After only ten games gone this season I think it is clear for all to see that this is the most unusual season in Premier League history. This is a quick summary of what is happening and why it is.
On the opening weekend of the season there were not many shock results. In my opinion the three biggest shocks were: None of the promoted sides could manufacture a victory with QPR getting trashed by Bolton, Norwich getting a respectable point away at Wigan and Swansea took a thumping off Manchester City. Chelsea new boss Villas Boas was left disappointed by his sides unsurprising draw with Stoke. It was a really tough welcome party for Andre and Tony Pulis is always a man who enjoys party crashing. Arsenal could also only manage a draw with Newcastle but what surprised us most was Arsenal lost their discipline completely with Gervinho slapping Joey Barton and Barton was also a victim of an Alex Song stamp. As already said City got off to a blistering start against Swansea with new boy Sergio Aguero becoming star of the show but, as always United fought to the end and this time it was against West Brom after De Gea made a mistake United came to win 2-1.
When you think of quality, young Centre Backs players that spring to mind are: Mats Hummels, Neven Subotic, Marcelo and Phil Jones. This is only natural as these players are from big name countries. But hailing from Northern Ireland, Johnny Evans has become quite possibly the best defender from the above list.
