English premier league Preview 10th week Sunday and Monday games And predictions

ASTON VILLA VS BIRMINGHAM

Aston's Villa new manager Gerard Houlier will get the taste of the west Midlands Derby for the first time and Certainly he would like to get those precious three points and probably he can go with a smile after scraping a win against Burnley with a scoreline of 2:1 In the league cup midweek but this is a whole different ball game with Birmingham fresh from their own Win against Brentford but it was little harder for them as they won it through penalties.
Aston Villa will have to do with Fast Wingman Marc Albrington after the young man got sent off to give Gerard abit of an headache.While For Birmingham they got brighter news That Hleb who missed the midweek game is fit to start while top Scorer Craig Gardner is also returning after a three game ban.Like all Derbies,I expect this to be a cracker so i recommend you all not to miss it!
BOLTON WANDERERS VS LIVERPOOL
Bolton is finally seeing their strikers finally showing theier true potential with Elmander already scoring five goals which equals his first season in the league and Davies himself providing the Physical presence and also important goals so far early in this season.With only one lost so far this season,This team have already shown their true potential and it won't be easy for Liverpool to contain this team deemed to play rough.
But don't leave out Liverpool though as they finally ended their Six match winless streak last week against Blackburn including Torres who also ended a drought of his own.But nevertheless,They are still staring deep in the drop zone.So surely they will giving their all themselves and that win would also give them that sense of better things to come.Well that's what influential skipper Steven Gerrard feels,Well let's hope it's true cause i'm dying to see Liverpool at their best once again!..And the trip to Reebok is the best way to prove it.

NEWCASTLE UTD VS SUNDERLAND

Guess what?...It's not only the West Midlands derby but over the other side of the country another Derby is about to take place and this is going to be no difference on Wearside as Newcastle And Sunderland where little love will be lost between the Newcastle And Sunderland fans alike.Newcastle will be hoping to end their poor run at home and give the fans something to cheer once again.This comes right after a 4-0 trash by Arsenal during the midweek in the league cup.
Well for Sunderland they will be hoping to continue their great form but their form has been of kind of a bad jinx during derby games.The Black cats only sit a point above the toons and A win this weekend will be a great boost.It will be interesting to see strikers this week where the battle of the Englishmen will take place between Andy Carrol of Newcastle and Darren Bent Of Sunderland.The question is who will come back and haunt their opposition?


MONDAY 1/10/2010
BLACKPOOL VS WEST BROM
Blackpool have already given a strong impression that doesn't mean your underdogs,means you can't play beautiful football as they have started strongly in their first season in the league.With the problem is although they have shown that fine form but they have been showing it to the wrong fans as they have failed to impress at Home this season in front of fans.After the stunning win Against Liverpool,A close lost to Man City And Birmingham might just be a sign of the bubble about to go boom!
While Blackpool have shown good form,West Brom have shown even better form as they have Humbled two Of the big four already by beating Arsenal 3:2 And coming back from two goals down to hold Man Utd.This was followed by a 4-1 Trashing of Leicester during midweek.It's hard to believe the great improvement made from this club that made an amazing escape in the 2004=2005 Season dropping to the 2nd division in the 2008-2009 season and coming back to get 15 points in the first 9 games and just two points of the top 4 spot.Looks like they have been doing their work pretty well.It will also be great news as They will be introducing back striker Ishmael Miller and Defenders Marek Cech and Joe Mattock from injury to Give some steel in the Striking and Defending Section of the team.Jonas Olsson and Marc Antoine Fortune should also be back for the match following injuries that they had sustained in last weekend's win over Fulham as this spells for bad news for Blackpool against a side spurn on the Dream of getting into the top 4.




FIXTURES TO BE PLAYED AND PREDICTIONS(31st October and 1st November)

Sunday
Aston Villa Vs Birmingham Villa Park 12:00 (0:0)
Newcastle Vs Sunderland St James Park 13:30 (1:2)
Bolton Vs Liverpool Reebok Stadium 16:00 (1:3)

Monday
Blackpool Vs West Brom Albion Bloomfield Road 20:00 (1:2)

Results from the league Cup 4th Round

Tuesday 26th October(All teams stated first in the Matches are The home teams)

Manchester United	3	-	2	Wolverhampton
(Half-time 0 - 0)
Bebe (56) Park (70) Hernandez (90)				Elokobi (60) Foley (76)

Birmingham City	1	-	1	Brentford
Penalty shootout score 4 - 3
(Half-time 0 - 0)
Phillips (90)				Wood (68)

Ipswich Town	3	-	1	Northampton Town
(Half-time 2 - 1)
Edwards (26) Delaney (44) Priskin (88)				Davis (16)

Leicester City	1	-	4	West Bromwich Albion
(Half-time 0 - 1)
Shorey (og 53)				Cox (21) Tchoyi (62) Reid (79) Cox (90)

Wigan Athletic FC	2	-	0	Swansea City
(Half-time 0 - 0)
Boselli (51) Watson (pen 90)

Wednesday 27th October(All teams stated first in the Matches are The home teams)

Aston Villa	2	-	1	Burnley F.C.(AET)
(Half-time 0 - 0)
Heskey (86) Downing (96)				Carlisle (89)

Newcastle United	0	-	4	Arsenal
(Half-time 0 - 1)
				Krul (og 45) Walcott (53) Bendtner (83) Walcott (88)

West Ham United	3	-	1	Stoke City
(Half-time 0 - 1)
Parker (84) Da Costa (96) Obinna (118)				Jones (6)

Teams bolded are through to the next round

English premier league Preview 10th week Saturday games And predictions

ARSENAL VS WEST HAM

We have reached a decade of games for the Teams already and this week will be no different but just pure excitement of the beautiful game to catch up too.The first set of games of the week will be played with 6 games going to be played and 5 out of it going to be played Simultaneously at (3pm English time/10 Pm Malaysian time).Arsenal fresh from their brief lapse by winning thier last two premier league games especially a demoralization of Man City and NewCastle during midweek Will be Entertaining a Worrying West ham side at the start of the season but we can slowly see improvement as the league get's longer with a win against Tottenham and good draws with Fulham and Wolves recently.But they will be dealt a blow as Influential Matthew Upson And in form Frederic Picquionne are out through injury in the last match.But it's better news for Arsenal as they welcome back in form Walcott and Bendtner who could pretty well feature in the game.

FULHAM VS WIGAN
Fulham will be really happy to welcome back Striker Andy Johnson after being sideline for a pretty big amount of time as they striker made a cameo role in last week 2:1 defeat to West Brom.Fulham having had a rough patch lately with only 6 points in 9 games are are perilously stucked above relegation zone with manager Mark Hughes trying to end this barren run and find back the winning touch that made them Europa's runner up's.While although Wigan are above Fulham but certainly they wouldn't be that happy as they are only a point above the Cottagers,No doubt they would have been happy though after ending their Goal drought against Swansea midweek but it was a lower rank team so can't be that happy yet.Injury report that Wigan will miss Hot prospect Mccartney for 10 weeks while boyce out for almost a month through hamstring injury.Not something any team would want to hear.

CHELSEA VS BLACKBURN
Known for their physical approach to their game which has been criticized for quite awhile already.Blackburn certainly wouldn't care about the critics and continue to play that type of football against a very strong Chelsea Side who started off the season brilliantly but with slight hiccups recently having lost points to Man City and Aston Villa has seen the Blues Just being ahead by five points.With Arsenal already hot on thier heels,Chelsea cannot afford any slip up's.it would be interesting to see Blackburn who has shown that they have that never die attitude against a side which can be quite complacent at times

EVERTON VS STOKE
Everton together with Liverpool started thier season poorly to Bring gloom around the city of Liverpool but Everton together Liverpool have shrugged of that slow start's with a spring of good surprises especially for Everton who has sprung up a good amount of Results and currently having picked up an amazing 7 out of 9 points this month alone.After a good start,Stoke look to be lossing pace already with 2 straight losses including that lost Against Man Utd where they were so close to picking up a point so there are some positives for the team.I had news that Leon Osman is going to be out for a month with ankle injury while Stoke also have some worries as Danny Collins and Ricardo Fuller also both out but With Sanli Tuncay finding his form last week.That should ease some of the worries they have right now.

WOLVES VS MAN CITY
Wolves are what i call 'The testing period' Where the first faced Man Utd in the league cup,then Chelsea in the premier league in three weeks and now they would hope to end it on a winning note against a City's side that was humbled by Arsenal last week before facing United and Arsenal in the league.So it's going to be a very hard period for them and i guess even three points would be really good for them.Well Wolves could have that determination in their underbelly this week after Arsenal brought them to shame and proving that money doesn't necessarily bring success all the time.They had all their top players on that day yet it came out with dull rewards.


MAN UTD VS TOTTENHAM

Probably the biggest match of the week,Man Utd will be facing a resilient Tottenham side who will be looking to end Man Utd dominance against them By getting all three points.They were so close last season when they were leading 2:0 but at the end lost 5:2 After a controversial penalty.Wayne Rooney saga has hardly been felt with a new prodigy coming up With the name Of Javier Hernandez Aka Chicharito Where he scored three Goals in his last two games and all have been important,He scored two all important goals to beat Stoke 2:1 And also Against Wolves where he scored a very late winner.It seems Rooney is falling down the pecking order already with Hernandez being a humble guy being another plus in this United side.United will be certainly naming an entirely new Side with Gary Neville should come back who was certainly feeling the impact of playing in this fast league looking at his age.Tottenham will Not come in easy for United as they would hope to be one of the best teams in the league and leapfrogging Man Utd.With Rafael and Luka Controlling the midfield and Rafa already proving a goal poacher and Palvychencko showing abit of his form improving.Man Utd Will have to do something to special with their aging defence to control the tottenham attack especially with the fast feet of Bale And Lennon



Fixtures To be held and predictions(Saturday Oct 30 2010)

Arsenal Vs Aston Villa 15:00 Emirates Stadium Prediction( 2:0)

Blackburn Vs Chelsea 15:00 Ewood Park Prediction(1:2)

Everton Vs Stoke 15:00 Goodison Park Prediction(3:1)

Wolves Vs Man City 15:00 Molinuex Prediction(1:3)

Man Utd Vs Tottenham 17:30 Old Trafford Prediction(2:2)

RIP Pauly the Octopus and Van Persie's Jinx spreading?

Well it was a really sad For The world of football and Bookies as We've lost a predictor that even brought shame to top class predictors with his ratio of 95% being correct in all his predictions together.Well like i said earlier,it would be a great lost to bookies as this Pinkish tentacled thing would have made them huge bucks overnight.And for the angry fans,Hmm i guess you only know what you all feel like for this either Sad or joyous moment in history of your footballing addicting life! :D...For those who don't really know who pauly was,He was a common Octopus Born in Weymouth England reportedly in January 2008 And later transferred to Germany where his remarkable prediction for the German national team made him an hit icon and he was later the predictor for every German match.They way he predicted was like this,His caretakers would put two boxes with The national team flags with same food in it.And whichever he chose was his winner!..And gosh did he do that well!.He Predicted an 100% Record in all the games he predicted,He started by just predicting German games.But later he started to predict all the games starting from the Round of 16...And Teams Like England,Argentina certainly didn't take him well,With An Argentinian Chef Posting up a recipe for him(Poor Bubber)...And Germany themselves!...

Haha,Well it wasn't the Octopus's fault...It was just pure prediction and someone had to lose..Suprisingly,Spain were the more happy one's at the end of the world cup and paid tribute to this little guy.Even before the world cup he was critized when Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Paul several times during a speech in Tehran, which took place in the weekend of 24–25 July 2010. Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the octopus to spread "western propaganda and superstition,and lamented western decadence.wow And guess what,The Octopus was just enjoying his life not knowing anything :P

After the world cup however he retired because they said he was going to die soon like any common octopus(Or Perhaps to save from anymore hatred) before the uefa 2012..But oh well guess they were right,On the 26th of october he Died peacefully and probraly he would have the best ever departure of Octopus history Where they were expected to have a funeral for it,Never heard of a funeral before for an octopus but oh well he deserved it! :D


IN OTHER NEWS

Is about Arsenal's Sweetheart Robin Van Persie,While he was still injured with an Ankle injury and unable to play For the first team.He took the liberty of Visiting his Childhood club Excelsior when he Visited The Youth Section of Excelsior together with Paul Mason and well i can't say it didn't pretty go well.I will post a video below this later but gosh it was funny and pitiful haha.His Injury Jinx is back to haunt others! :P...Anyway here's the Video of the 'Unexpected' Incident.Check for his face at the end though,It was super Epic! =)


Lol poor kid,Reminded me of me hitting an unknown log sticking up which was actually made for sitting..And when i mean hit,I mean hitting the place the sun doesn't shine :P....So the moral of the story kids is always look in front of and not the back while walking unless you can see the back and front of you at the same time :)

My Selection of team of the week 9th week

GK-Lukasz Fabianski(Arsenal):He did The goalkeeping proud of the first time in a very very long time in the league with a vintage display to keep City at bay and get an important Clean Sheet for his team..Made saves deemed impossible by Arsenal's Goalkeeping Section..He get's the nod this time around :)




RB-Micah Richards(Man City)-One the few players to really give a treat to the Arsenal team.He almost scored a good solo effort against them but his ball just didn't bend enough to score the equalizing goal.His Strengh and runs were a highlight for the City team



CB-Sotirios Krgiakos(Liverpool)-He played well,Always a treat in air and once again was a treat against Blackburn.Scored the opening goal for Liverpool in that Match



CB-Johan Djourou(Arsenal)-He was pretty nervous at the start of the game but slowly as the game warm up.He also warmed up to put up a quite good display for the Player who is just playing in for Koschielky and Vermaelen.



LM-Yuri Zhirkov(Chelsea)-He was really impressive against Wolves.Always a constant treat to the defence and his passing was just a peach of a display.Started the move for that brilliantly crafted first goal Against Wolves.Great future for him at the club.



RM-Samir Nasri(Arsenal)-For me,He played all the strings in Arsenal's Demolition of Man City.He controlled play for most of the time.He scored one and Assist the third goal to cap a sizzling display.Before this,He was always in the shadow of Cesc but now he has certainly made his own identity.Even Arsene Wenger was so impressed that he made a new 5 year deal for the Frenchie.



CM-Cecs Fabregas(Arsenal)-Other then Samir Nasri,Cesc played a pivotal role himself.As usual,He showed how important he was as the backbone for Arsenal as he And Samir Terrorize the midfield section..Miss a penalty but his performance should be enough to make everyone forget about that.

CM-Joey Barton(Newcastle)-Any team who has a tall dude in the forward area certainly will be happy to have him.His crosses against West ham were just on mark that day,It was his crosses that lead to the two goals scored by Newcastle to get their first win in a month

FW-Andy Carrol(Newcastle)-Was a treat in the Aerial zone with his strength and height.It was a real torrid time for the Defence of West ham.Connected to Barton's cross to get the winning goal for Newcastle.As real future for the England team,England have never been good in air with strikers as they produced fast small strikers lately.

FW-Javier Hernandez(Man Utd)-I would love to have him in my team anytime rather then Rooney.A down to earth kid who cares about discipline showed that Man Utd didn't have to spend huge bucks to make Rooney stay with a great display by scoring an incredible two goals to guide the team to victory.Anyone wanna take back their words of Man Utd not producing players?

Liverpool Fc Vs Blackburn Rovers Review

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It was the start of the New Era for Troubled Liverpool as New England Sports Venture bought them up to finally end all worries about the club's well being.There even representatives from the new owners to watch them Against The Rovers side.It was a strong side for Liverpool so there were some optimism in the squad to end their barren run as well it was a first for Jonjo Shelvey as he was named on the bench.Torres would be hoping to end this run without a goal while Joe Cole would love to end this game with either a goal or assist.While it was bad news For Blackburn though as they lost both centreback pairings Samba and Nelsen Through Suspension and Injuries.Well one could have been bad but both is really pure pity for the Team.While David Dunn started for the first time in 2 months.

So could Liverpool finally end their Run which brought ton's of concern?.Well early into the game,We saw abit of magic of what we normally expect by Liverpool as A short interchange between Maxi And Torres was brilliantly cut back cross to Joe cole Who's shot was as equally brilliantly saved by the keeper and Raul Merieles just missing his shot on target to put them ahead.It would have been in for sure as the keeper was outplace.hmm,Great start for the New energized team.They continued to play that attractive football which built up to a corner later and from that corner Liverpool's Strong man Krigakos Almost scored no thanks to Robinson once again.

And At the other end,Blackburn had a chance to score but the cross easily dealt by Reina and well from there the counter Attack started.It was a 4 against 3 with Gerrard to Lucas then To Meireles then back to Gerrard who release a stinging Shot at goal but once again the same Conclusion..Keeper bringing out a great stop.A few minutes later,Liverpool were still at their stunning best and from another corner this time it was send out of the box but Meireles sent in a driving traveling ball back at goal but it was deflected away by Salgado..This was the first match i really enjoyed seeing Liverpool play.The football they were playing were off the hook!...you feel me? :P..But it ended 0:0 at half time but no need to frustrated there Roy cause his team had been doing well,It was the keeper that was playing probably to win back his England's spot.He also had an astading ovation from the kops fans during the interval

In the Second half,Liverpool again were playing that type of style which would even make Chelsea worry.And 2 minutes into second half,Torres won a corner..Gerrard sent in a great cross and Kriakos once again was there but this time it ended in the back of the net of the deflection of a blackburn player but it was going in anyway.I think it was poor marking from Jones as he totally lost his marker.It was The defender's Second goal of the season first one being on the same field against Blackpool.Roy didn't look happy but i knew he was..Who doesn't?

But their happiness was only short lived for just a mere three minutes as Pedersen passed it into the edge of the Area to Benjani and he did well to Dart to the byline and crossed it Into Diouf in the middle of the box where he did well to slide it in but the defence did well to clear it of the line first and back in by Carragher to Break hearts of Liverpool fans once again in the 52nd minute.

The goal spree did not end there and just two minutes later Liverpool were back in front. After his corner was headed back towards him, Gerrard laid the ball back to Cole. He lobbed a lovely cross to the far post where the flat-footed Blackburn defence was caught out by the predatory instincts of Torres - who finished with a simple side-foot from 7 yards. Torres’ form has been constantly criticized this season but he showed his class to appear at where it matters the most to get back liverpool's lead

But like The first half where Liverpool couldn't get in the first goal...Blackburn just couldn't do enough to muster up an equalizing goal As the home team again continued to pass around and making the Blackburn opposition to catch their dust.Not everyday i can type like that but it looked like their Run of making chances look limited already .

Blackburn were just so disappointing till Allardyce had the bravery to put in 2o year old Holliet for a more Known Dunn.But it didn't really make any difference as Blackburn lack of attacking cost them as they did have a great chance though in some time in the match when Olsson evaded the defence at the left side and put in a great cross but no one was there and it went harmlessly wide.

They did improved though for the last ten minutes, for a moment it looked as if a few of their trademark long balls might cause a few nerves to creep in to Liverpool. However, Rovers could not muster enough pressure to worry Liverpool and it was the home side that ended the stronger team. Liverpool could have gotten a penalty themselves too but Phil Dowd turned down the claim by Krgiakos.But it was good to see Shelvey coming on for the last few minutes though.

In the last few minutes,It was clearly seen that Liverpool were nervous but we can't blame them after what they have gone through but anyway they manage to end the game as Worthy winners to win themselves valuable three points.After three goals in the space of 6 minutes at the beginning of the second half. Roy Hodgson can sleep a little easier tonight, it's finished Liverpool 2 v 1 Blackburn.


Liverpool XI:Reina,Krygiakos,Carragher,Konchesky,Skrtel,Meireles,Cole,Gerrard,Rodriguez,Torres

Subs Used:Shelvey,Ngog

Blackburn XI:Robinson,Salgado,Givet,Jones,Olsson,Dunn,Emerton,N'Zonzi,Pedersen,Diouf,Kalinic

Subs used:Holliet,Grella,Dunn


Man Of the match:Paul Robinson

West ham United VS Newcastle Utd

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Newcastle were dealt a major blow with new recruit Ben Hatem Arfa breaking his leg against Man City a few back,But it was good news that Krul was back in team earlier then first reported.But there was also other problems surrounding players and this time Hotshot Andy Carrol appearing in court last week in allegations of Assault And Assistant Manager of Houghton leaving them to Join Scottish Outfit Hibs.So not very good lately for the Magpies who haven't won a game for Already a month while For West ham,This would a great win if they can manage it as it will push them of the base of the table and out of the drop zone.Both teams with Problems of their own,Who can manage it better on the field is more important to ask of.

There were a huge concern for the Toons earlier in the game when Picquonne of West ham connected to a cross to forced the Keeper Krul to a great stop but it wouldn't have counted as the frenchmen was just a fraction off.That earlier close shave alarm didn't seem to wake the Magpies defence as 4 minutes later a superb cross from Noble into the box for Picquonne to slide it cross goal and Cole with the easiest of tap's in.The Magpies defence had to be asked questions about their poor marking.Nevertheless,it was the Englishmen's first goal of the season.Maybe he can have a shot at Euro 2012 if he continue from here?

But that goal finally woke Newcastle up as a good ball from Barton from the wing into Carrol caused havoc in the defence and Nolan there to Finish up the pieces.Not a bad way to stake his claim in the team after being drop out last week.He celebrated with Andy Carrol gladly,Andy Carrol coincidentally was ordered to leave in Nolan's house as part of this allegation and after this the tenant can ask a discount from the landlord on this month's Rent..How interesting it that?haha

It was a real fast flowing game to admit and It seemed to much for the Magpies Defence As a long kick by Green into Their Territory was dealt quite panicky by the defence and as Krul was Caught out of goal...Victor Obinna tried to lob into the net but his chance was just to wide.But other then that,he was a real torrent in the Toon's half as his darting run was to hot to handle and after all his work,He put in a great low cross and all it needed was a decisive touch but it didn't seem to be,Collocini just there in time to Stop Cole from getting to it.

In the second half,Houghton must have said something and it was somehow was working as Newcastle came back in a revived mood with Andy Carrol trying his luck at the edge of the box with a flying volley which you can say was really really soft!.With Upson injured,West ham lacked any Steel and Leadership in the back and Newcastle was able to penetrate that problem as Barton once again pouch in an excellent cross for Something Carrol is a master in as he made a powerful header to give no chance to Green and the Turn Around was complete.It was his 5th goal of the season who burst just in time to beat the offside trap...A good win to ease all the tension this week.Sadly for West ham,there still at the bottom hoping for something good to happen sooner.

West Ham Utd XI:Green,Da Costa,Jacobson,Gabbidon,Upson,Parker,Behrami,Obinna,Noble,Cole,Picquionne

Subs Used:Mccartney,Barrera,Illuga

Newcastle Utd XI:Krul,Simpson,Coloccini,Enrique,Williamson,Nolan,Barton,Gutierreaz,Tiote,Ameobi,Carrol

Subs Used:None

Man Of the Match:Andy Carrol

Birmingham City Vs Blackpool review

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Well it was the battle between The top teams that are actually doing quite well in the league so far with Blackpool particularly pleasing.While For Birmingham you can say they are in a pretty good home form with only a single defeat in the last 19 home games to date but if we take a look deeper,things don't really seem right with the stats.In their long unbeaten run at home in the whole year,they amazingly drew 56% of the matches at home and the Blues only picked up 14 out the 54 points available and what is even worrying is that they haven't scored a single goal in their last three games at St Andrews with only 6 goals in their last 8 games and making things worse is Top scorer Gardner out with a suspension.Well now to Blackpool who can pretty much pose a treat with 90% of their points being picked up away this season with 3 wins in 5 games away is pretty stunning for a team of this structure.So yeah don't expect this to be a walk in the park For Mcleish's man against this Giant killing potential team....

To the game now,Well no goals since August then for Birmingham at home.So i was pretty much expecting a silent crowd once again but the fans welcomed Blackpool with a smile on their face maybe for the record that Blackpool although having a good record in the league are also the worst in the amount of goals conceded with 18 goals already in the division.After a fustrating 6 games straight without a win,that didn't fall on deaf ears as Mcleish's made some technical changes to the team by naming two from their normal one upfront to add some pressure to the unstable Blackpool Defence.But nevertheless,It was the men in the orange that made the first attack first when A skillful cross by David Vaughan was poorly connected by midfielder Taylor Fletcher.While their attackers were doing fine,As usual the Defence making a mess of themselves when Defender Neal Eardley poorly brought down Keith Fahey at the edge of the box and Larsson almost them pay with a shot which forced a great save by goalkeeper Gilks.

Just a couple minutes later,He once again cause a stir in the Blackpool half with a long shot which deflected of Zigic and could have easily outfox the keeper and into the net but this time the ball behaved well.Well while you could said Birmingham were dominating,Blackpool still could have some dignity as they were playing some attractive football which i haven't seen a newly promoted team play in years.It was like they were in the division for decade long!.Much to the Away record as prove of this,And later in the match once again split the Birmingham's Defence when Winger Crainey made an excellent Teasing ball into the box but just missing the touch from the on sliding Taylor Fletcher.

But oh well i could praise Blackpool as much as want to but it's not the Quality but it's the goals that count in this game(Football should give points for attractiveness too ;D).It was the Blues that broke the deadlock when A cross from Larsson was headed into the crossbar By Zigic but Ridgewell was on hand to finish of the fumbling ball.Not only they were leading but it was their first goal in more then 5 hours of Home football..1:0 in the 36th Minute.

Blackpool unfortunate went to the interval down by one goal but they came out ever determined but just 11 minutes gone another good cross from Sebastian Larsson looked to be easily dealted by The tangerines captain Charlie Adam who has been influential in their great form took an awful touch he wouldn't want to ever see again right across goal and Zigic showed good awareness to Slide the ball home from 4 yards for a 2:0 scoreline in the 56th minute.It was quite embarrassing to be doing it in front of Mcleish.The man who gave him his first Start at Rangers.

But trying to Redeem some pride,In the 65th minute he had an chance when he half volleyed the ball to goal from outside the box but it was a save that keepers should expect on training ground.In Injury time,Although it seem to late and Birmingham Dominating.They didn't give up(Something that might be a factor in the league in the latter stages) when Once again David Vaughan who was one the main standout performers for The Seasiders forced Ben foster into a decent save by tipping the ball out.Foster would be proud as that was going to be his third clean sheet of the season and 50th win for Mcliesh and well no losing out for the opposite as they had the opportunity to learn one or two about this division..in the end a good win for the Blues with Larsson particularly pleasing.And also showing the depth of the squad even without Jerome and Gardner.


Birmingham XI:Foster,Carr,Johnson,Ridgewell,Fergusan,Larsson,Hleb,Fahey,Zigic,O'Conner

Subs Used:Bowyer,Murphy,Derbyshire

Blackpool XI:Gilks,Eardley,Evatt,Cathcart,Crainey,Vaughan,Fletcher,Adam,Campbell,Harewood,Varney

Subs Used:Southern,Ormerod,Phillips


Man Of the Match:Sebastian Larsson

Man City Vs Arsenal

This was one of the weeks i really dreaded where Arsenal will be facing with a big gun.And i always had that feeling that they will lose,Like example the Game Against Chelsea.Well this game was also were one the games to be frank with you people with only maybe about 5% out of the 100% in me said that Arsenal Had a chance?...But Nevertheless the Gunners Proved their Title Credibility by not only beating the Eastlanders who were playing In their home backyard but lietrally destroyed them!...It was like a replica of David Taming Goliath in the bible! But there's been conflict that City played well and all but i think that claimed is rubbish haha.But there's some pride left for City i guessed as they played literally they whole match with Ten men When Boyata made an absolute Mess with His tackle sending Chamakh flying like the kid in Karate Kid...What was his name again?But being Arsenal,Sometimes this advantages are never taken to full and this time they did!They were calm and collective playing the style of game that made me first fall in love with their style

Well anyway to the match!...For me,There were four main players that made the absolute made the difference with Nasri being one,Song,Chamakh and Fabregas and it was also a wonderful showing from Fabianski(Almost left him out haha)...He really dealt well with the pressure he had from the club to once again made an sensational apperance for him.Arsenal could have letten in about 3 to 4 goals easily if not for his heroics.He also made a save which i haven't seen done by an Arsenal Keeper for a long long time!..Saving with one hand!...Can you imagine that! LMAO! It will be a big big confidence for him and a goal by The clown of the club Bendtner also certainly would boost his Confidence that he indeed is a striker and not a clown.

For a start,Chelsea already lost to them at the stadium this season.So Arsenal so called being Weaker wouldn't be a problem.And it was going all to plan with The eastlanders keeping possession till Boyata made a clumsy tackle to change the flow of the game as Arsenal turned on their style to make City run like Kitty cats chasing mouse. Fabregas demonstrated why he is one of the best midfielders in the world by playing a wonderful through ball for Chamakh. The impressive centre forward who i guessed cut his hair to end the mockery of him being a chicken was clattered just outside the area by Boyata when he was clean through at their goal. There was only one outcome, a red card for the defender and a free kick for us which Fabregas wasted by playing it short to Arshavin instead of having a pop at their goal.(You know Arshavin isn't good with players around him).

Credit to Man City, they played out of their skins to make sure playing a man short did not affect their game, putting lots of effort and tackles in with De jong being his usual self being a mean machine terrorizing The small gunners.But that didn't Face the Maturing Arsenal team in the 20th minute as a neat 1-2 play from Nasri Between Arshavin and finishing off with a powerful roof tearing shot to make it A surprising lead for the gunners,Don't mind the lack of cheering after that goal..The gunners fans were at the other side of the field :P.But it did make me think it was offside at first or out.Silly me.

The referee had a card frenzy in the middle of the half showing cards to mostly the gunners Midfielders to probably even out the Red card he showed to Boyata.But late late into the half,The referee had no chance to award a penalty to Arsenal as A cheeky move by Fabregas was wrongly Judge By Boyata's fellow Countrymen Kompany who didn't seem happy but well ain't we all?..Up stepped up the Spaniard but his shot was greatly dealt by the number 1 English keeper Joe Hart to keep the Chase on.

In the second half Arsenal started playing and when i mean play it means the Arsenal style of play or the way queen Sheeba plays i should say, passing the ball intelligently pulling the opposing team all over the park. That’s how you play against a team with a man sent off and I knew as the game went on they would run out of steam chasing shadows.You can't face against A team which the longest serving player being there for 7 years and only being 23!...Got the picture?.

Fabregas had missed a great opening when he tamely shot into their goalie’s hands when it seemed like all our other forwards refused to take shot before him after another great Arsenal move as Man city defence once again were eating Arsenal's Dust.

Am i talking to much about Arsenal?...Oh sorry then!...Well Man City you've got to admit with all that quality players they definitely wouldn't be so affected by that that sending off and Well David Silva who did last game against Blackpool once again gave that positive impact during the game but Fabianski denying him couple of times,Adebayor Also being denied and Last one Being Kompany with that probably being the best save of the match which surprised me!

I was never this affirmed of an Arsenal win in like Forever,Cause trust me! Weak teams have outdone us before and top 4 head to head haven't been good.And there were only a goal up,And that relaxation became to pure delight as Arshavin’s cross field ball found Nasri on the right, he laid the ball back to Fabregas just outside their box, the Spaniard played one of his through balls to Chamakh again. As the classy forward hustled and bustled with two defenders for position, the ball broke loose and Song who seems to make a lot of forward runs these days was on hand to slam the ball to the top corner in the 65^th minute, 2-0, game over and yeah Bridge wasn't the cost of the goal,it was just pure skill haha. Arshavin making a real impression as he was in hand with the 2 goals.



The opposition soon slowed down as even Balloteli couldn't find an answer to the Rock solid defense of Arsenal(Not everyday we can say that).Adebayor Was also embarrassed by his old club as they made it look like he miss an open goal and also and open header flying over the bar.Although i think they could have brough on Adam Johnson to make some speed available but Mancini had other plans

As everything seemed to be over,Nasri did well to Stop the ball from going out from a poor pass from his teammate with City busy trying to influence the referee that it was out gave the chance for Nasri to lay a delightful ball to split the defence and Bendtner scoring well one on one with the keeper for a third and well game over.Great win and that takes them to second while city down to fourth.

The Line-Ups

Manchester City XI

Hart, Richards, Boyata, Kompany, Boateng, Silva, Toure Yaya, De Jong, Barry, Milner, Tevez

Subs Used: Adebayor,Balotelli,Bridge

Arsenal XI

Fabianski, Sagna, Djourou, Squillaci, Clichy, Nasri, Fabregas, Song, Denilson, Arshavin, Chamakh

Subs Used: Rosicky,Bendtner

My man of the match:Samir Nasri

Fifa Ballon D'or Update And Shortlist

It's again the time in this topsy thurvy world of Football where The next Fifa Ballon D'Or Will have a new winner with the reigning one being the Young Argentinan Lionel Messi right now or perhaps he can hold on to it?.Anyway this year there will be 23 nominees vying for a spot to be the worthy winner of this prestigious award.And the English unfortunetly didn't really fair to good in the nominee section with only three players with Cesc Fabregas From Arsenal,Didier Drogba from Chelsea And new Sunderland boy Asamoah Gyan being the only players from the English league.Nevertheless,it's sure going to be a heck exciting to know the new winner.Below is the The following shortlist that are in contention for the award:

Xabi Alonso (Spain), Daniel Alves (Brazil), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Diego Forlán (Uruguay), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Júlio César (Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Maicon (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Mesut Özil (Germany), Carles Puyol (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).

The winner will be revealed in Zurich,Switzerland on January 10 2011.May the best one win!The gala will include for the second time the FIFA Puskas award for the most beautiful goal and the FIFA Fair Play award among a host of other team and individual accolades.


While people are busy eager to know the next winner for this illustrious award...There will be awards for the World manager of the year to with ten Managers shortlisted and once again England having three from their league..Below is the Shortlist:

This is the list,The blue Bolded are the managers currently in the English league!

Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea)		Vicente del Bosque (Spain)
Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)		Pep Guardiola (Barcelona)
Joachim Loew (Germany)		Jose Mourinho (Inter & Real Madrid)
Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay)		Louis van Gaal (Bayern Munich)
Bert van Marwijk (Netherlands)		Arsene Wenger (Arsenal)

English premier league Preview on the 9th week and Predictions

Tottenham Hotspur will be determined and certainly pumped up after near miss on grabbing a point against Reigning Uefa Champions Inter while they can't expect it to be easier in the league this time around as they faced a newly revived Everton side who beat their nearest Rivals Liverpool last week impressively to get out of the drop zone at White Hart lane.Birmingham face an in form Blackpool at St Andrews Park.Chelsea will be wanting to get back to their winning streak when they entertain a displeasing Wolves side at Stamford Bridge.In other places,Sunderland will be facing Aston Villa at the stadium of light hoping to Get away from the drop zone.Wigan Who have made a great recovery after Letting in 10 goals in their first 2 games to be in 13th place right now will be facing a So called 'Rough' Bolton's Side who have also been rather in good form in the league as they sit in 7th spot and just three points of the top 4.West Ham United will be hoping to get a miracle today and get out of the base of the league by Going against A Newcastle side at home.

The next day,The titans of the league will be in schedule to play and it will start of With Stoke Against Man Utd who are still dumbfounded of the Wayne Rooney saga.Will they be able to put that aside and put a masterclass performance?Liverpool could start of new life this week by beating Blackburn Rovers At home.And after that,The BIG ONE.The game which features the Richest Club in the world against one of the most Valuable Teams in the world but i have no clue where the money is.Man City Against Arsenal! Both clubs with different Philosophies,Arsenal Going with nurturing home grown talent and Man City buying players and if it doesn't work?...Oh spend some more then!This match will be taken at the city of Manchester.

Saturday 23rd October 2010
	Tottenham Hotspur	3:1	Everton		12:45	White Hart Lane
	Birmingham City	1:1	Blackpool		15:00	St. Andrews Ground
	Chelsea	3:0	Wolverhampton Wanderers		15:00	Stamford Bridge
	Sunderland	2:2	Aston Villa		15:00	Stadium of Light
	West Bromwich Albion	1:2	Fulham		15:00	The Hawthorns
	Wigan Athletic	0:1	Bolton Wanderers		15:00	DW Stadium
	West Ham United	1:2	Newcastle United		17:30	Boleyn Ground
Sunday 24th October 2010
	Stoke City	0:2	Manchester United		13:30	Britannia Stadium
	Liverpool	1:0	Blackburn Rovers		15:00	Anfield
	Manchester City	1:3	Arsenal		16:00	City of Mcr. Stadium