The start of the English Premier season gave us quite a few goals. From artistic curlers by Mikel Arteta against a badly positioned Paul Robinson in a 2-3 loss to Blackburn, to an inaugural goal by Samir Nasri in Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over West Brom.

The overly cautious draws were not present this time. The closest thing to that came at the Stadium of Light only to be overturned by a clinical shot by European champion Fernando Torres in a 1-0 Liverpool win over a well coached Sunderland. One of the games that I enjoyed watching as the Spurs loosing to Middlesbrough 2-1.

Gareth Southgate has been able to give Alfonso Alves, Tuncay and Jeremy Aliadiere a freedom that can potentially create many defensive headaches to opposing teams visiting the Riverside. I watched the game on Setanta, listened on Sirius channel 125 and chatted with the EPLTalk crew. Quite a trifecta of football.

To top it all off I made some fish-n-chips to go with a delicious tomato salad with cilantro that my wife prepared. The final touch were root beer floats using nothing but the best- Barqs root beer. Barqs root beer has a creamy flavor yet the wonderful bite of a quality root beer. My daughter enjoyed the float.

What a kick off to a great season.