Jose top as defeat leaves bad taste in LVG's mouth.

The premier league season has finally started and after the opening games the fledgling table has an already familiar look to it, with all last years top four winning.  Chelsea the pre season favourites were the final team to get started and they gave an early indication to hard it is going to be for the other 19 teams in the league as they came back from a goal down to tear newcomers Burnley apart with an impressive 3-1 victory.  At times they played some great stuff, and with the signings they have made and the formations they are likely play, coupled with Mourinho's tactical knowledge, I can't personally see anyone getting near them this season.

Last years champions Man City also won this weekend although their victory against Newcastle was nowhere near as emphatic as Chelsea's and at times in the game Newcastle looked the better team, City well no doubt be up there again this season, what with their money and wealth of talent, but I think Newcastle will have a good season this year and could surprise some people.  Last years runners up Liverpool did just enough to edge out their feeder club Southampton at Anfield, and in the the Saturday night game Arsenal scraped past Tony Pullisless Crystal Palace with a 2-1 win.  During this game there was an incident with the new vanishing spray, when referee John Moss had a bit of trouble with his canister and sprayed  it straight in midfielder Carzola's face.

The thing is I saw a piece they did on sky sports news about a month back were they showed referees practicing their spraying technique, they were spraying a line on the florr, jogging backwards, spraying another line, jogging backwards, etc, etc...  Maybe Mr Moss missed this session and just practiced at home spraying shaving foam on his bathroom mirror.

With last years top 4 starting well  it was important for LVG's Man United to get off to a good start, but unfortunately for them they started the campaign with a shock home defeat to Swansea, and even more unfortunate for Ashley Young who's first game of the season began when some bird shat in his mouth or something.

You will have to except my ignorance of this incident as whilst this game was on I was at my first premier league game in about 3 years.  I was sitting in the second from last block on the left hand side of the upper tier of the Sir Trevor Brooking stand watching West Ham piss all over Tottenham.  Other than a couple of chances for the away team West Ham were the better team and certainly deserved more than they ultimately got, if only Mark Noble had put away his penalty or Hugo LLoris hadn't made a fantastic one handed save the points would have gone to the home side.  From where I sat I could hear they noise from the away fans who were directly below me,  it is always a weird feeling when the sound of the away fans rises up to the home enclosure and for a split second you can't work out where it is coming from.  I also had a perfect view of all the antics of the home fans housed in the old chicken run stand, it was like being transported back to the 1980's as he you could clearly make out what was being said from the home fans towards the away fans, it was quite amusing, especially when one bloke puffed out his cheeks and then mimed himself retrieving crisps from what appeared to be an imaginary sack and then shovelling them into his mouth.  The only thing missing was a rendition of  "Alan Devonshire, Alan, Alan Devonshire".  Or as my mate Hula Hoop used to think it went "Alan, gives a shit, Alan, Alan gives a shit".   I was so engrossed in this that I nearly missed the funniest bit of the whole weekend.  When James Collins was dismissed for a second yellow card and the ball was placed for the freekick, out of the corner of my eye I saw a fan jump over the barrier of the far end of the chicken run and start running really fast toward the goal in persuit but some way behind were two stewards , the second of which took 2 steps and fell over much to the delight of the crowd.  This bloke then sprinted all the way to where the ball was spotted past Andros Townsend and Christian Erickson and wellied it up and over the West Ham wall who for some reason were still standing there and into the safe arms of Adrian.  The crowd cheered and then booeed as the fan was wrestled to the ground and eventually carted off down the tunnel.  Christian Erickson then took the freekick and whacked it  over the bar, he probably should have taken a run up at least then he might of got it on target.

Andros Townsend looks gutted as he wanted to take it.

The saucepan lid and I were already on our Bromley by Bow's and walking down the Barking road when Spurs centre back/right back Eric Dier found himself furthest forward to round Adrian and give Tottenham an injury time win.  As I walked toward Barking all the West Ham fans were talking about was the incident with the fan, only joking, they were talking about sacking Big Fat Sam and why don't they play 2 up front and that Enner Valencia did more in 10 minutes than Carlton Cole did in a whole game.  Oh well it was nice to be part of a 35,00 crowd for a change, shame about the result, that's 3 games attended this season and 3 losses.  Next week it is back to Victoria Road and being part of a 1,500 crowd and this time I won't be leaving early.

Goal of the weekend:  Aiden Mcgeady's fine strike for Everton against Leicester.

Save of the weekend:  Hugo LLoris' fantastic one handed one on one save that thwarted Stewart Downing at Upton Park.

Pass of the weekend:  Cesc Fabregas' first time side foot volley pass to set up Andre Schurle for Chelsea's second goal against Burnley.

Controversy of the weekend:  Stuart Atwell's decision to disallow Albert Adomah's wonderful overhead kick for Middlesborough against Leeds in the Championship for a high boot.  If Wayne Rooney or Aguero or Costa scores this it stands.  Disgusting decision.

Shouldn't be too surprised that Atwell got it wrong though as he once famously awarded a goal when a ball crossed the line for a corner.  The famous phantom goal for Reading against Watford at Vicarage Road in September 2008.