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Premier League Predictions: Gameweek Three

August 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Can we not talk about last week’s predictions please? Well I guess you want to laugh at me with the same intensity I kicked my own backside. Only five predictions correct (eleven of twenty so far this season), missed the banker entirely (one for two on banker predictions). The only two solaces I had was […]

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Tags: Arsenal · Aston Villa · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · Everton · Hull City · I Know The Score · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle · Portsmouth · Predictions · Stoke City · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wigan Athletic

How Chelsea Ruined Shaun Wright-Phillips

August 29th, 2008 · 13 Comments

The way Chelsea Football Club ruined Shaun Wright-Phillips is a travesty.
Go back in time to 2005 and the dimunitive winger was tearing down the right wing at the City Of Manchester Stadium. The player was such a joy to watch as he took on players and went on mazy runs often beating two or three […]

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Tags: Chelsea · Jermaine Pennant · Manchester City · Mark Hughes · shaun wright-phillips · world cup

Who Are The Premier League Players You Love To Hate The Most?

August 26th, 2008 · 31 Comments

Admit it. There are some players in the Premier League who get under your skin. The type of players you love to hate. But who are they and why do you hate them so much?
Names of players who often get fans irate include:

Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
John Terry (Chelsea)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
El Hadji Diouf (Sunderland)
Lee Bowyer (West Ham […]

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Tags: Arsenal · Ashley Cole · Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · El Hadji Diouf · Frank Lampard · John Terry · Kevin Davies · Lee Bowyer · Manchester United · Rio Ferdinand · Sunderland · West Ham United · William Gallas

Premier League Wants To Be The NFL

August 25th, 2008 · 18 Comments

You may have missed an article by Oliver Kay in The Times this past weekend that featured a very revealing interview with Manchester City executive chairman Garry Cook regarding the future of the Premier League. The headline perfectly sums up Kay’s article: “Vision Of A Breakaway League With No Relegation.”
Here are the revealing quotes followed […]

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Tags: Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Chelsea · Everton · Hull City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Portsmouth · Premier League · Reading · Stoke City · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United · Wigan Athletic · Wolverhampton Wanderers · leeds united

Premier League: August 24, 2008 (Your Running Commentary)

August 24th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Get ready for another Super Sunday of English Premier League matches.
Chelsea visits Wigan, where the Blues infamously dented their Premier League title hopes in April when Emile Heskey scored a dramatic late equalizer. Manchester City, meanwhile, will hope to bring a smile to their fans by winning their first home match of the new season.
Here […]

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Tags: Chelsea · Manchester City · West Ham United · Wigan Athletic

Everton Launches New Third Kit For 2008/2009 Season

August 24th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Add Everton to the hall of shame that includes Chelsea and Wigan. All three teams are guilty of producing yellow flourescent shirts that are absolutely horrible. I mean, come on, who would actually buy these shirts and wear them in the main street?
Everton debuted the new third shirt during yesterday’s 2-1 away win against West […]

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Tags: Chelsea · Everton · Football Shirts · Umbro · Wigan Athletic