Adebayor gets £25,000 fine

£25K - that's small change to big licks Adebayor now surely now that he's the man at Eastlands. As far as player charges go historically, it's a big one and so it should have been. After being in the Premier League for 3 seasons, Adebayor surely would have shown more remorse for his actions against former strike partner Van Persie who hasn't disguised his dissapointment. However this is the second punishment for the goal celebration. So is £25,000 and a 2 match ban the correct punishment? I think it is harsh enough to set a precedent with this type of thing. Players must operate with passion but also a degree of common sense and Adebayor got the blend of the two completely wrong that day. Adebayor needs to take his punishment on the chin and then rebuild his PR skills in order to make his working life in the Premier League more pleasant.

Premier League News 3rd October 09

Barclays Premiership News 03/10/2009

This weekend's Barclay's Premier League fixtures going into the first weekend of October 2009:

Premier League 3pm kick off 3rd Oct Bolton v Tottenham Reebok stadium
Premier League 3pm kick off 3rd Oct Burnley v Birmingham Turf Moor
Premier League 3pm kick off 3rd Oct Hull v Wigan KC stadium
Premier League 3pm kick off 3rd Oct Wolverhampton v Portsmouth Molineaux
Premier League 5.30pm kick off 3rd Oct Man Utd v Sunderland Old Trafford
Premier League 1.30pm kick off 4th Oct Arsenal v Blackburn Emirates
Premier League 3pm kick off 4th Oct Everton v Stoke Goodison Park
Premier League 3pm kick off 4th Oct West Ham v Fulham Upton Park
Premier League 4pm kick off 4th Oct Chelsea v Liverpool Stamford Bridge

Everton Europa League latest result 1st Oct

Games tonight in the UEFA Europa League for Everton and Fulham, Everton away and Fulham at home.

Everton have beaten BATE Borisov with goals from Fellaini and Cahill in the second half after coming from behind with the home team scoring after only 16 minutes.

RESULT: BATE Borisov 1-2 Everton

Champions League results 30th September 2009

Champions League results 30/09/2009

Manchester United 2 – 1 Wolfsburg
Apoel Nicosia 0 – 1 Chelsea

As predicted, Wolfsburg really gave Man Utd a good run for their money but the home team came through it with goals from Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick. Text book away win for Chelsea with a one-nil victory with a goal from Nicolas Anelka.

Champions League Latest 30th September 2009

UEFA Champions League News 30/09/2009

Man Utd vs Wolfsburg
Apoel Nicosia vs Chelsea

The Champions League is now warming up nicely, Chelsea and Manchester United are in action tonight. I'll be tuning into the Man Utd game tonight who are at home tonight against Wolfsburg. Although you'd expect Sir Alex's boys to deal with the Bundesliga champions, on Manutd.com there was an interesting quote from the Wolfsburg:

"Old Trafford is a special ground and Manchester United is a very special club," he told his pre-match press conference. "They have played over 150 games in this competition and we have only had a couple.

"But we will not hide and I won't be losing any sleep thinking about it. It is impossible to say for certain whether the players will be inspired or afraid.

"But I do know we cannot afford to wait until Manchester United have scored four or five goals before we start to impose our own style on the match."

I fancy Manchester United this season for the League but not for this competition.

Chelsea have a tricky away match at Apoel Nicosia after their dissapointing defeat at Wigan on the weekend. They have a few injuries but should crush this opposition who will be looking to contain Anelka and Drogba by defending deeply. However I expect Chelsea to win and remain top of Champions League Group D.

Champions League results 29th September

Champs League full time results 29/9/09

Liverpool lose their unbeaten run, Arsenal turn on the style in the second half with Van Persie and Arshavin scoring at the Emirates. I fancy Arsenal for another semi-final this year...

Arsenal 2 Olympiakos 0
Fiorentina 2 Liverpool 0

Half time Champions League

UEFA Champions League half time scores:

Fiorentina 2 - o Liverpool
Rangers 0 - 0 Seville
Arsenal 0 - 0 Olympiakos

Champions League News 29th September 2009

UEFA Champions League matches 29/09/2009






Arsenal v Olympiakos, Group H, 19:45 kick off
Fiorentina v Liverpool, Group E 19:45 kick off

In tonight's Champions League action Tuesday 29th September 2009 there 2 games featuring Premier League sides, both with tough qualifying group matches.

In Group H Arsene Wenger's Arsenal take on Olympiakos without Brazilian midfielder Denilson. Denilson made his last appearance for the Gunners on 12th September and since then has been sidelined for 2 months with a small fracture in his back. The injury was sustained in their 4-3 defeat Eastlands and is no doubt a big loss to Arsene Wenger at this point in the season. A day after their one-nil win against Fulham, Nicklas Bendtner was involved in a minor car accident where he sustained some bruising also keeping him out of this match. Almunia is also out with a chest infection. One boost to the Gunners is getting England star Theo Walcott back after a recovering from a side strain injury.

Liverpool face Fiorentina away in Group E. The Reds are hoping to maintain their 100% in the Champions League Group E and have Spanish striker Fernando Torres in red hot form for this fixture. Liverpool are pretty much at full strength but Benitez will be without anchor man Mascherano (hamstring). Mascherano picked up the injury in training but will be hopeful to get fit for this Sunday's big clash against Chelsea away at Stamford Bridge. Also Benayoun picked up a dead leg against Hull. Fiorentina have no Alberto Gilardino upfront but have ex-Chelsea striker Mutu to lead the line. I wonder if the Saudi prince who has offered £350m for 50% of the Merseysde club will be tuning in...

I reckon Arsenal and Liverpool double, worth a cheeky mid-week flutter.

Manchester City 3 West Ham 1 Premier League result

Man City 3 West Ham United 1 Football Latest

Mark Hughes's Manchester City continued to give the Eastlands faithful something to cheer about with

Carlos Tevez opened the scoring after only 5 minutes, taking a Petrov pass and converting from six yards out with ease past England 'keeper Robert Green. Carlton Cole, who will be gunning for a World Cup spot probably behind Emile Heskey scored with a smart finish to equalise. Wright-Philips, also looking to impress constantly battered the left side of the West Ham defence but it was left footer Petrov that put City back in the lead with a well crafted curling free kick from just on the edge of the 'D'.

In the second half Man City continued to impress, with Bellamy, Wright-Philips and Tevez all looking sharp and hungry for success at the highest level. In the 60th minute Bellamy curled a great free kick into the danger zone for Tevez to head home his second goal to make it 3-1. City's tenacity pinned West Ham back continously in the second half. For the Hammers, Demanti was impressive when the visitors did get possession and pushed Given to make a good shot stop over his bar mid-way through the second half. However the home team remained strong balancing attacking football with maintaining possession. Gareth Barry nearly scored 12 minutes before the end with a fiercely struck left foot volley that Robert Green tipped over the bar neatly.

Cole and Demanti looked like Zola's best opportunity for a goal but must have been desperate for some joy as the Hammers are at the wrong end of the Prem at the moment.

Martin Petrov had a great chance to make it 4 with a right foot strike but sent it over showing how left sided he is. Santa Cruz came on with a couple of minutes to go to show Man City's strength in depth but the game was well wrapped up by then and Hughes will be looking forward now to pushing on from 5th position in the Premier League with one game in hand on Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Premier League Fixtures September 19th/20th 2009

Latest Premiership Football Fixtures

Without a doubt the biggest match of the weekend is the Manchester derby this Sunday at 1.30pm. After the Adebayor scandal in their 4-2 visctory against Arsenal, Mark Hughes is a doing a great job of mixing it with the big boys and picking up maximum points but will be hoping his players use their heads in what is normally a supercharged Premier League derby atmosphere. Great London derby on Sunday too, Spurs will look to bounce back after their loss against the Red Devils when taking on Chelsea.

Arsenal v Wigan (Emirates 3pm)
Aston Villa v Portsmouth (Villa Park 3pm)
Bolton v Stoke, (Reebok stadium 3pm)
Burnley v Sunderland (Turf Moor 3pm
Hull v Birmingham, (KC stadium 3pm)
West Ham v Liverpool (Upton Park 5.30pm)

Sunday, 20 September 2009
Chelsea v Tottenham (Stamford Bridge 4pm)
Everton v Blackburn (Goodison Park 3pm)
Man Utd v Man City (Old Trafford 1.30pm)
Wolverhampton v Fulham (Molineaux 2pm)