GAME 06

EPL - Match 06 - Sep 29 / 30 / Oct 01 Fixtures

Saturday September 29

Arsenal v Chelsea        7:45       Mio    102

Fulham v Man City      10:00      Mio    102

Norwich v Liverpool        10:00       Mio    103

Reading v Newcastle        10:00       Mio    104

Everton v Southampton     10:00      Mio    105

Stoke v Swansea       10:00       Mio    106

Sunderland v Wigan      10:00        Mio    107

Man Utd v Tottenham        12:30      Mio    102

Sunday September 30

Aston Villa v West Brom      11:00    Mio    102

Monday October 1

QPR v West Ham   3:00        Mio    102

It's a simple tech and widely available for years... But this technology needs to be approved by Fifa before it can be used. Otherwise the league could face repercussions like its club getting ban from any match beyond it's shores. Or worse, the national team get ban from international tournaments.

Anyway, Branda is beginning to sound like kenny, complaining about referee's decisions going against his team but fail to see his own side short-comings like putting the ball in the net.

I pity their next opponent as the last time kenny complaint madly, they got the calls he wanted and the opponent suffered injusticed. Norwich better beware, you have been wared... lol.

Yeah, this is always a worry with youth players... Once they become somebody, they will expect something as well. Either it's a higher than usual salary, a demand to play more matches, or ultimately to win prizes, titles... We have seen it with Arsenal for a number of years already but the amazing thing about Arsenal is they manage to replace the stars that left them and continue to make new ones.

All the talk about suso going to be something in future but if he does well, i can already see him destine to go back to spain before he turns 24. And Henry is a businessman first and foremost, so he can't turn away from a perceived good profit.

Brendan Rodgers warns that Liverpool may start diving to get decisions

• Frustrated manager says that playing fair does not pay
• Luis Suárez decisions prompt complaint to head of referees

Not really. Since the start of the premier league and that is only 5 games old, i have seen him dived quite a number of times already. Some in the box and some outside it. As i said, there is not an honest Pool fan who will claim he isn't a habitual diver. He need to learn to stop those stimulation stuns before people will trust him again.

Seriously speaking, there is not one PL player who goes down much more than him right now. So his reputation doesn't precedes him, cos he earned it with every match he plays.

There are divers than there are habitual divers... There are those who goes down once in a while, but this guy goes down almost everytime the opportunity arises. Wasn't he yellow carded just last week for diving against Sunderland?

So as the saying goes, you reap what you sow...

Gerrard: Suarez being victimised

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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard believes Luis Suarez is being victimised by referees when the striker is seen going down in the penalty area.

Suarez, 25, has gained a reputation for simulation since joining Liverpool from Ajax for £23 million in January 2011, and Gerrard feels that stigma is now counting against his team-mate.

The Uruguay international saw appeals for a penalty waved away by referee Mark Halsey after he went down under a challenge from Jonny Evans in the Reds' 2-1 loss to Manchester United on Sunday.

Reflecting on that decision, Gerrard said in the Mirror: "I think even when Luis gets blatant penalties now, he's never going to get them. It's down to referees to not judge him. They have got to make their decisions based on what they see.

"If it's not a penalty, they don't give him one. But if it's clear, give him it. It's only fair. He was booked last week at Sunderland when he went down in the box. This one was a penalty."

Glen Johnson has echoed Gerrard's comments, expressing his belief that Suarez would not have been awarded a spot-kick had he been the man to be felled in the penalty area when Antonio Valencia won a spot-kick that decided last weekend's meeting at Anfield.

"I almost guarantee that if you flipped the situation, if Luis was in the position of Valencia, he wouldn't get a penalty," he said.

"We all know that. Reputations go in front of people at times and because Valencia is not someone who is known as a diver, he gets the decision."

No. I thought the referee got that one spot on. I am not even sure if evans touched him, need to see the replay again. It looks to me Suarez got to the ball just as Evans did, Suarez just slightly earlier and Evans's foot reached the ball from Suarez's left side and stop it from moving forward which Suarez tried to move it towards then he just threw himself over the ball with hands up looking for a penalty.

Let's be realistic, if suarez is a known diver and when a referee isn't fully sure, he won't give it as it will only make him look foolish.

Suarez need to changed his diving habits. I dare say there is not one honest liverpool fans who dare says he don't dived.

Yup, it may have looked soft but it was a penalty all right. Johnson came back in a rush and desperate when he saw Valencia's right foot was about to hit the ball. As for Valencia, he was moving forward and had only his left leg on the ground when Johnson pushed him in the waist...

Anyway, lucky for Evans, that foul could have ended his season.

Seeing red: Liverpool's Jonjo Shelvey was sent off for his foul on Jonny Evans

PREMIER LEAGUE 2012

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Liverpool vs Manchester United

Sunday, 23 September 2012

Time: 8:30pm  -  (Live)  

Mio Channel 102 in HD

EPL Game 05

Manchester United :  

De Gea, Ferdinand, Rafael, Buttner, Evans, Vidic, Evra, Nani, Valencia, Carrick, Giggs, Scholes, Cleverley, Powell, Anderson, Kagawa, Hernandez, Welbeck, Robin Van Persie, Macheda, Bebe, Lindegaard.

Injured :

Smalling, Jones, Fletcher, Young, Rooney  

All matches starts at 2:45 am Tue 19 / 09  (Thur Morning)

The magic word always before the said sum in most or all reports... "Allege" to be worth... This gives me the impression they didn't paid that sum but yet not willing to disclosed the actually sum otherwise they can't justify charging the fans more.

I find this whole thing to be just a charade act up between those two. How is Malaysia & Indonesia able to get the deal settled long before us and we have to wait till a few hours before kicked off then know? 

Anyway, The operator said all mio stadium and sports pack customers can enjoy the sports channels for free till 31 October.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012

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Manchester United vs Galatasaray   

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Time: 2:45 am  -  (Live) (Thur) 

Mio Channel 111 in HD

Champions League   

Manchester United v Galatasaray team news: RvP returns to starting line-up

The Dutch striker was on the bench for Wigan drubbing, but he's back for Champions League group stage opener against Turkey giants

On your feet, son! Robin van Persie of Manchester United watches from the bench during the Barclays Premier League match against Wigan

  

 

  

 

 

Football: SingTel's mio TV secures rights to UEFA Champions League

All matches starts at 2:45 am Tue 18 / 09  (Wed Morning)

SINGAPORE: SingTel said its mio TV has secured the broadcast rights to Europe's premier football competitions UEFA Champions League and Europa League.

The Champions League match broadcast will start with the first round of UEFA Champions League Group matches on the new mio sports channels.

Fans can look forward to matches between the top football clubs in Europe including the clash between Real Madrid and Manchester City on 19 September at 2.45am.

The operator said all mio stadium and sports pack customers can enjoy the sports channels for free till 31 October.

mio TV's coverage of the Europa League will start with the first round of Group matches on 20 September.

SingTel's managing director of television, Goh Seow Eng, said: "We are thrilled to have scored the winning goal that makes our brand new mio sports channels the home of the best European Football in Singapore. The UEFA Champions League and the Europa League are some of the most popular sporting events around the world and we recognise how important these matches are to our customers."

- CNA/ck

Benitez admits surprise at being overlooked for vacant Liverpool manager's job in the summer

 

Surprise: Rafa Benitez has admitted his disappointment at being overlooked for the Liverpool manager's post following the dismissal of Kenny Dalglish in the summer

 

 

 

Rafa Benitez has told of his surprise that he was not approached about the Liverpool job in the summer.

The Spaniard, who managed the Anfield club between 2004 and 2010, was not considered for the role left vacant when Kenny Dalglish was sacked in May despite knowing the club inside out.

Launching a new book called ‘Champions League Dreams’, which recalls how Liverpool challenged for European honours during his time there, Benitez, who is currently without a club, said it was ‘strange’ to be overlooked in favour of Brendan Rodgers.

Talking to the Irish Independent, he said: ‘It was strange. We know the club, the players, the Academy and we have even more experience now.

‘The fans were positive about the idea and if you read the book you will understand why. So it was strange not to be approached.’

During his tenure, Liverpool regularly competed in the Champions League and won the competition in 2005, his first season in charge. They also reached the final in 2007 and won the FA Cup in 2006, alongside a succession of top four league finishes.

‘Some people were taking these great games for granted,’ he said. ‘We used to play so many important games that it seemed it was normal and it wasn’t.’

Following a patchy start to the season, as Rodgers tries to introduce a philosophy of attractive, attacking football, some sections of the Liverpool support have suggested owner John W Henry may be as bad as former American chiefs Tom Hicks and George Gillett.

Looking for work: Benitez has been without a managerial role for nearly two years after being sacked by Inter Milan

 

 

Benitez remembers those days only too well: ‘I was working three years under Hicks and Gillett and it was quite difficult, especially the last year.

‘Ian Ayre [the club’s Managing Director] said Liverpool was close to administration and still we were performing on the pitch. I don’t know how it us under the new owners so I can’t compare.’

Benitez hasn’t been in managerial work since an ill-fated spell at Inter Milan in 2010, but he says ‘it’s a question of time’ before he is on the touchline again. He did, however, refuse to comment on how close he came to the Chelsea job after Andre Villas-Boas was dismissed.

Originally posted by charlize:

It's very funny the way things are being done in Liverpool now. 

 

When a manager comes in, he should evaluate the players he has and then try to adopt a style that suits most of the players.  

Instead, he comes up with a style of play and expects the current players to adapt to his style. 

Imagine some new manager at Barca asking the players to keep pumping long balls and chase.

You think Barca will win the league this way?  

 

I didn't thought of it that way but rather good point made...

Pepsy challenge: Rodgers gives Reina until January to secure his Liverpool future

Pepe Reina has until ­January to show Brendan Rodgers he can fit into the new Liverpool and stop the club searching for a rival first-choice goalkeeper.

And Liverpool have moved to try to avoid future transfer deadline disasters by attempting to complete their new recruitment ­set-up ahead of schedule.

Goalkeeper Reina has made a disappointing start to the season, making bad errors against Hearts and Arsenal. The Spaniard also looks uncomfortable with Rodgers’ style of encouraging his defenders to pass to and receive the ball from the keeper.

Reina has been a wonderful servant to Liverpool and has often performed heroics since signing for the club from Villarreal for £6m in 2005. But there is a feeling he lacks serious competition from reserves Brad Jones and Alexander Doni.

Going Dutch? Swansea's Michel Vorm is a possible replacement for Pepe Reina

Rodgers could look for a promising up-and-coming keeper to put pressure on Reina. But if the 30-year-old does not improve, then he will also consider trying to take his former Swansea keeper, 28-year-old Michel Vorm, to Anfield.

Liverpool are confident they will perform much better in the January ­transfer window and will immediately start work on identifying targets.

Rodgers wants the men who will be responsible for finding new talent, Dave Fallows and Barry Hunter, to start work this month.

It had been expected ­Fallows and Hunter would not formally join Liverpool from Manchester City until 2013. But, following the botched summer transfer window, the Anfield club are trying to rush their ­appointments through.

Fallows will be head of scouting and recruitment. Hunter will be chief scout.

Rodgers said: “Hopefully, this month our scouting team comes together and there will be a lot of great work between now and then, finding the targets that will fit into the way we are going to play going forward.”

Tosic regrets United departure

GettyImagesZoran Tosic: Struggled at Manchester United

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Ex-Manchester United player Zoran Tosic has expressed a sense of regret at leaving the club too hastily after struggling to break into the first team.

Tosic, 25, arrived at Old Trafford from Partizan Belgrade in 2009 for £7 million with a big weight of expectation on his shoulders after impressing in the Serbian league.

However, United had plans to bed him into English football gently and he only made two appearances for the club during his first year before being sent out on loan to Cologne.

Frustrated with the situation, and after just 18 months in England, the Serbia international departed for CSKA Moscow. Tosic now admits he should have bided his time at the club and waited for an opportunity to arise.

"It all happened really quickly as I played for just 18 months with Partizan Belgrade," he told the Daily Record. "We won the league and the cup and there was a period when it seemed like I was scoring in every match.

"It was at that point I signed for Manchester United. It was such an exciting moment to go there and to meet Sir Alex (Ferguson). I had grown up as a United fan so to be working for the man who had brought so much success to the club was just unbelievable. However, there is a big difference between the Serbian and English league and when I arrived in Manchester I discovered I was not yet ready for that level.

"Maybe I shouldn't have been so quick and should have worked longer to show Sir Alex. I spoke with Sir Alex many times and he kept telling me I had quality and just had to keep working hard. But I wanted to play more games so went to Cologne in Germany on loan and had a great six months there.

"When I came back to Manchester I was expecting to play more games for United but it didn't happen. In the end I wasn't sure I was going to get the chance I felt I deserved so decided to change club. Even now I am always thinking about that moment. Maybe I shouldn't have been so quick and should have worked longer to show Sir Alex. Maybe I should have stayed and fought for my place. This was Man United after all."

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