It’s 4.48 on a Saturday, the Premier League games are reaching a crescendo, Manchester City on a run of six straight draws are drawing at home to Hull City when Paul Merson awards them a free kick. Or does he?
Maybe he was getting mixed up with Jens Lehmann?
It’s a rarity this weekend in that we have almost a full schedule of Premier League fixtures on the Saturday afternoon, with Stoke v Wigan kicking off at 12.45 and Man Utd v Aston Villa at 5.15. Sunday’s only game is a belter though, Liverpool taking on Arsenal at Anfield in a game that is must win for both sides but for vastly different reasons.
In fantasy terms however this …
So it’s City vs. United in the semi-final of the Carling Cup, that’s Manchester City and Manchester United if you are unaware. But what does this mean for City’s standing within the English game and have they semi-cemented their place at the top of the tree, leapfrogging Arsenal, the team they conquered in the Carling Cup quarter-final.
It may be a bit premature to claim Manchester City are the next big thing …
This weekend’s matches in the Premier League again showed why the clubs outside of the top four still have a lot of progress to make. Manchester City, Tottenham and Aston Villa all failed to win games that they were fancied to take three points from and ones which the top clubs usually grind out results. But will this signal a return to the status quo or will this season …
This weekend sees some interesting encounters in the Premier League, with Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester City and Aston Villa all looking for three points to keep up the pressure at the top of the table. After Ledley King, Ashley Young and James Beattie all picked up good points in the last set of fixtures, which players will do well this weekend? Here are four suggestions:
Forward:
Peter Crouch – with Jermaine Defoe being …
Premier League predicitions aren’t that hard to write. Ask Mark Lawrenson. With that in mind, here are some formulaic predictions, along with some unique pre-game previews. What are your predictions?
With £25m in his back pocket from the sale of Birmingham, David Sullivan could have paid Manchester City star Gareth Barry’s weekly wages, or bought a tenth of Liverpool from George Gillett. He may have been able to buy Emmanuel Eboue from Arsenal 25 million times over, or pay Man Utd’s boss Sir Alex Ferguson’s fines for the season for insulting officials. But no, the king of wholesome family entertainment is …
News of another deal waiting to happen at The Transfer Tavern as Carl Markham at The Independent tells us, that Aston Villa “hope to confirm” the capture of Richard Dunne from Manchester City later today after the Premier League have rubber stamped the paperwork.
The broadsheet claiming all the documentation needed for the transfer were submitted before 4pm on …
Coming in thick and fast to The Transfer Tavern as Skysports.com tell us, that the agent of Martin Petrov has revealed the Manchester City winger’s “disappointment” at not sealing a move to Premier League rivals Tottenham.
Skysport.com saying Spurs were eager to bring the Bulgarian International to White Hart Lane to cover the loss of Luka Modric, who broke his leg …
All go as the deadline approaches in The Transfer Tavern, with the Daily Mail saying, that Tottenham misfit David Bentley is to “be handed the golden ticket” of a move to Premier League rivals Manchester City as part of a swap deal for Martin Petrov.
Sportsmail claiming the Spurs winger will get the chance to …
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