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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Wigan Game

This game is a bit old as it happened last Wednesday but I did not get to see it due to technical difficulties with Setanta until today. This was a nice match to watch after the debacle that was the

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Leeds United Game

This was an outstanding result for Leeds and another disappointing performance by Manchester United. The game was fairly open but Leeds took the lead in the 19th minute when Jermaine Beckford got behind Wes Brown. Beckford was able to slot

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2009, The Year In Soccer: Best Games

The year is coming to a close and of course that means it is time for those end of the year lists. The first list I’ll have will be of the best games I saw this year. The requirements for

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My Thoughts On The Hull City-Manchester United Game

I won’t go through a recap since I had a running commentary on the game here. The general run of the game was that Hull City could have made it a difficult game if they had not missed so many

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Boxing Day Diary Part 2

The second day of the Boxing Day fixtures are upon us. The first game I’ll be covering is Arsenal vs. Aston Villa. The second one will be Hull City hosting Manchester United. Aston Villa will be looking to complete the

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Lionel Messi wins FIFA World Player Of The Year

Lionel Messi completed his sweep of the awards this year by being named the FIFA World Player Of The Year. He beat out Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and Kaka for the award. The Argentinian scored the a goal in

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News: Wigan-Bolton game postponed, Stan Kroenke close to Arsenal takover, Ferguson says no new signings

With winter weather creating havoc for holiday travelers in the United States, the Premier League is not immune to the weather as the Wigan-Bolton game has been postponed. The game was postponed due to dangerous road conditions for getting to

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My Thoughts on the Fulham-Manchester United Game

Manchester United put together their worst performance of the season against a very good Fulham side at Craven Cottage. It took about 2 minutes to realize that the United lineup did not have it for this game. The recap is

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Wolverhampton Game

Manchester were looking to rebound after their loss to Aston Villa while Wolverhampton would have wanted to continue their momentum after securing a win at Tottenham. However, Wolverhampton changed their entire outfield squad from their win at Saturday signaling that

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Aston Villa Game

Manchester United missed a great opportunity to tie Chelsea on top of the Premier League, while Aston Villa gave their campaign for a top four spot a great boost especially as Tottenham and Manchester City dropped points. Manchester United started

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