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Are the Best Young Players in the World Shunning the EPL?

by Sebastian Shepard on October 14, 2009 · 16 comments

Who are the very best young players in the world?  For the purposes of this article, “young players” are those no older than 22.
First there are the obvious: Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Alexandre Pato, Francesc Fabregas, Karim Benzema, etc.  Their class has been established before this mysterious “young” label vanished, and subsequently they command enormous [...]

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So its official, Manchester United’s board have accepted a world record shattering bid of £80 million this morning from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t face another summer of every news outlet boring us to tears speculating on Ronaldo’s future as we had last season. Day after day, [...]

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First of all, a quick, somewhat belated, Happy New Year to the readers of EPL Talk, my fellow writers, and, of course, The Gaffer, to whom I’d like to express my gratitude for inviting me to be a member of his 2009 squad.  I look forward to sharing news, opinions, and participating in debates regarding [...]

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Podcast Review: The Third Half

by The Gaffer on October 5, 2008 · 1 comment

It may be just me, but lately I’ve been burned out listening to podcasts. So much so that my weekly diet of half a dozen different shows has now dwindled down to one or two. The same goes for non-soccer podcasts too. I find myself occupying my listening time with my newest addiction, Audible books, [...]

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GolTV Tells Dish Network Customers To Switch

by The Gaffer on August 30, 2008 · 13 comments

DISH customers can practically kiss their chances goodbye of seeing GolTV back on their satellite provider.
The 24/7 soccer network says that it doesn’t see any compromise with DISH being reached in the near future and is recommending that DISH customers select an alternate source such as DirecTV.
On August 1st, DISH Network dumped GolTV from its [...]

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GolTV Removed From DISH Network

by The Gaffer on August 2, 2008 · 95 comments

As of August 1, GolTV – the 24/7 soccer network – has been removed from DISH Network due to a contract dispute.
According to GolTV, “this occurs despite efforts to continue GolTV’s availability to Dish customers.” DISH Network, in retort, inserted this message when you hit the INFO button where GolTV’s channel used to be: “GolTV [...]

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