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EEE- Last two Premiership Weeks

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I've decided to try this as a Saturday morning post to act as a weekend preview/open thread for the upcoming slate of games.

Last Weekend

City beat United 1-0 in the much-hyped Manchester Derby With The Title On The Line ™ in a game that was rather dull to watch. United managed a mere 5 attempts at goal, which resulted 0 shots on goal. City had 15 and 3, respectively. I was in the beer garden taking in a lovely late Spring evening, otherwise I would have been annoyed I even bothered to leave the house. City and United are now tied at the top of the table with 83 points apiece, but City are ahead because of their superior goal differential (+61 v +53).

In other news, Fulham beat Liverpool for the first time in the league thanks to a Skrtel own-goal. Everton drew with Stoke 1-1. Spurs beat Bolton 4-1 and Chelsea lost to Newcastle in a game which saw Cisse score an absolutely amazing goal to seal the 2-0 win.

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EEE – The Long Awaited Return

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This was orignally a LTE in the CoC, but I decided to give it its own post since it was getting long and I didn't want to clog up the other thread.

EPL Update

Manchester United squadered leads of 3-1 and 4-2 to draw with Everton 4-4. The dropped points, combined with City's win, means that City are only 3 points back with 3 matches to play. Next week is the Manchester Derby Part II, this time at the Ethiad. ManUtd got plastered 6-1 by City at home earlier in the year. A City win will have the Manchester teams tied on points (and City with the edge on GD) with 2 games to play. Also, Newcastle has moved into the fourth and final Champions League slot, with Tottenham Hotspur dropping to 5th.

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EEE – FA Cup 5th Round and catching up on the league

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Sorry I skipped a soccer post last week. I'll try to recap all the games I missed, but apologies in advance if I do omit someone.

League Results

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EEE – Happy 2012

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Happy New Year to everyone.  Being bored as all get-out at my parents, I've decided to restart the EEE, at least for the time being.  Let's go ahead and recap everything since the Boxing Day matches, shall we?

On Boxing Day, Manchester United beat Wigan by a score of 5-0, while City only managed a 0-0 draw with West Brom.  This brought the two Manchester teams level on points, with City in first on goal differential.   A pair of WGOM Derbies as Fulham-Chelsea and Sunderland-Everton both ended 1-1.   The next day saw Wolves draw away to Arsenal, holding on to the 1-1 scoreline with only 10 men after a red card in the 75th minute.  A brace from Welsh wunderkind Gareth Bale saw Spurs dismiss Norwich 2-0.

New Year's Eve saw a surprising Blackburn win over Manchester United by a score of 3-2.   Chelsea lost 3-1 to Aston Villa.  Fulham, Spurs, and Wolves all drew 1-1, with Norwich City,  Swansea City, and Bolton respectively.  With a chance to go three points clear of United, Manchester City lost away to Sunderland 1-0 on  Ji Dong-Won's goal in the 93rd+ minute.  Everton beat West Brom by the same 1-0 scoreline.

In today's action, Fulham defeated Arsenal 2-1 by scoring to goals after Djourou was sent off in the 85th for a second booking.  Chelsea snatched all three points away from Wolves by winning 2-1, Wolves having drawn level in the 85th only for Lampard to score just before stoppage time.

Relevant Table

Position Team Games Played Points Goal Differential
3 Spurs 18 39 15
4 Chelsea 20 37 14
10 Everton 18 24 -1
12 Aston Villa 20 23 -4
13 Fulham 20 23 -4
15 Sunderland 19 21 1
16 Wolves 20 17 -14

EPL Prediction Contest

Place Player Points
1 Homer Dome 19
2 Freealonzo 19
3 Daneeka's Ghost 15
4 MagUidhir 12
5 Spookymilk 11
6 Buffalo 10
7 The Dread Pirate 9
8 DK 8
9 AMR 8
10 davidwatts 3
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EEE & MMM – I, for one, welcome our Manc overlords

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Manchester United and City have combined for 25 goals in three games to open the season, including 8 and 5 yesterday, respectively.  By my calculation, that's more than ⅓rd of all goals scored this year (72 total).  Edin Dzeko (City) is leading the league with 6 goals, and Rooney is right on his heels with 5.  They would be tied for 4th (Liverpool) and 5th (Chelsea) in the table, respectively, by goals scored.

Meanwhile, at the opposite end of things, Swansea City is still looking for their first ever Premier League goal.  In spite of this, they are still 15th in the table thanks to two 0-0 draws.

Relevant EPL Results

  • Fulham 1 - 2 Newcastle
  • Spurs 1 - 5 ManCity
  • Aston Villa 0 - 0 Wolves
  • Everton 1 - 0 Blackburn Rovers
  • Chelsea 3 - 1 Norwich City
  • Sunderland 0 - 0 Swansea City
  • Spurs 0 - 3 ManUtd

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Episodic EPL Exposition – Opening Weekend Open Thread

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The Premier League starts back up this morning. Here are the opening slate of matches:

Saturday

  • Wolves @ Blackburn Rovers
  • Aston Villa @ Fulham
  • Sunderland @ Liverpool
  • Bolton @ QPR
  • Norwich City @ Wigan Athletic
  • Arsenal @ Newcastle United

Sunday

  • Chelsea @ Stoke City
  • Manchester United @ West Brom

Monday

  • Swansea City @ Manchester City
You have until 10 AM to get picks into the 2011-12 Table Prediction challenge.   I'll update the contest sometime after lunch with everyone's picks
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MMM – Fourth of July Edition

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We got ourselves a doozy of a soccer post today. We have 4 different competitions to recap.

MLS Results

  • Vancouver 0 - 1 Toronto FC
  • Columbus 0 - 2 FC Dallas
  • Chicago 1 - 1 Chivas USA
  • Sporting KC 2 - 1 Portland

Programming Note: Seattle-Los Angeles tonight on ESPN2 at 9:30 Central

MLS News

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