FA Cup Preview (Part Two)

This weekend sees the kick off, for the top teams at least, the oldest knockout cup competition in sports, the FA Cup. Joining at the 3rd round, the Premiership sides get to join a competition which is already seen numerous rounds, including pre qualifying, with the lower league sides mouths watering at the prospect of traveling to or welcoming Premier League sides and big name players to their homes. This is part one of my two part look at the fixtures involving Premier League sides.

Premier League Predictions (Part 4 Of 4)

I missed out on doing this last year but figured I would go ahead and rekindle my Nostradamus type qualities for this season. Over the next four days I will take a look at each Premier League side, look at their positions last season along with how their summer has either strengthened or weakened them for this campaign.

Yesterday I looked at Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton, Stoke and Sunderland. Today, in the final day I will look at the last five. Today it’s the turn of Swansea, Tottenham, Watford, West Brom and West Ham.

Best Team In The Land?? That's A Matter Of Opinion.

There will always be fan banter back and forth about whose club is bigger. Fans have their own opinions as to what makes them a big club. Some fans look at domestic trophies won, others look at European cups or Leagues their side have won. Attendances also have to be figured in when thinking about big clubs as big clubs can only be big with big support.
I will look at all these things and award sides points from 10 down to 1 on each category. First up is all top flight games since 1888. There are two categories for this section, most total points and average points per game.

Premier League Predictions

At this point in seasons previous there would be a significant gap in the various sections of the league which would allow us to start looking at where their goals for the transfer window, January and for the rest of the season could be clearly defined. While six points separate the top four teams the same amount of points split the whole bottom half of the league, 11 teams. That means that every week now and in the immediate future we will be seeing some key games on a weekly basis.

West Bromwich Albion: Baggies Now Have Some Pepe In Their Step!

Well it is finally here and West Brom have announced their new manager, Pepe Mel. This is the same guy who was spoken to about the vacancy back in December but was ruled out after wanting to bring his own backroom staff with him.

The Best Of English Supporters - And It Will Not Make Any Headlines!

English supporters do not always get shown in the best of lights from the media and certainly the reputation of the hooligan aspect of the 1980's seems only to ever be just bubbling under the surface.

Top 5 Most Important New Years Day Goals.

January 1st sees the last of the crazy run of Premier League games over the festive season. On Boxing Day, on another site, I had looked at to top five most important goals for teams on that day. Due to the response I got from that I figured I would do the same on here for the New Years Day Premier League match schedule.