Winners and Losers from the third Premier League Weekend

Losers

David Moyes

For all his talk about inheriting a strong squad from Sir Alex Ferguson, the Scot has failed to address the one area of weakness in Ferguson’s squad, central midfield. And it was here that they were overrun by Liverpool and his midfield duo of Carrick and Cleverley were forced to look clumsy. Under pressure, they misplaced several passes, with Cleverley being the main culprit. After a disappointing start to the season, Moyes must be kicking himself for not signing one of Fellaini, Fabregas or Alcantara so far.

Steve Clark

After guiding West Brom to their best ever Premier League finish last time around, Clark must have hoped for a better start to the season. But, instead, the team looks to have picked up from where they left off as three games into the season, they are yet to score a single goal. Even with tons of TV money coming in, they haven’t spent a single penny of it and that might yet come back to haunt them, especially seeing that their forward line isn’t capable of firing in the goals, that will help them stay up in the top flight.

Fulham

Fulham have yet again, flattered to deceive and after their home loss against Arsenal, they were expected to put on more of a show against a Newcastle side, who were there for the taking. But, their languid front-line were unable to take control of the game and ended up losing their second successive game, after ceding possession for majority of the game. Martin Jol certainly has his work cut out for him, this time around.

Paolo Di Canio

After having spent a ton of money, bringing in almost an entire new squad of players, Di Canio is running on ice, with his excuses, after each week’s performances. The Black cats have struggled to come up with any real noteworthy performance this season. With the manager’s insistence on admonishing the players in public, it looks like he will lose the dressing room in no time, if he doesn’t stand up and take the blame for some of the football being produced by his players.

Tottenham

After having spent over £100 on players this summer, Spurs would have been expected to give Arsenal a run for their money and come back home with all three points. But, they did neither and as the game wore on, they were susceptible on the break and they had too few players on defensive duty and too many players gunning for glory. Their new signings must gel quickly if they are to get into the Champions League spot.