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Baimi

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Thierry Henry, has announced his retirement from football to take up a punditry role in England.
Here are his top 25 goals, the way he scored make it so simple, in all sort of angles, outside/inside the box,
left leg, right leg, dead ball situation, loop, delicate, power and even one back heel goal. Few goals he can take on the entire
defence on a solo run and score. But NONE with his head.
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Last Season : PFA Manager of the Year

Today : He has three weeks to save his job


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spotter542

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Thierry Henry, has announced his retirement from football to take up a punditry role in England.
Here are his top 25 goals, the way he scored make it so simple, in all sort of angles, outside/inside the box,
left leg, right leg, dead ball situation, loop, delicate, power and even one back heel goal. Few goals he can take on the entire
defence on a solo run and score. But NONE with his head.
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Sad to say Wenger can never find another talented striker to replace Henry :mad:


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Henry's last goal for Arsenal
Like a shark that smells blood , he was at the right place at the right time :cool:



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This weekend's big matches in the EPL

Man City vs Crystal Palace (8.45pm)
Aston Villa vs Man Utd (11pm)
Southampton vs Everton (11pm)

Tomorrow night (Sun)
Newcastle vs Sunderland (9.30pm)
Liverpool vs Arsenal (12.00 am)

Monday night/ Tuesday morning
Stoke City vs Chelsea (4am)
 

ByTheWay

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This weekend's big matches in the EPL

Man City vs Crystal Palace (8.45pm)
Aston Villa vs Man Utd (11pm)
Southampton vs Everton (11pm)

Tomorrow night (Sun)
Newcastle vs Sunderland (9.30pm)
Liverpool vs Arsenal (12.00 am)

Monday night/ Tuesday morning
Stoke City vs Chelsea (4am)

By the way it's good that Liverfool have restore some confidence in their supporters otherwise odds will be lopsided.
 

Baimi

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Sad to say Wenger can never find another talented striker to replace Henry :mad:
Henry's last goal for Arsenal
Like a shark that smells blood , he was at the right place at the right time :cool:

I thought when RVP last played for Arsenal he was very good.
Arsenal could have crowned champion last season if they signed the one that bite from Liverpool.
Instead they signed mee soup from Real Madrid.
Arsenal were leading the table for half the season when they lost 5-1 to Liverpool and Liverpool
replaced Arsenal for the championship challenge.
 

ByTheWay

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I thought when RVP last played for Arsenal he was very good.
Arsenal could have crowned champion last season if they signed the one that bite from Liverpool.
Instead they signed mee soup from Real Madrid.
Arsenal were leading the table for half the season when they lost 5-1 to Liverpool and Liverpool
replaced Arsenal for the championship challenge.

By the way the problem with the Gunners is their manager.
 

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Again 6 "big" matches out of 10. Might as well label all as "big". What about QPR vs WBA? :rolleyes::biggrin:

The only big match in the BPL this weekend is the NE Derby: Newcastle vs Sunderland. :p

This weekend's big matches in the EPL

Man City vs Crystal Palace (8.45pm)
Aston Villa vs Man Utd (11pm)
Southampton vs Everton (11pm)

Tomorrow night (Sun)
Newcastle vs Sunderland (9.30pm)
Liverpool vs Arsenal (12.00 am)

Monday night/ Tuesday morning
Stoke City vs Chelsea (4am)
 

THE_CHANSTER

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Again 6 "big" matches out of 10. Might as well label all as "big". What about QPR vs WBA? :rolleyes::biggrin:

The only big match in the BPL this weekend is the NE Derby: Newcastle vs Sunderland. :p

My definition of 'big' are those teams chasing for a spot in Europe, whether UCL or Europa League.

Teams like Burnley, Leicester, Hull and sadly QPR are not EPL quality and at least two of these will be relegated in May.
Teams who are promoted from the Championship nearly always end up getting relegated the following season.
 

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My definition of 'big' are those teams chasing for a spot in Europe, whether UCL or Europa League.

Teams like Burnley, Leicester, Hull and sadly QPR are not EPL quality and at least two of these will be relegated in May.
Teams who are promoted from the Championship nearly always end up getting relegated the following season.

Datuk... WBA just scored. :biggrin:
 

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Datuk... WBA just scored. :biggrin:

Fightback! QPR 3 -2 West Brom
Charlie Austin hat-trick!

Come on U Rssssssss!

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Liverpool vs Arsenal: team news and match preview

Match preview and team news of the Premier League game between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday, December 21, 2014, kick-off 16.00 (GMT)


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Positive outlook: Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager, was all smiles ahead of Sunday's match Photo: ACTION IMAGES

By Telegraph Sport
2:41PM GMT 19 Dec 2014

Liverpool v Arsenal
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Anfield
Kick-off: 16.00 GMT.
TV: Sky Sport 1, Highlights, BBC ONE Match of the Day 2.

Team News

Liverpool are awaiting a late assessment on defender Dejan Lovren's groin injury ahead of Sunday's visit of Arsenal.

The centre-back was forced off during Wednesday's Capital One Cup quarter-final win over Bournemouth and should he not be fit manager Brendan Rodgers can recall Mamadou Sakho or revert to a flat-back four.

Midfielder Joe Allen missed the trip the south coast but could return to the squad but striker Mario Balotelli is suspended.

Arsenal's Theo Walcott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (both groin) and Nacho Monreal (ankle) face fitness tests to determine if they can play in Sunday's Premier League clash at Anfield.

Manager Arsene Wenger fears midfielder Aaron Ramsey will miss the hectic festive fixture schedule with his hamstring problem, but has Calum Chambers back from suspension.

Laurent Koscielny (calf), Mikel Arteta (calf), Mesut Ozil (knee), David Ospina (thigh), Abou Diaby (calf), Jack Wilshere (ankle), Tomas Rosicky (thigh) and Serge Gnabry (knee) are all still out.

Match Notes

Liverpool destroyed Arsenal in this fixture last season, with the attacking threat of Brendan Rodgers' team coming to the fore against an opponent embarking on its usual late season slump. Sunday's encounter is one between two teams struggling for form and confidence, however, and a defeat for either would set the alarm bells ringing loudly ahead of a hazardous Christmas period.

Already, this game feels like an eliminator for fourth place and nobody would have anticipated that in August.

Probable teams

Liverpool: Jones, Toure, Skrtel, Sakho, Henderson, Gerrard, Lucas, Lallana, Markovic, Coutinho, Sterling, Mignolet, Manquillo, Moreno, Can, Allen, Lambert, Borini.
Arsenal: Szczesny, Gibbs, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Monreal, Bellerin, Flamini, Cazorla, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sanchez, Welbeck, Giroud, Martinez, Podolski, Campbell, Coquelin, Walcott, O'Connor, Maitland-Niles, Ajayi, Akpom.

Referee: Michael Oliver. Matches: 12, Y50 R1

Betting: Home 9-5, Away 13-8, Draw 21-10.

Stat of the game: Liverpool have won just two of their last 14 Premier League meetings with Arsenal

Mark Ogden's prediction: 1-2



 

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Brendan Rodgers: How can people say I am useless when I was manager of the year last season?

Liverpool manager rounds on the growing criticism he has faced this season

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Highs and lows: Brendan Rodgers guided Liverpool to second in the Premier League last season Photo: PA

By Jason Burt, Football Correspondent
10:30PM GMT 20 Dec 2014

Brendan Rodgers has rounded on the growing criticism he has faced this season, with the Liverpool manager declaring that he has gone from being “manager of the year” to being regarded as “useless”.

Ahead of the Premier League match at home to Arsenal, Rodgers also defended Arsène Wenger, describing the abuse and protests the Arsenal manager has endured this year as “disgraceful”.

Liverpool and Arsenal have endured difficult campaigns so far with Rodgers having lost five of his last 11 matches in all competitions and been knocked out of the Champions League.

Of the scrutiny and criticism he has endured, after Liverpool finished second in the Premier League last season, so close to their first title for 24 years, Rodgers said: “Six or seven months ago I was the [League Managers’ Association’s] 'manager of the year’ and I was going to be 'this and that’ and 'tactically this and tactically that’. But because we lost our two world-class players – one out of the club [with Luis Suárez sold to Barcelona for £75 million], one injured [Daniel Sturridge] – I’m useless. But I accept that.”

Rodgers was nevertheless in a combative mood on Friday as he also rounded on the criticism aimed at Raheem Sterling especially over whether he has stalled on agreeing a new contract and wanted to leave. There is also anger at Liverpool at claims of dressing-room divisions and the way the club is generally being portrayed.

Rodgers suggested that there had not been enough focus on the problems Liverpool have faced in losing Suárez and with Sturridge absent through injury. “It is a fair point that people are looking at us and seeing that we haven’t been as dynamic as the last couple of years, but there are simple reasons for that,” he said. “It should be clear really.”

There was also great sympathy for Wenger – not least for the ridicule he faced after slipping over at Liverpool’s Lime Street station after Arsenal were beaten 5-1 at Anfield last February.

“Arsène Wenger has been an iconic figure for football, he has been amazing,” Rodgers said. “Some of the personal stuff he takes is absolutely disgraceful. He fell over in a train station, and they were videoing it and taking pictures of him and then people like to print it.

“The other week he was at West Brom and that [the protest he faced] was disgraceful. As a leading figure in football, a statesman of the game, it was poor. But that is the modern world.”

 

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Liverpool has turned the corner from last weekend. forget about Suarez, they have the newly crowned golden boy Sterling. there are rumors that Torres is returning. the good news just keeps coming. :biggrin:
 
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