Man U has big turnaround while Drogba continues to lead Chelsea to Victory

This Past Wednesday, Man U had an embarrassing 1-0 loss to new Premier League team, Burnley. Although Man U did have a chance to tie up the game right before the half, Carrick was unlucky a missed his PK. However, Yesterday they were able to really turn things around against Wigan. The had an emphatic win with the final score resulting, 5-0. Goals came from Rooney (2), Berbatov, Owen, and in the 90th minute from Nani. It seems that Man U is still able to keep in relatively good form without Cristiano Ronaldo. Although Ferdinand did get hurt in training earlier this week, Man U will certainly be the team to watch - it seems as if this is one of those seasons for them that could either be really good or really bad. Only time will tell.

At the top of the table and currently tied for first with Tottenham are the Blue's. At the moment, it seems as if Didier Drogba really is the magic person on the team. After he came off of an okay season in 08/09, he has certainly turned things around and gotten off to a fabulous start. Out of the team's seven goal total, Drogba is responsible for 3 of them. Things are certainly looking bright for Ancelotti's squad.

Furthermore, with Hull's new addition of American Jozy Altidore, Hull has finally gotten their first win of the season. Altidore was able to make his debut an excellent one by assisting Ghilas in the 61st minute - only 1 minute after he had gotten onto the field. Hopefully this will improve America's soccer image and this certainly is one of those steps that we, Americans, needed for our progress.

Hull's Jozy Altidore

Unstoppable Spain and Drogba's Ban

With Spain's 1-0 victory today over Iraq, they have now placed themselves in excellent position. They now qualify for the semi-final position in the Confederations Cup and they also extend a world record. This was their 14th consecutive International win which means they now share the world record with Brazil, France, and Australia. Furthermore, they are now 1 game away from tying the world record for longest undefeated streak of 35 games (which is currently held by Brazil).

With good news, it seems that there is always bad news. And such is the case with Didier Drogba. He is officially been given a four game European ban by UEFA for his verbal assault on the referee during the match between Chelsea and FC Barcelona. He also has a two-game ban that is now suspended for two years.

Chelsea gains Hiddink and Eduardo returns for Arsenal

Exactly 1 week ago, Chelsea sacked Scolari for how the team was doing in the league. Now, a week later Anelka and Drogba finally discuss how had Scolari played them together, the results could have been better. Wait a minute. Your telling me that it took these two guys this long for them to announce that had Scolari played them together, he would not have been sacked. Why didn't they speak earlier?
As a result, Chelsea have now hired Russian head coach Hiddink. He will be taking over for the remainder of Chelsea's season with hopes to possibly winning the league although it may be somewhat of a stretch. Hiddink has been given honorary South Korean citizenship, an offer to be officially Russian and even a political campaign for him to be Australian prime minister. Clearly, this man has gained loads of respect from his people, but can he turn the Blues into a championship side again or will Man U take the league once again?

As for Arsenal and Wenger, they certainly will be glad to have Eduardo back on the field. About one year ago, Eduardo went down due to a brutal slide tackle and was forced to have surgery and regain strength for this amount of time (1 year). However, he made sure is presence was more than just appreciated, In Arsenal's game against Cardiff City, Eduardo was able to score two and end with a fabulous day. Hopefully, this young Arsenal squad will develop some more and definitely be contenders for the league in years to come.