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Fernando meet my wife’s fried chicken

The impact Fernando Torres made off the bench this weekend was obvious. The show in The FanZone was great and the fried chicken my wife made was “para chuparse los dedos.” This is part of the Good Stuff Network!!! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.albertanaya.com%2Ffernando-meet-my-wifes-fried-chicken%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Fernando+meet+my+wife%26%238217%3Bs+fried+chicken’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Goodbye Stamford Bridge- hello top of the table.

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Another last minute victory

The way Liverpool are playing lately reminds me of Barcelona SC of the 1980′s when they could be loosing and the calmness of the manager, team and fans created a spine tingling feeling on its opponents- they would win with confidence. During the game with Man U and Man City I felt nervous but I [...]

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Slaven smiles while Fabio sighs…

I can see Croatia’s charismatic national team manager Slaven Bilic smiling with glee as he reads the headlines after tonight’s games for the Champions league. Steven Gerrard will be out for 15 days after groin surgery. The following is from The Times Online, “Steven Gerrard will undergo surgery today that will rule him out of [...]

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Friendlies and World Cup Qualifiers

My buddy Charles called me from one of his business trips to Dallas and was wondering how England had done against the Czech republic in one of the many World Cup preparatory friendlies. I had just seen highlights of the goals. The first came from Milan Baros goal while being manhandled by John Terry. Almost [...]

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Kick off

The start of the English Premier season gave us quite a few goals. From artistic curlers by Mikel Arteta against a badly positioned Paul Robinson in a 2-3 loss to Blackburn, to an inaugural goal by Samir Nasri in Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over West Brom. The overly cautious draws were not present this time. The [...]

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So many previews to the Premier league…

There are so many previews to the start of this Premier league season. The reviews range from Malaysian fantasy football aficionados, die-hard football wives to former players. Of the many I have read, Andy Gray’s opinion is welcome and his blue bias isn’t that obvious… Check out his preview on Sky Sports. Here is another [...]

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My mother-in-law sent me this one.

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A gold mine or a virus?

As a lover of the beautiful game I do relish the beginning of the Premier league season. The new imports like Modric, Gomes, Deco and Dossena will give this season the flavor of a global league that is followed from Johannesburg to Bangkok. This evening I found this good article from Oliver Kay in the [...]

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Transfers, haircuts and starting anew

I find myself religiously looking at the transfer updates for the Premier league. The ins and outs. The rumours and facts. The nail biting stories of Gareth Barry and Martin ONeil. Will Ronaldo finally pack his Gucci bags and leave the hand that fed him? Will Kaka be wearing blue for the price of 100 [...]

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