October 22, 2007
EPL - Gameweek 10
Everton 1 v Liverpool 2
Hyypia (og) 41′ Kuyt 2 (2 pen) 52′, 91′
Arsenal 2 v Bolton 0
Toure 68′
Rosicky 80′
Blackburn 4 v Reading 2
McCarthy 18′, 82′ (pen) Doyle 80′, 91′
Santa Cruz 22′
Tugay 32
Fulham 0 v Derby 0
Man. City 1 v Birmingham 0
Elano 37′
Middlesbrough 0 v Chelsea 2
Drogba 8′
Alex 57′
Aston Villa 1 v Man. United 4
Agbonlahor 13′ Rooney 36′ 44′
Ferdinand 48′
Giggs 75′
Wigan 0 v Portsmouth 2
Mwaruwari 80′
Johnson 86′
West Ham 3 v Sunderland 1
Cole 9′ Jones 52′
Gordon (og) 78′
Bellamy 90′
Newcastle 3 v Tottenham 1
Martins 45′ Keane 57′
Capaca 51′
Milner 73′
Guess as i am the only guy who wants to comment on the A.League that you have given up posting the games , figured i would comment anyway !! Jets and Roar game last night was ok , great attacking component , defensively both teams looked poor.How good are Kruse - Zullo and Holland know i said it last week but all three did really well again .
Adelaide will they change from last weeks team and include Burns ? think Wellington will beat Central Coast and Victory to win also despite all the problems with Archie and Lube .
Comment by Oncesackedcoach — October 20, 2007 @ 7:08 pm
Hope Blues can punish over coached reds !! villa to beat united , Arsenal - Fulham - Man City and Blackburn all bankers .Think Portsmouth and Chelski should also win .
Comment by Oncesackedcoach — October 20, 2007 @ 7:12 pm
Benitez points out peril of ‘passion’ to action man Gerrard
By James Corrigan
There are pool syndicates with fewer permutations on their coupons then Rafa Benitez has found on his Liverpool squad list, but still Saturday saw a first. Steven Gerrard was adjudged to be the weak link as his side chased three points.
So often the banker, there is absolutely no need to expound just what Gerrard felt like when hauled off in front of the baying Evertonians. To say it takes courage to substitute the local hero in such a full-blooded derby is an understatement. For Benitez to do it at this particular moment in Gerrard’s career was one hell of a statement.
If the baffled, take-a-step back reaction from the captain told its own story, and if the words of Jamie Carragher – “what’s wrong, mate, are you injured?” – on being handed the armband backed it up, then so too did the steely look on Benitez. Populism is not his game; football is. And to his mind Gerrard’s form of it was more fanatical than professional.
“The idea was clear,” said Benitez. “By then Everton were a man down, it was 10 against 11 and we had a player with passion. But we needed to pass and control the ball.” Afterwards, Gerrard reportedly sought out the manager for his own explanation and may just have pointed out that it was his 70-yard run of “passion” that led to Dirk Kuyt’s first penalty as well as the first of Everton’s two red cards.
Liverpool were one down at the time and looking anything but poised after Sami Hyypia’s spectacular own-goal volley. It was all seemingly set up for Gerrard, who had started to show the touches and verve that have been strangely missing of late.
Benitez, however, saw a rather bigger picture. He did so as soon as he arrived on Merseyside three years ago and witnessed this footballing alpha male trying to do everything for a team that looked over-reliant when he was on the pitch and Robin Reliant when he was off it.
Comment by Oncesackedcoach — October 22, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
From Daily Telegraph By Tom Smithies
October 22, 2007 12:00am
SYDNEY FC coach Branko Culina will leave the club today after chairman Andrew Kemeny decided this morning to wield the axe.
Culina was summoned to a meeting this afternoon with FC chief executive George Perry where he will have his contract terminated with immediate effect.
Culina has only been in the post since February but it’s believed Sydney have already prepared a replacement, with John Kosmina the hot favourite.
It’s understood that Culina last week sought assurances on his future from Kemeny, which he received but qualified by the caveat that results will always determine a coach’s future.
Saturday night’s loss to Adelaide hardened the resolve of Kemeny, who since his appointment in August has become an increasingly hands-on chairman, to the extent of overseeing the signing of Michael Bridges and the pursuit of John Aloisi.
Kemeny has the full support of majority shareholder Frank Lowy - the two ran Sydney City in the NSL - and is determined to act to arrest Sydney’s drifting, with FC facing a make-or-break clash with leaders Central Coast next Sunday.
Culina last night declined to comment on the speculation over his future, saying only that as it was something he couldn’t control it was something he would not worry about.
But the injuries that have wrecked the coach’s season have been compounded by fresh blows to Terry McFlynn and Adam Casey - in the latter’s case a broken tibia ruling him out for the rest of the season.
McFlynn will definitely miss Sunday’s home game with Central Coast, and Mark Milligan is no certainty to return after missing Saturday’s defeat with a calf injury picked up while on international duty.
Steve Corica and Ruben Zadkovich will, however, return from suspension, while on-loan striker Michael Bridges will debut if his visa arrives by the weekend.
Comment by Oncesackedcoach — October 22, 2007 @ 3:31 pm