Two good wins for the English teams last night – a Gerrard inspired Liverpool won 2-1 in Marseille, and Chelsea were ominously efficient in a 4-0 destruction of Bordeaux. Scolari revealed the first signs of pressure in his pre-match interview, reacting nervously to the suggestion that he had to win the Champions League to avoid [...]
You just have to laugh at them. Four games in, one point. They have spent so much money yet find themselves behind everyone. Rock bottom. Brilliant. Also, something that indicates a deeper malaise, they have not scored two goals in a league match since a couple of months before the end of last season!
Sunday, 14 September 2008 Stoke 2-3 (HT 0-1) Everton Olofinjana 55 Jagielka o.g. 63 Yakubu 41 Anichebe 51 Cahill 77 Bookings: Fuller 64 Faye 68 Bookings: Arteta 82 Saturday, 13 September 2008 Blackburn 0-4 (HT 0-2) Arsenal Van Persie 8 Adebayor 45+1 Adebayor (pen) 81 Adebayor 90+2 Bookings: Warnock 80 Bookings: Denilson 60 Fulham 2-1 [...]
Derby finally won a game on Saturday, beating Sheffield Utd 2-1 to record their first victory since a 1-0 triumph over Newcastle at home on 17 September 2007. They now proudly hold the football league record for the longest winless streak. But – who would back against them kicking on now? I’d suggest a cheeky [...]
Zaki to score at anytime v Sunderland Man Utd to beat Liverpool Tottenham v Aston Villa >2.5 goals Three doubles and a cheeky treble on those… For Fantasy Football – Zaki would be my tip, alongside Paintsil for Fulham. Well… Zaki did score. Man Utd didn’t beat Liverpool though (started well enough). So, fingers crossed [...]
(and Monday): Zaki to score at anytime v Sunderland Man Utd to beat Liverpool Tottenham v Aston Villa >2.5 goals Three doubles and a cheeky treble on those… For Fantasy Football – Zaki would be my tip, alongside Paintsil for Fulham. So happy the Premiership is starting again!
10 – Theo Walcott’s age when he started playing football. He made his Southampton debut five years later. (Taken from the Times’ excellent ‘Ahead of the Game’ email, which arrives at around 16.00 every day) Sign up here.
Where did that come from?! After all the hating, England produced their best performance for seven years last night, winning 4-1 in the cauldron of Zagreb. Like their previous pinnacle, the 5-1 in Munich, there was a hat-trick for a young starlet – Theo Walcott in this case – but that was just one of [...]
Fabio Capello has come out and said he’s happier to be playing away because the England fans are a negative influence on the side. I am glad he has said this. As fans we are all too happy to blame the players, or the manager, or the English football system, but never ourselves – because [...]
Yeah he lost, 6-2 7-5 6-2. Great effort to get to the final but Federer was just better.
