week 9 of the epl

lots of fun this week, lots of talking points......

chelsea v bolton
ok, let's get it out of the way. yes, it should have been a red card. fine. and that could have changed the game, yes. or, jose in his infinite wisdom, still would have made the necessary tactical changes and won this game. maybe not by the same scoreline.
chelsea show they are vulnerable again by giving up a goal in the 4th minute (!): jt needed to be more central, especially when del horno is missing that pass. bolton gave chelsea a good game in the first half and probably were quite happy at halftime..... little did they know jose was already drawing diagrams on the board. a tactical change and suddenly, it's a different game. and that's even before the handball & red card for cutie gardner. and i can't even begin to explain how pleased am i with the new & improved drogba - that backheel to frankie was lovely and his 2nd goal was even lovelier. oh and frankie is so much cuter with his spikey hair grown back.
big sam fashion watch: nice brown shirt with tan stripey tie. very smart.

birmingham derby
no goalkeeping gaff?? villa wins?? where the hell am i? i thought this was birmingham v villa?
at least we had o'leary spicing things up at the end with his 'celebrations'. the winning goal from phillips was nice too.

spurs v everton
i heart television. before the game begins, the camera is on simon davis (since he made the move from spurs to everton over the summer) and it catches him accidentally squirting water in his eye. priceless.
poor toffees. what happened to that solid defense? they let two goals in both from headers, nices ones from mido and jenas (both cuties too!). tsk tsk.

wigan v newcastle
i officially declare newcastle to be the inter of england: lots of bad/thinning hair and no cuties. blegh. too bad they can't win some games like inter but they certainly have the same luck - shearer's header was so a goal that crosssed the line.

west brom v the arse
hee hee hee.
wow. not the best start to the season for the gunners, eh? kirkland had one of those fantastic games, the ex-arse player kanu scores against his old team and carter scores a cracker to win it for the minnows! i didn't even mention flamini's horrible horrible sideburns! yuck!

liverpool v blackburn
so this is where chelsea's red card got missplaced! although they usually deserve their red cards, i think rovers were unlucky here. and we were all unlucky to *ahem* enjoy cisse's latest hairstyle. it's true that it's not as bad as some of his past ones but this one makes him look about 10 years older than he actually is. not flattering at all. but pretty boy moro is back & has a nice bobo-like miss so at least cisse has that on him.

sunderland v manyoo
sunderland didn't play all that bad and elliot's goal was a beauty but manyoo was a little too much for them. cute little italian-american rossi scores on his debut and i really am starting to rate park as the stand-out player for the red devils. the criticism of him being simply an asian marketing tool seems off the mark to me.

other notes: 2 beautiful goals in the latest london derby (charlton v fulham), nice goal from andy cole for man city (his 1st of 2 goals), & portsmouth manage not to lose.