The midweek matches provided some very interesting results. As you can see from my woeful score predictions I was not expecting some of these scores.
Manchester United have been given an early wake up call with a 1-0 defeat to newly promoted Burnley. While there’s not much they could do against the stunning volley by Robbie Blake that put Burnley ahead the fact that they were unable to break down the Clarets defense over 90 minutes is much more concerning. Although Rooney has been psyching himself up all summer to score more goals, he has never been a prolific goal scorer. He is a great player and essential to the United team, but there really needs to be a striker who scores a lot of goals. Michael Owen was supposed to be that striker, but he has yet to find his scoring boots.
Manchester United of course cannot be written off yet, and historically have started seasons with poor results, but Sir Alex needs to rally the troops quickly.
Liverpool put their opening day Tottenham defeat behind them by steamrolling over Stoke City 4-0 at Anfield.
At the moment the hottest looking team is Tottenham; who beat Liverpool at the weekend, and then thrashed Hull at the KC stadium 5-1. They are currently sitting at the top of the table on goal difference. I know it’s still early by I think Spurs could be the surprise package this season. Their results have not been lucky, but excellent performances, and their squad quality looks very deep.
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