Squarefootball Diary

Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squarefootball Diary bit.ly/7V687U # 23:31 sqF Mailbag: The best thing about this season is no one really knows whats going to happen. I dont .. bit.ly/6xht2z # 23:41 Squarefootball Diary: Squarefootball diary brought ...

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Manchester City: Could Carling Cup exit signal the end for Hughes?

Mark Hughes has only once tasted defeat as Manchester City manager this season but the former Blackburn Rovers boss could well find himself on the managerial scrapheap if he fails to beat Arsenal and book Citys place in the last four of theCarling Cup. Hull City became the seventh team in a row to ...

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Transfer Speculation: Yaya Toure (Barcelona) to Chelsea/Man United

It's a kind of unwritten rule that European footballers who want a pay hike talk to their agents who drop little hints that their man want to come to Arsenal/Chelsea/Man United/Liverpool (delete as applicable). But it is rarer for agents to give the hurry-up simply to get their boy a game! Today T...

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Tottenham Hotspur: Carling Cup success or top four finish? You decide!

High-flying Tottenham Hotspur travel to the home of the champions and Carling Cup holders Manchester United tonight in a match that could potentially see them being just 90 minutes away from their third Wembley final in as many years. Unfortunately for those Spurs fans who have shelled out good mone...

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Squarefootball Diary - 30 November 2009

Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squarefootball Diary bit.ly/6SjNgU # 23:38 Squarefootball Diary: Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:31 sqF.. bit.ly/6T6riX #sqf # 23:58 @paul_tomkins #Arsenal have always b...

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Transfer Speculation: Takayuki Morimoto (Catania) to Manchester United

Manchester United are keen on signing Japanese striker Takayuki Morimoto, 21, who is currently playing for Catania in Italy according to yesterday's 'hotline' in The People. Several years after clubs stopped signing players for purely commercial reasons (although doubts persist as to the Dong Fan...

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Transfer Speculation: Ryan Babel (Liverpool) to Bayern Munich

Ryan Babel has not been the greatest purchase of Rafa Benitez's six seasons at Liverpool and given the Dutchman's propensity to open his mouth and put his foot in it the News of the World's report that Bayern Munich would like to take him on loan would appear to solve certain problems. The deal out...

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Transfer Speculation: Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) to Chelsea/Manchester City

In Pete Jenson's highly speculative, three paragraph looks-like-it-was-written-whilst-watching-x-factor piece in The People Franck Ribery and Rino Gattuso are both wanted by both Chelsea and Manchester City. Heavens be praised though there is a snatch of a quote from Carlo Ancelotti: "People who d...

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Transfer Speculation: Fernando Torres (Liverpool) to Manchester City

Bob Cass's speculative page turner suggesting a £50m move for Fernando Torres to Man City in the Mail on Sunday yesterday was low on quotes (OK devoid of them), low on facts (ditto) and high on headline. With a headline that blazed ... "EXCLUSIVE: Fernando Torres wanted by Manchester City's sheiks...

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Does Ireland have any chance of competing in World CUp 2010?

After the contentious France vs Ireland play-off game, the news that a replay was not possible, despite Thierry Henry's comments seemed to rule out Ireland's involvement. That the French players were hardly concerned about the aftermath, whereas the Irish players were barely fit to play says a lot ...

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Prediction: Premier League top four at Christmas - Spurs third, Liverpool fourth?

With Chelsea's momentum building with the 3-0 dismissal of Arsenal and Manchester United recovering well from the disappointment at Stamford Bridge with a 3-0 win against Everton and a 4-1 win at Portsmouth, the top two at Christmas seems assured. Chelsea are 10 points clear of third placed Tottenh...

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Transfer Speculation: Robert Green (West Ham United)

Never quite sure what to make of speculation where a paper like The Mirror simply reports that West Ham want to sell their keeper for £5m. This is scandalous under-selling. Surely a sub-editor could spin this a little better? 'Robert Green to Tottenham' as a replacement for the injured Carlo Cu...

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Transfer Speculation: No-one to Chelsea

In an extraordinary piece of transfer speculation journalism The Sun reckons that Chelsea will sign no-one in January - unless there are injuries. One can only assume that Africa Cup of Nations has been cancelled because that tournament will gut the club of four regular players for January - with n...

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Transfer Speculation: Micah Richards (Manchester City) to Manchester United

With Christmas barely three months away we can all indulge ourselves in some fanciful speculation ahead of the main banquet in January. According to the Mirror Manchester United are set to make a surprise move for Manchester City defender Micah Richards, if the Eastlands outfit decide to offload th...

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Squarefootball Diary

Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:31 sqF Mailbag: villa 1-2 spurs, and have to agree that spurs will finish 09 off higher than arsenal t.. bit.ly/5RrNls # 23:31 sqF Mailbag: before the more usual slide into inconsistency Lets put this nonsense to bed Befo...

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Arsenal vs Chelsea: Too important to lose?

The game of the day sees first travel to fourth - and with Manchester United winning neither will want to cede ground here. These two teams are the most free scoring teams in the division, Arsenal have 36 from 12 games and Chelsea 33 from 13 - which if maintained would see Arsenal finish the season...

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Everton vs Liverpool: Desperately seeking something

Everton meet Liverpool with both sides scrabbling for form, both sides only have a win or two each in the last couple of months. With precious few form pointers and a number of players absent the only sensible prediction in derby games is a score draw. Everton's injury riddled season continues wit...

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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Birmingham City: First goal could decide this

Three big derby games on Sunday, starting in the west Midlands where Black Country Wolves take on Birmingham. Wolves currently lie second bottom, four points from safety and as a result can't escape from the bottom three even with a win. But on current form that seems unlikely as the last eight ga...

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Squarefootball Diary - 28 November 2009

Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squarefootball Diary bit.ly/4TYUUs # 23:43 Squarefootball Diary: Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squ.. bit.ly/4K4UZq #sqf # 06:31 sqF Mailbag: Like I said in the arti...

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Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur: Who will approach Christmas in the top four?

The big game of the day sees fifth placed Aston Villa take on fourth placed Tottenham. A combination of the teams suggests that Spurs is currently stronger. But with Downing about to kick-off his Villa career that balance could yet shift - especially with the January transfer window being just fiv...

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Portsmouth vs Manchester United: You are my first, my last, my everything?

Rock-bottom Portsmouth have this week sacked Paul Hart and replaced him with Avram Grant and face a Manchester United side chasing a fourth successive league title - not many fixed odds coupons will not have this one down as a banker away win. Avram Grant takes over from Paul Hart at Portsmouth and...

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Wigan Athletic v Sunderland: Martinez aims to put horror show to bed

Wigan Athletic had a seriously bad day at the office last weekend at White Hart Lane and yet at half-time it looked as though they could have snatched a draw at least. However, as we all saw, a Jermain Defoe-inspired Spurs side tore the Latics to shreds and inflicted them to their heaviest defeat in...

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West Ham United v Burnley: Irons set to Hammer the Clarets

Burnley head to Upton Park this afternoon looking for their first away win of the season. Unfortunately for them, history is not on their side as they have only managed one win at the Boleyn Ground in their last 19 visits! However, West Ham haven’t been so prolific at home themselves, with only one ...

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Squarefootball Diary - Friday 27 November 2009

Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squarefootball Diary bit.ly/6vBd0L # 23:38 Squarefootball Diary: Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squ.. bit.ly/4wSRQp #sqf # 07:36 Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur –Th...

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Manchester City vs Hull City: Time for Man City to hold on to a lead

Manchester City could go fifth with a win against Hul City who have moved four points clear of the relegation zone in the last week. Manchester City are unbeaten since the galling injury time goal for Michael Owen in the Manchester derby over two months ago. Unfortunately for much of that two mont...

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Fulham vs Bolton Wanderers: Fulham can push Gary Megson towards the exit

Fulham come into this game in good form with key players again available, Bolton are in the relegation zone and face a hard winter. Fulham's 3-0 win over Blackburn on Wednesday moved the London club into the top half of the table and another season finishing in top seven cannot be dismissed. The n...

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Blackburn Rovers vs Stoke City: Dreaming of a top six finish

Blackburn in 12th and Stoke in 9th start this game on the back of some decent recent form possibly an indication as to why they are both threatening top half finishes - but can Stoke climb higher? Blackburn lost 3-0 at Fulham on Wednesday - but dominated much of the first half and really should hav...

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Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur –The ultimate starting XI

Fourth placed Tottenham Hotspur travel to fifth placed Aston Villa this weekend in one of the biggest games of the weekend. Spurs go into the game full of confidence following their sensational 9-1 win over Wigan Athletic while Villa will be looking to get their campaign back to winning ways after s...

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Squarefootball Diary - Thursday 26 November 2009

Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squarefootball Diary bit.ly/4sqHu3 # 23:31 sqF Mailbag: With Wolfsburg winning I would expect United to be too strong for Besiktas in this gam.. bit.ly/7K2VkD # 23:40 Squarefootball Diary: Squarefootball diary broug...

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Which 16 English stadiums could host World Cup 2018 and will Merseyside miss out?

It does seem a bit presumptuous to invite cities (and Milton Keynes) to bid for the right to be part of the attempt by the FA to get England chosen as the 2018 World Cup host nation. But given the success of the London Olympic bid there is some optimism that England could get this twice in a lifeti...

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The end of my Liverpool grieving process

Im beginning to get over it now. The midweek thing. Im always being told to get over it, so I am. Its ok. Really. We can concentrate on winning the league now were out of the European Cup. Theres a stat somewhere that suggests winning the league is more do-able if youre out of the European cup ear...

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Squarefootball Diary - Wednesday 26 November 2009

Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squarefootball Diary bit.ly/6YTjdT # 23:46 Squarefootball Diary: Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squ.. bit.ly/8kyx2G #sqf # 10:37 Blame it on the Bougy: Algerian defe...

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The morning after 'Pool

The morning after. Usually for me the worst come down after a night like that. Being a Liverpool fan Ive not had THAT many disastrous nights, so have to take it on the chin and let the other minnows have their day-like every dog. So all the good deeds that I carried out before the match went to wast...

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Is a shock Besiktas win at Manchester United possible?

Anyone who saw the lacklustre Manchester United display for an hour against CSKA Moscow must be wondering whether a United side that has already qualified will somehow show more commitment? Although Sir Alex Ferguson is unlikely to accept another below par performance he is also likely to rest some...

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Fulham vs Blackburn Rovers: Fulham come home at last

Who wins the battle in the middle of the park between veteran midfielders Danny Murphy and David Dunn could decide this game. In Fulham's first home game of the month they will hope to leapfrog Lancastrian neighbours, Burnley and Blackburn, into the top half of the table. Key players may return fo...

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Will Hull again appreciate home comforts against Everton?

This is Hull's third consectutive home league game, and gives the club the chance to draw level with Everton on 15 points. Hull's last two home games have seen the east Yorkshire side beat Stoke 2-1 and draw 3-3 with West Ham - after being behind in both games. In the second half of last season Hu...

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Blame it on the Bougy

Algerian defender Madjid Bougherra was axed from the Rangers starting eleven as the Ibrox side crashed out of Europe with a whimper. A third successive home defeat for the Gers ensured there would be no parachute drop into the Europa League. After two crushing 4-1 defeats to Sevilla and Unirea Ur...

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Squarefootball Diary - Tuesday 24 November 2009

Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squarefootball Diary bit.ly/8eC4nO # 23:42 Squarefootball Diary: Squarefootball diary brought via the medium of football tweets on Twitter. 23:30 Squ.. bit.ly/07Yp1so #sqf # 13:13 In praise of ... Jamie Carragher bi...

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