there are many interesting matchups,fulham v boro,magpies v spurs,hammers v villa,everton v chelsea,all will be engrossing matches,arsenal v liverpool might not be as good as the others this weekend,says lawro.

blackburn vs stoke-2-1.

bolton vs portsmouth-2-0

fulham vs boro-2-2.

hull vs sunderland-1-1

west ham vs aston villa-2-2

west brom vs man city-1-1

newcastle vs tottenham-3-1.

arsenal vs liverpool-3-1.

everton vs chelsea-0-1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7788326.stm

we have the federation cup final between bagan and dempo.

sam allardyce

bolton had a solid reputation when they travelled when sam was managing them.
i have nt seen any reference to the salaries of the managers,they ve got to be huge,considering the pressure they re under,its got to be the toughest job,delivering results from day one.
he seems a good choice but did nt seem to have done too well at newcastle.
he had a lot of players from arab africa in his teams at bolton.
his methods might revolve around packing the defence with big guys.
blackburn also had a reputation for rough play during mark hughes time.

5 million pounds

portsmouth paid 5 million pounds for lassana diarra from arsenal,

real madrid have offered 24 million pounds for the midfielder now.
http://espnstar.com/football/premier-league/news/detail/item170642/Pompey-accept-Diarra-bid/

benzema

lyon say they will give up benzema for 100 million euros.
i think zidane went for 60 million dollars when he went to real madrid.
french players are rivalling the brazilians in the superstar quotient.
benzema says he wants to go to real.

another one bites the dust

paul ince is out
http://espnstar.com/football/premier-league/news/detail/item170264/Williams:-Ince-had-to-go/

thinking of who might be coming in and the names from the past,

david o leary,hoddle,john gregory-he used to be in a track suit,in todays high profile league,it might be hard to find guys like him.

roy keane would be another similar ex man u player to be gambled at this moment.

blackburn might not have the capacity to afford a foreign coach,

louis van gaal s probably not yet recovered from the flop show with holland,but blackburn will not be in his league.

being a club that s won the premiership,they might get some big name.

italy

i got most of the epl results totally wrong.
this weekends got big matches in spain and italy.
barca beat real 2-0,
tonights juve vs milan.
ranieris in juventus while chelsea are playing west ham managed now by zola.
gullit,vialli,ranieri,mourinho,scolari,chelseas had some great managers.
liverpools were more low profile people,houllier onwards.
arsenal and man u will have tough transitions when they decide to move to replace managers.
wenger and ferguson look like they ll go on to the next decade.
the italian clubs still seem to be going on italians mostly.
ancelotti,lippi...these guys have achieved greatness in europe.
only ferguson s close to these titans.

epl

middlesboro v arsenal-1-2

aston villa v bolton-2-1

liverpool v hull-2-0

mancity v everton-1-1

stoke v fulham-1-2

sunderland v west brom-0-1

wigan v blackburn-1-1

tottenham v man u-1-2

portsmouth v newcastle-1-3

chelsea v west ham-2-1.

roy keane

this season has the highest number of resignations and manager downfalls.

a couple of good wins were achieved by keane one in which chopra scored a brace.

fulham v mancity-2-2.

arsenal v wigan-3-1.

blackburn v liverpool-0-1.

bolton v chelsea-1-2.

hull v middlesboro-3-3.

newcastle v stoke-3-1.

manu v sutherland-0-0.

west brom v portsmouth-2-1.

EVERTON V ASTON VILLA-2-4.

west ham v tottenham-0-0.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7764488.stm

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