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| Go on Wenger!! |
Sunday's early kick off saw a clash of the titans. It was a London derby between the former unbeatables of Arsenal and the quite probable unbeatable elect of Chelsea. Chelsea may have won this game 2-0 but the this game will be remembered not just for Diego Costa scoring yet another goal from yet another Cesc Fabregas assist but for an ugly incident involving the two managers after a rash challenge from Chelsea's centre back Gary Cahill on Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez. The foul was a nasty one and should have resulted in a red card for the England man. Instead Martin Atkinson the man in the middle decided the foul was only worthy of a yellow card, this sparked a mini brawl between the 2 managers as Wenger waded into Jose's technical area and started pushing the blues boss about a bit. The scuffle was broke up by thje 4th official John Moss, who I was surprised not see spray some invisible spray into the Arsenal managers eyes as he did in the first game of the season on Carzola. The truth is it was only a bit of handbags between the two of them but I wouldn't be surprised if Mourinho had made a comment about the challenge that wound the Arsenal boss up. As much of a good manager Jose is he don't half get on your tits. I found myself shouting at the telly "go on Wenger give him a clump". As it was it ended pretty much as quickly as it started and the game carried on. The thing is if the ref had got the decision right in the first place it don't happen, also what doesn't happen is later in the game Danny Wellbeck doesn't two foot lunge a player out of frustration, and because the ref had only booked Cahill he then has to only yellow card Wellbeck, because if he sends him off it might all kick off again. Well done Mr Atkinson don't enforce the rules just do what you think is best.
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| An unhappy 'Arry returns to Upton Park!! |
Also on Sunday West Ham took on QPR in another London derby. 'Arry Redknapp returned to his former stomping ground with his team at the bottom of the table and it was looking very much was going to change after this game, West Ham's recent decent form and home advantage made them firm favourites with the bookies before kick off in this game. And so it was to prove, other than a 10-15 minute spell in the second half the Hammers dominated this match and maybe should have won the game by more than the 2-0 margin which they finally did. West Ham played pretty much within themselves in this game as QPR looked a very poor side. As much as Redknapp is well respected at the club surely it won't be long before the owner and the fans start getting a bit pissed off with how the season is going and surely the pressure is going to tell on unhappy 'Arry. I feel sorry for Harry he shouldn't even be at QPR he should be by rights the England manager. It is the perfect job for a man like him, you can't tell me that Roy Hodgson was the FA's first choice, no they wanted Redknapp the nation wanted Redknapp but all because that greedy bastard Levy at Spurs wasn't willing to let him go the FA decided they wanted to look as if they knew their arse from their elbow and acted quickly instead of waiting. In the end Harry ends up getting the boot at Spurs and Hodgson gets the England job. The thing is 'Arry did well to get Rangers back up to the premier league but they just can't compete, they just don't seem to be able to do it. Their defence is shocking, they seem to have too many individuals in the midfield and forward positions and they just don't seem to play as a team. With or without Harry Redknapp this is going to be a hard old season for the R's and they are probably happy to have the International break.
Manchester United got a home victory against a struggling Everton side this weekend. Di Maria scored again and Falcao got his first goal for the club. David De Gea was in fine form for the Red Devils making some very important saves including first half penalty stop from Leighton Baines.
Liverpool got a win at home to a resurgent West Brom, Villa went down to a 2-0 defeat to Man City, Newcastle took a bit of the mounting pressure off manager Alan Pardew when the snatched a draw against Swansea courtesy of another 2 goals from Papiss Cisse, Sunderland sunk the Potters 3-1 and Hull beat Palace 2-0.
In the Championship Blackpool eventually got their first win of the season, when the managed to pull off a shock result beating Cardiff 1-0. Norwich stay top of the league with Nottingham Forest in second, Watford are 3rd as only goal difference separates the top 3. Blackpool's win takes them off the bottom and Bolton drop to the foot of the table after a 2-1 defeat at home to Bournemouth.
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| Relief as Blackpool get their first win of the season!! |
League 1 and Bristol City stay top but almost out of nowhere come Swindon Town into second spot after an impressive 2-1 win away to managerless Leyton Orient. Another defeat for Crewe leaves them still rock bottom of the league.
Bury continue in top spot after 2-0 win over Tranmere in league 2 Wycombe and Burton are just behind despite both only managing to draw at the weekend, Southend in 4th succumbed to yet another defeat from their so called bogey team Morecambe. Hartlepool sit at the bottom after Carlisle beat them 3-0 and rose above the Pools in the league. Luton are up to 7th with a good win away to Stevenage.
Goal of the week:
Ramone sawyers goal against Bristol City for Walsall in League 1. The Saddlers number 10 finishes off a nice passing move with an unstoppable curling shot into the top corner.
Save of the week:
Keiren Westwood pulled off a string of stops for Sheffield Wednesday against Leeds , the best of which was his finger tipped save from Rodolph Austin.
The premier league and Championship now takes a break for a week as England face the might of San Marino and Estonia in the European Qualifiers, so I will see you on the other side.
Come on England!!
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