Thanks to our friends at Dirty Tackle for bringing our attention to this, the mother of all brawls. The Spanish commentary and the seemingly expert analysis or every little incident that in culmination makes this the greatest football brawl of all time..ever!

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While the summer months toil away and the transfer rumors get even more boring (or exciting if you're a Football Manager fan), football fans around the world start to get excited for their club's upcoming season. Will your club succeed? Will they fail? Will your star player remain healthy? Who will Joey Barton hit next?

ESPN will carry 48 live matches from the English Premier League on Saturday and Monday in the United States, the cable network announced Friday night. It was the eve of the 2009-10 E.P.L. season.
The network announced this schedule (all games on ESPN2):

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Let's imagine this situation for a second. Your a 17 year old kid from Italy, playing for the most famous soccer team in the world. You get inserted into a game with your team down, and wind up scoring a remarkable goal to give your team the victory. Only in a dream right?As many of you know, that's exactly what happened last week when Federico Macheda scored for Manchester United against Aston

My Twitter evolution is gradual and slow. While most people manage to grab hundreds of followers by following random morons and being awesome people I've probably been way too cautions. I first followed the blogs I liked, and then when I felt like blogs were just a big dick contest I tried to just follow the people who didn't have blogs and just followed me because they probably liked my blog.

If you tuned in to last Sunday's Premiership Talk Podcast, you would have heard me discuss the "Right Result table." What is this mythical table, and what exactly does it mean? Let me explain... The guys over at RightResult.net have been "fixing" refereeing errors in the Premier League for some time now.

I don't know about you, but I am genuinely excited about the rest of the Premier League season. Unlike other seasons, it's not just the title race that is exciting me. Instead, it's the whole table. After the closing of the January transfer window, I can't help but take a look at the battle going on between Aston Villa, Arsenal, and Everton.

United have a mere 48 hours' rest before the Porto match.

The Reds lost 3-1 to Aston Villa on Monday (A: 43,667). Two losses now in three games? That equals the club's loss total from last season!
Man, how awesome was it to watch a big-time EPL game live on ESPN? Pretty damn awesome, being the answer. Go check out Cardillo's thoughts on the game, good entertaining stuff as always.

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Peterborough v Aston VillaAston Villa beat Peterborough 3-0 in their pre-season game.Andreas Weimann, Curtis Davies and Steve Sidwell were the goal scorers for Villa. According to AVFC, Andreas Weimann is a 20 years old forward from the Villa reserves.

Premier League Predictions 2009-10
1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. Liverpool
4. Manchester United
5. Manchester City
6. Everton
7. Aston Villa
8. Spurs
9. Sunderland
10. Fulham
11. West Ham
12. Stoke City
13. Bolton
14.

As soon as Emmanuel Adebayor started limping off the field in the 38th minute, it was clear that the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham would swing into the favor of the hosts at the White Hart Lane. The more important implication of Adebayor's injury, however, was obviously much beyond this afternoon's game.

The Belgium international Steven Defour says he is ready for a transfer abroad, as long as Les Rouches are willing to sell. Aston Villa transfer target Steven Defour has admitted he would be open to a move to Villa Park in the summer, but only if current club Standard Liege decide they want to sell. The Belgium [.

Fabio Capello may have led England to one of its best starts in a World Cup qualification campaign. However, as the Three Lions' last outing against European Champions Spain suggests, there is still a lot of learning to do for Mr. Capello before he gets his starting eleven completely right. At least I feel this way.

Here's an analogy for you to mull over:

An entrepreneur comes up with a product. It can be any product: a website, a toaster, a killer mutant robot, you name it, but he designs and develops it. He makes it successful. It's him who brings this product to the attention of the world... and it's a truly great product.

Round #1 (August 15-16)
Hull City v Chelsea
Wilco: Chelsea +
Sandra Franz: Chelsea +
Wray Grier: Chelsea +
Jason Gatties: Chelsea +
MJ: Chelsea +
Hank: Chelsea +
Brian M: Chelsea +
Cpt. Awesome: Hull X
Kaila: Hull X
Ryan: Chelsea +
Brant: Chelsea +
Sean: Chelsea +
Burnley v Stoke City
Wilco: Stoke City +
Sandra: Draw X
Wray: Stoke City +
Jason G: Draw X
MJ: Draw X
Hank: Draw X
Brian M: Draw X
Cpt.

Villans manager Martin O'Neill is thought to be a huge admirer of the Belgium international Steven Defour. According to a report in the British tabloid The Sun, Premier League club Aston Villa are considering making an offer for Belgian midfielder Steven Defour this summer. The 20-year-old, who currently plies his trade for Standard Liege, is highly-rated in [.

Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis came out today and said that the Premiership should consider a salary cap to stabilize itself financially. He didn't come out and say it, but I think it's pretty clear this has been brought on by Manchester City's profligate transfer fees and wages since the new ownership group has been in place.

The season is fast approaching, and with preseason friendlies now fully underway squads are getting ready for the 2009/10 Premier League season. Last season saw Aston Villa comfortable in fourth place for much of the season before stuttering over the finish line, but Martin O'Neill's side lead a long list of clubs hoping to crack into the four coveted Champions League spots this season.

They Think It's All Over... begins its Premier League Preview with a detailed look at Arsenal, Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn and Bolton.

Their first loss at Anfield in the league in 32 matches was made worse by the fact that they have already lost as many league games this season as they did in the whole of last term.Benítez had called on Liverpool to make Anfield a fortress but the fortress is looking a bit weak in the foundations and it has been breached.

With Manchester United and Aston Villa joining most of the other Premier League clubs in the fourth round, the FA Cup draw has cooked up some interesting draws. The pick of the bunch is perhaps the Merseyside derby. Everton will be making the short trip to Anfield in the fourth round to take on cross-town rivals Liverpool.

Aston Villa striker Marlon Harewood is on somebody's radar. No, it's not Martin O'Neill offering to give him a lot more playing time. It's Stoke City, believe it or not. Harewood's agent, Phil Sproson, told The Sentinel that, "Stoke are showing an interest in the player, but they will have to buy because Villa won't loan him.

While Manchester City and Newcastle United have no domestic honors to fight for, both sides certainly hold the key to getting the Premier League table tighter by the time the 28th round of fixtures comes to an end this midweek. City may have enjoyed a great run in the UEFA Cup, but their 1-0 defeat to West Ham over the weekend verifies that there is still a lot of work to be done at the Eastlands if the Sky Blues are to guarantee themselves a spot in the top half of .

Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara does not believe Aston Villa are a top four team. Spurs beat Villa 2-1 at Villa Park yesterday to dent the home side's hopes of Champions League football next season. 'Villa had a great start and I think they've maintained that,' said O'Hara. 'They've had a great season but I wouldn't class them as [.

The table looks like something we're used to now.

It is clear that here at Premiership Talk, we value Premier League football well above any other version of the beautiful game. Therefore, as the Premier League returns this weekend, one match that generates tremendous curiosity, in my opinion, is Manchester City's visit to Arsenal. Considering Arsenal's great form and Manchester City's inconsistency, this game would usually be classified as a routine challenge for the Gunners.

As soon as the final whistle was blown at the Dragao last night, Manchester United confirmed its place in one of the two UEFA Champions League semifinals. Who was the opponent? A young Arsenal side that had already been penciled in as one of the semifinalists, around half an hour before United, courtesy of an emphatic 3-0 thrashing of Villarreal.

Every little kid dreams of scoring the winning goal for their favorite football club. On Sunday at Old Trafford, that dream became reality for one kid.

After a Gabriel Agbonlahor goal put Aston Villa up 2-1 in the 58th minute, Sir Alex turned to an unsuspecting bench player. Federico Macheda, a mere 17-year-old Italian boy, was given his first playing time for United in one of Manchester United's biggest matches of the season.

When Taylor Fisher named Federico Macheda last week's Wednesday Wonder, few people - myself included - expected the 17 year old to make any further impact this season. Let's face it, Macheda was only in the squad against Aston Villa because of injuries and suspensions, and his spot on the bench against Sunderland was more out of respect for the Italian.

It's always this way, isn't it? You wait forever for one bus and then four or five come along at once. After a fairly drab season by Premier League standards, it's all gone frigging loopy as the fight for European and domestic dominance reaches its final stretch. A month ago we (well mainly I, but I'm sure you, too) were bemoaning the lack of really exciting games from the 08-09 Premier League season.

Ten things I noticed from this week's Champions League semifinals:

1. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

Results lie. Sometimes. If not, then in the last 5 years I've been privileged enough to watch the great Greek team of 2004 justly claim their prize as the greatest international team in Europe.

As I did last week, I'm going to pull out the Future Almanac to divine this weekend's results for your wagering delight. No doubt jealousy of my Almanac runs rampant, but I seem to be the only one who thought of picking one up during my apparently esoteric travels. In other words, your thundering incompetence is your problem.

Wigan 1 - 2 Manchester United
Trailing 2-1 to Aston Villa, losing 2-0 to Tottenham, pegged back at Sunderland and facing defeat at Wigan, United have won them all. Where there could have been one point, there are 12 instead. Lacking the character and quality to respond to setbacks, they would languish far behind Liverpool.

With two games left to go, the big talking point is whether Manchester United will hold up the Premier League trophy this weekend for the third successive year? Well, seeing as they're playing Arsenal whom have been battered like a piece of cod in the last week, one would suspect yes they will.

Newcastle United are going down to the Championship after losing 1-0 to Aston Villa. Meanwhile Sunderland managed to stay up despite losing at home to Chelsea 3-2 and Hull City were saved despite a 1-0 loss at home to Manchester...

The Premier League Season is set to start in less then a day, so its time for OTWT resident Liverpool Fan Endy in the Outfield to gives us his thoughts the marathon that is the premier league.
1. Chelsea
2. Liverpool
3. Manchester United
4. Arsenal
5. Manchester City
6.

Here is the USA 24 player training roster for the 2 World Cup qualifying games against El Salvador at home on Sat Sep 5 and away to Trinidad & Tobago on Wed Sep 9.
G:
Brad Guzan - Aston Villa
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes
Jonathan Bornstein - Chivas USA
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Jay DeMerit - Watford
Clarence Goodson - Start
Chad Marshall - Columbus Crew
Oguchi Onyewu - Milan
Jonathan Spector - West Ham
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Michael Bradley - Monchengladbach
Ricardo Clark - Houston Dynamo
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Landon Donovan - Los Angeles Galaxy
Benny Feilhaber - Aarhus
Stuart Holden - Houston Dynamo
Robbie Rogers - Columbus Crew
Jose Francisco Torres - Pachuca
F:
Jozy Altidore - Hull
Conor Casey - Colorado Rapids
Brian Ching - Houston Dynamo
Charlie Davies - Sochaux
Robbie Findley - Real Salt Lake
Any surprises here?

Going to make this quick this week.

Week 3 picks (remember all bets are $10):

Liverpool to beat host Bolton (-200)
Wolves to draw visiting Hull (+220)
Aston Villa to beat visiting Fulham (-142)

Last week review:

Manchester United to beat host Wigan (-200) — ManU 5, WIG 0 (WIN, $5.