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Weekend arrived and it's time for some BPL actions.

Some of the lookouts during weekend matches.

1) Is Guus Hiddink the right choice for Chelsea?

Chelsea had been sacking 4 managers including Scolari during the period of Roman Abramovich. Of all the 4 managers, Jose Mourinho is the only one that can really handle the superstars by clinching 2 BPL titles and a few domestic cups. Scolari was unlucky to be sacked because he had just with the team for 7 months and 7 months won't be enough for a manager to show any results. Just like Pompey sacking Tony Adams. Guus Hiddink had been successful by helping Brazil to win the World Cup 2002 and also leads South Korea and Russia to gd results. Although Guus Hiddink is a gd manager, but managing Chelsea is tough and with the pressure by media and Roman, I do think it had a little affect on manager performance because with the pressure by them, manager will be anxious and might make the wrong choice. This week Chelsea travel to Villa Park hoping to grab full 3 points, but it might be difficult because Aston Villa are now on a good run and currently sit 3rd in the table, overtaking Chelsea and Arsenal, and also 3 points below Liverpool.

For the Gunner's fans point of view, I do hope that either a draw or a Villa win would be great, because if Villa wins Chelsea and Arsenal wins Sunderland, then Arsenal will closed the gap to 2 points, but I do think Chelsea, with a new manager and Villa had little information about Guus Hiddink tactics, I think it will be a draw.

Aston Villa 2-2 Chelsea

2) Will Arshavin make his debut against Sunderland at Emirates Stadium?

After a long negotiation, Arsenal had finally captured Andrey Arshavin for a fee of around 15M. But because Arshavin had been on a long break, he had not reached his full fitness and had not make his debut against Spurs, and also because against Cardiff City is a replay match, therefore, he can't make his debut also, but against Sunderland, he had the chance to make his debut and Wenger had said that Arshavin will be involved. I am many fans might be anxious to see him play and due to Eduardo and Adebayor injuries, the responsibilities will also be given to Van Persie, Bendtner and Arshavin to score goals, 2 goalless draw is not gd enough for Arsenal by their standard. I think that Wenger might play him as a CAM, maybe behind Van Persie or Bendtner but I don't think he will be on a starting list, he might came on in the second half and hopefully he do had a gd debut if he plays.

3) City chance to prove something.
Splashing big money on De Jong, Bellamy, Bridge, etc. Man City are going to prove that they are a big team, they are going to take on Liverpool at Anfield. Man City form had not been consistent, losing to Stoke City 1-0 is totally unacceptable if they are going to fight for a UEFA cup spot, the reason why Man City had not been great is because they had been buying players and they are not working as a team, some blame might be on manager Mark Hughes, I think he can't really handle big stars like Robinho. Actually if you look at Man City squad, they are strong and should be fighting for a Champion league spot and not struggling to clinch an UEFA cup spot but bear in mind they are just 8 points clear of relegation zone, it might look a huge gaps but if Man City are going to show their inconsistent form, they might be in relegation battle in near future.

Liverpool on the other hand needs 3 points to continue putting pressure on Man Utd who are currently 5 points ahead of them. Liverpool had drawn many matches and had dropped from 1st to 2nd. One good statistic is that they had not lost yet at Anfield, but almost half of it are draw, 7 wins, 5 draws. Striker Fernado Torres had been on form, scoring against Portmouth and Chelsea. Liverpool had a gd chance to win mainly because Man City had travelled to Copahagen during midweek UEFA cups.

Liverpool 2-1 Man City


3) Will Man Utd make it 10 wins a in a row?

Yes! Man Utd are the most on form team currently in Europe, 14 conecutive clean sheet in a row by Van Der Sar and one more will be breaking the record set by Club Brugge goalkeeper Danny Verlinden in 1990. In fact, just keep for 89 minutes will do to break it. Midweek trashing of Fulham had really boosted the whole squad and now Blackburn might be their next victims, Blackburn had not been good and found themselves 18th in the table, but because the bottom half of the table is tight, even 1 point might be curious, therfore, Blackburn might go for 1point travelling to Old Trafford because I don't see Blackburn had the capability to upset Man Utd and grab the full points. Striker Roque Santa Cruz might be the threat but he had been off form recently.

Man Utd 3-0 Blackburn.


4) Will Boro end their 13 unwinning streak?

Greath Southgate might be all out for 3 points because any slips up means they are 1 step closer to Coca-cola championship football next season. They will be playing Wigan at Home. Boro main problem is their up front, scoring only just 3 goals in 10 matches. Alonso Alves is not showing his 12M worth and Tuncay Sanli had not gd as expected by pundits. Digard and Shawky is not gd enough for BPL and with only Wheater a better defender in front of Jones, I do think Boro wil not get anything against Wigan even though Wigan had 2 goalless draw. Wigan had weaken their squad by selling Palacios and Heskey to Tottenham and Villa respectively but from the statistic by both team, Wigan might end up similing.

Boro 0-2 Wigan.