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29 Aug 2013

Daniel Sturridge benefitting from Luis Suárez’ absence

Two games into the season, Liverpool finds itself tied for second place near the top of the Premier League table with Tottenham Hotspur. It’s the first time the Red have won their first two games of the season since 2008-09, a campaign that saw them finish in second place with 86 points.

More importantly, the club is now 5-0-1 during the first six games they have played without Luis Suárez, who has four more matches left on his suspension for biting Branislav Ivanovic. It would be a bit daft to try and use Liverpool’s short-term run of success to build an argument that they are better off without the talented but mercurial Suárez.

But Liverpool is winning and, in the process, is learning a valuable lesson – how to win without Suárez. And no one is taking that lesson to heart more than Daniel Sturridge.

We look at what that means for the club’s success this year in our latest at World Soccer Talk.

(Photo courtesy of PA)

25 Aug 2013

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From the editor’s notebook …

A look at a few items that warrant attention but not necessarily a full post …

Just like the Tribe “Drew” it up

It wasn’t always pretty, see their four errors, but the Cleveland Indians pulled out the series win on Sunday as Drew Stubbs hit a home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and and the Tribe went on to win 3-1.

“I felt like we were trying every way we could to give it away,” Stubbs said. “We hung in there, we battled and were able to do enough to win. An ugly win is as good as a pretty win.”

After going 6-3 on their recent road trip, the Indians came home and took two-of-three from the Twins. That leaves the Indians heading into Monday’s off day just 1.5 games behind Oakland in the chase for a Wild Card spot.

It doesn’t seem to matter if the national media write off the Indians, or if the fans can’t seem to get behind this squad, this team seems determined to find a way to stay in the playoff hunt.

Posted in Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Liverpool and tagged Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Liverpool

18 Aug 2013

From the editor’s notebook …

A look at a few items that warrant attention but not necessarily a full post …

The Indians are starting to look ready for the off season, not the post-season

A week ago, we wondered if it was time to call the season on the Cleveland Indians, or if the Tribe still had one more stretch of good baseball in them.

Seven days and six games later, we are a little closer to the answer and it is not one that Tribe fans are going to want to hear.

Following Sunday’s loss in Oakland, the Indians are 4.5 games back in the Wild Card standings (forget the division, the Tigers already took care of that). The Indians really needed to sweep the A’s, a team they are chasing for a playoff berth, but after losing two-of-three – and with just 38 games remaining in the season – the playoffs may prove to be just a far enough out of the Tribe’s reach.

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16 Aug 2013

Can Liverpool move up the table in 2013-14?

Liverpool opens the 2013-14 Premier League season – and Brendan Rodgers second season in charge – on Saturday when they host Stoke City.

After finishing in seventh place last season, the Reds are going on their fourth consecutive season without Champions League football, something that once seemed unfathomable for a club that is synonymous with European football.

So what will this season bring for Liverpool?

We start looking for answers in our latest post at World Soccer Talk.

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11 Aug 2013

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From the editor’s notebook …

A look at a few items that warrant attention but not necessarily a full post …

Are the Indians done for the year?

Is it OK to call the season over for the Cleveland Indians? Is Sunday’s comeback win the start of another streak? Or was the win just a reprieve until until the inevitable becomes reality?

We need answers after the Tribe rallied from five runs down on Sunday to beat the Los Angeles Angels and salvage one win on the seven-game homestand.

The Indians opened the week just three games out of first place in the A.L. Central and holding the second Wild Card spot. After being swept by the Tigers in the biggest series since 2007, and losing two-of-three to the Angels, the Indians head off to Minnesota seven games behind Detroit and four games back in the Wild Card.

06 Aug 2013

Luis Suárez reportedly wants out at Liverpool

In an exclusive interview with The Guardian newspaper, Luis Suárez has asked to leave Liverpool, claiming that the club promised him he could go if they failed to qualify for a spot in the Champions League.

Suárez said he will take the issue to the Premier League to try and force a move before the league’s transfer window closes on Sept. 2.

Suárez does not have to go away mad, it’s enough at this point that he just go away.

We have the full report in our latest at World Soccer Talk.

(Photo by Getty Images)

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30 Jul 2013

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Can Liverpool really get £50m+ from Arsenal for Luis Suárez?

Another day, another twist in the ongoing saga of whether or not Liverpool will part ways with striker Luis Suárez. Just two weeks ago, it seemed as if the Reds had missed their best chance to move on from the talented but troubled Suárez after the team turned down a £30 million offer from Arsenal.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers’ resolve was tested again last week when Arsenal came back with a transfer bid of £40 million plus £1. But the Reds still said no.

Now, with the start of the Premier League season less than three weeks away, it is looking at least possible that Arsenal may need to acquire Suárez and that it may come at Liverpool’s asking price of more than £50 million.

We take a look at the various scenarios in our latest post at World Soccer Talk.

(Photo by Getty Images)

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23 Jul 2013

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Liverpool rejects Arsenal’s latest bid for Luis Suárez

Arsenal reportedly submitted a club-record bid of £40 million plus £1 for Liverpool striker Luis Suárez on Tuesday, but the Reds quickly rejected the bid.

Wait, what?

Rather than being grateful that someone is willing to take Suárez off his hands for a fair price, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers got shirty over the request.

“Obviously (Arsenal’s first bid of £35 million) was an offer we didn’t deem worthy of the talent and even if they came back with that kind of amount (£55 million) there’s no guarantee he would be sold even for that because we are trying to build something here,” Rodgers told The Guardian.

Even if the club is bent out of shape over the offer, it still represents a 76 percent increase on the price that Liverpool originally paid for Suárez (£22.7 million). That’s not a bad return on investment.

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14 Jul 2013

Is Liverpool missing its best chance to move Luis Suárez?

Liverpool striker Luis Suárez made it known once again this week that he is eager and willing to leave Anfield.

Suárez wants to go to Real Madrid, but the Spanish club isn’t really expressing any interest. Manager Brendan Rodgers says he talks to Suárez every day and wants him to stay. Last week, Liverpool turned down £30 from Arsenal for the enigmatic striker who scored 23 goals in 33 games last season.

The question now becomes, what is the club waiting for?

We start looking for answers in our latest post at World Soccer Talk.

(Photo courtesy of BBC.com)

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19 Jun 2013

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Liverpool’s new kits? Thumbs down! USMNT? Thumbs up!

While we tend to be a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to uniforms, we admit to having a certain affinity for the off-beat.

The Oakland A’s uniforms of the early 1970s and the Houston Astros’ tequila sunrise uniforms of the 1980s, while garish to some, are ones that we particularly like. We wouldn’t even mind it if the Cleveland Browns experimented with wearing a chrome helmet from time to time, as long as it was orange.

But we just can’t get behind two of the kits that Liverpool will wear for the 2013-14 Premier League season.

Posted in Jurgen Klinsmann, Liverpool, US soccer, World Cup and tagged Liverpool, USMNT

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