EPL 2/2/2008 - Blackburn Rovers vs Everton

This live commentary and play by play soccer match in the English Premier League pits two of the most bruising sides in the league between Blackburn Rovers and Everton. Everton has always had the image of a rough and tumble team ever since they branded themselves the Dogs of War many seasons ago, a far cry from their previous incarnation as a decent footballing side that more than gave Liverpool a run for their money during the '80s when Liverpool still ruled the English game which in itself is now a far cry from being a laughing stock of the English Premier League. Everton has since then deployed battling and hard midfielders as a core of their side, forgoing flowing football but Moyes has altered that a little by introducing players like Mikael Arteta who has a great flair but still not quite there yet as being a player who can change many games. They will still be missing Yakubu who remains their only player who can put away chances unlike that flash in the pan Andrew Johnson who can run for sure but cannot score for the life of his mama.


Blackburn Rovers on the other hand has also evolved from their early days with Kenny Dalglish when they mixed hard tackles with flowing football and the scoring exploits of Alan Shearer in early live commentary and radio broadcast soccer games involving Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League. They are still hard and can break a few legs if you are not careful, even without Robbie Savage in the team any more, but they still struggle to put any display of football on for the soccer purists, despite manager Mark Hughes insistence that they play just like Manchester United and speedy wingers on either flank. They rely more on attrition and making sure teams cannot get further than the midfield or due to broken legs. This can be expected from a team that does not have any real pace and rely largely on David Bentley for creating a few chances. But Mark Hughes has always bought well and hardly any of his transfer buys can be said to not have done well or fitted into his tactics or strategy they always seem to do so.


This is a hard game to call in this live commentary and TV telecast game in the English Premier League involving Blackburn Rovers at home and their guests Everton. It will come down to a war of attrition and when you have two teams that play as hard and running around like headless chickens half the time, you cannot expect too many goals either or too many chances. You can easily expect a nil all draw or a low scoring draw but what you can be sure of is that eight out of ten times this live commentary and radio broadcast soccer game between Blackburn Rovers and Everton in the English Premier League will end in a draw and a point for both sides.