December 2009 Blog Posts (12)

Welcome back the bairns(children)

Immediately after Craig Levein had been introduced as the next Scottish national team manager and the inevitable questions were asked on the possible re-inclusion of the boozegate duo and Kris Boyd.

All three have been noticeable absentees during Scotland’s ill-fated World Cup qualification campaign.

Currently Kris Boyd is the Scottish Premier League (SPL) top scorer and is a few goals away from taking over Henrik Larsson as the all time SPL top goal scorer. All though… Continue

Added by ali mclauchlan on December 24, 2009 at 12:37am — No Comments

Levien is new Scotland Boss

Dundee United manager Craig Levein has been confirmed as the new Scotland national coach at a Scottish Football Association (SFA) press conference.

Levein, 45, who begins his role with immediate effect, had been the bookies favourite to succeed former boss George Burley, who was sacked last month after failing to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa.

Flanked by SFA chief executive Gordon Smith and President George Peat, Levein was clearly overjoyed at the appointment… Continue

Added by ali mclauchlan on December 23, 2009 at 10:05pm — 1 Comment

City sacked Hughes, Mancini on

Manchester City have sacked their manager Mark Hughes and appointed former Inter Milan and Lazio manager Roberto Mancini. Hughes leaves after 77 games in charge at Eastlands but has been under great pressure, especially after his team lost 3-0 against Tottenham last Wednesday.

Former Manchester United assistant manager Brian Kidd will join Mancini in the same role. Hughes' backroom staff of Mark Bowen, Eddie Niedzwiecki, Kevin Hitchcock and Glyn Hodges… Continue

Added by MySoccerPlace.net on December 19, 2009 at 11:04pm — No Comments

UEFA Europa League Draw

Liverpool take on another team knocked out of the Champions League after being drawn against Romania side Unirea Urziceni in the last 32 of the Europa League here on Friday.

Rafael Benitez's side finished third in Group E while Unirea were third in Group G, but scored an impressive 4-1 win over Rangers at Ibrox.

If they win, Liverpool will next meet the winner of the two-legged tie on February 18 and 25 between French club Lille and Turkish… Continue

Added by MySoccerPlace.net on December 18, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Champions League Draw

David Beckham is set to return to Old Trafford after Manchester United were drawn with AC Milan on Friday for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Chelsea were drawn against ex-manager Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan as two former heroes of English football are set for emotional returns to their old clubs. Related article: Italians bitter at draw

England midfielder Beckham, who won the Champions League with United in… Continue

Added by MySoccerPlace.net on December 18, 2009 at 6:08pm — No Comments

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miralem pijanić is the best!!!

Added by mesihović feđa on December 16, 2009 at 8:52pm — 1 Comment

Dream Team 4-3-3

Goalkeeper

1. Julio Cesar GK (Inter Milan)

Defenders

2. Dani Alves RB (Barcelona)

6. Lucio CB (Inter Milan)

26. Terry CB (Chelsea) CAPTIAN

3. A.Cole LB (Chelsea)

Midfielders

5. Essien CDM (Chelsea)

6. Xavi Hernandez CM (Barcelona)

8. Iniesta CM (Barcelona)

Strikers

10. Messi RW (Barcelona)

9. Cristiano Ronaldo LW (Real Madrid)

11. Drogba ST (Chelsea)

Subs

1. Petr Cech GK (Chelsea)

5.… Continue

Added by KillaT on December 13, 2009 at 10:24pm — 11 Comments

WHO NEXT FOR SCOTLAND????????

The recent termination of George Burley’s contract brought to an end a largely, disastrous reign.

Under Burley, Scotland only managed four wins out of 13, two of those coming against Iceland. Defeats to Macedonia, Norway and Holland contributed to a hopeless campaign. In addition this there was the Boozegate saga, the self imposed, non-inclusion of Kris Boyd and bewildering team tactics and backroom staff appointments.

Surprisingly, Burley was given an extended a stay of… Continue

Added by ali mclauchlan on December 10, 2009 at 12:21am — 1 Comment

England face re-draw

ShareIt was released yesterday by FIFA that England would be subject to a re-draw such was the farcical outcome of last Fridays World Cup draw.

In order to redress the apparent unfairness of the draw and preserve the integrity of the biggest sporting event in the world England…

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Added by ali mclauchlan on December 8, 2009 at 5:39pm — 2 Comments

WORLD CUP DRAW

2010 World Cup draw

Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece

Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia

Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia

Group E: Netherlands, Japan, Cameroon, Denmark

Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia

Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Cost, Portugal

Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile,… Continue

Added by ali mclauchlan on December 4, 2009 at 7:52pm — 8 Comments

odds for world cup win

Spain 9/2
Brazil 9/2
England 6/1
Argentina 8/1
Germany 12/1
Italy 14/1
Netherlands 14/1
France 14/1
Portugal 14/1
Ivory Coast 20/1

these are the William Hill odds.. Maybe good to get a bet on before the draw?

Ivory Coast are well worth a tenner considering that the World Cup is in Africa

Dutch and Portugese at 14,s

Added by ali mclauchlan on December 2, 2009 at 4:45pm — No Comments

world cup seeding

The draw is on Friday and he seeds as follows:

each group containing one country from each pot.

Pot 1 (seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England

Pot 2 (Asia, Oceania and North/Central America): Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Mexico, Honduras

Pot 3 (Africa and South America): Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Algeria, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay

Pot 4… Continue

Added by ali mclauchlan on December 2, 2009 at 4:33pm — 7 Comments