Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[Cliff Englewood]

Needless to say I'm really looking forward to Sunday, it's the optimism that kills you...

The Joy of Six: great Liverpool v Arsenal moments and matches

[Brad]

Does Carlos Tevez plan to retire??? I can't believe it.

At the age of 26? That sounds crazy. Either he really wants to return home or he's looking for a better payday.

[B. Goren.]

Mario Balotelli is on his way to Manchester City. I beleive Roberto Mancini knows what he's doing. I saw Balotelli playing with the Italian young national team one year ago and he really impressed me.

[B. Goren.]

Aston Villa 3, West Ham United 0.

West Ham looks terrible. They have to wake up, otherwise they will spend most of the season in the relegation zone.

Edited August 14, 2010 by B. Goren.

[Cliff Englewood]

Aston Villa 3, West Ham United 0.

West Ham looks terrible. They have to wake up, otherwise they will spend most of the season in the relegation zone.

Eh, it's only the first game of the season, relax a bit. :g

[Brad]

West Brom got a heck of a welcome back from Chelsea. The relegation watch looks to be on already.

[Cliff Englewood]

Just how much of a dickhead is Craig Bellamy, obviously a very big one.

Craig Bellamy banned by Manchester City

[Matthew]

The difference in quality between Blackpool and Arsenal is amazing, not even close. I'm giving soccer a chance this year as a replacement to American football, which I do not like in the least.

[Van Basten II]

Arsenal-Blackpool was not much of a game, much interesting was Hamburg-Shalke 04, in his Bundesliga debut Raul was outstaged by his former Real Madrid teammate RVN who helped his team prevail by scoring two goals.

[Brad]

Looks like Blackpool came down to earth, very roughly too!

West Ham looks to be in a littke bit of trouble already.

[B. Goren.]

Aston Villa 3, West Ham United 0.

West Ham looks terrible. They have to wake up, otherwise they will spend most of the season in the relegation zone.

Eh, it's only the first game of the season, relax a bit. :g

Bolton 3, West Ham 1.

I am relaxed. The problem is that West Ham's players are also relaxed. IIRC, their next games are Chelsea and Manchester United...

Edited August 22, 2010 by B. Goren.

[Brad]

Unless a real miracle happens, they are going to be in real trouble: no points out of 12.

[Van Basten II]

Whay the heck the Magpies keeper was not carded, not that it would have matter in the long run but still, in a few minutes Michael Ballack returns to Bundesliga.

[Van Basten II]

3 combined results of EPL games seen this weekend 15-0, was lucky I did not watch the Chelsea game ! I enjoy goals but I do enjoy more competitiveness.

[Brad]

It is pretty unbelievable, particularly Chelsea. Wonder how many times that has happened. Their GF average can only go down from here!

[B. Goren.]

Manchester City- Liverpool: 3-0. Roy Hodgson and his team are in troubles. Hodgson: "Mascherano's head has been turned by interest from Barcelona."

[Cliff Englewood]

Manchester City- Liverpool: 3-0. Roy Hodgson and his team are in troubles. Hodgson: "Mascherano's head has been turned by interest from Barcelona."

I was disappointed with the Liverpool performance they never really got started and City didn't really have to earn the win, but to say the team is in trouble is way off the mark. It's 2 games into the season and they're in trouble???

And to be honest, Mascherano's head was turned by interest from Barcelona, like last year when they wanted to buy him and couldn't afford him, just like now, but he has clearly stated he wants to leave England, so that's not really news, what was different was this time he asked not to be selected for the game, which is very unprofessional.

Roy Hodgson vents anger at Javier Mascherano for skipping defeat

If I was a West Ham or Wigan fan I might be worried, not because of the way they started this season but more due to the fact that it's very similar to the way they finished last season. Blackpool are pretty much doomed anyway but that's partly down to themselves really, their stadium isn't even ready FFS, but that 3rd place play-off thing might be exciting to watch but it usually puts a team that's not PL quality into the PL, it's stupid. After a World Cup it's always a bit funny for a while and you won't really know the strenght of anyone's squad until all the comings and going are sorted out next Tuesday when the transfer window closes.

[B. Goren.]

Cliff, We have a lot of disagreements lately...

I have a lot of sympathy to Liverpool and I hope you're right.

[Cliff Englewood]

Cliff, We have a lot of disagreements lately...

I have a lot of sympathy to Liverpool and I hope you're right.

Sorry, but I wasn't aware of any disagreements, just different opinions, however I fail to see how anyone could be seriously worried about any team after 2 games. I'm pretty sure Liverpool don't need sympathy at this stage, they just need some new owners.

Here's some perspective for you;

Roy Hodgson stands by Mascherano Liverpool omission.

Liverpool stuck in suspended animation without new investment

[Van Basten II]

A few entertaining games during the qualification stage of the Champions league, glad to see Bremen qualify in a game that had a few turnarounds.

The shock of the day came from Braga who eliminated Seville in what seemed to look like a tremendous game.

[Cliff Englewood]

More about Mascherano being a dick;

Masch suffers player backlash

And it seems to be catching on;

Stoke City manager Tony Pulis reads riot act as 'disrespectful’ Asmir Begovic stokes fire

[B. Goren.]

This evening I'll cross my fingers for Tottenham Hotspur. I'm sure they can make it.

[Van Basten II]

They sure did !

[B. Goren.]

They sure did !

[Van Basten II]

By the way Young Boys has to be the worse name for a football team, can't help but think about a bunch of players being molested by their manager between games

-Hey mate wanna play with the Young Boys

- Huh think I'll pass (...)

Edited August 26, 2010 by Van Basten II