Wonder how Liverpool will go without Cisse who looked like getting into some form. Garcia is more than likely the best player on form at the moment and taking the premier league by storm. Baros will be a great lone striker.

Liverpool should keep a clean sheet and like their chances at a 2-0 or 3-0 win with baros atleast scoring 1.

Chelsea v Everton


It all seems too good to be true for Chelsea. While Arsenal and Manchester United's latest dull-as-dishwater public squabble rumbles on, Chelsea have done their talking on the pitch. In all competitions they've won eight of their last nine matches, keeping six clean sheets in the process. With that in mind, Chelsea winning to nil looks good value at odds-against. Everton deserve enormous credit for their efforts this season but although their away form looks hugely impressive on paper, they've played some weak sides and their 0-0 draw at Old Trafford came at a time when Manchester United were struggling. Taking on an in-form Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is by far their hardest task of the season and the gulf in class should be more than apparent. Go for a decisive home win.

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Baros is fifty fifty to play tonight

Liverpool (from): Kirkland, Josemi, Carragher, Hyypia, Traore, Kewell, Garcia, Alonso, Hamann, Biscan, Diao, Riise, Baros, Sinama-Pongolle, Mellor, Warnock, Dudek, Finnan, Henchoz.

Birmingham City (from): Maik Taylor, Melchiot, Cunningham, Upson, Lazaridis, Gronkjaer, Savage, Johnson, Gray, Izzet, Yorke, Heskey, Vaesen, Clapham, Tebily, Anderton, Clemence.

Well heres who I like tonight
Juventas
Arsenal
Liverpool
Norwich
Werder B
Leverkusen
Newcastle

A Villa 3 0 Portsm'h

South'tn 2 2 W.B.A.

Chelsea 1 0 Everton

Norwich 1 1 Blackb'n

Liv'pool 0 1 Birm'ham

C Palace 1 1 Arsenal

Tot'ham 2 3 Charlton

What a shocker went to bed half time arsenal couldnt keep my eyes open thought id wake up with my multi intact I repeat what a shocker ah well back to the drawing board

And the shockers kept on coming. Fulham 4 Def 1 Newcastly.

Both Man's drew.
Bolton and Borough drew 1-1 with injury time goal for borough.

A weekend for the underdogs.

I think there is a psychological element which hasn't been addressed. Each of the teams that were 'hot' favourites and didn't win this weekend have all suffered defeats before, within the last 7 days.

Man U - against Portsmouth last weekend
Arsenal - haven't won since losing to Man U
Newcastle - lost to Bolton
AC Milan - lost to Barca
Lazio - lost to Middlesbrough

In future I think we should wait for the teams to bounce back, then start betting on them. Morale plays a huge role in a team's results, if a team is coming off a loss then it's likely they need a small period to bounce back. Such as I think Arsenal is.

As for Man U, betting on them is stupid. They always fail to get the results and it's not worth risking it any more. 1.35 for a win? That's stupid, they didn't even score.

It might be something to consider.

For these big teams playing in Europe there is probably a bit of a let down as well when they come back to play in their home leagues. In the premier league only Chelsea was able to back up and win, the other five teams either drew or lost. The same thing also happened in Italy. Maybe the best thing to do is either stay away when teams are backing up from Europe or back their opponent with a 1/2 goal start - if anyone did that this weekend they would of cleaned up!!!