EPL Manager of the Month - January

For the month of January, Everton manager Hoyes has been selected by a panel of representatives of the Barclay's league. Although Everton got off to an ugly start in their 2009-2010 campaign, they have since turned things around. At the end of December they were struggling just above the relegation zone. However, in the last month they have significantly turned things around. They started January with a 2-2 draw with Arsenal but after that game they have gone 4-0-1 to move up into 9th place and only two points behind Birmingham. For a full detailed write-up on this visit,  EPL Manager of the Month - January.

But what will really be interesting to see is how Everton will perform over the next few months. They will be taking on 5th place Liverpool and then Chelsea on the 10th. Following those two highly competitive games for Everton are going to be even more competitive games coming in the form of Manchester United and Tottenham. Best of luck to Hoyes and Everton FC.

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EPL Week 2 Schedule

I thought we could have a little blast in the past before we get started talking about this season.

In the first week of this season, just about every time did well enough to get favorable results. However, Arsenal were able to thoroughly embarrass Everton, at home in Goodison Park, 6-1.

At the moment, Chelsea is trailing Sunderland 1-0 30 minutes into the game and Wigan is trailing Wolverhampton 1-0 while also being 30 minutes into the game.

Here is the schedule for the remainder of the week.
- Note, Arsenal vs Bolton, West Ham vs. Aston Villa, and Fulham vs Blackburn have all been postponed for a later date (they were all scheduled to play today)

Tomorrow - 19th
2:45 pm ET Birmingham v Portsmouth
2:45 pm ET Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur
2:45 pm ET Burnley v Manchester United
3:00 pm ET Liverpool v Stoke City
Postp. Manchester City v Everton

Saturday - 22nd
10:00 am ET Arsenal v Portsmouth
10:00 am ET Birmingham v Stoke
10:00 am ET Hull City v Bolton
10:00 am ET Sunderland v Blackburn
10:00 am ET Manchester City v Wolverhampton
10:00 am ET Wigan Athletic v Manchester United

Sunday - 23rd
8:30 am ET West Ham United v Tottenham
10:00 am ET Burnley v Everton
11:00 am ET Fulham v Chelsea

*all game schedules are from ESPNsoccernet.com

Important Updates in England

Just moments ago, the Liverpool - Man City match just finished. It ended in a 1-1 draw which means that Man U is now 9 points ahead of Liverpool with both teams having played 26 games. Man City opened up the scoring in the second half on behalf of Liverpool defender Arbeloa on an own-goal in the 49th minute. Liverpool was able to tie up the game in the 78th minute with a goal from Holland International forward, Dirk Kuyt. This certainly is not how Liverpool wanted to end the game because now they must work even harder to catch up to Man U to even think about winning the league. There's no doubt in my mind that for the remainder of the season, the importance of every game will continue to rise and hopefully the quality of play will increase. I am looking forward to watching some very great soccer games in the weeks to come.

Other scores:
Fulham 2 - 0 WBA
Newcastle 0 - 0 Everton (currently at half time)

Chelsea beat Everton in FA Cup

Chelsea killed Everton 4-1. Goals for Chelsea came from Robben, Lampard, Crespo, and Terry. For Everton, Arteta scored. This just shows how strong Chelsea is. This also gives Chelsea their 4th chance at the FA Cup in 4 years. Also, Chelsea only had 1 yellow card in the whole game from Gallas unlike Everton who had 3 yellow cards. The 3 cards came from Valente, Cahill, Lee, and Carsley. Chelsea'a next challenge is on March 7th aganst Barcelona for the UEFA Champions League. If Chelsea win this game, they will be recognized (without doubt) to be one of the most adroit teams in soccer history.

Chelsea also has another shot at winning the Barclay's EPL. Right now, they are in 1st with Man U trailing by 15 pts. or, 5 wins!

Arsenal Problems?

Guess who lost today, again? Arsenal! What is wrong with the team, they loose to Everton and now Bolton. they are definately not akin to Man U or Chelsea. Not only did Arsenal loose (luckily only by one goal, 1-0) but, they had 5 yellow cards! Because they lost to Bolton, they are offically knocked out of the FA Cup, leaving them to only chase the Barclay's EPL Cup. The 4th place Gunners have a lot of work to do if they want any Cup this year.

As of now, Reyes is second for most yellow cards in the Prmiership. For Arsenal, nothing looks to bright. Everything goes down hill and now, for the big question, Can Arsenal move infromt of Tottenham?

Based on stats, for the past 4 years Arsenal has finished in the top 2 places. Can they do it again this year? Let's wait and find out!