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         <title>POLL: Who do you think will win the Premiership?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>With the start of the premiership looming, it's that time of year again when the football pundits come out and potentially make their poorest predictions.</p>

<p>Last year I seem to recall, Spurs were going to finish above Arsenal!</p>

<p>So, who do you think will finish top this season?</p>

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         <category>Arsenal</category>
         <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Results : How much would you pay for a season ticket?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Last week <a href="http://www.reallifenews.com/football/archive/clubs/arsenal/poll_how_much_would_you_pay_fo.php">I ran a poll</a> asking you to vote on how much you'd pay for a season ticket.</p>

<p>So here are the results :</p>

<p>No more than £600 - 13%<br />
£600 to £1000 - 32%<br />
£1000 to £1250 - 13%<br />
£1250 to £1500 - 8%<br />
£1500 to £2000 - 5%<br />
I'd pay anything to watch my team 29%</p>

<p>So whilst I'm not surprised that 32% wouldn't pay more than £1000, I'm surprised that 29% of you said you'd pay anything to watch your team.</p>

<p>So, while many ticket holders are thinking of giving up their season ticket, because for them it's becoming far too expensive, there will always be a large number of fans that are willing to pay, what ever the club demands!</p>

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         <category>Arsenal</category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>POLL: How much would you pay for a season ticket?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>So, following on from my post <a href="http://www.reallifenews.com/football/archive/clubs/arsenal/6_reasons_why_i_should_pay_ove.php">justifying the cost of my Arsenal season ticket</a>, I wonder how much you'd be willing to pay to see your team play?</p>

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         <category>Arsenal</category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Arsenal's performance in the dying minutes</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>If the game against <a href="http://www.reallifenews.com/football/archive/clubs/aston-villa/">Aston Villa</a> showed us anything, it’s that we should never give up on Arsenal, as the last 2 seconds could be vital. If only the same were true of the matches against <a href="http://www.reallifenews.com/football/archive/clubs/wigan/">Wigan</a> and <a href="http://www.reallifenews.com/football/archive/clubs/middlesborough/">Middlesbrough</a>!</p>

<p>Yet as our <a href="http://www.reallifenews.com/football/archive/clubs/arsenal/why_do_so_many_arsenal_fans_le.php">recent poll shows</a>, almost 30% of those that voted, said they leave well before the final whistle. Why? To, “get ahead of the traffic and beat the rush”. And it’s not just Gooners that are guilty of this!</p>

<p>Looking at the Gunners season so far, (and providing I’ve done my sums correctly!) of our ninety two goals, thirty two have been scored after eighty minutes of play, sixteen of which came after eighty five minutes.</p>

<p>So if you left ten minutes before the official ninety, then the final outcome of eleven of the games wouldn’t have been decided before heading off!</p>

<p>But what does this all mean for our last ten guaranteed matches?</p>

<p>Well based on our current scoring rate, we’ll see another 19 goals, 5 of which will appear in the final ten minutes and 3 in the last 5, with the outcome of 2 of the matches being decided in the final 10 minutes.</p>

<p>But, putting the numbers aside, which are never guaranteed, if you’ve got a ticket for one of the remaining games, then stay to the end, our team deserve our support. </p>

<p>Perhaps now more than ever!</p>]]></description>
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         <category>Arsenal</category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>POLL: Why do you leave the match before the final whistle?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I'm always amazed at the number of fans that leave the Emirates before the final whistle has been blown. </p>

<p>Given the cost and how difficult it can be to get tickets to see a match, I think if you're luck enough to get to a game, then you should stay and see your team through the bitter end.</p>

<p>Anyway, if your guilty of not staying, what's your reason?</p>

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         <category>Arsenal</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Promotional video for FIFA Street 3</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I guess if you're an Arsenal or Man United fan you're used to watching some great football week in, week out. But if you're not that fortunate, then check out this video promoting FIFA Street 3!</p>

<p>I particularly enjoyed watching the guys football skills on the bridge and look out for the dangerous kick - ball off top of the head!</p>

<p>Watch the video and you'll see what I mean!<br />
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         <category>Arsenal</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Champions and Strugglers 2007/08</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>For what it's worth (and from a neutral perspective, given Charlton’s decision not to compete in this year’s Premier League) my pre season selections for Champions League and relegation:</p>

<p><strong>Champions: Man Utd</strong>  - they have only strengthened this season with the signings of Tevez and Hargreaves and will surely back up their win from last year. Doubts remain around Roo's ability to play with Tevez, and a distinct lack of full back options with want away Heinze and the aging Neviller, but will anyone get close enough to test them out?</p>

<p><strong>2nd Liverpool</strong> - yes, said it last year, but Liverpool have to get it right sometime. If Kuyt can show the form he did last year, and Torres/Babel can add some flair, this might finally be the year the Reds show enough consistency to challenge</p>

<p><strong>3rd Chelsea </strong>- not the force they were, and I seriously doubt they have enough goals in them to challenge. Shevchenko is likely to be a bit part player at best, and much is reliant on Drogba. Also suspect at the back if Terry is out for too long</p>

<p><strong>4th Spurs</strong> - I think I tip Spurs more often that Spurs fans do, but they have got themseleves a bargain in D Bent. The lad is an out and out star, the most trustworthy striker in England and will, mark my words, lead England's assault on Euro 2008. If Berbatov can continue to impress, and Keane/Defoe can deputise, they have the most fearsome strike force in the country. Will be good to watch if nothing else</p>

<p>At the other end of the table, perm any 3 from 5:</p>

<p><strong>Bolton</strong> - take a strong, settled manager from a strong, settled club, stand well back and watch the fireworks. For Charlton in 2006 read Bolton in 2007. Poor, holding pattern signings, inexperienced manager, grumpy striker...can it end in anything but tears?</p>

<p><strong>Birmingham </strong>- look up ‘panic’ and 'buying' in the dictionary and you'll find a picture of Steve Bruce. Desperately devoid of quality, I cant see them being out of the bottom 3 all year</p>

<p><strong>Middlesborough</strong> - have deceptively moved from being 'high fliers' to 'selling club' in recent years, and the route to success is rarely 'sell your best strikers'. Sadly, with Yakubu likely to follow Viduka in plying his trade away from Teeside, it’s hard to see where the goals are going to come from. Add to that a (blindly) loyal chairman, and the writing could be on the wall very early on.</p>

<p><strong>Derby </strong>- 4 words; out of their depth</p>

<p><strong>Wigan</strong> - like Bolton, have lost their driving force. They have recruited better and more widely than the other stragglers, but it remains to be seen if Chris Hutchings can pull it together. A more experienced man at the helm may have a chance to save them late in the season if Hutching’s fails to succeed.... Neil Warnock, anyone…?   <br />
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         <category>Premiership</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Wigan defeated, but Arsenal lose respect</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Before i start, after watching Wigan take on Arsenal on the box (i had a ticket, but had to sell it due to work commitments) I have to admit that Arsenal play fantastic football, and along with Manchestter United are among the most entertaining teams in the world.</p>

<p>But despite this, i'm still going to have a rant.</p>]]></description>
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         <category>Wigan</category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>The Battle To Avoid The Drop Hots Up</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Managers involved in the battle to avoid the drop have played their last cards with the closing of the transfer window. All are now stuck with the players at their disposal, so who is best placed?</p>]]></description>
         <link>http://www.reallifenews.com/football/archive/clubs/charlton/the_battle_to_avoid_the_drop_h.php</link>
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         <category>Charlton</category>
         <pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Wigan's selling policy is Breaking up the Family</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>When Paul Jewell was installed as Wigan manager all those years ago, he knew he had a major battle on his hands. He had a squad of nearly 30, of which the majority were only there to pick up their large pay days.</p>

<p>Jewell's first season was difficult, but you could see he was building up a team who would fight for the Wigan shirt. Out went the money grabbers, and in came palyers such as Matt Jackson, John Filan, Nathan Ellington and Leighton Baines through from the youth.</p>

<p>Jewell was building a family of players, who fought for each other and wore the Wigan shirt with passion and pride.<br />
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         <category>Wigan</category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Wigan's season starts next week</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Amongst Wigan fans, we all see next weeks home game against Everton as a must win game. It is also the re-start to our season. We have a fight on our hands to stay up, and it is a fight no-one wants to lose.</p>

<p>And with two new signings expected before the next game (cannot divulge my sources) and Henri Camara soon to be fit again, things on the playing front will improve sooner rather than later.<br />
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         <category>Wigan</category>
         <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Wigan's Jewell in hot water over Crowd Bashing</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Our manager Paul Jewell's attempts to unite the town of Wigan by slating our stay-away fans seems to have backfired. Instead of motivating the ones who go, he seems to have alienated himself. It seems he has gone a step too far this time.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Arsenal: Smash and Grab at the JJB</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Smash and Grab. Hit and Run. Whichever way you say it, i haven't felt this dedjected since Hernan Crespo scored that winner in the 93rd on our Premiership debut. What must we do to beat one of the 'big four'?</p>]]></description>
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         <category>Wigan</category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>Wigan's British Legion Proves Foreign not always the Answer</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>With clubs like Arsenal without a first team British player in their ranks (Theo Walcott is not a starting player at the moment) teams like my own Wigan deserve a certain amount of respect for keeping the backbone of the team British.</p>

<p>Before i praise our British legion, i admit that yes we also have some influential members of our team who are foreign. Our Skipper and legend Arjan De Zeeuw is Dutch, Paul Scharner (arguably our engine in place of Bullard) is Austrian and our speed Camara is Senegalese.</p>

<p>Other than those however, the majority of our first teamers are of British variety. Two of our goalkeepers are English, with England International Chris Kirkland our current number one. Three of our four starting defence are English; Baines, Boyce and Jackson (Hall is also English and Webster Scottish)</p>

<p>Our midfield has the largest foreign influence, but even with Denny Landzaat, Antonio Valencia and Scharner, we also have Kevin Kilbane (Irish yes but i count him as British) and Scots Gary Teale and temporary stand-in striker Lee McCulloch.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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         <title>McClaren just another Yes man as he snubs Wigan's Baines</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The latest England squad proves without a fact that Steve McClaren, like his predecessor Sven Goran Errikson, is just another yes man, as he fails to call up players from 'lesser' clubs who are more deserving of an England chance.</p>

<p>Along with Wigan Athletic left back Leighton Baines (more on this shortly) Steve McClaren has snubbed Aston Villas in form left-sided midfielder Gareth Barry and Bolton's skipper Kevin Nolan in favour of Stewart Downing (a player who used to paly under McClaren) and  Tottenham's Jermain Jenas.</p>]]></description>
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         <category>Wigan</category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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