Another fun and exciting weekend in the English Premier League has passed. Manchester United and Manchester City remain at the top of the table after six games (in some cases five), and no team has a 100 percent record any longer.
Fernando Torres continues to go back and forth with his play, though now he's at least found a scoring touch.
Top scorer Wayne Rooney won't get the chance to add to his tally for a few weeks as he is out with a hamstring injury, and as expected, Sir Alex Ferguson had a well crafted excuse to explain his side's draw at Stoke, their first dropped points of the season.
Let's look back at the weekend that was in the English Premier League.
Fernando Torres continues to go back and forth with his play, though now he's at least found a scoring touch.
Top scorer Wayne Rooney won't get the chance to add to his tally for a few weeks as he is out with a hamstring injury, and as expected, Sir Alex Ferguson had a well crafted excuse to explain his side's draw at Stoke, their first dropped points of the season.
Let's look back at the weekend that was in the English Premier League.
When Newcastle let captain Kevin Nolan and midfielder Joey Barton leave over the summer and only brought in Demba Ba to replace long-gone striker Andy Carroll, wasn't everyone thinking the Magpies were headed for a relegation fight?
Apparently not.
Despite all the odds, it seems Alan Pardew and Newcastle have achieved addition by subtraction. They've lost some keys players in the last several months and haven't done a whole lot to replace them, yet they currently sit fourth in the table on 13 points.
And they've yet to lose a game. Granted, they haven't faced the toughest competition as of yet, but they also didn't seem to have a whole lot going for them after the opening weekend's 0-0 borefest with Arsenal.
If Mike Ashley is still the man we know he is, Pardew can probably expect to be out of a job come December.
Apparently not.
Despite all the odds, it seems Alan Pardew and Newcastle have achieved addition by subtraction. They've lost some keys players in the last several months and haven't done a whole lot to replace them, yet they currently sit fourth in the table on 13 points.
And they've yet to lose a game. Granted, they haven't faced the toughest competition as of yet, but they also didn't seem to have a whole lot going for them after the opening weekend's 0-0 borefest with Arsenal.
If Mike Ashley is still the man we know he is, Pardew can probably expect to be out of a job come December.
Peter Crouch was certainly causing trouble for Manchester United centre-backs Rio Ferdinand and Phil Jones Saturday against Stoke City. Too much trouble if you're asking Alex Ferguson that is.
Crouch headed in Stoke's equalizer which eventually secured the club's first ever Premier League points against the Red Devils. Trouble is, it could've been a full three points if Crouchie knew how to use his feet.
The 6'7", entirely too lanky to be any sort of athlete, English striker spurned two chances right in front of the goal when he could not control the ball or at least hit it with any sort of power.
For some reason, Stoke continued aiming balls at the big man's feet even though it has been shown he wins almost every header, even if he doesn't do anything useful with most of them.
Crouch headed in Stoke's equalizer which eventually secured the club's first ever Premier League points against the Red Devils. Trouble is, it could've been a full three points if Crouchie knew how to use his feet.
The 6'7", entirely too lanky to be any sort of athlete, English striker spurned two chances right in front of the goal when he could not control the ball or at least hit it with any sort of power.
For some reason, Stoke continued aiming balls at the big man's feet even though it has been shown he wins almost every header, even if he doesn't do anything useful with most of them.
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