Chelsea early favourites, but United will push for Berbatop
Carlo Ancelotti's side have cemented their place as the favourites for the Premier League this season, but never write off Manchester United. It seems impossible to stop Drogba, Anelka and Malouda in their current mood, and Blackpool found it difficult this weekend, conceding four first half goals. With Frank Lampard out of the team, they still found that one too easy and are the team to beat this season. But United proved in their entertaining victory over Liverpool that they are always in with a shout. They were much the better side and could have been up by five by half-time, but had to rely on the top-class Dimitar Berbatov to win them the game. Sir Alex Ferguson's side will always be near the top, and never know when to give up, so bet on another tussle between the Red Devils and the Blues for the title.
Cricket In A Mess
The once-honourable and boring sport of cricket has become a cheat-infested chaos in recent weeks because of allegations of match-fixing in matches between England and Pakistan. It seems since the stories broke last month that it has all come rushing out, with a new rumour and more speculation coming everyday. Whatever did happen to the traditional game of cricket? The test against Pakistan has tarnished the game, and the integrity of cricket seems to have been affected by the money pumped in since the Twenty20 boom of the past decade. Although not a new thing within sport and even within cricket, it needs to be sorted out to bring back the reputation the gentleman's sport of cricket deserves.
Boing, Boing, Bang? Baggies To Stop Bouncing?
West Brom got a very good result against Birmingham this weekend, scoring three second half goals to win the match three-one, and I reckon this could be a good year for Roberto Di Matteo's side. The Baggies have held a reputation for fluent attacking football and shaky defence, and to some point that is still the truth. Scott Carson can be a liability and I'm not sure he has a first choice defence set yet, but Jonas Olsson and Nicky Shorey are decent players. Then they have Chris Brunt, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Jerome Thomas and last season's star Graham Dorrans to spearhead a talented attack, and flying new winger Peter Odemwingie has made an instant impact. This could be the year that they lose that 'bouncing Baggies' reputation.
Sheffield United 1 Portsmouth 0: I'm getting tired of this
Once again, Pompey did themselves proud this weekend, going to a difficult Championship ground and performed admirably. We created the more chances and had the bigger domination. But once again, we lost. Ched Evans' free-kick in the 77th minute condemned the Blues to a harsh and undeserved defeat, but a defeat nonetheless. We need to turn our luck around and very quickly, because it's getting very boring losing every game but playing well. I think Cotterill's the man to do it and we have a team capable of much more than we're giving at the moment, but it just needs that one moment of good luck to change our season. Please, please, please let that moment come soon though!
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