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posted by T at 1/01/2009 07:22:00 pm
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EFT match of the season for 2008/2009: Barcelona construct a masterclass footballing performance to defeat the reigning Champions League holders and current English champions, Manchester United, by a scoreline of 2-0 in the 2009 Champions League final in Rome
EFT player of the season for 2008/2009: Chelsea central midfielder, Frank Lampard
EFT player of the month for May 2009: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for April 2009: Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for March 2009: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for February 2009: Phil Jagielka (Everton)
EFT player of the month for January 2009: Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd)
EFT player of the month for December 2008: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for November 2008: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for October 2008: Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for September 2008: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for August 2008: Amr Zaki (Wigan Athletic)
EFT match of Euro 2008: Turkey's amazing comeback from two goals down to beat Czech Republic 3-2 as captain Nihat Kahveci's two goals in the last three minutes sensationally put his country through to the quarter finals at the expense of their beaten opponents
EFT player of Euro 2008: Spain (anchor) central midfielder, Marcos Senna
EFT match of the season for 2007/2008: Liverpool win titanic Champions League quarter-final second leg 4-2 against Arsenal that also saw two of the best football moments of the season - Fernando Torres' top corner strike and Theo Walcott's thrilling run across the whole of Anfield.
EFT player of the season for 2007/2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for May 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for April 2008: Ashley Young (Aston Villa)
EFT player of the month for March 2008: Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for February 2008: David James (Portsmouth)
EFT player of the month for January 2008: Ronaldo (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for December 2007: Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers)
EFT player of the month for November 2007: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for October 2007: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for September 2007: Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for August 2007: Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
EFT match of the season for 2006-2007: Tottenham Hotspur win Premiership match at West Ham 4-3 courtesy of Paul Stalteri's 94th minute breakaway winner having been 2-0 down at half time and 3-2 down with 89 minutes on the clock.
EFT player of the season for 2006-2007: Manchester Utd winger/forward, Cristiano Ronaldo
EFT player of the month for May 2007: Carlos Tevez (West Ham Utd)
EFT player of the month for April 2007: Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd)
EFT player of the month for March 2007: Carlos Tevez (West Ham Utd)
EFT player of the month for February 2007: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd)
EFT player of the month for January 2007: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for December 2006: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd)
EFT player of the month for November 2006: Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for October 2006: Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton Wanderers)
EFT player of the month for September 2006: Andrew Johnson (Everton)
EFT player of the month for August 2006: Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth)
EFT match of World Cup 2006: Italy win a thrilling 'end-to-end' World Cup semi-final 2-0 against Germany courtesy of two late extra time goals from Fabio Grosso and Alessandro del Piero
EFT player of World Cup 2006: Italy captain and centre-back, Fabio Cannavaro
EFT match of the season for 2005-2006: Liverpool win the FA Cup final 3-1 on penalties against West Ham after a Steven Gerrard-led fighback saw the Anfield side recover from 2-0 and 3-2 down to level the match in normal time
EFT player of the season for 2005-2006: Liverpool captain and midfielder, Steven Gerrard
EFT player of the month for May 2006: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for April 2006: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for March 2006: Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur)
EFT player of the month for February 2006: Aiyegbeni Yakubu (Middlesbrough)
EFT player of the month for January 2006: Jason Roberts (Wigan Athletic)
EFT player of the month for December 2005: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for November 2005: Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for October 2005: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for September 2005: Danny Murphy (Charlton Athletic)
EFT player of the month for August 2005: Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd)
EFT match of the season for 2004-2005: Liverpool win Champions League final 3-2 on penalties against AC Milan after sensationally recovering from 3-0 down to level the match in normal time
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November 28, 2005 Van Persie's grooved technique is the reason why he won't stop scoring
January 20, 2006 Walcott has two crucial assets at an exceptional level to ensure his success at AFC
March 29, 2006 Big-match-player Fabregas is setting right tone across the whole team
May 18, 2006 Close but no cigar for fighting Gunners
February 26, 2007 Diaby, Denilson, Cesc, TW = simply sensational
June 18, 2007 The Wenger Masterplan is key to the Henry question
January 15, 2008 Are Walcott Arsenal critics the same as the Henry Arsenal critics
7 Comments:
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Great 2009
1/01/2009 7:40 pm
Nice one Striker - have a great 2009!
1/02/2009 5:39 pm
I wish all the team at Elite a great personal New Year, and hope the high quality continues.
Whilst watching our stiffs at Barnet recently I met an old Arsenal player who I knew from the late sixties. We first met during that period I hate to remember in which AFC won precisely nothing for 18 years. I, like many, many, others still traveled far & wide to support them, but deep down knew the best we could hope for was a top half finish. The player in question (no names) suggested to me that the only problem Arsenal as a club have is the construction of the current board. He genuinely believed that Arsene wants to sign up to three players but has his hands tied due to (a) finance and (b) the lack of goodwill from the board. He also stated that the new CEO will want to show how powerful he is by re-negotiating a lot of the contracts, especially of the current highly paid super stars. This he thought will cause a lot of unrest.
In a nut shell he predicted that we will either see Arsharvin & Upson arrive and 3/4 players go or we will only secure two average cheapo buys from other overloaded squads. He maintained that Arsene should be given a certain amount of extra money from the boards own pockets to help him firm up the present squad until the seasons end after which time the money can be repaid with sales of players purchased for nothing and developed by Arsene, now sold for large fees.
Neither of us can believe the wages and lifestyle of players today. My friend is not bitter but has had to work very hard since retirement from the game because in his day the players had no proper unions or agents or club facilities to ensure another life after football.
It must be galling for him and many others to see very average players being paid in thousands per week and showing such disloyalty so quickly after their lives have been transformed by the club. He believes it will all come crumbling down in the future because it is mainly media sustained. He also hopes that the new scurge of UK football ' the dodgy billionaires arriving en mass to buy our clubs' will somehow end allowing the clubs to get back down to development of youth rather than the purchasing trophy after trophy.
Who knows? We wished each other well and both headed to the comfort of our cars. I also noticed that no one else seemed to recognise him at all, which I found sad. Still he is happy and content and just as enthusiastic as I am and most of my generation. My hope for this new year is less injuries to our players so we can see just how good we are with a full team, and more patience from the younger fans.
1/04/2009 11:59 am
Fantastic comment GunnerPete, and a Happy New Year to you (by the way you should set-up your own blog and get it on Newsnow - it would be a fine read for all Arsenal supporters).
I can only echo your wishes for Arsenal this year - can't put it better than you have.
Look forward to your comments as the year progresses.
T
1/05/2009 9:27 pm
Yeah.. everything about football..
Nice to know this blog.. :-)
1/06/2009 4:25 am
Not sure whether you are being facetious or not, Super Crowd. The crux of this site does predominately seek to maintain good honest football opinionated dialogue with an exchange of views and write-ups of particular football interest. Maybe there is perhaps a little of something non-football from time to time, just like one would make a usual dish but add one or two ingredients outside of its normal realm.
We encourage an exchange of opinion and facts, a number of which cannot be denied here. A number of viewers appear to be slightly disillusioned with the prerequisite we know everything on football and its current events. I've answered that in saying if we had the run-down, the 'down-low', the ins and outs on football matters, we'd be highly invaluable. Such knowledge would, most definitely, not be free in the public domain.
Football fans attend football matches. For 90mins they see all on the pitch, before, during, and after. When such people come here to convey and exchange views, that is like feeding fuel to this fire. That is what we stand for. I feel the sooner a lot more see that, the better this site can become.
RedsMan.
1/06/2009 5:45 am
Thanks Supercrowd!
1/08/2009 10:58 am
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