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Chelsea Boi Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5674 since: Apr 2007	Jun 30, 08 at 2:34pm re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - March 2010 Update .::/
	Very nice update. A lot of writing as usual. Don't ya get tired writing all these Also, maybe a picture here and there wouldn't go amiss
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mikecfc threadnought total posts: 697 since: Nov 2006	Jul 01, 08 at 3:08am re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - March 2010 Update .::/
	I would agree with Chelsea Boi. Alot of great detail but a Picture here and there minght brighten up this SOMS. Very good though.
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Jakeyd Paul Scholes; Best Volleyball Player s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1882 since: Mar 2007	Jul 01, 08 at 4:28am re: The Diary of a Retired Footballer - The Final Statistic Update - End of the SOMS
	I've updated a lot ahead of myself and from the beginning of next season we'll have pictures on almost every update. Microsoft Word has frozen so i can't put updates up. Word can open up all of the documents and stuff but i just can't type anything or copy and paste..
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Jakeyd Paul Scholes; Best Volleyball Player s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1882 since: Mar 2007	Jul 01, 08 at 11:13am re: The Diary of a Retired Footballer - The Final Statistic Update - End of the SOMS
	Diary of a Professional Footballer Home 11:49am March 31, 2010 Between months I would usually log in to MSN Messenger and chat with a few of my old mates from school as all of them were in education in the sixth form college whilst I was earning £55 a week for Huddersfield. According to the staff I was ‘indispensible’ to the squad and was currently worth a staggering £475,000, which was great for a League One player. Don’t forget I’m only 17. My friends kept alerting me – and for the only time in their life, true – that I was wanted by another club. Plymouth Argyle were challenging for me for the new season if they were to make the Premier League via automatic promotion or a play-off berth. I kept telling me friends that I was willing to stay at Huddersfield only if a big offer came in. Plymouth were four points off the championship’s first place. If they were in the Premier League I was very willing to move clubs – but I wasn’t prepared to tell anyone that. My mate, Luke kept telling me and giving me advice on to join Plymouth no matter where they ended up this season. I had to admit that he was right. It would be the right move for me.
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liverpudlien ultra seeker total posts: 1295 since: Dec 2006	Jul 01, 08 at 12:00pm re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - "Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?" .::/
	I have to say this is the first player SOMS that I have actually been a big fan of, but this is truly a great SOMS. 475k, not bad . KTU, and you will make it to the Prem by the end of next season I believe. KUTVGW
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Super Spurs Do you Matt Taylor? Hooked on Neo wiki staff footballmanager since: Jul 2007	Jul 01, 08 at 12:07pm re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - "Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?" .::/
	Do not join Plymouth.
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Chelsea Boi Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5674 since: Apr 2007	Jul 01, 08 at 1:02pm re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - "Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?" .::/
	Nice update. Bit shorter but got to the point. Keep it up
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Jakeyd Paul Scholes; Best Volleyball Player s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1882 since: Mar 2007	Jul 01, 08 at 1:30pm re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - "Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?" .::/
	Diary of a Professional Footballer April 2010 Update There was only the five matches in April and beginning with a huge derby involving Barnsley and us, location – Oakwell. We were prepared for action, the last time I said that we lost to Bradford… but this time was different I was beat them 2-1, they were flying high and we were preparing to as the win took us just two points behind them on the weekend that Wolves won League One, we lay 5th place with four matches left of the season, Championship here we come! We only had two days to rest before our match with Shrewsbury Town on the Monday and the solitary goal took us to fourth place and we were two points in front of the play-offs. For the next match we were against fighting underdogs who were scrapping against relegation, Millwall who were 16th. I was only two wins out of three off a play-off place. We faced them on the weekend and it was up to one of us to step up for the big occasion and that was no-one could capitalize on the score and we left with a point and stayed 4th in the league. With 2 games left we were two points ahead of 7th place, where we didn’t want to be. It was a two week break before played Blackpool and I thought I’d have a short break to Blackpool so that I was fit for the match. It didn’t make any difference as we got pummeled into the ground by a brilliant Blackpool side 3-1. Things were looking very uneasy for us. We were in the last play-off place with three other teams tied on 66 points, the same as us. Nott’m Forest have 65 points with Cheltenham a point behind them, who still have a chance at the play-offs. We were against the right team to be playing on the final day in a sticky situation, a relegated team in Yeovil Town. Unfortunately for us, it would not be at the Galpharm but that didn’t matter to the players, we would still give it 100%. We had to win, simple mission really. But it didn’t turn out like that and we drew 0-0 which left us one point behind the play-offs, heartbreak hotel. I injured myself anyway so I would’ve missed the play-offs either way. Results – Barnsley 1-2 Huddersfield Town – League One Huddersfield Town 1-0 Shrewsbury Town – League One Millwall 0-0 Huddersfield Town – League One Huddersfield Town 1-3 Blackpool – League One Yeovil Town 0-0 Huddersfield Town
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foxyboy478 forum native total posts: 168 since: Mar 2008	Jul 01, 08 at 1:34pm re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - April 2010 Update .::/
	Again a very detailed update and a very exciting read
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Chelsea Boi Seeketh Maximus total posts: 5674 since: Apr 2007	Jul 01, 08 at 2:20pm re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - April 2010 Update .::/
	Some ok results there matey. Writting is still brill and I'm loving this. Keep it up
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theiceman99 Viva La Vida Still Seekin' total posts: 3340 since: Jan 2007	Jul 01, 08 at 3:25pm re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - April 2010 Update .::/
	As usual the updates are good, detailed and well written. Hope you join Plymouth. KIU!
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Jakeyd Paul Scholes; Best Volleyball Player s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1882 since: Mar 2007	Jul 02, 08 at 10:12am re: The Diary of a Retired Footballer - The Final Statistic Update - End of the SOMS
	Diary of a Professional Footballer World Cup 2010 The Preview GROUP A Italy Ghana Ireland Paraguay Key Players Gianluigi Buffon (ITA) Fabio Cannavaro (ITA) Asamoah Gyan (GHA) Michael Essien (GHA) Robbie Keane (IRE) Steve Finnan (IRE) Roque Santa Cruz (PAR) Summary Italy, who are defending their crown looks odds-on to qualify top of this group which consists of themselves, Ghana, Ireland and Paraguay. Barring an upset, it will be one of three that will follow the Italians into the second round. Ireland look slight favourites to follow them in second but you can never discount Ghana or Paraguay as Ghana edged through to the knockout stages in 2006 with Italy and they had to beat the Czech Republic to get there, with a slightly less tough task that four years previous, Michael Essien will look to drive the Africans to the knockout stage and maybe surprise some people. In Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguay have a world class striker, who could set this tournament a light, depending on his performances. He will look to shock everyone as they have their eyes set on round number two. GROUP B Holland Greece Nigeria Iran Key Players Wesley Sneijder (HOL) Ruud van Nistelrooy (HOL) Angelos Charisteas (GRE) Yakubu (NIG) Joseph Yobo (NIG) Summary It really does look like another group winners and then one from three and realistically only Greece and Nigeria have a chance but don’t write off Iran, although Angola finished above them last time round it doesn’t mean to say that history won’t repeat itself. Holland are huge favourites to take this group like they did the UEFA EURO 2008 trophy, but who knows, Greece could pull off another upset and take top spot and a clear path to the quarter finals from there. Time will tell but the crucial fixtures will definitely be Greece v. Holland and Greece v. Nigeria, those two matches will go a long way in saying who will qualify and determine the group winners. GROUP C South Africa England USA Uruguay Key Players Benni McCarthy (RSA) Wayne Rooney (ENG) Steven Gerrard (ENG) Clint Dempsey (USA) Tim Howard (USA) Diego Forlan (URU) Summary If England repeat their perennial underachievers record in this tournament they could be walking out of the tournament on the second week, or with second place. That’s one question that will answered but another one that needs answering is will the hosts, South Africa play well with their nation behind them, if they don’t then England may as well pack for the second round hotel now but with United States and Uruguay, anything can happen. Uruguay have a prolific goalscorer in Diego Forlan to take them through and USA can make anything happen on their day. GROUP D France Ivory Coast Serbia Saudi Arabia Key Players Thierry Henry (FRA) Franck Ribery (FRA) Didier Drogba (CIV) Arouna Kone (CIV) Nemanja Vidic (SER) Summary No offense to Saudi Arabia but you can count them out at the start so it leaves, Ivory Coast and Serbia (who were the non-qualifiers from FIFA World Cup 2006 Group C.) And the 1998 winners, France. It all matters on whether France show up for the tournament. They came bottom of their group in 2002 and scraped through their group last time round just beating Togo in their group. They don’t have Zinedine Zidane and it proves they are worthless without him after performing poorly in the recent European Championships. Don’t be surprised if it is a Ivory Coast and Serbia 1, 2 but France should qualify. GROUP E Brazil Portugal Mexico Australia Key Players Ronaldinho (BRA) Robinho (BRA) Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) Joao Moutinho (POR) Rafael Marquez (MEX) Tim Cahill (AUS) Summary The possibilities are endless in this group which was quickly touted as the Group of Death, and rightly so. Brazil, Portugal, Mexico and Australia all made the knockout stages of the 2006 World Cup with Brazil and Portugal getting deep into the tournament. Mexico were top seeds that year with Portugal in their group as second seeds so do not count out Mexico and the same can be said for Australia who got through Croatia and Japan to qualify with Brazil in the 2006 tournament. Anything could happen here but the first matchday could prove to be crucial with the top two seeds (Brazil and Portugal) facing off with a draw either one of Mexico or Australia could take top spot with an advantage in place to set the benchmark. Whoever wins the first matches will certainly a play a vital role on who will qualify from this group, anything could happen. GROUP F Argentina Czech Republic South Korea Costa Rica Key Players Leo Messi (ARG) Carlos Tevez (ARG) Sergio Aguero (ARG) Tomas Rosicky (CZE) Park Ji-Sung (SOU) Summary South Korea have proven that they can qualify for the latter stages of tournaments take 2002 for instance, fourth that time. Argentina have won the competition twice, in 1986 and 1978 so they have big match experience. Although they are built-up footballing nation, Czech Republic have never got that far in a World Cup. You can already count out Costa Rica bar an upset or two but I see one of the two of Czech Republic or South Korea joining Argentina in the second round, maybe I’m siding with South Korea more. GROUP G Germany Denmark Japan Cameroon Key Players Miroslav Klose (GER) Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER) John Dahl Tomasson (DEN) Ono (JAP) Geremi (CAM) Summary Anything can and should go wrong for Germany this time round. They always have what seems like a weak side on paper but go far in tournaments like in World Cup 2002 and 2006 and in the recent European Championships where they reached the semi-finals. Don’t look over Japan, Denmark or Cameroon in what looks like a one-sided group. Cameroon haven’t made the knockout stages in a while so they’ll be looking to get far here and qualify. Denmark, like Cameroon, didn’t qualify for 2006 so they’ll be hoping to do well, Japan haven’t made the second round outside of their home country in a while so they’ll be looking to do well, despite all of this, Germany are hot favourites to walk away with the league. GROUP H Spain Finland Angola Ecuador Key Players David Villa [ESP] Fernando Torres [ESP] Cesc Fabregas [ESP] David Silva [ESP] Carlos Tenorio [ECU] Summary Except from the obvious this is a really weak group. If you replaced Spain with the hosts, South Africa, this really could’ve been one of the weakest groups in World Cup history. It came close to 2002’s Japan, Russia, Belgium and Tunisia group. Angola have only ever reached the World Cup once, for Finland it is their first time and Ecuador have appeared several times. This is really a group where Spain look to grab the 100% with Ecuador looking strong favourites to follow them into the second round and Finland and Angola the real rookies of this group but they could gain a win over the other and hold for a draw to qualify, that’s all it takes but that is a lot asking from Finland.
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theiceman99 Viva La Vida Still Seekin' total posts: 3340 since: Jan 2007	Jul 02, 08 at 11:28am re: ::. The Diary of a Professional Footballer - HUGE FIFA World Cup 2010 Preview .::/
	Nice update. The badges are slick. One thing though, you got the England badge wrong, you've shown the British flag. Other than that very good update.
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computer_man FM08 Article Writer & Tactician true seeker total posts: 1063 since: Jan 2006	Jul 02, 08 at 12:18pm re: The Diary of a Retired Footballer - The Final Statistic Update - End of the SOMS
	Awesome update, great round up!
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Jakeyd Paul Scholes; Best Volleyball Player s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1882 since: Mar 2007	Jul 02, 08 at 1:19pm re: The Diary of a Retired Footballer - The Final Statistic Update - End of the SOMS
	I couldn't find an England flag, i just ended up using the British one, update coming shortly...
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