And in case you were wondering, we meant that with a hint of sarcasm.

The 2008-09 English Premier League season is just starting to heat up as teams have already played at least twice in this early start of the season.

As of the current standings, Chelsea FC and Liverpool are on top, winning both of their fixtures with a total of 6 points each.

On the other hand, Blackburn Rovers, Hull City, Newcastle United, and Manchester United are all tied with the same number of points with 4.

There are 10 teams tied with three points apiece. Those teams are Aston Villa, Manchester City, Bolton, Everton, Middlesbrough, Fulham, Sunderland, Arsenal, Stoke City and West Ham.

At the bottom, we have Tottenham, West Brom, Wigan and Portsmouth, all scoreless still in the Premiership.

In other Premier League season news, Vince Grella of Torino has moved to Blackburn signing a four-year deal reportedly around £4million.

Grella ends a ten-year stint playing in Italy having first arrived in Serie A in 1998 when he joined Empoli.

He joined Parma in 2004 and Torino in 2007, but he has now sealed his move to the…

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That’s right, English football is on once again.

The 2008-09 English Premier League season finally got underway Saturday with seven games including Arsenal hosting West Brom. Defending Premier League champion Manchester United and second place finisher Chelsea opened their respective campaigns Sunday to kick-off day two.

The champions, however, did not start the season at full strength. Sir Alex Ferguson had to mix and match to compensate for the injuries they have at the start of their campaign. Fortunately for them, slow starts is nothing new to them.

Last year, Manchester United started slowly with just two points in their first three games but came back to win the title. Still, starting the season without superstar scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, who is out until October, should be big.

Cristiano Ronaldo had 42 goals for Man-U last season.

‘’Last season we had a staggered start, Tevez and Anderson joined us and weren’t 100 percent fit, Ronaldo got suspended for three games after the first game, then Rooney got injured in the first match against Reading and…'’

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It’s time once again to bet on these English football games.

The 2008-09 English Premier League season opens up with Manchester United winning the Community Shield, beating Portsmouth in a penalty shoot-out.

It was customary in English football that the winners of the F.A. Cup and the winners of the Premiership meet in English football’s season opener. And as many people probably expected, the Premiership champions edged the F.A. Cup winners as Manchester United won what could be the first of the seven trophies they could win this year.

Of course, Man-U boss Sir Alex Ferguson should already be happy knowing that Cristiano Ronaldo has decided to stay with the team at least until the next transfer season opens up.

More importantly, Fergie should be happy to know that his team is STILL a class of its own. Man-U looked ready to defend the Premiership title they won last season, not to mention, looking primed to win the UEFA Champions League title again.

Portsmouth have been held up by some, including Man-United captain Gary Neville, as potential top-four material this term.

Yet for all the added bulk and height…

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One-nil, that’s how team USA will start their campaign on that Olympic pitch.

And in case you have no idea what I’m trying to stress here, it’s about the soccer tournament in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. And yes, team USA sure started their campaign with a bang.

You read it people, betting on the 2008 Olympic soccer tournament has begun with USA coming up with a 1-0 win over Japan, thanks to Stuart Holden coming up with the only goal of the fixture.

The win was the United States’ first win in soccer at the Olympic Games in eight long years (and their head coach’s first, EVER…) and obviously, they’re happy about it.

‘’The first game is never easy, and you never know how it is going to be,'’ U.S. coach Peter Nowak said. ‘’You train for three weeks and you try to find the right recipe. It was important to get the three points.'’

‘’My first Olympic win,'’ Nowak added, ‘’there’s nothing better than that.'’

Team USA is leading their group after one match since the Netherlands and Nigeria…

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Man-U fans rejoice! You can now be officially excited about the coming football season.

As the brand new 2008-09 English Premier League season kicks off, Cristiano Ronaldo, only the biggest star in international football today, has finally decided on something and that’s to stay at Old Trafford for at least one more year.

You read it, Cristiano Ronaldo, after all the speculations that he will leave Manchester United and play for Real Madrid, has confirmed that he will remain with Man-U for another season.

‘’I will remain with Manchester United for at least another year,'’ Cristiano Ronaldo said, much to the dismay of the Spanish football giants. Real Madrid was determined to pry another Man-U star away from English football after successfully signing former Man-U standout David Beckham.

THIS TIME though, looks Real Madrid has failed to grab the hottest commodity in international football today. However, I’m not expecting the Spanish football champions to give up on the guy that…

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Revenge is just sweet.

After the New England Revolution fell to the Houston Dynamo the last time they met each other in a championship game, New England got revenge after beating Houston in the 2008 SuperLiga championship last Tuesday.

The New England Revolution finally found a way to beat the Houston Dynamo in a championship match but it wasn’t easy. New England defeated Houston 3-2 to win the SuperLiga title in a tightly contested face-off.

The two teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation and 2-2 at the end of two 15-minute overtime periods. After New England defender Chris Albright scored against Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Pat Onstad to give the Revolution a 6-5 lead in penalty kicks, New England was ready to celebrate.

When New England goalkeeper Matt Reis tipped a shot by Corey Ashe off the crossbar, pandemonium erupted.

The match was a little bit of revenge for New England. They have lost the last two MLS titles to the Dynamo.

New England made it to the final of the SuperLiga with a 3-0-1 record and did not allow a goal at home until Houston scored in the first half. The Dynamo scored nine goals in their first four SuperLiga matches but…

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Looks like Chelsea will have a rather rough start to the season eh?

Chelsea star Didier Drogba is expected to miss the start of the 2008 English Premier League season. He is still recovering from a knee injury and is not expected back until the end of the month.

‘’Didier will not play in our first game against Portsmouth and will probably miss the second against Wigan. If there are no more problems he should be ready for the game after that,'’ Chelsea FC manager Luiz Felipe Scolari said.

They say it is possible that Didier Drogba returns for the game on August 31st against Tottenham but, according to the team, that is not a guarantee.

‘’I have been getting a progress report from the doctor every day. He’s getting better and is working with a fitness coach back at the training ground. I hope he will be ready to start training next week. But he will not play until he is in good condition,'’ Scolari adds.

Despite that, Drogba could be signing a new contract soon that would keep him at Chelsea until 2012. ‘’I am confident talks with Chelsea will lead to a positive resolve about my future,'’ Drogba said.

A few teams have inquired about the availability of Drogba but he wants to…

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To me, that’s a very dumb move on their part.

For two straight seasons, we all saw Man-U literally snatch the Premiership away from Chelsea FC. And now that it seems the defending English football champions are on the verge of losing their biggest star, Cristiano Ronaldo, Chelsea has the opportunity of making it easier for them to win the title again by pursuing Kaka for the coming 2008-09 English Premier League season.

Instead, Chelsea FC decided not to pursue the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year but instead, re-signs longtime goalkeeper Petr Cech to a new five-year contract. That will keep him with the Blues until 2013. That probably means we won’t see Chelsea winning the Premiership until 2013 too.

‘’I am very happy to have renewed my contract with them,'’ Petr Cech said. ‘’Chelsea has grown in my heart, not just because of my teammates and all the people that work for the club, but also because of their fantastic fans.'’

Cech is thought of as one of the world’s top goalkeepers. He has led Chelsea to two straight Premier League titles in previous seasons and last year led them to a runner-up finish in the soccer betting Premier League, Champions…

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That is of course, according to Man-U manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Stunned about the possibility that he just might lose his biggest star coming to the brand new 2008-09 English Premier League season, Sir Alex Ferguson says it would be a big mistake in Cristiano Ronaldo’s part if he decides to leave Old Trafford and play for Real Madrid.

In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, Spanish football giants Real Madrid has been lobbying for Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to come and join them in the coming Spanish football season.

And while Cristiano Ronaldo himself has already declared that he indeed wants to play for Real Madrid, Man-U, as of press time, still claims the Portugese phenom is NOT FOR SALE.

Sir Alex Ferguson is obviously disappointed with these developments. And while he continues to keep the Portugese phenom in the Man-U roster ‘’by any means necessary,'’ he goes on and tells the public that the 23-year-old winger needs to stay at Old Trafford if he is to grow as a player.

As if the guy has a choice…

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Have you ever wondered how much did AC Milan pay to get probably the greatest active Brazilian footballer in the sport?

AC Milan is clearly gunning to win the 2008-09 Italian Serie A after signing Ronaldinho from Barcelona and prying him away from Manchester City and the entire English football world.

But just how much did AC Milan pay Barcelona to get the player who was once Barcelona’s best? A whopping US$33 million. Not too shabby huh? And guess what, the Italian football giants were willing to pay much more than that if Barcelona did not made them wait THIS long.

You see, Ronaldinho has always been the footballer AC Milan big boss Silvio Berlusconi wanted most. Well, that is according to AC Milan scout Ernesto Bronzetti. If Barcelona decided to sell the Brazilian star two years ago, the Spanish football giants would have received more than double of what Milan paid.

According to Bronzetti, AC Millan offered Barcelona US$95 million for Ronaldinho two years ago but because the Brazilian footballer then was not slowed down by a number of injuries yet, Barcelona refused.

‘’Two years ago he offered Barca 60million (US$95 million) for Ronaldinho and they refused it,'’ Ernesto Bronzetti said.

‘’It was my most difficult deal. He is the fifth player to have won…'’

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