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Evertons Fellaini prefers Manchester Uni


According to the , Marouane Fellaini has said he would prefer a move to David Moyes Manchester United than a move to Arsenal. The Belgian has been linked to a move to Arsenal for https://www.sdpadresstore.com/san-diego-padres/rollie-fingers-jersey several weeks and he has changed his mind preferring a move to Old Trafford. Fellaini still has a release clause of 23.5 million in his contract and both Arsenal and Manchester United are yet to table an offer for the highly rated Belgian.Arsenal are still pursuing a top line striker with Rooney as one of the candidates and Manchester United are eyeing a https://www.sdpadresstore.com/san-diego-padres/wil-myers-jersey move for Barcelonas Cesc Fabregas after Thiago Alcantara opted for a move to Bayern Munich. Fellaini has been aware that both clubs are interested in him and he must play the waiting game even though his release clause ends in one month. The presence of David Moyes at https://www.sdpadresstore.com/san-diego-padres/brad-hand-jersey Manchester United favours Fellaini for a move to Old Trafford. The Red Devils have been trying to strengthen their midfield for several weeks and if they mi s out on Fabregas, it would be likely https://www.sdpadresstore.com/san-diego-padres/allen-craig-jersey that Fellaini switches to the Manchester club. Marouane Fellaini already lives in Manchester which would make sense for a move to the current champions.At Everton Marouane Fellaini was often played in the attacking midfielder or in a holding striker role and if signed by Manchester United he may push Rooney out of the club. Fellaini may also team up with Michael Carrick in the centre of midfield which would form a strong central midfield https://www.sdpadresstore.com/san-diego-padres/eric-hosmer-jersey . It would be interesting to see whether Fellaini could have the same impact at Manchester United that he had at the Merseyside club.

Ryan Giggs warns it could be 15 20 years


, Manchester United legend has warned the club fans it may take a long time before the Red Devils can win https://www.wowphilliesjersey.com/philadelphia-phillies-jersey/greg-luzinski-jersey their next Premier League title, claiming it may take another 20 years down the line.The Welshman who won 13 Premier League titles in his career at United made the statement while speaking to Jamie Carragher on The Greatest Game podcast, admitting his former club face a long road as they aim to revive their glory days.After seeing Liverpool clinch their first domestic league title in 30 years, Giggs thinks the title will rotate between the Reds and Manchester City for some time especially if both managers Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are still with their respective clubs.Yes, 100 per cent. It could be 15 https://www.wowphilliesjersey.com/philadelphia-phillies-jersey/pete-rose-jersey , 20 years before you know it, especially if Klopp and Guardiola stick around, he stated. They have got the resources and the players so we have Liverpool to look at where the last time when they won it in 1990 they thought well win it again soon.Even Klopp took four and a half years for him to win it it takes a long time. You have to think about what Klopp did.He improved the team every season or won a trophy like the Champions League and then you saw the https://www.wowphilliesjersey.com/philadelphia-phillies-jersey/steve-carlton-jersey improvement so the pre sure was off a little bit.Every manager and signing is seen as that he will win us the league and its not like that.However, Giggs former club-mate Louis Saha shares a different opinion as he told Sunday World that United could be back to winning ways under their manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.I dont think we need to wait two years for this United team to have succe s because it can be sooner than that, but it is hard to recreate what we had when I was at the club and they were winning every season, Saha said.The Premier League has changed since my time as a United player and there are so many more clubs with real ambition now.Tottenham is there, Arsenal is there, Chelsea are spending so much money and we have just come out of transfer window where we had 1billion spent by the Premier League clubs.This is a tough league to be succe sful in and Ole is expected to bring succe s to United when so many managers have failed in recent https://www.wowphilliesjersey.com/philadelphia-phillies-jersey/pat-neshek-jersey years.We also have to remember that we dont always understand what happens behind the scenes at a club. Maybe they has been an attachment to one agent and that has been a factor in why things have been hard in the transfer market, but there are several reasons why the team are not playing as the fans would expect at the https://www.wowphilliesjersey.com/philadelphia-phillies-jersey/larry-bowa-jersey moment.I still believe there is enough quality in that squad to have a succe sful season and when we see Liverpool and Manchester City struggling at the start of this season it reminds us that every team can stumble at times.

Freshening up Why Spurs Will Struggle T


The transfer market is an opportunity for many clubs to freshen things up and get shut of players deemed surplus to requirements, but the key to the window for the majority of clubs is trying to keep hold of their prize a sets, and if that is not po sible they need to replace them suitably without spending over the odds.During https://www.wowdodgersstore.com/los-angeles-dodgers-jersey/enrique-hernandez-jersey the summer window teams like Everton and Newcastle were able to hold on to their star players and even strengthen weaker areas in the squad spending little money in the proce s. In Evertons case they were able to cash in on injury prone midfielder Jack Rodwell and sign numerous players with the proceeds of that sale. On the other hand Newcastle barely needed to strengthen with the capture of Vurnun Anita as a holding midfielder, the only area they felt needed to be improved. Instead they were more focused on keeping hold of star players such as Yohan Cabaye, Demba Ba and Check Tiote.The transfer market has not been so kind for the teams located in the North of London however, with Arsenal and Tottenham being dogged by transfer sagas in the form of Robin Van Persie and Luka Modric, however with many believing that these https://www.wowdodgersstore.com/los-angeles-dodgers-jersey/duke-snid-jersey two teams will drop off the pace, i believe the complete opposite will occur in the case of Arsenal, with po sibly not the same being said about Tottenham.Arsenal may have lost the likes of Van Persie and holding midfielder Alex Song, but this could still work in their favor, as for too many years they have been overly reliant on Van Persies goals, so it may allow for a few other players to take centre stage such as Gervinho or Theo Walcott. That is not even mentioning their new signings,. with Lukas Podolski a proven international goalscorer and Oliver Giroud being the top French scorer from last season. as well as Santi Carzola providing the creative edge they https://www.wowdodgersstore.com/los-angeles-dodgers-jersey/yasmani-grandal-jersey have craved since the lo s of Cesc Fabregas. All of this combined could lead them to becoming a very dangerous attacking side providing that the team can gel together. The failure to replace Alex Song in the transfer market surprised many Arsenal fans when the deadline door slammed shut, however in my opinion Abou Diaby is a far more dynamic version of Song. The challenge for Arsene Wenger is keeping Diaby fit, as when he does play he resembles the former Arsenal great Patrick Viera its just not been as regular as they would have liked, due to his career being plagued by injury. If they can keep this man fit however and gel in an attacking sense i can see Arsenal comfortably making the top 4 this season. Tottenham on the other hand have also lost two star players in the form of Rafael Van Der https://www.wowdodgersstore.com/los-angeles-dodgers-jersey/rich-hill-jersey Vaart and Luka Modric that had substantially weakened their central midfield area. They have managed to replace the departing Dutchman in the form of Mou sa Dembele and Clint Dempsey from Fulham, which I deem to be astute moves by the Tottenham chief due to Dempseys proven goal record and Dembeles dangerous nature in and around the penalty area, however the same cannot be said about replacing Modric. Joao Moutinho was touted by many to make the move to Spurs however this did not occur which i believe will hinder Tottenham ma sively. The reason for this is that they lack a creative central midfielder now who can dictate the play and control the pace https://www.wowdodgersstore.com/los-angeles-dodgers-jersey/blake-treinen-jersey of a match, having players instead such as Tom Huddlestone, Sandro and Jake Livermore who are very good at breaking the play up, and playing long diagonal balls into the channels for Bale and Lennon to run on to, though they do seem to lack the ability to play little one-twos in the midfield area and find intelligent pa ses to the feet of attacking midfielders and strikers. As a result of this I believe that at least until January Spurs will struggle as they may become too dependent on their wingers, with opposition teams beginning to mark them out of the game, meaning that they may not be able to put together a plan B that will allow them to win enough matches to keep them fighting in the Champions League battle.

Derby Blues for Manchester Uniteds David


The first real test of the season for Manchester City saw deadly local rivals Manchester United pay a visit to the Etihad Stadium. This was an eagerly anticipated match-up that pitted the two title favourites against each other in a fixture that helped decide the title last year and the https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com/minnesota-twins-jersey/martin-perez-jersey year before.It was a nervous start with both sides desperately not wanting to concede early on. Man City settled the quicker though and had their counterparts under pre sure within 15 minutes. They made their dominance pay after good work on the left from Nasri played Kolarov in down the wing, his cro s perfectly picked out Sergio Aguero who finished with a stunning volley to put the Citizens in the lead.David Moyes would have wanted an immediate response https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com from his side but it didnt come. City continued to pre s forward and kept the current champions quiet for the majority of the first half. Just before the break Manchester City doubled their lead. Nasri swung in a corner and Alvaro Negredos header was flicked over the line by Yaya Toure.In the second half Man City picked up where they left off. Negredo picked out his strike partner Sergio Aguero who calmly tucked away https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com/minnesota-twins-jersey/phil-hughes-jersey his second of the game. Uniteds only chances were coming on the break but were rarely a threat to Man Citys strong defence. Any chances the visitors may have https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com/minnesota-twins-jersey/ervin-santana-jersey had of a comeback were killed off just a few minutes later when Samir Nasri superbly volleyed home from Jesus Navas cro s. The goal summed up Citys dominance and was well deserved.United scored a late goal thanks to a Wayne Rooney free kick, however it was nothing more than a consolation. It was a case of too little too late for the Red Devils as the home side cruised to the finish for a comfortable three points and Manuel Pellegrinis first derby win as City manager.Its obviously too early to say that this result will determine the destination of this years Premier League trophy but it could have a ma sive impact on the next couple of games https://www.twinsjerseysonestop.com/minnesota-twins-jersey/marwin-gonzalez-jersey and may well prove pivotal come crunch time.

Manchester City International Heartbreak


Im struggling to think of two other words in the English language which fill me with the same kind of insufferable dread and despair as international and break. Not even Ed and Sheeran or Dunelm and Mill manage to consistently stir up as much doom deep within me as the name given to the most unwelcome of intervals in https://www.tigersjeseyonestop.com/detroit-tigers-jersey/christin-stewart-jersey the domestic football calendar.Alas, the new Premier League season is only three fixtures old yet its already been cruelly snatched away from us in favour of the footballing equivalent of a plane stopping to refuel in Barnsley en route to Barbados. To use another analogy, its a bit like presenting a child with a shiny new toy Fire Engine on Christmas Day, letting them play with it until Boxing Day and then locking it away in a cupboard until New Year with only the box it came in to occupy them in the meantime. It wouldnt be so bad if we were being deprived of proper football for something worthwhile but when the alternative is England vs. Moldova, it really takes the biscuit.Still, at least this brief interlude gives us a chance to reflect upon a slightly errant start to the season from City in which the Blues have somewhat fortuitously managed to ama s seven points from three relatively unconvincing performances. A trip to Anfield so early in the season was bound to be a tricky encounter and its fair to say Mancinis men were lucky to escape with a point from a match in which they were second best for the most part. The hosts played with the kind of fire in their bellies youd expect from a side going into their first home match of the season in front of a new manager and were it not for a couple of Liverpool defensive howlers City would undoubtedly have gone home empty handed on the day.Last weekend, https://www.tigersjeseyonestop.com/detroit-tigers-jersey/jeimer-candelario-jersey Mark Hughes and his army (quite literally) of new QPR recruits rolled into town for an early season reminder of the final day of the last campaign. Thankfully, proceedings were much le s dramatic this time around with the only cause for concern coming from a scruffy Bobby Zamora equaliser against the run of play early in the second half. City were by far the better of the two sides and would have killed the game off much sooner had they been able to stick the ball in the net more often from the multitude of chances created. The final scoreline of 3-1 was probably a fair reflection of the afternoon in spite of a slightly laboured performance from the reigning champions. It seems churlish to expre s even slight di satisfaction at the start City have made to the season but in many ways were the victims of our succe s of this time last year when we blew all before us away in fine style. When the bar has been set so high I suppose its natural to focus on the blemishes on what has actually been a very good start in terms of points gained. Its comforting to note that its still early days and nobody has played particularly brilliantly thus far. Chelsea are now the only team in the country with a 100% record after three https://www.tigersjeseyonestop.com/detroit-tigers-jersey/blank-jersey games but the Radamel Falcao inspired spanking they received from AtlticoMadrid last Friday night suggests that even they have plenty of room for improvement. Despite my absolute hatred for mid-season internationals, it may actually end up being the case that this break has come at a good time for everyone and its to be hoped the squad will reunite next week with renewed vigour and determination for the fixtures ahead. Either that or itll kill any momentum we were beginning to build stone dead. Well see.Last Friday saw the closure of the transfer window for a few months and it seemed those in charge of player acquisition at City approached the deadline in much the same way I approached my university di sertation with a mad eleventh hour trolley dash resulting in five new recruits for the club. Thankfully, the fruits of Citys labour will no doubt prove to be significantly more useful than the dirge I churned out during a night of caffeine fuelled frenzy on the eve of my di sertation deadline. It was actually quite entertaining to see the club do some busine s on Sky Sports Jim Whites raison dtre as transfer deadline day has been a pretty low key affair for City fans in recent seasons.Of the new signings, flying Brazilian wing-back Maicon probably represents the best value for money at a measly 3.5 million and was apparently paid for with the loose change Sheikh Mansour found in his pants the morning after a night out. City have also added another turbine to the midfield engine room with the signing of the highly rated and ridiculously handsome Spaniard Javi Garcia from Benfica. The provocatively named young Serbian defender Matija Nastasics arrival was a relief, mainly because it means well no longer have to witne s Stefan Savic learning some harsh le sons in defending as he moved in the opposite direction as part of a player-plus-cash deal with Fiorentina. The signing of Scott Sinclair is a bit of a head scratcher but https://www.tigersjeseyonestop.com/detroit-tigers-jersey/leonys-martin-jersey Id like to think hell work hard enough to be the player Adam Johnson couldve been. Richard Wright, like Stuart Taylor before him, is a lucky, lucky man.The departure of Nigel De Jong to AC Milan was easily the most upsetting move of the window. The Dutch enforcer has been a fine servant to the club during his time here and will be mi sed, though it has to be said his limitations as a footballer are there for all to see and it wasnt a ma sive surprise to see him moved on. His commitment and endeavour will never be forgotten and I think I speak for City fans everywhere when I say I wish him all the best. Elsewhere, Emmanuel Adebayor has finally done the decent thing and fucked off to Tottenham, while Roque Santa Cruz will run down the final year of his contract (cheers Mark!) on loan to Mlaga.Crucially, all of the key players from last season are still at the club and the new ones will significantly reinforce and hopefully strengthen what was already a brilliant team. We left it late, but I think we can be pretty pleased with the work done this summer when alls said and done.Arguably the biggest https://www.tigersjeseyonestop.com/detroit-tigers-jersey/nick-castellanos-jersey event of the past couple weeks was the draw for the group stages of the Champions League in which City will face Ajax, Boru sia Dortmund and Real Madrid. As if last years baptism of fire wasnt enough, the Blues face an even tougher challenge this time around and must learn from the mistakes made at this stage of the competition last season if theyre to have any chance of qualifying for the knock out round. Personally, Im happy with the draw. The Champions League is still a new and exciting experience and Ill take whatever we can get from it for the time being. Regardle s of the results, I imagine most City fans will relish all of the fixtures and theres no reason the team cant take the group by storm if they play well. A few years ago I could only dream of a competitive fixture between City and Real M

Unai Emery handed with six-game deadline


Arsenal manager Unai Emery has been handed with a six-game deadline to save his head coach https://www.sdpadresfanpride.com/san-diego-padres-jersey/rickey-henderson-jersey role with the club, a report from claims.The Spaniard has come under severe criticism from the supporters in recent weeks and there have been calls for him to be sacked after the 2-0 Premier League at Leicester City over the weekend.Gunners head of football Raul Sanllehi has that Emery is still the right man to manage the north London side but it seems https://www.sdpadresfanpride.com/san-diego-padres-jersey/johnny-manziel-jersey that the 48-year-old will be afforded with just a months time to prove himself.Furthermore, it is mentioned that Emerys performance will be analysed over the next six matches in all competitions, out of which four are in the Premier League against bottom-half opposition. The Gunners are presently behind the top four positions in the table and they are in danger of https://www.sdpadresfanpride.com/san-diego-padres-jersey/freddy-galvis-jersey dropping further adrift in their quest for Champions https://www.sdpadresfanpride.com/san-diego-padres-jersey/carlos-asuaje-jersey League qualification through the league.With league games against Southampton, Norwich City, Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United after the international break, the Gunners have an easier schedule but the board will expect Emery to build up a winning run.Still, there are no a surances with the inconsistency shown by the club in the defensive scheme of things and a couple of winle s https://www.sdpadresfanpride.com/san-diego-padres-jersey/josh-naylor-jersey games could urge the clubs hierarchy to reconsider Emerys position at the helm.Arsenal are presently in all competitions. Out of those, they have taken leads in four games, only to concede and squander their advantage.

Liverpools Scintillating Suarez stuns th


Having already lost to Southampton 3-1 at St. Marys last season, and after being defeated 1-0 at Anfield this season, Liverpool took on a Southampton side who have done very well in the first half of the season, particularly against big teams in their home ground.Liverpools Luis Suarez was about to play his 100th club game. If Daniel Sturridge scores today, he would set a record for scoring in 9 consecutive Premier League matches. Liverpool made one change to their side that beat Swansea 4-3 at Anfield a week ago. Joe Allen came into the side and Raheem Sterling was dropped to the bench. This meant that Liverpool played the diamond formation in midfield comprising of Joe Allen, Steven Gerrard, Jordan Henderson and Phillippe Coutinho. It was a tactical change by Rodgers, and also a good one as Liverpool finally had a game changing player on their bench in the form of Sterling.Southamptons Luke Shaw was on a high after being called up to the England squad for the first time for their final friendly against Denmark before selecting the 23-man squad for the World Cup. The 18 year old left back, who has been courted by Manchester United and Chelsea for most part of the season, was called up to the England squad along with already capped teammates Adam Lallana, Jay Rodriguez and Rickie Lambert.The Reds started the game very well, attacking from kick https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/george-brett-jersey off looking for that early goal like they always do. It took 16 minutes to arrive. Suarez held the ball well away from a defender after a throw in from Johnson. The Uruguayan then attempted to play a one-two with Sturridge, which failed after the Englishman stumbled with the ball. But a defensive mix up involving Sturridge, the ball fell onto the feet of Suarez after a deflection off Dejan Lovren. Suarez was onside and made no mistake in hitting a first timed shot into the bottom corner. 1-0 to Liverpool. It was Suarezs 1st goal after a 6 game goal drought. That goal also increased his goal scoring tally at the top of the goal scoring chart to 24 goals. Liverpool contined their attack only to be stopped by the defenders and poor finishing. However https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/paulo-orlando-jersey , the Reds attacking prowe s lasted for barely 20 minutes. After which it was the home team which got on the front foot. Lallana, Lambert and Rodriguez showed why they were called up to the England squad by linking up perfectly in a move that saw the Saints almost get their much deserved equalizer. Rodriguez hit a brilliant cro s from the right straight onto the path of Lambert who chest the ball in the direction of Lallana who used his quick feet to trick a defender before firing a shot low into the corner, only to be denied by the post. Lallana also forced another acrobatic save from Simon Mignolet. Exceptional play from the Saints. They out muscled Liverpool in all areas. Not to forget, Luke Shaw made bombarding runs into the Liverpool half leaving Henderson and Flanagan in his wake and https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/michael-saunders-jersey delivering pin point cro ses in the final third. It is no doubt that this lad is going to be a big a set to the England squad as it seems to be the end of Ashley Coles England career.Despite the Saints pre surizing attacks and counters, they had nothing to show for it. They had 7 shots on target in the first half, compared to Liverpools 4. Suarez could have scored again from a free-kick had it been on target as the Artur Boruc did not stand a chance of saving it. Liverpool were outplayed in the remaining 25 minutes of the half. The tactics of putting 4 in the midfield backfired as their wings were left exposed.In the second half, Southampton brought on Gaston Ramirez, a player whom Liverpool failed to sign, to beef up their attack. Within the first minute of the restart, Ramirez had a shot and a few excellent touches of the ball. The Saints continued their resilient pre sure with Liverpool sticking to their formation. Coutinho was having a bad game. His last contribution was a corner which flew past everyone to go for a goal kick. He was taken off in the 56th minute to be replaced by Sterling.The move paid off a minute later as Suarez ran onto a through ball from Steven Gerrard, to side foot a low cro s for Sterling to effortle sly tap into the net. 2-0 to Liverpool. It was Sterlings 6th goal in all competitions and Suarezs 5th a sist to Sterling this Season. It was a much needed goal for the Reds who had seemed to be https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/ryan-goins-jersey fading away from the game.After the 2nd goal, Liverpool resumed busine s. Tormenting the Saints back four and keeper. They could have easily scored 4-5 goals. Sturridge had a few chances wasted in the first and second half. He was substituted in the 76th minute to be replaced by Iago Aspas who has had a bad season with the reds. Suarez was striving for the 3rd. He was a hungry man. Always looking for the ball and always working extremely hard to get the ball and create something out of the chances. His efforts were paid off in the 93rd minute of the 4 minutes of injury time given.Suarez got onto the ball and took on Jos Fonte one-on-one. He did his trademark chop back inside the penalty box, only to be fouled by Fonte. The Saints defender did not protest as he knew it was a clear foul and he had been outplayed by the ever present Luis Suarez.Steven Gerrard stepped up to score his 5th penalty this season. He blasted the ball into the top corner which could not have been saved by even a world cla s keeper. 3-0 to the Reds.A much deserved win for the Reds after a long period of scare from the home team who had been excellent throughout the season.With that win, Liverpool moved up to 2nd place, level on points with Arsenal but ahead on goal difference by a ma sive margin after the latter lost to Stoke 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium. Having conceded 2 goals or more in their past 5 games out of 9, Liverpool recorded their first clean sheet since they last won Everton at Anfield.Luis Suarez had scored 62 goals in 100 league games with Liverpool. Only Torres, and Fowler had a better record in their first 100 games. Suarez also beats the likes of Michael Owen, Didier Drogba, Thierry Henry and Robin Van Persies record of goals in their 1st century of games for their clubs. Not only does Suarez top the goal scoring charts this season by a mile, he also tops the a sist charts with 10 a sists. It clearly shows that he not just scores for him team but also puts in a great deal of work and creates a sists for his teammates. So much so, that the closest player to topple him off the goal scoring charts and a sist charts are his teammates Sturridge and Gerrard by 5 goals and 1 a sist respectively.Rodgers tactical awarene s was a key today and his change in bringing on Sterling for the under performing Coutinho proved to be a stroke of tactical https://www.royalsgearonestop.com genius. 4 points off the top. Well on the way to Champions League qualification. The reds have to take one game at a time to see how high they are at the end of the season. Next in line is Manchester United at Old Trafford after

How Arsenals Wenger Messed It Up Again


One of the big tasks of a manager is to keep his players in the buoyant mood, either by https://www.redsoxgearfan.com/boston-red-sox-jersey/wade-boggs-jersey satisfying their salary demand, creating a team of champion-calibre, or offering the player an important role in the team. Having failed to win a trophy for long and losing key players in succe sive offseasons, Arsene Wenger is trying hard to hold on to his key players as well as to lure big names. However, he may have tried a bit too hard this time.Theo Walcotts football talents are well recognised acro s the country. He has been a nightmare for fullbacks with his daring and direct approach. Being still a very young player, Walcott is looking for a breakthrough in his career. Thierry Henry, one of the legends in Arsenal, is the example Walcott wants to follow a transition from the flanks to a central role.The contract stalemate was followed by a handful of goals from the English international. Whether Wenger had been convinced by Walcotts ability, he obviously promised the youngster more opportunities to play as a centre forward and succe sfully convinced him to ink the contract.Walcotts off-the-ball movement and his enormous speed can cause chaos between central defenders. This was exactly the game plan of Arsene Wenger, facing Van Buyten and Dante of Bayern Munich. Neverthele s, this may be an over-ambitious game plan. Clearly, Theo Walcott is yet to be a world-cla s striker who could single-handedly https://www.redsoxgearfan.com/boston-red-sox-jersey/jimmie-foxx-jersey win a match for Arsenal (thinking of Van Persie, right?). Knowing that he would be outmuscled, Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere had actively attempted to put more numbers up front to create space for Theo Walcott. It was not as straightforward as they thought, though, because of the high discipline of the German defence, and also when Javi Martinez and Bastian Schweinsteiger sat very deep in its own half.While they failed to penetrate Bayerns backline, they https://www.redsoxgearfan.com/boston-red-sox-jersey/matt-barnes-jersey could not find a comfortable zone in their own half as well. Thomas Muller, Toni Kroos and Franck Ribery worked their socks off to limit the space Mikel Arteta and Jack Wilshere could enjoy. This was also how they got their first goal. Despite the brilliant finish by Toni Kroos, Bayern Munich would not have created the chance if Arsenal had not given away the ball cheaply.There was a genuine reason that Bayern Munich was confident to sit deep Mario Mandzukic. A man of considerable size but high football intelligence, the Croatian used his strong body, clever runs and decent footwork to hold off defenders and allow teammates arriving late to support. His goal, Bayerns third of the match, was the cla sic example. Mandzukic fought off Koscielny for a long ball, laid it off to a teammate and eventually scored from Phillip Lahms cro https://www.redsoxgearfan.com/boston-red-sox-jersey/mitch-moreland-jersey s.In contrast, Arsenal operated with the lack of physicality which limited the effectivene s. When they found the way to create some rare threats, Sagna and Podolski could never find a teammate in the box. In fact, Arsenals best chance in the match came when Oliver Giroud was introduced and Walcott returned on the right flank, challenging potentially the weakest link of Bayerns defence, David Alaba.Now they need a 3-0 or better victory at Munich to turn their fortune around. Chelsea had done https://www.redsoxgearfan.com/boston-red-sox-jersey/mookie-betts-jersey the magic last year against the le s experienced Napoli, but it is very unlikely Bayern Munich would collapse completely in the second leg to give away their place in quarter final. It looks as if another title opportunity is gone, two in a roll in the space of four days. The media can have another go to irritate Arsene Wenger, but Arsenal fans seem destined to endure another heart-breaking season.

Top Ten Under 21s In The Premier League


The childhood dream of most schoolboys is to become a profe sional footballer, its jumpers for goalposts and Sunday league football for most, with only a small percentage of players ever making a career out of football. However, English football clubs are investing more and more money into the local communities and youth/academy teams, to help bring in youngsters and mould them into strong and skillful players through training and experience.Here https://www.redsfansjersey.com/cincinnati-reds-jersey/alex-wood-jersey is our list (in no particular order) of who we think are currently the top ten under 21s in the Premier League:10) Luke Shaw SouthamptonLuke Shaw is a 21 year old defender currently playing for Southampton, where he has been since 2003. Shaw has played for the England under 16s side and currently has a place in the England under 21s team. With Shaw making an impact in Southamptons defence this season he is sure to be on Hodgsons radar ahead of the World Cup.9) Ben Davies SwanseaTwenty one year old defender Ben Davies made a big impact in Swanseas 2012/2013 season, making 45 appearances and scoring three https://www.redsfansjersey.com/cincinnati-reds-jersey/joe-morgan-jersey goals, which isnt too bad for a left back! Davies also plays for the Welsh National side. 8) Romelu Lukaku EvertonRomelu Lukaku is undeniably one of the best young strikers in the Premier league (and if this list was in order he would no doubt be number one), at 20 years old he has already been labelled the new Didier Drogba. Making a huge impact over in his birthplace Belgium as a youth player he was then scooped up by Chelsea in 2011. Lukaku has since been on loan to West Brom where he scored 17 goals in 33 appearances & then to Everton where he has so far scored 4 goals in 4 apps.7) Jack Wilshere ArsenalJack Wilshere is a 21 year old Midfielder currently playing in both Arsenals first team and the England national side. Im sure everyone has seen Wilshere play, even if you only took a shine to him after goal, he is a brilliant midfielder with a very creative midfield style.6) Philippe Coutinho LiverpoolCoutinho is a 21 year old Brazilian born attacking midfielder/winger who currently plays for Premiership side Liverpool since joining in January 2013 Coutinho has made 17 appearances and scored 3 goals, he has also made his way into the Brazil first team.5) Ro s Barkley EvertonRo s Barkley is a 19 year old attacking Midfielder playing for Everton, he has been at Goodison park since joining https://www.redsfansjersey.com/cincinnati-reds-jersey/blank-jersey in 2005 aged only 11 years old. Barkley has made his way through the youth teams at Everton and earned himself a place in the England under 16, 17, 19, 20, 21s and the first team.4) Ravel Morrison West HamRavel Morrison is a 21 year old Midfielder who started out as a youth player for Manchester United back in 2009, signing a profe sional contract with the side in 2010. Morrison has since joined West Ham united in 2012 following some i sues with his behaviour off the pitch helping to sway him on a move to London, former Manchester United Manager said this at the time of Ravels move he is A brilliant footballer, Brilliant ability, Top cla s ability, Needs to get away from Manchester and start a new life. Morrison has made quite an impact at West Ham scoring 4 goals in 9 appearances for the London side. He also plays for the England Under 21s side, with Roy Hodgson said to be keeping an eye on the youngster ahead of the 2014 World Cup.3) Wilfried Zaha Manchester United Wilfried Zaha is a 20 year old forward who currently plays for Manchester United. Zaha has spent most of his career playing for London side Crystal Palace, winning https://www.redsfansjersey.com/cincinnati-reds-jersey/cliff-pennington-jersey promotion with them to the Premier League back in 2012. Zaha has been out of favour at Manchester United and has failed to make his presence felt in the squad. Zaha made his debut for the England first team in 2012.2) James Ward Prowse SouthamptonJames Ward https://www.redsfansjersey.com/cincinnati-reds-jersey/barry-larkin-jersey Prowse is an 18 year old Midfielder who plays for Southampton, Prowse has spent the last ten years with Southampton since joining in 2003 and working his way up through the ranks. He is making a very positive impact in the side this season, following his debut on the opening day of the 2012/13 season. Prowse has also made his way into the England under 21s side, making 4 appearances and finding the back of the net once.1) Saido Berahino West BromSaido Berahino is a 20 year old striker playing for West Brom, where he has been on the books since joining the youth team back in 2004. Berahino is known for his goal-scoring ability, scoring a hat-trick on his first start for West Brom in a League cup tie against Newport County. Berahino plays for England under 21s after making his way through the England youth teams. He has currently scored 4 goals in 3 games for the under 21s.Written by Kerry Raymond of ThinkingSportsBlog.

Why Brendan Rodgers should be kept as Li


There have been murmurs coming from some Liverpool fans that Brendan Rodgers time at the club should come to https://www.raysjerseysonestop.com/tampa-bay-rays-jersey/corey-dickerson-jersey an end and the Kop hierarchy should look to pursue the popular and charismatic figure of Jurgen Klopp. The man who masterminded two back to back Bundesliga titles and also took Boru sia Dortmund to the champions league final. He has pedigree and will bring entertaining football to merseyside but is it unfair to speculate over Rodgers tenure even though Liverpool are going through their worst trophy drought for over fifty years?The facts will state that Rodgers has now had three seasons at the helm and a return of two semi final appearances and no trophies shows that enough progre s has not been made however Liverpool are undoubtedly in a better position now then they were in in 2012. A majority of the players have improved under the tutelage of Rodgers. Jordan Henderson has gone from a 20 million pound flop to the next captain of Liverpool and arguably has been the most improved player during Rodgers reign. One man https://www.raysjerseysonestop.com/tampa-bay-rays-jersey/wilson-ramos-jersey who can also argue over this title is Raheem Sterling whose progre s has come on rapidly over the last 18 months. Remember Sterling came on to the scene the same time as Adnan Januzaj and has clearly reached a further level then his Belgian counterpart, so much so that he is being linked with a move away from Anfield in the region of 50 million pounds. Other players have also benefited under Rodgers leadership such as; Jordan Ibe, Emre Can and Philippe Coutinho who is showcasing the talent that the Liverpool manager had seen from a very young age.One part of Rodgers tenure so far that can be seen as a certain failure is recruitment of personnel with well over 200 million pounds being spent during his time and not a lot of quality to show for it. The proce s of trying to find astute signings coupled with the scouting has not worked and this could prove to be a major factor https://www.raysjerseysonestop.com/tampa-bay-rays-jersey/nate-lowe-jersey that could come into play while deciding Rodgers future. After all the hierarchy at Liverpool may not feel comfortable opening up the chequebook again for someone who has so far got a poor track record with transfers. However the managerial game is a learning curve and Rodgers has surely realised that quality of players is now more important then quantity.It should be remembered that only a year ago Liverpool were challenging for the league and the lo s of Luis Suarez (who was directly involved in 43 league goals last season) and the signings of https://www.raysjerseysonestop.com/tampa-bay-rays-jersey/jesus-aguilar-jersey 9 new players would have made this a transitional season. It should also be remembered that Liverpools start to the season bordered on disastrous picking up 22 points in their opening 17 league games, a return which made champions league qualification a fading dream. Credit must be given to the remarkable turn around in https://www.raysjerseysonestop.com/tampa-bay-rays-jersey/brendan-mckay-jersey form which has seen 15 games accumulate 35 points. A change in formation and tactics brought this revival showing that Rodgers has got the know how and should be given more time and funds to implement his changes. The recruitment will be key with experience and quality needed alongside the already talented young players at the club. A managerial change is not nece sary as the owners understand that Rodgers project is not a short term one nor is his position.