Big boys gone small..

Gerrard looks unsure when Benitez affectinately asks him if he can play tommorow.

As the season reaches the last 6-7 weeks we have reached a small calm for the Premier League big boys in the competition. The press seems more interested in developments in Europe and are not very much concerned about their abilities against the smaller clubs come this weekend. For our title chasers. Chelsea,Liverpool and Manutd have ties against Bolton,Blackburn and Sunderland. On paper Man Utd and Liverpool have the trickier of the ties. They have relegation battlers on their cards and with both teams showing awful home form midweek they will do their best to gain confidence from their ties.That said, Overconfidence can take a thing out of Chelsea and if Bolton do turn up and make their life difficult they could have a chance of getting points with Davies in hot form and Drogba probable to be rested.Gerrard injured,Rio Injured bla bla..But who cares about the big boys?.. Well I am sick of em especially for this week so lets look at the BIG GAMES THIS WEEK!

1) Aston Villa v Everton - How do you decide this? I have no idea. One team has not had a win in ages and are aching to start getting wins. The other is in a reasonable form guide but are hit by many injuries. I have identified the on fire Carew(Villa) to be the main weapon if the Villans one to nick it. Milner as well. However their defence needs to be shored up by players like Shorey as they have been leaking many goals as their wingbacks and wingers keep on attacking. Everton will be relying on Fellaini and Osman in attack to provide them with power but do not expect Villa to klie down and With no Arteta nor Cahill,Anichebe nor Howard. This could be very hard for them and I reckon Villa have got to win it. The prize.. A spot in Europe. This game is A CUP FINAL!

2) Middlesbrough v Hull - Psychiatrists all over the world have noticed that patients are using different images to identify to words. Firstly, when asked to express the term "impotent" , petients have been using the emblem of a certain Middlesbrough FC while they seem to relate to the term "welcome back to earth" to Hull City. Hull had a fairy tale start and by midseason someone(Man City) sounded the alarm and they had a wake up call and they have yet to brush their teeth while every other team are taking showers. Boro have a strike force that well.. hasnt got out of bes as yet. A must win for both so your guess is as good as mine. Expect the unexpected. Hopefully goals from Boro and Hull to show what they are made of. Tuncay(boro) and Zayatte(Hull) will have an interesting battle. Expect an encounter.

3)Stoke v Newcastle - Stoke are in my eyes the best home team in the premiership so far. only 3 losses all season and a certain James Beattie. Up step Alan Shearer. Injury ravaged Newcastle. Very confident Stoke. Both fighting for relegation. This game is 70% in favour of Stoke. Can Newcastle snatch at least 30% and nick a win with MR. Shearer. Watch to find out..

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