This year the Barclays Premiership has already produced some unpredictable weekend football results and no doubt there are still many to come. Leading the pack are the champions Chelsea which is probably been the only predictable thing to come out of the season so far. Once the fixture list was produced ever single manager in the league would have concluded that it was most likely Chelsea would sit at the top of the table with 5 wins out of 5, even considering their poor pre-season results and their defeat to Manchester United in the curtain opener the Community Shield. However they strolled past West Brom, Wigan, Stoke, West Ham and Blackpool, scoring 21 goals in the process and only conceding a single goal. They already have a four point cushion over second place big spending Manchester City who they however failed to beat.
Money can't buy you success! This statement may have to be revisited at the end of the season. Manchester City have started slow but are steadily building some momentum and their new players are gelling a lot quicker than everyone predicted. They have already beaten Liverpool, Chelsea and drawn away to Spurs. They have a lot of energy about their play and are a strong physical youthful side with the right amount of flair to win games. The only concern they will face is keeping all of their multi-million pound players happy, which will be easier with the English players than the foreign ones I predict.
The year of the Berbatov! Has his time finally come after 2 years at Old Trafford? His early season form certainly suggests this. He sits on top of the goal scoring table with 6 leagues goals in 7 games already this season and how Manchester United have needed him as Rooney has failed on all fronts to spark any kind of his form from last season which this is largely due to his off the field antics, which we all know about so there is no need to delve further in to that. As ever they have started the season slowly, but what has been a shock to the system for all of their fans is the despicable state of their defensive performances. Last season they only conceded 28 goals and this season a goal a game already. However Rio Ferdinand returned to the starting line up away to Sunderland where they didn't concede and was in impeccable form for England against Montenegro.
Liverpool languish in the bottom three of the table! Yes you read that correctly, they are in dire straits at the moment, however it looks like the sale of the club from the current American owners will be pushed through by the High Court today (13/10/2010). Not that the takeover will change the on field prospects of the club straight away and being realistic there won't be any big names coming over in the January transfer window if they still languish in the bottom half of the table. So sadly their season is already over after all the pre-season ambitions they had.
The Premier League returns after the international break and the unpredictability will no doubt continue with the likes of Blackpool and West Brom especially shocking a few more teams. Will Chelsea build on their 4 point lead or come the next international break will we see Arsenal, Spurs or Villa competing for top stop.
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