Premier League Weekend Review

I owe you (the readers I’ve got left) an apology. There hasn’t been a lot of activity on here recently but I have been working on other things. The main thing that I have in the pipeline is my own website. It will be launching in the next few weeks and is going to be called In Off The Post. Feel free to give it a like on Facebook.  www.facebook.com/inoffthepost.net

It will be covering football in the Midlands, Women’s football and loads of other stuff. So a lot of my focus has been going on that, and also over the last couple of months I have gained a girlfriend and apparently in these situations you are expected to see and spend time together (Crazy I know) So yeah the bottom line of this story is that free time has been a little thin on the ground so the blog has taken a hit. But… I am going to try and do something about it so don’t give up on me just yet.

So the 1^st part of my blogging resurrection is coming to you this afternoon in the shape of a review of the Premier League action this weekend.

I’m going to start at Old Trafford where Manchester United came from behind twice to scramble victory against a very resilient Stoke side. Once more United weren’t exactly firing on all cylinders but at least this time in front of the Old Trafford faithful they managed to come out on top, with Hernandez netting a late winner. How many times have we said that in recent years? But the thing that really took my eye from this game was the booing of Nani. I mean yes his performances may not have been up to scratch but how is booing him going to help?

Probably the biggest game of the weekend took place yesterday between Chelsea and Manchester City and it was Mourinho’s men who came out on top. In little part thanks to yet another error from City keeper Joe Hart. It has got to the point now where errors like these are now far more the norm than they really should be so the biggest story at the Bridge was Fernando Torres. Not only did Torres capitalise on said error from Hart but he had a brilliant game, no one has been more critical of the Spaniard than me in recent years but does the fact that he has finally put a couple of good performances together mean he is finally getting back to some decent from? Or are those in Chelsea all getting a bit too excited over nothing again?

Another week and more goals for Suarez and Sturridge at Liverpool. The header from Suarez from the edge of the area was truly exceptional. They might still be a little frail defensively but with how good they are going forward they may well have enough to get into the top four. I think talk of a title challenge is jumping the gun a little bit but they are playing very well at the moment. But the real surprise package of the season so far has been Southampton.

They have built a very good team down there and they are playing brilliantly well right now. They have plenty of good young players, young English players at that, and they comfortably beat Fulham at the weekend. And the longer the season goes on it can’t be long until we see Adam Lallana in an England shirt surely?

Elsewhere Sunderland triumphed in the derby but the jury remains out as to whether this will kick start their season. Everton beat Villa to keep up their good early season form, and Arsenal despite not playing well eventually overcame strugglers Crystal Palace. West Ham went away to Swansea and came out with a very good point as did Cardiff from Norwich. This isn’t because Norwich are a good team but as a newly promoted team every point gained away from home is a good point. In fact Norwich could be in trouble; they have spent a lot of money but don’t really seem to have improved for it. Fer (sportsmanship issues aside) and Redmond are good players but the rest are yet to convince.

So that’s all for now folks I’ll be back with something else for you soon