Football is a funny game. Just over two months ago, I was writing about whether we should just hand the title over to Chelsea, call the season to an end and let all of England unite in common hatred against the Aussies over the Ashes. Such was Chelsea's dominance, their tennis scorelines of 6-0, 6-2, 6-1 etc and the general unstoppableness of their scary team from hell that even less than 1/4th into the season seemed like a time fit enough to throw in the towel.

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The rise and rise of James Milner has been one of the great domestic stories in recent years and, with Manchester City loitering outside Villa Park with a rumoured £24 million, it seems that the Leeds-born midfielder could be set to renew acquaintances with Wayne Rooney in Manchester, eight years after they first took the Premier League by storm.

So, The Premier League kicked off again today, and started with a game between last years 4th placed Spurs and last years 5th placed, highly spending Manchester City. I predicted, yesterday after considering City's new signings and Spurs having half an eye on the Champions League, a City win, but I got wrong.

Saturday

Bolton v Fulham, 15:00

On paper this one isn't likely to rock your world, but think of the new signings: For Bolton Jack Wilshire and Vladimir (two of the most exciting prospects in English football) and Stefano Okaka for Fulham.

Charlie says: 2-1 to Bolton

Burnley v West Ham, 15:00

Burnley are without a win in the Premier League since October, and new manager Brian Laws has suffered 4 straight defeats.

The Man Who Still Holds the Key to Arsenal's Future

At first glance, this question looks bleedingly obvious. With their massive fan base, a beautiful new 60,000 plus seat stadium, and their years of success and trophies, Arsenal should be quite clearly considered to be a "big club.

What a year for Dexy's Den and the UKFF crew. This year we've seen no fewer than a staggering 6700 comments on our brilliant blogs. Thanks to all our amazingly talented writers and here's to a great 2010.

If you want to take Matt Quinn's 'Blogger of the Year' crown then now is the time to start posting your new blogs and comment on everyone else's.

One of the nice things about this season in the Premier League has been that there has been a bit of a shift at the top. Partly due to Liverpool having a really bad first half of the season, and partly due to the clubs slightly below catching up, it looked [...]

Winning the FA or Carling Cup just doesn't cut it anymore for mid-table Premier League teams.

After another season of the top four consisting of Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, the Premier League is considering a widespread change. The powers that be are pondering a play-off system between the clubs finishing fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh and the proposal seems to have enough support to suggest it could gain the necessary 14-6 majority.

Like a jealous child craving attention when its parents have a new baby, the Premier League likes to raise its voice in February when the Champions League knockout stages begin. This time last year, the English top flight mooted the idea of playing an extra round of league fixtures in a foreign country.