Premiere League Sat 18th October 2008
Depressingly its business as usual for the Prem. All of the “top 4″ won, with scary good score lines for Chelsea and Man U.
Boro were spanked in the second half and although Chelsea were fortunate for a couple of them Boro had no response apart from capitulation, loosing 5-0 at home is not very good is it. Man U also turned in a far superior second half performace than thier opponents, doing West Brom 4-0. Everton should be rather annoyed at converting a 1-0 lead at half time to a 3-1 loss, but it does fit thier current form. Liverpools run of playing badly and winning, with some luck in the form of a Wigan red card, continued with a late 3-2 win over Wigan.
The teams with a shout of breaking into the Champions League spots, Villa and Portsmouth, managed a fairly rubbish draw together, hard fought it might have been but a win is required for the top 4. Villa who have looked at times like a top 4 team, until they got rolled over by Chelsea, will regret thier lack of scoring here I’m sure. Jermaine Defoe showed why he won’t get a start for England, we have better play makers and more accurate shooters. By the end of today Hull, of all teams – come on be honest your thinking the same, could be in the top four with a draw against West Ham and frankly they have a very good chance of doing so.
Later today Spurs play Stoke for Ramos job and anything other than a win must spell the end for him. Loosing will leave Spurs deep in the shit with only 2 points, no confidence and the players wondering who will be managing them in a couple of weeks.