On the Premier League: Match Day number two.

Match day number two in the Barclays Premier League was full of goals and full of excitement. I'll be giving you my impressions of the major clubs, as well as my reactions from some great games today.

Without further ado, let's see how the Gunners faired today:

1. Arsenal 6-0 Blackpool.

Blackpool found themselves in Emirates Stadium today after defeating Roberto Martinez's Wigan Athletic 4-0 last week. This was the first victory for Blackpool in top flight English football since 1973.

However, Blackpool were brusquely shaken from their dream today with a 6-0 thrashing at the hands of Arsene Wenger's ailing Arsenal side.

The man of the match today, quite obviously, was Theo Walcott. Walcott got a hat trick today and each goal was well deserved. He showed off his blazing pace and finally demonstrated that he can strike the ball with his left foot. This was a big match for Walcott, who has fallen out of favor with the Emirate faithful in recent years. But he showed today exactly what it is that makes him a special player in top flight football.

But Walcott would have never been able to get some of these goals were it not for the marvelous and tireless efforts of Tomas Rosicky, who was the orchestrator of nearly every Arsenal attack and was breathtaking on the ball.

Indeed, the one touch football was on display in a big way for the Gunners, as Rosicky, Chamakh, Diaby, Wilshere, and Ashravin passed circles around the hapless Blackpool defenders.

Speaking of those players, let's evaluate their performances. Jack Wilshere, the promising young English starlet, was impressive today. He was all over the field and had a great work rate. Abou Diaby was, as he was last week, untouchable on the ball and was monumental in linking play. He also ended up with a well deserved, well finished goal. Andrei Ashravin continued to not impress me today, with a relatively timid performance. He mishandled a number of balls and really didn't seem like his old self. He got a goal from a penalty which left Blackpool with only 10 men, but other than that, the Russian looked rusty. Marouane Chamakh, until finally connecting with his head on a cross to get the sixth goal, was miserable. Mishandling balls left and right and an absolutely comical miss on an open goal made the Frenchman look a little ridiculous. Hopefully he'll find his form before too long.

Cesc Fabregas finally made an appearence late on in the game, but still didn't seem to be totally fit. Robin Van Persie also came in and continued to fail to live up to expectations. Both looked flat footed and out of shape. But, they have Arsene Wenger coaching them, so these things, you'd think, will change soon.

In the back the Gunners were rock solid, particularly the returning Alex Song who chased down every ball and cleared his lines without fail.

2. Chelsea 6-0 Wigan Athletic

Not to be outdone, Chelsea also put half a dozen on their opponent, the woeful Wigan managed by Roberto Martinez.

Of particular note were the Chelsea center backs Alex and John Terry, who extinguished any hope that Wigan had in the match throughout. Florent Malouda got his third of the season to start the scoring, but that was the only goal in the first half. In the second act though, Chelsea piled on the goals, with two for Nicolas Anelka, two for Salomon Kalou, and Yossi Benayoun finished off Wigan soundly.

3. Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Stoke City

Both goals in the match for Spurs were scored by Gareth Bale, the young talented Welshman. His first goal was hilarious, bouncing off his head, unbenownest to him, into the goal in a fray in the 18 yard box.

His second, however, was sublime. A cross from Aaron Lennon found Bale on the left flank. Then Bale swung with his left foot, catching the ball beautifully and sending it on it's way to the upper 90.

Tottenham were helped greatly by this win in their hopeful quest to stay in the top four, and also gain some confidence ahead of their Champions League bout with Young Boys, whom they trail 3-2 in the aggregrate.

Other news: West Ham lose again 3-1 to Bolton at home with Upson starting the scoring with an own goal, West Brom debut boy Peter Odemwingie (signed two days ago) gets the only goal in their match against Sunderland providing a welcome victory after their thrashing at the hands of Chelsea, Everton continue to disappoint drawing 1-1 with Wolves, Birmingham surprised Blackburn with a come from behind 2-1 victory.

That's all from me today, stay tuned tomorrow from comments on MANCHESTER UNITED's second match against Fulham, on at 11 AM on the Fox Soccer Channel.

On the Premier League: Notes from Opening Day

It was opening day today for the world's best league in football, the English Premier League. There were plenty of things to take away and still plenty more to comment on, so I won't waste any time.

1. Opening match. The first match of the Premier League season pitted Premiership hopefuls Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City against one another. Though the game ended in a scoreless tie, there were a couple of things to take away from the match.

Mancini is a diluted ass. Roberto Mancini, I'm convinced, is the worst manager in the Premier League. And I mean worst not in the sense that he's bad, which he is, but I mean worst in the sense that he's just a dick. Mancini started some of his recent signings, David Silva, Yaya Toure, and Alexsander Kolorav in this game. All of them were sub par. Admittedly, this is to be expected of players coming from other leagues trying to get used to Premier League speed, but I still expected better.

There was absolutely nothing lethal about City's game, with Tevez most of the time being the only player who was even in the box at all. They played for the scoreless tie throughout the second half, and kicked the ball around in their own area like the poor sports that they are.

Perhaps the most striking thing though, was the news of what Mancini said after the game. After an extremely impressive game from keeper Joe Hart, who made 8 saves and single handedly earned City their point, Mancini said he would refuse to allow Shay Given to leave City. What an asshole. Given is one of the world's best goalkeepers, and it's a complete waste of talent to keep him on the bench. This again shows how little respect Mancini, and the City administration, has for any of their players. Then Mancini said that he fully expectes Stephen Ireland, who didn't even get a chance to play today, to "play his part" in a deal with Aston Villa's James Milner. Which means essentially, he expects Ireland to leave the club that raised him and the club that has defined his life. Can you tell that I hate Manchester City?

Also in this game we saw the full potential of Tottenham Hotspur's leathality. Gareth Bale looked absolutely unstoppable from the left midfield, and Defoe and Crouch also seemed to be well in form, despite their inability to get one to hit the back of the net.

There was also a pretty great performance on display from Michael Dawson, who I think should replace John Terry at the World Cup 2014.

Benoit Assou-Ekoto completely annihilated my expectations with top class service out of the left back position and a great defensive performance. He could be a treasure this season for Spurs.

Moving on from the opening match.

2. Aston Villa: Just fine without O'Neill. So I didn't cover this much, but earlier this week Aston Villa manager O'Neill up and left the club, frustrated with the deal between Milner and City. Everyone thought this, along with a hamstring injury to star forward Gabby Agbonlahor, could spell a flop for Villa this year. But today, Villa proved everyone wrong with a 3-0 thumping of West Ham United.

Villa did everything right in this game, securing 10 corners in the FIRST HALF. Additionally, Ashley Young looks to be in top form in his new role as the right winger for the club. But there were other great performances from the likes of Stewart Downing, who's excellent service into the 18 yard box and first half goal won him Man of the Match. Stiliyan Petrov also scored on a great strike and James Milner got what could be his last goal in a Villa kit to round out the scoring.

Villa are not to be ruled out by any means in the Premier League this season, especially not after this start.

3. Chelsea: Drogba nets hat trick in 6-0 thrashing of West Brom.

Recently promoted from the English Championship, West Bromwich Albion never knew what hit them. A Drogba hat trick and a brace from Florent Malouda, capped by a goal from ever-in-form Frank Lampard made for the ideal day for the Blues.

Drogba's goals couldn't have been better: one from a set piece, one from a defending error following a corner, and one from about 23 yards out. These are his trademark goals, and he netted each one in excellent style, and proved himself to still be in rich form and to still be one of if not the best striker in the world.

Also on display today was central defender Alex, coming in for recently departed Ricardo Carvalho on his way to Real. Alex seemed confident and on the few chances West Brom had, it was more often than not him who steered them off target on their hopeless quest.

Other notes: Another recently promoted team, Blackpool proved today that they cannot be trifled with a 4-0 rout of Wigan Athletic. Tim Howard made a terrible mistake that cost Everton a 0-1 defeat to Blackburn, and apparently left the American goalkeeper in tears. Stoke City's record signing Kenwyne Jones was taken out of their match today against Wolves just 14 minutes into the match. Stoke would lose 2-1.

Upcoming: LIVERPOOL AND ARSENAL ARE PLAYING TOMORROW AT 11 AM. If you are looking for a way to watch it, here you go: http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=83711&part=sports

Some of those feeds go offline occassionally, so if you want a more reliable one you might want to download Veetle or Sopcast. Both are media players and are 100 percent virus free I promise. However, if you have Fox Soccer Channel, you can just watch it there.

Also upcoming is Manchester United's debut against recently promoted Newcastle United on Monday. Kickoff at 2:55 PM on ESPN 2.

Questions? Comments? Insults? All are welcome.

On Manchester City: How Peter Crouch's forehead ruined the hopes and dreams of a franchise

Late in the second half of the Manchester City vs. Tottenham game, Peter Crouch bumbled into a cross and headed it into the net of City, 1-0. City was unable to respond, and secured their fifth place spot in the Premier League. Tottenham's three points from the victory secured fourth place for them and a berth into the Champions League next season. But there are two big implications for City losing this game other than not making the Champions League. Let's take a look:

1. Keeping foreign players here. Coming into this season, City were criticized as a team of stars with no real team element. Their front three clearly shows this. Carlos Tevez (pictured above), Robinho, and Emmanuel Adebayour. These guys all came to City with promises of a couple of things: a Premiership within two years, a Champions League berth this season, and a lot of playing time. It seems that those first two are going to be a little out of reach. That has made these guys pretty antsy. Particularly Robinho. The Brazilian on loan came out yesterday pleading to return to Brazil to play for a club like Sao Paulo, so he's probably gone. Manchester United and even Real Madrid have also shown a vested interest in Tevez, and he knows if he goes there he'll get what he wants. But Tevez is a great guy, he scored 23 goals in League play this year and by all accounts is extremely happy at City. But will he be able to resist the temptation? Only time will tell. But as the World Cup gets closer and closer, it seems that a lot of clubs are waiting to see how the Argentinian will perform. Adebayour is talent that will be particularly hard to hold on to. His ball skills are already turning heads, despite an underwhelming goal tally. The loss of these players, particularly Tevez, is a major threat to City's chances next season.

2. Getting new players. City is among Chelsea as one of the first clubs to make an offer to Fernando Torres. They are offering the same amount (perhaps even more) and another laundry list of players for Liverpool to choose from. But Torres probably won't go there. The Spanish phenom wants to go to the Champions League, and Crouch's forehead ruled that out for City. They also made a big offer to Aston Villa attacking midfielder Milner yesterday, but he hasn't made a statement about that yet. One can't help but wonder if Milner would want to leave a club where he is the established star to go to a team with no chemistry and have to prove himself all over again, without even having a crack at the Champions League. Oh how the dominoes fall.

But things aren't all bad for City. They've got some experience under their belt, and this means that they'll only work harder next season. They also made the Europa League with fifth place, which isn't bad at all. At least they have something to take how to their fans, and they'll certainly be one of the strongest clubs in the tournament next year.

So perhaps my title was a little harsh, there maybe hope yet for City.