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Slaphead Carsley signs for Birmingham

Small slaphead Lee Carsley has moved from Everton to relegated Birmingham City. The move has been on the cards for some time, but Carsley had only missed a handful of games this season for the blues. He was offered a new contract at Everton but he fancied the move as it nearer to home in the midlands.

Offers from yo-yo teams had come in, Derby and WBA were both interested but Carsley fancied the move to Birmingham due to the winning attitude of manager Alex McLeish, sorry but he just got the team relegated.

Anyhow, the Evertonians will remember the little slaphead for this goal against Liverpool.

Birmingham 1 - 1 Everton

Two sides with still plenty to play for, Birmingham looking to avoid the drop and Everton pushing for fourth spot in the league. A first half with little to talk about bar Joleon Lescott shooting into the side netting after the Birmingham defenders muddled on the ball. For the home side substitute Cameron Jerome hitting the post with looping header.

The game sparked into life in the second half Liam Ridgewell missed a sitter, a corner found the defender in the six yard box but he fired over, it seamed easier to score than miss. Tim Howard pulled off a double save from Jaidi and then McFadden as the home side pushed on.

After hitting the post in the first half Joleon Lescott grabbed his 9th goal of the season flicking the ball into the net for the opener.

But it was a Birmingham substitute to be the hero, Mauro Zarate scoring his fourth in as many games curling in a free kick into the top corner. Overall a good game and a fair result considering both sides had numerous chances.

Keegan still looking for first win as Toon draw at St Andrews

Kevin Keegan is still looking for his first win in his second spell at Newcastle after drawing with Birmingham tonight. The match billed as relegation six-pointer ended all square thanks to the first goal in four games for Michael Owen.

Birmingham took the lead in the first half when James McFadden headed in David Murphy’s cross, Faye at the time decided to switch off, something that too many Newcastle players have done too many times this season. Towards then end of the game Maik Taylor kept Birmingham in the match saving form Emre and Martins later on.

Times are getting tough for Newcastle with them only 4 points clear of Bolton who are in the third relegation spot and no wins in 15 matches.

Blatter needs to butt out say Blues chief

Fifa President Sepp Blatter has come under intense criticism following is comments regarding Martin Taylor’s challenge on Eduardo which resulted in the Croatian suffering a compound leg fracture.

Blatter publicly ripped into Taylor stating that the tackle was an “attack” and seemed to suggest that the Birmingham defender had meant to cause a serious injury and did not just seriously mis-time time the tackle.

Eduardo coud be out of the game for up to a year but Taylor has both publicly and privately apologised for the event which is said to have left him emotionally scarred. The Arsenal midfielder has been said to have accepted the apology following a meeting between the two in the Birmingham hospital where he was staying.

The President of Fifa has however stated that he would welcome longer bans for dangerous play than the mandatory three matches although his comments to the BBC that ” this is to destroy another player and that is not the aim of our game” have elicited much criticism, especially from Blues Chairman David Gold.

Gold responded to Blatter’s comments by stating -

“It is outrageous and disappointing that a man of Sepp Blatter’s standing, the top man in world football, is coming out with inflammatory statements like this which cannot be good for the game”
Taylor has an almost impeccable discipinary record, averaged around 1 yellow card per season, but Blatter’s comments have made him out to be the monster which he quite clearly isnt. Accidents do happen in football, some worse than other, but the notion that this was anything other than a freak accdent is nothing short of ridiculous.
Blatter should keep out of English league matters and stop showing himself up with stupid, ill thought out comments.
Winning is Everything supports Martin Taylor and hopes that he can put this behind him - whilst also wishing Eduardo a full and speedy recovery.

Eduardo to be back after 9 months

After initial thoughts that Eduardo would be out for more than a year after his horrible leg break the news following the operation is good with a predicted 9 months being the time out. The news today both online, on the radio and red tops has been about the injury but the news seems to be good with it predicted that the Croat could be back running in 6 months.

The other news is regarding Martin Talyor who was mentally tired in training this morning, support has come in from the footballing world including former Blackburn Rovers assistant manager Tony Parks. On the other side Croatian websites have been sighting death threats towards the former Rovers defender.

Slavan Bilic spoke on Radio 5 live tonigh, Bilic who is the manager of the national team in Croatia announced that he spoke to Eduardo and he was doing well in hospital and had no doubts that he would be back. He also couldn’t blame Martin Taylor for the injury and it was just one of those moments when it all went wrong.

As far as I’m concerned it was a clumsy tackle and we wish the lads all the best, Eduardo and Taylor.

Eduardo Leg Breaker

The pinnacle of the weekend was set to be the Carling Cup Final which Tottenham won 2-1 beating Chelsea for their first trophy in 9 years. But the talk in the offices this morning will be from the Arsenal V Birmingham match where Eduardo suffered one of the worst injuries in top flight football since David Busst terrible injury back in 1996.

The Croatian-Brazilian center forward suffered the injury early on in the game when Martin Taylor went in with a high tackle which at first glance appeared to a regular tackle, but from other angles (including the one below) shows why Eduardo suffered the double leg and ankle compound fracture.

Initial post match reaction from Arsène Wenger called for Taylor to receive life ban from the game. After cooling down Arsène Wenger retracting the statements. At the moment Taylor is set to miss the next three games while Eduardo is looking to b out for at least 18 months if not have to retire.

We send our best wishes to Eduardo but it does make make you think of the players who sufferer similar injuries on Sunday Mornings in Sunday League, Eduardo may have to face the possibility of retiring from the game but at least his financial future is secure where as the average Sunday league player may not be able to work for 18 months.

Premiership Round Up

Another great Premiership Saturday, it was good to get back to watching football after the weeks major news of the announcement of the possibility of a 39th game to be played overseas. With the top 3 not playing the concentration was on the battle for 4th place and the battle of the bottom.

Aston Villa 4 - 1 Newcastle

Kevin Keegan is still without a win in his second spell at Newcastle. Micheal Owen had given the away side the lead in the first half. The second half with a few chances Villa came out on top, a deflected Bouma shot, two Carew headers and a Carew penalty sealed the match. Carew was awesome and fully deserves his hattrik

Everton 1 - 0 Reading

Yakubu was left out after coming back late from the African cup of Nations. The first half of the match was pretty quiet at Goodison Park. The addition of James Vaughan at half time helped, and Everton took the lead when a second ball from a corner found Phil Jageilka who looped in a header at the far post. That defeat for Reading and other results meant that the Royals moved into the bottom three for the first time this season.

Sunderland 2 - 0 Wigan

Sunderland recorded their fourth straight home win, and over fellow relegation rivals meant they moved out of the bottom three. Dickson Etuhu back from the African Cup of Nations grabbed a goal just before half time heading in from a free-kick. The Black Cats doubled the lead in the second half, this was after Wigan hit the woodwork twice, a cracking ball from Andy Reid found Daryl Murphy who thumped in a shot of the underside of the bar form all of 25 yards.

Middlesborough 1 - 0 Fulham

Afonso Alves who signed last week for £12 million started the game on the bench, it was another stirker who grabbed the only goal of the game in the frist half, Jeremie Aliadiere slotting in after breaking the offside trap. Alves came on the second half but was unable to make an impact.

Bolton 0 - 1 Portsmouth

The first half saw former Pompy player Matt Taylor miss a sitter, an open goal from all of 3 yards. The only goal came late in the game for the away side Lassana Diarra with his first goal in the Premiership. He did look offside which compounded the misery for the home side who had been the better side and had been denied by an inform David James on numerous occasions, no doubt that James is England’s number 1.

Derby 0 - 3 Tottenham

Well the Rams managed to hang on till the second half but then Spurs class shone. Robbie Keane tabbed in after Roy Carroll saved from Malbranque. The second from Kaboul when Derby couldn’t clear from a corner. The third form the spot for Berbatov after Stubbs handballed.

West Ham 1 - 1 Birmingham

James McFadden grabbed his first goal for Birmingham again West Ham, the Scot equalized from the spot after he was brought down in the box by Lucas Niell. West Ham had taken the lead in the first half, a long throw was flicked on by Cole and Ljungberg stole in at the far post to tap smash in the opener. Lee Bowyer decide to get himself sent off for a lunge on Johnson, bit of a shocker from Mr Battenburg.

Two games tomorrow complete the weekends football, and you don’t better than Liverpool Chelsea and the Manchester derby.

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Chelsea v Liverpool, 16:00
Man Utd v Man City, 13:30

winningiseverything Premiership round-up

The results are in for the weekends matches, the Premiership finished with for another week.

The big winners this weekend were those at the wrong end of the table really. Fulham, Wigan and Bolton all won their respective games against Villa (2-1), West Ham (1-0) and Reading (2-0) to leave Derby further adrift at the bottom and some worried faces at clubs such as Reading (who are in free-fall), Sunderland and Birmingham.

Arguably anyone up to Tottenham are still in the relegation fight, but with Spurs having an upturn in fortunes and a scoring record the envy of many European contenders they will be fine. After their perhaps surprising 1-1 draw with champions Manchester United they will be looking to move onward and upward toward top-half status.

Newcastle and Middlesbrough played out a dull 1-1 draw as did Derby and Birmingham.

Jermain Defoe will be pleased with his weekends work, as he scored on his debut for Portsmouth against Chelsea to push the London club further behind the leaders.

Speaking of which, Arsenal maintained their excellent form this season with a 3-1 win at Manchester City, with two goals form the superb Adebayor. Wenger just seems to have a knack of selling players when he sees that they are holding up the progression of others. He did it with Viera to allow Fabregas to progress and now he has done it this season, letting Henry go to give Adebayor room to shine. As for Manchester City, they suffered their first home defeat this season and will be hoping that the Benjani deal goes through so that they have a striker that can actually score.

European contenders Blackburn and Everton played out a 0-0 draw at Ewood, but the Toffees will be disappointed that Andy Johnson’s goal in the second half was ruled out by the officials.

Finally, Liverpool recaptured some form as they beat Sunderland 3-0 at home. With their game in hand they may now feel a little more confident for that fourth spot.

winningiseverything Premiership round-up

Tuesday night didn’t throw up many surprises as far as results go.

Arsenal beat Newcastle for the second time in 4 days to go top of the Premiership table, as least for 24 hours. The score was 3-0 again, leaving Newcastle in a state of deja-vu. It turned out to be an easy game for Arsenal, with goals coming from prolific Adebayor, industrias Flamini and the always impressive Fabregas.

Perhaps the most significant result of the night came at the Stadium of Light where Sunderland beat Birmingham 2-0 in a battle of the relegation strugglers. Goals from Murphy and the debutant Prica gave the Black Cats the vital victory, in what was essentially a committed and tense game with little quality.

Bolton failed to seize their opportunities at home to Fulham giving the London side their first point under Roy Hodgson. The drab 0-0 encounter leaves Fulham 4 points from safety and Bolton slipping to 16th.

Middlesbrough striker Jeremie Aliadiere scored an excellent first-half strike and his team then held out for victory in a tight contest. It is Middlesbrough’s first win at home since December 9th against Arsenal. The loss sends Wigan into the bottom three.

As Avram Grant would say…style is nothing, winning is everything…Chelsea. (And if this reminds you of a little goblin like creature there’s a reason for that, and no it’s not Dennis Wise!).

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