BPL results 19-20th SEPT 09.

BURNLEY vs SUNDERLAND
3-1 ***

ARSENAL vs WIGAN
4-0

BOLTON vs STOKE CITY
1-1

ASTON VILLA vs PORTSMOUTH
2-0

HULL CITY vs BIRMINGHAM
0-1

WEST HAM vs LIVERPOOL
2-3

MANCHESTER UTD vs MANCHESTER CITY
4-3

EVERTON vs BLACKBURN
3-0 ***

CHELSEA vs TOTTENHAM
3-0

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BERN's BPL selected picks: 19-20th SEPT

BURNLEY vs SUNDERLAND
home win

ARSENAL vs WIGAN
D-H

BOLTON vs STOKE CITY
3-2

ASTON VILLA vs PORTSMOUTH
4-0

HULL CITY vs BIRMINGHAM
DRAW

WEST HAM vs LIVERPOOL
1-2

MANCHESTER UTD vs MANCHESTER CITY
0-0

EVERTON vs BLACKBURN
home win

CHELSEA vs TOTTENHAM
1-1

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Derbies

Its back to weekend and we have top 4 teams against each other. Manchester derby and Londy derby. Man Utd came back from a goal down to win 3 - 1 at White Hart lane and Arsenal, again left the city of Manchester with back-to-back defeats.

Adebayor will not be available for this match after he was banned for three matches for stamping on Robin van Persie's head.

BURNLEY vs SUNDERLAND
Match No: 0301
Away 2.33
SUNDERLAND (-1.5) 4.65
A-A 4.10
0-2 9.50
TG 2 3.40

ARSENAL vs WIGAN
Match No: 0302
Home 1.18
ARSENAL (-1.5) 1.55
H-H 1.55
5-1 25.00
TG 6 12.00

BOLTON vs STOKE CITY
Match No: 0303
Draw 3.15
STOKE CITY (1.5) 1.22
A-D 14.00
1-1 5.50
TG 2 3.30

ASTON VILLA vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No: 0304
Away 8.60
PORTSMOUTH (1.5) 1.67
D-A 18.00
0-2 55.00
TG 2 3.60

HULL CITY vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No: 0305
Home 2.20
BIRMINGHAM (1.5) 1.15
H-H 3.90
2-1 8.00
TG 3 3.70

WEST HAM vs LIVERPOOL
Match No: 0306
Away 1.40
LIVERPOOL (-1.5) 2.30
A-A 2.10
1-3 9.50
TG 4 5.00

MANCHESTER UTD vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No: 0307
Home 1.50
MANCHESTER CITY (1.5) 1.40
D-H 4.50
1-0 6.50
TG 1 4.40

WOLVERHAMPTON vs FULHAM
Match No: 0308
Draw 3.15
FULHAM (1.5) 1.11
H-D 13.00
1-1 6.00
TG 2 3.30

EVERTON vs BLACKBURN
Match No: 0309
Draw 3.25
BLACKBURN (1.5) 1.30
D-D 5.00
2-2 13.00
TG 4 6.00

CHELSEA vs TOTTENHAM
Match No: 0310
Draw 3.70
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.50
A-D 16.00
2-2 18.00
TG 4 5.20

BPL results, 12th Sept 2009.

BLACKBURN vs WOLVES
3-1 ***

WIGAN vs WEST HAM
1-0

SUNDERLAND vs HULL
4-1 ***

STOKE vs CHELSEA
1-2

PORTSMOUTH vs BOLTON
2-3

MAN CITY vs ARSENAL
4-2

TOTTENHAM vs MAN UNITED
1-3

LIVERPOOL vs BURNLEY
4-0

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BERN's BPL pick, 12th Sept 2009.

HELLLOOOOoo....!!!! hows things people... (if there's people reading this blog... :P)???

so... England have scheduled their 2010 summer holidays to South Africa with a crushing 5-1 win over Croatia. the latter, managed by the cocky Bilic... looked dejected after Rooney "thank you" goal and England 5th to send his team to scrap the play-off spot with Ukraine. how's things have changed since that fateful drenching night in Nov 2007. :)

England to win 2010 World Cup??? shall see... just make sure they don't hit penalties.



tonight BPL games;

BLACKBURN vs WOLVES
H-H

WIGAN vs WEST HAM
DRAW

SUNDERLAND vs HULL
home win

STOKE vs CHELSEA
H-D

PORTSMOUTH vs BOLTON
1-1

MAN CITY vs ARSENAL
1-3

TOTTENHAM vs MAN UNITED
home win

LIVERPOOL vs BURNLEY
A-H

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Cheaters!!!

Sorry for not able to post updates recently. Had a bad week at work and got back stabbed by cheater.

Anyway, back to the green field and round ball.
Arsenal progress to the group stage of the Champions League by beating Celtic in a 2 legged playoff. Leading 2 nil at Celtic Park, Arsenal won the 2nd leg 3 - 1. Eduardo dived to earn Arsenal a penalty.



He had since been charged by UEFA and is facing a two-match ban for 'deceiving the referee' after tumbling over to win a penalty.

UEFA Champions League draw.

Group A
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa

Group B
Manchester United
CSKA Moscow
Besiktas
VfL Wolfsburg

Group C
AC Milan
Real Madrid
Marseille
FC Zurich

Group D
Chelsea
FC Porto
Atletico Madrid
APOEL

Group E
Liverpool
Lyon
Fiorentina
Debreceni

Group F
Barcelona
Inter Milan
Dynamo Kiev
FC Rubin Kazan

Group G
FC Sevilla
Rangers
VfB Stuttgart
Unirea Urziceni

Group H
Arsenal
AZ Alkmaar
Olympiakos
Standard Liege

This week EPL matches.

CHELSEA: Alex (groin) and Paulo Ferreira (knee)
BURNLEY: Richard Eckersley (suspended), Steven Caldwell (groin)

CHELSEA vs BURNLEY
Match No: 0301
Home 1.12
BURNLEY (2.5) 1.63
H-H 1.42
2-0 6.00
TG 2 3.80

BLACKBURN: Pascal Chimbonda (debut), Steven Reid (hamstring), Brett Emerton (thigh), Michel Salgado (not match fit), Ryan Nelsen (knee), Franco Di Santo (hamstring)
WEST HAM: Savio (virus), Dean Ashton, Luis Boa Morte and Herita Ilunga (unavailable)

BLACKBURN vs WEST HAM
Match No: 0302
Home 2.15
BLACKBURN (-1.5) 4.20
H-H 3.90
2-0 9.50
TG 2 3.40

STOKE CITY: Robert Huth (debut)
SUNDERLAND: none

STOKE CITY vs SUNDERLAND
Match No: 0303
Draw 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.13
H-D 14.00
1-1 6.50
TG 2 3.30

BOLTON: Joey O'Brien and Ricardo Gardner (out)
LIVERPOOL: Sotirios Kyrgiakos (debut), Fabio Aurelio, Daniel Agger and new midfielder Alberto Aquilani (out)

BOLTON vs LIVERPOOL
Match No: 0304
Away 1.40
BOLTON (1.5) 1.53
D-A 3.80
0-1 7.00
TG 1 5.40

WOLVERHAMPTON: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (hamstring), Kevin Foley (knee)
HULL CITY: Jimmy Bullard, Ian Ashbee, Dean Marney and Richard Garcia (out)

WOLVERHAMPTON vs HULL CITY
Match No: 0305
Home 2.00
HULL CITY (1.5) 1.18
A-H 23.00
2-1 7.50
TG 3 3.70

TOTTENHAM: Jonathan Woodgate (hernia), Michael Dawson (Achilles), Heurelho Gomes (groin)
BIRMINGHAM: Cameron Jerome (ankle)

TOTTENHAM vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No: 0306
Home 1.28
TOTTENHAM (-1.5) 1.87
H-H 1.70
4-0 14.00
TG 4 4.60


MANCHESTER UTD: Rio Ferdinand (thigh) and Edwin van der Sar (hand) out.
ARSENAL: Cesc Fabregas (hamstring), Theo Walcott (back), Lukasz Fabianski (knee), Samir Nasri (broken leg) and Johan Djourou (knee) all out.

MANCHESTER UTD vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0307
Home 2.07
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 4.00
H-H 3.60
2-0 8.50
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH: Tommy Smith and Michael Brown (debut), Hermann Hreidarsson, Steve Finnan and Papa Bouba Diop (hamstring)
MANCHESTER CITY: none

PORTSMOUTH vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No: 0308
Away 1.45
MANCHESTER CITY (-1.5) 2.45
A-A 2.20
0-3 7.50
TG 3 3.50

EVERTON: Sylvain Distin (debut), Phil Jagielka, Mikel Arteta and Victor Anichebe (out)
WIGAN: none

EVERTON vs WIGAN
Match No: 0309
Home 1.65
EVERTON (-1.5) 2.70
D-H 4.40
3-1 9.00
TG 4 5.80

ASTON VILLA: Curtis Davies (shoulder), Stephen Warnock (debut)
FULHAM: Andrew Johnson (shoulder), Simon Davies (foot) and Toni Kallio (Achilles), Jonathan Greening (debut)

ASTON VILLA vs FULHAM
Match No: 0310
Draw 3.40
FULHAM (1.5) 1.37
H-D 14.00
2-2 14.00
TG 4 5.80

Chelsea back on top

Chelsea went top of the table after victory over Sunderland at Sthe tadium of Light. Darren Bent put the Black Cats ahead in the 18th min. Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Deco replied after the break.

Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Wolverhampton W. (0 - 1)
WOLVERHAMPTON (1.5) 1.38
TG 1 4.50

Sunderland 1 - 3 Chelsea (1 - 0)

Celtic 0 - 2 Arsenal (0 - 1)
Away 1.75
ARSENAL (-1.5) 3.05
0-2 7.80
TG 2 3.40

More matches tonight.

HULL CITY vs TOTTENHAM
Match No: 0303
Away 1.80
HULL CITY (1.5) 1.27
A-A 2.90
0-1 7.00
TG 1 4.30

BIRMINGHAM vs PORTSMOUTH
Match No: 0304
Home 1.85
PORTSMOUTH (1.5) 1.23
D-H 4.20
1-0 6.80
TG 1 4.00

BURNLEY vs MANCHESTER UTD
Match No: 0305
Away 1.25
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 1.87
A-A 1.63
0-3 6.20
TG 3 3.60

LIVERPOOL vs STOKE CITY
Match No: 0306
Home 1.20
LIVERPOOL (-1.5) 1.60
H-H 1.58
3-1 9.50
TG 4 4.80

Midweek games.

Midweek games are always tricky because the teams will be playing in the evening (1945) . The results are unexpected at times with few surprises. Wigan taking on Wolves. Wigan surprised Villa on saturday with a 2 nil victory and is expexted to bag 3 points tonight. Sunderland take on Chelsea, both teams claimed 3 points on saturday and will want to continue the winning trend.

Champions League play-off
Gunners travels to Celtic with a victory over Everton and Celtic won at Aberdeen. History had not been on English teams sides when they travel over to Scotland, I still pick the Gunner come away with a victory.

WIGAN vs WOLVERHAMPTON
Match No: 0301
Home 1.60
WOLVERHAMPTON (1.5) 1.38
D-H 4.30
1-0 6.50
TG 1 4.50

SUNDERLAND vs CHELSEA
Match No: 0302
Draw 3.90
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.53
D-D 5.60
1-1 9.00
TG 2 3.30

GLASGOW CELT vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0504
Away 1.75
ARSENAL (-1.5) 3.05
D-A 4.50
0-2 7.80
TG 2 3.40

Opening day of new season

Chelsea survived the opening day of the new season with a stoppage time winner from Didier Drogba. The striker equalised after debutant Stephen Hunt gave the visitors a first-half lead at Stamford Bridge. He later admit that he was lucky and his winning goal was trying to setup a teammate, and it went into goal.

Big spender Manchester City got off to a winning start with a 2 nil win at Ewood Park. Former Arsenal striker Adebayor needed only 3 mins to open his scoring for his new club. Last season unsung hero, Stephen Ireland killed off hopes for Rovers as he scored in the closing minute.

Arsenal went to the top of the table after trashing Everton 6 - 1. They lead Everton 3 nil at halftime with goals from Denilson, new boy Vermaelen and Gallas. Fabregas added another 2 goals and Eduardo getting himself on the scoresheet. Saha score a consolation goal for the toffees.

CHELSEA 2 - 1 HULL CITY (1 - 1)
Home 1.10

ASTON VILLA 0 - 2 WIGAN (0 - 1)
WIGAN (1.5) 1.43

WOLVERHAMPTON 0 - 2 WEST HAM (0 - 1)
TG 2 3.40

BOLTON 0 - 1 SUNDERLAND (0 - 1)
Away 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.16
0-1 9.00
TG 1 4.20

BLACKBURN 0 - 2 MANCHESTER CITY (0 - 1)
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH 0 - 1 FULHAM (0 - 1)
Away 2.70
FULHAM (1.5) 1.14
0-1 8.00
TG 1 4.20

STOKE CITY 2 - 0 BURNLEY (2 - 0)
Home 1.75
STOKE CITY (-1.5) 3.05
H-H 2.70
2-0 7.00
TG 2 3.40

EVERTON 1 - 6 ARSENAL (0 - 3)
Away 2.10
A-A 3.30

MANCHESTER UTD 1 - 0 BIRMINGHAM (1 - 0)
Home 1.18
H-H 1.60

TOTTENHAM 2 - 1 LIVERPOOL (1 - 0)
Home 3.10
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.22
2-1 13.00
TG 3 3.70

The Kickoff

All right, the long awaited season finally come back after 2 mths plus of season break.

Will Manchester Uniter retain the trophy again??

1st game, Chelsea vs Hull City. Last season, Chelsea beat the Tigers 3-0 at the KC Stadium, but the return leg at Stamford Bridge played to a goalless draw. Carlo Ancelotti will want to start his 1st league game with a bang after Charity shield success and that gives Phil Brown leaving London empty handed. Rest of the matches all in action during the weekend.







CHELSEA vs HULL CITY
Match No: 0301
Home 1.10
CHELSEA (-2.5) 2.30
H-H 1.43
4-1 12.00
TG 5 6.30

ASTON VILLA vs WIGAN
Match No: 0302
Draw 3.45
WIGAN (1.5) 1.43
D-D 5.20
0-0 9.00
TG 0 9.00

WOLVERHAMPTON vs WEST HAM
Match No: 0303
Home 2.45
WOLVERHAMPTON (-1.5) 5.00
D-H 5.00
2-0 10.00
TG 2 3.40

BOLTON vs SUNDERLAND
Match No: 0304
Away 3.15
SUNDERLAND (1.5) 1.16
D-A 7.00
0-1 9.00
TG 1 4.20

BLACKBURN vs MANCHESTER CITY
Match No: 0305
Draw 3.30
BLACKBURN (1.5) 1.25
H-D 15.00
1-1 6.50
TG 2 3.30

PORTSMOUTH vs FULHAM
Match No: 0306
Away 2.70
FULHAM (1.5) 1.14
D-A 6.00
0-1 8.00
TG 1 4.20

STOKE CITY vs BURNLEY
Match No: 0307
Home 1.75
STOKE CITY (-1.5) 3.05
H-H 2.70
2-0 7.00
TG 2 3.40

EVERTON vs ARSENAL
Match No: 0308
Away 2.10
EVERTON (1.5) 1.22
A-A 3.30
1-2 8.00
TG 3 3.70

MANCHESTER UTD vs BIRMINGHAM
Match No: 0309
Home 1.18
MANCHESTER UTD (-1.5) 1.67
H-H 1.60
3-0 7.50
TG 3 3.60

TOTTENHAM vs LIVERPOOL
Match No: 0310
Home 3.10
TOTTENHAM (1.5) 1.22
D-H 7.20
2-1 13.00
TG 3 3.70

Unsporting Chelsea won the Community Shield

What was referee Chris Foy thinking when he was right in front of Patrice Evra, Wayne Rooney and Michael Ballack. Was he thinking play on when ballack fouled Evra when Rooney had the ball?

Clearly, Ballack deliberately elbow Evra when Evra passed the ball to Rooney. Was Ballack playing the ball? No, that should had been a red card to the German captain.



The Blues went on to score when clearly they can put the ball out.

Rooney levelled the score in stoppage time to put the game into penalties.

Chelsea beat United 4-1 in the shooutout.

Xabi Alonso is officially a Madridista

Xabi Alonso finally completed his move to Real Mardid on Wednesday. The Spanish international parted ways with Liverpool after 5 years with the Merserside. He helped Liverpool to Champions League glory in 2005

In his first press conference as a Mardidista:

Is there anything you want to say to Liverpool fans?
I am very grateful to Liverpool fans who made my five years there fantastic. They must understand, though, that this opportunity came up and it was the best option for me.


Sunderland landed Darren Bent in a club record £10m deal from Tottenham.

Still from the North London club, Peter Crouch reunites with former manager Harry Redknapp after joining from Portsmouth. The lankly striker will compete with Jermain Defoe, Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko. The club missed out on Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

FA Community Shield

The 09/10 BPL season kickoff this weekend with FA Community Shield as curtain raiser. This year Manchester United meets Chelsea at Wembly.

With Van Der Sar injured, Ben Foster will be call into action between the sticks. Nemanja Vidic has been ruled out for two weeks with a calf injury, also on the treatment table are Wes Brown and Gary Neville. Fans should be able to catch Antonio Valencia and Michael Owen in action.

Carlo Ancelotti will get his first taste of English football. With no major injuries on his team, Ancelotti will want to fill the trophy cabinet with the shield to impress Roman Abramovich.

Kolo Toure signs for Man City

(picture from The Sun)

City boss Mark Hughes made his sixth summer by signing Toure from Arsenal. The former Arsenal centre-back cost the blue £14million.


Audi Cup

Manchester United goes into the final of Audi Cup after beating Boca Juniors, 2 - 1. Anderson, who played 75 games for Utd, never scored in an open play except for penalty shootout curled an unstoppedable freekick into the the top corner. New boy Antonio Valencia scored the 2nd goal before halftime.

Federico Insua pulled one back for Boca Juniors.

Utd will meet Bayern Munich which they beat AC Milan 4 - 1.


CA Boca Juniors Vs. Manchester United at FootyTube.com

Transfer news.

Real Madrid signed full-back ALVARO ARBELOA from Liverpool.

On the move??

OBAFEMI MARTINS is joining Wolfsburg from Newcastle United.

Patrick Vieira to make a shock return to Arsenal.

Update

An update on the transfer market for Premier League teams.

Arsenal
Ins: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax)
Outs: Amaury Bischoff, James Dunne, Rui Fonte, Abu Ogogo, Paul Rodgers, Rene Steer, Vincent van den Berg, Anton Blackwood (all released), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City)

Aston Villa
Ins: Courtney Cameron (Northampton), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough)
Outs: Martin Laursen (retired),Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Stuart Taylor (Manchester City)

Birmingham City
Ins: Christian Benitez (Santos Laguna), Scott Dann (Coventry), Joe Hart (Man City, loan), Giovanny Espinoza (Barcelona SC), Roger Johnson (Cardiff), Lee Bowyer (West Ham), Barry Ferguson (Rangers)
Outs: Mehdi Nafti, Radhi Jaidi, Artur Krysiak (all released), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Krystian Pearce (Peterborough, loan), Semih Aydilek (Kayserispor)

Blackburn Rovers
Ins: Elrio Van Heerden (Bruges), Gael Givet (Marseille), Lars Jacobsen (Everton), Nikos Giannakopoulos (Asteras Tripolis),
Outs: Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth) Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Tugay (retired), Johann Vogel (released), Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City), Matt Derbyshire (Olympiakos), Tony Kane (Carlisle), Dean Winnard (Accrington Stanley), Josh O'Keefe (Walsall)

Bolton Wanderers
Ins: Sean Davis (Portsmouth), Paul Robinson (West Brom)
Outs: Blerim Dzemaili (Torino), Rob Sissons, Nathan Woolfe, James Sinclair (all released)

Burnley
Ins: Tyrone Mears (Derby), Steven Fletcher (Hibernian), David Edgar (Newcastle), Brian Easton (Hamilton), Richard Eckersley (Man Utd)
Outs: Steve Jones, Alan Mahon, Gabor Kiraly, Alex MacDonald (all released)

Chelsea
Ins: Ross Turnbull (Middlesbrough), Daniel Sturridge (Man City), Yuri Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)
Outs: Slobodan Rajkovic (FC Twente, loan), Jimmy Smith (Leyton Orient), Lee Sawyer (Southend, loan), Miroslav Stoch (FC Twente, loan), Ryan Bertrand (Reading, loan), Frank Nouble (West Ham), Morten Nielsen (AZ Alkmaar)

Everton
Ins: Anton Peterlin (Ventura County Fusion,), Shkodran Mustafi (Hamburg), Jo (Man City, loan) Outs: Lars Jacobsen (Blackburn) John Irving, Cory Sinnott, Nuno Valente, Andy van der Meyde (all released)

Fulham
Ins: Stephen Kelly (Birmingham), Bjorn Helge Riise (Lillestrom)
Outs: Moritz Volz, Collins John (released), Leon Andreasen (Hannover, free)

Hull City
Ins: Steven Mouyokolo (Boulogne)
Outs: Dean Windass, Michael Bridges, James Bennett, Ryan France, Joe Lamplough, Matthew Plummer, Tom Woodhead (all released), Wayne Brown (Leicester City), John Welsh (Tranmere)

Liverpool
Ins: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth), Aaron King (Rushden & Diamonds), Chris Mavinga (Paris Saint Germain)
Outs: Jack Hobbs (Leicester), Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen), Ronald Huth, Godwin Antwi, Miki Roque, Gary MacKay-Steven (all released), Jermaine Pennant (Real Zaragoza)

Manchester City
Ins: Gareth Barry (Aston Villa), Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn), Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa), Nils Zander (Schalke), Carlos Tevez (Free Agent), Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal)
Outs: Joe Hart (Birmingham, loan), Dietmar Hamann, Richard Martin, Danny Mills, Ben Morris, Curtis Obeng, Chris Ramsey, Darius Vassell (Ankaragucu, released), Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Gelson Fernandes (St Etienne), Jo (Everton, loan)

Manchester United
Ins: Antonio Valencia (Wigan), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Sean McGinty (Charlton), Gabriel Obertan (Bordeaux), Mame Biram Diouf (Molde)
Outs: Carlos Tevez (end of loan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Rodrigo Possebon (Braga, loan), Fraizer Campbell (Sunderland), Richard Eckersley (Burnley), Manucho (Real Valladolid)

Portsmouth
Ins: Aaron Mokoena (Blackburn)
Outs: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Djimi Traore (Monaco) Sean Davis (Bolton), Joe Collins, Noe Pamarot, Lauren, Glen Little and Jerome Thomas (all released)

Stoke City
Ins: Nil
Outs: Vincent Pericard, Marc Grocott, Jimmy Phillips, Tom Thorley (all released)

Sunderland
Ins: Fraizer Campbell (Man United), Paulo Da Silva (Toluca)
Outs: Peter Hartley (Hartlepool), Arnau Riera, Dwight Yorke, Nick Colgan, David Connolly, Niall McArdle (all released), Darren Ward (retired), Greg Halford (Wolves) Michael Chopra (Cardiff)

Tottenham Hotspur
Ins: Kyle Naughton (Sheff Utd), Kyle Walker (Sheff Utd)
Outs: Ricardo Rocha, Simon Dawkins, Kyle Fraser-Allen, Cian Hughton, Takura Mtandari (all released) David Hutton (Cheltenham), Danny Hutchins (Yeovil), Didier Zokora (Sevilla), Chris Gunter (Nottingham Forest) Jacques Maghoma (Burton Albion), Yuri Berchiche (Valladolid), David Button (Crewe)

West Ham United
Ins: Peter Kurucz (Ujpest FC), Luis Jimenez (Inter Milan, loan), Jack Lampe (Harlow), Frank Nouble (Chelsea)
Outs: Freddie Sears (Crystal Palace, loan), Diego Tristan, Walter Lopez, Kyel Reid, Tony Stokes, Jimmy Walker (all released), Joe Widdowson (Grimsby Town), Lee Bowyer (Birmingham)

Wigan Athletic
Ins: Jordi Gomez (Espanyol), Hendry Thomas (Deportivo Olimpia), Jason Scotland (Swansea), James McCarthy (Hamilton)
Outs: Antonio Valencia (Man Utd),Lewis Montrose (Wycombe), Henri Camara, Lewis Field, Matt Hampson, Craig Mahon, Andrew Pearson, Antoine Sibierski (all released)

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ins: Nenad Milijas (Red Star Belgrade), Marcus Hahnemann (Reading), Kevin Doyle (Reading), Andrew Surman (Southampton), Greg Halford (Sunderland), Ronald Zubar (Marseille)
Outs: Matt Bailey, Lewis Gobern, Alex Melbourne (all released)

Owen for United!!

Michael Owen has agreed terms to join Utd. He completed a series of stringent medical tests and had agreed a deal worth £50,000 a week plus huge bonuses depending on goals and appearances.

The former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Newcastle forward signed for United on a free transfer for 2 years. He became a free agent after his contract ended 1 July.

Ferguson without much option for a striker after french forward Karim Benzema chose to became a galactico.

Owen could force his way back into England boss Fabio Capello's plan who had continually snubbed him at international level. But, with top level of football play every week, Capello will have 1 more striking option with World Cup finals less than 12 months away.

Other transfer news.

Manchester City had offered a record-busting £300,000-A-WEEK to JOHN TERRY to join .

Real Mardid eyeing Ashley Cole as he rejected a new Chelsea deal.

Arsene Wenger will not stand in Emmanuel Adebayor's way if he wants to quit Arsenal.

Back in Business

Ok, back to business...

08/09 season ended with Manchester United retained the BPL title, Liverpool this time was the bride's mate.

Season 09/10 will not have Christiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez as the pair joined Real Madrid and rival Manchester City. A quick look at the transfer market at the moment.

Arsenal
Ins: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax)

Aston Villa
Outs: Martin Laursen (retired), Gareth Barry, Stuart Taylor (Manchester City)

Birmingham City
Ins: Christian Benitez (Santos Laguna), Scott Dann (Coventry)
Outs: Mehdi Nafti, Radhi Jaidi, Artur Krysiak (all released), Stephen Kelly (Fulham, free)

Blackburn Rovers
Ins: Elrio Van Heerden (Bruges)
Outs: Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth, free) Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven), Tugay (retired), Johann Vogel (released), Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City)

Liverpool
Ins: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth)
Outs: Jack Hobbs (Leicester, undisc), Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen, free), Ronald Huth, Godwin Antwi, Miki Roque, Gary MacKay-Steven (all released)

Manchester City
Ins: Gareth Barry, Stuart Taylor (Aston Villa), Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn), Carlos Tevez

Manchester United
Outs: Carlos Tevez (end of loan)

Down but not out..

So sorry for not being an active figure lately. Usual stuff from work to new house and to sideline are draining me out..

Back to the ball and the pitch..

4 games of the UCL were played this morning and only 1 team managed to beat their opponent.

Tomorrrow morning, Real Mardid will host Liverpool, Chelsea vs Juventus, Villarreal vs Panathinaikos and Sporting vs Bayern.

Try some predictions..

VILLARREAL vs PANATHINAIKOS
Match No. 0505
Home 1.65
VILLARREAL (-1.5) 3.05
TG 2 3.40
H-H 2.50
2-0 7.00
LS 3-1 10.00

SPORTING vs MUNICH
Match No. 0506
Away 2.28
MUNICH (-1.5) 4.00
TG 3 3.70
A-A 3.90
0-3 20.00
LS 0-2 9.30

REAL MADRID vs LIVERPOOL
Match No. 0507
Home 2.00
REAL MADRID (-1.5) 3.75
TG 2 3.30
D-H 4.50
2-0 8.50
LS 1-0 5.50

CHELSEA vs JTUS
Match No. 0508
Draw 3.00
JTUS (1.5) 1.27
TG 2 3.30
D-D 4.50
1-1 5.50
LS 0-1 10.00

BPL results & updates, 10th FEB.

WIGAN vs FULHAM
0-0

WEST BROM vs NEWCASTLE
2-3 (1-3)

SUNDERLAND vs STOKE
2-0 (0-0)

PORTSMOUTH vs LIVERPOOL
2-3 (0-0)

MAN CITY vs MIDDLESBROUGH
1-0 (0-0)

EVERTON vs BOLTON
3-0 (1-0)

CHELSEA vs HULL
0-0

BLACKBURN vs ASTON VILLA
0-2 (0-1)
villa moved up to third after this win at Ewood Park.

TOTTENHAM vs ARSENAL
0-0

WEST HAM vs MAN UNITED
0-1 (0-0)

Chelsea have sensationally sacked manager Luiz Felipe Scolari.

The club's website revealed the dramatic move had been made "to maintain a challenge for the trophies we are still competing for".

World Cup winner Scolari had only been in the job since June 2008, when he became Chelsea's third boss in a year.


Tony Adams has admitted he was surprised to have been sacked as manager of Portsmouth.

Adams, 42, left the club after winning just two of 16 Premier League games since taking over on 28 October.

He told BBC Radio Solent: "I am a little bit surprised but results haven't been good.

"I haven't had a lot of time and I certainly haven't had the financial backing. We've had a few injuries as well and that's tough to take."

He added: "I'm still up for the challenge so I've got mixed feelings."

Adams' final game in charge was Saturday's 3-2 home defeat by Liverpool, and he admitted he could not have asked for any more from his players or fans.

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BPL 7th JAN BERN's picks;

MAN CITY vs MIDDLESBROUGH
draw half-time

WEST BROM vs NEWCASTLE
home win

CHELSEA vs HULL
under 2.5

WIGAN vs FULHAM
DRAW

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MIA-ing

Back after MIA for so long... really had been very busy during my absence.. planning for new place, tiring work really keep me very busy. Didnt even patronised the local bookie..

Anyway here's the FA Cup 5th round draw.

Sheffield United v Hull City

Watford v Chelsea

West Ham United v Middlesbrough

Sunderland or Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City

Derby County or Nottingham Forest v Manchester United

Swansea City v Fulham

Liverpool or Everton v Doncaster Rovers or Aston Villa

Cardiff City or Arsenal v West Bromwich Albion or Burnley

BPL results 17-19th JAN, FA Cup picks;

WEST BROM vs MIDDLESBROUGH
3-0

SUNDERLAND vs ASTON VILLA
1-2

MAN CITY vs WIGAN
1-0

HULL vs ARSENAL
1-3

CHELSEA vs STOKE
2-1

BOLTON vs MAN UNITED
0-1

BLACKBURN vs NEWCASTLE
3-0

WEST HAM vs FULHAM
3-1

TOTTENHAM vs PORTSMOUTH
1-1

LIVERPOOL vs EVERTON
1-1







FA CUP 4th Round

CHELSEA vs IPSWICH

Chelsea is without captain John Terry, who suffered a back spasm last weekend, while midfielder John Mikel Obi is suspended.

Michael Ballack should be fit and Didier Drogba has been recalled.

Ipswich defender David Wright will return from injury for the trip to Stamford Bridge, but Moritz Volz and Ivan Campo both miss out.

Ben Thatcher has recovered from illness and Pim Balkestein and Dan Harding will be hoping to keep their places.

+2.5


MAN UNITED vs TOTTENHAM

Manchester United will be without a host of first-team players, with Anderson, Nani and Jonny Evans injured as well as Park Ji-sung (hamstring).

Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs are slight doubts and Darren Fletcher will probably start at right-back.

Tottenham have Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Corluka, Ledley King, Jermaine Jenas, Jamie O'Hara, Aaron Lennon and Darren Bent all injured for the game.

Michael Dawson, Jonathan Woodgate and Luka Modric are also all doubtful.

LS: DRAW

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BPL BERN's pick, 17th JAN;

MAN CITY vs WIGAN
LS: away win

CHELSEA vs STOKE
2-0

BLACKBURN vs NEWCASTLE
draw

BOLTON vs MAN UNITED
1 goal

HULL vs ARSENAL
LS: H-D

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BPL results 10-11th JAN;

ASTON VILLA vs WEST BROM
2-1

NEWCASTLE vs WEST HAM
2-2

ARSENAL vs BOLTON
1-0

MIDDLESBROUGH vs SUNDERLAND
1-1

EVERTON vs HULL
2-0

STOKE vs LIVERPOOL
0-0

MAN UNITED vs CHELSEA
3-0

WIGAN vs TOTTENHAM
1-0

portsmouth-man city / fulham-blackburn matches postponed due to frozen pitch.

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BPL 10-11th JAN BERN's pick;

hilo everyone... TAK GIU LAND takes a long long break over the New Year period to recharge our prediction abilities... my fellow punter Pete been MIA way so long... i cant be bother as well... lolx... league games resumes after FA Cup last week... where i think the biggest upset would be Man City losing 0-3 at home to Nottingham Forest & Southend holding Chelsea to a 1-1 draw.

top 3 teams facing daunting task... my beloved REDS travel to face Stoke whom i cannot forgive for not losing to my loved... Chelsea goes to Old Trafford in the match of this wkend.


ARSENAL vs BOLTON
Bolton +1.5

ASTON VILLA vs WEST BROM
LS: 3-1

EVERTON vs HULL
D-H

PORTSMOUTH vs MAN CITY
DRAW

STOKE vs LIVERPOOL
0-2

MAN UNITED vs CHELSEA
Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand returns to the team after a four-game absence with a back injury.

Patrice Evra is also back after his four-match ban, so United have only Owen Hargreaves and Wes Brown missing.

Chelsea welcome back captain John Terry for the trip to Old Trafford after he served a three-match suspension.

Michael Ballack is also available after a ban and Jose Bosingwa should play despite picking up a knock,

A-D
LS: 0-0

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