Archive for November, 2009

What started out with such promise ended in utter disaster for Arsenal. The matched started out great for the Gunners. Arsenal had most of the possessions but little to show for it.

But once again, mister money player showed up. Didier Drogba punished the Gunners in the 41^st minute. Cole’s great low cross into the box was struck home by Drogba to give the Blues a 1-0 lead.

Can you say game, set, and match?

Four minutes later, an own goal by Thomas Vermaelen sealed the Gunners fate. Ashley Cole fired ball into the box. Bing. Bam. Boom. The ball ricochets off of Vermaelen’s shin into the Arsenal net to make it 2-0 Chelsea at the break.

Turn out the lights the party’s over.

Stick a fork in Arsenal for they are surely done on this Sunday.

Arsenal thought they had cut the lead to 2-1 but Arshavin’s smash into the back of the net was disallowed due to Eduardo’s high boot on Blues keeper Cech.

Drogba’s lightening quick strike from twenty-five yards out in the 86^th minute sealed the deal for Chelsea. The Blues 3-0 win over Arsenal places Chelsea into the drivers seat in the race for the EPL title.

Chelsea is in the pole position with 36 points. Man U is in second place with 31 points.

The Spurs are now in third place with 26 points. Arsenal is in fourth place with 25 points.

Liverpool jumped into fifth place with a huge 2-0 win over Everton.

Everton completely outplayed the Reds but Liverpool won on an own goal by Joseph Yobo. Reds Javier Mascherano fired a great ball into the box Yobo made a bone head play. Yobo deflected the ball past keeper Tim Howard to give Liverpool a 1-0 lead after the 12^th minute

Dirk Kuyt nailed the winner off another defensive boo-boo by the one and only Yobo in the 80^th minute to make it 2-0 Reds.

Can you say I would rather be lucky than good?

The Reds now have 23 points.

This win may have saved Liverpool’s season.

Chelsea looks like the class of the EPL so far however there is still a lot of futebol to be played. The EPL champ will have anywhere between four and six losses.

Please don’t forget that the Blues will be without out Drogba for the month of January due to the Africans Cup.

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Three penalties. One questionable PK awarded. All and all Manchester United came away with a hard-earned 4-1 win over bottom feeder Portsmouth.  Wayne Rooney finally got off the schnid and had a hat trick. Two PK kicks and a powerful strike by Rooney led the Red Devils to an all-important win.

Rooney’s second goal was a classic futebol play. Buda bing Buda boom right down the pitch. A great give and go at the top box between Giggs and Rooney made Pompey look really stupid. Shot. Score. Kiss this baby bye-bye for Portsmouth.

Pompey made it interesting when Red Devil’s defender Vidic was called for a Mickey Mouse penalty on a free kick in the 32^nd minute.

The ref said that Vidic tugged Frederic Piquionne shirt. Give me a freakin break. This was an insane call. Why not put a dress on Piquionne instead.

Kevin Prince Boateng connected on the PK to send shivers down Manchester United’s collective spines.

Not to worry The Red Devils came out smoking in the second half and scored three goals to salt this puppy away.

Manchester City recorded their seventh consecutive tie a one all draw with Hull City. Seven consecutive draws by City set a new EPL record for kissing your sister. This is getting patently ridiculous for City.

This begs the question. With all the big bucks spent to buy a title, was the money spent wisely?

I will give you three guess and the first two don’t count.

City now has more draws than wins. City has five wins and seven draws.

Spurs fell behind early to Aston Villa. Villa’s Gabriel Agbonlahor knocked home a scramble ball in front of the Spurs net in the tenth minute. Shot. Block. Rebound. Block. Score. 

Tottenham rallied in the second half to tie this baby up on great strike by Michael Dawson in the 77^th minute.

Villa keeper Brad Friedel was the hero of the match. He made several point-blank saves of for sure Spurs goals late in the match to preserve the tie for Aston Villa.

I love the style of futebol Spurs and Villa played. This was racehorse futebol up and down the pitch. Punch counterpunch. Attack counter attack.

Spurs needed three points but a tie will do in a pinch.

Tottenham has 26 points.

Villa has 23 points.

This tie still keeps Spurs within striking distance of league leader Chelsea.

Chelsea has an epic struggle with Arsenal on Sunday.

If Chelsea wins, there will be a ten-point spread between the Blues and Spurs. If Chelsea losses the spread will only be seven points.

In the survival race in Brasileiro Series B America, Ipatinga-MG, Juventude, and Fortaleza are fighting to avoid the last two heave-hoe spots. The bottom four clubs get 86^th.

It all comes down to this final Saturday to see who gets the final two heave-hoe invites.

ABC and Campinense-PB are already booked their demotion spots.

American tied Ceare zero-zero.

Ipatinga-MG defeated Vasco 2-0. Vasco didn’t have that much to play for since Gigante de Colina has already secured first place in Series B and will be promoted to the Campeonato for next season.

Juventude had a chance to leap-frog out of the heave-hoe zone but Verdao lost to Guarani 2-1.

Gone are ABC, Campinense-PB, Juventude, and Fortaleza. America just missed being sent down by a mere two points. Juventude had 44 points. America had 46 points.

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It is nut cutting Saturday and Sunday in the EPL and Campeonato Brasil. The grand daddy of em all happens on Sunday at Arsenal’s house Emirates Stadium. League leader Chelsea takes on the Gunners.

This is a must win for Arsenal.  Even though the Gunners have a game in hand, Arsenal trails Chelsea by eight points. The Blues have 33 points. Arsenal has 25 big ones.

The wild card player in the Blues Gunners match up is Drogba. If Drogba has his typical match, it will be a long one for Arsenal. The Gunners have to put the clamps on Drogba. Do not give him space to operate and set the table for Anelka, Deco, and Lampard.

With Van Persie out Arsenal needs to have Walcott, Wilshere, and Eduardo rip the twines.

Fabregas will have a huge role in the match against Chelsea as well. Fabregas will be wearing the Captains armband. Cesc Fabregas has scored six goals so far so it is imperative for him score as well too.

I have this sense the match changers will either be Drogba or Fabregas.

Flamengo has a huge match against Corinthians as well on Sunday. Mengao is in second place with 61 points.  Sao Paulo is in first place with 62 points.

Rubro-Negro travels to Sao Paulo take on Corinthians at Timao’s house Brinco de Ouro de Princesa. 

Adriano needs to come up big. So does Petkovic and Ze-Roberto. Ties not wins are a must if Flamengo wants to win their sixth Campeonato.

Adriano said that Mengao must forget what Sao Paulo does against Goias and concentrate on Corinthians. Adriano said Flamengo has to come away with the win.

“Não podemos ficar pensando no São Paulo. Precisamos fazer a nossa parte diante do Corinthians. O nosso confronto será muito complicado. Esperamos fazer um grande jogo e sair com a vitória de Campinas”, salientou Adriano, acrescentando.

So there, you have it from the Emperors mouth. It is put up so shut up time for Rubro-Negro.  We have to play together. The only way Mengao can win is if Flamengo plays together as a unit.

 ”O grupo é muito unido. Todos se respeitam e isso é muito importante. Sabemos que só vamos conseguir o nosso objetivo se estivermos juntos. Queremos o título brasileiro, mas se ele não vier, tenho certeza que todos ficarão com o sentimento de um bom trabalho”, emendou o Imperador.

Palmeiras has a hot date with Atletico-MG on Sunday. Sport and Internacional battle it out on Sunday as well.

Three points separate the top four clubs Sao Paulo, Flamengo, Palmeiras, and Internacional.

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Fluminense is on the verge of getting the heave hoe from the Campeonato but before this happens, Po-de-arroz battled Ecuadorian side LDU Quito for the Copa Sudamericana title.

In the first leg of the championship, LDU blew out Fluminense 5-1.

Po-de-arroz started out well. Fluminense scored first. Fred fired a great ball at the LDU keeper Alexander Dominguez. Shot. Rebound. Score. Marquinho pounced on the rebound and scored to give Fluminense the early 1-0 lead after one minute.

Then all hell broke loose. LDU went on a scoring rampage and scored the next five goals in route to a 5-1 slaughter of Po-de-arroz.

Edison Mendez scored a hat trick for the home side.

Many on the Brasilian side blame the 3,000-meter altitude on the loss. Yes, being nine thousand feet in the air has an effect but Cuca get your team butts up in the rarefied air at least two days before match time to prepare for this insanity. Don’t be an idiot like Maradona Argentina’s head clown whose side was blown out by Bolivia 6-1 in La Paz. La Paz is twelve thousand feet in the air.

Yes, I do believe that playing at nine thousand feet had a huge effect on the outcome of the match but the real reason Fluminense was blown out Po-de arroz was missing Maicon and Digao.

Even with these two players present I think Po-de-arroz would have lost but not by 5-1. I believe the final score would have been 3-1.    

Still even if Maicon and Digao come back in time for the December 2^nd rematch it will a monumental task for Po-de-arroz for Fluminense has to score at least four goals and keep LDU Quito off the scoreboard at Maracanã if Fluminense wants to win the Copa Sudamericana title.

This is a rematch of last year Copa final between LDU and Fluminense. Do you remember what happened? Po-de-arroz lost in a PK shoot out at home to LDU.

On top of that, Fluminense is in 17^th place with 42 points in the Campeonato. Po-de-arroz is staring the heave hoe zone in the face. Fluminense has no room for error.

Po-de-arroz must win on Sunday against Vitoria, then turn around, and play LDU on Wednesday December 2^nd. This is a hard turn around but Fluminense’s future hangs in the balance.

Po-de-arroz must hope that Botafogo loses to Atletico-PR. Both Fogao and Furacão have 44 points. 

The race for the heave hoe zone is very intense.

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In a match that really didn’t mean a hill of beans to Manchester United the Red Devils sent out their second team and lost 1-0 to Besiktas 1-0 at home in Old Trafford. This was not the result Sir Alex was looking for.

Rooney, Berbatov, and Valencia were given the day off. Still I though the Red Devils young guns would perform better than they did.

Sure, Manchester United has already qualified for the knockout stage but to lose in your house is not cool. This is bad.

The only marker of the match happened in the 20^th minute. Rodrigo Tello strike from just outside the box tickled the twines to give Besiktas the win. Tello’s ball did a little dipsy do and fooled Red Devils keeper Ben Foster.

The Red Devils peppered the Besiktas goal with twenty-eight shots. Many of them were off target but jeez at least one or two should have found the back of the net.

This was a horrible display of offensive futebol. Welbeck, Macheda, Owen, and Park couldn’t hit the broadside of barn with a machine gun.

I know the big guys were not playing but still this result is bad.

Here’s a thought. Sure, the result stinks.

Maybe the old fox knows what he is doing. For crying out loud, someone has to find the back of the net on a regular basis.

Rooney, Berbatov, Anderson, or Valencia needs to step up to the plate and start hitting some home runs instead of the big whiff.

This loss ended Manchester United’s twenty-three match unbeaten streak at home in Champions League play.

Chelsea sneaked past FC Porto 1-0. Nicholas Anelka close range header in the 69^th minute provided the Blues with the slim margin of victory.

Chelsea fielded pretty much their first team in this match.

The Blues performance was lack luster. Chelsea seemed to be just going through the motions. Sure, both FC Porto and the Blues are on to the knockout stage but if you are just going through the motions play the second team. Why risk getting a star player hurt when the Blues have a huge encounter with Arsenal at the Gunners house on Sunday at Emirates Stadium.

AC Milan and Marseille tied one all.

Real Madrid defeated Zurich 1-0.

Group C is still up in the air as to who will advance to the knockout stage. Real is atop Group C with ten points. AC Milan is in second place with eight points. Third place is Marseille with seven points.

Marseille battles Real on December 8^th. AC Milan has a hot date with Zurich on December 8^th as well.

It will all come down to the final matches of the group stage to determine who will advance.

Marseille’s tie with AC Milan on Wednesday may come back and bite the French club in the butt.

Marseille needs to beat Real and hope the AC Milan will either lose or tie with Zurich.

The one comfort Marseille has is that the match against Real is being played in the French’s house.

However stranger things have happened.

For Real now has the fake Ronaldo back.

Let’s see if he shows up or does his classic disappearing act in crunch time.

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For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out that if Liverpool defeated Debrecen and Fiorentina lost to Lyon that the Reds would qualify for the knockout stage. I kept on looking at the table to see how this could possibly be.

I went back through the fixtures to make sure and guess what. A loss by Fiorentina and win by Liverpool would still leave the Reds two points short.

Do the math.  Four plus three is seven. Seven is still less than nine.

This would mean that Liverpool would have to defeat Fiorentina in their final match in December. But remember that Fiorentina beat Liverpool in Italy.

This is a moot point.

The Reds kept up their end of the bargain by beating winless Debrecen 1-0. David Ngog’s goal in the fourth minute kept Liverpool’s chances alive of making it into the knockout stage. These dreams came crashing down to earth when Fiorentina defeated Lyon 1-0.  Juan Vargas nailed the PK in the 28^th minute to salt this puppy away for the Italian side.

For this is bad reporting. This stinks. The sports press is just as wild and loose with the facts just like the state run media. This is totally misleading. Why let the facts get in the way of a good story.

Oh, Yeah, I forgot the sports media and state run media are all one in the same.

This kind of crap makes me crazy. Sure, I get kinda lose and easy with describing a match. I like to embellish a lot. This is the old radio announcer in me. Radio paints word pictures for the audience.

The facts are the facts.

I even asked a couple of my futebol expert friends and they didn’t have an answer either.

With that said there is no harm no foul.

Arsenal came up big in their match with Liege. The Gunners won 2-0. Samir Nasri and Brasilian Denilson scored for Arsenal.

Way to go garoto.

This was a huge win.

The team that needed to win Barcelona did just that. Barca bageled Inter 2-0. I bet the wonderful one Jose Mourinho is crapping in his pants. Barcelona was on the verge of getting the heave hoe from the Champions League. Gerard Pique and Pedro came up big to keep Barcas’s dreams of a two peat in tact at least for now.

Mourinho’s boys had a chance to deliver a knockout blow but wound up whiffing big time.

The victory lifts Barcelona into first place with eight points. Both Inter and Rubin Kazan each have six points.

This means it will be a scramble between Inter, Barca, and Rubin Kazan to see which two clubs will advance to the next round.

This is truly nut cutting time. I love it.

However, I gotta admit that I was hoping Liverpool would lose. Why? I am not sure. Yes, I am. The reason is that Rafa and his merry band of men always come up short in the EPL. I wanted the Reds to lose to force management to crap or get off the pot. Rafa needs to go. He has taken Liverpool as far as he can now its time for another manager.

Liverpool is in a huge rut. They are always close but no cigar in their quest for the EPL title. Lets start his rumor. It’s time for “The Special One” to come back to the EPL. Jose Mourinho.

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Spurs 9-1 win over Wigan was totally unexpected. I never expected this score and I don’t think anyone else did either. I can see three, four, or maybe five goals but nine this is ridiculous.

Jermain Defoe had five of those babies. Defoe began his scoring spree in the 51^st minute. He added another marker three minutes later in the 54^th minute.  Defoe scored another four minutes later in the 58^th minute.

Wigan’s Paul Scharner stopped the Defoe scoring barrage in the 57^th minute. This was the Latics lone goal of the match. 

Not to be deterred Defoe scored in the 69^th and 87^th minute as well.

This was one of those classic butt whippings administered by Spurs to the Latics. 

The win keeps Tottenham within striking distance of Chelsea. Both Spurs and the Gunners have 25 points each but Arsenal is in third place due to a better goal difference.

The Gunners are plus 21 while Tottenham is only a plus 14.

The Brasileiro futebol pundits are making book on who will win the Campeonato. Almost to a tee, these so called wizards of smart are conceding the title to Sao Paulo. Not so, fast garoto. Do the math. One point separates Tricolor and Mengao. Sure Mengao had a horrible tie on Sunday against Goias but Flamengo’s unbeaten streak is now at sixteen matches. Sao Paulo lost to Botafogo on Sunday so take that you clowns in the media.

The race for the Campeonato will be a dogfight between Tricolor, Rubro-Negro, Palmeiras, and Internacional.

So you media pundits can blow it out your, you know what.

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Most of these so-called expert futebol blogs sound all the same. Boring.

For me this blog is meant to be fun. I know what rules I am breaking. I write the way people talk. It makes it easier to read. Read it out loud and you will see how well the language flows.

This blog is a combo of Chick Hern, John Madden, Bob Saam, Harry Kalas, the hood, playground hoops, football, ice hockey, Brasilian giria, and futebol all rolled into one. 

Now back to the cool junk. Flamengo has a hot date with Corinthians at the Brinco de Ouro. Sao Paulo takes a little trek to Serra Dourada. Palmeiras extended an invitation to Atletico-MG in Alviverde’s house Parque Antarctica. Internacional and Sport square off in Recife.

With fire in our eyes, all us Flamenguistas will be in full throat on Sunday rooting our Mengao to victory.

Adriano, Petkovic, and Ze-Roberto will come up big.

This is my dilemma. Fiorentina has nine points. Liverpool has four points. Suppose Fiorentina losses and the Reds win Liverpool will only have seven points as compared with Fiorentina’s nine points. So how can Liverpool beat out the Italian side?  Do the math four plus three is seven not nine or ten.

I don’t get it how Liverpool will advance while Fiorentina won’t.

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Vasco, Atletico-GO, Guarani, and Ceara all got promoted to the big dance.

For Ceara this is a dream come true. It took Vovo sixteen years to make it back to the Campeonato. Ceara was sent down in 1993. The Vovo fans will be partying well into the night.

Vasco was sent down to Series B in 2008. Vasco turned it around and came storming back to the Campeonato.

Gigante da Colina kicked some major butt in D-2 and won the whole shebang. My wife’s father and my good friend Gil are very happy campers. I love to give them a rash of crap. Their team was worse that bad but now I am happy for them.

Corinthians looked like world-beaters at the start of the season but look at Timao now. They are playing like crap.

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The old fat man Ronaldo scored his first goal in more than two months but this was not enough as Nautico came from behind to beat Timao 3-2. 

The killer. Corinthians was up 2-1 with eight minutes to go. Boom. A goal. A dumb penalty in injury time and kiss the three points bye bye. Instead of at least one point you clowns get zippo, nada, nothing, fool.

Carlinhos Bala rips the twines in the 85^th minute to tie this puppy up at two all.

Corinthians master dumbo Escurdero commits a stupid penalty in injury time. Timbu’s Ailton stutter kicks home the PK winner to stick a dagger in Corinthians season.

Timao started out with so much promise now look at em. Timao spent the first month of the season in the top five now they are lucky to be mid table.  Corinthians is in tenth place with 49 points.

This is horrible.

But hey, this could be worse.

Timao could wind up like Fluminense and get the heave hoe.

Sao Paulo has a hot date with Botafogo on Sunday. My wife and I watched this baby on Directv. http://www.blogtelevision.net/

Botafogo drew first blood. Jobson ripped the twines in the 14^th minute to give Fogao the early 1-0.

Tricolor found the equalizer in injury time of the first half. Sao Paulo kept up the pressure. Cesar fired a great crossing ball into the box. Washington skillfully headed the ball past the helpless Fogao keeper in the 45^th minute to even this puppy up at one all.

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A scramble ball in front of the net resulted in a goal for Tricolor. Jorge Wagner knocked home the gimme goal in the 56^th minute to give Sao Paulo a 2-1 lead.

From my vantage point of Directv, http://www.blogtelevision.net/ it looks Tricolor is in the drivers seat.

Not so, fast buckaroo. Botafogo raced down the pitch. Pass. Shot. Block. Rebound. Open header into the net. Goal. Renato equalized this baby up in the 58^th minute. It’s two all. Baby hold on to your horses for this match is surely a horse race.

Botafogo may have salted the match away in the 90^th minute. Jobson broke free inside the box and beat two Tricolor defenders to give Fogao a 3-2 lead.

Jobson was a give a second yellow card for taking his shirt off in a wild celebration. Sure, the rule states no stripping your shirt off but jeez give em a break will ya.

Now Fogao gets another red card. This makes three red cards on the day for Fogao. Can Botafogo hang on for the win?

Botafogo did and won 3-2.

This gives Flamengo a chance to move into first place.

Flamengo battles Goias. This should be a good one. Check out the action on Directv.

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Mengao had a chance to move into first place in the Campeonato but no the bums came away with a nil-nil tie with Goias. Rubro-Negro had many chances to find the back of the net instead Mengao came up empty.

I am not a happy camper.

This stinks but a tie is better than a loss.

Flamengo now trails Sao Paulo by one point.

Tricolor has 62 points.

Mengao has 61 points.

Internacional moves into third place with 59 points.

Palmeiras drops to fourth place with 59 points.

Colorado has a plus 17-goal difference. Alviverde is only a plus 12-goal difference.

Two more matches left so a loss in either one of Flamengo’s final two matches will be fatal.

Rubro-Negro’s unbeaten string is now at sixteen.

We need wins not ties.

All is not lost.

Adriano had at least three great scoring opportunities each time he came up empty. One of those was a clear shot on the naked goal. Miss big time. Not good garoto.

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This is not the result that Liverpool and Manchester City wanted a two all draw but hey, a tie is better than a loss. A loss would have been a fatal blow to the Reds chances of hanging near the top five or six or let alone have a chance for the EPL crown.

City on the other hand is wasting golden opportunity after opportunity to move up table. This makes six ties in a row for Manchester City. Not good garoto.

How is all that money spent on this high priced talent working for ya City?

City remains in sixth place with 21 points. The Reds are in seventh place with 20 points.

Before we get away for the Reds result I still think Liverpool has a chance to win the title. Why? Do you ask. Let me tell ya. The EPL champ will have anywhere between four and six losses maybe as many as seven. This year’s race will be one of the craziest in history. You think I am nuts? I am and I have the papers to prove I am but you have to trust me on this. It will happen.

Chelsea kicked some major butt. The Blues destroyed Wolves 4-0. This was one of those old-fashioned butt whippings. Michael Essian had the daily double. He scored in the 12^th and 22^nd minute to salt this sucker away.

The surprise match so far. The Gunners 1-0 loss to Sunderland. This match was nip and tuck throughout. The match breaker happened in the 71^st minute. Darren Bent’s up close and personal shot tickled the twines to lift the Black Cats to the win.

Can you say, this stinks Gunners. This is not the result that Arsenal was looking for.

The killer. Van Persie’s gone. No one stepped up to pick up the scoring lack. What did ya expect? A miracle.

The result. Three points lost.

Manchester United and Everton are battling it out at Old Trafford. The difference so far Darren Fletcher’s one time volleyball that ripped the back of the net in the 35^th minute to give the Red Devils a 1-0 lead.

Evra fires a cross into the top part of the box to Valencia. Valencia headed the ball to Fletcher. Shot. Goal.

I can hear Dandy Don Meredith singing, turn out the lights the parties over. The Red Devils have just salted this puppy away. Shot. Save. Rebound. Kick out. Pass. Shot. Block. One timer. Score. Yep baby that’s what happened. Michael Carrick’s one timer from the top of the box ripped the twines to give Man U a 2-0 lead after sixty-six minutes.

Double bubble boil and trouble for Everton. Valencia received a great pass from Scholes. Valencia drove the right wing. Shot. Ball is deflected off of Everton’s Baines. Goal 76^th minute. Stick a fork in Everton for they are surely done. 3-0 Man U.

It’s all over. Manchester United picks up a much needed three points to stay with in striking distance of league leader Chelsea.

Chelsea is the top dog with 33 points. The Red Devils are in second place with 28 points. The Gunners are third with 25 points.

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There are some huge matches taking place in the EPL on Saturday. Let’s start with the lethal death match between Liverpool and Manchester City. The implications are massive. If the Reds stink the joint and lose you can kiss your season bye bye. If Liverpool draws with City, this result would not be fatal but you can put the Reds season on life support.

If Liverpool wins, it won’t be, happy days are here again but the patient will be removed from the critical list. Liverpool has no room for error from now until seasons end in May.

Liverpool has five loses in their first twelve matches. This stinks.

For City it is a completely different matter. City has five wins, five draws, and one loss. That’s it for all the high priced talent. Give me a break fool. You clowns break the bank spending all kinds of bucks and what do you have to show for it. Zippo, Nada. Nothing.

Sixth place in the table. Ten points behind leaders Chelsea. Can you say money not well spent. The saving grace is this. City has a game in hand and if they can win against Liverpool City will get well.

Manchester United needs to clean Everton’s clock. A tie or a loss will kill the Red Devils chances for a historic four peat. Rooney and the guys need to score a boatload of goals.

Let’s hope Old Trafford will prove to be a magical place for Man U.

Arsenal travels to the Stadium of Light to take on Sunderland. The Gunners will be minus their leading scorer Robin Van Persie. The idiots at Dutch National Team used Van Persie in a meaningless international friendly. Van Persie will be out for at least six weeks. Can you say, Dude do you have shit for brains.”  I am sorry for the language but I am using it for effect.

The Gunners should win.

Still, the Dutch coach needs to shot for stupidity.

Chelsea will battle Wolves. This match should be a walk in the park for the Blues.

But hold on to your horses because anything can and will happen. Wolverhampton is one step above stink. 

I have seen this before. The crummy team upsets the league leader. Watch out Chelsea for the upset bug a boo can bite ya in the butt.

I don’t think so but…..

When the dust settles at the end of the day Chelsea, Gunners, and Man U will all win.

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