Prolonging The Buzz, English Premier League Edition: Wayne Rooney, James Morrison, And This New Finding They Call Steven Gerrard

But that trio’s resurgence wasn’t the only thing to love from England’s football weekend. In fact, those stories weren’t even the league’s greatest awakening given the league’s biggest name ended an eight month scoring drought (of sorts). And that’s where we start our list of things to love from this weekend’s action: With the first match, the first goal, three minutes in.

The goal probably won’t be a coming out party for Morrison, with the Brom midfielder likely to fade back into relative obscurity, but it was certainly a coming-out ... informal, impromtu get together. Morrison has been great all season for Brom, picking up where Graham Dorrans has suddenly left off. Along with Chris Brunt, the 24-year-old Scot has provided the quality that’s enabled Roberto Di Matteo to play expansive and (relatively) successful football.