Saints Row is pretty decent but to any GTA fan it's a teeny booper version of it. It lacks the hardcore story and character elements of GTA, it's like GTA is Arnie and Saints Row is Van Damme, one's a superstar and the other's a relative nobody. Saints Row is fun to play and has plenty of blowing stuff up action but it's no GTASA.
As for Soccer, I'm really liking what FIFA 07's got on the table so far I think it could push off Pro Evo/Winning Eleven, it's cashed up on it's licenses and the gameplay has got a welcome revamp and watching those videos so far I have to say they movement looks very realistic I just hope those 'special' moves don't become insanely easy to pull off but I might favour FIFA 07 this year but as for Live, it looks like a shit bucket.
Right now though I'm just waiting for Company Of Heroes to come out, the chance of playing an RTS where you get to kill Nazi's in WWII is just so tempting.