Premier League 2008-09

[zaboozer]

Looking forward to tommorrow =) gunna try and go the whole day without knowing any scores then let match of the day surprise me!

Thanks for those who signed up to the fantasy league, cant wait to see all your teams =)

[GaaranGaara]

Today it begins... I'll be editing the results and standings. to my starting message. I'll also maybe write about how the matches were played. (Those that I'll be able to watch).

edit: OMG, Arsenal have Nasri I didn't know that. He is awesome!

edit2:

Originally Posted by My views & report

Arsenal vs. WBA 1-0

1st half

Nasri Scores for Arsenal on the 4th minute. It was a beautiful attack put together by Arsenal. Denilson provides a pass and Nasri scores. A little later Nasri tried to score again but his shot didn’t hit the goal. Gallas tried one from afar but it went wide for just a bit. From a corner kick Bendtner tried score with a header. Sagna also had a chance from corner kick but didn’t get it right. Nasri had a shot, but Carson got it easily.

In the first half WBA managed one shot from Kim Do-Hyeon which Almunia didn’t have any trouble with. Other than that WBA had half-a chances.

2nd half

WBA had a great start to the half as Miller’s shot deflected from Almunia’s save straight to Robinson who had and empty net waiting for him but his shot was just saved by defenseman Djourou. Later in that half Miller put the ball in the net for WBA but it was ruled offside.

Adebayor took a shot that went inches wide from the attack that came after Djourou saved the ball from the goalline. Adebayor also scored once, but it was ruled offside.

Overall I thought the game was well in Arsenal’s control and in the first half they played really well at times. WBA had a few flashes during the match, but they were pretty much tourists. Nasri, Walcott were great IMO they might not miss Flamini and Hleb so much. Adebayor had a good work rate though he didn’t score.

From WBA’s best I’d have to mention Miller, Kim and GK Carson

What do you think should I write these kind of reports in following weekends or am I just wasting my time?

[waqo]

It's a good effort dude, go for it if you are up for it, I usually comment on some games too.

Chelsea 2-0 up against Portsmouth. Cole and Anelka scoring.

[GaaranGaara]

OK... I've calmed down a bit.. I'm still fairly pissed at the team. They seem to be stuck at the same point they left at the end of last season. City still can't attack consistently though they have quality like Petrov and Elano. Though in their defense I have to say that they did lose Bojinov just before the game started. With Benjani out and Jô @ the Olympics it was bound to be a disaster for Hughes. City did score twice, but they didn't deserve neither of the goals. One was caused by an error of the ref and the other Villa's sloppy playing.

And then there is the Defense. They coped at times fairly well. Not counting set pieces and crosses. The back four needs Dunnie in Ben Haims place. He can lead them. Richards clearly not ready yet for the job. Ben-Haim was crappy shopping from the club IMO.

Phil Dowd... That ref should hanged by the balls. Knocking Elano down when he was about to volley. Giving the penalty kick to City when the Villa player didn't even foul Johnson. Countless other small errors. A size Sweden thumbs down for this guy.

Do I see anything positive in this? It's hard to find anything, but Petrov & Elano played together well at times. And City did attack well untill it was time to score. Ireland and Sturridge were good subs. Sturridge should have started in place of Evans when Bojinov injured himself.

These were my views of the Aston Villa - Man City game.

The only thing that gives me comfort is that ManU drew with Newcastle.

I'll edit the standings tommorrow..

[ZrKen]

I somewhat happy at Arsenal's 1-0 but the score line signifies the work the have ahead of them.

Can't belived Nasri scored. I originally picked him on my fantasy team but left him out :(

here are the standing so far

1 KFC FC Zaboozer / Lloyd 52
2 finland_man_city RoP PEW 511
3 Real United waqo _ 33
4 Say_What? ZrKen FTW 29

I did horrible. Looks like I gotta make some changes

[zaboozer]

Great opening day to the season, chelsea played fantastic, was especially nice to see deco playing well hopefully he continues to play like that throughout the season. May have underestimated hull city a little bit, they dug and managed to get a win. looking forward to next week, if my fantasy team gets over 50 points again I will be a very happy man =)

[GaaranGaara]

Sorry that my updates were a bit late, but now you can view them in the first post of this thread.

So, not an easy game coming for Man City against West Ham. Especially since Dean Ashton started strongly at West Ham's attack last round. I heard he has had some issues with his health.

I'd also like to state that I won't be able to write a review of any game this weekend. Since I'll be celebrating my friends engagement.

[SilentSneeze]

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Hull City
Liverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough
Newcastle United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City 3-2 Aston Villa
Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Everton
Fulham 1-0 Arsenal

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Chelsea
Manchester City 3-0 West Ham United

Unied have got Pompy tonight in a must win game, after this we have Liverpool and Chelsea away too so a result is needed.

Both Liverpool and Chelsea scraped wins this weekend which was annoying cos both could easily have dropped points in their games which would have made our opening day draw more bearable, at least Arsenal lost at Fulham.

Not got a great feeling about the game tonight though, we've still got a lot of players missing and Pompy are always hard to beat at home, hopefully the addition of Tevez will give us the boost we need up front to sneek it but it could be a crap start to the season for us if we drop more points.

[Jeesung]

loving all the utd fans in here

[GaaranGaara]

First post has now been updated. I'm trying to keep up as much as I can with the stats and fixtures since I have my studies and all.

Thank you for SilentSneeze for posting some results.

Citizens had a great game. 3-0 speeks for itself. Sturridge and Ireland very impressive and Elano has started the season well of course. City lives and dies with Elano so I hope he can keep this up. Micah gave me a scare. I'm glad it wasn't as serious as I thought. Still not liking Ben-Haim. I hope he'll start to fit in.

[waqo]

City were helped by Noble's sending off but yeah good bounce back win for them... Deco scored a sublime goal to make it 2 out of 2.

United go into the Portsmouth game needing a bit of a kickstart performance let's hope Tevez can do something to improve our form in front of goal.

[GaaranGaara]

Originally Posted by waqo

City were helped by Noble's sending off but yeah good bounce back win for them... Deco scored a sublime goal to make it 2 out of 2.

United go into the Portsmouth game needing a bit of a kickstart performance let's hope Tevez can do something to improve our form in front of goal.

True, though the two yellows Noble got were well deserved IMO. Even when I'm not speaking as a City-fan

I feel ManU needs a win from Pompey. I know the season is young, but it's more like a mental thing. Being able to win.

[waqo]

1-0 nothing impressive but United got the job done imo. I won't say much about the performance because frankly there isn't much to say. Evra was one of the few bright sparks and luckily for United Pompey never really threatened in the match.

[Haohmaru]

Did Ronaldo play?

[waqo]

Cristiano's out due to surgery on his ankle, not expected back till mid-October!! :/

[GaaranGaara]

Originally Posted by waqo

1-0 nothing impressive but United got the job done imo. I won't say much about the performance because frankly there isn't much to say. Evra was one of the few bright sparks and luckily for United Pompey never really threatened in the match.

What really struck me was that Crouch & Defoe don't work together at all. Some Pompey players are going off my fantasy team.

Originally Posted by waqo

Cristiano's out due to surgery on his ankle, not expected back till mid-October!! :/

That's bad for ManU.

BTW Don't ManU have a chance to win a trophy next weekend against Zenit from Russia?

[GaaranGaara]

This is in my opinion news worthy of a double post.

Originally Posted by mcfc.co.uk on 28.08.2008

Manchester City can exclusively reveal that Shaun Wright-Phillips has rejoined the Club.The fans’ favourite agreed personal terms after completing a medical this morning and joins on a four-year contract following an undisclosed deal being reached with Chelsea.
Shaun is back at the Club after moving to Stamford Bridge just over three years ago and on his return today he told mcfc.co.uk: "Obviously I'm delighted to come back to City and I just can't wait to get started again."
Manager Mark Hughes added of his exciting signing: "I've always admired him and he's certainly been a target of mine since I came to the football club.
"To actually secure the deal and bring Shaun back home is a fantastic coup for us and I'm sure the supporters will be just as excited as we are to have him back at Manchester City."
We'll have more quotes from Wright-Phillips later and it is expected that Shaun will be presented to the media at a press conference at the City of Manchester Stadium tomorrow.

Huge thing for City to get SWP home.

Man City want Ronaldo | The Sun |Sport|Football

Ronaldo has also been linked to City, but I don't think he will pass the fitness test since he has been gaining some weight. City doesn't need another striker.

ManU were beaten at the Super Cup final by Zenit from Russia 2-1. Scholes got two yellows and was sent off.

Also I've edited my first post so that you can see the fixtures that will be played this weekend.

BTW have any of you guys been tending your fantasy teams?

[waqo]

Today has been an okay day for my fantasy team so far, lets hope it continues tomorrow.

United losing the Super Cup isn't really a big deal imo Zenit played well and deserved to win though. The big problem is that we definitely need a striker and there's no time left.

[GaaranGaara]

I've edited the standings and fixtures to my first post in this thread.

I followed Tottenham vs. Chelsea and wrote something about it.

Chelsea vs. Tottenham

1st half

I thought the game was generally in Chelsea’s control. I didn’t see the first ten minutes of the half, but if I understood correctly Chelsea started well and Lampard almost scored. After that Tottenham had their moments, but weren’t able to score. Then Chelsea took the command again and pretty much dominated after that. Anelka tried to score but his shot went over the goal. Essien rattled the bar. Finally Chelsea were able to score from one of Deco’s corner kicks. Belletti was lucky to deflect the corner in to the net. Just before half-time Bent scored out of nothing to even the score at 1-1. The ball came to him via deflection of Lampard

2nd half

Not too much to tell. I think the quality of the game became a bit scrappy. Ashley Cole almost scored but it went just wide. Huddlestone tried to score for Tottenham but Terry blocked it.

Overview

I think Chelsea might have deserved a win but sport isn’t always fair. I’d also like to comment on Tottenham’s midfield, which has gotten a lot of hype (Bentley, Modric & Giovani) These guys were utter crap in this match.

[zaboozer]

Pretty mental transfer d-day, man city shocked us all, I was laughing at them possibly gettin berbatov under man united's noses and then they snatch robhino from us, wtf is going on! looks like that arab dude thats just taken over has a money tree.