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the G14 will throw their toys out of the pram and breakaway if he attempts to introduce this

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http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/10/...uce_englan.html Platini plans to reduce England's Champions League teams to three France legend Michel Platini has a radical vision for the future of European football. Kevin McCarraOctober 21, 2006 01:00 AM Michel Platini always knew how to run a match and now he wants to run the game itself. He was in London yesterday to step up his campaign for the presidency of Uefa. As befits the winner of the European footballer-of-the-year award for three years from 1983 to 1985, he reminded everyone of his greater affinity with players past and present than with bureaucrats by inviting along Gary Lineker and Thierry Henry. The affability, however, does not stop him from threatening to cut the Premiership's current representation in the Champions League. Platini believes no country should be allowed more than three teams in the competition. The Premiership has four in action currently, although two needed to come through a qualifying round. With Italy and Spain also entitled to a quartet, while France and Germany have three apiece, five countries could in theory occupy 18 of the 32 slots in the group phase. Uefa is made up of 52 associations, with many of them unlikely ever to see one of their clubs participating in the Champions League proper. Should three places be the absolute maximum for any nation? "That's my idea," said Platini. The handful of major countries may well be alienated by that policy but, as he reminds everyone, there are 52 votes to be cast. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, but so far he is the only challenger to the incumbent Lennart Johannson. The election will take place in Düsseldorf on January 27. Johansson, 76, has been in office since 1990. The Frenchman was mildly surprised to discover the septuagenarian, who has had health problems, appearing on the ballot paper. "I think he is a very courageous man," said Platini, "but he told me two years ago that he would retire to enjoy his family. I think the people who are pushing him to stand are not so courageous." This may well be an important factor since there are football figures who doubt whether Johansson has the vigour to head Uefa beyond his 80th birthday. Platini, 51, makes good-natured jokes about his own age: "My hair is gone, I've got a big belly," he said. "It's time to be president." As a member of Fifa's executive committee, though, he is no innocent. In fact, he intends to wield far more power than Johansson has done by turning the presidency of Uefa into an executive role. Platini has a light touch, but his aim is radical since it could sideline the administrators who, by and large, control Uefa. There would, for instance, be a great reduction in the scope of the current chief executive Lars-Christer Olsson. Platini would like Uefa to be more like Fifa, where the president Sepp Blatter rules the roost. Some already feel he has been too close to Blatter, but Platini insists that the Swiss has been good for football. The challenger to Johansson has many ideas, but will have to show that they form a coherent view of the course the game should take off the field. Previously, Platini has thought most about the game on the pitch. He was instrumental, as part of a task force, in decreeing that goalkeepers should not be allowed to handle pass backs. At present, he argues for giving the referee four assistants instead of two, with a pair of them responsible only for judging off-side decisions. This, he feels, is a better solution than introducing technology. Some will mock that notion. He has work ahead, too, if he is to prove his vision of administration is practical. Platini is suspicious of the involve-ment with politicians that saw Uefa co-operate with the European Union on an independent review. After the Bosman ruling, and with the G14 clubs backing the legal case for compensation when a player is hurt on international duty, Platini dreams of football settling its affairs internally. He sees the new G14 president David Dein, the Arsenal vice-chairman, as someone who can work with the football authorities. Platini's vision is of harmony brought about by every section of football, including players, clubs, Uefa and Fifa, agreeing a charter under which they will operate. "It will not be easy, it might take 10 years," he said. If elected, Platini knows he must be there for the long haul. Michel Platini Age 51 Nickname Platoche Image Handsome, brooding Gaul Playing career Three titles and European Cup with Juventus. European Championship winner. 72 caps for France Gongs Knight of the Légion d'honneur. European Footballer of the year three times in a row Friends Sepp Blatter. Diego Maradona Speciality Organising tournaments. TV punditry. Carrying Winter Olympic flames Hobbies Smoking Quote 'What Zidane can do with a football, Maradona could do with an orange' Lennart Johansson Age 76 Nickname Lennart Image Rotund, schoolteacher-ish Scandinavian Playing career None Gongs Supreme Companion of OR Tambo (South Afirca). Winner of presitigious European Broadcasting Union award Friends Lars-Christer Olsson (fellow Uefa bigwig) Speciality Running football associations Hobbies Fishing and music Quote 'Sometimes you cry and sometimes you're happy. These are the things that make football such a great game'

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6072266.stm Goal footage warning for website An independent website has been told to stop putting footage of FA Premiership goals on the video website YouTube. NetResult - a firm monitoring the internet on behalf of the Premier League - emailed a warning to the website, 101greatgoals.blogspot.com. It told the website it was "infringing" Premier League copyright. Links from 101greatgoals to YouTube were thought to have been disabled by YouTube itself but other links to Premiership goals stayed in place. Barrage of lawsuits The news comes after the video-sharing service wiped nearly 30,000 files from its website after Japanese media companies said their copyright was being infringed. The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers found 29,549 music video, movie and TV clips had been posted without permission. YouTube, which was launched in February 2005 and shows about 100 million clips per day, was recently bought by search giant Google for $1.65bn (£883m). Critics of the deal have warned Google could face a barrage of lawsuits over copyrighted material on YouTube. YouTube mostly hosts homemade videos, however, it also contains clips of copyrighted material. It has recently signed distribution deals with media groups including Universal Music Group, Warner Music and CBS to offer short-form programming including news, music videos, sport and entertainment. The BBC is prohibited from showing footage of Football Association Premier League goals on its published sports online pages.

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oooh ITV are spoiling us!!! I couldn't sit through that again

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http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N...061019-2232.htm Liverpool Reserves suffered a double blow on Thursday night when they lost 3-2 to Middlesbrough and saw goalkeeper David Martin leave the field after an hour with a hip injury. The England youth international was caught by a high challenge when he came outside his area to win the ball, and unfortunately after treatment he couldn't continue. Besides picking up a hip injury Martin also had slight concussion. One of last season's FA Youth Cup heroes goalkeeper David Roberts replaced Martin. Meanwhile Reds reserve team boss Gary Ablett is still searching for his first win of the season but the 3-2 defeat was harsh as Liverpool created some great chances on the night. Despite goals from Besian Idrizaj and Craig Lindfield less than convincing defending cost the Reds dear. Ablett fielded a young side including Lee Peltier who was an unused substitute for the first team in Bordeaux on Wednesday night. Moroccan youth international Nabil El Zhar was given a new role on the right wing with Paul Anderson switched to the left hand side. Middlesbrough fielded former Liverpool defender Abel Xavier who was returning from a lengthy ban. Liverpool should have opened the scoring after 17 minutes. Danny Guthrie split open the Boro defence with a superb pass to find Idrizaj in space. The Austrian Under-21 international in turn found El Zhar who had a great chance but he unfortunately miscued and the ball rolled agonisingly wide of the goal, just missing the stretching Craig Lindfield and Anderson who appeared to get in each other's way. Guthrie then went close with a low shot which he drilled just wide. Middlesbrough took the lead after 23 minutes. Graeme Owens turned Peltier inside out down the left wing before his low cross beat the diving Martin and Tom Craddock was left to tap home into an empty net. Three minutes later Liverpool equalised. Idrizaj was fouled in the area and even though his penalty was saved by Ross Turnbull the Austrian found the net from the rebound. A minute later Martin made a brilliant save from close range to deny Graham. The away side were then forced to make a substitution after the half hour mark when left back Anthony McMahon was carried off with an ankle injury following a late tackle from Idrizaj. From the resulting quickly taken free-kick Owens ran clean through but with just Martin to beat the winger curled wide of the goal. The second half started in frantic fashion with three goals inside the opening six minutes. Firstly Boro went 3-1 up through goals from Craddock and Danny Graham, but Lindfield then hit back for Liverpool with an excellent finish to make it 3-2. Liverpool stepped up the pressure in the final stages of the game but try as they might they couldn't find an equaliser. Ablett brought on the tricky Adam Hammill for the final 15 minutes and he was outstanding. Twice he went close to scoring and from one effort that was saved Idrizaj somehow failed to score when he fired the rebound into the side netting. Robbie Threlfall then went close in the final five minutes with a low drilled effort that hit the post and Anderson glanced a header just wide. Liverpool Reserves: Martin (Roberts 60), Peltier (Threlfall 66), Smith, Roque, Hobbs, Mannix, El Zhar, Guthrie, Lindfield (Hammill 75), Idrizaj, Anderson. Subs unused: Antwi, Flynn. Middlesbrough Reserves: Turnbull, Xavier, McMahon (Grounds 30), Hines, Bates, Kennedy, Franks (Goulon 75), Walker, Craddock, Graham, Owens. Referee: Mr O Langford. Liverpoolfc.tv Man of the match: Danny Guthrie. An excellent competitive display in central midfield

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=4...olds+no+grudges Smith holds no grudges Manchester United striker Alan Smith says he bears no ill-feelings towards those supporters who attacked his ambulance after he was injured at Anfield earlier this year. Smith was rushed to hospital back in February after suffering a horrendous leg break during The Red Devils' FA Cup loss to Liverpool. The former Leeds United ace remembers little about the incident after the accident, but thinks people should focus on the positives and not the aftermath in the Merseyside streets. Smith was quick to thank Liverpool for their support and is set to thank them personally when he goes head to head with The Reds at Old Trafford on Sunday. "Unfortunately, people drag up the tiny part about the ambulance," explained Smith. "We are talking about one person in a million. "It is sad we always seem to want to dwell on the negatives rather than the positives. I never really noticed anyway, so there are no negative feelings from my point of view. "For every individual doing something like that, there were loads and loads, particularly at Liverpool, who wished me well. John Arne Riise got in touch, as did most of their players. "You cannot put a price on the lengths people will go to in an effort to try and help you, most of which is not seen. "If the people from Liverpool had not acted as swiftly as they did, the situation could have been a lot worse and it will be nice to have a chance to thank them personally on Sunday."

Apparently, David Martin went off injured tonight. Who the hell will be on the bench when Jerzy is suspended?

just coming back from a very serious knee injury been out for the best part of a year I think

I've not seen the game (only the goal) so can't comment on the performances. I should be remembered though that these two games mean very little and it came in the middle of two massive domestic games for Barca, Sevilla and Real Madrid.

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