Tevez on his way to London?

According to Carlos Tevez’s agent, the brilliant Argentinian is close to a move to the Premiership.  While a move to Manchester United seems the most likely, it’s tough to rule Chelski out of any transfer, something United fans know all too well.  In addition, speculation says that Villa’s new management will be eager to sign [...]

Champions League Fodder

Draw for the 2006/07 Champions League
Group A
BARCELONA
Chelsea
Werder Bremen
Levski Sofia
Group B
INTER MILAN
Bayern Munich
Sporting Lisbon
Spartak Moscow
Group C
LIVERPOOL
PSV Eindhoven
Bordeaux
Galatasaray
Group D
VALENCIA
Roma
Olympiakos
Shakhtar Donetsk
Group E
REAL MADRID
Lyon
Steaua Bucharest
Dynamo Kiev
Group F
MANCHESTER UNITED
Celtic
Benfica
FC Copenhagen
Group G
ARSENAL
Porto
CSKA Moscow
Hamburg
Group H
AC MILAN
Lille
AEK Athens
Anderlecht
Yikes, Chelsea and Barca in the same group.  Should be an interesting one, but hopefully Chelsea will be able to get healthy and provide Barca with [...]

F#*%: Chelsea v Boro

Awful. Chelsea, your best asset under Mourinho is to take over the match and dictate pace. What happened?
Today’s match was the worst display of closing down a match I’ve ever seen by the Blues. The back line, typically the most solid in the prem, decided that running around with eyes closed was a [...]

Making Sense of Gallas and Cole

Since this particular topic seems to have such a large base of discussion amongst the footy bloggers, here are EPL Analysis’ feelings as they’ve appeared on various other blogs:
“I just don’t see Gallas filling in at left-back for Arsenal at all. His physicality and efficient approach to the position would, however, make him an ideal [...]

Silly Video: Ali G Plays a Few off Posh & Becks

Saw this video today and, after I managed to stop laughing and pull myself up off the floor, decided to share it with you lads.
In it, Becks and Posh sit down with main man Ali G and just really take a beating.  “Respect” to them for holding it together and laughing rather than blowing up.
Excellent [...]

Chelsea v Manchester City 8/20/2006

Scoreline: Chelsea 3-0 Manchester City

Chelski looked totally solid.
The back line was, as always, completely in control.  In fact, Wayne Bridge actually charged forward a few times and looked quite good.  He put in a handful of good crosses and one low,  pacey ball in particular resulted in a well-taken goal by Drogba.  Offensively, he looked [...]

Reading v Middlesbrough 19/8/2006

Scoreline: Reading 3-2 Middlesbrough

What a game.  WIthout a doubt, Saturday’s best.

Reading proved today that they’ve got the talent (Kitson, Seol), drive, and team chemistry to avoid relegation.  If they continue on in their current form and don’t get too knocked up, they might even do as well as last year’s Wigan.
They’re quite a scrappy little [...]

Bolton v Tottenham 19/8/2006

Scoreline: Bolton 2-0 Tottenham
That’ll be a rough loss for Tottenham, and leave the toons shaking their heads.
Robinson was unlucky not to save Campo’s 40-yard strike as it skipped oddly across the top of the pitch. 

And Bolton were quite lucky not to have their goal disallowed for a foul on one of Tottenham’s defenders.
Overall, a [...]

Newcastle v Wigan 19/8/2006

Scoreline: Newcastle 2-1 Wigan
(38th Minute) Ameobi takes a long-ball beautifully on his chest and
works it down to the touch line before slipping and just managing to
chip a dangerous ball across the face of goal. Newly appointed Magpies
captain, Scott Parker, comes sprinting in and punches it into the back
of the net. Well taken goal by perhaps [...]

The New Season Gets Underway!: Predictions for Today's Televised Matches

Newcastle v Wigan, 1953-54 Season
Oh man, the season’s officially 20 minutes underway, and I couldn’t be more excited. Woke up this morning on 5 hours of sleep just to cook up some maple sausages, down some espressos, and watch some pre-game. Fear not, the folks at EPL Analysis are here for you:
Predictions:

Prediction: Newcastle 1-1 [...]