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Friday, March 02, 2007

recap of season so far-Big Four

Manchester United
EPL: 1st- 69 points (Next Match: vs Liverpool, Anfield)
FA Cup: Quarter Finals (Last match: 2-3 vs Reading, Next Match: vs Middlesbrough)
UEFA Champions League- K-O round 2nd Leg (Last Match: 1-0 vs Lille, Next match: vs Lille)
League Cup-Eliminated 4th Round
Top Scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo-16 goals

Season Status-Excellent
Pole position in the league, pole position in Champions League and in the QF of FA Cup. A possible treble looms again... Expectations-Treble.

Chelsea
EPL: 2nd- 60 points (Next Match: vs Portsmouth, Fratton Park)
FA Cup: Quarter Finals (Last match: 4-0 vs Norwich City, Next Match: vs Tottenham)
UEFA Champions League- K-O round 2nd Leg (Last Match: 1-1 vs Porto, Next match: vs Porto)
League Cup-Champions (2-1 vs Arsenal)
Top Scorer: Didier Drogba-16 Goals

Season Status: Good
Still within range of Premiership title, Possible victory in next Champions League game. FA Cup Quarterfinalist and League Cup Champions. Far to say they are doing fine. Expectations-Champions League and FA Cup.

Liverpool
EPL: 3rd-53 points (Next Match vs Manchester United, Anfield)
FA Cup: Eliminated 3rd Round (1-3 vs Arsenal)
UEFA Champions League- K-O round 2nd Leg (Last Match: 1-2 vs Barcelona, Next match: vs Barcelona)
League Cup-Eliminated 5th Round (3-6 vs Arsenal)
Top Scorer: Dirk Kuyt-9 goals

Status: Ok
Started season with high expectation. Sitting at 3rd European Spot. Knocked out of Carling and FA cup by Arsenal. But in pole position over defending champions Barcelona in Champions League with the return leg at Anfield. Expectations-Champions League

Arsenal
EPL: 4th- 49 points (Next Match: vs Reading, Emirates Stadium)
FA Cup: Eliminated6th Round (Last match: 1-0 vs Blackburn)
UEFA Champions League- K-O round 2nd Leg (Last Match: 0-1 vs PSV, Next match: vs PSV)
League Cup-Eliminated Finals (1-2 vs Chelsea)
Top Scorer: Robin van Persie-11 goals

Status: Poor
Out of domestic Cups, trailing 1-0 to PSV in Champions League and 20 points adrift of leaders Manchester United in premership race. A trophy less season is upon them...

Surprise Packages: EPL-
Portsmouth
8th-41 points (Next game, Chelsea)
Status-Good
Safe from relegation and chasing European Spot

Reading
6th Place-43 points
Status-Good
Safe from relegation in their first season back in top flight football and chasing European Spot.

Charlton
18th-23 points
Status-Poor
trailing Wigan by six points in the relegation fight, despite strong team, would most likely be going down... Disappointing season.

West Ham United
19th-20 points
Status-Disasterous
Full of Stars, said to challenge for European spot but now struggling to survive. Tevez, Ferdinand, Benayoun, certain top abandon club when relegated.

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Manchester United's 2006

Manchester United will enter 2007 on top of the premiership after they steered 4 points clear of Chelsea after they boxing day blue. They were held 2-2 by Reading thanks to a 85th minute own goal by Essien. Unable to come back for the third time in as many games, they gave United the chance to pull clear.

United did just that with a super-sub like no other.

Cristiano Ronaldo started on the bench but came on in the second half to score a two-goal brace in the space of six minutes. His first came with a power blast header from a Paul Scholes corner and his second came after he converted a rebound of his own penalty after Park Ji-Sung was fouled in the box. The game was wrapped up after Wayne Rooney's pass was latched on by vetran Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to make it 3-0. Although Baines put away a last minute penalty for Wigan, United steered 4 clear of Chelsea. It is a bitter blow for Mourinho since his prediction that Chelsea will top the table at the turn of the year was deamed inaccurate and the thought that his captain John terry might have to go for surgery, putting him out of action for almost a month.

Despite what happens in the weekend when Reading visit Old Trafford, Manchester United will face Newcastle on top of the primership.

Elsewhere, Liverpool was condemned to another away defeat, this time at Blackburn. Benni MaCarthy netted his double over Liverpool in their 1-0 win at Ewood Park. Arsenal bolted up to third with a magical Van Persie giving them a 2-1 win at hard fighting Watford.

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Friday, November 10, 2006

Soccer prediction contest:

Match: Arsenal vs Liverpool
Matthew:
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
Scorers:Henry and Kuyt

Alwyn:
Arsenal 0-1 Liverpool
Scorer: Gerrard

Score currently: 1-0

Newsvine:

Adu set for United trail
Freddy Adu is set for a trail at Manchester United in November. After earlier rejecting claims that they were approaching Adu, they have confirmed that they are attempting to bring him for a trail in England. Adu admitted that he would like to play in the premiership for united or Chelsea. And he would probably be at Old Trafford to watch the two teams battle it out on the 26th of November.
A tip for Adu, from me, don't make the wrong choice. John Obi Mikel signed for united then turned to join chelsea. And now? he's benched. Man U can develop young talent. They have shown it.

Becks on target
Beckham scored finally in the kings cup as Real qualified 5-1. Beckham opened the scoring while Ronaldo scored real's third which was sandwiched between Ruud's double.

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Monday, November 06, 2006

Competition analysis:

Yesterday, a friendly contest was carried out for the Chelsea vs Tottenham.

Results:
Tottenham 2
Michael Dawson 24'
Aaron Lennon 52'
Chelsea 1
Claud Makelele 14'
John Terry sent off

MOM: Robbie Keane

Analysis:
Matthew- 0 points for not predicting right
Alwyn- 1 point for predicting right winner

Total:
o-1

Next game: Arsenal vs Liverpool

Other results:
West Ham 1
Harewood 88'
Arsenal 0

Aston Villa 2
Barry 31'
Angel 51'
Blackburn 0

Teams
1 Man Utd-28pts
2 Chelsea-25pts
3 Bolton-20pts
4 Portsmouth-19pts
5 Arsenal-18pts
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17 Watford-9pts
18 Sheff Utd-9pts
19 Newcastle-8pts
20 Charlton-8pts

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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Competition:

I am having a weekly competition with a friend of mine. Todays match will be Chelsea's trip to Tottenham.

My prediction:
Tottenham 2
Mido & Berbatov
Chelsea 2
Terry & Drogba
MOM: Edgar Davids

Alwyn's Prediction:
Tottenham 3
Mido, Jenas & Berbatov
Chelsea 2

Lampard & Ballack

MOM: Paul Robinson

-Next week's competition match up:
Arsenal FC vs Liverpool FC
Emirates Stadium,
Ashburton Grove
London

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Friday, November 03, 2006

Football news:

Hargreaves hopes continues
Owen Hargreaves could complete his dream move to United provided Bayern can sign Emre as his replacement. Owen Hargreaves' dream move was put on hold after Bayern stood their ground in August. However, reports have claimed that United has been told to stop their pursuit or be reported to FIFA and risk a potential band from the Transfer Market.

Cudicini could be on the fring
After being dropped from the squad due to injury, Carlo Cudicini has been said to have confronted Mourinho.

Baines on united shopping list
Manchester United have put another left back on the shopping list with Baines the most shocking one. Other targets are Owen Hargreaves, Fernando Torres and Klass Jan Huntelaar.

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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Prediction analysis:

Arsenal 3 vs 0 Everton
Bolton Wanderers 0 vs 1 Manchester United
Fulham 1 vs 1 Wigan
Liverpool 1 vs 1 Aston Villa
Portsmouth 3 vs 0 Reading
Watford 0 vs 3 Tottenham
Newcastle United 2 vs 1 Charlton
Sheffield United 0-2 Chelsea

Result: (Accuracy)

Sheffield United 0-2 Chelsea (Spot on)
Arsenal 1-1 Everton (-)
Bolton Wanderers 0-4 Manchester United (Correct winner)
Fulham 0-1 Wigan (-)
Liverpool 3-1 Aston Villa (-)
Portsmouth 3-1 Reading (Correct winner/goal scored by home team)
Watford 0-0 Tottenham (-)
Newcastle United 0-0 Charlton (-)

Predicted battle for exclusive placing:

Championship race(1st & 2nd place): Chelsea/Manchester United
3rd Place: Arsenal
Final Champions league spot (4th): Portsmouth, Bolton, Liverpool
UEFA Cup spot(5th-6th): Portsmouth, Bolton, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Everton, Blackburn, Tottenham
Inter-Toto Cup spot(7th):Tottenham, Everton, Aston Villa, Newcastle United
Relegation Battle: Charlton, West Ham, Watford, Sheffield United, Fulham

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