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He hasn’t scored for Manchester United in the Champions League since September 2004. He hasn’t scored for England in a competitive match since Euro 2004. The tongues are wagging – what’s wrong with Wayne Rooney?

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Before the Israel game, Pini Zahavi, super-agent, predicted that the English media would set upon Steven McClaren like a pack of wolves if England failed to beat Israel. He may just have been stating the obvious truth, but what he …

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Long story short – Zahavi speaks to the Israeli press about the Israel v England game, talks about the England squad under Eriksson being jealous of Beckham and about the possible reaction in England towards McClaren if England loses to …

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I wonder how much The Sun and the Guardian pay their writers to transform interviews into juicy bits of gossip and fabricated tosh presented as news? I love reading the Guardian, but there are times when they lose sight of …

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This post is about the Israel qualifier in March 2007 – for the recent qualifying game (September 2007), see this article: England vs Israel, 8th Sep 07, Wembley. Yesterday, I foolishly allowed hope to replace reality. I wrote that McClaren’s …

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Let’s clear one thing out – Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo is a very talented footballer who is sometimes guilty of diving and other times guilty of looking for fouls and going down too easily.

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The match itself was quite pedestrian (apart from THAT goal by Shevchenko, who’s on a roll), so I’ll skip the boring match report (you can hit ChelseaBlog or BBC for it) and get down to the real business – vidoes.

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Andriy Shevchenko is back in the business of scoring goals – and like Rooney, it is perfect timing for the Ukrainian hitman to start firing.

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As I write this, Chelsea are 2-0 up at Stamford Bridge, firmly placed to reduce the gap between themselves and Manchester United back to 6 points (and maybe improve their goal-difference ‘difference’ as well). Manchester United won’t mind though – …

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On one hand, Real Madrid is not the same force as before – the mammoth that lured Zidane and Barcelona Figo to the Bernabeu is a limping, whimpering animal with no brawn to back its bark. On the other hand, …

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Arsene Wenger has talked about France ‘misusing’ Thierry Henry – and while I haven’t found any direct quotes on Wenger directly saying that Henry’s current injury problems are France’s fault, what he has said does seem to imply it.

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These two marvelous midfield Maestros would waltz their way into any team in Europe, but are both inconsistent on the international scene. Following on from Ed Harrison’s argument that these two superstars of the premiership should not be guaranteed a …

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