Odds and Sods

Tottenham 4 - Aston Villa 4

Spurs celebrated after the miraculous comeback, storming back from a 4-1 deficit at home to tie on Kaboul’s late equalizer.  However, it doesn’t bode well that they went down 4-1 in the first place, particularly to Aston Villa.  Tottenham still sit in the relegation zone with a terrible six points from eight matches.  That nauseating smell is Martin Jol’s patented tracksuit burning on the hotseat.

Chelsea 0 - Fulham 0

Both sides had a number of chances left begging.  Has anyone actually seen Shevchenko even break into a sweat in a Chelsea shirt?  He was terrible.  Terry is starting to resemble the Black Knight flopping on the ground.  “It’s just a flesh wound!”  The iconic moment was the Chelsea faithful singing “Jose Mourinho, Jose Mourinho.”  They are in trouble.

Portsmouth 7 - Reading 4

Someone must have drugged the goalkeepers before this match.  Marcus Hahnemann looked completely lost and out of position on nearly every goal attempt.  One would think that a high-scoring match would be exciting, but this was just a disgusting spectacle.  They could have pulled someone out of the crowd to play in goal and gotten a similar result.

Wigan 0 - Liverpool 1

Benayoun saved Rafa the Gaffer the further embarrassment of yet another bore draw in the league against a rubbish squad.  Liverpool resemble last year’s squad more with every performance.  The rotation system works, when you have the players.

West Ham 0 - Arsenal 1

This was a match that last year’s squad probably would have lost.  The squad held their composure in the derby match and got the win.  The true measure of a championship squad is not dominating everyone, but being able to go into a tough away tie and come out with three points.  The Ewing theory may need to be renamed the Henry theory.