For the first 60 minutes at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the game looked remarkably familiar. Chelsea were passing the ball beautifully around the pitch. Wonderful movement off the ball. Using incredible amounts of imagination and creativity. Yet they couldn't seem to score that crucial second goal. Sound familiar? Chelsea were Arsenal. Luiz Felipe Scolari's side […]

Who will win the Chelsea v Arsenal derby this weekend? ( polls)

There are some pivotal battles to be fought in the upcoming Matchday and while some groups look to have clear patterns emerging, others could go down to the wire. Let's take a whirlwind tour of the current state of the groups along with my speculations on the ties on Matchday 5. Group A A win […]

To further illustrate how topsy turvy the Premier League is this season, last night's Wigan 1-0 Everton result means that none of the teams in the top 10 of the Premier League won this past weekend. All of them either drew or lost. I don't have time to review all of the record books, but […]

So the dust has finally settled on William Gallas' ill judged outburst with Arsene Wengers decision to strip him of the captaincy and replace him with Cesc Fabregas immediately. Wenger had to make a big decision in the circumstances and whilst some people may think his choice of the midfielder as his new captain as a […]

What a strange day it was in the Premier League on Saturday. Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United all failed to score. Aston Villa came within a whisker of beating Man United, which would have pushed them into third place. And Arsenal crumbled against Manchester City. In the closest Premier League season ever, who would have […]

When was the last time Arsenal looked so pathetic? Today, they were defeated 3-0 away against Manchester City in a game where it could have easily been 4-0 or 5-0 to the blue half of Manchester. I've never seen so many poor passes from Arsenal in one game. Their first half performance was dire. Man […]

The Tokyo Toffeeman has graciously agreed to host the EPL Talk Chat today. Join him and other fans online right now as they dissect the big matches including Chelsea versus Newcastle United, Liverpool against Fulham and Manchester City vs Arsenal.

Throughout the season, the Premier League keeps track of which clubs have the best behaved fans as well as the worst behaved fans. Last year, Chelsea was voted the worst behaved fans especially because of the way they abused Avram Grant most of the season, but so far this season they've zoomed up the charts […]

The Tokyo Toffeeman has graciously agreed to host the EPL Talk Chat today. Join him and other fans online right now as they dissect the Arsenal against Aston Villa match, as well as Manchester United versus Stoke City and more.

Remember the scene and line from the Full Monty when the ex-boss, Gerald was trying to get the lads to lineup and Dave the pie man finally figures it out by proclaiming it’s the “Arsenal Offside Trap” "The Arsenal offside trap. Lomper 'ere is Tony Adams right? Any bugger looks like scoring, we all step forward in […]

One only need look to the winner's table for the last decade and lack of dominance by English clubs at the highest level of European club competition is sobering. Since 1999 there have been 3 titles won by English Premier League teams, Liverpool in 2005 and Manchester United in 1999 and 2008. The remaining title winners […]

This is my first submission to EPL Talk, so I would like to extend a big thanks and cheers to the Gaffer for inviting me to join the team. I’m excited to be a member of a top notch network of football enthusiasts and commentators. I hope I can help maintain the high standards set […]

Today and tomorrow, several Premier League clubs take a break from the Premiership and compete in the Carling Cup. Vote for which big four club is most likely to get knocked out of this stage of the tournament. <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1096336/" >Which big Premier League club will get knocked out of the Carling Cup?</a> <br /> […]

Ever since The Observer newspaper reported that Chelsea were seriously contemplating a move from Stamford Bridge in west London to a new stadium site next to Battersea Power Station, executives at the Blues have been acting very fidgety. First, some background. The distance between the two locations is exactly three miles, but psychologically the locations […]