With the new boys doing well last weekend It'll be a matter of treading on eggshells for a week or two whilst the division starts to sort itself out.
Swansea's at home on last yrs form alone are worth a shout imo against the hammers, add the 5-0 demolition away to QPR last weekend and they should certainly be full of confidence .
Big Sam will no doubt try his usual stunt of trying to nullify the match and snatch a win on the break but Swansea should have enough about them to get a result assuming Laudrup has done his homework.
I don't see Man U or Spurs having a problem so I'll skip them which will bring me onto Villa v Everton.
It was a cracking result for Everton against United and even I was even fooled into thinking they wouldn't turn up for that match due to their history of starting the season at a canter when with hindsight I could and maybe should have picked up on their recent ability to go out on a limb and give it all they have against the top teams at Goodison, Moyes has no doubt been keeping one eye on Stoke in recent years.
However I'm in no doubt that that particular game against United took a hell of a lot out of them, at the end of the match the majority of the Everton players could barely stand up more so Fellaini who ran himself into the ground but what a player.
With the fatigue that game brought on i have a feeling this weekend we are going to see the Everton of old back to their lack lustre best at this time of year which might just be what Villa need to get a win or at least a point.
I also fancy Sunderland for the win but won't be taking them at odds on because Reading have put in two good performances to date since the season started, saying that the extra game for Reading may have taken something out of them so if you can get anything near evens for Sunderland it may be worth the gamble.
I'll have a bit of Southampton me thinks, I saw enough of them against City to see they will cause a lot of teams problems this season, I also saw enough of Wigan against Chelsea to see they are as they were 12 months ago in the fact allthough they have a lot of possession they cannot put the ball in the back of the net, this seems to come in the last couple of months of the season when it's all hands to the pump play and won't change until Wigan invest in a decent striker.
Southampton win.
I won't be entertaining Chelsea or Newcastle . Chelsea's odds look a bit short and whilst Newcastle look very tempting I think the win will be just out of thier reach, the draw could be the best bet here or Newcastle +1 on the AH.
Personally I'm just going to sit back and watch the game as it has the makings of a cracker.
