Premier League - 8/9/10th August 2015

Yay the Premier league is back! Yes I missed it but the same time glad for the break.. Football can make or break a weekend it has been nice not worry about Arsenal!

Manchester United started the new season well they beat Tottenham by one goal to nil. I still think this will be another tough season for Man U were fans have unrealistic expectations of them winning everything. 

I think Tottenham will also struggle this season as they haven't really spent any money and I think they want a top four finish then they would have needed to spend more money. 

Chelsea drew two all with Swansea City in a match they would have been expected to win. This is not the kind of start the holders would have wanted but at least they got a point. 

Liverpool got off too a good start as they beat Stoke City by a goal to nil. I am not quite sure Liverpool will do this season now that both Steven Gerard and Raheem Stirling have moved on but I guess only time will tell..

The worst start of the new season goes to Arsenal who somehow managed to lose two goals to nil at home! Now if anybody asked me about Arsenal chances last week I would have said this the season that I am most optimistic. 

Then they season starts and Arsenal play exactly the same way they started last season. It is very frustating if Arsenal have any realistic chances of winning the league then they need to be consistent or it's going to be another top four finish. 

Premier League - Easter Bank Holiday Games

In the bank holiday fixtures Arsenal beat Liverpool by four goals to one and it is probably the best football Arsenal have played in sometime. 

I am not always happy with the line up that Arsene Wenger goes for but this line up was very effective albeit he left Walcott and Gibbs who are two of my favourite players but most importantly a Arsenal won the game and collected three valuable points. 

Manchester United beat Aston Villa by three goals to one and this was a good win for them and keeps them in the title race. 

Chelsea beat Stoke City by two goals to one and this helped them to lead at the top and with a few top matches coming up this win was vital. 

Shock of the bank holiday fixtures was Manchester City losing to Crystal Palace and before the game I would have bet my months salary that Manchester City would have beaten Crystal Palace comfortably. 

This was a bad loss for Manchester City and they also dropped to fourth in the league and it will take a real miracle for them to retain their title. 

 

So the last eight/nine games of the league are looking exciting and realistically any of the top three Chelsea, Manchester United or Arsenal can awin it. 

Premiership - 1st January 2015

I haven't blogged in a while mainly because I wanted to get some well earned rest from blogging as well holding down a job. 

My lack of blogging was not particularly helped by watching Arsenal mess things up time and time again. 

New year but same old Arsenal as soon as I saw the team line up I knew it was going to be a tough match to win against a Southampton team that have had an amazing start. 

So I was not too surprised when Southampton beat Arsenal by two goals to nil. Arsenal defence is probably the worst I have ever seen. 

They are not comfortable in the air and when the other team is running at them the defence backs off. 

So it was another terrible loss for Arsenal and Arsene Wenger has no plans to strengthen the defence in the transfer window so it could be a really tough next five months for the team. 

Elsewhere Manchester United drew one  all with Stoke City this was a surprising result as Man United have being doing well and if they had won this match it would have helped to consolidate their third position and even challenge for the top two positions. 

Manchester City just about beat Sunderland by three goals two to help them retain the title they won last year. 

I don't think Manchester City are playing well but they are doing enough to win their games and get those valuable points. 

The shock of the day was Tottenham beating Chelsa by five goals to three. This loss would have really have hurt Chelsea because many including myself had gifted them title and I did not see them losing a match. 

So this loss to Tottenham has definitely made the race to the title a little more interesting as Manchester City and Chelsea are now only separated by goal difference.  

Premiership 8th and 9th November 2014

In this weekend football Swansea beat Arsenal by two goals to one. It was a pretty inept performance by Arsenal. I felt bad for Alexis Sanchez who scored an amazing goal and ended up on the losing side.

Arsene Wenger really needs to get a grip of the back four as Nacho Monreal is not and centre back and if he continues to play him in that position it could get even worse for Arsenal 

Chelsea beat Liverpool by two goals to one and this was another good win for Chelsea. 

Liverpool now seem to be in a terminal decline and if they don't start stringing some results together there season will be over very quickly. 

Manchester United beat Crystal Palace by a goal to nil. Man U fans will be relieved to get this win under their belt.

 

But this win has done little to improve their standing in the league. But I am sure it will be welcome relief for the players and fans. 

Man City drew two all with Queens Park Rangers and this was a bit of surprise. I really did not expect Queens Park Rangers to get anything out of this match. But it's one point that QPR needed. 

Man City they should really should be winning these kind of matches. If they want to retain the title they won last season. 

Stoke City beat Tottenham by two goals to one and Tottenham are languishing in the bottom part of the table. 

They too cannot seem to string results together and they need to turn it around quickly or before they know it they will be fighting relegation. 

Premiership review - 5th/6th April 2014

In the weekend premiership fixtures, Chelsea beat Stoke City by three goals to  nil and this was a good win for Jose Mourinho and it keeps Chelsea in second place. 

Man City beat Southampton by four goals to one, Southampton started off really well. However Man City where soon in the ascendency and won the game and the match.

This was a good win for a Man City and with two games in hand it does gives Man City an advantage of winning the league. 

Manchester United beat Newcastle by four goals to nil. This was a good win Manchester United and it should keep the fans off David Moyes's back. 

The shock of the weekend was Everton beating Arsenal by three goals to nil. By all accounts Arsenal played a shocking game and in the some parts of the game they had very little possession. 

Arsenal made few tackles and had few shots either on or off target. What was most surprising was that Arsene Wenger waited for Arsenal to be three nil down before making any substitutions. 

So this was a bad loss for Arsenal and they now have it all to do to hold on to the fourth spot. 

However Arsenal can still win some silverware in the FA Cup and the semi- final game takes place next weekend. Hopefully if Arsenal make the final it might help their season end on a positive note. 

The league leaders Liverpool beat West Ham by two goals to one. It was quite a controversial game with the referee given West Ham a strange equaliser. 

However Liverpool where able to put the controversy behind them and score that all important second goal. 

This was a good win for Liverpool and it takes them a little closer to securing their first league title in over twenty years. 

Premiership review - 1st / 2nd March 2014

The Premiership games took place over the weekend and Stoke City beat Arsenal by one goal to nil. 

 

This was a bad loss for Arsenal and has put them four points behind the league leaders Chelsea and they are two point in front of Manchester City who have two game advantage. 

Arsenal can still win the league but it is going to take a monumental effort and sadly I don't believe Arsenal have the players who can win the league.

Chelsea beat Fulham by three goals to one and this win helped to cement their lead at the top of the league. 

Liverpool beat Southampton by three goals to nil and this win has put them second in the league.

Chelsea are top of the league but it remains very close with just a couple of points between the teams. 

Premiership review - 22nd/ 23rd February 2014

The Premiership returned this weekend and Arsenal who had that dismal result against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, beat Sunderland by four goals to one. 

This was a great result for Arsenal and it was notable that Olivier Giroud who had been dropped to the bench for the previous games scored two of Arsenal four goals. 

Man City also beat Stoke City by a goal to nil and this keeps them third with a game in hand. 

Liverpool beat Swansea by four goals to three and this keeps them within touching distance of the top three. 

Norwich City pulled off a sensational result and beat Tottenham by a goal to nil. However this loss did not affect Tottenham standing in the league and they are still top five. 

Man United beat Crystal Palace by two goals to nil and this was by no means an easy match for Man United, who are still struggling to find some consistency this season. 

The league leaders Chelsea beat Everton by one goal to nil and this helped them to retain their position and Arsenal are second and just one point behind. 

Premiership review - 01/02/2014

In yesterday premiership games Tottenham drew one all with Hull and this was not a good a result for Tottenham.

 As they are vying for a Champions League spot so this would have been as a vitally dropped points. 

Stoke City beat Man United by two goals to one and this was a shock result. Man United have added Juan Mata to their squad and both Robin Van Persie and Wayne Rooney where back from injury so I thought the worst of their problems was behind them. 

However they had a weakened defence with Rio Ferdinand injured and Nemanja Vidic suspended they where not at full strength but all credit to Stoke for pulling off this incredible result. 

FA Cup - Fourth round

The fourth round of FA Cup took place over the weekend and Arsenal beat Coventry City by two goals to nil.

It was a routine win for Arsenal who where up against a Championship side at home. It would have been a huge surprise if Coventry had got the win.

Arsenal are now becoming a lot more consistent, however they do have a very tough February month coming up. 

Liverpool beat Bournemouth FC by two goals to nil in a match that they where also expected to win. However they face Arsenal away in the next round. 

Chelsea beat Stoke City by a goal to nil and they face Man City in the next round. Man City where losing to Watford by two goals to nil but managed to win it by four goals to two. 

Premiership - a Roundup

Another good weekend of premiership football and Arsenal managed to beat Crystal Palace by two goals to nil. 

It's been while since Arsenal have managed to stay at the top of league for consecutive weeks. 

But like I said in my previous blog it is all about the November test for Arsenal. Which historically is the month we tend to struggle with the change of weather.

Man United came from behind twice to beat relegation bound Stoke City by three goals to two. 

David Moyes is still under massive pressure and close wins like this would not have helped his cause.

 I think that if by the start of the new year Man United are not top four then it will be hard for David Moyes to hold on to his job. 

Liverpool continued there impressive start to the season by beating West Bromwich Albion by four goals to one. 

I think Liverpool are the team to watch and this is there best start to the season for quite sometime. 

Arsenal will nervously looking over its shoulder as Liverpool have got the team and the desire to win the premiership.

Chelsea and Tottenham Spurs also recorded wins and they are only a couple of  points dividing teams in the top of the league positions. 

So it is still very early in the season with most of the top teams all doing well at the weekend.  

Premiership- Super Sunday

Today is Super Sunday and in the premiership and Arsenal are at home to Stoke City. It should be a good match but with half of our first team missing anything could happen.

Hopefully the likes of Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey and Mesut Ozil will step up like they did against Marseille. So I am cautiously optimistic that we will win. 

Tottenham are away to Cardiff City this should be a very entertaining match as newly promoted Cardiff City try to match the super spending Tottenham. I do think Tottenham will win but Cardiff City could surprise us.

Man City play Man United at home and this should be a very good match. I think the slight edge goes to Man City as they are at home. But it is a Manchester darby so anything could happen!