Hello again EPL fans,

The huge news is that Rafaael Van der Vaart has officially signed for Tottenham from Real Madrid right at the deadline while Arsenals pursuit of Socceroos keeper Mark Schwarzer did not eventuate. Further transfer news to follow but on to the GW3 review and the round was opened at Ewood Park where Walcott and Arsharvin continued scoring and Arsenal put 2 past Blackburn (was a shame that TooSerious was not represented at the Celtic Club - a great night was had by 80+ mad gOOners).

Next up saw Fulham scrape a draw away to Blackpool with a late equaliser after being 1 nil up in the first half. Chelsea strolled home with a 1 nil win over Stoke with Malouda grabbing the goal again, followed by Rooney breaking the longest goal drought of his career and scoring in a 3 nil win over West Ham (albeit via a spot kick). Then came one of the shocks of the round where by Wigan got up 1 nil over Spurs at White Hart Lane with a late strike from Rodallega. The Jordies took a draw at Wolves after Carroll continued his purple patch and cancelled out an Ebanks-Blake first half opener.

Sunday saw Villa got over the line after an early hit from Luke Young left the Toffees dwindling away near the bottom of the table, and Bolton managed to scrape a 2 draw after being 2 nil down at the Reebok against the Brumies. Liverpool snuck home in unconvincing fashion against West Brom at Anfield 1 nil after Torres marked his turf in the 65th minute, and the round was ended out with another surprise result after Darren Bent claimed an injury time penalty to sink Man City at home.

So at the end of Round 3, the top of the tree has Chelsea unbeaten with a whopping +14 GD followed by the Arsenal on 7/7, then comes Man Utd on 6/7 with Villa rounding out the 4 on 6/-2. West Ham are looking in dire straights bring up the rear of the table along with surprise slow starters Stoke City & Everton.

In terms of tipping, following the predictions made in last weeks thread would have netted a big result.

Blackburn v Arsenal, 12:45 – Arsenal 3-0 -> +30 points
Blackpool v Fulham, 15:00 – Fulham 1-0 -> -10 points
Chelsea v Stoke, 15:00 – Chelsea 5-0 -> +10 points
Tottenham v Wigan, 15:00 – Tottenham 2-0 -> -10 points
Wolverhampton v Newcastle, 15:00 – 1 All Draw -> +20 points
Man Utd v West Ham, 17:30 – Man Utd 4-0 -> +10 points

Sunday, 29 August 2010
Bolton v Birmingham, 13:30 – 2 All Draw -> +20 points
Liverpool v West Brom, 15:00 – Liverpool 3-0 -> +10 points
Sunderland v Man City, 15:00 – City 2-1 -> -10 points
Aston Villa v Everton, 16:00 – Villa 2-1 -> +15 points

Total points scored: 85 (correct insurance chip placement would have got 95)

Full results and next weeks fixtures over the break as well as 5-A-Side review, and the final day transfer list (both thanks to fez). Remember to check back next week as there will be another thread for the GW4 preview which will include an injury update, tipping predictions and much more :lol: <!--more-->

Now for the 5 a side review...here is Shlockys video for the 5AS GW3 Review (Contains Coarse Language, Not Suitable For Work)<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjWxd0H9q2Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjWxd0H9q2Q[/url]

Two of our sides are getting absolutely belted, and the other 2 are doing quite well...you need to lift Tossers and Trees!!!!

GAMEWEEK 3 RESULTS
TooSerious Tree lost 2-3 to Les Pemmes De Terre
Pokersnaz 36 def by Trigger Happy 67
Tricky 58 def NasNaRi 51
Mattybomb22 44 def by Beglee 53
Macca 29 def by Sligo 55
CelineF 52 def Trampas 44

Too Serious 1 def Then Wenches 4-1
Benji 68 def Sideways 58
PlacentinoFC 44 def by Cheryl 45
Gumby 66 def Clammers 51
StkildaThunder 45 def Rokkitgurl 34
Anthak 49 def Susan 36

TooSeriousToo drew 2-2 with The Libertines
Elevathian 48 def by Col 67
Crew 34 def by Avit75 53
UnderAchievers 68 def Bones 51
AusJB 48 drew Macndave 48
Johhanna4 60 def Edbull 52

Tossers R Us lost 4-1 to Coont like a hippos yawn
Walesy 54 def by Hemlock 71
NedFlanders 53 def by Daithi 73
Soups 50 def Bigaldablue 42
JoshyC 61 def by Pottster 62
Fezkat 57 def by Binky 66

GAMEWEEK 4 FIXTURES
Tooserious1 vs Flamming Buddhists
Benji Vs Slarty
Gumby vs Brogie
PlaceintoFC vs Ianovich
Anthak vs Gravesy
StKildaThunder vs Nutstart
Prediction Flamming Buddhists 3-2

The Libertines vs TooSeriousTree
Col vs Tricky
Avit75 vs Pokersnaz
Bones vs Mattybomb22
Mancdave vs CelineF
Edbull vs Macca
Prediction The Libertines 4-1

Coont Like A Hippo’s Yawn vs TooSeriousToo
Hemlock vs Underachievers
Daithi vs Elevathian
Pottster vs Johnana4
Binky vs AusJB
Bigaldablue vs Crew
Prediction TooSeriousToo 3-2

Tossers R Us vs Nameless
Walesy vs M-Boy
NedFlanders vs Bricktop
Soups vs Average
JoshyC vs Scottymac
Fezkat vs Trigger73
Predictions Tossers R Us to win 4-1

THE TABLE AFTER 3 ROUNDS
Les Pomme De Terre 9 points Goal difference 6
Tooserious1 P9 GD5
Flamming Buddhists P7 GD 4
JustLikePerfection5 P6 GD4
TooSeriousToo P4 GD4
Feral Dingos P4 GD1
The Libertines P4 GD0
Coont Like a Hippo’s Yawn P3 GD -2
The Wenches P3 GD -3
Nameless P3 GD -3
Tossers R Us P0 GD -8
TooSeriesTree P0 GD -8

RESULTS FOR VS EPL
perhaps in death 124 def 122 Two &amp; A Half Goals
Dooosomething 115 def 113 Donksters
Glen United 131 def 128 CALONI
KOP ROY 88 def by 115 THE FAT MIKES
AsianSensation 109 def by 114 The Slice Of Life
RatBiteFever 166 def 163 YellowCardMyFriend
gOOner FC 127 def by 131 LaRojaBonita
mattybomb22 116 def 101 Mighty Red Devils
Razorfeet 123 def 90 Whipping Boys
Buzzboys 146 def 112 Aufiero’s Giants!

TRANSFER NEWS
The big news is that Spurs signed Raf Van Der Vaart in the last hour of the window and this has been confirmed by the Premier League. The final transfer list is as follows:
Robinho from Manchester City to AC Milan
Wigan have signed Eider Gudjohnson, Jermaine Pennant, Marc Wilson &amp; Franco Di Santo
Asamoah Gyan has joined Sunderland
DJ Campbell has joined Blackpool
Insua from Liverpool has joined Galatasary (loan)
Paul Konchesky has swithced from Fulham to Liverpool
Birmingham City have signed Martin Jiranek, Alexander Hleb &amp; Jean Beausjer
Spurs have signed Pletikosa (keeper) on a season long loan
Salif Daio has joined Stoke City
Benjani has signed with Blackburn

GW3 RESULTS
Saturday, 28 August 2010
Blackburn - 1
Diouf (27)
Arsenal - 2
Walcott (20)
Arshavin (51)

Blackpool - 2
Pantsil (og 71)
Varney (76)
Fulham - 2
Zamora (35)
Etuhu (87)

Chelsea - 1
Malouda (32)
Stoke - 0

Man Utd - 3
Rooney (pen 33)
Nani (50)
Berbatov (69)
West Ham - 0

Tottenham - 0
Wigan - 1
Rodallega (80)

Wolverhampton - 1
Ebanks-Blake (43)
Newcastle - 1
Carroll (62)

Sunday, 29 August 2010
Aston Villa - 1
L Young (9)
Everton - 0

Bolton - 2
Davies (pen 71)
Blake (81)
Birmingham - 2
Johnson (4)
Gardner (50)

Liverpool - 1
Torres (65)
West Brom - 0

Sunderland - 1
Bent (pen 90)
Man City - 0

GW4 Fixtures (all times in GMT)
Saturday, 11 September 2010
Everton v Man Utd, 12:45
Arsenal v Bolton, 15:00
Fulham v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Man City v Blackburn, 15:00
Newcastle v Blackpool, 15:00
West Brom v Tottenham, 15:00
West Ham v Chelsea, 15:00
Wigan v Sunderland, 15:00
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Birmingham v Liverpool, 16:00
Monday, 13 September 2010
Stoke v Aston Villa, 20:00

I have to go bury my keyboard...so bye for now!!! :mrgreen: