Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 4

Here's what happened in Gameweek 4. Not really any surprises happened though.

Home vs Away	PR	SC	RS	Analysis
Chelsea vs Burnley	2-0	3-0	CW	And so the wonderful fantasy of the newcomer ended. Another goalless yet 10 points performance from Lampard.
Blackburn vs West Ham	2-0	0-0	WG	Just a draw.
Bolton vs Liverpool	0-3	2-3	CW	There are now 3 musketeers from Liverpool – Torres, Gerrard and Johnson. Still, the defense is still awful.
Stoke City vs Sunderland	0-0	1-0	WG	Kitson – remember this guy.
Tottenham vs Birmingham	1-0	2-1	CM	Tottenham won in expense of Modric. Oops! Lennon proved himself again.
Wolves vs Hull City	2-1	1-1	WG	Watch out for Kevin Doyle – he's powering up the offense.
Man Utd vs Arsenal	1-0	2-1	CM	Diaby scores again! ... against Arsenal.
Portsmouth vs Man City	0-4	0-1	CW	Another small win by City. Adebayor is on rampage.
Everton vs Wigan	0-1	2-1	WG	Everton dominated the game but only managed to won at last minute. Baines was the hero!
Aston Villa vs Fulham	1-0	2-0	CW	An own goal ruined the cottagers' day.

Note: PR - Prediction, SC - Final Score, RS - Result, CS - Correct Score, CM - Correct Margin, CW - Correct Winner and WG - Wrong.

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Special Topics

Man Utd vs Arsenal

Again the Red Devils had shown us the power of Old Trafford. Home wins are Man Utd key to success last season, and if they can repeat it, 4th in a row isn't a dream for them.

Arsenal was unlucky anyway to lost Fabregas in such critical games. The gunners have the advantage at the earlier stage of the game, but losing in the end due to the lack of character to withstand the pressure. From this game, I also found something interesting: Arshavin can only load you a lot of points when Fabby's absent.

The Three Musketeers

Johnson, Torres and Gerrard - 3 of them scored on the same game! The latter duo should be happy since now there's another man to share their load, and Glen Johnson's £18m price proved to be a real deal now. But still, Liverpool will have to pay more attention to their defense - 5 goals conceded from 4 games certainly is not a healthy figure for a top 4 team.

Modric's Pain

That's an unfortunate news for Tottenham - to lost their playmaker for a long period of time. Modric's absent certainly will affect much towards Spurs' hunt for a Champions League spot. They'll need to find a cover for him asap, and Redknapp's is now attempting to sign Kranjcar.

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Players of the Gameweek

1. Ballack (11) - The German captain is back on hot form this season. Should be a season regular finally.
2. Torres (12) - £11.5m certainly isn't an inflated price. Even not in his peak form, he scored 3 from 3 games.
3. Upson (9) - Another fine display had helped him to claim extra 3 bonus points.
4. Lennon (10) - A decisive winner by him.
5. A Cole (14) - He's showing something to protect his starting position at Chelsea.
6. Kitson (9) - His only goal has converted 3 points for Stoke.

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Leaderboard of the Gameweek

1. A Cole (14)
2. Baines, Torres (12)
3. Stearman, Ballack (11)
4. Lampard, Lennon (10)

Leaderboard of the Season

1. Drogba (33)
2. Rooney, G Johnson (31)
3. Shawcross (29)
4. Defoe (28)
5. A Cole, Lennon (27)

Poll of the Fortnight: Who'll Be the First Manager to be Sacked?

Sorry guys as I didn't post up any topic of the fortnight as promised, as I was quite busy days before. Now here's episode 2 of poll of the fortnight: the first ever manager to be sacked this season?

In this poll, Portsmouth manager Paul Hart is the leader with 23 votes (or 47%). This is quite reasonable since the Pompey are having a extremely tough moments under him - 4 losses from 4 games. I believe by the end of September, if Paul Hart can't lead his team to their first victory, he'll be sacked.

On the second position is Manchester City's manager Mark Hughes (17 votes or 35%). While everyone is suspecting his ability to lead a team full of big names, Hughes led his team to 3 consecutive wins - although all of them won by only small margin. His next two games against Arsenal and Man Utd are the crucial ones - if he can do a great result at both games, he'll be safe.

And the third place stands the one who most people hate: Phil Brown from Hull City. He got only 10% of votes but that doesn't mean that he's safe from being fired. But thanks to Hull City fine display (certainly not bad), he's still safe at the moment.

Meanwhile Roberto Martinez (2 votes) is having a hard time following Wigan's third consecutive defeats. His low figure of votes is indeed in contrast with his current dangerous position. And Alex McLeish surprisingly got null votes from our fellow respondents. He's just not famous so nobody votes him don't you think?

There're two votes who voted for others - is it Rafa Benitez who lost 2 games from 4, or Moyes who only managed to help Everton to pick 3 points out of 3 games? Or Bolton's Megson who yet to lead his team to first league victory of the season?