10 conclusions from Saturday games

1. Rooney scored his 100th (and 101st) goal for the club and its unlikely that he'd stop.

2. Altidore made his debut for Hull with a great assist and two glorious chances to get a goal as well.

3. Gary Givet scored his first for the season and new club, Blackburn Rovers.

4. Cesc Fabregas is injured (again!)

5. Adebayor has bought some very expensive shoes with his inflated salary, scoring two goals in as many games of the season.

6. Arsenal have now scored 10 goals in two games of the season. They mauled Portsmouth 4-1 at the Emirates.

7. With Birmingham's scoreless (and boring!) draw at home versus Stoke City we have the first drawn game of the season.

8. Manchester United put five goals past Kirkland at the JJB with two from Rooney and a well taken free kick from Nani. It would be relieving to see for Sir Alex Ferguson and the fans to see Berbatov and Owen score.

9. Hull's victory ends their woeful home run in the premier league. They hadn't won a game at the KC Stadium since December 6 against Middlesbrough.

10. After 3 games played, Paul Hart's Portsmouth are bottom of the table with three losses. He looks likely to be the first to get the sack this season.

Pre Season - Everton lose,Wolves win

Perth Glory 0 - 1 Wolves
Perth Glory hosted newly promoted Wolves for their pre season tour of Australia.

Wolves got off to a great start courtesy a Sylvan Ebanks-Blake strike in as early as the second minute of the match after he latched on to a rebound which had hit the sidebar.

The only downside for the Wolves from the game being Chris Iwelumo's metatarsal injury in his right foot which would most certainly keep the player out for the beginning of the season.



Bury 2 - 1 Everton

Everton got their pre season off to the worst possible start after going down 2-1 to League two side Bury F.C.

Everton manager made place for on loan signing Jo and debuts to Anton Peterlin and Shkodran Mustafi.

Everton went ahead in the 22nd minute courtesy a Louis Saha header supplied by Leighton Baines.

Bury equalised in the 64th minute through Ryan Lowe.And scored another in the 70th minute headed in by an unmarked Efe Sodje.

There were many chances for Everton but they failed to make the most of it eventually losing out in the end.

Wolves sign Greg Halford from Sunderland

Wolves manager,Mick McCarthy has made his third signing of the week in the form of defender Greg Halford for £2m from Sunderland.

The other two signings for the Irishman have been Kevin Doyle from Reading and Andrew Surman from Southampton.

Former Sheffield United player plays as a right back.

Halford who had very opportunities at Sunderland when he arrived at the time of Roy Keane's managerial stint in 2007.

Wolves sign Southampton's Surman

Wolves have signed highly rated winger,Andrew Surman from financially unstable Southampton.

The player has signed a three year deal which can be extended for a further 12months.

Manager,Mick McCarthy beat interest from other parties to acquire the services of the 22 year old.

Clearly he was delighted to be part of a Premiership side and play with the big boys:

This is a great move for me and I'm really excited.

To come to a Premier League club, and one as big as Wolves, is fantastic.

I'm ready to go again with Wolves. Even though it looks a young side here it's also a very experienced side when you consider how many games they have played.

Doyle signs for Wolves from Reading

Premiership new comers, Wolves have completed the signing of Reading's Kevin Doyle for an undisclosed amount.

Doyle who has made 154 appearances for Reading and scored 55 goals now joins Wolves' campaign to stay up in the Premiership.

The Republic of Ireland would be with the club for four years and the fee is expected to be in the region of £6million.

Doyle told Wolves' official website

I spoke to the manager and chief executive over a week ago and came to the training ground to see everything.

I've been making my mind up over the last couple of weeks and am just really pleased the decision has been made.

This is Reading's record sale after they acquired the player in 2005 from Cork City.