A solitary Ashley Young strike has given England an all-important 1-0 victory over rivals Wales at Wembley, and moved them within a point of qualifying for Euro 2012.
The Manchester United winger struck on the 35 minute mark after good work down the opposite flank by former Aston Villa team-mate Stewart Downing, relieving some of the pressure on the home side.
Despite creating chances The Three Lions could not convert to further their advantage, and were luck not to be pegged back late on, as Wales substitute striker Robert Earnshaw wasted a glorious chance to equalise, missing the target with an open net gaping.
Fabio Capello’s men now just need a point in their away fixture to Montenegro next month to secure their place in Ukraine and Poland next year.
England boss Fabio Capello was relieved to get the victory, but feels his side need to improve if they are to challenge next summer.
“We need to improve, we are playing better away than at Wembley. Also, we need to recover some players that are out at the moment,” the Italian told reporters after the game.
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“We suffered a lot the last 15 mins, the first half we started not well and after we played not so bad. We scored a goal. The second half for 20-25 minutes we played well but we suffered and they got plenty of chances to score a goal,” Capello conceded.
The all important clash in Podgorica will be played on October 7th, with England looking odds on to qualify for the European Championships.
Un-fancied Newcastle United have to date defied pre-season predictions and are currently unbeaten in their first five matches, sitting pretty in 4th place in the Premier League.
Last January, they cashed in on England international Andy Carroll, who transferred to Liverpool for £35 million and he was soon followed out of the club in the summer by other high-earners Kevin Nolan, José Enrique and Joey Barton. Despite making large profits on these players, Pardew’s moderately cheap summer transfer dealings may have surprised neutral onlookers. However these cheaper replacements are all part of owner Mike Ashley’s shrewd but somewhat unpopular transfer policy.
Ashley, who introduced this transfer policy after the Magpie’s relegation from the Premier League, recently said:
“We have to be certain that our targets have the strengths and skills that complement the current squad and the balance of the side. The fee we received from the sale of Andy Carroll was a windfall, but it’s not money we can afford to waste, so prudence and adherence to our strict transfer policy is important. We will not compromise our transfer policy by making rash and costly signings that are not right for this club.”
Under this strict transfer strategy, the club have established an extensive European scouting system under Chief Scout, Graham Carr. His mission is to find talented youngsters in countries like France where the pay discrepancy between the English and French leagues means Newcastle could double a potential signing’s weekly wage and it would still be not be close to that enjoyed by Joey Barton and the like during the previous wage system.
Consequently, Newcastle have preferred to look abroad for their latest recruits with the hope that they will find better value for money and as a result only former West Ham striker Demba Ba has any experience of playing in the Premier League out of this summer’s arrivals.
Naturally Newcastle supporters would have liked to have seen a marquee signing arrive this summer using the money made from the Carroll transfer but life is not that simple and you have to question whether this sort of transfer would have been beneficial for the club in the long run? You only need to look back a few years to see the full effect of exorbitant wages at St James Park and Ashley is just trying to prevent a similar situation occurring in the future.
Last weekend’s accomplished performance against Villa was the most convincing evidence yet that the players signed to replace the departed – for humble fees and on sustainable salaries – are indeed gifted enough to achieve the club’s objectives and not purely on the balance sheet.
Cutting outlay without slashing quality has required astute recruitment. French international Yohan Cabaye was the best player on the pitch against Villa, looking particularly effective alongside the formidable Cheik Tiote. Costing just £4.5 million, Cabaye, a French double-winner with Lille last season, looks to be something of a bargain if he can replicate that kind of form in the Premier League. Midfielder Sylvain Marveaux, a Bosman arrival from Rennes, definitely fits Ashley’s money-saving approach and add to that fellow French youngster Mehdi Abeid in addition to the return of flying winger Hatem Ben Arfa from his long term injury and you can understand why there is much excitement on Tyneside about the side’s unbeaten start to the season.
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New signings Cabaye, Marveaux and Adeid all penned five year contracts while Cheik Tiote also recently signed a five-year extension to his deal. This should help secure long term future of club and therefore is a win-win situation for them. If these players turn out to be a success after a few years, they will still have a considerable length of time left on their contract to allow Newcastle to receive a large transfer fee. However should they prove incapable of making it in England, they would be able to move back to France with the Magpie’s likely to recoup the fee they paid for them in the first place.
One major criticism of this policy is that it could limit how far the club could progress as you are unlikely to reach the highest echelons of the English game by selling your best players and not replacing them or replacing them with unknown players. Ashley’s rational transfer policy may be based around maximising the fee received should they decide to sell these players but what is the point of building a young talented squad if they are just going to offload them to rival clubs in the future?
Despite this issue, the much maligned Mike Ashley deserves some credit for trying to run a sustainable football club. The days of bringing in older and expensive players, like Michael Owen, who demand high wages and long contracts, are long gone. The main ambition now is get value for money in transfers while also recruiting young, hungry players who want to play for the club. Newcastle is certainly developing into a stable well-run Premier League club that operates within the financial constraints set down by the board. If Ashley’s strategy prolongs this success, how long will it will be until other clubs start to follow suit?
So what do you think about Ashley’s transfer policy at Newcastle, leave your comments below and also follow me on twitter @aidanmccartney for even more discussion about the biggest issues affecting the beautiful game and probably a little bit about Scunthorpe United.
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Went asleep on Saturday night and slept like a baby all the way through to Monday morning, heard we had a game but I must have missed it.
All nonsense aside that was a crushing defeat, the red card killed us in the water and whilst the score was high, in a perverse way I commend the fact that when we got a goal back we went looking for more even if the end result was we conceded 3 more.
Whilst the red card was a game changer, the game cruelly exposed the weakness of our midfield, made even worse by the bright performance of City’s David Silva. His performance is the kind of thing we have needed but forget fantasy football and the potential players that could have made the difference.
The score remains 6-1 and once the embarrassment subsides it will remain 3 points and just 3 points that were lost at Old Trafford.
Looking past that we have a game against Aldershot in the Carling Cup and that could be the perfect match to restore a bit of cheer.
I haven’t gone mad, beating Aldershot in the Carling Cup in no way makes up for the City result but the manner in which we do so could raise spirits.
Recently Sir Alex has used the competition to bleed burgeoning talent into the team. Danny Welbeck who started in the derby on Sunday made his competitive debut for United in the Carling Cup in 2008 and even last round against Leeds the likes of Paul Pogba, Zeki Fryers and Larnell Cole made their debuts.
United’s commitment to youth is just one of the things that has made our club world famous and even this season two academy graduates in Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley have broken into the team and are stealing headlines from more senior players.
United fans too love seeing young players break through the ranks, last season’s FAYC run saw the academy team well supported in games both home and away and you only have to look at Twitter on the day of a reserve or academy game to see the interest that our future stars generate.
Tomorrow night Paul Pogba, Will Keane, Reece Brown, Michael Keane, Tom Thorpe, Zeki Fryers and Larnell Cole have all been included in the team to face the League Two side tomorrow.
Zeki Fryers was roundly praised for his performance against Leeds in the last round and tomorrow is the opportunity for him or another youngster to perhaps make his mark.
The game also allows Vidic to get minutes and the sooner he gets fit the better as he provides a defensive stability so that provides even more to be upbeat about.
I take nothing for granted, many of us thought we would steam roll Crawley last season and look how that turned out but with United you know Sir Alex will not allow for us to not react and it just happens to be a youth player or two may get to be a part of that.
So who knows, 3 years down the line one of these players may have made it into the first team the way Welbeck has too.
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After being the first choice striker at Madrid and favoured by Mourinho, Gonazalo Higuain got a sharp shock on his return from a lengthy lay off last season, as Karim Benzema had played him out of the team. During Higuain’s absence, Benzema took his chance, and this season especially his form has been scintillating. How ironic then that the same situation that caused Higuain to lose his place in the first team has almost repeated itself again this season, but with Benzema as the injured player, and Higuain keeping his place in the side purely on merit. It would be pretty hard to bench a player who has just scored his third hat trick in four games, and Higuain has done just that, being unlucky not to get a fourth goal against Betis before being taken off.
Obviously the age old cliché of it being a fantastic dilemma for any manager to have is true here, and Mourinho must now be thanking his special stars that both Higuain and Benzema have come through for him and now look like truly world class strikers. It is unfortunate for both that the trademark 4-3-3 that is so favoured by Mourinho only allows for one central striker, and for the vast majority of the time, one of them must be content with warming the bench.
When looking at what each player can offer the team, it is certainly true to say that the biggest galactico of them all Ronaldo prefers to play with Benzema in terms of his goal return and the role he plays in the team, with a slightly more selfish approach being the one taken by Ronaldo. When Higuain plays however, the role of Ronaldo becomes much less focused on himself and more on the team, with the amount of assists outweighing the goals he scores. Evidently either approach works for both Ronaldo and Madrid, with the star winger being capable of doing pretty much anything and playing with pretty much any player.
Another major positive for Real is the continued form of Kaka, with the Brazilian now cementing the suggestions he is finally back to his best with a brilliant goal and again all round solid performance. The combination of Ozil and Kaka is one that seems to be working for Madrid, and although it leaves Di Maria on the bench, it cannot be denied that in recent weeks Madrid have been slowly improving after a questionable period that resulted in defeat at the3 Ciudad de Valencia and a goalless draw away to Racing Santander.
After clear the air talks between Mourinho and the squad, and a team BBQ, Real now look to be a major force to be reckoned with all over the field, evidently more in tune with both their manager and each other. The creativity and extra spark that has been provided by Kaka has been more than a little bit responsible for their resurgence in form recently and when Di Maria came off the bench in the second half he provided the two assists for the final two goals showing that Real have class in abundance. With Sahin on his way to returning to the first team, there is certainly a wealth of talent in the Real Madrid side, and perhaps more so than at any other time during Mourinho’s tenure there.
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Real now face a tough tie in the Champions League against Lyon before an away trip to Andalucía where they face money boys Malaga who lost again on the weekend to surprise package and joint league leaders Levante last time out. Mourinho’s men will be looking to continue their excellent form, and really give Barcelona something to worry about before the Classico meeting in December. With Barcelona having lost Pique to yet another injury and Real looking stronger than ever, that is not such a distant possibility anymore.
Chelsea target Neymar has ended transfer speculation for the time being by signing a new contract at current club Santos.
The Brazil international has shot to worldwide fame over the last 12 months after impressive performances for club and country, and has been heavily linked with a move to Europe.
With Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid all seemingly ready to pay the striker’s €45 million buy-out clause, the Copa Libertadores holders have moved to keep their star man in South America.
It has been revealed that the attacker has received a substantial increase in wages to stay at Vila Belmiro, and his buy out clause has now also been increased.
“Neymar is happy to be able to remain with Santos until at least 2014, after that he will decide where to go,” the starlet’s agent Wagner Ribiero confirmed to Lance.
Santos president Luiz Alfaro Ribeiro de Oliveira admitted that the forward’s buy-out clause had been increased but would not reveal what to.
The Brazilian executive also stated that the length of Neymar’s new deal matched his previous contract, which expires in June 2015.
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Dennis Tueart is one of football’s most forthright and eloquent characters, and his long-awaited autobiography is the refreshingly honest story of his days as a flying left-winger with Sunderland, Manchester City, the New York Cosmos and England.Typically candid in his views on his career, his clubs and his team-mates, Tueart recalls his spell at Sunderland in detail – from his early days under inspirational manager Alan Brown to the famous Wembley triumph in 1973 when the city was brought to a standstill and Bob Stokoe and his men returned home to a red and white heroes’ welcome after achieving one of the most sensational FA Cup final triumphs of all time.http://www.youtube.com/v/lDvFHLm5RMo?version=3&hl=en_USAs well as Dennis’s reflections on his football journey, and his forceful views on Manchester City and the game itself, the book is also packed with great stories – from the Sunderland training session which involved the defenders heading golf balls, to a tour to the Far East with City when Asa Hartford offered to help stretcher him off then promptly dropped him. At the New York Cosmos – who had signed him to replace none other than Pelé during the razzmatazz heyday of the North American Soccer League, and for whom he starred alongside Franz Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto – he rubbed shoulders with icons of showbiz and sport like Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Rod Stewart and Bjorn Borg.Offering an intelligent insight into the world of football from the perspective of both a player and a club director, Dennis Tueart: My Football Journey is a powerful and entertaining story of the Sunderland cup final hero, Manchester City legend and one of the game’s most opinionated and enduring personalities.All Dennis’s royalties from the sale of this book will go to the teenage and young adult cancer unit at The Christie cancer centre in ManchesterAbout the authorBorn in Newcastle but considered too small to play for his hometown club, Dennis Tueart was snapped up by local rivals Sunderland, with whom he sensationally won the FA Cup in 1973 against the mighty Leeds. He signed for Manchester City as the iconic Bell/Summerbee/Lee era came to a close, famously firing the Sky Blues to League Cup glory in 1976 with the overhead kick pictured on the cover of this book. In 1978 he was signed by the New York Cosmos to replace arguably the world’s greatest ever footballer, Pelé.He returned to City in 1980, eventually playing 268 competitive games and scoring 108 goals for the club he continues to follow, and later played briefly for Stoke, Burnley and Derry City. After hanging up his boots, he forged a successful career in business, one that he combined with his nine years as a director of Manchester City between 1997 and 2007.He now continues to run a successful conferencing business, Premier Events, and still follows City from his executive box at the Etihad Stadium.
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Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers has complained that his side should have picked up all three points in their fixture against QPR on Tuesday, but the match ended all square in a 1-1 draw.
Danny Graham gave the hosts the lead at the Liberty Stadium in the first half, but Jamie Mackie scored the equaliser just before the hour mark.
Rodgers feels his side did enough to win the game, and is frustrated that The Swans did not hold on for victory.
“We have dropped two points, when we are at home particularly,” Rodgers told Sky Sports.
“We normally close the game out and the manner of the goal was disappointing also. It was a long ball up the pitch which we should have dealt with.”
Rodgers believes that his team should have had a penalty when Armand Traore appeared to foul Graham in the box, and was displeased with referee Lee Probert’s performance.
“It was a clear penalty, I have had the chance to see it from a few angles and it was a definite penalty,” he continued.
“We worked the space really well, Luke Moore got into a wonderful position, Nathan Dyer has done well, Danny has bent his run superbly, got a touch and Traore has made a foul. Normally with the referee so close that’s a penalty.
“I thought it summed up Lee’s performance which was interesting to say the least.
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“He is a good lad on the circuit, trying to get experience, but he was very inconsistent right the way through, which did not help us,” Rodgers concluded.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called for a change in the laws surrounding loans, and stated that only players under the age of 21 should be applicable to swap clubs on a temporary basis.
The French coach feels that loaning out a senior player can be of benefit to the owning side, as generally that competitor cannot play against the parent club.
Wenger is believed to be speaking in regards to Emmanuel Adebayor, who was ineligible to play for Tottenham against owners Manchester City on Sunday, and feels this should change.
“Personally, I would not ban players on loan from playing against their own clubs,” he told Mirror Football.
What I would like to see in the Premier League is that you are not allowed to loan players over the age of 21.
“At the moment it is an opportunity for some clubs to reinforce other teams, without losing ownership of the player.
“For example, if a big club sends a big player to another club in the Premier League on loan, they only have benefits.
“That player cannot face his own club, yet he could win games against their rivals. Therefore, I think it would be better if players over 21 didn’t go on loan in the top league,” he continued
Despite this, Arsenal have loaned 31-year-old Yossi Benayoun from Chelsea on a season-long basis, and Wenger accepts that this goes against his own sentiments.
“It’s true that I haven’t done that often.
“But we were on the last day of the transfer window. We knew that Jack Wilshere would need surgery.
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“So we were short in midfield at that point and to find two players so late was nearly impossible for us without using a loan.
“At that time, the most important thing was just to sign him,” he finished.
Marc Albrighton’s strike against Arsenal was the 20,000th goal in Premier League history. Since Sheffield United’s Brian Deane scored the first goal in the league’s history in 1992, we have been treated to every different type of goal, from tap-ins to long range rockets, back-heels, overhead kicks, free kicks and more.
Now this landmark has been reached, I have selected my top ten favourite goals. It’s a difficult task but there’s a bit of everything included and while we might disagree on what should be included, no one can say these aren’t worth watching.
10. Thierry Henry v Manchester United 2000-01
The living legend showing exactly why Arsenal fans love him. With a defender close behind him and his back to goal, it looks like an unmenacing situation and with most players it would be. But Henry flicks the ball up on the turn and unleashes a looping effort into the top corner, leaving Fabien Barthez stranded.
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9. Johan Elmander v Wolves 2010-11
Oh how Bolton wish they could have him back. When times were rosier last season, the big Swedish striker showed some great footwork in a tight space to wriggle through the Wolves defence and coolly slotted the ball past Marcus Hahnemann.
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8. Dietmar Hamann v Portsmouth 2003-04
Not usually known for his golascoring prowess, their is no way of keeping this strike off the list. From the left wing, Michael Owen clips the ball towards the edge of the D and the German meets it with the perfect volley into the top corner. Credit to Sami Hyypia’s reactions to get out the way of this thunderbolt.
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7. Paul Scholes v Bradford City 1999-2000
In one of the Premier League’s most memorable goals, David Beckham plays a corner to the edge of the area and Scholes meets it perfectly in his stride to direct an extraordinary swerving volley into the bottom corner. A training ground tactic finished to perfection by one of this country’s all-time greats.
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6. David Beckham v Wimbledon 1996-97
Possibly the goal that turned him into an international superstar. On the opening day of the season, a Wimbledon attack breaks down and when the ball arrives at Beckham’s feet you can see there’s only one thing in his mind.
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5. Dennis Bergkamp v Newcastle United 2001-02
The Dutchman’s skills were a beauty to behold and this goal typifies it. From a swift Arsenal counter-attack, Pires playes the ball into Bergkamp on the edge of the area. He flicks the ball round Nike Dabizas to the right and runs to the left leaving the defender completely beaten and slides it calmly past Shay Given.
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4. Tony Yeboah v Liverpool 1995-96
During his time at Elland Road he scored some incredible goals but none are better than this. Nodded back to him about 25 yards out, Yeboah is running parallel to the goal but manages to adjust his body to hit a sweet volley into the net. The way the ball bounces off the under-side of the bar, into the ground and back into the net increases just how fantastic this goal is.
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3. Robin van Persie v Charlton Athletic 2006-07
It is said that the best players can create something out of nothing and this strike proves that. Emmanuel Eboue plays in a lazy, unimaginative cross and there are no Arsenal players in the penalty area. But 2011’s goalscoring sensation comes steaming in, leaping high in the air to unleash a ferocious left-foot volley into the top corner. The Dutch commentary on this clip makes it even better.
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2. Wayne Rooney v Manchester City 2010-11
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The most recent goal on the list and thoroughly deserving of its place. With time ticking on in the Manchester derby something superb was needed to seperate the sides and this goal is worthy of winning any match. Nani’s cross takes a little deflection but the athleticism of Rooney to set himself and perfectly execute the overhead kick, leaving Joe Hart with no chance.
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1. Paolo Di Canio v Wimbledon 1999-2000
Worthy of Andy Gray’s ‘Take a Bow’ and worthy of topping the list, a sublime piece of skill from one of the most charismatic players in Premier League history. Rightly labelled ‘sensational, even by his standards’ by Martin Tyler, Di Canio met Trevor Sinclair’s deep cross by unleashing a sumptuous scissor kick with the outside of his right-foot in mid-air that ended up flying into the far corner from an impossible angle. A moment of pure genius.
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Stephane Sessegnon scored Sunderland’s extra-time winner to secure a memorable FA Cup with Budweiser triumph in this Tees-Wear Fourth Round derby clash. Sunderland will now host Arsenal in a Fifth Round tie.
Championship side Middlesbrough gave as good as they got against the Premier League’s form team and pushed Martin O’Neill’s men all the way after coming back from a goal down.
Overall, Sunderland were probably good value for their win, however, and seemed set for victory after Jack Colback gave them the lead shortly before half-time with a great striker from the edge of the penalty area in the 42nd minute.
Middlesbrough bounced back, though, and equalised in impressive fashion in the 57th minute through Lukas Jutkiewicz. Curtis Main got the assist with a superb header to Jutkiewicz, who found the space to finish strongly past Mignolet with a headed effort of his own.
O’Neill said:
“Middlesbrough did very well, but I felt we were better and I am delighted we won the game.
It was a fantastic effort and how many times have I said that in the last two months or so? It was a fantastic Cup tie.”
O’Neill was right as the Riverside rocked to a cracking soundtrack of two sets of passionate fans as the match went into extra-time.
But it was as good as over once Sessegnon struck in the 113th minute. The Benin international drove strongly into the area and was fortunate when the ball came back to him, allowing him to finish with a first time low right foot shot.
Substitutes not used Westwood, Ji, Elmohamady, Lynch, Reed
Referee Anthony Taylor
Attendance 26,707
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