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English Premiership League Round 1 reactions and Round 2 Predictions 2006/2007

Game 1:



I said

Sheff Utd v Liverpool, 12:45



2 -2 and 24 red cards served up for unsportmanlike conduct and

/ or maim and injure techniques.



Bensmith



Sheff Utd 0-0 Liverpool, 12:45



Capo di Tutti Capi



> Sheff Utd v Liverpool, 12:45



1-1



The Evil Red Devil



>> Sheff Utd v Liverpool, 12:45



1-2



Result Sheff Utd 1 - 1

(0 - 0) Liverpool

R Hulse 45

R Fowler (pen) 69

Bookings:

C Morgan 36

Bookings:

ML Sissoko 63

J Kromkamp 81



CAPO!! Spot on!! Those who predicted ties right outcome.



Next Arsenal v Aston Villa, 15:00



I said 6 - 0 Ben Smith 3 - 0 Capo di Tutti Capi 3 -1 Red Devil 2 - 0



Result:



Arsenal 1 - 1

(0 - 0) Aston Villa

G Silva 83

O Mellberg 52

Bookings:

K Toure 69

Bookings:

L Hendrie 84

J Angel 86



SURPRISE!!! AV serves notice!



Next Everton v Watford



I said 4 - 0 Ben Smith 2 -1 Capo 0 - 0 Red Devil 2- 0



Result:



Everton 2 - 1

(1 - 0) Watford

A Johnson 14

M Arteta (pen) 81

D Francis 89

Bookings:

J Beattie 40

V Anichebe 90

Bookings:

D Shittu 34

D Francis 35



10/10 Ben Smith Red Devil right outcome.



Newcastle v Wigan



I said 2 - 1 Ben Smith 3 - 0 Capo 4 -1 RD 2 - 2



Result:



Newcastle 2 - 1

(1 - 0) Wigan

S Parker 37

S Ameobi 63

L McCulloch 58

Bookings:

AM Luque 90

Bookings:

E Heskey 7

AL Valencia 55



I call it right and Ben and Capo correct outcome



Portsmouth v Blackburn



I said 1 - 2 Ben S 0 - 0 Capo 0 -1 RD 1- 1



REsult:



Portsmouth 3 - 0

(1 - 0) Blackburn

S Todorov 25

N Kanu 61

N Kanu 83



Bookings:

M Taylor 10

D Stefanovic 45

Bookings:

L Neill 26

Sent off:

L Neill 64

A Todd 90



Reading v Middlesbrough, 15:00



I said 2 - 1 Ben S 1 - 2 Capo 1 -0 Red Devil 0-2



Reading 3 - 2

(2 - 2) Middlesbrough

D Kitson 42

S Sidwell 43

L Lita 54

S Downing 10

A Yakubu 20

Bookings:

S Sidwell 44

Bookings:

C Riggott 45

F Rochemback 60

G Boateng 90



I got correct outccome



West Ham v Charlton, 15:00



I said 1 - 1 Ben S 3 -1 Capo 2 - 0 Red Devil 2 -1



West Ham 3 - 1

(0 - 1) Charlton

B Zamora 51

B Zamora 65

C Cole 90

D Bent (pen) 14

Bookings:

M Harewood 34

P Konchesky 64

Bookings:

D Traore 22

L Young 45

Sent off:

D Traore 25



Ben S 10/10 and Capo and RD correct outcomes.



Bolton v Tottenham, 17:15



I said 1 - 2 Ben S 1 - 1 Capo 2 -2 Red Devil 1 - 3



Bolton 2 - 0

(2 - 0) Tottenham

KC Davies 8

I Campo 12



SURPRISE!!



Sunday, 20 August 2006



Man Utd v Fulham, 13:30



I said 1 - 3 Ben S 2 - 0 Capo 3 -0 Red Devil 2-0



Man Utd 5 - 1

(4 - 1) Fulham

L Saha 6

I Pearce o.g. 14

W Rooney 15

CdSA Ronaldo 18

W Rooney 63

R Ferdinand o.g. 39

Bookings:

R Giggs 50

Bookings:

M Brown 49



The rest correct outcomes.



Chelsea v Man City, 16:00



I said 5 - 0 Ben S 4 - 0 Capo 2 - 1 Red Devil 3-1



Chelsea 3 - 0

(2 - 0) Man City

J Terry 10

F Lampard 25

D Drogba 77



Bookings:

M Essien 62

Bookings:

O Dabo 14

B Corradi 48

P Dickov 70

Sent off:

B Corradi 62



All correct outcomes.



Table:



League Table

Barclays Premiership 2006/07

Barclays Premiership Logo

Pos. Team P W D L F A GD Pts

1 Man Utd 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3

2 Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3

3 Portsmouth 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3

4 West Ham 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3

5 Bolton 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3

6 Reading 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3

7 Everton 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3

8 Newcastle 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3

9 Arsenal 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

10 Aston Villa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

11 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

12 Sheff Utd 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

13 Middlesbro 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0

14 Watford 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

15 Wigan 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

16 Charlton 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0

17 Tottenham 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

18 Blackburn 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

19 Man City 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

20 Fulham 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0



And that was opening day.



Round 2



I predict:



Tuesday, 22 August 2006

Watford v West Ham, 19:45



1 - 2

Tottenham v Sheff Utd, 20:00



2 - 1



Wednesday, 23 August 2006

Aston Villa v Reading, 19:45



1 - 3



Man City v Portsmouth, 19:45



1 - 3



Blackburn v Everton, 20:00



2 - 0



Charlton v Man Utd, 20:00



1 -2 and I am cheering for Charlton



Fulham v Bolton, 20:00



2 - 1



Middlesbrough v Chelsea, 20:00



1 - 4



Arsenal and Liverpool in CL action, Come on!! 4 EPL into the CLs!

English Premiership 2006/2007 Round 1 Predictions

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Another season start.



I say:



Saturday, 19 August 2006

Sheff Utd v Liverpool, 12:45



2 -2 and 24 red cards served up for unsportmanlike conduct and

/ or maim and injure techniques.



Arsenal v Aston Villa, 15:00



6 - 0



Everton v Watford, 15:00



0 - 4



Newcastle v Wigan, 15:00



2 - 1



Portsmouth v Blackburn, 15:00



1 - 2



Reading v Middlesbrough, 15:00



2 - 1



West Ham v Charlton, 15:00



1 - 1



Bolton v Tottenham, 17:15



1 - 2



Sunday, 20 August 2006



Man Utd v Fulham, 13:30



1 - 3



Chelsea v Man City, 16:00



5 - 0

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Taft Calls for Public Inquiry Into Calgary Health Region Emergency Room Crisis

This comes from the Alberta Liberal Party:



August 1, 2006







Taft Calls for Public Inquiry Into Calgary Health Region Emergency Room Crisis







Edmonton – Alberta Liberal Caucus Leader Kevin Taft has sent an official request to Premier Klein, calling for an independent public inquiry into the management and operations of emergency room care in the Calgary Health Region.







“There’s a serious problem with wait times in Calgary’s emergency rooms, and we need to tackle that problem now,” said Taft. “People sometimes wait for days in Calgary ERs. Those waits have resulted in avoidable deaths and who knows how much needless human suffering. In an emergency, you need care as quickly as possible.”







Just days ago Rose Lundy experienced a miscarriage in front of 40 other patients as she waited for medical treatment at Peter Lougheed Centre. People routinely spend hours and even days waiting for treatment in Calgary emergency rooms – too often with similarly tragic, and in some cases even fatal, consequences.







“People don’t visit the ER because they’re feeling a little under the weather, they go because they need urgent, immediate help,” Taft said.







Taft has an even more serious concern: because the system clearly lacks the capacity to deal with everyday emergency needs in Calgary, it will be completely unable to face unanticipated disaster.







“What happens if the province is hit with a natural disaster, an epidemic, or even a bus crash? A sudden influx of patients could bring Calgary’s health care system to its knees,” Taft writes in his letter.







Taft urges the Premier to quickly begin an independent public inquiry.







“I would hope that the Premier understands the degree of this crisis, just as I hope he understands that a public inquiry will help us fix the serious problems the CHR faces. This government must take action now to solve this problem.”







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Attached: Text of the letter from Kevin Taft to Premier Klein







For more information contact:



Earl J. Woods



Communications Coordinator



(780) 904-5430





Come on Ralph, Alberta Taxpayers want to know!

Harper harpwitted

Once again the Conservatives of Canada are headed for 1993 oblivion:



L. Ian MacDonald of the Montreal Gazette says:





No road to a majority through Quebec for Harper's Conservatives

Latest poll finds Kyoto and Lebanon issues cooling support for Tories

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L. Ian MacDonald, Montreal Gazette

Published: Tuesday, August 01, 2006



Montreal / That screeching sound you may have heard over the weekend might have been Stephen Harper slamming on the brakes at any thought of a fall election.



An election today would produce another minority Conservative government, according to a new Decima poll that finds public opinion very much aligned as it was in January.



In fact, the Decima numbers mirror the election results, with the Conservatives at 36 per cent, the Liberals at 30 per cent, and the NDP at 17 per cent.



In Quebec, the Bloc Quebecois rebounded to 43 per cent, up five points from a May poll, the Conservatives slipped six points to 23 per cent, with the Liberals at 18 per cent, and completely out of the game in the regions, the key Bloc-Bleu battleground of 50 seats.



And in Ontario, the leaderless Liberals have moved out to a 10-point, 43-33 lead over the Tories, with the NDP stuck at 17 per cent.



These numbers, within a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, would produce almost the same results in Quebec as on Jan. 23, when the Bloc won 51 seats with 42 per cent of the vote, the Conservatives won 10 seats with 25 per cent (eight of them clustered in the vote-efficient 418 area code region) and the Liberals won 13 seats with 20 per cent (all in Montreal and the bedroom community of Laval).



There is no road to a majority through Quebec for Harper with numbers like these.



In Ontario, again within the margin of error, the Conservatives wouldn't do as well as in January, when they won 40 seats with 35 per cent of the vote, while the Liberals won 54 seats with 39 per cent of the vote, and the NDP 12 seats with 17 per cent.



It is a rule of thumb of Ontario politics that every percentage point above 30 per cent is worth five seats, and these numbers would return about 65 Liberals and only 30 Conservatives, pushing the Tories back to their heartland in eastern and southern Ontario, and shutting them out again in the Toronto suburbs of area 905, where they made a modest breakthrough of seven seats in January.



So, what's going on, in the middle of summer, for the Tories to be retreating from majority territory of 40 per cent, where they were sitting comfortably through the spring?



Well, a war in the Middle East, during the period Decima was in the field from July 20 to 23. That would account for some of the Conservative slippage in Quebec, given the importance of the Lebanese community here and the opposition in Quebec to Harper's strong support of Israel.



"The dominant story and the position Canada has taken on it is also seen as being aligned with George W. Bush, especially in Quebec," says Decima president Bruce Anderson.



And then there's Kyoto, or not. While Kyoto is only a process of unachievable targets, it has huge brand equity in Quebec. Until the Conservatives come forward with their plan on climate change in the fall, there is a significant environmental vacuum.



"The environment could be the next important political issue, it could be very important at the next election," Anderson says.



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L. Ian MacDonald, Montreal Gazette

Published: Tuesday, August 01, 2006



Any time the economy is strong as it is now, and jobs are not an issue, the environment always moves to the top tier of voter concerns. This was the case in 1988, when Brian Mulroney won the middle-class vote in the pre-writ period by seizing ownership of the environment on everything from acid rain to beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River.



Anderson sees some similarities with 1988 but also some differences, in that the baby boomers who were yuppies then are now approaching retirement and "are starting to think about leaving a legacy on the environment, and certainly climate change is a big part of that, especially since the hurricane disasters of last summer."



Anderson's numbers in Quebec clearly reflect the short-term impact of the war in the Middle East, and Harper's unequivocal support of the Israelis. But approve of it or not, Harper has also taken a strong leadership position, and the next election is going to be largely about leadership and the competence of his young government. In the end, the Middle East is not likely to be on the ballot.



Yet these numbers also offer a cautionary warning to Harper, not to arrange for the defeat of the government over the softwood lumber agreement with the United States.



Minority parliaments are no place to play chicken. Just ask Joe Clark.



L. Ian MacDonald is a Montreal writer and broadcaster who also writes a column for the Montreal Gazette



Well Ian I trust the SES Reseach and I have the feeling Harper will not care for the numbers coming out of there.



Further Tory E-mail offensive



Tory e-mail 'offensive'





Re: "Using Mideast in Tory pitch for donations called 'crass'," The Journal, July 29.



You have to subscribe to the Edmonton Journal to read but in Summary it shows the CPC has poor judgment.



Finally:



Harper must condemn bombing .



Again You have to subscribe to the Edmonton Journal to read but in Summary the writer is mad about innocents death in Lebanon.



Usually Canada was to broker peace and be friend will all. Harper wants to mrach to George Bush's tune and not that of Canada.



Harper to be pried out!