Tweets of the Weekend! Premier League opening day special! Stick that in your face and read it!
Take it away, various football types…
Shock Debut of the Weekend
Plan B, Crystal Palace
Liked the look of Plan B for Palace after they conceded – hopefully the approach they take forward. Spurs solid rather than spectacular.
— DAVID JONES (@DavidJonesSky) August 18, 2013
Arsenal Fan of the Weekend
Swiss Ramble
Congratulations to Arsenal for managing my expectations down to a level where I'm neither angry nor surprised.
— Swiss Ramble (@SwissRamble) August 17, 2013
Hyperbole of the Weekend
Arseblog
This referee is history’s greatest monster
— arseblog (@arseblog) August 17, 2013
Comic Subtlety of the Week
Kevin Bridges, comedian
Arsenal fans going mental… First game of the season, the new signings will take time to bed in, relax man.
— Kevin Bridges (@kevinbridges86) August 17, 2013
Stadium Announcer of the Weekend
Chelsea’s
The stadium announcer at Stamford Bridge declares "I'm looking forward to introducing this manager more than the last one …"
— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) August 18, 2013
Stadium Announcer of the Weekend II
West Ham’s
West Ham PA announcer after reading out the Arsenal result: "It's almost worth not being top of the league for that score, isn't it?"
— Nick Szczepanik (@NickSzczepanik) August 17, 2013
Stadium DJ of the Weekend
Liverpool’s
Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash playing at Anfield. At least someone at #LFC has a sense of humour #Suarez
— Richard Buxton (@Richard_Buxton_) August 17, 2013
Volcano of the Weekend
Upton Park
Billy Bonds picking up his lifetime achievement award – Upton Park has litterally errupted pic.twitter.com/yprhUYd1iF
— Ian Abrahams (@BroadcastMoose) August 17, 2013
Jermaine Pedant says… See me.
WAG of the Weekend
Nicolle Begovic
So proud of @asmir1! Well done! Great performance. pic.twitter.com/h2SDWhXjYH
— Nicolle Begovic (@Nicolle_Begovic) August 17, 2013
Incidentally, this was retweeted by Edin Džeko.
Former Manchester City player and chairman had this somewhat contestable take on it…
Great opening game! The PL is back. How can you give the losing teams goalkeeper the Man of the Match?!!! Bizarre!
— Franny Lee (@FrannyLee7) August 17, 2013
Parody Account of the Weekend
USA Soccer Guy
If ever a franchise sounded ready for soccer, it's Stoked City. They play the Liver Ducks real soon. #EPLOpeningDay
— Soccer Guy (@usasoccerguy) August 17, 2013
Superlative of the Weekend
Jonathan Liew, The Telegraph, for “spookily excellent”
BT Sport's coverage of Liverpool v Stoke has been spookily excellent so far
— Jonathan Liew (@jonathanliew) August 17, 2013
Creepily fantastic stuff, Jonathan!
Self-Deprecation of the Weekend
Plymouth Argyle
Makes a change to hear a team other thatn #pafc get jeered when they leave the pitch #pafc
— Plymouth Argyle FC (@Only1Argyle) August 17, 2013
Honesty of the Weekend
Ellis Harrison, Bristol Rovers
Sorry for people who paid to watch me today.. I was shit..!
— Ellis Harrison (@EllisHarrison1) August 17, 2013
Conflict of Interests of the Weekend
Byron Lawrence, Ipswich Town
Mignolet and walters both in my sun dream team.. Wasn't sure if I wanted that pen to go in or not
— Byron Lawrence (@ByronLawrence) August 17, 2013
Fair Warning of the Weekend
Tyrone Mings, Ipswich Town
Footballs back, drakes album, FIFA and GTA out in September … Gonna be a lonely Autumn for you females
— Tyrone Mings (@tyronemings1) August 17, 2013
Attentiveness of the Weekend
David Cotterill, Doncaster Rovers
Sky I'm sure this is Valencia and not zaha by the way! #messedup pic.twitter.com/zN5b0COGK0
— David Cotterill (@cotterill_david) August 17, 2013
‘In the Wars’ of the Weekend
Blair Adams, Coventry City
Look like ive done 3 rounds with @lee_mould #warwounds pic.twitter.com/o8JTrWRnxV
— Blair Adams (@blair_adams) August 17, 2013
Critique of the Weekend
John Oster, ex-Everton, Reading and Sunderland
Poleon for Leeds quick,strong,direct. But also brain dead,clumsy,no awareness #canthaveitall
— John Oster (@johnnyost) August 17, 2013
Love Thy Neighbour of the Weekend
Bruce Dyer, ex-Barnsley
Who would you rather lose BFC fans Leeds or @swfc ??
— Bruce Dyer (@Bruce10Dyer) August 17, 2013
Put-Down of the Weekend
Gary Lineker, Match of the Day to Alan Sugar, The Apprentice
MOTD's running order this season, after constant griping, will be alphabetical order.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) August 17, 2013
@GaryLineker RT: MOTD's running order this season, after constant griping, will be alphabetical order……@piersmorgan A is first: Arsenal
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) August 17, 2013
@Lord_Sugar @piersmorgan Very impressed by your knowledge of the alphabet.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) August 17, 2013
Obsequiousness of the Weekend
Oliver Holt, Mirror
Enjoyed MOTD last night. @GaryLineker quality as always and Danny Murphy a good addition. Him and Shearer right about second Villa pen
— Oliver Holt (@OllieHolt22) August 18, 2013
Rascal of the Weekend
Guy Butters, ex-Brighton and Hove Albion, Gillingham, Portsmouth and Tottenham Hotspur
Couldn't resist tampering with this still of Justin Edinburgh #JaWohlMeinHerr pic.twitter.com/tjynTZKaqx
— Guy Butters (@GuyButters) August 18, 2013
Tune in on Friday for our Tweets of the Week!