Sunday 24 August 2008

The underdog's weekend

For Premier League football, it's a shocking weekend. Lots of unexpected results. First of all the new boys in the block are showing that they are no pushovers. West Brom aside, Stoke and Hull achieved some remarkable feat as they get the points. Hull got the one point right in front of the Rovers homeground while Stoke produced a shocking 3-2 victory over Aston Villa right at their home ground. Relegation candidates like Fulham and Sunderland recorded some shocking results too. The "Gooners" Arsenal fans were left fuming after watching their side lost 0-1 to Fulham at Craven cottage. The finishing and passing was not there and of all teams, they had to loose to noobie Fulham. The lost points will come back to haunt them in the future.

Oh dear, Oh dear! What in the *toot* is Tottenham doing? A team that is regarded to have a superb chance to break into the top four has lost two out of two of the opening games and currently have ZERO points. Make it three losses soon because they are facing Chelsea next. Hmm, Spurs looked to be a deceiving disappointing side yet again as highlighted by a similiar facade around two seasons ago. The fellows who scored against Tottenham happened to be Man Utd and Liverpool's rejects in the form of Richardson and Cisse...haha. Sunderland certainly looks impressive and I have to say Roy Keane had made some shrewd transfer buys. If they can continue this form, I would back them for a middle-table finish.

Liverpool looked also to be another side in danger of being screwed by the underdogs. When Mido placed Boro 1-0 up in Anfield, the Kop is absolutely stunned. It looked to be some famous victory for Southgate but a stroke of luck for Liverpool when Carragher's thunderous strike was deflected off Pogagetz into the goal. Well, Boro should at least deserve a draw for their efforts but fate is cruel to them when super captain Gerrard saves Liverpool yet again with his wonderful shot to give the Reds three points. Gah, Liverpool had been playing shittily but still they get the maximum 6 points. Chelsea's match was concluded an hour ago and Wigan did put up a nice defence to prevent a Chelsea rampage. It was enough to seal Chelsea's victory with Deco's magical free kick. Gosh, Deco is definitely the buy of the season. Two goals out of two matches. Well, hopefully Man Utd gets the results tomorrow. Fratton Park has proven time and time again to be the Achilles Heel of Man Utd over the last couple of seasons.

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