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Keeper caught it, I looked down, then looked up and Fabregas was putting it in the back of the net. Weird goal - unchallenged after receiving a throw from his own keeper.

Bendtner has owned Baines too. Arsenal will score 8 at this rate.

Niel will be raging. Fantastic first goal, but the defending for the others was shocking. Who'd be a goalkeeper - Howard has let in three goals he couldn't have got anywhere near if he had rocket boots.

No offence to Brummie but I really hope they fail this season. That UEFA cup business last year left a very bitter taste and I'm not a Villa fan. Wigan were really good, with no obvious weaknesses. Villa were exactly the same as the second half of last year. The issues they have are obvious and I can't believe that they haven't bought someone at centre-back. Sidwell will surely start for Delph in the next match.

What a block. Jason Scotland in the premiership

How many times has he done that "knock it past the player then jump into him" dive today. FFS. Sidwell has looked good since he came on. Rodallega looks seriously good. Wonder if he'll keep it up or if he'll be one of those first day wonders.

Are you watching the game where you are? He's playing really well. ....and now he's off injured. Beye off too. so that's 3 ex-toon players out injured in the first week of the season. Hehehe. Beye was tactical I'm afraid.

Are you watching the game where you are? He's playing really well. ....and now he's off injured. Beye off too.

Are you watching the game where you are? He's playing really well.

Delph off, fair enough really, looked OK but it's a big step up and he seemed to get further and further behind the pace of the game.

Long way to go!

Wigan again man, lovely breakaway goal.

Cheers. Looks like Big Sam's found his level again.

How did Blackburn play?

Looks like he's injured now. Hope not, he's looked a bit special. Both sides look like they did last season; Wigan far better than I expected. Fair play to Martinez. Martinez is going to be awesome for Wigan. Zoggy is really going to develop under him too. Why is he going to be awesome? I guess because they lost a manager and arguably their two best players, and they're the kind of club that the wrong manager coming in could quite easily relegate. As for Delph, he's not looked out of place at all. One horrible tackle just now, but has fitted in seamlessly. Villa exactly the same as last year, good in midfield, ropey in central defence, Agbonlahor and Shorey disappointing. Best players Young, Milner and Petrov........and Beye. Wigan look good on the ball, they should be comfortable mid-table based on this performance.

Looks like he's injured now. Hope not, he's looked a bit special. Both sides look like they did last season; Wigan far better than I expected. Fair play to Martinez.

Villa 1-0 down - what a goal that was.

Hope they break a couple of legs. Who are City's most expensive players? Actually, scratch that, hope they get a couple of centre-backs injured so they have no defence but still have to find something for all those forwards to do.

Morally right, sure, but impossible unless we adopt a similar franchising model. There's a hell of a lot of clubs that could have been in the same boat over the years.

Yours was a Gary Glitter joke ffs.

Nah, both my eyes are always glued to Becks the whole match. He's just so sexy. Then again you think Drogba is the world's best striker so kinda hard to take your opinion seriously. Speaking as a neutral arbiter....I'd say Drogba is closer to being the world's best striker than Beckham is to being easily England's best player in the last few games. I take his opinion more seriously than yours.

.....and now THEY'LL start time-wasting. Sigh.

Bugger.

if owen had been in contract, there would of been no-1 interested in him What a s**** statement that is, how exactly do you know that huh? I guess you have the phone numbers of every single manager out there and have personally asked them. Deary me. Think Man Ure would have paid £8mill for Owen? Hull would have, for starters.

This is a cracking game. I think Davies should have buried that header.