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• Heroes & Villains: Henchmen, stamps and Danny Dyer

  After a record-breakingly goaltastic Premier League weekend, James Maw sorts the wheat from the chuff... RESULTS Sat 27 Nov Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal, Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Blackpool, Everton 1-4 West Bromwich... Posted Nov 29 2010, 15:37 PM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Chelsea, Everton, Mick McCarthy, Liverpool, Sunderland, David Moyes, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Aaron Lennon, Wayne Rooney, Tottenham Hotspur, Marouane Chamakh, Tim Howard, Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Andy Carroll, Bolton Wanderers, Paul Robinson, Robert Green, Fernando Torres, Tim Cahill, Mauro Boselli, Dimitar Berbatov, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Gonzalo Jara, Chris Brunt, Steven Pienaar, Jermaine Beckford, Jack Wilshere, Wigan Athletic, Saloman Kalou, Kevin Davies, Lee Mason, Maxi Rodrigues, Joe Jordan, Sylvain Ebanks-Blake, Petr Cech, Paul Konchesky, Scott Parker, Steve Gohouri, Pascal Chimbonda, Mikel Arteta, Alex, Stephen Hunt

• The uncharacteristically brief, 17 syllable Premier Preview

  Although we always appreciate the multitudes of you who lend us your time to read our ramblings (we say 'lend', you aint getting it back), there have been complaints, mainly from the magical pixies... Posted Nov 26 2010, 11:48 AM by Huw Davies with | with no comments Tags: Chelsea, Wolves, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Carlos Tevez, West Brom, Stuart Attwell, Emile Heskey, Manuel Almunia, James Perch, Michael Turner

• Heroes & Villains: Foxes, moustaches and gloves

  Rounding up the baddies and bigging up the goodies from the weekend's Premier League action... RESULTS Sat 13 Nov Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United, Manchester City 0-0 Birmingham City, Newcastle United... Posted Nov 15 2010, 13:35 PM by James Maw with | with 1 comment(s) Tags: Nani, Manchester United, Arsene Wenger, Chelsea, Stoke, Wolves, Everton, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Roberto Mancini, Peter Crouch, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Carlos Tevez, Tottenham Hotspur, Lee Cattermole, Blackburn Rovers, Sebastien Squillaci, Paul Merson, Jordan Henderson, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Steve Bruce, Paul Robinson, Asamoah Gyan, Danny Welbeck, Michael Turner, James Milner, Cesc Fabregas, Lukasz Fabianski, Wes Brown, Nedum Onouha, Alex Song, Branislav Ivanovic, Jo, Stuart Holden, Nemanja Vidic, Tony Pulis, Sylvain Distin, Louis Saha, Johan Elmander, Roque Santa Cruz, Marc Albrighton, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Stewart Downing, Jon Walters, Federico Macheda, Johan Djourou, Gael Givet, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Ryan Babel

• Prem Preview: Morph suits, mental recovery and Mick Hucknall

  And so to the floodlights. It's the only full midweek Premier League programme before Christmas, and these midweek sports specials - one for you older readers there - open a quickfire Premier League... Posted Nov 09 2010, 15:49 PM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Ryan Giggs, Arsene Wenger, Chelsea, Fulham, Harry Redknapp, West Ham, Everton, Mick McCarthy, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Roberto Mancini, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Rafael van der Vaart, Tottenham Hotspur, Lee Cattermole, Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Andy Carroll, Bolton Wanderers, Asamoah Gyan, Fernando Torres, Karl Henry, West Brom, Darren Bent, Chris Hughton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Kenwyne Jones, Carlo Ancelotti, Stoke City, Wigan Athletic, Cesc Fabregas, Kevin Nolan, Avram Grant, Marlon Harewood, Michael Essien, Eric Cantona, Tony Pulis

• Heroes & Villains: Bed-wetters, fruit loops and the Wicker Man

  The weekend's Premier League goodies and baddies... HEROES Fernando Torres If the proclamations that Fernando Torres was ’back’ following his goal against Blackburn two weeks ago seemed a trifle premature... Posted Nov 08 2010, 10:21 AM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Ryan Giggs, Chelsea, Fulham, Harry Redknapp, Stoke, Wolves, West Ham, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Roberto Mancini, Fabio Capello, Peter Crouch, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Rio Ferdinand, Tottenham Hotspur, Javier Hernandez, Gareth Bale, Joe Cole, Lee Cattermole, Blackpool, Roy Hodgson, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Asamoah Gyan, Fernando Torres, West Brom, Darren Bent, Chris Hughton, Kenwyne Jones, Phil Neville, Sir Alex Ferguson, Steed Malbranque, Lukasz Fabianski, Mario Balotelli, Avram Grant, Bebe, Cameron Jerome, Gabriel Obertan, Gretar Steinsson, Jean Beausejour, Ji Sung Park, Kevin Davies, Lars Jacobsen, Liam Ridgewell, Marcus Hahneman, Martin Atkinson, Michael Oliver, Neil Eardley, Nemanja Vidic, Paul Scholes, Phil Dowd, Rob Green, Seb Larsson, Youssuf Mulumbu, Zat Knight

• Premier League Heroes & Villains: From Henry Winter to disembowelling

  The weekend's Premier League heroes and villains, as chosen by James Maw ... HEROES Kevin Nolan Henry Winter probably put it best - “Kevin Nolan, midfielder, goalscorer, captain, landlord...utterly... Posted Nov 01 2010, 11:36 AM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Nani, Manchester United, Chelsea, Fulham, Bobby Zamora, Wolves, West Ham, Mick McCarthy, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Roberto Mancini, Clint Dempsey, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Emmanuel Adebayor, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers, Andy Carroll, Bolton Wanderers, Steve Bruce, Paul Robinson, Robert Green, Joey Barton, Karl Henry, Mark Hughes, Chris Hughton, Carlo Ancelotti, Mark Clattenburg, Kevin Nolan, Scott Carson, Nedum Onouha, Alex Song, Branislav Ivanovic, Jonas Gutierrez, Titus Bramble, Pablo Zabaletta, Mario Balotelli, Paulo Ferreira, Heurelho Gomes, Jo

• Good Neville, bad Neville

  The weekend's winners and losers, literally and figuratively... HEROES Lukasz Fabianski A confident and composed performance from the Arsenal goalkeeper helped his side seal all three points in what... Posted Oct 25 2010, 12:37 PM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Fulham, Tottenham, Stoke, Wolves, West Ham, Blackburn, Everton, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Roberto Mancini, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor, Javier Hernandez, Gareth Bale, Andy Carroll, Mike Williamson, El Hadji Diouf, Vincent Kompany, Jamie Carragher, Carlton Cole, Phil Neville, Maroune Chamakh, Leighton Baines, Gary Neville, Richard Dunne, Chiek Tiote, Mark Clattenburg, Samir Nasri, Dedryck Boyatta, Maicon, Cesc Fabregas, Kevin Nolan, Steed Malbranque, Frank Sinclair, Lukasz Fabianski, Matthew Etherington

• The weekend's heroes & villains

  Rounding up the weekend's Premier League goodies and baddies... HEROES Roberto Di Matteo Two years ago West Bromwich Albion earned plaudits for their persistence in ‘playing the game as it should be... Posted Sep 27 2010, 12:23 PM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Bolton, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Stoke, Wolves, West Ham, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Carlos Tevez, Rafael van der Vaart, Robert Green, Newcastle, Peter Odemwingie, Roberto di Matteo, Darren Bent, West Bromwich Albion, Gonzalo Jara, Chris Brunt, Danny Welbeck, Nick Barmby, Sander Westerveld, Vincent Kompany, Michael Brown, Luka Modric, Stuart Attwell, Michael Owen, Kenwyne Jones, Emile Heskey, Gerard Houllier, Steven Gerrard, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Manuel Almunia, Marcus Hahnemann, Robbie Fowler, James Perch, Michael Turner

• Pomp, spanking and japery

  The weekend's heroes and villains from the Premier League… HEROES Dimitar Berbatov Sunday’s win over Liverpool was the day Dimitar Berbatov has been waiting for since moving to Old Trafford just over... Posted Sep 20 2010, 14:58 PM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Arsene Wenger, Fulham, Sam Allardyce, Everton, Liverpool, Sunderland, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Rafael van der Vaart, Tottenham Hotspur, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Marouane Fellaini, Mike Williamson, Peter Odemwingie, Mark Schwarzer, Roberto di Matteo, Hatem Ben Arfa, Lee Bowyer, Darren Bent, Mark Hughes, Dimitar Berbatov, Chris Hughton, Alan Hutton, Kyle Walker, West Bromwich Albion, David Stockdale, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Rangers, Vedran Corluka, QPR, Alan Shearer, Younes Kaboul, El Hadji Diouf

• The whinge-o-meter cranking Prem preview

  Pfft, plus ca change, eh? Only four games into the new season and already the top four is made up of Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and...uh...Blackpool. Next year's FIFA and PES covers are going... Posted Sep 17 2010, 13:46 PM by Huw Davies with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Arsenal: Eduardo, Chelsea, Fulham, Stoke, Wolves, Everton, Liverpool, Sunderland, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United, Bolton Wanderers, Birminghamam, West Brom, Newcastle

• Keepers, clangers & bath tiles

  The weekend's heroes and villains from the Premier League... HEROES Matthew Gilks Far from being everybody’s b*tch, Blackpool have made a solid start to their debut Premier League season, securing... Posted Sep 13 2010, 11:28 AM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Arsene Wenger, Chelsea, Fulham, Bobby Zamora, Matthew Upson, Wolves, West Ham, Everton, Liverpool, Sunderland, Wigan, Manchester City, David Moyes, Clint Dempsey, Fabio Capello, Joe Hart, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Didier Drogba, Pepe Reina, Lee Cattermole, Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers, Roy Hodgson, Jordan Henderson, Birmingham City, Alex McLeish, Andy Carroll, Bolton Wanderers, Matthew Gilks, Marouane Fellaini, Shrewsbury, Salomon Kalou, Steve Bruce, Paul Robinson, Asamoah Gyan, Robert Green, Roger Johnson, Frederic Piquionne, Joey Barton, Peter Lovenkrands, Niall Quinn, Tomas Rosicky, Fernando Torres, Tim Cahill, Karl Henry, Scott Dann, Mauro Boselli

• Heroes & Villains: A tale of two Joes

  We take a look at the best and the worst of the action from the opening round of Premier League matches (bar the one that hasn't been played yet, obviously...) Heroes of Round 1 Joe Hart, Manchester... Posted Aug 16 2010, 08:30 AM by James Maw with | with no comments Tags: Birmingham, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Joe Hart, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Didier Drogba, Tottenham Hotspur, Jamie Redknapp., Tim Howard, Stephen Carr, Joe Cole, Pepe Reina, Lee Cattermole, Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United

• The knee-sliding, road-tripping, ape-confusing Premier Preview

  The BBC has tried to name their own 23-man World Cup squad by unveiling THE LARGEST COVERAGE TEAM EVER. Joining the merry band of Gary Lineker, Mark Lawrenson, Mark Bright, Lee Dixon, Mick McCarthy (argh... Posted Apr 23 2010, 10:30 AM by Huw Davies with | with 1 comment(s) Tags: Manchester United, Birmingham, Bolton, Chelsea, Fulham, Premier League, Portsmouth, Tottenham, Hull, Burnley, Stoke, West Ham, Blackburn, Everton, Mick McCarthy, Liverpool, Sunderland, Wigan, Manchester City, Predictions, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Newcastle United

• The golf-watching, Drury hating, typically German Premier Preview

  Tch, football, eh? What about golf? Watching 50-year-old Fred Couples and 60-year-old Tom Watson lead the Masters (at the time of writing) is enough to make you wonder whether...no... Darren Anderton has... Posted Apr 09 2010, 12:16 PM by Huw Davies with | with no comments Tags: Manchester United, Birmingham, Fulham, Hull, Burnley, Gianfranco Zola, Wolves, West Ham, Blackburn, Liverpool, Sunderland, Manchester City, Joe Hart, Darren Anderton

• The arm-flailing shirt-pulling Premier Preview

  Moving house, your blogger has dug out a dog-eared copy of childhood staple Gary Lineker's Favourite Football Stories , complete with a smiling, considerably less grey Lineker and wackily animated... Posted Mar 26 2010, 11:54 AM by Huw Davies with | with 1 comment(s) Tags: Gary Cahill, Nani, Manchester United, Ryan Giggs, Martin Taylor, Anderson, Alex Ferguson, Birmingham, Gary Lineker, Arsene Wenger, Bolton, Arsenal: Eduardo, Chelsea, Fulham, Iain Dowie, Aaron Ramsey, Premier League, Ricardo Carvalho, Florent Malouda, Daniel Sturridge, John Paintsil, Harry Redknapp, David James, Tommy Smith, Portsmouth, Tottenham, Ricardo Rocha, Hull, Bobby Zamora, Sebastian Bassong, Hugo Rodallega, Sam Allardyce, David SUllivan, David Dunn, Burnley, Matthew Upson, Gianfranco Zola, Stoke, Wolves, West Ham, Blackburn, Everton, Mick McCarthy, beach ball, Liverpool, Sunderland, Wigan, Manchester City, Roberto Mancini, Roberto Martinez, David Moyes