Boots!
Are we really about to start another season of the Premier League?? (Suck it, Barclays!)
Sure enough, we are!
Just think, this morning every single team has a mathematical chance at winning the title. All, except for Burnley. They’ve already been relegated.
By now, you’ve surely read all of our in-depth team previews. You’ve also read our predictions for the upcoming season. Not much left to do but grab the remote, or make your way to your favorite bar, or turn on your computer, and bliss out to the greatest sport in the world.
Oh, and the Premier League isn’t even the only action this weekend. There’s also a big SPL match, and the managerless Canaries visit Exeter. The usual assortment of TV fixtures and all of your comments after the hop.
(All times EST)
Saturday:
7:45 Chelsea v. Hull City (ESPN2 – it’s true!!)
7:45 Aberdeen v. Celtic (ü75′s house)
9:30 Bayern Munich v. Werder Bremen
10:00 Aston Villa v. Wigan (FSC)
10:00 Blackburn v. Man City (Setanta)
10:00 Exeter City v. Norwich City (Ned’s house)
12:15 Newcastle v. Reading (Setanta)
12:30 Everton v. Arsenal (FSC)
2:55 Toulouse v. St Etienne (Setanta)
9:00 Real Salt Lake v. Houston Dynamo (FSC)
Sunday:
8:25 Man U v. Birmingham (Setanta)
10:55 Nice vs Rennes (Setanta)
11:00 Spurs v. Liverpool (FSC)
12:55 Spartak Moscow vs FC Moscow (Setanta)
2:55 Marseille vs Lille (Setanta)
Last day, 2005–Arsenal 7, Everton 0
First day, 2009–can they get there?
Bendtner is shockingly not total crap out on the right wing.
Some actually interesting choices for the CL broadcasts. Swell!
Memory fail. 7-0 v Everton was the last home game, not the last game of the season.
Wow.
Denilson is making a case to have his Brazilian citizenship reinstated.
I’m currently in first place in the Yahoo league. Suck it minions.
Quite the s**tshow at Goodison today.
Did anyone see fans running out onto the field to throw their season tickets at David Moyes? I guess that only REAL fans do that sort of thing.
Hmmm Arsenal come out looking a bit sluggish. C’mon, keep the cleansheet plz (Almunia on my fantasy footy team).
4!
Hahaha nevermind about being sluggish.
Fabs nutmegs Timmay for the 4th
WAHOO! CESCY FOOTBALL!
The Ceschawk!
The stewards may be busy here soon
Get the magic pixie a couple, plzkthx
Time to go see if my car will start.
For the record, there were three nutmegs on that last goal. Arshavin pass to Denilson, through Neville. RvP pass to Cesc, through Yobo, and Cesc’s shot through Timmay. Ouch.
I hate getting megged on a goal. It’s so emasculating.
Evertonians are going to run riot if this keeps up.
FIFA triple sub!
Thanks for nothing, Jo.
Triple substitution… That’s a bit of a message from Moyes.
I love that the Magic Pixie ™ just pushed Cesc away from yapping at the ref.
Eboue!!
Eh-BOOOOOOOO-ay on for good ol’ #52.
Everton are trying to kill my Fantasy Football season, ON DAY ONE!!!
Cologne own goal puts Wolfsburg up 2-1.
I guess a PK at this point wouldn’t matter, but really–that was an arm away from the body on Neville.
Hoo-boy. Fabs with a brace.
This is really bad.
Fabs! Everton–oof.
A throw from Almunia to Fabs and he dribbles unmolested to the top of the 18.
Wow… Cesc just ran the entire length of the pitch completely unmarked.
That was sick. Cesc just strolled down the pitch and calmly placed it in the corner.
Time to watch Tiger and Vijay.
Eduardo!
Halsey not worried about any handballs from Everton now.
Edu brace to come as well. Ramsey makes it onto the pitch before Wilshere. Interesting.
Everton’s defense is a f**king disgrace today.
/Drogba’d
So, what are the odds that Citeh are no longer pursuing Lescott?
Obafemi Martins seals it for Wolfsburg. 1-3 in the 86th.
3-1 for Wolfsburg, they were down 1-0 up til around 70 minutes, then turned on the jets.
Norwich City mention!!!
@ u75 Did you see Richard Dunne today?
Shola Ameobi with a hattrick for Newcastle in a 3-0 win over Reading. Apparently, Joey Barton started.
Charlie Davies scores for Sochaux, maybe the guy really was the worlds best kept secret.
Ryan–No, why? I was napping off the effects of getting up too early to watch Aberdeen.
Charlie Davies scores for Sochaux. Too bad the home team is behind to Bordeaux 1-2.
everton should at least have some pride and try to injure arshavin or cesc… gaaaahd!
@ u75 Just saying, however bad Lescott looked today with Everton, it’s not like we’re in great hands at present here at City. In the first half Richard tackled our own keeper and also handballed in the box.
I don’t even think they can expend that level of effort right now. Plus, Cesc is off.
Well, I guess I’ll drop him for fantasy, then. Got full points today, though.
Sweet fantasy points!
Crap! I could have used that one from Arshavin, but it hits the post and Eduardo finishes it.
Yes, he had his moments, a couple good clearances, he started the counter for Ade’s goal, not nearly as awful as I made him sound. What’s football if you can’t bitch about your team though right?
Wife says Eduardo looks like someone who was on So You Think You Can Dance. Hopefully, that’s funny to someone out there.
Here comes 7.
No dice. Guess the +6 GD will have to do.
Or +5. Motherf**ker.
FACK! No clean sheet for Manny.
yes…byebye fantasy clean sheets.
Dear Joleon Lescott: I do not appreciate your -1 fantasy points today.
Maybe for you guys, but Schwatrzer got mine.
Oh Arsenal, there goes my fantasy points… That said, get in Gunners! League should now be on notice, eh?
@Spec: Indeed. It’s early, so we shouldn’t get to excited, etc., etc., etc., but that was about the best performance one could hope for.
Everton was, as Norfolk Ned would say, “shambolic.”
I miss anything?
That cha-chinging sound I hear must be Marouane Chamakh’s price tag climbing. Second goal today for les Girondins.
So, Arsenal’s 4-3-3 looks like it’ll work well. Amazing that we still have Walcott, Nasri, Rosicky and even Wilshere to come into the fold. Only worry is the gaps on defense, but credit to Song as holding midfielder. We are still short a couple players (defensive mid and central defender) but more time till Sept 1. Arsenal just have to stay healthy (a lot to ask for), but I honestly think they challenge for the title.
Hmmmm… Stoke v. Burnley? Not sure I can manage that.
Davies scored twice.
Sami played the whole ninety today for Leverwhathaveyou, good for him.
Spectator: Gaps? Were you watching Vermahlen. He was fantastic today. Rarely out of position and bailed out Clichy a couple of times beautifully.
Green Eggs: He walks free in 6 months anyway (I think). If playing at Arsenal is indeed his dream, he costs nothing in January.
@PR – how dare you disparage Gael!
And, yes, Chamakh is free in January.
@PR: Not gaps in the backline, but rather in the midfield since we’ve got three up front. Just saying, we could get exposed on counterattacks with this formation. But if we can keep scoring six goals a game than it’ll work out okay!
Burnley will be down by St. Patrick’s Day
One of the corner’s at the Britannia is sponsored by “Chlamydia Test”
Jesus Christ on a crutch that was bad. At least we’re ahead of Everton on goal difference.