Honorable Mention
Deco (Chelsea vs Bolton)
Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal vs Blackburn)
Robin Van Persie (Arsenal vs Liverpool)
Top 10 Best Goals EPL
10. Peter Crouch (Portsmouth vs Stoke)
Never thought there would be a day when Peter Crouch used his feet to score a goal on a top 10 list
9. Paul Konchesky (Fulham vs West Ham)
Konchesky deserves it with this rocket strike that could not be placed any more perfectly in the top corner of the net.
8. Robbie Keane (Liverpool vs Arsenal)
This was one of the few bright spots of Keane's short stay at Anfield. It was a beautiful ball down the field met with one touch by Keane and hit straight by Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia. Just a great play all around.
7. Geovanni (Hull vs Arsenal)
A cannonading shot from well outside the 18-yard box that barely kisses off the woodwork. Even more impressive was that it was on the road at the Emirates, and it tied the match in the second half. What a strike.
6. Nicholas Anelka (Chelsea- Sunderland)
Anelka took the ball in his own half and went the rest of the way on his own, the run culminating in a driving, curling strike into the top corner.
5. Gretar Steinsson (Bolton vs Stoke)
One touch off his chest, hits it off the volley, and launches it into the top corner of the net.
4. Fredico Macheda (Manchester United vs Aston Villa)
Macheda burst onto the Premier League scene with this goal. A 17-year-old making his Manchester United debut, Macheda got the ball in the box, turned and bent one into the far corner. Oh, and this goal just happened to come in the 93rd minute of a match which was tied 2-2 at the time.
3. Fernando Torres (Liverppol vs Blackburn)
An absolutely clinical finish. This goal could be used as a training video for young footballers in the future. In just the fifth minute, with his back to goal, Torres took the ball off his chest, let it bounce once, then volleyed it into the top corner while turning towards the net.
2. David Bentley (Tottenham vs Arsenal)
Bentley took this one from a good 45 yards out, surprising everyone in the ground including the goalkeeper. Just an excellent display of skill here.
1. Glen Johnson (Portsmouth vs Hull)
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Johnson takes the clearance off his chest, and while the ball is still in the air he hits it left-footed past a stunned keeper. Just a magnificent strike.
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Michael Owen on the verge of shock move to Manchester United
MICHAEL OWEN is on the verge of an astonishing move to Manchester United to supply some of the goals that have been lost in the wake of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez leaving Old Trafford. Owen, recently linked with Stoke City and Hull City and written off in many quarters as a has-been, was holding talks with the Premier League champions last night and will complete one of the most unexpected transfers of the summer if he passes a stringent medical examination.
That is expected to take place today when, if everything goes according to plan, United hope to announce they are willing to take on a striker whose career had seemed to be in an irreversible tailspin. Owen is a free agent after coming to the end of his contract at Newcastle United and his stock has fallen so much over a dismal season that, until now, he has been prominently linked with clubs in the lower half of the table.
Owen even faced the ignominy this week of the Blackburn Rovers manager, Sam Allardyce, saying he would not try to sign him because the former Liverpool and Real Madrid player could not be guaranteed to play 30 games a season.
Alex Ferguson, however, appears to be untroubled by the forward’s various injury problems and is keen to reunite him with Wayne Rooney, his former strike partner for the England national team until Fabio Capello decided that Owen was no longer worthy of a place in the squad. Everton have been monitoring Owen’s potential availability but were informed last night that they had effectively been gazumped.
The transfer is likely to prompt a mixed reaction among United supporters given Owen’s past with Liverpool and, more pertinently, the fact that he has become recognised as a player on the wane.
Owen scored 30 times in 65 starts for Newcastle, but he cost them €48 million in total when putting together his wages and his transfer fee, and was dropped by the club’s interim manager, Alan Shearer, during the run-in to their relegation. He has not scored since January and, as his reputation has plummeted, his representatives appeared to have had so little confidence in finding a major club that would be willing to sign him they produced a 32-page brochure to persuade prospective buyers that he was worth a punt.
Ferguson is unlikely to have needed a glossy supplement, however, to know all about Owen’s ability, having closely followed his career since the player was at school. Liverpool got in ahead of United after Ferguson could not arrange a deal with the player’s father, Terry, and sources close to the Old Trafford manager have indicated that he has always regarded Owen as one that got away.
Even so, it represents a significant gamble on the part of Ferguson given the way Owen, at 29, has become more synonymous with injuries and high wages than the goals that once made him one of the more feared strikers in European football. There have also been misgivings about Owen’s commitment to his professional life, with the Wigan chairman, Dave Whelan, recently questioning whether the player was spending too much time indulging his love of horse racing.
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0703/1224249969595.html
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Today's Top 10: The Greatest Football Players
10. Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
He redefined the role of attacking midfield player in the Premiership. The one concern is how well he would do away from his mentor, Sir Alex Ferguson. Now he's already over 30. He might need to give to promising youngster in Manchester United team like Darren Gibson.
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9. Juninho Pernambucano (Lyons)
Elegant and creative, but also with an edge when necessary, he can light up any side. Plus, he’ll get his usual haul of set-piece goals. He's the God in taking free kick. i bet you must know this.
8. Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
There’s a reason he’s always smiling. You’d be smiling all the time too if you knew that you were the best player on the pitch and you were about to make some poor defender look a jackass. He is the poster child for Brazilian football, the proud heir of those who came before him. He didn’t adapt to the European game, he forced it to adapt to him. Put him on the team sheet, sit back and enjoy the show. His glorious time in Barcelona has past but we could remember him how he scored the fantastic goal with Chelsea!
7. Carlos Tevez (Manchester United)
A single-minded winner, who has carried whole clubs on his back in Argentina, Brazil and England. Tevez’s contribution isn’t measured in just goals and assists, but in self-sacrifice and heroism. With a season of European football under his belt, there is no telling how much better he’s going to be next year. Manchester United never respect this man, delaying the offers for Tevez (he really wanted to stay at Old Trafford). So, here we go, he's heading to Manchester City. He's the general on the field. I bet you know this!
6. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Another who had a mediocre season (by his standards). You notice how important he is when he is not there. His workrate and ability are hard to replace and he is quickly becoming indispensable, both for club and country. Now he's going to take big responsbility to replace the impact of Cristiano Ronaldo and Tevez in the team.
5. Leo Messi (Barcelona)
Leave Maradona out of it for a minute. Focus instead on that when the ball is at his feet, unless you’re Nostradamus, you have absolutely no idea what will happen next. There is no legislating for unpredictability in football and Messi has bags of it. Plus, his 14 Liga goals last year show that he has added a healthy scoring dimension to his game as well.
4. John Terry (Chelsea)
He’s what God had in mind when he invented the British centre half. While Terry’s strength and courage win him plaudits, he is also an underrated distributor who reads the game very well.
3. Kaka (Milan)
The top four are incredibly tight, but he just edges it for one simple reason: he combines Brazilian flair with European directness like nobody else. He truly is a product of two footballing cultures, a man who has all the virtues and none of the vices of either. Speaking of vices, he really, really doesn’t have any. A committed Christian, he announced proudly that he was a virgin on his wedding night. He likes to parade around in his favourite T-shirt, the one that reads “I belong to Jesus” (thereby opening a whole can of worms regarding third-party ownership). And that’s another reason he tops the list - with Kaka in your team, odds are, the big fella upstairs will be on your side as well.
2. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Speaking of heroics, he’s done it so many times, it’s easy to lose track. If Gerrard were a few inches taller and a few pounds more slight, we would marvel at his pure technical ability. Instead, we focus on his bruising workrate and other more obvious qualities. Don’t worry about fitting him into your side. Just do what Rafa does. Line up your nine other outfield players and let Gerrard do whatever he likes.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
In the P.C. era (pre-Cristiano) wingers were slight, nippy and small. He redefined the position marrying size and brawn with pace and trickery. You get the sense that, when he’s running at defenders, he could go around them or straight through them. As an added bonus, he’s also an aerial threat on set pieces. The 80 million tranfer deal to Real madrid could make him one of the richest man in sport history, earning 500,000 per week ( rumours). No one could replace him for now. Doughlas Costa? We need to wait and see... Wait for Man utd to buy him.
Greatest10 wish you all the best in what ever you do!
He redefined the role of attacking midfield player in the Premiership. The one concern is how well he would do away from his mentor, Sir Alex Ferguson. Now he's already over 30. He might need to give to promising youngster in Manchester United team like Darren Gibson.
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9. Juninho Pernambucano (Lyons)
Elegant and creative, but also with an edge when necessary, he can light up any side. Plus, he’ll get his usual haul of set-piece goals. He's the God in taking free kick. i bet you must know this.
8. Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
There’s a reason he’s always smiling. You’d be smiling all the time too if you knew that you were the best player on the pitch and you were about to make some poor defender look a jackass. He is the poster child for Brazilian football, the proud heir of those who came before him. He didn’t adapt to the European game, he forced it to adapt to him. Put him on the team sheet, sit back and enjoy the show. His glorious time in Barcelona has past but we could remember him how he scored the fantastic goal with Chelsea!
7. Carlos Tevez (Manchester United)
A single-minded winner, who has carried whole clubs on his back in Argentina, Brazil and England. Tevez’s contribution isn’t measured in just goals and assists, but in self-sacrifice and heroism. With a season of European football under his belt, there is no telling how much better he’s going to be next year. Manchester United never respect this man, delaying the offers for Tevez (he really wanted to stay at Old Trafford). So, here we go, he's heading to Manchester City. He's the general on the field. I bet you know this!
6. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Another who had a mediocre season (by his standards). You notice how important he is when he is not there. His workrate and ability are hard to replace and he is quickly becoming indispensable, both for club and country. Now he's going to take big responsbility to replace the impact of Cristiano Ronaldo and Tevez in the team.
5. Leo Messi (Barcelona)
Leave Maradona out of it for a minute. Focus instead on that when the ball is at his feet, unless you’re Nostradamus, you have absolutely no idea what will happen next. There is no legislating for unpredictability in football and Messi has bags of it. Plus, his 14 Liga goals last year show that he has added a healthy scoring dimension to his game as well.
4. John Terry (Chelsea)
He’s what God had in mind when he invented the British centre half. While Terry’s strength and courage win him plaudits, he is also an underrated distributor who reads the game very well.
3. Kaka (Milan)
The top four are incredibly tight, but he just edges it for one simple reason: he combines Brazilian flair with European directness like nobody else. He truly is a product of two footballing cultures, a man who has all the virtues and none of the vices of either. Speaking of vices, he really, really doesn’t have any. A committed Christian, he announced proudly that he was a virgin on his wedding night. He likes to parade around in his favourite T-shirt, the one that reads “I belong to Jesus” (thereby opening a whole can of worms regarding third-party ownership). And that’s another reason he tops the list - with Kaka in your team, odds are, the big fella upstairs will be on your side as well.
2. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
Speaking of heroics, he’s done it so many times, it’s easy to lose track. If Gerrard were a few inches taller and a few pounds more slight, we would marvel at his pure technical ability. Instead, we focus on his bruising workrate and other more obvious qualities. Don’t worry about fitting him into your side. Just do what Rafa does. Line up your nine other outfield players and let Gerrard do whatever he likes.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
In the P.C. era (pre-Cristiano) wingers were slight, nippy and small. He redefined the position marrying size and brawn with pace and trickery. You get the sense that, when he’s running at defenders, he could go around them or straight through them. As an added bonus, he’s also an aerial threat on set pieces. The 80 million tranfer deal to Real madrid could make him one of the richest man in sport history, earning 500,000 per week ( rumours). No one could replace him for now. Doughlas Costa? We need to wait and see... Wait for Man utd to buy him.
Greatest10 wish you all the best in what ever you do!
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