The weekend that was

Lokking back at the weekend activities...so very gripping games and some that if it was a video i would have simulated them....

Aston Villa 1 - Westham 0
Villa keep rolling on with some good fortune and some good play...this was one where neither team really impressed much, but with the aim of some good fortune...in the shape of lucas Neills well paid leg...and some great goal keeping villa managed to edge this encounter.

Arsenal 1 - Liverpool 1
This game was nothing near a classic but it was surely made interesting by that ever interesting show pony called Howard Webb. His need to be in the limelight led him to dismiss Arsenal striker Adebayor for what could be mildly called tow questionable yellow cards. If anything was revealed from this game it was the poor standard of refereeing and also Liverpools lack of cutting edge.

West Brom 2 - Manchester City 1
To me this was the match of the weekend bottom of the table West Brom put in a battling performance to edge out new 'money boys' and fellow bottom dwellers Citeh. If City's result continue they way they are now expect mark Hughes head to be on some high priced chopping blocks soon.

Fulham 3 - Boro 0
Jimmy Bullard continue to stake his claim for an England call up with another oustanding performance from the cottagers. Boro contunued their jekel and hyde season by rolling over and surrendering to a very purposeful Fulham.

Blackburn 3 - Stoke 0
What can you say about Big Sam the man knows how to win games and rightly so, as Blackburn duely dispatched a beligured stoke... with Big Sam at the helm dont be surprise to see blackburn make a hasty escape from the drop zone

Hull 1 - Sunderland 4
Needing wins Sunderland under caretaker manager Ricky Sbragia (I nominate this name as the hardest to pronounce in football...i hear many a commentators bite their tongues trying to force out a rendition of the black cats gaffer last name) rousing performance to romp all over this seasons surprise packagae... I a game that looked even poised for much of the match Sunderland made the best of thier opportunities to put a gloss on the score line and take themselves out of the relagation zone.

Bolton 2 - Pompey 1
This was a macth of missed chances...missed chances by bolton that is... after romping to a 2 goal cushion the opening 10 minutes...Bolton contrive to miss a host of presentable chances to make the game done and dusted. Instead they allowed Pompey to grab a life line and some semblance of hope. In the end the better team won if not by the margin they deserved. With yet another loss they eyes of the axe man will now doubt be gazing on the head of another rookie manager in Adams.

Newcastle 2 - Spurs 1
Another match with crucial relegation implications Newcastle managed to edge out spurs with a stppage time winner from Damian Duff. On the balnce of play a draw looked the most likely outcome, but Newcastle with their new found determination just clawed ahead in the dying minutes. Spurs fans will be hoping Happy Harry has the magic to keep them from the dreaded drop.

And in closing my gripe of the weekend. The standard of refereeing in england has been woefully poor this year. It seems like Howard Webb has not only inherited Graham Polls title as the best ref in Engalnd but also his tendency to get it all wrong in the big Games. They league needs to take a long hard look at the refs and come up with some solutions. Maybe they need to go on the continent where their seem to be some more sensible refs and bring them in for the big games.. whats your thought?