Midweek Football Thread - 18th/19th

[lemonkettaz]

Oh yeh, midweek football is the bees knees!

Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

Celtic v Arsenal, Play, L1, 19:45 SKY SPORTS 2
FC Copenhagen v Apoel Nicosia, Play, L1, 19:45
FC Sheriff Tiraspol v Olympiacos, Play, L1, 19:45
Politehnica Timisoara v VfB Stuttgart, Play, L1, 19:45
Sporting v Fiorentina, Play, L1, 19:45

Barclays Premier League

Sunderland v Chelsea, 19:45
Wigan v Wolverhampton, 19:45

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship

Barnsley v Preston, 19:45
Blackpool v Derby, 19:45
Bristol City v QPR, 19:45
Doncaster v Coventry, 19:45
Ipswich v Crystal Palace, 19:45
Nottm Forest v Watford, 19:45
Peterborough v West Brom, 19:45
Plymouth v Cardiff, 19:45
Scutnhorpe v Middlesbrough, 19:45
Sheff Utd v Leicester, 19:45
Swansea v Reading, 19:45

Coca-Cola Football League One

Brentford v Norwich, 19:45
Colchester v Gillingham, 19:45
Exeter v Yeovil, 19:45
Hartlepool v Bristol Rovers, 19:45
Huddersfield v Brighton, 19:45
Leyton Orient v Charlton, 19:45
Millwall v Oldham, 19:45
Stockport v Carlisle, 19:45
Swindon v Southampton, 19:45
Tranmere v MK Dons, 19:45
Walsall v Leeds United, 19:45
Wycombe v Southend, 19:45

Coca-Cola Football League Two

Accrington Stanley v Northampton, 19:45
Barnet v Morecambe, 19:45
Bournemouth v Aldershot, 19:45
Bradford v Lincoln City, 19:45
Burton Albion v Torquay, 19:45
Dag & Red v Shrewsbury, 19:45
Darlington v Crewe, 19:45
Grimsby v Rotherham, 19:45
Hereford v Bury, 19:45
Macclesfield v Port Vale, 19:45
Rochdale v Cheltenham, 19:45

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

FK Ventspils v FC Zurich, Play, L1, 19:45
Levski Sofia v Debrecen, Play, L1, 19:45
Lyon v Anderlecht, Play, L1, 19:45 SKY SPORTS 2
Panathinaikos v Atletico Madrid, Play, L1, 19:45 ITV 1
SV Red Bull Salzburg v Maccabi Haifa, Play, L1, 19:45

Barclays Premier League

Birmingham v Portsmouth, 19:45
Burnley v Man Utd, 19:45
Hull v Tottenham, 19:45
Liverpool v Stoke, 20:00

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship

Newcastle v Sheff Wed, 19:45

Coca-Cola Football League Two

Chesterfield v Notts County, 19:30

 

[Tummy]

I might be able to watch Sheffield Wednesday on telly for once

Sky / BBC are showing a lot of Newcastle for some reason.

 

[Visionary]

It's not on TV.

 

[Kriist]

Celtic v Arsenal is gonna be a cracker!

 

[Tummy]

 

[Visionary]

I'll be there though, so it's not all bad.

 

[Tummy]

I have family in Newcastle, would have gone up and watched had it not been for the fact I can't drive / the train (last time was almost a lot)

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Spurs will need to win at Hull to prove that their win Sunday wasn't a flash in the pan and to show that they are an improved side. Will be tough.

 

[lemonkettaz]

Arsenals must win tie against Celtic is sure to be a great 2 games.

I glimmer of hope for Newcastle given that 3-0 win, but Sheff Wed will be a harder game.

Just wish they would get the top of the club sorted, whoever is going to leave and bring in some people before it's too late. I hope Taylor doesnt leave but if Everton stump up too much money then why not, Sol Campbell would be a good player to have around (wage concerns?) and now with our Championship stiker in Ameobi scoring A glimmer of optimism still shadowed by negativity.

Got my accumulator on again, only Leicester let me down over the weekend

 

[Gustov]

I have family in Newcastle, would have gone up and watched had it not been for the fact I can't drive / the train (last time was almost a lot)

Why can't you drive noob?

 

[Ripper]

Which games are on the box?

 

[Tute]

Just the Champions League I think.

Arsenal SS2, rest on Red Button Choice.

 

[lemonkettaz]

Which games are on the box?

Celtic vs Arsenal is on Sky Sports 2 on Tuesday

On wednesday Panathinaikos vs Atl Madrid is on ITV1 and Lyon vs Anderlecht is on Sky Sports 2

No prem coverage?

 

[Tummy]

Why can't you drive noob?

I walk everywhere, don't really see the point in driving yet

I like trains as well

 

[Tute]

No prem coverage?

Doesn't appear to be, sadly.

 

[Tombstone]

Absolutely imperative that we take 3 points from the Stoke match, we simply cannot afford to be giving away a 6 point lead.

Birmingham v Portsmouth....now theres a match with 0-0 written all over it if ever I saw one.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Yossi has to start and we must score early. If we don't score before half time I can see it being another one of those games that got away.

 

[Kriist]

No one having a chat about the CL game tonite? no build up on here? I quite like the discussions .

I think we'll hold our nerve at Celtic Park, although if we don't I can see it turning into a rout. If we concede, I just don't think we'll have the squad to break through Arsenals defence, although having said that we have beaten "better" (I am in no way saying that Arsenal are rubbish) teams in the CL before at home, albeit with a slightly different team. Any thoughts?

 

[[ASSE]Hinchy]

I'm hoping for an Arsenal win. I'm also hoping that they will put in a good performance if confidence in the squad is high.

Hard to see Celtic getting anything from the game unless they score early. Arsenal disposed of Rangers very easily 3-0 during preseason which, whilst it was a preseason game that counts for nothing, showed a massive gulf in class between what I understood to be Rangers' strong team and Arsenal's mix of reserve and first team.

So long as its not a 0-0 anti-climax!

 

[Tom84]

Celtic at home despite every logical fact that points to Arsenal being better than them in every single way will be a tough game, doubt Arsenal will win. In fact I think Barca are the only team to have beaten them at home in the Champions League...... I'm going for 0-0 or 1-1