Only 3 games played, so let's not get carried away, but Man City are top. P3, W3, & no goals conceded. I can't resist the opportunuty to be smug, & to remind readers that I tipped City as my dark horses on Aug 6th. Of course, the old maxim about the table not showing anything meaningful until Xmas, has to be borne in mind. However, I doubt whether Man U's 2 points from 3 games was part of the Glazers' plan for world domination. Man U dominated possesion, but couldn't stick any of their chances away. Sven must secretly be delighted to have sneaked a win over Fergie. United have now made their worst start since 1992-3 (P3 Pts 1: Sheff U, A, 1-2; Everton, H, 0-3; Ipswich, H, 1-1). The Man U-haters should enjoy their schadenfreude now, with the calibre of players available in their squad, they will surely soon start winning. Despite that bad start in '92 they ended up winning the innaugural Premiership by 10 pts from the Villa. My barber reckons that next time I get my grade 3 (probably in 5-6 weeks) Utd will be top, I have to disagree. Surely, at least one of the other 'Big Four' clubs will still be above them.
Chelsea must be chuffed with the point they got at Anfield, Malouda appeared just to collide accidentally with Finnan for the (equalising) penalty. Torres looked sharp for the Reds, & showed great pace & skill for his opener. Arsenal showed once again they can be ratled by teams who take a 'robust' approach & who try to deny then time & space for their passing game.
Saturday sees the first 'six-pointer' of the season, as 2nd bottom Derby host 3rd-bottom Birmingham. Both teams need to make some astute buys to avoid the drop.
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