It's Hot or Not time again. A look back over the weekend's English Premier League action with my view on what was hot and what was not.
Before I start, I just have to mention Stoke City's Amdy Faye. I remember him starting twice for Glasgow Rangers last season.
Both times he was yanked off at half time! What was he doing back in the EPL?
Winning it appears!
Undoubtedly the hottest point to be taken from the first two weekend's is the total unpredictability of the results. My pools coupon was knackered by Stoke City, Fulham, Hull City and Sunderland to name just a few.
HOT
Ricardo Fuller - Did he really mean that? His flick before that perfect finish was superb and even better for a journeyman striker. The Jamaican had a blinder of a game and led the Stoke line perfectly.
Stoke City - The newly promoted side fought hard against Aston Villa and what makes this win even more impressive is the fact they were hammered last week 3-0 by Bolton. A 3-2 win over the side that hammered Manchester City 4-2 isn't bad at all.
Fulham - A wonderful win over Arsenal. Fulham were the better side on the day and were full value for their three points. I remember saying Fulham would be a better side this season.
Keane and Torres - The glimpses are there and it's going to get scary. These two will eventually form the EPL's most formidable striking partnership.
Liverpool's Luck - The Reds are grinding out results and neither were cup final's! The ability is a clear improvement for Liverpool and a bit of luck goes a long way. All the way up to a title challenge hopefully.
Steven Gerrard - As I mentioned in an article this week about the England captaincy. Can John Terry or Rio Ferdinand do that? Steve saves Liverpool again and again and it's inspirational.
Djibril Cisse - The Sunderland new boy returned to England with his usual dodgy haircut, an even worse beard, but a truly perfect header and a spot in every Sunderland fans' heart.
Chris Brunt - West Brom's Northern Irish lefty impressed me against Everton with some great touches. One to watch out for.
Leon Osman - I called him out last week after another energetic performance. This week he repay's me with Everton's opener. Love it.
Shay Given - In South Africa we called penalties "peanuts." Given saved Newcastle's blushes at home to Bolton with a fine save from Kevin Nolan's spot kick. Then cometh the hour, cometh the man, Michael Owen, to score the only goal of the game.
Stuart Attwell - The EPL's newest referee. Do you want to know how old he is? 25! Fair play to him though, he did well.
Jason Roberts - Another I told you, so same story again. I mentioned him last week and my faith has again been repaid. He was brilliant for Blackburn and opened the scoring.
Richard Garcia - A great looping far post header to earn Hull a point at Blackburn.
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