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LIVE BLOG: Manchester United vs. Manchester City

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Hull City Game

The storyline of this game will be Wayne Rooney’s four goals and it should be but there were a wealth of good performances for United. It helped that United got the early goal in the game in the 8th minute.

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The Day In Soccer: Saving Rooney, Tiebreakers, and Dempsey Update

I did not put it into the my report on the Manchester derby, but I have to say it. I’m not sure why Sir Alex Ferguson constantly turns out squads with Wayne Rooney up front by himself. He is just

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My Thoughts On The Manchester City-Manchester United Game

This was a mouth watering matchup that I was excited about and the game certainly lived up to its billing. Both teams came out with pretty much their full strength squads. Carlos Tevez was the hero scoring two goals, although

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The Day In Soccer: Manchester Derby Preview and Tevez vs. Berbatov

This game has been delayed a few weeks due to weather, but this matchup should be exciting. The first matchup was memorable as Michael Owen got an injury time winner in a 4-3 game. Ferguson has mainly used the his

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The Day In Soccer: 7 Hours Of Premier League Football and 7 Goals For Chelsea

Chelsea made an emphatic statement that they should be considered the front runners for the title. They were impressive in their 7-2 destruction of Sunderland, which was without Didier Drogba, John Obi Mikel, and Michael Essien. Chelsea still have to

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LIVE BLOG: Premier League Saturday

Like I said, I would going to give this a try through three games today. The first game will be Liverpool’s trip to Stoke City followed by Burnley’s trip to Old Trafford to play Manchester United. The final game could

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Money Struggles In the Premier League and Gameweek 22 I Know The Score

This week has been filled with gloom and doom for the two biggest clubs in English football Manchester United and Liverpool. The week started with reports of Manchester United’s money issues. The Glazers announced a plan to raise 500m pounds

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Premier League Offensive/Defensive Efficiencies and Gameweek 21 I Know The Score

In soccer there is always a challenge to somehow use statistics to figure out how things are going. I decided to give it a try by looking at the possession numbers as well as the offense and defense efficiencies. I

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Morning News: Viera getting Man City medical, Glen Johnson out until March, Gary Neville set to retire, US U-20 on loan in Portugal

Former Arsenal and current Inter player Patrick Viera is set to seal an 18 month contract with Manchester City after he passes a medical. Inter manager Jose Mourinho had confirmed yesterday that Viera would be leaving the Serie A leaders

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