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I bet we get Arsenal at home, so Sky can hope for another 4-4.

 

And get a 0-0. Like always happens in those Sky situations.

 

Whilst Fulham-Bolton untelevised on the same day, finishes 10-9.

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Nice little article on Penarol and Uruguayan football. Vickery's blog, naturally.

 

Uruguay's population is 3m?! I thought it was a lot more than that.

 

Good piece as always by Vickery. Hope they beat Santos but I just can't see it like, think Ganso is back for the 2nd leg too.

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Not that the AFA are shite but Argies might be doing a Brazil and giving Martin Palermo an international send off in their friendly against Albania. He has 15 caps FFS.

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Probably be any excuse to flog a few more tickets I'd have thought from the AFA. Most of their national team decisions are purely cash related. Friendlies for the b/c team in Nigeria. Arranging games in India/Bangladesh. etc.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2011/06/penarol_embrace_their_rich_his.html

 

Nice little article on Penarol and Uruguayan football. Vickery's blog, naturally.

 

Uruguay's population is 3m?! I thought it was a lot more than that.

 

Good piece as always by Vickery. Hope they beat Santos but I just can't see it like, think Ganso is back for the 2nd leg too.

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Not that the AFA are s**** but Argies might be doing a Brazil and giving Martin Palermo an international send off in their friendly against Albania. He has 15 caps FFS.

 

I know he's done little internationally but in the context of domestic football Palermo is huge isn't he?

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How do you motivate players to win football matches?

 

Well, how about hitting them in the pocket every time they lose?

 

That is the approach taken by Dynamo Kiev in an effort to get their players to deliver results in Ukraine's top flight.

 

While losing a football match is not the end of the world, it comes with a price for Nigeria midfielder Yusuf Atanda Ayila and his team-mates.

 

Ayila, who joined the Ukrainian giants in 2003 from Union Bank of Lagos, told BBC Sport that losing or drawing a match is simply not an option.

 

"It's really difficult in Dynamo," the Nigerian international said. "If you're there you always want to win, because if you lose they take it out of your salary.

 

"At first, I protested but other players told me that everyone pays for losing here.

 

"So you see the players fighting on the pitch for two major reasons: to win and keep our money in our pockets.

 

"You don't get paid for a difficult home or away draw, so at the club it's all about winning and nothing else.

 

"Generally people understand that in sport you win, lose or draw but at this club winning is the only language they understand."

 

The stakes are even higher for Ayila and his colleagues when arch-rivals Shakhtar Donetsk come calling.

 

"It's a political battle, there is so much at stake when we play Shakhtar Donetsk," he added.

 

"We can't afford to lose - it's a taboo to lose to Shakhtar."

 

Ayila added that as an African he has found it difficult to adapt to life in the former communist country, despite living there for the last eight years.

 

The Super Eagle admitted that he is looking to move to a "bigger club" in western Europe.

 

With just six months left on his contract, a transfer could happen sooner rather than later.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2011/06/penarol_embrace_their_rich_his.html

 

Nice little article on Penarol and Uruguayan football. Vickery's blog, naturally.

 

Uruguay's population is 3m?! I thought it was a lot more than that.

 

Good piece as always by Vickery. Hope they beat Santos but I just can't see it like, think Ganso is back for the 2nd leg too.

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Not that the AFA are s**** but Argies might be doing a Brazil and giving Martin Palermo an international send off in their friendly against Albania. He has 15 caps FFS.

 

I know he's done little internationally but in the context of domestic football Palermo is huge isn't he?

 

I guess so and if you're of a Boca persuasion aye. I'd liken it a bit to Shearer if I had to draw comparison.

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Jonathan Woodgate's luckless problems with injuries have brought his career at Tottenham Hotspur to an almost inevitable conclusion, with the former England defender released from his contract at White Hart Lane.

 

Bring him back, for old times sake :**)

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