Little different look for a post, mainly because I don't have a lot of time to write. Pretty
important weekend, again, in the Premier League. Since Chelsea is really wrapped up in the
Christmas Spirit (Joe Cole loves Egg Nog) and remains in the giving mood, the door is now ajar for
Manchester United and Arsenal to pounce for the title.
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Holy Zombie Jesus, did a lot go down since the last time the Premier League kicked off a fortnight
ago. First and foremost, my assumed title chase between Chelsea and Arsenal got thrown a wicked
Barry Zito circa-2002 curveball. (Ok, for Brits, a wicked Googly.) Chelsea is going to have to play
at least a couple matches -- and almost certainly the Nov.
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Is it over? Or isn't it?Obviously Manchester United took a big step toward it's third-straight
Premier League title, beating Portsmouth 2-0 Wednesday and leaving Liverpool three points in its
wake with a game in hand. While we can say Chelsea's longshot hopes are now dashed after drawing
Everton on Wednesday, Liverpool still has some hope.
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Cue the Jim Mora chestnut -- "Playoffs!?!" Earlier this week I was listening to Bill
Simmons post-NFL Sunday podcast and he bemoaned the lack of rhyme or reason to the league's
postseason this year. Also brought into the argument was the MLB playoffs where a team only has to
get hot at the end to win.
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"I don't know where we're going tonight. Obviously Finchy's a sophisticated guy, and Gareth's
a culture vulture, so you know will it be opera, ballet? I don't know. I know the RSC's in town, so
er... having said that at Chasers, it's Hooch for a pound and Wonderbras-get-in-free night tonight.
So I don't know, I don't know who'll win, it's exciting.
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