Matchweek 6 - Results

Good evening folks and the question on everybody's lips for the third week running has to be, 'exactly what is Thomas Frank putting in his players tea', as yet again, they step up with another sub one minute goal, they even managed to grab a point too in their 1-1 draw against East End cockney herberts West Ham.  We can only hope they get back to losing ways again this coming weekend !!

Yes, The Bees and Worst Ham were 2 of 6 teams that finished the weekend with one point, the others being those over achieving Villians from the grubby end of Birmingham who finished up 2-2 against Ipswich courtesy of a stunning example of turning defence into attack from the aforementioned Tractor Boys, a goal that delighted everybody in my house it has to be said.  A draw also for newly appointed 'second placers' Man City, who fell foul to yet another beautifully orchestrated dive from Mr Anthony Gordon..........he does it so well.  Final result in Newcastle, 1-1 and with Rodri ruled out for what looks like the remainder of the season and possible point deductions on the horizon, will we see Man City regain pole position, or is this the season they finally become the bridesmaids??

So, with Man city dropping 2 points, the door was left wide open and fortunately for Liverpool, they were in Wolverhampton, so 3 points were guaranteed ?!  Yet again, Wolves were in the game, stats were good, but unfortunately they did what they've done all season and .......................... well lost, what more can we say, well done Liverpool, enjoy your time on top of the league, no doubt the fans will remind us at every given opportunity.

Fellow second placers Arsenal played host to The Foxes of Leicester and having gone 2-0 up at half time, saw their score equaled half way through the second half and it looked like a draw for all money, until an unfortunate deflection in the 94th minute gave The Goonars the lead and with Foxe's heads dropped, 5 minutes later, up popped Kai Havertz with Arsenal's 4th, bringing the final and slightly flattering result to 4-2.  

In a game that also finished 4-2, we saw possibly one of the best first half performances in front of goal ever, as Cole Palmer single handedly destroyed The Seagulls scoring all 4, the first 3 of which within 10 minutes of each-other, simply outstanding.  Ironically Brighton were leading briefly and even bagged another, all goals in the first half, final result 4-2.............all hail (young) King Cole !!!

The South Coast derby game between The Cherries of Bournemouth and The Saints of Southampton finished 3-1, all 3 of The Cherries goals coming before the break.  Meanwhile in the blue side of Liverpool, The Toffees of Everton, having given away leads for what seems like all of the season so far, decided to implement a new tactic, allowing the opposition to score first and would you believe it, it bloody worked, 1-0 down to Palarse after 10 minutes, fast forward to the second half they score twice, win the game 2-1 and grab their first 3 points of the season...........shot boys!

High flying Fulham took a trip to Nottingham me duck and took all 3 points back down to the west end courtesy of a Raul Jiminez penalty, the only goal of the game.

And finally..........speaking of taking 3 points back down South, would you Adam and Eve it, Spurs only went and mugged Man Utd in their back-yard, a convincing 3-0 win.  Man Utd simply allowing Micky Van de Ven to run pretty much the length of the pitch, providing Brennan Johnson with a perfect pass in the first 3 mins of the game and that set the story for the remainder of the game, The Reds chances of getting a result being further hampered by Old Sulky himself Bruno Fernandez getting himself sent off in the 42nd minute with a stupid tackle.

As far as our comp goes, misplaced faith in Aston Villa and Man City, not to mention my beloved Wolves are all that cost me a full house, so with 7 points, ladies and gentlemen, I will allow myself the rare opportunity to take a bow..............I thank you !!

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Sorry team, I just scrolled down the results only to discover my magnificent 7 didn't win this week after all as Tony has only gone and bagged a 9 pointer.........so I take all that glory back and ask you to join me in throwing it right in Tony's direction, what a superb score dude, congratu bloody latinos, you are da man !!!!

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