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Crouch can be a super starter or super sub for England

Harry Redknapp who at this time seems to have an abundance of in form strikers has heaped praise on Peter Crouch declaring when he plays results are excellent and that he can be either a super sub or super starter as he can do both jobs.
Speaking to Sky Sports News Redknapp said of his 6ft [...]

England World Cup warm up opponents announced

Mexico and Japan have been confirmed as opponents for England in their build up to the World Cup finals.
In addition to the Mexico and Japan being confirmed as opponents the FA also announced the squads preparations for the finals.
The squad will meet up for the first time on the 16th May the day after the [...]

Financially Arsenal are more successful than Chelsea

Arsenal have moved above Chelsea in the annual football clubs rich list compiled by business consultants Deloitte.
The latest figures have Real Madrid as the richest club followed by Barcelona with Man Utd demoted one place to third.
The main reason behind Man Utd’s drop is the drop in the value of the pound and in fact [...]

Arsenal join the chase for highly rated £8 Million youngster

According to The Daily Mail Arsenal have joined in the chase to sign West Bromwich Albion 22 year old attacking Midfielder Graham Dorrans.
Dorrans is already being monitored by Man City, Everton, Aston Villa, Sunderland and Stoke and is very highly rated.
He has recently made his full Scotland debut back in October against Japan and is [...]

Guardiola bidding AGAINST Spain for WC hosting!

In a somewhat sudden and shocking move, the Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola accepted to become an ambassador for Qatar’s bid to host the World Cup Finals in 2022.
 
A number of other bids include one joint bid from Spain-Portugal. Also England, Russia and Australia appear to have their bids in a relatively better position than those [...]

Beckham happy as Milan claim they dominated Man Utd

Former Man Utd and legendary England winger David Beckham revealed he fairly enjoyed playing against his old teammates last night, but the current AC Milan player suggested the result could have been a better one had his side taken their chances better.
 
“I think we played really well in the first half,” said Becks talking to [...]

Useless Webb blamed for Liverpool defeat to Arsenal

Rafael Benitez claimed referee Howard Webb denied The Reds a legitimate penalty when Fabregas allegedly handled Steven Gerrard’s shot from a free-kick a few moments before the final whistle.
 
“We are really disappointed with the decision of the handball.
 
“It was very, very clear. The players were on the line. It was a handball. It has to [...]

Ancelotti diplomatic over Capello sacking Terry as England captain

Carlo Ancelotti has always been regarded as an uncontroversial manager and he showed his class yesterday hailing John Terry’s captaincy against Arsenal while not undermining Fabio Capello’s decision.
Speaking after the game Ancelotti said
“John is the perfect captain for Chelsea,” said Ancelotti.
“My captain has a fantastic attitude. He is doing very well in every game.
“It is [...]

Wenger questions Chelsea sportsmanship

In all fairness to Arsene Wenger his press conference after the Chelsea defeat was without any real controversy but that did not stop him taking a dig at Chelsea’s tactics.
He did say that Chelsea defended very well and that they are very experienced at the back but then he explained what he meant by experience [...]

Meltdown after Arsenal lose to Chelsea

Checking through some Arsenal forums this evening, reading some blog posts and even checking with the bookies and one could be mistaken for thinking that a meltdown is occurring at the Emirates.
Talk is now about Arsenal fighting to stay in the top 4 which to us is rather silly, a quick look at the table [...]