saturdays action

Saturday did throw up one big upset and if you don't know what it was you don't know much about the beautiful game. It happened at White Hart Lane. Wigan beat Spurs 1-0 and they deserved it. They were much the better team for me and created two chances just before the goal that really should have been put away. They do need to score more though because Spurs had a spell just before the final whistle to level it and if it wasn't for Al Habsi, the new goalkeeper who was drafted in to replace Kirkland after he conceded 10 goals in 2 games, they would of most likely lost there lead. I rate Al Habsi highly after that performance and for Wigan's sake hope he can keep it up. At the start of the season I thought Wigan would be straight down but if they can beat sides from the big 4 they might have a shout of staying up. On to the other games and I'm going to start with my team Arsenal. I thought we did extremely well to get all 3 points because they attacked us from the air all day. Every time they got a free-kick or a throw near the box up came the centre backs and in it went. I would like to highlight Walcott again. He scored another great goal and is really starting to come into his own. If he keeps on scoring and playing as well as he did that England place is in the bag. Next on to Blackpool who played their first game a Bloomfield Road in the premier league and it was not a bad start. A 2 all draw with Fulham is just as good as Man Utd managed against them. But it could have been sweeter they switched of before the end letting Etuhu score the leveler. If they want to stay up they have to hold on to leads at home whatever the opposition. Chelsea v Stoke wasn't as straight forward as I thought it would be. Lampard missed an early chance to give Chelsea the lead from the spot. And at 1-0 to the London club Stoke hit the bar so it could have been different but when Chelsea got the second it was all over. Man Utd beat West Ham comfortably 3-0. The good news for England fans is Rooney has ended his long goal drought. The last game was Wolves v Newcastle and it was 1-1 so not as good as I said but, the game had another story. The battle between Barton and Henry. Henry kept on putting late challenges on Barton and for me was lucky to stay on the pitch. At the end of the game Barton had a word with Mick Mcarthy probebly about the challenges from Henry. In his interview Mcarthy said the talk was nothing and that Henry had not targeted Barton. Maybe that is true but the game is over now so no point living in the past.