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Originally Posted by Damien
There are no games this weekend. Every so often we have these stupid breaks which disrupt the flow the season which is what a lot of football fans care about, rather than a International Friendly.
So Instead of seeing if United bounce back, If Liverpool can stop the rot, If Arsenal can keep the pressure up, if Hull can move further clear of the bottom 3 with another win and if Man City will stop their run of draws we instead have a game of little consequence.
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Personally, none of that is as interesting or important as who qualifies for the World Cup. England may be playing a friendly, but Africa has it's final WC qualifiers and Europe has it's play-offs. Even if England weren't playing a friendly, the EPL still wouldn't be going ahead due to the many players missing for important matches and had England not done so well in the qualifiers, they could have been playing a massive match this weekend as well.
Call me crazy, but i'm more interested in a do or die match between Egypt and Algeria in front of 74'000 fans in Cairo (the magnitude of this rivalry and this particular match is hard to emphasis sufficiently, but see
here) than Hull City vs West Ham in match 12 or 13 of 38.
If you apply the logic of your interest in Hull City, Man City, etc despite supporting Arsenal, to international level, then you'll be thoroughly entertained.
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Speaking of which..........
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Three players hurt in attack on Algeria team bus
Three players from Algeria's national football team were slightly hurt on Thursday when youths stoned their bus as they arrived in Cairo for a World Cup qualifier against Egypt, Algerian state radio reported.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...up2010&cc=5739
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Video footage:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb4...es-au-ca_sport
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xb4...llaissee_sport