A minor miracle

I don't know if there has been a weekend where not only any of the top five in the premier league won, but didn't score a single goal.

I certainly can't remember one in my short lifetime, can you imagine the monumental odds you could of had on that with a bookmaker, it would of been a case of name your price.

What makes it even more incredible is the fact high flying Liverpool and Chelsea both had relatively easy home games against sides Fulham and Newcastle.

It's a shining example of the strength of the premier league, long gone are the days where there was the regular whipping boy relegated by christmas, that is apart from Derby last year of course.

This season is the most competitive the league has ever been, the three newly promoted sides have looked at home in the top flight. Stoke vs West Brom on Saturday didn't have the feel of a relegation six pointer.

Despite West Brom being rooted to the bottom, it only takes a couple of wins and they will propel up the the table because of the nature of the league.

It is so condensed, everyone on their day is able to beat each other, just look at Hulls miraculous win at the Emirates.

And it genuinely looks like the big four's monopoly and stranglehold at the top of the league is under threat with underachieving Arsenal being leapfrogged by Villa on the weekend.

I hope this just goes to show that the tycoons dominance, flooding cash into the top clubs isn't quite having the same effect as first thought.

And now clubs are being rewarded for genuine hard work and a good team ethos, thats what footballs about, not the money spinning business it's being turned into.

So get down to your local bookmakers and have some money on Blackburn to go down at 7/2, because I've got a feeling we might be seeing Stoke and Hull again next season.