Matchweek 8 - Results

Matchweek 8 done and dusted and to quote the oracle otherwise known as Doug Blake in response to Rob's question 'what the feck happened in the football over night'..... 'heaps of people decided they didn't want to stay on the pitch' ...... drop the mic dude, as aint that the truth !!

Yes, five red cards to be exact, two of which given out in the game down at Craven Cottage, where Fulham welcomed Champions League winners, (or at least you'd thought they'd won the bloody thing this week) aka Aston Villa,  Fulham understandably miffed, giving away their 1-0 win after only 4 minutes, to lose 3-1........are they Everton in disguise?

But wait...........the mighty Toffee's of Evertonia have finally held onto a lead, beating The Tractor Boys of Ipwick 2-0......hoorah we hear Saun Dyche cry, although it's quite difficult to hear exactly what he cries half the time, but well done Everton.......Wolves, take note.

Unlucky Wolves we have to admit, having not only taken the lead against the champions otherwise known as Man City after just 7 minutes, only to concede the inevitable worldy courtesy of one Mr Josko Gvardiol, were looking all good for only their second point of the season when not only did the oil money dripping ref decide to give a little bit of extra time, but also decided against the VAR decision that our goalkeeper wasn't impeded by a little Spanish fella who was also offside.  Man City win 2-1............there are several words I could put here right now, but will refrain, so moving swiftly on !!

Where were we..........yes, red cards and the most obvious one you'll see in your lifetime and possibly your fathers, and your fathers father, was William Saliba's (of the Arsenal variety) in the 30th minute of their game against Bournemouth.  A 'challenge' that his coach has not even challenged, meaning he will miss the upcoming game against Liverpool.  You can't do that William and leaving your team, no matter how good they are with a man missing, means an average team like The Cherries of Bournemouth will go on to beat you 2-0.  All credit to The Cherries though, they did a perfect job and knocked 'the bottlers' off their perch early doors, final score 2-0.

Back to perches and there was a potential banana on the Liverpool perch this weekend as unpredictable Chelsea rocked up to Anfield, but maybe they are predictable after all as without too much trouble, The Red Men went to work and took all 3 points, final result 2-1.

In the battle of the newly promoted teams, The Saints of Southampton unfortunately marched away their 2 goal lead Toffee style, leaving Jamie Vardie with a perfect opportunity to dish out more of his shithousery to the poor Saint fans after their 98th minute winner, The Foxes taking the win 3-2.

Staying down South, the unpredictable Spurs looked all set for a hammering (see what I did there), unfortunately, the aforementioned 'ammers' thought a 1-0 lead would be enough, however, Ange's Tottingham had other ideas and went on to hit the back of the onion bag 4 times, final result, 4-1.

Elsewhere, Brentford took 45 minutes longer than usual to score at The Theatre of Mediocrity, but unfortunately for them the new Yorkie and Coley otherwise known as Rasmus Hojlund and Alejandro Garnacho took it upon themselves once again to take their team to victory, final result 2-1 and 12th in the table, well done you !!  Notts Forest pipped a 1-0 win against Palace courtesy of none other than our very own Chris Wood.....again, somebody get him a bloody English passport, that's what I say !!

And finally, The Toon Army were silenced in their own backyard by The Seagulls of all people and by none other than Mr Danny Wellbeck, who unfortunately left the pitch on a stretcher........not ideal, for Brighton, or him, a speedy recovery dude !!

Phew...............right, onto our comp and hats tipped to the 7 point crew aka Ally, Marcus, Kurtis, Craig, myself and our George, (who it's worth a mention, at the tender age of 12yrs old, is only a few steps behind our leaders, both of whom have dropped 20 pointers already this season, nice work sunshine), but kudos this week to the 8 point posse, specifically David and Irish (of the Gabe variety), who take the win this week, well done fellas, lovely work, Dave stealthing into 3rd place on the leaderboard with second 8 pointer in a row.  A nod to both Gabe and Wayno who both somehow predicted Arsenal's loss to The Cherries, I'm guessing they must both be hopeful Manchester fans, I know Wayno is, so Gabe, are you red or blue, that's the question !!!   Lovely work fellas.

Top 5 below and it's slowly slimming out as the cream rises to the top.  

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