Current Standings: 3rd – Pts: 45, GD: +18
Best XI (4-4-1-1): Brad Friedel; Kyle Walker, Younes Kaboul, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto; Aaron Lennon, Scott Parker, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale; Rafael Van der Vaart; Emmanuel Adebayor.
Current Standings: 4th – Pts: 37, GD: +14
Best XI (4-3-3): Petr Cech; Jose Bosingwa, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Ashley Cole; Ramires, Raul Meireles, Frank Lampard; Juan Mata, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge.
The 2011/2012 Premier League season has so far lived up to all the expectation and hype that surrounded its commencement.
On the same day that Chelsea had reportedly finally managed to wrap up a £7 million deal for defender Gary Cahill, it had emerged that Andre Villas Boas was beginning to run out of patience for the lack of fertility from his academy and was planning to split the staff and players involved in the reserves from the first team.
Eric Abidal to Arsenal is a story that has been doing the rounds in the rumour mill as of late. Arsenal has been hit by injuries to Bacary Sagna, Andre Santos and Kieran Gibbs. The likes of Francis Coquelin, Ignasi Miquel Thomas Vermaelen and Laurent Koscielny have all attempted to fill the void, with differing levels of success.
One of the underlying sub-plot’s of Manchester United’s season is the fate of Ravel Morrison. The talented but troubled youngster will be leaving the club at the end of the season if he doesn’t sign a new a new contract .
25 years is an astonishingly long time in football. But that’s how long Sir Alex Ferguson has been in charge of Manchester United. His success is obviously well publicised, but something often missed amongst his pile of major trophies are the number of people who have graduated from Fergie’s players to Fergie’s opponents.
When quizzed on who will win the Premier League very few people will have come out with the response of Tottenham Hotspur, although there is no reason why?