This Weekend's Premiership Action

PHB

Middlesbrough v Chelsea Middlesbrough
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Villa
Fulham v Southampton Fulham
Liverpool v Norwich Liverpool
Man City v Arsenal Arsenal
Newcastle v West Brom Newcastle
Tottenham v Man Utd Man Utd
Bolton v Birmingham Draw

If you ask me this is gona be one of the best weeks to put money on a culmulative bet, with only two games which are gona be close, the rest are top vs. bottom. If you can call Bolton vs Brum and Middle vs Chelsea you can win

KdjaCL

Bang on cept i would go with Arse draw.

kdjac

PHB

Ah now, Man City defence vs. Arsenal attack
I hope your right I just doubt it :P

smuckers

Middlesbrough v Chelsea: Chelsea
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace: Villa
Fulham v Southampton: Draw
Liverpool v Norwich: Liverpool
Man City v Arsenal: Arsenal
Newcastle v West Brom: Newcastle
Tottenham v Man Utd: Spurs
Bolton v Birmingham : Draw

Drag00n79

Middlesbrough v Chelsea (Chelsea)
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace (Villa)
Fulham v Southampton (Draw)
Liverpool v Norwich (Liverpool)
Man City v Arsenal (Arsenal)
Newcastle v West Brom (Newcastle)
Tottenham v Man Utd (Draw)
Bolton v Birmingham (Draw)

Very true about the cumulative bet chances this weekend. However, I don't think ManU's match vs Spurs is an easy call. They've improved under Santini.

mike65

Only interested in one game and by God they better thump Norwich!

Mike.

therecklessone

PHB wrote:

Tottenham v Man Utd Man Utd

only two games which are gona be close, the rest are top vs. bottom. If you can call Bolton vs Brum and Middle vs Chelsea you can win

Eh, hate to spoil the party mate...

Premiership Played/GD/Points

1 Arsenal 6 14 16
2 Chelsea 6 5 14
3 Everton 6 2 13
4 Bolton 6 3 11
5 Tottenham 6 2 10
6 Middlesbrough 6 1 10
7 Aston Villa 6 1 9
8 Man Utd 6 1 9

Not as clear cut as you'd have us believe...

Aaaaaaanyway, here be my predictions:

Middlesbrough v Chelsea Chelsea
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Villa
Fulham v Southampton Fulham
Liverpool v Norwich Liverpool
Man City v Arsenal Arsenal
Newcastle v West Brom Newcastle
Tottenham v Man Utd Draw
Bolton v Birmingham Draw

kensutz

somehow i dont think you will thump Norwich

eirebhoy

Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Villa
Fulham v Southampton draw
Liverpool v Norwich Liverpool
Man City v Arsenal draw
Newcastle v West Brom Newcastle
Tottenham v Man Utd draw
Bolton v Birmingham Bolton

jesus_thats_gre

Go on the pool!!

kensutz

Xabi Alonso had a brilliant game. Jonson is coming on for us, too little too late. Our diamond formation from the start was a big mistake, it gave Liverpool too much room down the wings which killed us.

mike65

Looking foward to The Premiership/MOTD to see what sounds like Liverpool of (very) old.

bbc report.

Liverpool began life without injured captain Steven Gerrard with an inspired victory over struggling Norwich.

Spaniards Xabi Alonso and Luis Garcia pulled the strings in midfield and the hosts took the lead on 23 minutes, Milan Baros firing home from 25 yards.

The excellent Garcia's deflected shot doubled their lead following a clever through ball by striker Djibril Cisse.

And, as Norwich toiled in vain, Cisse grabbed a third from range before leaving early to nurse a slight strain.

The hosts showed their attacking intent from the first whistle and their opening chance fell to the lively Garcia, who cut in from the right flank and blazed his shot against the post.

Haphazard defending from Norwich almost let in Cisse moments later.

But the Reds did not have to wait long for a deserved goal, the ball breaking to Baros, who beat a man before thumping into the corner from long range.

Alonso had by now taken a firm hold of the match, benefiting from the protection of Dietmar Hamann which allowed him to press forward.

On 23 minutes, the Spain international had a hand in the build-up to the second goal, before a clever through ball from Cisse freed Garcia to slot past Robert Green with the help of a healthy deflection.

Both goalscorers could have added to their tallies before the interval as Liverpool thrilled fans with some cavalier football.

Having contributed little to the first half, Norwich resumed with more purpose and were incensed that Hamann escaped a red card after an horrific challenge on Damien Francis.

But with keeper Jerzy Dudek a virtual spectator, Liverpool still had far too much quality for the visitors.

Enjoying a rare start, Stephen Warnock combined well with John Arne Riise down the left flank.

And Baros would have added his second goal of the game had not a narrow offside decision gone against him.

It fell to the Czech player's strike partner Cisse to put the game away after an hour, thumping home a 25-yarder after being teed up by Alonso from a free-kick.

Manager Raphael Benitez withdrew both Cisse and Alonso soon afterwards to rest them for the Champions League.

His team had already wrapped up the points in impressive style, but outclassed Norwich must wait a while longer for their first Premiership win.

Shaque attack

its looking good for the pool so far this season. rafa has managed to instill a level of consistency in the team which has us beating the lesser teams but we have been shown by the united game that we still have a nice bit to go to reach arsenal, chelsea and utd