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Archive for October, 2006

Liverpool on the path to a sixth

Liverpool should beat Bordeaux tonight with little difficulty. They have a fantastic record against French clubs at Anfield and Bordeaux are hardly setting Ligue 1 on fire, currently languishing in 8th place - mind you that’s the same as Liverpool in the PL - Hmm… scrub that last comment.

Rafa is urging his players against complacency, and is set to field a changed side for the 100th time as if to reinforce his point - no players place is safe.

I can see this a 2-0 victory for the Reds, with Gerrard and Riise on the scoresheet - Gerrard burying rumours that he wants to move club.

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Vocabulary - week 1

Podcast 1 (October 31st) Vocabulary 1 doc

competition – tournament
e.g. The Champions League is a competition for the strongest club sides in Europe.

nil – no goals scored
e.g. Manchester United beat Bolton 4-0 (four nil)

hat trick – three goals scored by the same player in the same match
e.g. Wayne Rooney’s hat trick helped Manchester United beat Bolton.

transfer – when a player moves from one club to another club
e.g. Michael Ballack was transferred from Bayern Munich to Chelsea in the summer

sitting on top – the team are leading the league (are first)
e.g. Werder Bremen are sitting on top of the Bundesliga

rotation policy – when a team’s starting members are changed on a regular basis
e.g. Liverpool should stop using the rotation policy if they want to win the League.

local derby – a game between two teams from the same area
e.g. Tottenham against Arsenal is a fierce local derby in London.

squad - the group of payers belonging to a club (usually about 25 players) e.g. the Chelsea squad is the most expensive in the world.

breakaway goal – a goal scored on the counter attack (a quick attack from defence) e.g. Liverpool defended and hoped for a breakaway goal.

pundit – an expert on football
e.g. the pundits feel that Chelsea will be favourites to win the League again.

in a row – consecutively, one after another.
e.g. West Ham lost 8 games in a row.

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Unbeaten in 7 matches

Unbeaten in 7 matches with no goals conceded in the last three games suggest that the season is finally turning around for Martin Jol’s men. However, scoring is still a big problem for Spurs with only 6 goals in the league all season - the second-lowest in the division.

This week is a big week for the club as a win on Thursday’s EUFA Cup match against Bruges from Belgium should enable the team to qualify for the knock-out stages of that tournament, while on Sunday Tottenham attempt to beat Chelsea for the first time in more than 30 matches. Now that would really get our season started.

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Brendan on the North West derby

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Reflections on Manchester United and Liverpool by a MU fan. Listen here
Mp3 File - Brendan on Manchester United.

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Liverpool back on track

Let’s hope that the Reds are back on track. Tremendous display against the previously unbeated Aston Villa. And, surprise, surprise, Garcia on the left!

Crouch keeps scoring, too.

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Portugal

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