ni kes mane?lawan arsenal ari tu ke?

When you think of football's greatest one-club men, the likes of Tony Adams, Paolo Maldini and Ryan Giggs spring to mind. But how hard can it be to stay at a club at the pinnacle of European football? Was their loyalty truly tested? The same question cannot be asked of Matt Le Tissier, the Southampton legend and one of the finest players to grace the Premier League stage.

Devoting 16 glorious years to his one and only club, Le Tissier had two excellent chances to leave The Dell, turning down Terry Venables' Tottenham in 1990 and Glenn Hoddle's Chelsea six years later. His affinity with the Saints and bond with their supporters remained unbroken and the man nicknamed 'Le God' was guaranteed deity status on the South Coast.

While the cultured forward, with a bigger bag of tricks than Derren Brown, hit the headlines recently when admitting his part in a failed spread betting coup, when determining the direction of his career he was never a gambler, preferring to stick rather than twist despite the lure of greater riches, European football and wider recognition. As a result of that loyalty, perhaps unmatched in recent years, in Southampton there is no more respected figure.

In a manner that befitted his unique style of play, Le Tissier trod an unfamiliar path to prominence as he emerged from the football backwater of Guernsey.

After failing to secure a move to Oxford United, Southampton spotted something special in the awkward teen from the Channel Islands and he won a contract at The Dell in May 1985, making his first-team debut at the age of 17 just a year later. It was the first stage of a prolonged love affair with the Saints.

His statistics in red and white stripes read a hugely-impressive 209 goals in 541 games, especially given the fact that he was far from being a conventional striker. From the penalty spot, he scored a remarkable 47 in 48 attempts with only Mark Crossley, in 1992, denying him from 12 yards.

But assessing Matt Le Tissier's career by statistics alone is like judging the Mona Lisa by its anatomical accuracy. The beauty instead lies in the style and artistic merit by which those numbers were achieved.

Early signs of his ability were evident in 1990 when he was named the PFA Young Player of the Year but it was in 1993-94 when he enjoyed his most prolific season in front of goal, scoring no less than 30 times for Southampton.

By then, Le Tissier's languid style had become a feared sight for any top flight defender, his laid-back approach disguising the menace that hid in the most explosive of right boots. His elegance on the ball and unhurried nature led to accusations of laziness and a lack of application, but was that unfair? Probably not, judging by this recent quote: "I'm very glad that ProZone wasn't around when I was playing," Le Tissier said. "There would have been some very interesting statistics about how many yards I ran in a game."

But ProZone stats could never convey the majesty of Le Tissier in full flight. The highlights are extensive. It is an arduous yet enjoyable task to identify his finest moments but even a rudimentary effort conveys the breadth and quality of the man at his best.

The ball rolled back to him from a free-kick against Wimbledon, Le Tissier flicks the ball up and then, with the same right foot, launches a stunning volley into the top corner of the net. Against Newcastle United, controlling the ball with an outstretched heel before flicking it over two markers, he dispatches a confident finish into the far corner. Against Blackburn Rovers, collecting the ball just inside the opposition half, Le Tissier beats the same man twice before firing a wonderful 35-yard effort over Tim Flowers. Not forgetting an exquisite lob in a game that Southampton fans will never forget - a 6-3 drubbing of Manchester United in 1996.

Indeed, in the catalogue of great Premier League goals, Le Tissier is rivalled only by the likes of Eric Cantona, Dennis Bergkamp and Gianfranco Zola. A clutch of outstanding forwards of which Le Tissier is the only England international, making his brief and unfulfilled career for his country even harder to explain.

For while Le Tissier made an impression at Southampton that will never be forgotten, and possibly never matched, his international contribution places him alongside the likes of James Beattie and Kevin Phillips - two former Saints players who never came remotely close to emulating his achievements on the South Coast.

Various reasons have been suggested for Le Tissier's disappointing international output. He won only eight caps, without scoring a goal, and his mercurial talents never seemed to have been entirely trusted by successive England managers.

The great irony was that Glenn Hoddle, a man of whom the same has been said, seemed unwilling to indulge in more than one luxury player with Paul Gascoigne taking precedence. Of course at the 1998 World Cup, Hoddle took neither, despite Le Tissier scoring a hat-trick in a 'B' international against Russia in the build-up to the finals in France.

While his debut came in a 1-0 friendly win over Denmark in March 1994, his final international cap, and only second appearance in a senior international, came in England's 1-0 defeat to Italy at Wembley in February 1997, with Le Tissier substituted in the second half. It was an inglorious end to an international career that never really got off the ground.

But although the England national side never warmed to his particular talents, others did and Le Tissier has recounted in the past how none other than Michel Platini - one of the great all-time playmakers - tried to recruit him for France. The surname clearly confused Les Bleus though, as Le Tissier had no French heritage and was not eligible for the country. C'est La Vie.

Even at the end of his career, with dreams of England behind him, fitness problems taking their toll and his talents fading, Le Tissier was still capable of writing his own scripts. On May 19, 2001, Southampton played their final ever game at The Dell and Le Tissier scored a stunning volley in a 3-2 win against Arsenal.

He even had the dubious honour of being involved in one of the Premier League's most infamous moments, as it was his injury in a game against Leeds United in 1996 that heralded the introduction of a little-known substitute named Ali Dia. Unfortunately, Graeme Souness had been duped by a man pretending to be George Weah who had recommended the hopeless player. Dia was substituted himself after a shocking display and never played for the club again. Quite a contrast to the man he replaced on that ridiculous day.

Would a move to a bigger club have furthered his international claims and secured his reputation on a global stage? Undoubtedly. But was Le Tissier a wasted talent, a man who passed up a chance at the big time to stay in his comfort zone, or was he right to devote his career to his one and only club, providing Southampton fans with memories that will never fade? The final say should go to the man himself.

"I played the game the way I wanted to play it, and had I gone on to a bigger club, I probably wouldn't have been able to do that," Le Tissier recently told the Times. "I enjoyed being a big fish in a medium-sized pond, the person in the team that most of the fans were coming to watch, just to see if I could do something." And boy could he do something.

against arsenal
rooney dah tahu almunia pun akan give a shot
untuk chase for loose ball

sebab penalty verdict yg jenis macam ni
selalunya players memang tak akan dapat balik pun possesion tu

macam kes rooney la senang cite,die x aim untuk amek bola kan?

which,even almunia jatuhkan die,die pon xkan dapat bola tu,tol x?

maksudnye, tu bukan penalti

dilema nye camni,abeh kalu mane2 player x pegang bola,maka die leh dijatuhkan cmtu jek?

rooney tak aim untuk amek 2nd ball lepas 1st touch

Phil Neville is facing up to a "lengthy lay-off" after Everton confirmed that their captain suffered knee ligament damage in Sunday's defeat to Fulham.

Neville was stretchered off at Craven Cottage following a challenge from Fulham's Dickson Etuhu that upset Everton manager David Moyes.



Preliminary tests have now confirmed that Neville did suffer knee ligament damage and although further examintations are required, Everton's head physiotherapist, Mick Rathbone, admits the prognosis is gloomy for the 32-year-old.

"An MRI scan on Monday morning has confirmed our fears and it has revealed that Phil has damaged ligaments at the back of his knee," Rathbone told the club's official website.

"He will now rest it for 48 hours to allow the swelling to go down and he will then see a specialist in London before a decision is made on how best to manage the injury.

"It's too early to estimate length of absence but I fear he is certainly facing a lengthy lay-off."

With Johnny Heitinga ineligible and Tony Hibbert injured, Everton have a real selection dilemma at right-back ahead of Thursday's Europa League tie against AEK Athens.

ni lah dilema aku...hahahaha...bro jgn nak dilema plak pas da tau dilema aku ni.

kes camni,kompem bukan penalti?

even almunia touch kaki roo?

walaupun roo x aim nak amek bola,tapi xkan le maknenye almunia leh tebas kaki roo?

so kesimpulannye,aku nak kepastian,kalu player x aim amek 2nd ball tapi ditackle,x penalti ke?

macam kalau ada foul je dalam penalty box.....
tak kisah la foul macam mana pun kan....
walaupun takde opportunity langsung score goals, it is a foul....
so penalty la....

tu sume pertanyaan la bro,nak dapatkan kepastian...tande seru nih !,maknenye statement...

tande soal nih ? maknenye pertanyaan...

kalu player x aim amek 2nd ball tapi ditackle,x penalti ke?

ESPN Soccernet can announce that billionaire Saudi Arabian oil-rich brothers Al-Faraj have completed the second takeover of Portsmouth inside 42 days, with chief executive Peter Storrie describing it "a minor miracle we've got it all down so quickly."

Storrie spoke after completing the deal at close to 11pm on Monday night: "It's all done, just seconds ago, and I'm knackered. The way I feel, I think I couldn't have done anymore for the club. I am so delighted."

The complexities of the takeover, involving previous owners Sacha Gaydamack and Sulaiman Al-Fahim, have finally been completed.

Fahim will retain 10 per cent of the club and hold the title of non-executive chairman, but he has no say in the running of the club and keeps his nominal title for only two years. The Al-Faraj brothers' £5m interim loan was lodged with their lawyers' client account on Friday, and will now be released on Tuesday morning to pay the players and sort out imminent creditors.

Soccernet broke the news on Saturday that the Al-Faraj brothers were on the verge of taking over the club, and chief executive Peter Storrie confirmed the story to us on Sunday morning. As Storrie further confirmed, Pompey have been close to folding on numerous occasions since the takeover of Fahim and before it, so he takes credit for saving a club by bringing in new Saudi investors.

This deal is the only one available to save the club from extinction, let alone administration.

Fahim has agreed to sell the majority of his holding to a member of one of Saudi Arabia's richest families. Ali Al-Faraj, 50, has a personal holding in billion-dollar petroleum giant Sabic. Storrie had told us that at least "30% of the £50 million" promised by Fahim was needed by October 15 to save the club - the first part of the refinancing promised by Fahim or Portsmouth faced financial meltdown.

But the club's inability to pay the players' wages heightened the fear that Fahim would fail to deliver and the club would fold.

The financial crisis was resolved by a £5 million bridging loan from the prospective new owner, while Storrie revealed that there were unpaid transfer fees owed to clubs plus at least £3 million due to agents Pini Zahavi and Jonathan Barnett.

During the summer, Al-Fahim's takeover became protracted with a longer than expected period of due diligence and scepticism grew regarding his ability to buy the club. Storrie then moved in with the Saudi connection to mount a counter takeover bid - which ultimately fell through when Fahim went ahead with his purchase from Gaydamak.

Concerns over whether Fahim, 32, could provide the finance required to service the club's crippling debts, and allow Paul Hart, the manager, to buy players in January's transfer window grew, and finally intensified when the salary for the first month of his new ownership didn't materialise.

To allay these fears, Fahim told a forum of Portsmouth supporters at a meeting held at Fratton Park 13 days ago that he would raise £50 million by the end of October. Fahim insisted that this finance would still be available. But Fahim's control of the club is now over and he holds only a token position as non executive chairman.

As well as clubs, agents and other creditors, Pompey are behind in payments to the Inland Revenue, who could threaten a winding-up order over more than £2 million in outstanding payments. The club denied claims that they had already appointed insolvency experts as Storrie was confident that new money would come into Fratton Park by Tuesday, and he has met that deadline by working around the clock.

British Virgin Islands-based company Falcondrone, whose backers include the Al Faraj family and who had a representative in the directors' box at Molineux, have bought 90% of the club from Fahim.

Falcondrone want to proceed with a deal with Gaydamak also selling them the land he owns around Fratton Park through a separate company.

Fahim bought the club and stadium from Gaydamak on August 26, and the club were already £1.7 million in arrears on PAYE and National Insurance payments. That has risen to more than £2 million and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are threatening a court petition which could have seen the club wound up before the end of the month.

A number of clubs and agents have agreed to defer payments until the New Year thanks only to Storrie's connections in the game, but Pompey urgently had to meet everyday running costs and pay other creditors by the middle of this month.

Under the terms of Gaydamak's sale of Portsmouth to Fahim, Gaydamak had to approve any subsequent sale if it occurs before Fahim refinanced the club. Gaydamak is still providing personal guarantees for loans from Barclays Bank and the club have loans outstanding to another Gaydamak company.

The deal with Gaydamak also gave Fahim the right to buy, for £1, Miland Development (2004) Ltd, which owns various strategic pockets of land around the ground, once he has refinanced the club. The club is an attractive proposition only if it comes with ownership of that land.