Match Report Chelsea 2-1 Wigan

Two contriversial goals saw chelsea take a huge step towards champions league football for next season.

The game started in a open fashion with both teams keeping the ball well and both creating good chances.A Gary Cahill shot from the edge of the box nearly found its way into the net but Wigan keeper Ali Al Habsi pulled lff one of his many ecxellent saves to enshure wigan went in level at the break deservedly.

The second half started in a similar fashion both teams playing decently well Wigan where having most of the ball. But then against the run of play Chelsea struck the ball was played in by Juan Mata and found defender Branislav Ivanovic who finished later replays showed he was clearly offside with Wigan players surronding the reff.

But soon after wigan drew back level with Diame scoring a superb left foot strike but chelsea came back to win late on with Mata scoring but again it seemed offside

Monday Madness!

This way!

Fans of German fourth-tier football team Magdeburg decided some drastic action was needed if their bottom-placed club are to avoid relegation.Magdeburg fans This way: Magdeburg fans point the way to goal.The mis-firing side had not scored in their previous five games.So, for Sunday’s clash with Berliner AK ’07, supporters were handed huge arrows to show the players exactly where the goal was.

Cheeky!

Jose Mourinho may pick the team at Real Madrid but Iker Casillas has shown he's the one who picks his nose after a video appeared showing him wiping a bogey over the face of a young mascot.

A cheeky ballboy, who stepped onto the pitch during a Brazilian league match and denied the opposition a goal, would be advised to lay low for the time being after his outrageous stunt sparked an on-field storm.
We're sure ballboys across the world have often dreamt of bursting onto the scene and helping their team in their hour of need, but we doubt many have actually dared to do it.
However, one youngster wasn't so shy and decided to make a last-ditch clearance when his side faced conceding a certain goal.

The clash between Bradford City and Crawley Town was marred by a post-match brawl, which led to five players being shown a red card in the dressing rooms.

Season awards.

Its come to this stage of the season where we decide who deserves the awards for great/ bad things this season.

1. Players of the season
Im going to choose a player from eaach team and put them into order 1--20

Arsenal.
Player Robin Van persie
Rvp has been on fire all season.

Aston Villa
Darren Bent
Provided key goals at key times!

Blackburn
Yakubu
Scored most of Blackburns goals and has kept the fight alive!

Bolton
Mark davies
Provided some creativity in Boltons midfield

Chelsea
Juan Mata
Linked up well with chelsea's experianced player and has played well at difficult times

Everton
Royston Drenthe
The loanne has been something dfferent for everton he scares defences

Fulham
Clint Dempsey
Fulham have been brilliant all season especially Dempsey his driving from midfield is top notch!

Liverpool
Martin Skyrtel
He has been a rock at the back for liverpool all season.

Manchester city
Vincent Kompany
The skipper has carried city through tough times and has been a great defender

Norwich.
Grant Holt
Scored at some of the big grounds and really has played well and worked hard every game

Qpr
Joey Barton
Works hard in midfield every miniute of every game deserves to be captin

Stoke
Ryan shotton
Really come into his own this season now he is a reguler in the first team

Sunderland.
James Mclean
Since martin o neill arrived he has been a reguler and goals have flew in!

Swansea
Scott Sinclair
Scored and set up lots and lots of goals for the flying swans!

Spurs
Bennit Assou Ekkoto
Not got the praise he deserves for a fantastic season he is a great defender and can attack two!

West Brom
Peter Odemwinge
Provided the main source of goals in west broms good season!

Wigan.
Ali al Habsi
Some of his saves have been world class his penalty save against liverpool is one of many great and important saves!

Wolves
Wayne Hennesy
Most of the goals conceded arent his folt some of his saves have been worthy of a higher finish

Overall team of the season.

Al Habsi

Shotton Kompany Skrtel Assou Ekkoto
Sinclair Davies Dempsey Mata
Van Persie Yakubu

Subs
Hennesy
Barton
Mclean
Drenthe
Bent
Holt
Odemwinge

Player of the season award.... Goes to Robin Van Persie!


Miss of the season
A not so good award but this time only two contenders!

Miss 1
Fernando Torres
Man United 3-1 Chelsea
Torres has a great chance he takes it round De Gea with a open net gaping he strikes it wide right infront of the stretford end! Ouch!

Miss 2
Jean Beausejour
Wigan 2-0 Stoke
Victor moses crosses the ball Beausejour has a open net gaping but somehow manages to place it over the bar!

The winner of the miss of the season is....... Fernando Torres

Goal of the season

Goal number 1
Peter crouch
Stoke 1-1 Man City
Crouch picks the ball up on the edge of the box and volleys it into joe harts net what a strike!

Goal number 2
Robin Van Persie
Arsenal 1-0 Everton

Alex song plays a lovely ball through to van persie who volleys it into the corner. Pick that out!

The winner of the goal of the season is............. Peter Crouch!

Manager of the season goes to Alan Pardew! The runner up is Roberto Martinez!

World knowlege test two!

If you know the answers feel free to comment your answers and join the fun!

1. Who wears the number 18 shirt for Wigan?

2. Who is the manager of Pourtsmouth?

3. True or false?
Liverpool won at Old trafford this season

4. What is the name of Qpr's ground

5. Who does Kevin Nolan play for

6. Whitch country is Ali Al Habsi from?

7. What was the score when Bolton met Man united at the Reebok this season?

8. Who wears the number 17 for Barcelona?

9. Who reffed the 2010 World Cup Final?

10. Where is Newcastle keeper Tim Krul from?

Match preview Blackburn v Man United

A match with significance at both ends of the table both teams have been on decent form of late and both are on course to achevie their objectives of staying up for Blackburn and winning the league for Man united a win for ethier team will be huge in their season .
The last time these two met Blackburn got a very suprising 3-2 victory at Old Trafford so United will be up for revenge at Ewood Park.

Key players
Wayne Rooney
If Rooney plays well Manchester united play well. Simple as!

Yakubu
Blackburn rely on him as their man attacking and goalscoring

Match preview wigan v stoke

Both teams come into this game off the back of impressive results against members of the big sides wigan won 2-1 at Liverpool and Stoke drew 1-1 with Manchester City.

The game is more important to wigan but Tony Pulis wont let his side lie down he will be going for the win as they try to secure a top 10 finish. A wigan win whould take them out of the bottom three a result that whould be huge with games against Man united Chelsea Arsenal and Newcastle still to come.

Match facts
Five of the last seven meetings between the two have ended in draws
Wigan are unbeaten against stoke in their last five meetings sice martinez took charge.

Predictions Week 5!

Last Week: Tom got 31 while Vishal was just behind on 29. Both admins seemed to get lots of threes, but not a lot of 5 pointers!

Week 5: All the prem games as usual and a couple of crucial top of the table clashes in the Championship and Portugal.

Vishal:
Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea (3)
Everton 2-1 West Brom (3)
Fulham 1-1 Norwich (0)
Man City 3-1 Sunderland (0)
QPR 1-4 Arsenal (0)
Wigan 1-1 Stoke (0)
Wolves 1-2 Bolton (3)
West Ham 2-1 Reading (0)
Benfica 2-2 Braga (0)
Newcastle 1-2 Liverpool (0)
Tottenham 3-1 Swansea (5)
Blackburn 1-2 Man United (3)

Thomas:
Aston Villa 0-0 Chelsea (0)
Everton 1-1 West Brom (0)
Fulham 1-1 Norwich (0)
Man City 2-1 Sunderland (0)
QPR 2-2 Arsenal (0)
Wigan 3-1 Stoke (3)
Wolves 2-2 Bolton (0)
West Ham 2-1 Reading (0)
Benfica 1-2 Braga (0)
Newcastle 4-2 Liverpool (3)
Tottenham 3-2 Swansea (3)
Blackburn 1-2 Man united (3)

World knowlege test!

This week instead off our usual team knowlege test we've decided to do a world knowlege test! Comment your answers!

1. Who is the manager of Real Madrid?

2. How many times have Liverpool won the Champions League?

3. Where do Bayen Munich play there home games?

4. Where was last seasons Champions League final held?

5. How many goals has Aston villa striker Emile Heskey scored this season?

6. Who wears the number six shirt for Barcelona?

7. Who won La Liga last season?

8. Who is Roberto Martinez the manager of?

9. True or false?
Blackburn beat Man united at old trafford this season?

10. Whitch club is Joe Cole currently on loan at?

Match report Liverpool 1-2 Wigan

Wigan picked up a suprising win to boost their survival hopes, also this result heats presure onto reds boss Kenny Dalglish.

The game started in a open fashion with both teams playing quite well however wigan where having much more of the ball and where growing into the game a noisy away following was cheering them on at anfield.

Then on the half hour mark Martin Skertal concedes a penalty when he denies Victor moses a clear goalscoring opportunity when he kicks moses in the head to see a penalty given whitch Shaun Maloney converts to give Wigan a much deserved lead at a sunny and quiet Anfield.

Liverpool started the second half brightly and the reds got their reward when Luis Suarez finished off a Steven Gerrard pass.

But the latics didnt give up Ben Watson was brought on in place of Jean Beausejour and that sparked something into latics and they took the lead as captin Gary Caldwell cooly finished to put wigan on course for a vital victory. the latics where bossing the match they where looking the most likely.

With ten minuets left liverpool brought on raheem sterling for his first apperance in a liverpool shirt but it wss wigans substitute Conor Sammon who came nearest to scoring his effort was blocked.

Five minuets where added on at the end but despite pilling on the pressure liverpool didnt find the net wigan held on for a huge victory in their season .

Player ratings
Wigan
Ali al habsi 8/10
Was verually a spectator for most of the game but provided good saves when requried.

Emmerson Boyce
7/10
Worked very hard bombing up and down the line

Altolin alcaraz
7/10 Kept all things simple and did a good job of marking luis Suarez



Gary caldwell
9/10
Was extremely orgainised and scored the winning goal

Maynor Figueroa
8/10
Made some vital interceptions and tackels

Jean beausejour 6/10
Kept everything he did simple and did some good crosses

James Macarthy
8.5/10 dominated the midfieled with maloney and Macarthur

James Macarthur
8.5/10
Probably his best ever performance for wigan he was key in the midfield battle

Victor moses 6/10
Was taken off after winning the penalty he looked dangerous when he was on

Shaun Maloney 10/10
Cooly steped up for the penalty he was foltless throughout his passing was brilliant.

Franco Di santo 8/10
Worked hard for the team and provided liverpool some scares.


Subs
Albert Crusat 6/10
Came on for moses after around 30 mins after moses go injured crusar worked hard and ran up and down the line for his team

Ben Watson 6/10 came on when wigan where under pressure after just conceding but he really tightend up the midfield for wigan

Conor sammon 6/10
Came on for the last 20 mins carried on from Franco Di santo and missed a good chance to score

Liverpool

Pepe Renia 6/10
None of the goals where really his folt. He nearly saved the penalty

John Flanagan
6/10 was good going forward but looked a little shaky at the back.

Jamie Carragher 3/10
Probably one of his worst games ever he coudnt keep up with wigans quick passing.

Martin skrtel 4/10
Was teased by franco di santo didnt seem himself after what has been a good season for him.

Jose enrique 5/10
Was one of liverpools best attacking threats all game his crosses provided a bit of danger for wigan but his defending wasnt anywhere near that standered.

Jay spearing 5/10 struggled to keep up with james Macarthur and James Macarthy his passes usually went astray.

Steven Gerrard 5/10
Provided the assist for Suarez' goal but aside from that did little else a poor display from the captin.

Jordan Henderson 3.5/10
Coudnt really get his game going he was taken off at half time

Stewart Downing 5/10
Whipped many crosses into the box but apart from that he wasnt really involved

Luis Suarez 5.5/10
Scored the goal for liverpool he looked dangerous to the wigan defence but other from the goal he coudnt play the game his way he chould have had another goal but it was disallowed.

Dirt Kuyt 5.5/10
Worked extreamly hard but nothing came from it really

Subs.
Andy Carroll 4/10
A second half display whitch sums up his season he was the subject of many long balls but nothing came from them.

Raheem Sterling 5/10
Posed a threat to the wigan Right Back Emmerson Boyce whitch others failed to do.

Jonjo shelvey 5/10
Didnt really do to much he played some nice passes though.

Liverpool v Wigan = the war of the two admins!

As you may be aware this saturday wigan travel to anfield to face liverpool and as you know tom horn supports wigan (he will be attending the game in the away end) and Vishal Chahwala supports liverpool so this means WAR!


Tom horns thoughts
"for my team (wigan) its a game we need to get something out of i will be there cheering us on ive predicted us to win as always. Also we need a win so i can tease vishal! Come on latics!!

Vishal's thoughts
Not gonna happen Tom! It'll be a comfortable win for Liverpool.
2-1 is my prediction. Bellamy, Škrtel and Boyce to score. We will win - I'm sure - and I will definitely annoy Tom about the result!