Sunday, May 16, 2010

FA cup final 16/05/10

Chelsea and Portsmouth battled well. But, who came out on top after a goaless first half.

Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth
I saw the first half of this match before falling asleep. There was some very bad play from both sides. Kalou hit the bar when he was less than six yards away from the goal with the keeper gone. But, eventually, Chelsea won thanks to a Drogba free-kick. I thought that Chelsea should win with a bigger margian. But, they at least won.

I have decided that I'm going to be covering the World Cup as I'm staying in Bali this summer. Here are predictions for the first two matches on June 11.

South Africa 1-2 Mexico
Uruguay 1-1 France

Nerve racking matches. See ya then.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Europa League Final 13/5/10

Fulham and Athletico Madrid looked like two evenly matched sides. But we do have a winner.

Fulham 1-2 Athletico Madrid (AET)
Fulham held Athletico Madrid all the way through normal time, and it looked like Fulham might win the match. But, as it turned out, two Diego Forlan strikes made sure that this fairytale didn't have a happy ending. Sorry about that Fulham. I hope that Fulham fight back from this and qualify for Europe next season.

The FA Cup Final takes place on Saturday. Let's predict.

Chelsea 4-1 Portsmouth

Can Chelsea win 'the double' for the first time in history?

Monday, May 10, 2010

Premier League FINALE 10/5/10

We came into this match with Chelsea within breathing distance of the title. Did they make it?

Arsenal 4-0 Fulham
Fulham have the Europa League Final coming up. They don't want to waste their players' energy and skill on a worthless match against Arsenal. Arsenal would have wanted to finish this season on a high, so they field a full-strength side. Fulham despite their loss against Arsenal have played particularly well this season. Congratulations Fulham and good luck in Hamburg at the Europa League Final.

Aston Villa 0-1 Blackburn
It's a real shame that Blackburn have finally got into great form, and it's the end of the season. Aston Villa during all their heroics this season should have finished on a good note. But, to no avail. They both did great jobs this season and Aston Villa have made it into the Europa League qualifiers.

Bolton 2-1 Birmingham
Birmingham were always bad away from home and they continued that streak up today. I think that Bolton and Birmingham are two evenly matched sides, but Bolton had home advantage. Hence, the win.

Burnley 4-2 Tottenham
It almost seems that Burnley shouldn't have been relegated after a result like this. Tottenham qualified for the Champions League. Is this a one-off for Tottanham? Let's hope so because they won't want results like this in the Champions League.

Chelsea 8-0 Wigan
WOW!!!!!!!! All they needed to do was beat Wigan, but that result confirms that they thrashed Wigan as well as claimed the title. CHELSEA ARE CHAMPIONS FOR THE 2009-10 SEASON.
They deserved it despite all their slip-ups and mistakes. WELL DONE CHELSEA. This means that Chelsea have won their 4th title and that if they beat Portsmouth in the FA cup, they win the double.

Everton 1-0 Portsmouth
I think that this result is because of the FA cup final which is coming up. I think that Portsmouth will want to rest some of thei good players. It's a bit of a shame that Portsmouth are being relegated, but we'll see new teams as well. Everton did well this season and can push for a Europa League place if they play like that all of next season.

Hull 0-0 Liverpool
This result sums up Liverpool's season. A 0-0 draw against a mediocre team that's being relegated. Liverpool need to come back next season with new threats and be a better side. if they don't, they will blend in with the rest of the other teams, rather than be in the big four. Hull also go down, but we see three new teams, among them Newcastle and WBA.

Man. United 4-0 Stoke
Man. United have been good this season, but they haven't been good enough to beat Chelsea. They've worked hard and they put up a good fight, but they lost. Maybe, they shouldn't have sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. Who knows, but Man. United need to come back bigger and better next season if they want to pursue the title.

West Ham 1-1 Man. City
Well, it's kind of a shame for Man. City's dream season to end as if they hadn't bought all those good players. The old Man. City would have drawn away to West Ham. i didn't think that the new one did as well. Anyway, Man. City did overall well this season and qualified for the Europa League. WELL DONE MAN. CITY.

Wolves 2-1 Sunderland
Both of these teams did really well this season. But because of home advantage, it was Wolves that finished on a high note. But, both of these teams played surprisingly well. I thought that Wolves would be relegated this season, and they stayed up. WELL DONE WOLVES.

On Wednesday, Fulham take on Athletico Madrid in the Europa League final. Let's predict

Fulham 2-1 Athletico Madrid

It's all over. Only finals now. But, I'll be back for pre-season friendlies.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Premier League matches 6/5/10

As the Premier League draws to a close, we still have time for shocking results to blo your mind.

Fulham 0-1 Stoke
Wow! That was unexpected. Stoke haven't had a particularly good time away from home. This result is probably just the cause of Fulham fielding a 'b team' in preperation for the Europa League final. I can't think of any other reason why they would just slip up like that to a team like Stoke.

Man. City 0-1 Tottenham
WOW! That was very unexpected. This could have been the cause of two things. One, this was a big match, Tottenham nust've prepared so well that on the day they were better than Man. City. Two, Man. City had on-loan goalkeeper Martin Fulop in goal. So it's probably the cause of one, two, both or neither.

The season finale is on Sunday. Let's predict all 10 of the last day matches.

Arsenal 3-1 Fulham
Aston Villa 2-2 Blackburn
Bolton 1-1 Birmingham
Burnley 1-3 Tottenham
Chelsea 3-1 Wigan
Everton 2-0 Portsmouth
Hull 1-2 Liverpool
Man. United 2-0 Stoke
West Ham 1-2 Man. City
Wolves 1-1 Sunderland.

The Premier League winners will be decided on sunday. Who will they be, Chelsea or Man. United?

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Premier League match 4/5/10

The last Premier League matches are being played. What are the results?

Blackburn 2-1 Arsenal

Oh dear. Now, I expected them to draw but they were so bad that they lost, at Ewood Park(Blackburn's stadium)? That's not so good. Meanwhile, next season Arsenal need to sign some good, world-class players so that they can compete against teams like Chelsea and Man. United. This season was another Chelsea-Man. United battle. Come on Arsenal.

Wigan 2-2 Hull

The only reason that this match is important was because if Hull won it, they kept the thin shard of hope that they possess of not being relegated. Otherwise, it's not important. Wigan will travel to Chelsea for their final match of the season, Hull play host to Liverpool. All-in-all I'm not that sad to see Hull go down.

Wednesday brings the final round of penultimate matches. Let's predict.

Fulham 2-0 Stoke
Man. City 2-1 Tottenham

Very interesting predictions by me, We'll see if they are right in the next issue.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Premier League matches 3/5/10

'Super Sunday' brought super matches and super results.

Fulham 3-2 West Ham
I'm very impressed by this result from West Ham. Fulham are not a very easy team to beat if you are West Ham, particularly if the match is away from home. West Ham put up a very good fight against the Europa League finalists and they deserve to be in the Premier League next season.

Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea
I watched this match. Both teams were asleep until Drogba got the opening thanks to a very risky Gerrard backpass. Then Chelsea pumped up the volume and started to show why they deserve to be champions, this eventually brought Chelsea goal number two from Frank Lampard. All in all, Liverpool didn't play well and they really need to do something special next season to push for the title.

Sunderland 0-1 Man. United
Chelsea would have won the Premier League that night had it not been for the fact that a Nani goal in Sunderland stopped them. I wished that Sunderland could hold Man. United to a draw but 'twas not to be. I'm still confident that Man. United will not win the Premier League. This year is Chelsea's year.

Monday brings more matches leading up to the big finale day next sunday.

Blackburn 0-0 Arsenal
Wigan 1-0 Hull

How will things work out?

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Premier League matches 2/5/10

For most, today was the penultimate round of matches. How did it go?

Birmingham 2-1 Burnley
Birmingham played this match at home. As we know, Birmingham have a very good home record, and Burnley have a very bad away record. Hence the result, although I thought that Birmingham shouldn't have conceded that Burnley goal,

Man. City 3-1 Aston Villa
We've seen throughout the course of the season that Man. City are a better team than Aston Villa. Man. City are a better team. The one thing that Villa have to work on for next season is their away record so that it can match their superb home record. Man. City and Tottenham are the only two teams left in the fight for fourth now.

Portsmouth 3-1 Wolves
I didn't expect this. Wolves have been doing so well in recent matches and then they slip up at relegated Portsmouth? That doesn't make sense. Of course, Wolves are safe anyway, but it would have been nice to grab some extra points against Portsmouth.

Stoke 0-0 Everton
Stoke also have a very decent home record. They showed this against Everton. Everton also don't have the best away record. Stoke were able to hold Everton to a 0-0 draw because of this. As I said in my previous prediction, I expected a draw anyway.

Tottenham 1-0 Bolton
Tottenham kept up their part in the battle for fourth. Bolton also don't do well away from home. Someday I'd like to see Bolton get relegated, but sadly it won't be this season. I did however expect Tottenham to score more goals than one, but they at least got the three points.

'Super Sunday' brings super matches. Let's predict.

Fulham 2-0 West Ham
Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea
Sunderland 1-2 Man. United

Let's see what it shall bring.