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New Lawns Project at Bury CC
UPDATED 25 OCT 2009
Progress report, also from Matt Holmes
Matt Holmes reports (October 17, 2009 on the Nottingham List)
A sneak peak can be seen in this video of the organised levelling process
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Longman Cup
Matt Holmes writes (October 18, 2009 on the Nottingham List)
Some thoughtful individual was secretly filming at Surbiton.
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Agger admits ‘retirement’ thoughts
Dani Agger has admitted that he considered the possibility of retiring from football following his pre-season back troubles. Agger told Jyllandsposten: “My back was hurting so badly that I considered stopping playing,” “I asked myself if it was worth continuing playing. When you can’t even lift your own child out of bed, then something is terribly wrong.”Good to see Dani back fit. His ability not only as a defender, but also as a game breaker will be welcomed.
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Skrtel: We should have had a pen
Defensive rock Martin Skrtel thinks we should have been awarded a penalty for a foul against him at Stamford Bridge yesterday. I tend to agree. “A cross was flying to the near post where I was and I was jumping to make a header,” said Skrtel“At that moment Drogba clearly pulled me down with his hands. I think it should have been a penalty-kick for us.”
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Have Barcelona rumours affected Mascherano performance?
Gutted!! Just when I thought we had put our slow start to the season behind us we suffer back-to-back 0-2 results to put us on the back foot again. After our great results against our main rivals last season I was expecting more from the lads at Stamford Bridge but it wasn’t to be. Question. Was I the only one who was screaming at Mascherano to release the ball?? Not sure what he was doing there but I’m hoping he picks up his performances soon. He has been well below par so far this season for me and I am getting frustrated.
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Rafa still confident
Boss Rafa is still optimistic of achieving title glory this season despite our loss to rivals Chelsea today. Rafa said: “We have to focus on the next game, get three points and see what happens.“This year the top sides will lose points against other teams, so we just have to try to win every week.“We will try to win against Sunderland and see. It’s a long race and we have to think about the next game, that’s it.”
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Aurelio: We will recover
Fit again wing back Fabio Aurelio is confident we will bounce back following our disappointing Champions League outing in Florence. He said: “We would have hoped for a better result but we can’t think about that now and must think about the future.“We have an important game in the Premier League against Chelsea on Sunday and we must try to make things right.“Hopefully it will be a different game and we can go there and get a result.”I’m backing us to get up by one against that Blue Scum.
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Carra tells Owen: You will not be welcomed
Jamie Carragher has told former Anfield team-mate Michael Owen that the fans that once adored him will not welcome him back to the club now that he has joined the Manc scum. “Our fans are usually brilliant with former players but he might get a cool reception,” Carragher said.“I can understand the fans’ point of view. He used to play for us and now he is at our big rivals. At the same time, Michael has got his own career to think about. He wants to play in the Champions League and get back into the World Cup squad. The move gives him that opportunity.
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Kuyt hails Johnson impact
Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt thinks Reds team-mate Glen Johnson has become one of the pivotal players in our team. I completely agree Dirk. He is a quick, has great movement and is a constant threat going forward. Plus he has made me a fortune in my Fantasy League team Dirk said: “I think Glen has done really well,”“He was a big signing for us but he has shown straight from the start that he is very important - both defensively and in attack.
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Rafa praise for Ngog
Carling Cup hero David Ngog has received praise by boss Rafa Benitez following his performance against Leeds. “He is a young player, but he has quality,” said Benitez.“That is something we knew. He showed character.“He was trying to keep the ball and get into positions. He was really tired at the end but he did a fantastic job.“He knows the Premier League is very difficult but here he showed he can do it.“Cup competitions are always very difficult. You have to win, everyone is working so hard.
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Carling Cup: 1-0 at Elland Road
Ok so it was not the most polished Carling Cup performance you have ever seen but we did enough to get through against a tough Leeds United side who were always going to be tough at Elland Road. Good to see the fringe players get a run and I thought goalscorer David Ngog did well on the night.
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Stevie G: Something will give
Captain fantastic Steven Gerrard says the confidence is coming back into the team following our recent run of victories. He said: “We got a really good win at West Ham last season, we were well organised and very dangerous on the counter-attack, and I am sure that will be the plan again at the weekend.“The title race seems to be becoming a big six, and at the weekend we have the Manchester derby while Chelsea play Tottenham.“So something will have to give.
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CA Highspeed Video (updated)
Bob Kroeger reports to the Nottingham board:
I have uploaded the corrected versions of the 2006 CA Highspeed Video Shoot. The real-time examples have sound. The CA’s AC and GC Committees studying the videos included their findings in a text document. I included the contact distances for single ball shots stated in those findings [...]
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Rush praises El Ninio attitude
Reds legend Ian Rush has hailed the attitude of star hit-man Fernando Torres.“What I like about him is he doesn’t give defenders time to rest on the ball,” said Rush.“If you close down the play like that, five times out of 10 the ball goes out of play and you’ve won it back. You’ve done your job. Of course you don’t have to play that way, it depends which club you’re at.
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God: Next year will be Liverpool’s year
Cult hero Robbie Fowler thinks we will end our Premiership drought next season. “I think they surprised a few people. They were better this year than they’ve ever been in the Premier League,” said Fowler.“I’ve mentioned it before that some of the silly points that they dropped at home against the so-called weaker teams - if they could turn those draws into wins, we could be talking here now of Liverpool as champions.
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