[Football] 2007-2008 Barclays' English Premier Leaue

The table after today's Newcastle-Arsenal match:

1. Arsenal 37
2. Man United 33
3. Chelsea 31
4. Liverpool 30 (with a game in hand)

What's everyone's thoughts on the big 4 thus far? I'm not that impressed with Arsenal's start, for the simple fact that they've been extremely average away from London this season. In 5 games played outside of London, they've taken only 9 points, and were extremely lucky to get all three points this weekend at Villa. They've also only taken 4 points in 3 Champion's League games this season, the lone win coming against the mighty Steaua Bucuresti. That's hardly the form champions are made of. They're going to have to leave London a lot more for the rest of the season, and if they don't improve on those numbers, they won't have a chance at the league.

I think that December will be a huge month for the big 4, and we'll know a lot more about how good Arsenal are come the new year.

 

I love watching Messi play, he really knows how to use his size to his advantage to be able to turn and make cuts, his overall sense of balance is unreal. Add his ball control skills and speed on top of that and he's one of the funnest players to watch right now.

 

Ronaldinho hasn't been anywhere near his old self for a couple of years now. But Messi has amazing talent, I think he'll go down as the best player of this generation when all is said and done.

 

Where did I say he wasn't a great player? All I said is that he wasn't anywhere close to as good as he was three years ago. That's a fact. And the drop off started even before the World Cup. As you said, he's simply not consistent anymore, and I think that's the true mark of a top player. I don't know if I'd put him as one of the top 10 players in the world. And quite a few of those goals last season came from the penalty spot.

 

God, I love beating the Scousers!

Here's the table after this week's matches:

Games Pts
1 Arsenal 17 40
2 Manchester United 17 39
3 Chelsea 17 34
4 Manchester City 17 33
5 Liverpool 16 30
6 Everton 17 30
7 Portsmouth 17 30

 

THAT WAS LIQUID FOOTBALL

Arsenal 1 Chelski 0

 

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Robinho and Messi are probably the two best young talents in soccer
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Oh and maybe this will finally be the year christiano ronaldo will stop acting like a little girl
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...............he's taken over Arjen Robben's flopping trohpy since robben left for real madrid....
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i swear he reminds me so much of manu ginobli....

 

Robinho isn't in the same class as Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney, and Cesc in my opinion.

As far as Ronaldo and diving, he's come a long way since the World Cup. Yes, he'll still take a dive every so often, but he's improved a lot.

 

my gunners did a job well done today!

 

Here's the table at the half way point:

P PTS
1. ManUtd 19 45
2. Arsenal 19 44
3. Chelsea 19 38
4. Liverpool 18 36

I'm a little surprised that we're at the top right, especially since we haven't even gotten out of second gear yet, and we've played the majority of the season without Paul Scholes, our best midfielder. Arsenal continues to show that they're an average team away from London, and it looks like they've blown their load far too early. They'll also now be forced to play the next month without Toure, Adebayor and Eboue, that's going to be tough for them to overcome. Chelsea lose Drogba and Mikel to the ACN and they look a completely different team without Drogba on the pitch. Benitez's tinkering takes away any chance for Liverpool to try to overcome the deficit they face. At this point I feel like it's definitely our title to lose.

 

I gotta agree. ManU is simply dominating right now. Tough game at West Ham this weekend, but I think they continue and win that one. No reason to think that they're going to slow down now.

 

And the amazing thing is, we haven't gotten out of second gear yet. That should scare the crap out of the rest of the Premiership.

 

And those in the Champions League.

 

Another thing I just came across, after West Ham, we will have played the top 9 teams in the Premiership all away from home, save Chelsea. Meaning all of those teams have to come to OT in the second half.

 

That's almost not fair. Chelsea doesn't scare me anymore, especially without Drogba. They've become the Yankees of the PL. A ton of cash in payroll and nothing to show for it.

 

Anyone just catch the 6 goal second half from Manchester United? That was top class football at its best. Shay Given had a number of great saves, or this one would have easily been in double digits (not to mention two very solid penalty claims, not including Ronaldo's).

Top of the table again!