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5 Reasons Why: You Have to Watch The Second City Derby
By: Rob |
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So, the big derby match this weekend is from the midlands, as Birmingham City take on local rivals Aston Villa, for the first time since returning to the top division. An intense rivalry that goes back to 1879, it is always a pleasure to see it on the football calender, as many memorable moments have [...]
Team by Team Season Preview – Part 1
By: Rob | 1 Comment
And so here we are, just days away from an all new season. In a year the Premier League has changed immensely and all the stories of last season are now in the past, and we are holding on for more endless twists and turns between now and the World Cup next June.
So much [...]
City move first in bid to prize Barry from Villa
By: Rob | 6 Comments
Manchester City have had a £12m bid for Gareth Barry accepted, as Villa seem to have accepted that the England midfielder is on his way out of Birmingham. Last season, Villa were in a stand off with Liverpool over a potential £18m move for the player.
I don’t know if City will sign him. At [...]
The Final League Table Vs My Pre-Season Predictions
By: Rob | 1 Comment
Predictions are a fool’s game. The beauty of this game we watch is that its like a soap without a script – you never know what’s going to happen. Take Newcastle for instance, after a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford how many would have predicted the disastrous season they’ve endured? Not I, and neither would [...]
Category: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic
Tags: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, champions, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Predictions, Premier League, Relegation, Results, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan AthleticThe Best Bits of the 08/09 Premier League Season
By: Rob | 5 Comments
And so, as Frank Sinatra once sang, we approach our final curtain, at least for the 2008/9 season. Just one game left for everyone to play, tomorrow afternoon (which will be liveblogged right here) here are the moments, good, bad and ugly that made this season so memorable. These are the things we’re going [...]
Category: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Ham United Tags: 2008/9 Arsenal, 4-4, Arsenal, Arshavin, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fergie, Frank Lampard, Fulham, Hughes, Hull City, Kaka, Liverpool, Man United, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Rafa, Robbie Keane, Robinho, Ronaldo, Roy Keane, Stoke City, Sunderland, Thaskin, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, Wenger, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham UnitedPremier League Weekend – Previews & Predictions
By: Wayne Farry | 3 Comments
Warning to all blog readers, this is one long motherlicking preview. I’ve gone through every game this weekend and it’s taken me frickin’ ages. So prepare yourselves for one hell of a read.
Anyway, another Premier League weekend is upon us. After the distraction (brilliant distraction, at that) of the FA Cup and the Champions League [...]
Category: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fixtures and Results, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Premier League, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic Tags: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fixtures and Results, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Predictions, Premier League, Preview, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan AthleticEPL Ramblings & Transfer Gossip
By: Wayne Farry | 7 Comments
Howdy, this is my third installment of EPL Ramblings & Transfer Gossip here on the EPL Offside. Given that it’s the third installment it’s looking increasingly likely that I’ll keep this up, and you can expect to see it on a weekly basis. Obviously, after the transfer window it’ll change to the simple EPL Ramblings.
So [...]
Category: Arsenal, EPL News, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Premier League, Transfers and Speculation, VillaThe Return of Rob and Wayne’s Prem Preview!
By: Rob | 1 Comment
I’m very happy to be able to bring to you again, our weekend preview. This is where we look at what’s happened over the last week, predict which games will go well or badly in the coming week, and basically round up everything interesting in the Premier League at this moment in time.
Which of course [...]
Category: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fixtures and Results, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic Tags: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Barcelona, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton, Bolton Wanderers, brazil, Carlos Tevez, Chelsea, Dietmar Berbatov, Everton, Fixtures and Results, Fulham, Hull, Hull City, john carew, Kaka, Liverpool, Louis Saha, Man City, Man United, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Ronaldinho, Stoke City, Sunderland, title race, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, Wayne Rooney, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan AthleticHalf Term Report 2008/9
By: Rob | No Comments
So, we’ve reached – roughly – the half way stage, and I thought It might be time to cast an eye over the season so far. This will include a hilarious look back at how wrong my pre-season predictions were, along with suggestions for each club during the transfer window. Each club will be graded, [...]
Category: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Clubs, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic Tags: Arsenal, Berbatov, Blackburn, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Brom, Chelsea, Clubs, Everton, Fulham, Half term, Hull City, Kevin Keegan, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Mike Ashley, Newcastle, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Robinho, Roundup, Roy Keane, Season, Steve Bruce, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham, West Ham United, Wigan, Wigan AthleticRob And Wayne’s Big Prem Preview – Gonna Be A Good Weekend!
By: Rob | No Comments
After missing last week’s due to illness on my part, and a spectacularly dull weekend that came with it (Big four helping themselves to nil-nils), its good to be back doing this. More importantly, its good to have a really good weekend to look forward to. A North East Derby, Everton taking on Spurs, The [...]
Category: Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, EPL News, Everton, Fixtures and Results, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, Villa, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic Tags: AC Milan, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Barca, Berbatov, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Cesc Fábregas, Chelsea, City, Dennis Wise, Derby, El Nino, EPl, EPL News, Everton, Fernando Torres, Fixtures and Results, Fulham, Gallas, Hull City, Inter Milan, Joe Kinnear, Jose Mourinho, Liverpool, Manchester, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Mike Ashley, Modric, Moyes, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Preview, PSG, Redknapp, Rob, Rob Green, Robinho, Special One, Spurs, Steven Ireland, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, United, Villa, Wayne, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic, Xavi
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