season review Team by team

Arsenal
in august they where in a right old mess but ever since they brought in players like Arteta and Gerviniho they have been of Arsenal standard 3rd place is a good finish but they need to spend a bit of money if they want to challenge for the title next year

Aston Villa
The problem at villa has been simply no ambition they never really set them selves a target and thats why they finished 16th losing Bent in Feburaryo didnt help though

Blackburn. Rovers season has been full off protests but not many wins without Yakubus goals the club whouldve been down by December!

Bolton they probably met the hardest teams at the times you really dont want to meet them straight at the start of the season and at the start of 2012 mind you there last few games on paper looked good i expected them to survive, they whould have if it wasnt for their meltdown against West Brom

Chelsea by their standerds a very poor season Andre Villas Boas was fired for failing to acheive his targets but since roberto di matteo took over things have turned around two finals in one season is something to be proud off

Everton as usual they have come good in the second half of the season and signings Nikika Jelavic and Steven Peinaar have worked fantasticly there home form has been great with wins against Chelsea Newcastle and Manchester city included.

Fulham
as usual a very solid season but at the start it look like they might go down but then they rallyed from november onwards despite losing Bobby Zamora in January

Liverpool their cup runs have been superb but their league form has been the opposite poor they drew two many home games and lost at Anfield to teams they shoudnt do like Wigan and West brom but sacking Kenny Dalglish may prove costly next season

Manchester City
they started the season in World Class form and where playing like a team who where going to win the league with a 6-1 win against rivals manchester united included but then around christmas and new year they tailed off a bit and in april they where 8 points behind top of the table Manchester United but in 2 weeks the. Eight point gap was swallowed up with the returning Carlos Tevez involved they won the league after scoring two goals in stoppage time against Qpr i think if it wasnt for all this Balotelli and Tevez stuff City whould have easily won the league because i think these things distracted the players at times

Manchester united
A trophieless season for the reds but throwing a eight point gap away with four games left is unbeliveable for a team of their experiance but simply they havent been good enough and personally i dont think united did their usual when they play well second half of the season, to be honest they never really played brilliantly all season in my opinion

Norwich
They where mosts favourites to go down bottom but they defied the odds. Skipper Grant Holt has been ecxellent and boss Paul Lambert has been brilliant. adapting to the premier leGue isnt easy and Norwich have done that well not even bieng in the relegation battle is a good acheivment

Qpr
For the money they have spent surviving on the last day isnt brilliant. But myself i give Mark Hughes credit for the job he has done since taking over in January the run in looked very hard for his side but they won most of their home matches whitch made them favourites going into the last day

Swansea their brilliant passing game has worked and going to the liberity this season for opposition players hasnt been enjoyed by many even away from home they have won a few and Gilfi Sigurdson has been a great loanee. I also very highly rate Nathan Dyer his speed and ability to cross is their for all to see

Sunderland
Since Martin O neill arrived things have changed dramaticly a good Fa cup run and a mid table finish is what the mackems didnt think theyd see at all this season under mr Bruce

Stoke
With Europa League involvment many expected them to drop a few places but they never did another solid season for the potters

Spurs
Finishing fourth may not be worth a champions league spot so how mist spurs rue their mid season blip whitch saw them drop a place despite bieng lots of points clear to north london rivals arsenal.

Wigan
They started their season very poorly collecting just five points from auguest into November they steadied their ship after that a little bit but in the new year they had another bad run whitch saw them odds on to go down. But in feburary they looked like they might be about to pull off an escape when they beat Bolton 2-1 at the Reebok stadium but came crashing back down to earth with only taking one point from their next two games but then wigan did pull off a fantastic fightback with wins against Liverpool Arsenal Manchester United and Newcaslte all involved in a brilliant last few months for latics fans the introduction of Shaun Maloney helped the latics finish 15th

West brom
A solid mid table finish was perhaps what many didnt expect and the fa saw something good about it because they appointed albions boss Roy Hogson as the next england manager.

Wolves
A very poor season and they sure payed the price for sacking mick macarthy relegated in April isnt something to be proud of their last win was in feburary whitch says it all

Transfer Rumours!

Emile Heskey is wanted by Sunderland and May be approached when his contract at Aston Villa expires.

Manchester United and City are intrested in signing eden Hazard after he confirmed he wanted to leave to machester

Matthew Jarvis is beeing looked at By Wigan Athletic.

Reading are looking to secure Joe Cole for their first season back in the top flight the liverpool midfielder chas spent the season at lille

Luis Suarez has admited he whould welcome the opportunity to play in spain.

Fernando lorente is a target for Manchester City they are reported to be willing to pay 28m to secure his services

Fulham are winning the race for huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes i
It is thought Norwich and Aston villa are as well intrested

Chelsea and everton are intrested im oscar Cardoza after he was told he chould leave benfica

Look out for your next transfer buluiten hear on Vt football!

Predictions week 10!

Its the last week of the season but sadly no special guest as yet!

Tom
Wigan 5-0 Wolves (3)
Chelsea 4-0 Blackburn (3)
Everton 1-3 Newcastle (0)
Man city 3-0 Qpr (3)
Norwich 0-2 Villa (Heskey double) (0)
Stoke 1-1 Bolton (3)
Sunderland 2-2 Man united (0)
Swansea 3-3 Liverpool (0)
Spurs 3-1 Fulham (3)
West Brom 0-0 Arsenal (0)
15pts
Vishal
Wigan 2-1 Wolves (3)
Chelsea 2-1 Blackburn (5)
Everton 0-1 Newcastle (0)
Man city 2-0 Qpr (3)
Norwich 0-0 Villa) (0)
Stoke 0-1 Bolton (0)
Sunderland 0-0 Man united (0)
Swansea 1-0Liverpool (5)
Spurs 3-1 Fulham (3)
West Brom 1-1Arsenal (0)

19pts

Winner Vishal!

Final day preview!

The Title race.
Its hard to see anything other than Manchester City winning the title going into the last game of the season. both Manchester clubs are level on points at the top with City having the superiour goal difference by a long way! Both teams should win their games but united whould have to win a cricket score for them to lift the title away at Sunderland city can lift it in front of their own fans when they meet Qpr at the Etihad Stadium.

The Relegation Battle
With Wigan safe and Wolves and Blackburn down there is only one more relegation place left whitch will be taken by ethier Aston Villa Bolton or Qpr its very unlikely that Aston Vila will go down. All they need is a point at Norwich and even if they lose both Bolton and Qpr whould have to win heavily for them to go down, but the two teams really in the thick of things are Qpr and Bolton who both face difficult away trips Bolton go to the Brittania to face Stoke and Qpr take the long trip to Manchester city who are looking to bag the title. Bolton have to win to stand a chance of staying up but it wont be enough if Qpr win at man city its going to be a tence survival sunday!

Predictions Week 9!

Last Week: Sorry we couldn't get it on last week, but I can tell you that I won.
The Week Before Last: Tom Farrell and I got 18 but Tom Horn got a lowly 6 in a low scoring week.
This Week: The usual prem games, with the Italian version of the el Classico and the FA Cup Final.

Special Guest: Mateusz Prokopczuk. One of our friends from school, and he's a Liverpool fan.

Mateusz:
Arsenal 3-1 Norwich (0)
Liverpool 3-1 Chelsea (FA Cup) (0)
Newcastle 1-3 Man City (3)
Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham (0)
Bolton 1-1 WBA (3)
Fulham 2-1 Sunderland (5)
QPR 1-2 Stoke (0)
Wolves 1-3 Everton (0)
Man Utd 1-2 Swansea (0)
Blackburn 0-3 Wigan (3)
Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea (Prem) (0)
Inter Milan 1-3 AC Milan (0)
14 pts

Tom:
Arsenal 2-1 Norwich (0)
Liverpool 3-1 Chelsea (5)
Newcastle 1-4 Man City (3)
Aston Villa 0-1 Tottenham (0)
Bolton 0-4 WBA (0)
Fulham 1-0 Sunderland (3)
QPR 2-0 Stoke (3)
Wolves 0-5 Everton (0)
Man Utd 1-1 Swansea (0)
Blackburn 1-2 Wigan (3)
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (0)
Inter Milan 1-1 AC Milan (0)
17pts

Vishal:
Arsenal 2-1 Norwich (0)
Liverpool 2-1 Chelsea (0)
Newcastle 1-2 Man City (3)
Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham (5)
Bolton 2-1 WBA (0)
Fulham 1-1 Sunderland (0)
QPR 1-0 Stoke (5)
Wolves 0-1 Everton (0)
Man Utd 3-1 Swansea (3)
Blackburn 1-0 Wigan (0)
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (0)
Inter Milan 1-3 AC Milan (0)

16pts

Table
Tom 17pts
Vishal 16pts
Mateusz 14pts

Match Preview The Fa cup final Liverpool v Chelsea

The Fa cup final at wembely is always a big day for teams. But especially for these two whose league form hasnt put them in a position for Champions league football So trophies are what they need Liverpool sit seventh in the Premier League while chelsea sit fith but chould still qualify for the champions league for next season idf they beat Bayen Munich in the Champions league final but an Fa cup will be a good reason for Roman Abramovic to give Roberto Di Matteo the job even with only Europa League football, he has turned Chelsea around. For Liverpool and Kenny Dalglish its different their league form is awful for their standerds and the home defeat to Fulham just about summed it up. But on the bright side they have already won the Carling Cup and another trophy in the Fa Cup is just what they need to make their season more respectable.

Key men
Liverpool
Steven Gerrard must pull the strings in the midfield if Liverpool are to win thr game his passing is unbeatable he will have to be at his best to be involved against a powerfull Chelsea midfield.

Chelsea
Juan Mata
Must pull of and get crosses into the box he is chelsea's main creative threat