PREMIER LEAGUE 2009/10

Expected much much more from Man U.......didn't see it but was reading text commentary updates every minute...as i read it it sounded like Foster was struggling a bit at times......., but Rooney was very good, should have been a bigger score line.

Liverpool only lost 2 Premier games whole of last season - Spurs were one of those to beat them - also beat them in League cup. Harry is a whilly old fox & will always get his teams to give any team who likes to play football a run for their money. Not sure how well they will do against sides who are desperate to win/draw by any means though.
Liverpool looked to be missing Alonso - or someone with an eye for a pass. Must be disappointing for them to lose with the 'big two' playing as well. One goal from a dicey penalty is not what was expected.
United won fairly comfortably without impressing me one little bit. Looks like they will struggle against quality opposition this year. Valencia got in some excellent positions, but I thought he was suppose to be 1 of the best crossers of the ball in the Premiership.....showed little of that. Berbatov still fails to impress me. No work ethic & the ability to score a goal has deserted him...Owen came on for him, had the ball in the net (well offside) 1 & 1 with the keeper & missed. However showed more appetite (& ability) for the game than he showed in all his years at Newcastle. Rooney was easily the best player on the park (closely followed by Scholes). Rooney & Owen started 23 times for England - scored 20 goals between them in those starts. Come on Sir A, get rid of the Bulgarian sulker & get a striker with some of that 80 million...
Birmingham looked like a side who, although will undoubtedly be at the bottom of the table, have some ability in the side & may, just may, survive this year still in the Premiership.

A very disappointing start to the season for Liverpool. My only crumb of comfort is that WHL may be a difficult place to go for any team this season and Spurs may add a few more big name scalps. Liverpool need to bounce back and in style. They can't let Stoke repeat last year's performance and need to beat them on Wednesday and beat them well. (Solly Baz.)

i agree alan,be very surprised if we get a result this time.

Last nights results...
Birmingham 1 Portsmouth 0
Hull 1 Spurs 5
Liverpool 4 Stoke 0
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Excellent win for Spurs again,joint top of the league.
Liverpool back to form with an emphatic win.
Birmingham off the mark against struggling Portsmouth.
Incidentally,Altrincham are joint top of the Blue Square Premier (Conference)....only 8 miles from Manchester.

I'll leave it to Bob for a more detailed report and hope I dont see I.A. in Central Plaza and,especially,cant see Pete in BBB's !

I missed the game (thank God)..Zidane, but I am not surprised. Think they will struggle to win the Premiership or FA cup this season & the Champions League is way beyond them.

0-1,Oh Ronaldo Ronaldo,where art thou Ronaldo!!!!!!!!!!

Carrick missed a first half penalty. Burnley's keeper had an outstanding day. Blake's strike was described as "explosive".

Ferguson will be particularly concerned by the lack of pace and width on show

From BBC report of match
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 202360.stm

Just sounds like Burnley deserved to win it more.

At this moment in time its not looking too good for United.
Priority no.1 must be to get in a striker before August 31 deadline but who ?? Theres not too many options.
Maybe Silva from Valencia or an audacious swoop for Robinho from City.
Berbatov seems to struggle to get into Uniteds style of play and after 4 injury hit seasons you cant expect Owen to come in and be a front line striker straight away.......Wellbeck and Macheda are bit part players.
In midfield is Hargreaves going to come back.....out for 15 months already.....badly missed.
The defence is decimated with injuries.Bobs mate,Ferdinand,is out again with a thigh problem possibly caused by the sciatic problem he had last season.Rumours persist about Barcelona being interested in Vidic.
This may well be the reason stories are circulating about United being interested in Ryan Shawcross from Stoke.
But United have,supposedly,being in decline quite a few times in the past 10 years or so and have always bounced back,eventually.

I think that Owen was primary bought as a sub or fill in for Rooney rather than an every game starter. As that I think he was a good buy - as a number 1 striker I think he is an optimistic buy....
Berb just ain't cutting it - whichever way you look at it. United would have been better off keeping Jones - at least you get a menace in the box even if maybe not a world class player.
Agree there are not too many available Zidane, but United seemed to show zero interest in those that were & with 80 Mill from Ronaldo that is disappointing.
If United let Vidic go then I think that about says it all for their ambition for the next couple of seasons....

It was the result Liverpool needed and it was good to see Johnson getting on the score sheet. I will not laugh too loud at Man U's defeat as Liverpool have to go there and Turf moor could prove to be a potential banana skin for the top teams. A great hit by the boy Blake to win the game and Burnley worked their socks off for a shock victory.



I think I have Hansenitis!

Arsenal 3-1....Fabregas goes off injured.

Wigan 0 Man Utd 5.....didnt see that one coming at half time !
Arsenal beat Portsmouth 4-1 and Hull City gain only their second victory in 26 games beating Bolton 1-0.
Birmingham 0 Stoke 0; Man City 1 Wolves 0;Sunderland 2 Blackburn 1;

Even Lawrenson predicted 0-2 to United but 0-5... Great result! Owen's goal reminded me of that goal against Argentina in '98. Why oh why did Benitez not take him back to Anfield. A 3-year contract, maybe a bit part player but he might be a potential match winner.

Hypothetically let us say United were 0-0 when he came on. I think he will win more than a few points for United this season. Pass the Siam Sato Zidane...

At half time it seemed a pretty lacklustre United performance.I thought the game would either end up goaless or either team would nick it by a solitary goal.
First half United started brightly,missed a couple of chances,then fell away with Wigan finishing the stronger team.
But in the second half what a different story....goals galore.Felt a bit sorry for Wigan as 5-0 didnt really reflect the game overall.
But yes,you can have Owen if you want.I'm sure SAF will exchange him for Torres

More Siam Sato tonight....West Ham v Spurs at 7.30pm.I'll be well gone by the time Fulham v Chelsea come on and I'll probably wake up thinking Fulham have had a resounding victory !