In association with Squadgod
‘3 AND IN’ – 17th December 2007
Quotes
1. “In time we're going to get to the stage - whether it's two years, three or four years - that Fabio might go and we've got to have a ready-made replacement for him and it's got to be English." - Anyone else think Paul Ince sees himself as future England manager?!?
2. “I don't think it will be sexy football (under Capello)" - Martin Keown yearns for the old days, when he, Tony Adams, Gazza, and the Nevilles made the England team easy on the eye.
3. “The Premiership isn't about doing well for 90 minutes, you have to do well for 92 minutes" - Lawrie Sanchez bemoans another late defeat. (N.B. Put some money on Wigan beating Fulham in the 93rd minute next Saturday).
Facts
1. Fulham haven't won an away game in the Premier League since September 9th 2006, when they won 1-2 against Newcastle at St. James' Park. That's over a year, and a whopping 25 away games without a win. ( Ed: They come to Tottenham on Boxing Day!)
2. One team who don't have a problem picking up points when not in their own back yard, is Portsmouth. They currently have the best away form in the Premier League - W 6, D 1, L 1. (Ed; Didn't do them any good on Saturday though, eh?)
3. Roque Santa Cruz is the first person to score a Premier League hat-trick and still be on the losing side, since Dwight Yorke back in 1996. Yorke was playing for Villa at the time, and they lost 4-3 to Kevin Keegan's Newcastle. The smiling assassin actually scored a forth goal, but it was ruled offside
Fantasy Stats
1. Most Passes Completed (This Gameweek)
Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) - 55
John Obi Mikel (Chelsea) - 52
Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - 46
2. Most Successful Tackles (This Gameweek)
Owen Hargreaves" (Man Utd) - 10
Papa Bouba Diop (Portsmouth) - 7
Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) - 6
3. Most Clean Sheets (Goalkeepers)
Edwin Van der Sar (Man Utd) - 9
Jose Reina (Liverpool) - 9
David James (Portsmouth) - 8
Premier League Results - 15-16.12.07
B'mingham 1-1 Reading
Derby 0-1 M'brough
Fulham 0-1 Newcastle
Man City 4-2 Bolton
P'tsmouth 0-1 Spurs
S'derland 1-1 A. Villa
West Ham 0-2 Everton
Wigan 5-3 Blackburn
Liverpool 0-1 Man Utd
Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea
Barclays Premier League
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Arsenal 17 12 4 1 34 14 20 40
2 Man Utd 17 12 3 2 30 8 22 39
3 Chelsea 17 10 4 3 24 10 14 34
4 Man City 17 10 3 4 24 19 5 33
5 Liverpool 16 8 6 2 27 10 17 30
6 Everton 17 9 3 5 31 16 15 30
7 P'tsmouth 17 8 6 3 28 15 13 30
8 A. Villa 17 8 4 5 28 20 8 28
9 Blackburn 17 7 5 5 23 24 -1 26
10 Newcastle 17 7 4 6 24 26 -2 25
11 West Ham 16 6 4 6 20 14 6 22
12 Spurs 17 4 6 7 29 29 0 18
13 Reading 17 5 3 9 22 34 -12 18
14 M'brough 17 4 5 8 16 28 -12 17
15 B'mingham 17 4 3 10 18 27 -9 15
16 Bolton 17 3 5 9 18 27 -9 14
17 S'derland 17 3 5 9 16 32 -16 14
18 Fulham 17 2 7 8 18 28 -10 13
19 Wigan 17 3 3 11 17 33 -15 12
20 Derby 17 1 3 13 6 39 -33 6
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