pienaar (Borussia Dortmund)
Out: Alessandro Pistone (released), Richard Wright (West Ham United), Gary Naysmith (Sheffield United)

Mid table team

Fulham
In: Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa), Steven Davis (Aston Villa), Diomansy Kamara (West Bromwich Albion), Chris Baird (Southampton, Paul Konchesky (West Ham United), David Healy (Leeds), Lee Cook (QPR), Diomansy Kamara (West Brom)
Out: Claus Jensen, Tomasz Radzinski, Mark Pembridge (released), Mark Crossley (Oldham) Wayne Routledge, Jan Lastuvka, Vincenzo Montella (end of loans), Heidar Helguson (Bolton Wanderers), Michael Brown (Wigan Athletic), Franck Queudrue (Birmingham), Matty Collins (Swansea)

1 of the relegation team this season?

Liverpool
In: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), Krisztian Nemeth, Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen), Yossi Benayoun (West Ham United), Ryan Babel (Ajax), Lucas Leiva (Gremio), Sebastian Leto (Lanus), Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao), Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia), Ryan Crowther (Stockport)
Out: Danny Guthrie (Bolton Wanderers), Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid), Boudewijn Zenden (Marseille), Djibril Cisse (Marseille) , Craig Bellamy (West Ham), Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid), Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva), Robbie Fowler (Cardiff), Danny Guthrie (Bolton, loan), Adam Hammill (Southampton, loan)

El Nino to stomp up EPL?

Manchester City
In: Rolando Bianchi (Reggina), Gelson Fernandes (FC Sion), Geovanni (Cruzeiro), Martin Petrov (Atletico Madrid), Valeri Bojinov (Fiorentina), Elano (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vedran Corluka (Dinamo Zagreb), Javier Garrido (Real Sociedad)

Out: Joey Barton (Newcastle), Sylvain Distin (Portsmouth), Trevor Sinclair (Cardiff), Nicky Weaver (Charlton), Stephen Jordan (Burnley), Hatem Trabelsi (released)

How long will Eriksson last and who will he buy?

Manchester United
In: Jonny Evans, Danny Simpson (Sunderland, return from loans), Nani (Sporting), Anderson (Porto), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Brom)
Out: Kieran Richardson (Sunderland), Guiseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Alan Smith (Newcastle)

The defending Champion to retain title?

Middlesbrough
In: Jonathan Woodgate (Real Madrid), Jeremie Aliadiere (Arsenal), Tuncay Sanli (Fenerbahce), Luke Young (Charlton Athletic)
Out: Mark Viduka (Newcastle), Abel Xavier (LA Galaxy), Stuart Parnaby (Birmingham), Malcolm Christie (released), Danny Graham (Carlisle)

Relegation team.

Newcastle United
In: Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Joey Barton (Manchester City), David Rozehnal (Paris St Germain), Geremi (Chelsea), Alan Smith (Manchester United)
Out: Scott Parker (West Ham), Titus Bramble (Wigan), Antoine Sibierski (Wigan), Craig Moore (released), Pavel Srnicek (released), Olivier Bernard (released), Alan O'Brien (Hibernian)

Big Sam need to tighten up the defence.

Portsmouth
In: David Nugent (Preston), John Utaka (Rennes), Sulley Muntari (Udinese), Sylvain Distin (Manchester City), Hermann Hreidarsson (Charlton), Martin Cranie (Southampton), Arnold Mvuemba (Rennes)
Out: Svetoslav Todorov (Charlton Athletic), Andy Griffin (Derby), Andy Cole (released)

Mid table team.

Reading
In: Kalifa Cisse (Boavista), Emerse Fae (Nantes)
Out: Steve Sidwell (Chelsea), Greg Halford (Sunderland)

Not so lucky this season.

Sunderland
In: Greg Halford (Reading), Russell Anderson (Aberdeen), Michael Chopra (Cardiff City), Kieran Richardson (Manchester United), Dickson Etuhu (Norwich City), Paul McShane (West Bromwich Albion)
Out: Kenny Cunningham (released), Tommy Miller (Ipswich), Jonny Evans, Danny Simpson (Manchester United, end of loans), Stephen Elliott (Wolves)

Keano's team to survive.

Tottenham Hotspur
In: Gareth Bale (Southampton), Darren Bent (Charlton Athletic), Younes Kaboul (Auxerre), Danny Rose (Leeds United), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Hertha Berlin)
Out: Reto Ziegler (Sampdoria), Mark Yeates (Colchester), Emil Hallfredsson (Lyn-Oslo)

Bent worth £16 mil?

West Ham United
In: Scott Parker (Newcastle United), Julien Faubert (Bordeaux), Richard Wright (Everton), Craig Bellamy (Liverpool), Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal)
Out: Tyrone Mears (Derby County), Teddy Sheringham (Colchester), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa), Roy Carroll (Rangers), Yossi Benayoun (Liverpool), Paul Konchesky (Fulham), Marlon Harewood (Aston Villa), Shaun Newton (Leicester)

Tevez staying?

Wigan Athletic
In: Michael Brown (Wigan), Jason Koumas (West Brom), Carlo Nash (Preston), Andreas Granqvist (Helsingborgs), Mario Melchiot (Rennes), Titus Bramble (Newcastle), Antoine Sibierski (Newcastle), Antonio Valencia (Villarreal, loan)
Out: Arjan de Zeeuw (Coventry City), David Unsworth (released), Matt Jackson (Watford), Lee McCulloch (Rangers), Andy Webster (Rangers, loan)

Relegation team.



Pete

Opening ceremony

Since Dim Sum or Claypot thread from AfterDark was deleted, there isn't any place for me n my partner(s) in crime to post anything about soccer. So Tak Giu Land was born..

Anything to do with Tak Giu will be posted as and when. :)

Note:
These postings are purely For Info Only, all predictions are not to be taken seriously, (its not tips).

SoccerSiao Pete.