"Waaah! Feed me! Change me! Waaaah!" Shut up, blog.
…we would have been arrested for Child Negligence a long time ago. Sorry, boys and girls. Broken computers and grad school kind of caught up with us. Hopefully, this post will sort of make up for it.
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Recently, every time I look at the Premier League table, I can’t help but look twice. ”Is that a three horse race? What? No way. And it’s ARSENAL?!” Sadly, yes, it is Arsenal and Manchester United. Also, since the last time we’ve written Liverpool have conjured up a string of results and have managed to put themselves in fifth. Britt has repeatedly told me, TO MY FACE, that Liverpool will be third by the end of February. If this is true, I’m turning Britt in to the local witchcraft authorities, and they can have their way with him. I think it would be ludicrous for something like that to happen. I can definitely see Tottenham dropping out of the top four very soon, but third? It would mean that Arsenal’s striker problem would just get worse, their defense would start getting picked apart by injuries and they’d start dropping points. Britt stands by his word, and hopefully for Liverpool supporters, he’s right.
Liverpool have two tough fixtures coming up, after their bout with Bolton (I am brushing aside Bolton, but don’t be surprised if something ridiculous happens in that match. It’s been a strange season so far). Liverpool has matches against Everton at Anfield and Arsenal at the Emirates within 4 days of each other. I think Liverpool have a reasonable shot at getting three points in each instance as long as Rafa’s decisions don’t interfere. Gerrard is getting healthy, and although without Torres, Liverpool could patch together a couple of great results playing sound team football. I see the last results against Wolves as an aberration. I just assume anything can happen away (See: Wigan v. Chelsea). So, keeping this in mind, Liverpool might get 7-2′d when they head to London. Who knows?! I know I’ll be watching.
I really don’t know what to say about United. They just keep winning game after game. And, sure they drop points here and there, but so has everyone else. Valencia has been playing great. Rooney is having a monster season. I just don’t know. I don’t SEE them winning the Prem. They don’t have that umph I’m so used to seeing in United. They seem beatable in every match, no matter who they’re playing. They keep winning, and that is what’s most important, but it’s not convincingly enough for me, especially considering the form Chelsea have started to take.
Chelsea look really good. I mean. REALLY GOOD. Ancelotti has thrown out the 4-1-2-1-2 and has changed to a 4-3-3. The players are obviously more comfortable playing in this formation. The results are showing. With Drogba on his way back along with Mikel, Kalou and Essien in a month or so from injury, Chelsea are going to be hard to beat out. They have the squad depth, the determination and the position to take the crown from three-time consecutive champions United. Chelsea control their own destiny. They cannot afford to drop points or lose winnable matches. Actually, no one can at this point, if they want to remain in contention for the crown or capture a top four sport.
Alright, what else do we have here, Portsmouth for their transfer ban lifted. Now they can stock up on kids for their Coca-Cola Championship side next season. Avram is doing a great job at Pompey gathering points where they can in order to stay afloat and out of the relegation zone. I don’t think they’ll be able to, though. I see them, Burnley and Wolves getting relegated. Close contenders for the bottom spots will be Bolton, Hull and Wigan. It’s not a shock. Burnely, after losing the guidance of Coyle, I feel have no hope of staying in the Premiership. And, Wolves are just plain bad.
Anyway, this has been a pretty scatter-brained attempt at a comeback post. I felt the blog needed something new. One of us will discuss the transfer window proceedings after it closes. Enjoy this weekend’s football proceedings, all. 
Matches I’ll be watching:
- Arsenal v. Manchester United
- Burnley v. Chelsea
- Birmingham v. Tottenham
- Sunderland v. Stoke City (Because I’m a glutton for pain and suffering)
-dago
