Archive for the ‘Premier League’ Category
Monday, June 7th, 2010
The build up to this World Cup has been as much about who may not be there as to who will be there. Players have been ruling themselves out of matches or getting serious injury scares. It seems that a high proportion of these players, often influential players, are based in England and play in the Premier League.
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Tags: Doron, England, Injuries, Premier League, SA2010, South Africa, WC2010, World Cup
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, Championship, Domestic Cups, Europe, FIFA, Injury News, International, La Liga, Ligue 1, Opinion, Players, Premier League, Primera División, Serie A, South Africa 2010, SPL, WC Squads, World Cup | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Arsenal captain and Spanish international, Cesc Fabregas has been the subject of a lot of transfer speculation linking him with a return to his home-club, Barcelona. Today, Barcelona have confirmed that despite the imminent World Cup, they have made a formal written offer to Arsenal for the transfer of Fabregas.
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Tags: Arsenal, Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas, Doron, Fabregas, South Africa 2010, Spain, World Cup
Posted in Europe, FIFA, La Liga, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, Transfer, World Cup | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
England manager Fabio Capello has named his 23 man squad, which includes once surprising omission – Theo Walcott. Although Walcott has continuous flatter to deceive at International level, despite notching up a hat trick against Croatia in qualifying, he was generally considered to be part of the 23 that would fly out to South Africa. The 1966 World Cup winners and hosts will generally pin their attacking responsibility on Wayne Rooney, who will no doubt be the main man for the three lions in just over a week.
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Tags: Capello, Doron, England, Fabio Capello, South Africa 2010, World Cup
Posted in FIFA, International, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, WC Squads, World Cup | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Theo Walcott has been left out of the final England squad by Fabio Capello. I have previously hinted that this is something I would have considered from the very beginning. I would have never selected Walcott in my initial squad. I then suggested that actually Walcott’s selection against Mexico and Japan may not have been all it seems – see point four.
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Tags: Doron, England, SA2010, Theo, Theo Walcott, Walcott, World Cup
Posted in Europe, FIFA, International, Opinion, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, WC Squads, World Cup | 5 Comments »
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
On Monday I wrote about why I felt Walcott should go to the World Cup but only in an impact substitute role. Today the England team for the second and final World Cup warm-up match against Japan was announced: David James, Glen Johnson, Rio Ferdinand (C), John Terry, Ashley Cole, Theo Walcott, Tom Huddlestone, Frank Lampard, Aaron Lennon, Wayne Rooney and Darren Bent.
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Tags: Aaron Lennon, Arsenal, Doron, England, Lennon, South Africa 2010, Spurs, Theo Walcott, Tottenham, Walcott, World Cup
Posted in Europe, International, Opinion, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, WC Squads, World Cup | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Mexico’s Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez has today had a work permit granted enabling him to join Manchester United on the 1st July when the transfer window opens.
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Tags: Chicharito, Doron, Javier Hernandez, Man United, Manchester United, Mexico, South Africa 2010, World Cup
Posted in Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, Transfer, WC Squads, World Cup | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
I am inherently biased. I should point out that I wouldn’t have selected Theo Walcott for the England provisional squad in the first place. However, he was selected, so I will try to provide an argument for and against his selection in the final squad.
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Tags: Arsenal, Doron, England, SA2010, Theo Walcott, Walcott, WC2010, World Cup
Posted in Europe, FIFA, International, Opinion, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, UEFA, WC Squads, World Cup | 9 Comments »
Monday, May 24th, 2010
On the eve of England’s first warm-up match for the World Cup another member of the England set-up has expressed his disappointment at Paul Scholes’s decision to not make himself available for selection – England captain, Rio Ferdinand.
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Tags: Doron, England, Man United, Manchester United, Paul Scholes, Scholes, World Cup
Posted in Europe, FIFA, International, Legends, Players, Premier League, South Africa 2010, UEFA, WC Squads, World Cup | No Comments »
Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Spain and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres is set to miss the rest of the season, which could put his World Cup hopes in jeopardy, following knee surgery reports have revealed. Torres has scored 18 goals in 22 matches this season – which has been plagued by injury. Torres has played in seven World Cup 2010 qualifying games, however he failed to hit the back of the net in a single game. Torres played a significant part in Spain’s last World Cup campaign scoring three goals.
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Posted in Europe, Premier League, South Africa 2010 | 1 Comment »
