Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [8 - 11th December 2012]

[Robbo]

Barclays Premier League:

npower Championship, League One and League Two:

Friday, December 7 2012

Championship
19.45 Blackburn Rovers - Cardiff City SS1

Saturday, December 8 2012

Championship
15.00 Crystal Palace - Blackpool
15.00 Sheffield Wednesday - Bristol City
17.20 Wolverhampton Wanderers - Birmingham City SS2
15.00 Charlton Athletic - Brighton and Hove Albion
15.00 Ipswich Town - Millwall
13.00 Derby County - Leeds United
15.00 Nottingham Forest - Burnley
15.00 Watford - Hull City
15.00 Huddersfield Town - Bolton Wanderers
15.00 Peterborough United - Middlesbrough
15.00 Leicester City - Barnsley

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

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

Sunday, December 9 2012

League Two
15.00 Burton Albion - Accrington Stanley

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[pingwing]

Goody! This week is the MUST WINS of all MUST WINS.

If we don't beat Reading at home with an almost full strength team (Gaston Ramirez is apparently away on family related stuff so Steven Davis should play in his role) we stand very little chance of staying up.

Worse still this fixture last year Reading did the ultimate smash and grab, firmly out played all over the park and won by taking 3 of their 4 shots on target to our 9

Then again this year with the key games we have managed wins under that sort of gun to the head pressure (Villa and QPR so far) so I am a little confident.

 

[cm1179]

tricky game away to everton. they beat us there last season. no bale either

 

[drunkenmaster]

West brom have a sensible manager, some good players a few good strikers who can certainly attack our defence well, while we... errm... suck. Not sure if a blip in form is good or bad for them, they might be looking to get back on track, or struggle to keep the good performances going.

For Brentford, if they can keep up their excellent results against the top teams they'll really start looking like they are in a good situation. Both staying up well in the promotion fight for the time being, but also if they get in the playoff's, they'll know they have a really good shot at beating the top teams around them if they've beaten them before.

 

[Tom84]

I'd happily lose our record of being the only team in one of Europes top leagues not to have drawn a game this season on Sunday

Rightly or wrongly (and there's a lot wrong) I reckon the team will be...

------------Lindegaard------------
Rafael---Evans---Ferdinand---Evra
--------------Carrick--------------
-------Fletcher-----Scholes-------
Rooney--------RVP--------Young

Subs: De Gea, Smalling, Jones, Buttner, Giggs, Welbeck, Hernandez

 

[Yas786]

Ermm WBA this weekend so i can see us either losing or drawing, no longer have any faith in Arsenal being able to win a game. We just look so devoid of anything, offensively we lack sharpness and defensively?? lol the less said the better.

But its ok as Wenger thinks we have great quality and belief in the side but pretty clear we lack the quality or belief to actually win games now. And according to some jumped exec in Arsenal, its ok as we dont need to win games :/..its all about the brand. Sadly without the onfield success we wont have much of a brand left :/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...al-chief-Tom-Fox-Winning-isnt-everything.html

Cant even bring myself to say COYGS anymore

 

[No1newts]

Don't fancy our chances, would love a point but see what happens

 

[FrankJH]

I'd happily lose our record of being the only team in one of Europes top leagues not to have drawn a game this season on Sunday

Rightly or wrongly (and there's a lot wrong) I reckon the team will be...

------------Lindegaard------------
Rafael---Evans---Ferdinand---Evra
--------------Carrick--------------
-------Fletcher-----Scholes-------
Rooney--------RVP--------Young

Subs: De Gea, Smalling, Jones, Buttner, Giggs, Welbeck, Hernandez

I dont think Utd have much choice, but perhaps Smalling instead of Rafael (for the height after the disaster of last weekend), Rooney instead of Fletcher - RVP out wide right and Chicharito through the middle

Neither formation is ideal in the slightest, but perhaps its less prone....

Its going to be a long (agonizing) wait until Sunday

 

[elmuzzy66.]

Can see liverpool losing to west ham. But then again with the way this season is progressing it would take a brave man to call any of the matches.

 

[jonney_joop]

Can see Arsenal messing it up again. i reckon a 2:2 draw or something.

 

[jonney_joop]

Ermm WBA this weekend so i can see us either losing or drawing, no longer have any faith in Arsenal being able to win a game. We just look so devoid of anything, offensively we lack sharpness and defensively?? lol the less said the better.

Manchester United have a much worse defence then Arsenal

 

[Tom84]

Manchester United have a much worse defence then Arsenal

Thanks for that, needed a laugh

 

[jonneymendoza]

Thanks for that, needed a laugh

How many goals have United and arsenal conceded?

 

[Tom84]

How many goals have United and arsenal conceded?

Dunno but I dont need to look that up to know that our collection of defenders is better than Arsenal's

 

[jonneymendoza]

Dunno but I dont need to look that up to know that our collection of defenders is better than Arsenal's

If United concede more then arsenal how is there defence better?

 

[Tom84]

If United concede more then arsenal how is there defence better?

Because Ferdinand is better than Mertesacker, Vidic when fit is better than Vermaelen, Evra's better than Gibbs and so on

For the record there's 5 goals in it, considering we should have scored that many past Arsenal a month back I wouldn't go lording it over how the table stands at the moment

 

[antijoke]

Because Ferdinand is better than Mertesacker, Vidic when fit is better than Vermaelen, Evra's better than Gibbs and so on

For the record there's 5 goals in it, considering we should have scored that many past Arsenal a month back I wouldn't go lording it over how the table stands at the moment

Thanks for that, needed a laugh

 

[Tom84]

I wasn't aware I said anything funny

Well done for chipping in though, definitely needed your contribution

 

[antijoke]

I wasn't aware I said anything funny

It's pretty funny how you just say Ferdinand is better and so on without anything to substantiate your claim other than you being a Utd fan.

Add into the fact you've conceeded more than Arsenal and it makes it even funnier.

 

[timebomb26]

United's defence has been one of the worst in the league this season. Consistently hilarious.