After its 2-0 victory over Newcastle United on Monday, East London’s West Ham United sits in an impressive fifth place in the table after five matches, ahead of such prominent clubs as Everton, Tottenham, Liverpool, and Chelsea. The results have to be reassuring for fans of West Ham, as the club is facing perhaps the most important season in its history. So just what is at stake for the Hammers this season?
Your flight to Heathrow is arranged. You have packed a primary umbrella, a backup umbrella and an emergency umbrella. You have your Oyster card ready to use on the Tube. Plans have been made to visit a proper chipper (fish and chip shop). I highly recommend Golden Union near Liberty of London. Fantastic! A trip to the British Museum is on the agenda. As are many visits to pubs.
The Premier League returned from its first international break with a vengeance: you had Anthony Martial becoming the reincarnation of Thierry Henry against Liverpool; Chelsea going full crisis; and, of course, West Ham providing some hot Monday Night Football action:
Now in his second season at Manchester United Louis Van Gaal has wasted no time in doing what he has become legendary for: pissing everybody off.
Ex and current players alike are coming out of the woodwork. Even players who have never had Van Gaal as a manager hate Louis Van Gaal.
Zlatan doesn’t see eye to eye with Van Gaal, but then again the only person Zlatan really sees eye to eye with is Zlatan.
Manchester United return to Premier League action with a spring in their step having miraculously secured David de Gea to a 4-year contract extension, and all in time to face the old enemy: Liverpool.
Bicycle kicks are good and also Eden Hazard is good. With that being said, the winner of this video is the person who added the music after Hazard hammered an overhead in Belgium training:
Pass. Bike. Score. Dance. I couldn’t ask for more out of a video.
In England, it doesn’t get any bigger than Manchester United and Liverpool. Just ask Pele, who compared the Northwest England derby to El Clasico last spring. Thirty-four miles and two major trophies separate the two most successful sides In England history.
With the grounds of Premier League teams silent this past week for the international break, it is a perfect time to take a breath and reflect on a crazy initial month of the season. These are the top ten stories of the first month:
1. CITY, CITY, CITY!!!
A pair of penalties against San Marino and Switzerland probably wasn’t how Wayne Rooney dreamt of first equaling and then breaking Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time goalscoring record for England, but the Manchester United captain is unlikely to care now it’s done.
Virgil Gomis is a name that we hadn't heard of before this morning. After having seen this video, though, we will likely not forget it for a while. We will certainly be on the lookout for it in the coming years as we follow the EPL, because, man, how can a person who can do this be stuck on a youth team that doesn't even play in the first division?
He will likely not be mired on Nottingham Forest's U-18 team for much longer, because he scored the goal of his life (which would be the goal of most players lives, really) to win against Ipswich Town's U-18 team, 3-2.