((HT: Artekker's Vine))
After an Eden Hazard penalty kick that put Chelsea up 1-0 and a near miss by Jack Wilshere to equalize, it's easy to see why tempers are a little short. Apology, no apology...
Failure, not a failure...
All the press conference quotables led to this in a sport where you can't use your hands
When was the last time you saw that...???
The HQ bets: NE-VAH!!!
Here's the long version from NBCSN
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Showing posts with label Chelsea. Show all posts
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Friday, October 3, 2014
OSG Prem: No Apology From Mourinho On Wenger Remarks
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With Chelsea and Arsenal going at it this weekend in the Premier League, the press conferences are flying around between Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Chelsea's chosen one...
Mourinho is still hot that the Spanish national squad called up Diego Costa, so he has that to worry about in a week's time. But he also is not offering up an apology for these comments late last year from February.
The HQ likes it when they dig at each other overseas and it comes out like that.
Mourinho, for the record, is not backing down from his assessment.
"It was a consequence of something," Mourinho said when asked. "It was not a deliberate first option to say something. I didn't get an apology. I don't apologise."
And don't ever expect one...
With Chelsea and Arsenal going at it this weekend in the Premier League, the press conferences are flying around between Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Chelsea's chosen one...
Mourinho is still hot that the Spanish national squad called up Diego Costa, so he has that to worry about in a week's time. But he also is not offering up an apology for these comments late last year from February.
The HQ likes it when they dig at each other overseas and it comes out like that.
Mourinho, for the record, is not backing down from his assessment.
"It was a consequence of something," Mourinho said when asked. "It was not a deliberate first option to say something. I didn't get an apology. I don't apologise."
And don't ever expect one...
Saturday, August 30, 2014
OSG Prem: Manchesters And Everton Have Rough Days
((HT: BPL on NBCSN))
It was just one of those days... and that's what makes the premier League what it is...
Just when you think you have everything figured out- forget it...
First, Burnley was hosting Manchester United- Easy one for the Reds, right...???
Nope... a goalless draw...
Maybe van Gaal was right. It might take a year...
((HT: Beanyman Sports))
City didn't do any better on a day where they could have had SERIOUS bragging rights. Mark Hughes returned to his old haunt coaching Stoke against the Citizens and he came away with the 1-0 win. Once again... shocking...
The best squad money can buy is pitting up some serious numbers already. So much for Diego Costa being out for as many as six weeks with that hamstring he hurt in training. The Blues put up 6 against Tim Howard and Everton. Costa put in two on his own...
Elsewhere, a really mad Harry Redknapp lost Loic Remy in a sale before the transfer deadline. But QPR got the 1-0 win today over Sunderland.
Neil Warnock and Crystal Palace went toe-to-toe with Newcastle- both teams left with a point after a 3-3 draw.
Nathan Dyer put two on West Brom and the Swans added another just because in a Swansea City 3-0 win.
Southampton found some offense somewhere and won 3-1 over West Ham...
It was just one of those days... and that's what makes the premier League what it is...
Just when you think you have everything figured out- forget it...
First, Burnley was hosting Manchester United- Easy one for the Reds, right...???
Nope... a goalless draw...
Maybe van Gaal was right. It might take a year...
((HT: Beanyman Sports))
City didn't do any better on a day where they could have had SERIOUS bragging rights. Mark Hughes returned to his old haunt coaching Stoke against the Citizens and he came away with the 1-0 win. Once again... shocking...
The best squad money can buy is pitting up some serious numbers already. So much for Diego Costa being out for as many as six weeks with that hamstring he hurt in training. The Blues put up 6 against Tim Howard and Everton. Costa put in two on his own...
Elsewhere, a really mad Harry Redknapp lost Loic Remy in a sale before the transfer deadline. But QPR got the 1-0 win today over Sunderland.
Neil Warnock and Crystal Palace went toe-to-toe with Newcastle- both teams left with a point after a 3-3 draw.
Nathan Dyer put two on West Brom and the Swans added another just because in a Swansea City 3-0 win.
Southampton found some offense somewhere and won 3-1 over West Ham...
Thursday, July 24, 2014
OSG Prem: Lampard Joins NYC FC
((HT: NYCFC/MLS))
As another signing in the middle-aged, but still incredibly talented soccer players club, the still-not playing NYC FC has added Frank Lampard on a two-year contract to go with David Villa.
Head Coach Jason Kreis now will, probably, send Lampard down to Australia to play in the A-League with Villa since the club, co-owned by Manchester City and the Yankees, has a year to go before their MLS debut.
Here's his introduction
((HT: Sky Sports))
NYC Sporting Director Claudio Reyna is still aglow with the signing:
"He is a professional, a leader and he ticked all the boxes in terms of the qualities to help grow our team."
The larger question is now, other than fitness, Lampard's international career and if he will add to the 106 caps he has for his country.
As another signing in the middle-aged, but still incredibly talented soccer players club, the still-not playing NYC FC has added Frank Lampard on a two-year contract to go with David Villa.
Head Coach Jason Kreis now will, probably, send Lampard down to Australia to play in the A-League with Villa since the club, co-owned by Manchester City and the Yankees, has a year to go before their MLS debut.
Here's his introduction
((HT: Sky Sports))
NYC Sporting Director Claudio Reyna is still aglow with the signing:
"He is a professional, a leader and he ticked all the boxes in terms of the qualities to help grow our team."
The larger question is now, other than fitness, Lampard's international career and if he will add to the 106 caps he has for his country.
Sunday, May 11, 2014
OSG Prem: The Title Is Man City's
For the second time in the last three seasons, the Premier League title is in the hands of Manchester City...
In a day with few surprises late moving through the motions early, the ladder stays the same...
Man City takes care of West Ham with few issues, 2-0
Here's their celebration
Elsewhere, it took a while but Liverpool came back from a 1-0 deficit to beat Newcastle 2-1- who were down to nine men before the game was over. Manager Alan Pardue will, surely, have to answer to his team's lack of discipline
The rest of the table:
Chelsea had to fight back from being 1 down at Cardiff City, thanks to an own goal by Azpilicueta, but finish third with a 2-1 win.
Crystal Palace and Fulham tied at 2
Everton shut out Hull City 2-0
Swansea showed some offense for a change- beating Sunderland 3-1
Arsenal relegates Norwich 2-0
Stoke scored the last goal in their game to beat West Brom 2-1
And the Europa League spots to go Everton and Spurs...
Tim Sherwood's managerial swan song was a good one (which is a shame in itself) as Spurs went out hot early and beat Aston Villa 3-0 while Manchester United tied Southampton at ones and will miss European football contest for the first time in a quarter-century.
And now the Silly Season starts...
In a day with few surprises late moving through the motions early, the ladder stays the same...
Man City takes care of West Ham with few issues, 2-0
Here's their celebration
Elsewhere, it took a while but Liverpool came back from a 1-0 deficit to beat Newcastle 2-1- who were down to nine men before the game was over. Manager Alan Pardue will, surely, have to answer to his team's lack of discipline
The rest of the table:
Chelsea had to fight back from being 1 down at Cardiff City, thanks to an own goal by Azpilicueta, but finish third with a 2-1 win.
Crystal Palace and Fulham tied at 2
Everton shut out Hull City 2-0
Swansea showed some offense for a change- beating Sunderland 3-1
Arsenal relegates Norwich 2-0
Stoke scored the last goal in their game to beat West Brom 2-1
And the Europa League spots to go Everton and Spurs...
Tim Sherwood's managerial swan song was a good one (which is a shame in itself) as Spurs went out hot early and beat Aston Villa 3-0 while Manchester United tied Southampton at ones and will miss European football contest for the first time in a quarter-century.
And now the Silly Season starts...
Sunday, April 27, 2014
OSG Prem: Mourinho Does It Again...Man City Closes The Gap
((HT: NBCSN/BBC/SkySports))
So...
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho poo-pooed his whole week- told his Board he needed to prepare for Champions League play and asked to put a "B" side in against Liverpool... telling everyone the title is Liverpool's (or Man City's)...
Who's the dumb one now...???
After a deadly slip on defense in the first half by Steven Gerrard and a transitional goal in extra time by Willian, Chelsea tightens the race at the top and gives Man City the opening they needed all along...
And Mourinho afterwards was, well, Classic Mourinho...
Elsewhere, Sunderland- behind Connor Wickham again whacked Cardiff to escape the bottom of the table 4-0...
And Manchester City got within three points of Liverpool with a game in hand with their win at Crystal Palace. Dzeko scored in the fourth minute and Yaya Toure went through the Palace defense for the 2-0 lead at the break. They never looked back in the win at Selhurst Park...
Here's the Toure screamer...
So...
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho poo-pooed his whole week- told his Board he needed to prepare for Champions League play and asked to put a "B" side in against Liverpool... telling everyone the title is Liverpool's (or Man City's)...
Who's the dumb one now...???
After a deadly slip on defense in the first half by Steven Gerrard and a transitional goal in extra time by Willian, Chelsea tightens the race at the top and gives Man City the opening they needed all along...
And Mourinho afterwards was, well, Classic Mourinho...
Elsewhere, Sunderland- behind Connor Wickham again whacked Cardiff to escape the bottom of the table 4-0...
And Manchester City got within three points of Liverpool with a game in hand with their win at Crystal Palace. Dzeko scored in the fourth minute and Yaya Toure went through the Palace defense for the 2-0 lead at the break. They never looked back in the win at Selhurst Park...
Here's the Toure screamer...
Saturday, April 19, 2014
OSG Prem: Sunderland Shocks The World...
((HT: NBCSN/BPL/BBC Sport/SkySports))
To explain what happened to college football fans, it would be like Kentucky beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa...
So, by extension, the HQ wonders if there were couches burned by Sunderland fans after knocking off Chelsea at Stamford Bridge- making it the first loss for a Jose Mourinho-coached side in 78 games...
The Special One was not pleased...
But here's the long version...
With Spurs win over Fulham, Swansea's win over Newcastle, and the draw between Stoke City and Cardiff City, the bottom now looks like this...
16 West Bromwich Albion 33
17 Norwich City 32
18 Cardiff City 30
19 Fulham 30
20 Sunderland 29
Norwich have Liverpool Sunday and Sunderland still have a game in hand...
Here's the top...
1 Liverpool 77
2 Chelsea 75
3 Manchester City 71
4 Arsenal 67
Man City still have games in hand, but they need to win out and get lots of help...
Elsewhere, Crystal Palace are now 6 points clear in 11th after a win over 12th place West Ham and Aston Villa and Southampton solved nothing with a goalless draw...
To explain what happened to college football fans, it would be like Kentucky beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa...
So, by extension, the HQ wonders if there were couches burned by Sunderland fans after knocking off Chelsea at Stamford Bridge- making it the first loss for a Jose Mourinho-coached side in 78 games...
The Special One was not pleased...
But here's the long version...
With Spurs win over Fulham, Swansea's win over Newcastle, and the draw between Stoke City and Cardiff City, the bottom now looks like this...
16 West Bromwich Albion 33
17 Norwich City 32
18 Cardiff City 30
19 Fulham 30
20 Sunderland 29
Norwich have Liverpool Sunday and Sunderland still have a game in hand...
Here's the top...
1 Liverpool 77
2 Chelsea 75
3 Manchester City 71
4 Arsenal 67
Man City still have games in hand, but they need to win out and get lots of help...
Elsewhere, Crystal Palace are now 6 points clear in 11th after a win over 12th place West Ham and Aston Villa and Southampton solved nothing with a goalless draw...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
OSG UEFA: Chelsea Climbs Ladder At Home, Real Survives In Quarters
((HT: UEFA/beINSport))
Chelsea had only one thing in their pocket going into the second leg of the Champions League quarters...
The one road goal...
Losing 3-1 wasn't all bad. It just had to be done at home by a two-goal margin...
And thanks to Schurrle and Ba... (who had those two in the fantasy league scoring column...?)
They advance to the semis with a 2-0 win...
Chelsea is now in the last four for the seventh time in the last 11 years.
And, in the other quarter of the day, Real Madrid sat an injured Cristiano Ronaldo from their starting XI. Lewandoski was starting for Borussia Dortmund and they needed some help. But they had to score a little more than they did by the end...
A 2-0 final kept them a goal short of advancing...
Bayern Munich hosts Manchester United Wednesday, and Barcelona takes on Atletico Madrid after both first legs ended 1-1 in the other quarterfinals match-ups.
Chelsea had only one thing in their pocket going into the second leg of the Champions League quarters...
The one road goal...
Losing 3-1 wasn't all bad. It just had to be done at home by a two-goal margin...
And thanks to Schurrle and Ba... (who had those two in the fantasy league scoring column...?)
They advance to the semis with a 2-0 win...
Chelsea is now in the last four for the seventh time in the last 11 years.
And, in the other quarter of the day, Real Madrid sat an injured Cristiano Ronaldo from their starting XI. Lewandoski was starting for Borussia Dortmund and they needed some help. But they had to score a little more than they did by the end...
A 2-0 final kept them a goal short of advancing...
Bayern Munich hosts Manchester United Wednesday, and Barcelona takes on Atletico Madrid after both first legs ended 1-1 in the other quarterfinals match-ups.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
OSG UEFA: Real and PSG Put Up 3 Each In Leg One...
((HT: UEFA))
It was a busy day for goalkeepers- in a bad way- in the first legs of the UEFA Champions League semifinals...
At PSG, it was Lavezzi breaking through early and the home side didn't look back in a dominating 3-1 win over Chelsea. The only saving grace for the Blues is the one road goal in the process before next week's game at Stamford Bridge
The larger issue for PSG in the second leg is the health of Zlatan Ibrahimovich- who went down late with either a knee or hamstring injury. The upside is having Cavani taking over that spot isn't to much of a drop off...
In the other semi, Real Madrid took care of Borussia Dortmund by a 3-0 score...
Three different goal scorers- including Gareth Bale- made it really difficult for an anemic offense like Dortmund's to try and do something in the second leg on the road...
The issue for Real is the injury on Cristiano Ronaldo, but look for him to sit a lot with a three goal lead in Leg 2...
It was a busy day for goalkeepers- in a bad way- in the first legs of the UEFA Champions League semifinals...
At PSG, it was Lavezzi breaking through early and the home side didn't look back in a dominating 3-1 win over Chelsea. The only saving grace for the Blues is the one road goal in the process before next week's game at Stamford Bridge
The larger issue for PSG in the second leg is the health of Zlatan Ibrahimovich- who went down late with either a knee or hamstring injury. The upside is having Cavani taking over that spot isn't to much of a drop off...
In the other semi, Real Madrid took care of Borussia Dortmund by a 3-0 score...
Three different goal scorers- including Gareth Bale- made it really difficult for an anemic offense like Dortmund's to try and do something in the second leg on the road...
The issue for Real is the injury on Cristiano Ronaldo, but look for him to sit a lot with a three goal lead in Leg 2...
Saturday, March 29, 2014
OSG Prem: Mourinho Concedes Title, Man City-Arsenal Rules The Afternoon
((HT: BPL/Sky Sports/NBCSN))
The early morning started with protests above Old Trafford, but a big win inside as Manchester United went down a goal early. They came back to win 4-1 over Aston Villa thanks to two Wayne Rooney goals.
Elsewhere...
Southampton continued their claim to the top half by blowing out an outgunned Newcastle side 4-0.
Peter Odemwingie scored to give Stoke a 1-0 over Hull City
Two goals from de Guizman gave Swansea a big three points in a 3-0 over Norwich
Now, to the wild stuff...
The last time Chelsea's John Terry gave up an own goal was, like, in 1934 or something. But his OG in the 52nd minute gave Crystal Palace their first win over the Blues since 1990. The Eagles got a HUGE three points taking them 5 points clear of the drop. Afterwards, Jose Mourinho all but conceded the title...
West Brom and Cardiff had all the appearance of a six-pointer with the Bluebirds in the drop zone and the opponents hovering just above it. The game had its huge swings of momentum, and the Baggies' Morgan Amalfitano gave Paul Merson fits...
((HT:Sky Sports))
And then, there was all the late drama of stoppage time...
Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer seemed to get a good laugh out of the last two minutes along with counterpart Pepe Mel. He still seemed a little shocked about getting a point out of the deal...
((HT: BBC Sport))
So, that put everything into the courts of Man City and Arsenal- who were the nightcap at the Emirates.
David Silva had the Citizens up at the break, but his squad gave up their first goal since February 3rd to Flamini. The game ends in a 1-1 draw and keeps Chelsea one up on Liverpool with City another point back- with two games in hand.
Arsenal are three back of third with the Reds playing tomorrow.
The early morning started with protests above Old Trafford, but a big win inside as Manchester United went down a goal early. They came back to win 4-1 over Aston Villa thanks to two Wayne Rooney goals.
Elsewhere...
Southampton continued their claim to the top half by blowing out an outgunned Newcastle side 4-0.
Peter Odemwingie scored to give Stoke a 1-0 over Hull City
Two goals from de Guizman gave Swansea a big three points in a 3-0 over Norwich
Now, to the wild stuff...
The last time Chelsea's John Terry gave up an own goal was, like, in 1934 or something. But his OG in the 52nd minute gave Crystal Palace their first win over the Blues since 1990. The Eagles got a HUGE three points taking them 5 points clear of the drop. Afterwards, Jose Mourinho all but conceded the title...
West Brom and Cardiff had all the appearance of a six-pointer with the Bluebirds in the drop zone and the opponents hovering just above it. The game had its huge swings of momentum, and the Baggies' Morgan Amalfitano gave Paul Merson fits...
((HT:Sky Sports))
And then, there was all the late drama of stoppage time...
Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer seemed to get a good laugh out of the last two minutes along with counterpart Pepe Mel. He still seemed a little shocked about getting a point out of the deal...
((HT: BBC Sport))
So, that put everything into the courts of Man City and Arsenal- who were the nightcap at the Emirates.
David Silva had the Citizens up at the break, but his squad gave up their first goal since February 3rd to Flamini. The game ends in a 1-1 draw and keeps Chelsea one up on Liverpool with City another point back- with two games in hand.
Arsenal are three back of third with the Reds playing tomorrow.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
OSG Prem: The Top Stays Top, Except For Arsenal...
((HT: BPL on NBC/SkySports))
It was an unbelievable first twenty minutes for Chelsea against Arsenal...
Earlier in the week The Chosen One (Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho) maintained that his counterpart, Arsene Wenger, was only good at being a "specialist in failure." He kept pushing buttons and made sure everyone was on edge as the game started...
Eto'o and Schurrle made it 2-0 in the first 8 minutes, and then an odd call from referee Andre Marriner gave a red to Kieran Gibbs instead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain- who lobbied for it and still wasn't given the dismissal...
The red card will be transferred to AOC from Gibbs on Monday, by the way...
And the final was 6-0...congrats to Arsene Wenger in his 1000th appearance as manager... (???)
Mourinho still believes the title is Man City's to lose and after today's display against Fulham, who can really complain about that assessment. Yaya Toure scored on two PK's early on before this strike from the outside gave him his hat trick in a 5-0 win over Fulham...
Not to be outdone, Luis Suarez and Liverpool had their hands full with Cardiff for the first 55 minutes or so, then the Reds took over winning 6-3 as Suarez had a hat trick himself to go with Skrtel and Sturridge
Elsewhere, Hull City shut out West Brom 2-0, Everton held off Swansea 3-2 to keep a look at the Europa qualifier, Newcastle's Cisse scored near the death and dedicated the goal to suspended manger Alan Pardew in a big win over Crystal Palace, Norwich shut out Sunderland 2-0 as well, but the interesting story line late came from West Ham and Manchester United.
Rooney's 50-yarder on Adrian gave the Red Devils enough momentum to pull out a 2-0 win themselves...
Here's the goal- again- because we can... and Beckham's reaction was priceless...
It was an unbelievable first twenty minutes for Chelsea against Arsenal...
Earlier in the week The Chosen One (Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho) maintained that his counterpart, Arsene Wenger, was only good at being a "specialist in failure." He kept pushing buttons and made sure everyone was on edge as the game started...
Eto'o and Schurrle made it 2-0 in the first 8 minutes, and then an odd call from referee Andre Marriner gave a red to Kieran Gibbs instead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain- who lobbied for it and still wasn't given the dismissal...
The red card will be transferred to AOC from Gibbs on Monday, by the way...
And the final was 6-0...congrats to Arsene Wenger in his 1000th appearance as manager... (???)
Mourinho still believes the title is Man City's to lose and after today's display against Fulham, who can really complain about that assessment. Yaya Toure scored on two PK's early on before this strike from the outside gave him his hat trick in a 5-0 win over Fulham...
Not to be outdone, Luis Suarez and Liverpool had their hands full with Cardiff for the first 55 minutes or so, then the Reds took over winning 6-3 as Suarez had a hat trick himself to go with Skrtel and Sturridge
Elsewhere, Hull City shut out West Brom 2-0, Everton held off Swansea 3-2 to keep a look at the Europa qualifier, Newcastle's Cisse scored near the death and dedicated the goal to suspended manger Alan Pardew in a big win over Crystal Palace, Norwich shut out Sunderland 2-0 as well, but the interesting story line late came from West Ham and Manchester United.
Rooney's 50-yarder on Adrian gave the Red Devils enough momentum to pull out a 2-0 win themselves...
Here's the goal- again- because we can... and Beckham's reaction was priceless...
Saturday, March 15, 2014
OSG Prem: Chelsea Down To 9 Men, Loses At Villa- The Race Tightens
((HT: BPL on NBC/Sky Sports))
How do you say everything by saying nothing...???
You're Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in your post-match q-and-a after losing a shocker at Villa Park...
Fabien Delph scored the only goal in the 1-0 win that compresses the Premier League table all over again with Arsenal and Liverpool playing Sunday and Man City with three games in hand down only 6 points...
The Blues were handed to red cards- Willian (which was somewhat questionable) and Ramires (which was reckless in his challenge of El Ahmedi). So, once Ramires got his sending off Mourinho wanted to ask questions... he never got the opportunity since he claims referee Chris Foy wouldn't even talk to him.
Afterwards, the Chosen One chose his words...
So, everything compresses...
10-man Man City beat Hull City 2-0
Seamus Coleman broke out a flop shot to help Everton beat Cardiff 2-1
Fulham got a huge win for their hopes to stay up beating Newcastle 1-0
Southampton put up 4 in a win over Norwich
Stoke put up 3 in a win over West Ham- despite Andy Carroll's return
Sunderland and Crystal Palace had a scoreless draw and solved nothing for 17th and 18th in the table
And West Brom got a huge 3 points in stealing a win at Liberty Stadium to defeat Swansea
So, the two big match-ups tomorrow will sort out just how close the top of the table will be and, maybe, Mourinho was right. He's not the favorite after all...
How do you say everything by saying nothing...???
You're Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho in your post-match q-and-a after losing a shocker at Villa Park...
Fabien Delph scored the only goal in the 1-0 win that compresses the Premier League table all over again with Arsenal and Liverpool playing Sunday and Man City with three games in hand down only 6 points...
The Blues were handed to red cards- Willian (which was somewhat questionable) and Ramires (which was reckless in his challenge of El Ahmedi). So, once Ramires got his sending off Mourinho wanted to ask questions... he never got the opportunity since he claims referee Chris Foy wouldn't even talk to him.
Afterwards, the Chosen One chose his words...
So, everything compresses...
10-man Man City beat Hull City 2-0
Seamus Coleman broke out a flop shot to help Everton beat Cardiff 2-1
Fulham got a huge win for their hopes to stay up beating Newcastle 1-0
Southampton put up 4 in a win over Norwich
Stoke put up 3 in a win over West Ham- despite Andy Carroll's return
Sunderland and Crystal Palace had a scoreless draw and solved nothing for 17th and 18th in the table
And West Brom got a huge 3 points in stealing a win at Liberty Stadium to defeat Swansea
So, the two big match-ups tomorrow will sort out just how close the top of the table will be and, maybe, Mourinho was right. He's not the favorite after all...
Sunday, March 9, 2014
OSG Prem: Spurs Lack Character In Loss To Chelsea...
And other stuff...
Fulham lost to Cardiff behind Steven Caulker's efforts in a six-pointer at Craven Cottage
Manchester United took care of a West Brom side that lacks offense
Jay Rodriguez made the one Southampton goal stick in their win over Crystal Palace
Norwich couldn't take advantage of 10-man Stoke and drew 1-1
But the biggest news came from the top of the table...
Chelsea needed Samuel Eto'o to start from the beginning since Fernando Torres injured himself in warm-ups...
And all Eto'o did was this...
((HT: Sky Sports/BPL))
A 4-0 whitewashing that caretaker manager Tim Sherwood was less than pleased with...
It was all part of an interesting Saturday...
Fulham lost to Cardiff behind Steven Caulker's efforts in a six-pointer at Craven Cottage
Manchester United took care of a West Brom side that lacks offense
Jay Rodriguez made the one Southampton goal stick in their win over Crystal Palace
Norwich couldn't take advantage of 10-man Stoke and drew 1-1
But the biggest news came from the top of the table...
Chelsea needed Samuel Eto'o to start from the beginning since Fernando Torres injured himself in warm-ups...
And all Eto'o did was this...
((HT: Sky Sports/BPL))
A 4-0 whitewashing that caretaker manager Tim Sherwood was less than pleased with...
It was all part of an interesting Saturday...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
OSG Prem: Chelsea Maintains, Real Destroys Schalke
((HT: UEFA/Fox Soccer))
Let's face it...
There are a couple of words that come to mind with the absolute dismantling that Real Madrid had of Schalke today in Champions League play. When it's 6-1, sometimes it's hard to find an adjective that will fit...
But surgical comes to mind... two goals each from Benzema, Bale, and CR7... in order, in each half...
And, then, with all of the reporter shenanigans in and around the joke The Chosen One told in confidence about Samuel Eto'o, you wondered if something would be up with their match against Galatasaray in Turkey...
But Chelsea maintained... they got their road goal setting up a return of Drogba to Stamford Bridge in a game that means something...
Let's face it...
There are a couple of words that come to mind with the absolute dismantling that Real Madrid had of Schalke today in Champions League play. When it's 6-1, sometimes it's hard to find an adjective that will fit...
But surgical comes to mind... two goals each from Benzema, Bale, and CR7... in order, in each half...
And, then, with all of the reporter shenanigans in and around the joke The Chosen One told in confidence about Samuel Eto'o, you wondered if something would be up with their match against Galatasaray in Turkey...
But Chelsea maintained... they got their road goal setting up a return of Drogba to Stamford Bridge in a game that means something...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
OSG Prem: Chosen One Slams Chosen Reporter
((HT: London Telegraph))
There are lines...and there are LINES...
Reporters will go to certain lengths to get a story, but the HQ has seen what the European press do to get people to frequent their websites, buy their newspapers, or mention a by-line...
Chelsea is in a battle for the Champions League and manager Jose Mourinho is more than happy to deflect the pressure off his team and be the center of the universe to get maximum results and maximum effect...
Like titles... a lot of them...
But the players have to be HIS players... evidence the benching and dismissal of Juan Mata...
Samuel Eto'o is one of his guys... for now...
But...
Mourinho was caught on camera at a commercial event as he told a businessman: "I have a team but no striker."
He also joked about Eto'o's age: "I have Eto'o but he is 32, maybe even 35."
He didn't apologize for the joke, and instead went after the reporter who leaked the information
Chelsea now faces Galatasaray in the next round of Champions League play...
There are lines...and there are LINES...
Reporters will go to certain lengths to get a story, but the HQ has seen what the European press do to get people to frequent their websites, buy their newspapers, or mention a by-line...
Chelsea is in a battle for the Champions League and manager Jose Mourinho is more than happy to deflect the pressure off his team and be the center of the universe to get maximum results and maximum effect...
Like titles... a lot of them...
But the players have to be HIS players... evidence the benching and dismissal of Juan Mata...
Samuel Eto'o is one of his guys... for now...
But...
Mourinho was caught on camera at a commercial event as he told a businessman: "I have a team but no striker."
He also joked about Eto'o's age: "I have Eto'o but he is 32, maybe even 35."
He didn't apologize for the joke, and instead went after the reporter who leaked the information
Chelsea now faces Galatasaray in the next round of Champions League play...
Saturday, February 22, 2014
OSG Prem: Chelsea And Man City Escape, United, Hull, Arsenal Roll...
It was an interesting day...
It went until the bitter end for Chelsea before they knocked off Everton 1-0...
John Terry with the game-winner...
The Chosen One seemed a little shell-shocked at his fortunes...
((HT: BBCSport))
Arsenal put the hammer down against the Black Cats...up 3-0 early and 4-1 final...
Arsene Wenger called it a "vital and convincing win..."
((HT: SkySports))
Manchester United got a huge three points at Crystal Palace- one of the goals coming from Wayne Rooney
Manchester City held off Stoke 1-0 and the action at the bottom made life interesting...
Hull City got two from Nikica Jelavic and smoked Cardiff 4-0
West Ham took care of Southampton in a bit of a surprise 3-1
And West Brom and Fulham resolved nothing in a 1-1 draw...
Chelsea remains a point ahead of Arsenal atop the table. Man City is third with 57 points. Liverpool are fourth with 53 points. The Europa League spot is Spurs at the moment as they're five points clear of both United and Everton.
Relegation remains Sunderland, Cardiff City, and Fulham
It went until the bitter end for Chelsea before they knocked off Everton 1-0...
John Terry with the game-winner...
The Chosen One seemed a little shell-shocked at his fortunes...
((HT: BBCSport))
Arsenal put the hammer down against the Black Cats...up 3-0 early and 4-1 final...
Arsene Wenger called it a "vital and convincing win..."
((HT: SkySports))
Manchester United got a huge three points at Crystal Palace- one of the goals coming from Wayne Rooney
Manchester City held off Stoke 1-0 and the action at the bottom made life interesting...
Hull City got two from Nikica Jelavic and smoked Cardiff 4-0
West Ham took care of Southampton in a bit of a surprise 3-1
And West Brom and Fulham resolved nothing in a 1-1 draw...
Chelsea remains a point ahead of Arsenal atop the table. Man City is third with 57 points. Liverpool are fourth with 53 points. The Europa League spot is Spurs at the moment as they're five points clear of both United and Everton.
Relegation remains Sunderland, Cardiff City, and Fulham
Saturday, February 8, 2014
OSG Prem: Hazard And Liverpool Shine, Man City Listless
((HT: BPL on NBC))
The top of the Premier League table is a mess again... short of the Everton result with Spurs tomorrow...
1 Chelsea 25 56
2 Arsenal 25 55
3 Man City 25 54
4 Liverpool 25 50
5 Everton 24 45
6 Spurs 24 44
Chelsea is atop the table after a Eden Hazard hat trick in a romp over Newcastle, 3-0...
Liverpool drew closer to Arsenal with four goals in the first 20 minutes at Anfield on their way to a 5-1 win. Skrtel and Sterling each scored twice with Daniel Sturridge scoring the fifth...
It wasn't even THAT close...
Brendan Rodgers was blown away...
((HT: BBC Sport))
Man City drew at Norwich- which was a wasted opportunity, frankly...
Elsewhere, Hull City, West Ham, and Crystal Palace all pulled wins out to get them closer to being out of the drop zone conversation. Stoke and Southampton drew for a point a piece. And Swansea got a well-needed three points at the expense of their Welsh derby mates, Cardiff, with a 3-0 shut out at Liberty Stadium...
West Brom, Cardiff, and Fulham are now in the relegation zone with Fulham having to play Manchester United this weekend.
The top of the Premier League table is a mess again... short of the Everton result with Spurs tomorrow...
1 Chelsea 25 56
2 Arsenal 25 55
3 Man City 25 54
4 Liverpool 25 50
5 Everton 24 45
6 Spurs 24 44
Chelsea is atop the table after a Eden Hazard hat trick in a romp over Newcastle, 3-0...
Liverpool drew closer to Arsenal with four goals in the first 20 minutes at Anfield on their way to a 5-1 win. Skrtel and Sterling each scored twice with Daniel Sturridge scoring the fifth...
It wasn't even THAT close...
Brendan Rodgers was blown away...
((HT: BBC Sport))
Man City drew at Norwich- which was a wasted opportunity, frankly...
Elsewhere, Hull City, West Ham, and Crystal Palace all pulled wins out to get them closer to being out of the drop zone conversation. Stoke and Southampton drew for a point a piece. And Swansea got a well-needed three points at the expense of their Welsh derby mates, Cardiff, with a 3-0 shut out at Liberty Stadium...
West Brom, Cardiff, and Fulham are now in the relegation zone with Fulham having to play Manchester United this weekend.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
OSG Prem: Man City Blows Out Spurs, Sunderland Takes 6-Pointer
((HT: BPL on NBC))
Manchester City goes to the top of the table with a 5-1 wipe out of Spurs at White Hart Lane...
Toure, Dzeko, Jovetic, Aguero, and Kompany are now a point ahead of Arsenal with a +18 goal differential...
The Aguero goal was sublime
Elsewhere...
On the flipside, Chelsea had 36 shots on goal and couldn't put one past West Ham and Jaaskelainen...
The Blues are now 3 behind City...
Sunderland got the 1-0 win against Stoke which solidifies the idea that relegation will be a fight-and-a-half...
Adam Johnson's goal was good enough and now three points separate positions 11 through 17...
Lastly, the wildest game of the day was with...
Wait for it...
Aston Villa and West Brom...
6 goals in the first half all by itself, but it took a Christian Benteke strike to give the Hammers the three points...
"It's not great for the heart, to go down 2-0 in a derby. All credit to the team, the response was fantastic," Villa manager Paul Lambert said post match. "With derby games, it doesn't matter where you are in the table, they're really unpredictable. We've done so much in a short space of time. We have a young side and we are giving it a right good go."
West Ham is still tied with Fulham at 19 points, but are ahead on goal differential and Cardiff are in the basement only a point behind...
Manchester City goes to the top of the table with a 5-1 wipe out of Spurs at White Hart Lane...
Toure, Dzeko, Jovetic, Aguero, and Kompany are now a point ahead of Arsenal with a +18 goal differential...
The Aguero goal was sublime
Elsewhere...
On the flipside, Chelsea had 36 shots on goal and couldn't put one past West Ham and Jaaskelainen...
The Blues are now 3 behind City...
Sunderland got the 1-0 win against Stoke which solidifies the idea that relegation will be a fight-and-a-half...
Adam Johnson's goal was good enough and now three points separate positions 11 through 17...
Lastly, the wildest game of the day was with...
Wait for it...
Aston Villa and West Brom...
6 goals in the first half all by itself, but it took a Christian Benteke strike to give the Hammers the three points...
"It's not great for the heart, to go down 2-0 in a derby. All credit to the team, the response was fantastic," Villa manager Paul Lambert said post match. "With derby games, it doesn't matter where you are in the table, they're really unpredictable. We've done so much in a short space of time. We have a young side and we are giving it a right good go."
West Ham is still tied with Fulham at 19 points, but are ahead on goal differential and Cardiff are in the basement only a point behind...
Sunday, January 19, 2014
OSG Prem: Man United Is Mortal...And It Showed At Chelsea
((HT: NBC Sports/BPL))
Let's face it...
This year's Premier League is a log jam and a half...
11 teams are in the relegation talk. There's a group at the top that will be fighting over each other for the Europa League and Champions League spots...
And, then, there's Man United...
Who really just seem to be adrift of everything and everyone right now...
In the middle with everything happening around them and, seemingly, no way to get out of their own way......
Today's match at Chelsea was another example of that as, without van Persie and Rooney, they're only "okay..."
Losing 3-1 to a Samuel Eto'o hat trick... and how does that ever happen, really...???
Here's the highlights...
As to that whole relegation stuff...
West Ham, Sunderland, and Cardiff, each have 18 points...
Villa (24), Hull (23), Norwich (23), and Stoke (22) are right there...
West Brom (21), Swansea (21), Crystal Palace (20) and Fulham (19) are within three points of the drop.
This will go for a while...
Let's face it...
This year's Premier League is a log jam and a half...
11 teams are in the relegation talk. There's a group at the top that will be fighting over each other for the Europa League and Champions League spots...
And, then, there's Man United...
Who really just seem to be adrift of everything and everyone right now...
In the middle with everything happening around them and, seemingly, no way to get out of their own way......
Today's match at Chelsea was another example of that as, without van Persie and Rooney, they're only "okay..."
Losing 3-1 to a Samuel Eto'o hat trick... and how does that ever happen, really...???
Here's the highlights...
As to that whole relegation stuff...
West Ham, Sunderland, and Cardiff, each have 18 points...
Villa (24), Hull (23), Norwich (23), and Stoke (22) are right there...
West Brom (21), Swansea (21), Crystal Palace (20) and Fulham (19) are within three points of the drop.
This will go for a while...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
OSG Prem: Chelsea, Arsenal Save Spots, Liverpool Climbs
((HT: Sky Sports))
The Winners on the end of the very busy holiday period were Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal, and Chelsea at the top of the Premier League table.
The biggest surprise was from Spurs as they beat Man United at Old Trafford to continue the fan's consternation at David Moyes and the wonder of Tim Sherwood's run as new manager. Moyes was still hot over a non-PK call against Tottenham for their 6th loss of the season.
Chelsea went 3-0 over Southampton- who look tired now. Manager Jose Mourinho also said that Juan Mata and Michael Essien can look for new homes in the January transfer window. Man City outscored Swansea 3-2 countering Wilfried Bony's double. It now appears that Michu is out for six weeks with his ankle injury and surgery.
Arsenal scored two late to beat Cardiff. And it appears Nicklas Bendtner is out for "weeks" after getting an ankle injury. Liverpool needed a late goal from Luis Suarez to distance themselves over a tired Hull City squad by the same margin.
Here's the wrap through the eyes of the guys at Sky Sports...
The surprise on the day has to be the Fulham 2-1 win over West Ham- with Hammers manager Sam Allardyce wondering aloud where his captain, Kevin Nolan's, head has been recently after getting another red card. It forced a squad fighting for relegation to play a man down in a game they couldn't afford to lose.
Everton and Stoke drew as did Palace and Norwich. Also at the bottom, Villa beat Sunderland and West Brom knocked off Newcastle on a Berahino PK...
The Winners on the end of the very busy holiday period were Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal, and Chelsea at the top of the Premier League table.
The biggest surprise was from Spurs as they beat Man United at Old Trafford to continue the fan's consternation at David Moyes and the wonder of Tim Sherwood's run as new manager. Moyes was still hot over a non-PK call against Tottenham for their 6th loss of the season.
Chelsea went 3-0 over Southampton- who look tired now. Manager Jose Mourinho also said that Juan Mata and Michael Essien can look for new homes in the January transfer window. Man City outscored Swansea 3-2 countering Wilfried Bony's double. It now appears that Michu is out for six weeks with his ankle injury and surgery.
Arsenal scored two late to beat Cardiff. And it appears Nicklas Bendtner is out for "weeks" after getting an ankle injury. Liverpool needed a late goal from Luis Suarez to distance themselves over a tired Hull City squad by the same margin.
Here's the wrap through the eyes of the guys at Sky Sports...
The surprise on the day has to be the Fulham 2-1 win over West Ham- with Hammers manager Sam Allardyce wondering aloud where his captain, Kevin Nolan's, head has been recently after getting another red card. It forced a squad fighting for relegation to play a man down in a game they couldn't afford to lose.
Everton and Stoke drew as did Palace and Norwich. Also at the bottom, Villa beat Sunderland and West Brom knocked off Newcastle on a Berahino PK...
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