Why the Europa League is a joke

If it’s not the Champions League, when it comes to cup competitions it would seem that most teams don’t want to know.

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England v Sweden: Huge game for certain players on Merseyside

The England squad was announced today ahead of next week’s friendly in Sweden, with most of the talk being about a recall to Jack Wilshere after not playing for his national side since June 2011. However, it is also of huge importance to two players in particular for vastly different reasons.

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Burak Yilmaz: The Turkish Karim Benzema (Video)

Liverpool and West Ham United fans should be familiar with the name Burak Yilmaz.

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Is 'pretty' football going to become the only way to play?

Liverpool fans will hope that Brendan Rodgers appointment will provide both style, and substance, over the coming years, but is this ‘Swanselona’ (urgh) type football being hyped up so much, that results don’t matter as much anymore?

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Night of the Hunter (Video)

In terms of natural goalscorers, there are few rivals to that of FC Schalke 04 front-man Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

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#Ask questionnaires on Twitter never work

It’s another facet of Twitter that has brought out the most creative minds on the social networking site.

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Liverpool move could be just what Theo needs

Hear me out. When Theo Walcott first arrived at Arsenal from Southampton he was billed as the next big thing.

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Every team has divers

I hate to admit it, but Brendan Rodgers is right.

He claimed last week that every club has a culture of diving and that they should get their own house in order before pointing the finger at his much maligned striker Luis Suarez.

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Banter (video)

One day I hope they put microphones on players so we can here what is being said by the players and the interactions they have with other players.

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Video games imitating life

I have been slow in keeping up with all the recent technological advances we have had in the past couple of years but I thought it was time to join the real world and buy myself a PS3 and Fifa 13 with it recently. Previously, I had owned a ancient old thing called the PS2 for a number of years and my only game was PES 2008. Remember that? Just to clarify, it had Michael Owen as its cover star. Yep, I really have been behind with the times.

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Suarez is good, but could be better

Ah Luis Suarez. One minute you’re a striking sensation, the next you couldn’t hit a cows arse with a banjo. You’re such an enigmatic front-man; it’s hard to classify you as good, great or world class.

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Who's a sorry scouser?

Steven Gerrard’s decision to stay loyal to Liverpool has defined his career. A commendable act and particularly noble in today’s game, but chances are he’s feeling ambivalent at best about the choice these days.

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Babbs of steel (Video)

Phil Babb was a pretty decent defender and made a decent career for himself. He played at Liverpool for six seasons making over a 100 appearances for the club. He also played at international level, too, representing the Repuclic of Ireland 35 times during his career.

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When transfers go bad

At the beginning of the season I had the idea to write to write this blog with Robin van Persie included on the list. Unfortunately, the Dutch Skunk has played exceedingly well for Manchester United and therefore is not a bust as he is justifying the £24 million fee that was paid for him. Regardless, let's take a look at some of the most famous transfer flops in the Premier League era.

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Can Shelvey replace Gerrard? (Video)

Steven Gerrrard isn’t going to be around forever.  Despite still being an incredible player, at 32 years of age, the Liverpool skipper is well past his prime.  And, with the Reds having needed him to pull them out of the mud so many times over the years, who is going to be there to save them when he’s gone?

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