Weekend In Review Honors The Cone Zone: 2/23

Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea

Our own blastbao is no doubt doubly thrilled: Not only does Chelsea win, but they do so under the direction of their new Dutch manager, Guus Hiddink. Sadly, with the passing of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" last Friday, Guus is now officially too late to appear on "Dubble Letter Week". And that allows me to post this video from the final week:



Manchester United 1-0 Blackburn

Because ManU will be champions again soon:



Fulham 2-0 West Bromwich Albion

And I've run out of ideas on how to connect the games to the clips, so here's Conan's day with the Maple Leafs!



Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City

This season hasn't gone well lately for my Reds, so I'd like to see a much more entertaining set of bloopers.



Newcastle United 0-0 Everton

What is more important than this goalless draw? Obama's options for First Puppy!



Hull City v. Tottenham Hotspur

This match doesn't go down until later today.



Top Of The Table:

Man U 62 Pts. +35
Liverpool 55 Pts. +25
Chelsea 52 Pts. +30
Aston Villa 51 Pts. +15
Arsenal 45 Pts. +13

Start sizing the Red Devils up for another League trophy, as Liverpool yet again fails to beat an inferior team at home. Chelsea beats WCIS-endorsed Villa to move back into third, and Arsenal continues to drop points.

Relegation Musical Chairs:

Hull City 29 Pts. -15
Newcastle 28 Pts. -9
Portsmouth 28 Pts. -14
Tottenham 25 Pts. -5
Stoke City 25 Pts. -19
Blackburn 23 Pts. -14
Middlesbrough 23 Pts. -18
West Bromwich Albion 22 Pts. -25

The race to stay up is starting to come into clearer focus, as Bolton finally looks to be in the clear. West Brom looks to be locking down their demotion quite nicely.

Promotion Watch:

Automatic-

Wolverhampton 64 Pts. +21
Birmingham City 60 Pts. +11

Playoff-

Reading 59 Pts. +30
Bristol City 53 Pts. +7
Preston North End 53 Pts. +3
Cardiff City 52 Pts. +15

Other Contenders-

Sheffield United 52 Pts. +14
Burnley 52 Pts. +1
Swansea City 51 Pts. +13
Ipswich Town 50 Pts. +11
Queens Park Rangers 47 Pts. +2

Elsewhere:
In Spain, Barcelona lost for the first time since their first match of the Spanish season, and Real Madrid, warming up for their meeting with Liverpool this week, led 6-1 at the end of the first half!!

In Italy, it was wins all around for Inter, Juventus and Roma on Saturday, with AC Milan doing the same on Sunday.

Goal Of The Week:



Midweek Action:

It's the return of the long-dormant Champions League! Tuesday's matches include Atletico Madrid v Porto, Lyon v Barcelona, Arsenal v Roma and Inter Milan v Man U. Wednesday has Chelsea v Juventus, Villareal v Panathinaikos, Sporting Lisbon v Bayern Munich, and Real Madrid v Liverpool. Also that UEFA Cup thingy goes on Thursday.

Important Advice From Max Weinberg:



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