Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [24th - 26th August 2012]

[Robbo]

Barclays Premier League:

npower Championship, League One and League Two:

Friday, August 24 2012

Championship
19.45 Bolton Wanderers - Nottingham Forest Sky Sports 1

Saturday, August 25 2012

Championship
15.00 Blackburn Rovers - Leicester City
15.00 Sheffield Wednesday - Millwall
15.00 Wolverhampton Wanderers - Derby County
15.00 Charlton Athletic - Hull City
13.00 Bristol City - Cardiff City
15.00 Middlesbrough - Crystal Palace
17.20 Watford - Birmingham City Sky Sports 2
15.00 Brighton and Hove Albion - Barnsley
15.00 Blackpool - Ipswich Town
15.00 Peterborough United - Leeds United
15.00 Huddersfield Town - Burnley

League One
15.00 Notts County - Walsall
15.00 Oldham Athletic - Stevenage
15.00 Scunthorpe United - Yeovil Town
15.00 Swindon Town - Milton Keynes Dons
15.00 Leyton Orient - Hartlepool United
15.00 Doncaster Rovers - Crawley Town
15.00 Coventry City - Bury
15.00 Shrewsbury Town - Tranmere Rovers
15.00 AFC Bournemouth - Preston North End
15.00 Brentford - Crewe Alexandra
15.00 Carlisle United - Portsmouth
15.00 Colchester United - Sheffield United

League Two
15.00 Morecambe - Port Vale
15.00 Northampton Town - Southend United
15.00 Oxford United - Plymouth Argyle
15.00 Torquay United - Rochdale
15.00 Wycombe Wanderers - Bristol Rovers
15.00 Dagenham and Redbridge - Gillingham
15.00 Chesterfield - Rotherham United
15.00 Burton Albion - Fleetwood Town
15.00 Bradford City - AFC Wimbledon
15.00 Barnet - York City
15.00 Aldershot Town - Cheltenham Town
15.00 Accrington Stanley - Exeter City

TV:

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[Robbo]

Another cracking set of games on TV, the Super Sunday game will be interesting, surely Rodgers won't loose both of his first two league games in charge.....

To be honest, I don't think he's going to have much of a say in the matter.

Hopefully we'll have Evans fit on Saturday and can really go to town on Fulham, I hope RvP starts as the lone striker with Rooney out on the left (if he's properly fit, that is).

 

[Robbo]

Smalling, Rio, Jones, and Evans are all out of the Fulham game.

Perhaps Evra will play CB with Buttner at LB.

 

[Robbo]

Rooney benched!

Can't say I'm sad about it, he hasn't looked right.

 

[Robbo]

I'm pleased RvP is starting ahead of Rooney. It means he'll get maximum chances and Rooney will be able to get properly fit or buck his ideas up a bit.

 

[Robbo]

Fulham take the lead, oh dear.

 

[Robbo]

VAN PERSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

[Robbo]

De Gea taking a leaf out of the Valdes book of goalkeeping there, foolish really!

 

[Robbo]

Shinji!

We just need to integrate Rooney into this system.

 

[Robbo]

*Just* offside there, maybe. So close.

 

[Robbo]

There it is, 3-1. Rafael.

 

[Robbo]

They never show 3pm kick offs.

Its amazing the yank channels have every game being shown but none being shown on sky. You'd think it is an American sport!

The FA don't allow it in the UK. Other countries get the dedicated Premier League channel with every game in HD.

 

[Robbo]

3-2, De Gea/Vidic own goal.

 

[Robbo]

Rooney and Welbeck on for Kagawa and Young.

 

[Robbo]

Good save from De Gea there. We're all over the place and Dembele is running the show. Not good.

 

[Robbo]

Rubbish challenge from Hangeland, has been let off there.

Indeed, would have been a yellow if he didn't already have one.

 

[Robbo]

Shocking ball from Giggs there.

 

[Robbo]

Nasty gash in Rooneys leg there.

 

[Robbo]

That did look nasty. Basically had a stud raked down the inside of his thigh/knee and it tore the skin right open.

I imagine he'll be out for a good couple of weeks at least.

D:

That sounds awful... but also as though he's chatting ****...

Yeah I don't think it was quite that bad.

 

[Robbo]

You don't want to see it, it looks sick.

I don't think it was really that awful, very nasty without question, but not stomach turning.