Monday 23 August 2010

Did someone mention the Premier League had lost it's six appeal? (And a Southampton Mystery)

So two round's of games into to the Premier League season and we have seen three games this weekend finish with a score line of 6-0.

With a close title race expected, the challenging teams have started the season on fire in front of goal. With Chelsea travelling to Wigan (who lost 4-0 on the opening day to Blackpool), sure we expected a Chelsea win, but by six goals?

Another result that was widely expected this weekend was for the Gunners to beat a Blackpool side who were still on cloud nine after thrashing Wigan 4-0 on the opening day. Having a man sent off at the Emirates Staduim will never help prevent a loss, but yet again the wonderful skills from Theo Walcott inspired the second 6-0 result of the weekend.

The third six goal margin though was the most surprising of them all, as Newcastle's first game at St James Park back in the big time came against the team that sent them down 445 days ago, Aston Villa.
A toon win of this size was only being dreamt of by the most delerious Toon fans about, however the scoreline was fair as they ripped through the villa defence like a knife through butter. Hat-trick hero Andy Carroll would certainly of done his England chances no harm in front of the on-watching England assistant Franco Baldini.

So for all the doubters out there who think the Premier League is becoming 'boring', I hope this weekends results help you cast away any of these negative thoughts you maybe having.

Just a foot note to this story, I recently noticed that 'The Sun' newspaper no longer refers to League One side Southampton by their name, however they now call them a 'South Coast Team'. Can anybody share any light on this as I would love to know why.

1 comment:

  1. Perhaps linked to the fact that Saints have banned photographers from the ground??

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