By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood | Only Love Soccer A miserable second half performance sees Villa drop their third match of the season. I don’t have much to say about it. Record: 1-1-3, 4 pts; 5 goals for, 9 against Guzan – 6; Not really his fault we gave up four, besides the foul at the end, … Continue reading Player Ratings: Southampton 4, Aston Villa 1
Goals: Aston Villa — El Ahmadi 75 (Lichaj); Everton — Pienaar 3 (Naismith) , Fellaini 31 (Jagielka), Jelavic 44 (Baines) Shots: Aston Villa 9 (2 on target); Everton 22 (6) Possession: Aston Villa 39 %; Everton 61 % Everton crush Aston Villa – their first win over the team in their last 12 matches, and … Continue reading Match Report: Aston Villa 1, Everton 3
Saturday Swansea 2 West Ham 0 Aston Villa 2 Everton 1 (I know, I know) Manchester United 3 Fulham 0 Norwich City 3 Queens Park Rangers 2 Southampton 1 Wigan 3 Sunderland 1 Reading 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 West Brom 0 Chelsea 3 Newcastle 1 Sunday Stoke City 1 Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 Manchester City … Continue reading Premier League Picks: Aug. 25-26
Goals: Nolan, 40 (Vaz Te, assist) Shots: West Ham – 7 (1 on target); Aston Villa 13 (2) Possession: West Ham – 34 %; Aston Villa – 66 % The first match in the Paul Lambert era at Aston Villa and the first back in the Premiership for West Ham ends up being a pretty … Continue reading Match Report: West Ham 1, Aston Villa 0
Saturday Arsenal 3, Sunderland 0 Fulham 2, Norwich 1 Queens Park Rangers 2, Swansea 0 Reading 0, Stoke 0 West Brom 1, Liverpool 1 West Ham 2, Aston Villa 2 Newcastle 2, Tottenham 1 Sunday Wigan 1, Chelsea 3 Manchester City 5, Southampton 0 Monday Everton 1, Manchester United 1 Continue reading Premier League Picks: Aug. 18-20
This is of course without knowing what other players might be brought in before the end of the transfer window on Aug. 31. Prediction 1. Manchester City. Hate to say it, but can’t see anyone beating them. 2. Manchester United. Haven’t added to their squad like their 900 billion fans might like, but still have … Continue reading Only Love Soccer’s No Holds Barred, All-Encompassing English Premier League Preview
Editor’s note: Today we’re debuting a story from Andy Topping from the UK site Orange Sport. Welcome Andy, and let him know what you think of his picks. By Andy Topping | Special to Only Love Soccer It’s sad but true, with the end of the Premier League season we must now face the fact … Continue reading English Premier League transfer rumours: The best defenders of 2011/12
By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood | Only Love Soccer I love doing the world weekend previews, though I don’t always have time for them. But anyway, I’ll try and do them when I can. All times Pacific, as usual. Today (Friday) Tijuana vs. America/Morelia vs. Toluca. (Mexico, 6:10 p.m.) These two clashes feature four of … Continue reading Weekend Preview: March 9-11
By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood Villa drew 0-0 at Fulham in a match that was fun to start, then turned into a boring, slogfest with few chances in the second half. A point is a point, I guess, right? Record: 0-1-0, 0 goals scored, 0 goals conceded, 1 point, 4th place Goal scorers: none Assists: none Man … Continue reading Fulham 0, Aston Villa 0: What we learned
By Jeremiah Paschke-Wood Here are my (informal) predictions from the upcoming Premier League season. The teams are ranked in the order I (kind of) think they’ll finish in, plus I’ve included a little bit of info on each of the teams. Enjoy! Player of the season: Wayne Rooney, Manchester United Top scorer: Sergio Aguero, Manchester … Continue reading Premier League season preview
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