Chelsea 1 Arsenal 1
STAR MAN - MICHAEL ESSIEN (CHELSEA)
Chelsea: Hilario 5, Geremi 5, Carvalho 6, Terry 7, Ashley Cole 6, Essien 8, Ballack 5, Makelele 5, Lampard 7, Shevchenko 5, Drogba 6. SUBS: Robben (for Shevchenko, 67mins), Wright-Phillips (Geremi, 67). Not used: Hedman, Boulahrouz, Mikel. Booked: Ashley Cole, Drogba. Goals: Essien 84.
Arsenal: Lehmann 6, Eboue 5, Djourou 7, Senderos 5, Clichy 5, Hleb 6, Fabregas 6, Silva 7, Flamini 6, Van Persie 3, Adebayor 5. SUBS: Ljungberg (for Van Persie, 84mins) 6. Not used: Almunia, Baptista, Hoyte, Walcott. Booked: Flamini, Lehmann. Goals: Flamini 78.

Bolton 4 West Ham 0
STAR MAN - KEVIN DAVIES (BOLTON)
Bolton: Jaaskelainen 6, Hunt 7, Faye 6, Meite 6, Pedersen 6, Campo 7, Davies 8, Nolan 7, Speed 8, Diouf 7, Anelka 7. SUBS: Tal (for Diouf, 79mins) 5, Vaz Te (Davies, 82) 5, Gardner (Speed, 88) 5. Not used: Al Habsi, Stelios. Booked: Diouf, Campo. Goals: Davies 17, 52, Diouf 77, Anelka 78.
West Ham: Green 5, Spector 4, McCartney 3, Dailly 6, Collins 5, Konchesky 4, Mullins 5, Reo-Coker 4, Etherington 4, Harewood 4, Tevez 3. SUBS: Pantsil (for Spector, 61mins) 4, Sheringham (Tevez, 60) 5. Not used: Carroll, Zamora, Benayoun. Booked: Reo-Coker, Etherington.

Blackburn 1 Newcastle 3
STAR MAN - NICKY BUTT (NEWCASTLE)
Blackburn: Friedel 7, Neill 6, Ooijer 6, Henchoz 4, Gray 5, Bentley 5, Savage 7, Tugay 7, Pedersen 7, Nonda 4, McCarthy 6. SUBS: Todd (for Bentley, 45mins) 6, Derbyshire (Nonda, 45) 6. Not used: Brown, Mokoena, Peter. Sent Off: Henchoz (40). Booked: McCarthy. Goals: Pedersen 47.
Newcastle: Given 7, Solano 7, Ramage 7, Taylor 7, Babayaro 6, Milner 7, Butt 9, Emre 7, N'Zogbia 7, Martins 8, Sibierski 6. SUBS: Pattison (for Emre, 54mins) 6, Rossi (Solano, 67) 5, Huntington (Sibierski, 86) 5. Not used: Srnicek, Luque. Booked: Babayaro, N'Zogbia. Goals: Martins 31, Taylor 35, Martins 90.

Liverpool 4 Fulham 0
STAR MAN - DANIEL AGGER (LIVERPOOL)
Liverpool: Reina 6, Finnan 6, Carragher 8, Agger 9, Riise 5, Pennant 6, Alonso 7, Gerrard 7, Luis Garcia 6, Bellamy 7, Kuyt 7. SUBS: Gonzalez (for Kuyt, 73 mins) 7, Crouch (Bellamy, 78) 5, Fowler (Garcia, 80) 6. Not used: Dudek, Hyypia. Booked: Pennant. Goals: Gerrard 54, Carragher 61, Luis Garcia 66, Gonzalez 90.
Fulham: Lastuvka 7, Volz 6, Knight 6, Pearce 7, Rosenior 6, Radzinski 5, Brown 5, Diop 6, Claus Jensen 6, Boa Morte 6, McBride 6. SUBS: Christenval (for Diop, 49mins) 6, John (McBride, 72) 5, Helguson (Pearce, 89) 5. Not used: Batista, Routledge. Booked: Pearce.

Middlesbrough 1 Wigan 1
STAR MAN - MARK SCHWARZER (MIDDLESBROUGH)
Middlesbrough: Schwarzer 8, Xavier 6, Woodgate 6, Pogatetz 5, Taylor 6, Morrison 7, Boateng 6, Arca 7, Downing 7, Viduka 6, Yakubu 6. SUBS: Parnaby (for Pogatetz, 46mins) 6. Not used: Jones, Rochemback, Christie, Johnson. Goals: Yakubu 67.
Wigan: Kirkland 7, Wright 6, Boyce 7, Hall 7, Baines 6, Cotterill 6, Scharner 7, Skoko 6, Kilbane 7, Camara 7, McCulloch 7. SUBS: Pollitt (for Kirkland, 45mins) 7, Valencia (Cotterill, 58) 5, Johansson (Valencia 68) 5. Not used: Landzaat, Webster. Booked: McCulloch. Goals: Camara 24 pen.

Portsmouth 2 Everton 0
STAR MAN - SEAN DAVIS (PORTSMOUTH)
Portsmouth: James 7, Johnson 6, Primus 8, Campbell 8, Pamarot 7, O'Neil 7, Fernandes 6, Davis 8, Taylor 8, Benjani 6, Kanu 7. SUBS: Douala (for Benjani, 62mins) 6, Kranjcar (Kanu, 82) 5, Hughes (Davis, 89) 6. Not used: Ashdown, Thompson. Booked: Johnson, Davis. Goals: Taylor 14, Kanu 26.
Everton: Howard 5, Yobo 7, Stubbs 6, Weir 5, Lescott 6, Van der Meyde 5, Davies 5, Carsley 7, Nuno Valente 6, Johnson 5, Beattie 4. SUBS: Anichebe (for Beattie, 45mins) 6, McFadden (Weir, 45) 6, Vaughn (Van der Meyde, 80) 5. Not used: Wright, Hughes. Booked: Beattie, Van der Meyde, Johnson, Stubbs.

Tottenham 5 Charlton 1
STAR MAN - DIMITAR BERBATOV (TOTTENHAM)
Tottenham: Robinson 7, Chimbonda 7, Dawson 7, King 8, Lee 7, Lennon 9, Huddlestone 8, Tainio 7, Malbranque 7, Berbatov 9, Defoe 8. SUBS: Murphy (for Malbranque, 71mins) 6, Mido (Berbatov, 76) 5, Stalteri (Chimbonda, 82) 5. Not used: Cerny, Ghaly. Booked: Dawson, Malbranque. Goals: Berbatov 31, Tainio 33, Malbranque 55, Defoe 63, Berbatov 66.
Charlton: Carson 5, Young 6, Diawara 6, El Karkouri 5, Hreidarsson 5, Sam 6, Kishishev 6, Faye 6, Hughes 5, Reid 7, Darren Bent 6. SUBS: Rommedahl (for Kishishev, 53 mins) 6, Hasselbaink (Reid 68) 5. Not used: Myhre, Holland, Fortune. Booked: Hughes, Reid, Sam, Diawara. Goals: Dawson 43 og.

Watford 0 Reading 0
STAR MAN - IVAR INGIMARSSON (READING)
Watford: Lee 6, Chambers 6, DeMerit 7, Shittu 7, Stewart 7, Smith 5, Francis 6, Bangura 7, Bouazza 7, Young 6, Henderson 5. SUBS: Powell (for Smith, 85mins) 6. Not used: Chamberlain, Mariappa, Priskin, Spring.
Reading: Hahnemann 7, Bikey 5, Sonko 6, Ingimarsson 8, Shorey 7, Oster 6, Harper 6, Sidwell 7, Hunt 6, Lita 6, Doyle 5. SUBS: Long (for Lita, 76mins) 6, Little (Oster, 89) 6. Not used: Federici, Gunnarsson, Sodje. Booked: Oster.

Man Utd 3 Man City 1
STAR MAN - WAYNE ROONEY (MANCHESTER UNITED)
Man Utd: Van der Sar 7, Neville 7, Ferdinand 7, Vidic 8, Heinze 6, Ronaldo 7, Carrick 5, Scholes 6, Giggs 5, Rooney 8, Saha 7. SUBS: O’Shea (for Saha, 67mins) 6. Not used: Solskjaer, Fletcher, Silvestre, Kuszczak. Booked: Rooney. Goals: Rooney 6, Saha 45, Ronaldo 84.
Man City: Weaver 5, Richards 7, Dunne 4, Distin 5, Thatcher 5, Trabelsi 7, Reyna 5, Barton 7, Vassell 5, Corradi 4, Samaras 5. SUBS: Ireland (for Reyna, 45mins) 6, Isakson (Weaver, 45) 5, Beasley (Richards, 76) 6. Not used: Onuoha, Dickov. Sent Off: Corradi (90). Booked: Thatcher, Reyna, Corradi. Goals: Trabelsi 72.

Even though i hate Arsenal the marks for Adebayor 5 and Van Persie 3

3 kinell
I bet in the paper tomorrow the marks are higher.

The game was played at a very high level: the marks are ridiculously low over all.

Adebayor played very well.

Don't play the S*um game, but thought Adebayor did well as a lone striker.

Typical Sun rating weekend, make sure the biggest £8m players get the best marks. Was Rooney really better than Ronaldo or Vidic? Ridiculous. Were John Terry and Lampard really the second and third best players for Chelsea? Only surprise for me is that they didn't just ignore Agger and give Stevie G Star Man.

No Suprise that Finnan got another 6, 6 cleans sheets in a row for him and yet to get a 7

Surprised that Dot missed a chance to mention "Log" Carson's weekend haul - or is that on another thread?

From what I saw of the Boro v Wigan game (entire 2nd half), I'm a little surprised that Downing got a 7 as his crossing was woeful - but mildly pleased as he's in my one token, miserable, attempt at this game.

I covered most of what i wanted to say in the final points total for this years winner.
But i will add here my best teams 2 liverpool players did well again this weekend
Gerrard 10 and Carragher 13 points.

Thats it, I am ditching Finnan for Agger next window. Agger must be the best scoring defender by now and he has played less games than the others around him.

I actually watched the Chelsea game this time around (the whole game) so now I know what a Lampard 7 performance looks like - he was just about the least effective Chelsea player on the pitch. Essien deserved his MOTM though.

I watched the Bolton game too eager to see how Nolan is getting on and he was pretty woeful all game and missed two sitters yet he gets a 7 too! Diouf was blatently Boltons best player and should have got MOTM but I see he just scraped a 7.

[quote="rjpageuk"]Thats it, I am ditching Finnan for Agger next window. Agger must be the best scoring defender by now and he has played less games than the others around him.

I actually watched the Chelsea game this time around (the whole game) so now I know what a Lampard 7 performance looks like - he was just about the least effective Chelsea player on the pitch. Essien deserved his MOTM though.

Dont forget BarnDoor Frank was unlucky hitting the post from 3 yards perhaps the sight of the goal being ungarded put him off.

Why

For the lack of a few 7s? Lets say Agger (who is more likely to be rotated) gets an extra 10 7s over Finnan, and thats a very generous guess.

You are going to blow a transfer to gain 30 points max!!

If that is the best improvement you can make to your team, then may I shake your hand, for you must already be in first place.

Flamini scores one and then stops Chelsea winning it with a crucial stop at the death and gets a six? Wallys!

Yeah I know, but it is very frustrating as I used this exact logic to keep Finnan over Agger last window.

Agger has averaged twice as many points as Finnan (if you work out his points per game ratio) and he seems to be playing every game nowadays.

Flamini gets a 6, Adebayor gets a 5 and Fat Frank gets the same rating as Silva

Even though I hate the pie eating bast*rd I'm going to put FFL in at the next window because if he's getting 7's for that performance then.....