OSG Prem: The Bottom Tightens Up, Giggs Debuts...

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Norwich ran into a multi-dimensional buzz saw today...

The emotion of a new coach, who was one of the Class of '92 for Manchester United- Ryan Giggs became caretaker manager for the remainder of the Premier League season. He had a couple of teammates come aboard as assistants...

And the emotion of the crowd at Old Trafford going behind a new look Red Devils bunch...

Giggs' entrance...


And the highlights in a 4-0 whitewash that could have been a lot worse...


Elsewhere, Jonjo Shelvey gets a contender for the Goal of the Year for this strike in a 4-1 win over Villa


Southampton got two own goals and beat a flat Everton squad to damage their Champions League hopes, 2-0...

Hull scored two late goals to snatch two points from Fulham for a 2-2 draw...

Danny Rose got the only goal for Spurs in their 1-0 win over Stoke

And West Ham fans are all over Sam Allardyce now- blaming him for their flat performance of late- and West Brom got a huge home win and an ever huger three points in a 1-0 win over the Hammers...

Here's the bottom of the table with Sunderland and Cardiff in a massive 6-pointer tomorrow morning...

Norwich City 36 8 8 20 32
Fulham 36 9 4 23 31
Cardiff City 35 7 9 19 30
Sunderland 34 7 8 19 29

OSG Prem: Looks Like It's Liverpool's To Lose...

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Just don't tell them that...

Norwich continues their gauntlet of all gauntlets to end the 2014 Premier League season- and, maybe, their Premier League lives...

First stop was a game against Liverpool who had the chance to extend their lead at the top of the table...
A 3-2 win will do exactly that... although the HQ will give the Canaries credit for sticking it out to the end this year and not giving up without a fight- even if it was their fifth loss in a row...


Elsewhere, it was a miserable return for David Moyes to Everton as boss of Manchester United...
He was booed at every turn and even had a guy dressed as the Grim Reaper standing behind him at Goodison Park- for 15 minutes- before someone asked the guy removed his outfit.

It was a not-even-close 2-0 loss where the Evertonians got their pound of flesh for his exodus and the raid of Marouane Fellaini and attempted raid of Leighton Baines. Not so surprisingly, Moyes sounded like this after the match:


Oh, and Arsenal won the Premier League pre-match version of the NIT- the FA Cup- with a 3-0 win over Hull City...

OSG Prem: The Bottom Get Closer, The Middle Get Closer

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Just when you thought things couldn't get any tighter...

Wins from the bottom by Fulham and Cardiff make the relegation battle even more interesting...

Let's review... and, let's face it, Norwich has zero offense, van Wolfswinkle has zero confidence in his game, and the Canaries are in deep doo-doo especially after their last reasonable chance at a three points losing to Fulham at Craven Cottage 1-0.

Caretaker manager Neil Adams thought his team played well, though...


Cardiff took advantage of a Jay Rodriguez-less Southampton and won 1-0 as well...
Mauricio Pochettino was not pleased in defeat...
((HT: Southampton their own selves))


Combine that with Everton's 1-0 defeat of Sunderland and the bottom of the table looks like this...
18 Fulham 30
19 Cardiff City 29
20 Sunderland 25

Sunderland still has two games in hand, however...

West Brom had a chance to get out of the danger zone just north of relegation, but they squandered a 3-0 versus Spurs and only left with a point in a 3-3 draw. Five points only separate 11th from 17th at the end of today and here is the game-tying goal...


Stoke continued their mid-table play with a 1-0 win over Newcastle and Tony Pulis continued his run as manager of the year as Crystal Palace beat Villa 1-0 as well...

OSG Prem: Arsenal Slide Continues, Liverpool Wins Grinder (BREAKING: Hughton Sacked At Norwich)

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Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for Arsene Wenger and the Gunners...

The team had only won 3 of their last ten, and needed to do something... ANYTHING!!! at Goodison Park against Everton to keep their tenuous hold on 4th place and the last Champions League spot for 2014-15. But it didn't work out that way...

At all...


In the other Sunday game, it's the response that your team has when you're not at your best that may decide your drive at the end of a very long road...

It was obvious that Liverpool didn't have it all Sunday, But what they did have was enough good fortune- whether given by the officials or not- to get a hard-fought 2-1 win at West Ham United.


Here's the table to date

1 Liverpool 33 74
2 Chelsea 33 72
3 Man City 31 70
4 Arsenal 33 64
5 Everton 32 63

BREAKING: And in, possibly, one of the dumbest ideas ever in the history of ever...

Norwich, who really should be worried about being relegated, decided to sack manager Chris Hughton with immediate effect:

Neil Adams, the team's under-18 manager, is now in charge for one of the nastiest gauntlets to finish a season the HQ can think of in any kind of memory- recent or otherwise...

"...the Club would like to place on record it's sincere thanks to Chris Hughton, Colin Calderwood and Paul Trollope for all of their hard work on behalf of the Club since they took over in June 2012.

Chris's achievement in guiding City to an 11th-place finish in the Premier League last season was an excellent one and he has represented the Club with dignity throughout his tenure.

However the recent run of four defeats in our last six Premier League games and six consecutive away league defeats, left the Club with no choice but to act, with five games still to play in the current campaign.

Those five games...???

Fulham at Craven Cottage, home to Liverpool, at Man United, at Chelsea, and home to Arsenal
Yeah... good luck on that...

OSG Prem: Liverpool, Swansea Forget Defense, Big Win For Norwich

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Liverpool's fits and starts are maddening to the Reds and their fans...

They were on full display Sunday in the match against Swansea City- up 2-0, tied at 2, up 3-2, up 4-2, win 4-3

Newcastle needed three points and got it going against Aston Villa, winning 1-0

And in, what was told to be a mandatory must-win situation for manager Chris Hughton, got the mandatory must win for Hughton to stay another week as Norwich boss in a 1-0 win over Tottenham...

Here's the recap of the Premier League Sunday...

For The Record, Luis Suarez Is Ridiculous...

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It was one of those rare, mid week full schedules for the Premier League...

And Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers asked that everyone step up to help Luis Suarez with the injury to Daniel Sturridge...

As it turns out, they only needed Rahim Sterling to give Liverpool their 5th goal of the day...
Suarez had already scored the first four... including the early "Goal of The Year" candidate...


See...???
We told you...

Ridiculous...

OSG Prem: Wigan Fights Another Day, So Does Villa...

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These late season heroics for the Latics of Wigan are nothing new and solidify why manager Roberto Martinez deserves a fate better than going prematurely gray every year befoer surviving at the end...

This week, in another must-win situation on the road at West Brom, Callum McManaman (who has been known more for his tackling than his goal striking this season), puts it in the back of the net in the 80th minute for another late game win and another vitally vital three points.

Evidence below...


Wigan are now only two points from escaping relegation (again) at 35 points. Sunderland is next up at 37. Newcastle and Norwich (who lost at home to Aston Villa) are at 38. Southhampton are at 39. Everyone else is at the 40 point plateau- the number long thought of as being safety in Premier League competition.

It Was A Weird FA Day: Norwich and QPR Go Down

And, that, really is the only way we can describe it...

It was the 4th Round of the All-In tournament known as one of the most prestigious tourneys in all of British football...

And the All-in moniker came back to bite a few Premier League teams Saturday...

Blue Square Bet Premier League side Luton Town knocked off Norwich- who really have some pressing matters now... and it wouldn't surprise the HQ if Canaries manager Chris Hughton is on borrowed time...

It's the first time in 27 years that a non-league side knocked off a bigger squad...
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Elsewhere, MK Dons knocked off QPR (and we all know how 'arry Redknapp took to that), and the day before when Millwall beat Aston Villa 2-1 the HQ wonders just how much longer Paul Lambert will be around as Villa's boss.

Here was their celebration- after they chucked beer bottles at the Villa players...