Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [2nd - 5th March 2012]

[Robbo]

Barclays Premier League:

npower Championship, League One and League Two:

Friday, March 2 2012

Championship

19.45 Blackpool - Hull City​

Saturday, March 3 2012

Championship

15.00 Birmingham City - Derby County
15.00 Doncaster Rovers - Brighton and Hove Albion
17.20 Leeds United - Southampton
15.00 Ipswich Town - Bristol City
15.00 Watford - Burnley
15.00 Barnsley - Nottingham Forest
15.00 Portsmouth - Middlesbrough
15.00 Crystal Palace - Peterborough United
15.00 Leicester City - Coventry City
15.00 Millwall - Reading​

League One

15.00 Leyton Orient - Walsall
15.00 Notts County - Carlisle United
15.00 Rochdale - Sheffield Wednesday
15.00 Yeovil Town - Brentford
15.00 Scunthorpe United - Wycombe Wanderers
15.00 Sheffield United - Oldham Athletic
15.00 Hartlepool United - Milton Keynes Dons
15.00 Exeter City - Stevenage
15.00 Colchester United - Preston North End
15.00 Chesterfield - Tranmere Rovers
15.00 Bury - Huddersfield Town
15.00 AFC Bournemouth - Charlton Athletic​

League Two

15.00 Accrington Stanley - Port Vale
12.00 Oxford United - Swindon Town
15.00 Burton Albion - Southend United
15.00 Cheltenham Town - Northampton Town
15.00 Crawley Town - Torquay United
15.00 Crewe Alexandra - Shrewsbury Town
15.00 Dagenham and Redbridge - Bradford City
15.00 Hereford United - AFC Wimbledon
15.00 Plymouth Argyle - Gillingham
15.00 Bristol Rovers - Macclesfield Town
15.00 Barnet - Rotherham United
15.00 Aldershot Town - Morecambe​

Sunday, March 4 2012

Championship

12.45 Cardiff City - West Ham United​

Monday, March 5 2012

League Two

19.45 Southend United - Crawley Town​

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I don't mind doing the weekend threads if this is okay, it's not quite Linoge quality but this seems the best and fastest way to do it with what information I can find.

If there are any objections or anyone else wants to do it, say so!

 

[Robbo]

Was just half way through creating this thread. Was going to see if anyone wanted to do it next week

Good job and saves me the bother

No worries!

 

[Robbo]

I'm still not sure if I'm happy about Welbeck starting over Berbatov so much. He's good but Berbatov is real class.

 

[Robbo]

Leeds are on sky sports 2 saturday

Are people desperate for these things to be added? I left them out as it's a bit of a faff but I can do it in future if needby.

 

[Robbo]

No half jobs here please

 

[Robbo]

I'll try and do them if you want Robbo or we can take them in turns?

Sorry I didn't do it this week, completely forgot and I've not been on here much.

I've no idea what to expect with the Wednesday game, I want a win, I'm not sure if the reaction will be positive or negative.

I'm happy to do them but you can if you actually want to.

 

[Robbo]

Sky have just super slowed it down and yeah Suarez was leaping into the air as the contact was made

It looked as if Suarez' sock fibre may have brushed against Szczesny's leg some time after he'd started going down.

That was it.

 

[Robbo]

RvPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!

 

[Robbo]

Perfection personified.

 

[Robbo]

Well, given the earlier incident in the game, some may call that 'karma'

 

[Robbo]

Van Persie is a 'traditional' out and out striker.

Messi and Ronaldo are not, and Rooney is not.

 

[Robbo]

Van persie has NEVER and will never be a traditional out and out striker, even suggesting he's an out and out striker suggests you don't have a clue what you're talking about. No Arsenal fan, or any sensible person that had seen RVP play since he joined Arsenal would call him an out and out striker, not one.

All of a sudden as of 6 months ago people started claiming RVP has nothing more to his game than finishing, its all of a sudden fact because that is how Arsenal needs him to play in this formation right now.

Calm down DM. At the moment he's more of an out and out striker than Messi, Ronaldo and Rooney. They all do considerably more than he does. I know he hasn't always been a striker, and he can play in other roles, but the way he plays at the moment for whatever reason makes him an out and out striker as far as I'm concerned.

Surely you can see that. Or maybe not.

 

[Robbo]

There is a WORLD of difference between saying a player IS a traditional out and out striker, and a player is currently playing as a out and out striker.

You said the former first time, second time, you said the latter. First is completely incorrect, second bang on.

Well he is currently playing like a traditional out and out striker, you could interpret Robbo's first post that way.

Exactly, that's what I meant. I was talking about his role more than his general attributes.

The point is, comparing anyone to Messi and Ronaldo is rather stupid as they are both so ridiculously good that it isn't even fair. The likes of RvP and Rooney are all behind them somewhere, but there is a fairly large gap.

 

[Robbo]

I don't know why people still group Ronaldo with Messi, Ronaldo is in with the rabble behind Messi.

I don't think so. They are both very different types of player, and while Messi is definitely better, Ronaldo can be more of a force in some circumstances.

 

[Robbo]

Come on West Brom?

 

[Robbo]

Chelsea fans - AVB out now?

 

[Robbo]

He just needs his own players to play the system he wants really. But football is never patient enough for that is it.

Absolutely not, and neither is Abramovich.

They need someone who can engineer a happy and decent side out of the players Chelsea have now. That surely isn't impossible, they have a strong squad.

 

[Robbo]

After just half a season? Yet if its wenger after 7 years, Arsenal fans get slaughtered? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you still not grasped that it's how you put a point across, not what you are saying (sometimes).

Your posts are just derp derp derp.

 

[Robbo]

I wonder what would happen if Abramovich offered Redknapp £6m a year for the Chelsea job and a massive transfer budget.

Or is it too late for crazy transfer budgets because of the financial fair play rules?

If he's going to do something like that, he should just keep AVB and let AVB buy his own team.

I'm sure he's capable but at the moment he's got a squad of players who mostly don't like him or respect him and they don't seem to fit well in his system at all.

It's a disaster at the moment and I'm not sure what they can do about it. A new manager could make the team happier and get them playing well, but who...

 

[Robbo]

Benitez at Chelsea would be... interesting. He would at least know how to build a platform to get the most out of Torres and Torres on form could be awesome. If he's still got it.