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The Mysterious Avram Grant

He wins and he’s slated. He loses and he’s feted. I don’t get Avram Grant. It all began when his buddy decided to give him a job. Fortunately for Avram, that buddy was a billionaire Russian oligarch with a football club to spare.  The media were not amused: “Make one thing clear: there is nothing…

Tottenham Are ‘Risking Riots’ By Choosing Olympic Stadium Over White Hart Lane

‘Twas not so very long (last October, as a matter of fact) when all and sundry in the upper echelons of the Tottenham Hotspur hierarchy were crowing about having submitted their planning permission proposals to Haringey Council to redevelop White Hart Lane into a new 56,000 capacity stadium by turning the current North Stand around…

Fantasy Football Preview: Forget Torres, back Berba and Malouda to score this weekend

When picking your team for week six of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game, then anyone planning to win the weekly prize money (available to the top three teams in each 11 team mini-league) should have only one question: Who’s hot? If you have a second question, it should be: Who’s not? Who’s likely to put…

Premier League Predictions: Everton to beat Man Utd, Chelsea and Tottenham to Draw

Premier League football returns after the international break that saw it’s usual spate of injuries, outstanding performances and potential returns to form. In the context of the title race it’s still early but Chelsea and Arsenal have a relatively easy game compared to Manchester United, while all English teams involved in Europe will also have…

Premier League Squads

Premier League rules state that each club must submit a squad, maximum 25 players, containing eight home-grown players (players trained in England or Wales for 36 months before the age of 21), with an additional unlimited number of players aged 21 or under on 1 January that year. There has been plenty of debate on…

Manchester United 3-0 West Ham – Goals – 28 August 2010

A quick look at the goals from the Manchester United v West Ham game on Saturday. Rooney scored his first goal since March but West Ham looked threatening until Nani settled the nerves with a coolly taken second and Berbatov finished with a cracker. Manchester United 1-0 West Ham (Rooney) Manchester United 2-0 West Ham…

Premier League Predictions: Big wins for Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United

1- BLACKBURN VS ARSENAL The early kick off this weekend is at the Ewood park where the big Sam’s Blackburn will entertain the north London giants Arsenal. After a bizarre goal against Liverpool that earned arsenal a late draw at anfield, they hammered blackpool by six goals to nil. Theo Walcott scored his first hat-trick…

Transfer Rumors: Manchester United to move for Belgian star Defour?

England United Debate Defour Move According to Sky Sports, Manchester United are considering a move for Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour. Analysis: For the sake of timing, it’d be best for United to make this one happen this summer, but we’ll see. Liverpool Close On Konchesky? Early Wednesday, Sky Sports reported that Liverpool were closing…

Transfer Rumors: Arsenal move for Sevilla stopper Squillaci

England Arsenal Make Squillaci Bid Sevilla have confirmed that Arsenal have made a bid for center back Sebastien Squillaci. Sevilla sporting director Ramon Rodriguez said, however, that the offer is inadequate. (Daily Mail) Analysis: Squillaci didn’t play in Sevilla’s Champions League defeat away to Braga last night, so that maintains his value for the time…

New 10-11 Premier League Home Kits Overview (M-W)

We wrote about the first half of the new 10-11 Premier League Shirts (A-L) in alphabetical order, and now it’s time to give the overview of the 10-11 Premier League Shirts (M-W), from Manchester City to Watford. While you have seen some of these kits in action already in the league openers, we have a much better…