A dampener on proceedings - Birmingham vs West Ham
By far the most interesting occurence in a damp squib of a first half was the St Andrew's sprinkler system spluttering into life just 3 minutes into the game. Hammers fan will be wishing that they could have kicked in somewhere around 60th minute, when Birmingham rallied to claw back the two goal deficit, denying Grant's men a vital three points. Cameron Jerome levelled the match at 2-2 with a simple strike thanks to a nicely weighted knock down from in-form Nikola Zigic, who is rapidly becoming a TAC favourite after the 6'7 striker admitted to calling Peter Crouch 'little man.'
Pulis is not stoked - Stoke vs Sunderland
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| "Mayby you should give these a go ref" |
“Do bad decisions even themselves out over the season for us? No, not at all, never, never.
I have been in the game too long to believe that."
Poor old Tony Pulis. Last week he was 'fuming' over the disallowed Tuncay goal. This week Tony is 'angry' at the referee - and rightly so. After a header from Kenwyne Jones was knocked from its goal bound path by Lee Cattermole, the general consensus is that the it should have been either :-
- A penalty for blatant handball + a red card for Lee Cattermole
- A goal (the ball could have been judged to have crossed the line) + a red card for Cattermole
- A goal
Unfortunately for poor old Tone, none of the above materialised.Well at least you got a corner.
"Tim Cahill is a freak" Jamie Redknapp - Everton vs Blackpool
Purveyor of insightful, balanced and interesting punditry Jamie Redknapp, told the Daily Mail “Tim Cahill is a freak. How can a 5ft 10in player jump so high and cause so many problems in the air?" Presumably Jamie, its his ability as a footballer, grit and determination that help - but hey, you are the professional. Lets just agree that Tim was most likely exposed to high doses of radioactivity as a child, whilst fishing for salmon with his father, leading him to pick up the leaping ability of said fish.
Salmon aside, Everton vs Blackpool was a good game, with the tangerines proving that they are not going to simply push,shove and long ball there way to premiership survival - instead it seems that they plan to achieve by actually playing football. Always nice to see.
"It is possibly because of a lack of match fitness" Ferguson states obvious. Man Utd vs Wolves
Owen Hargreaves was only able to complete 6 minutes of football on his first return since 2008, before damaging his hamstring and having to be taken off. Ferguson has blamed a possible 'anxiety attack.' Dont really want to say anymore as this is actually quite a sad story, as it seems that Hargreaves may not be mentally ready to ever play football again.
In other news
Chelsea beaten by Liverpool - Torres scores two - Drogba had flu.
Arsenal beaten by Newcastle - Carroll scores again - Arsenal field first full strength squad in a millenia and are deservedly beaten at home.
West Brom beaten by Man City - Super Mario scores two - Super Mario gets sent off - Super Mario's reputation as 'a little bit unpredictable' is confirmed
By far the most interesting occurence in a damp squib of a first half was the St Andrew's sprinkler system spluttering into life just 3 minutes into the game. Hammers fan will be wishing that they could have kicked in somewhere around 60th minute, when Birmingham rallied to claw back the two goal deficit, denying Grant's men a vital three points. Cameron Jerome levelled the match at 2-2 with a simple strike thanks to a nicely weighted knock down from in-form Nikola Zigic, who is rapidly becoming a TAC favourite after the 6'7 striker admitted to calling Peter Crouch 'little man.'
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