Roughly a quarter of the way into the new season and the Big Four have experiences vastly contrasting fortunes. We have a look at them...

Chelsea

Won five from five, on a great run currently, Drogba firing, Lampard re-finding his goalscoring touch, defence shored up.

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Is there hope for Pompey? Maybe if you're an eternal optimist. I just like to think of it as something that Portsmouth fans can reminisce about next season when they are taking the Coca Cola Championship by storm. That is just where the state of Pompey football is at the moment. One 4-0 victory is not going to suddenly turn things around for the better, but for that to happen, Piquionne and Dindane are going to have to put in these types of performances week in and week out.

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Arsenal handed Tottenham Hotspur a critical 3-0 loss in our PLTO Match of the Week.� The win� keeps Arsenal in third place and they remain right in the mix despite being back four points because they have played one less game.� The Spurs, on the other hand, drop back to fifth place with the loss.

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Following Liverpool's crushing 3-1 defeat at the hands of a determined Fulham side, even more questions are being asked of Reds manager Rafa Benitez. The Spaniard finds his team in sixth place in the table, with an astonishing five losses already on the season.

Following Liverpool's poor defeat, former Liverpool star Ronnie Whelan has suggested that time is running out for Benitez.

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Sometimes it is very easy to tell merely a couple of months into the season whether or not the current league leader will run away with the title come the business end of the season. However, as fans of the sport, we often hope that a title race is full of twists and turns all the way till it reaches a dramatic finale.

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About six weeks ago I did a piece predicting West Ham to win the Premier League based on their league position this year and Manchester United's league position last year after 5 games.

That prediction hasn't been working out too well (hopefully you didn't think I was serious...although I'm pretty sure I still managed to� annoy some Millwall fans.

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The top European Leagues are well into their 2009-10 seasons with the races starting to take shape. In England, Chelsea remains on top but Manchester United and Arsenal are close behind. In Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are in a tight battle at the top of the table. The French Ligue 1 and German Bundesliga are very competitive and several teams still in position to make a run for the league titles.

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Portsmouth fans have had very little to cheer about this season. A record-breaking losing streak to kick-off their campaign coupled with persistent ownership rumours has seen Pompey become every punter's bet for the drop. Goals have ultimately been the problem on the South Coast, with the club netting only 5 in 10 matches prior to Saturday's Wigan encounter.

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(video gol highlights di Manchester United-Blackburn)
Premier League, i risultati:
Manchester United-Blackburn 2-0 (Berbatov, Rooney)
Bolton-Chelsea 0-4 (Lampard rig., Deco, aut. Knight, Drogba)
Burnley-Hull 2-0 (Alexander rig., Alexander)
Everton-Aston Villa 1-1 (D. Click to continue reading...

• Marlon King:

King has vaulted to the top of the rogues gallery with his second conviction. The first one occurred in 2002 for stealing a car and then pretending to the police it was his own. That time too he was given 18 months in jail which was commuted to five, enabling his return to Gillingham.

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31/10/2009Arsenal - Tottenham ore 13.45Bolton - Chelsea ore 16.00Burnley - Hull City ore 16.00Everton - Aston Villa ore 16.00Fulham - Liverpool ore 16.00Portsmouth - Wigan ore 16.00Stoke City - Wolverhampton ore 16.00Sunderland - West Ham ore 16.00Manchester United - Blackburn ore 18.3001/11/2009Birmingham - Manchester City ore 17. Click to continue reading...

Sam Allardyce has responded to reported comments from Wigan boss Roberto Martinez made earlier this week. The Spanish manager made claims that there is a "Sir Alex Ferguson fan club" amongst Premiership manager ranks, and he went on to say that Sam Allardyce is a key member of the fan club as he seeks to replace the Scot at Old Trafford.

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Wigan striker Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months after being found guilty of groping a young woman in a nightclub and then breaking her nose when she spurned his "disgusting'' advances, with the Premier League club confirming they will now sack the player. Click to continue reading...

Put behind bars for 18 months for groping a woman, and after she spurned his advances, breaking her nose.

He is terminated from Wigan although this incident occurred when he was loaned out to Hull.

"He is absolutely sacked - we will not tolerate football players who get sent to jail for 18 months.

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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Sick of those damn strikers getting all the glory? Make like Chacarita defender Mariano Echeverria and steal a pass, sprint up the pitch, pass to yourself, then go top corner on the keeper.

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Featuring two courtesy of the man himself 1. "I'm just out of your league. I'm a millionaire." Yes, the biggest joke of all is disgraced King's attempted chat-up line. 2. So Marlon King was jailed for failing to score at a club. Which one? Wigan, Hull, Middlesbrough? 3. Sky Sports News is reporting that a top footballer has [. Click to continue reading...

Latics striker locked up Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting a woman in a London bar. The Wigan striker was found guilty of repeatedly groping a 20-year-old student and breaking her nose when she refused his advances. The father-of-three has now been sacked by the Premier League side. Click to continue reading...

The Game There will be no day after thoughts tomorrow, for the simple reason that I would be just stating the obvious: The future is bright. We knew it before today but beating Wigan is one ...

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The Game There will be no day after thoughts tomorrow, for the simple reason that I would be just stating the obvious: The future is bright. We knew it before today but beating Wigan is one ... Click to continue reading...

Manchester United, Everton, Sunderland, and Birmingham. All of them have entered, but not one of them has exited for the better.

As I've mentioned on many occasions, Turf Moor is one of the worst places for a visiting team to travel to. The crowd is insane, and Burnley always are ready to impress their fans.

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Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez has said that the football association is favouring Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Martinez has also said that he sympathises with Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez.
After a 2-2 draw with Sunderland, Sir Alex said that the referee wasn't fit enough. Click to continue reading...

For many Premier League outsiders, it's always been a mystery as to how Sir Alex Ferguson assembles his loyal following of top flight managers. Roberto Martinez, a fresh face to the Premier League this season for Wigan, has revealed some of the inner secrets of the manager sanctum.

"Ferguson has his group of loyal fans among other managers.

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For many Premier League outsiders, it's always been a mystery as to how Sir Alex Ferguson assembles his loyal following of top flight managers. Roberto Martinez, a fresh face to the Premier League this season for Wigan, has revealed some of the inner secrets of the manager sanctum.

"Ferguson has his group of loyal fans among other managers.

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Here's another monthly look at what at what the stats tell us about Chelsea's progress: this time with revelations about Lampard's scoring rate, Chelsea's deceptively good defence and a continuing reliance on Drogba. My obsession with football stats continues...
At this rate Lampard won't score 20
Such is the quality of Frank Lampard that scoring just one goal in 12 games was a crisis.

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Here's another monthly look at what at what the stats tell us about Chelsea's progress: this time with revelations about Lampard's scoring rate, Chelsea's deceptively good defence and a continuing reliance on Drogba. My obsession with football stats continues...
At this rate Lampard won't score 20
Such is the quality of Frank Lampard that scoring just one goal in 12 games was a crisis.

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via Yahoo!UK/Eurosport:Wigan defender Maynor Figueroa is facing several weeks on the sidelines after damaging knee ligaments during the 3-1 win at Burnley on Saturday.Figueroa had to leave the field after only 28 minutes at Turf Moor having sustained the injury, while team-mate Paul Scharner required 10 stitches stitches in a facial wound he picked up creating the Latics' third goal for Emmerson Click to continue reading...

Happier times in Colombia, but certainly not today
The bullet ridden bodies of 10 members of a Colombian football team who were kidnapped two weeks ago have been found on the Venezuelan border.
The main suspect in the Los Maniceros massacre are the Colombian National Liberation Army, a terrorist guerilla group. Click to continue reading...

Juande: Out of work again (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Wigan and Jamaica striker Marlon King apparently likes to chat up the ladies ala Craig Bellamy. His December fracas was heard in court today. [BBC, Times]That David Beckham.&n... Click to continue reading...

Juande: Out of work again (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)Wigan and Jamaica striker Marlon King apparently likes to chat up the ladies ala Craig Bellamy. His December fracas was heard in court today. [BBC, Times]That David Beckham.&n... Click to continue reading...

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Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue spoke about depression problems after last season's game against Wigan in which the Ivory Coast International was booed by his own fans. Speaking to the the News of the World, the 26-year ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue spoke about depression problems after last season's game against Wigan in which the Ivory Coast International was booed by his own fans. Speaking to the the News of the World, the 26-year ...

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A common theme I have posted about this season is expectation - where victories become a formality. This is what can ultimately separate teams who do, and don't make it to the top four.
Whilst the media focus on defeats (as we have seen with Liverpool recently), too many draws can be equally damaging in terms of ambition. Click to continue reading...

by CARL ELDRIDGE� Another day, another supposed target for the rip-roaring Gunners. Today it's Spartak Moscow wonderkid Zhano Ananidze who is said to be on Arsene Wenger's radar.

The News of the World claims� the 17-year-old Georgian midfielder is already being talked about as one of Europe's biggest talents.

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24/10/2009Wolverhampton - Aston Villa ore 13.45Birmingham - Sunderland ore 16.00Burnley - Wigan ore 16.00Hull City - Portsmouth ore 16.00Tottenham - Stoke City ore 16.00Chelsea - Blackburn ore 18.0025/10/2009Bolton - Everton ore 14.30Liverpool - Manchester United ore 15.00Manchester City - Fulham ore 16. Click to continue reading...