What a busy old week it has been in football, It seems like ages ago that Man Utd were being thumped 4-0 by Mac Dons and dumped out of the league Cup.
In the Premier League it was an action packed weekend. A 6-3 win for Chelsea at Everton, a six goal thriller between Newcastle and Crystal Palace with the Eagles scoring a late injury time equaliser. Manchester City who never lose at home, lost at home to Stoke, Burnley got their first point of the season with a nil niller with the mighty Manchester United and Southampton showed West Ham a footballing lesson at Upton Park as the visitors won 3-1. I was at this game and the players must have stunned by the thundering sound of collapsing seats as a mass exodus ensued when the Saints scored their third with 10 minutes remaining. Liverpool and their new signing Mario Balotelli traveled to White Hart Lane and ended the Spurs 100% record with a comfortable 3-0 away win, QPR managed to get their first win of the season against Sunderland and Swansea thumped West Brom 3-0.
In the Championship Managerless Leeds got a well earned and hard fought win against Bolton, Psycho's Forest stayed top of the league with a win at Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham followed up their League cup win in the week with a creditable draw against Cardiff. Peterborough and Fleetwood still lead the way at the top of league 1 and in League 2 Morecambe finally lost.
Although there was no Monday night football last night it was the final day of the summer transfer window, deadline day, a day when sky sports reporters rock up at all the big football grounds around the country awaiting news of the big ins and outs of the day, as the day drags on more and more supporters arrive to get themselves on the telly. Where there are fans there is normally mayhem and last night was no different, if it wasn't at Upton Park where the sweary Hammers fan told us in no uncertain times how to have sexual intercourse with a woman, or at Carrow Road were two blokes pretended to bum each other, or the piece de resistance (and the real reason Tom Cleverley didn't join Everton) at Goodison Park where a supporter decided to wave around a purple dildo before poking it in the sky reporters face. Unbelievable Jeff.
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| What a Dildo!! |
It was an exciting window though Welbeck to Arsenal was a shock, Blind and Falcao were great signings for LVG as he starts to build his red machine, Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea had already finished their business, although there were a few loans out notably from Chelsea who sent out a few of their sprogs. 'Arry was at it again as he brought in a couple of triffic players and old flames in Sandro and Krancjer. Palace signed James Mcarthur from Wigan, Zeki Fryers fom Spurs and Kevin Doyle from Wolves, Leicester brought in 2 Man Utd players Nick Powell on loan and Tom Lawrence on a permanent deal, Burnley, Southampton and Swansea all strengthened Spurs bought Stromboli and West Ham signed Morgan Amanellyfurtado, but Steve Bruce was the star of the window bringing in Mo Diame, Gaston Ramirez, Hatem Ben Arfa and spending 10 million on Abel Hernandez from Palermo, fantastic business from Bruce it was like going back to when he was Birmingham boss and he somehow convinced Christophe Dugarry to join the Blues.
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| Stromboli signs for Spurs |
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| Winger Furtado in for the Irons. |
In the Championship Glenn Murray joined Reading from Palace, Fulham brought former time lord Matt Smith from Leeds, but it was Wigan who got the most done bringing in 4 new signings including William Kvist from Stuttgart and Emyr Huws form Man City. League 1 Petrborough stole another striker from League 2 this time not from Dagenham though as they took Hartlepool's main man Luke James and in Leaguie 2 left back Ryan Cresswell signed from Fleetwood for Northampton.
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| Matt Smith was delighted with his move to Fulham. |
Its going to be an exciting season, and I can't wait to see the likes of Falcao and Blind Strutting their stuff and i think Hernandez is going to be great for Hull. Stangest deal of the window has to be Javier Hernandez move to Real Madrid. The little Pea has traded the bench of Old Trafford for the Bench of Madrid, obviously it is more about being known as a Real Madrid player than actually anything to do with playing any football.
Any way enough of the transfers and back to the football, here are my best of the week.
Goal of the week
Former Spurs striker Cameron Lancaster's amazing long range effort from the left touchline for Stevenage against AFC Wimbledon in League 2, some people questioned if he meant it, I have to ask why didn't he do anything like that when he was on loan at the Daggers a couple of seasons ago.
Save of the week
Marco Sylvestre's double close range reflex save from Bolton's Jermaine Beckford in injury time for Leeds in the Championship, that ultimately sealed the points for the Yorkshire club.
Pass of the week
Ben Reeves Henryisque look the other way and pass to set up Beneik Afobe for his first goal for MK Dons against Man Utd in the Leaguie Cup.
Controversy of the week
The failure of the officials to spot Tim Howard's blatant handball outside the box for Everton against Chelsea. Although he should have been sent off though I am glad he wasn't as the game would not have been as exciting without 11 a piece, so for once a shit decision from the ref actually benefited the game. Well done to John Moss and your assistant for being shit.
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| Handball!!! |
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