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Tuesday, 15 December 2009

FIFA Club World Cup
Pohang Steelers v Club Estudiantes de La Plata, SF, 16:00

Barclays Premier League
Birmingham v Blackburn, 20:00
Bolton v West Ham, 20:00
Man Utd v Wolverhampton, 20:00
Sunderland v Aston Villa, 19:45

The FA Cup
Stockport v Torquay, R2, 19:45

Wednesday, 16 December 2009

FIFA Club World Cup
Atlante v Barcelona, SF, 16:00
TP Mazembe Englebert v Auckland City FC, 5th/, 13:00

Uefa Europa League
Athletic Bilbao v Werder Bremen, Gp L, 20:05
Basle v Fulham, Gp E, 18:00
CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca v PSV, Gp K, 20:05
Club Brugge v Toulouse, Gp J, 20:05
CSKA Sofia v Roma, Gp E, 18:00
Heerenveen v FK Ventspils, Gp D, 18:00
Hertha Berlin v Sporting, Gp D, 18:00
Nacional v FK Austria Vienna, Gp L, 20:05
Panathinaikos v Dinamo Bucharest, Gp F, 18:00
Partizan Belgrade v Shakhtar Donetsk, Gp J, 20:05
SK Sturm Graz v Galatasaray, Gp F, 18:00
Sparta Prague v FC Copenhagen, Gp K, 20:05

Barclays Premier League
Burnley v Arsenal, 19:45
Chelsea v Portsmouth, 19:45
Liverpool v Wigan, 20:00
Tottenham v Man City, 20:00

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Uefa Europa League
Ajax v Anderlecht, Gp A, 18:00
Athletic Bilbao OFF Werder Bremen, Gp L, 18:00
Basle OFF Fulham, Gp E, 18:00
Benfica v AEK Athens, Gp I, 20:05
CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca OFF PSV, Gp K, 18:00
Club Brugge OFF Toulouse, Gp J, 18:00
CSKA Sofia OFF Roma, Gp E, 18:00
Dinamo Zagreb v Politehnica Timisoara, Gp A, 18:00
Everton v BATE, Gp I, 20:05
Fenerbahce v FC Sheriff Tiraspol, Gp H, 20:05
Genoa v Valencia, Gp B, 18:00
Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Hamburg, Gp C, 18:00
Heerenveen OFF FK Ventspils, Gp D, 18:00
Hertha Berlin OFF Sporting, Gp D, 18:00
Lazio v Levski Sofia, Gp G, 20:05
Lille v Slavia Prague, Gp B, 18:00
Nacional OFF FK Austria Vienna, Gp L, 18:00
Panathinaikos OFF Dinamo Bucharest, Gp F, 18:00
Partizan Belgrade OFF Shakhtar Donetsk, Gp J, 18:00
Rapid Vienna v Celtic, Gp C, 18:00
SK Sturm Graz OFF Galatasaray, Gp F, 18:00
Sparta Prague OFF FC Copenhagen, Gp K, 18:00
Steaua Bucharest v FC Twente, Gp H, 20:05
Villarreal v SV Red Bull Salzburg, Gp G, 20:05
 
Can Liverpool bounce back after their defeat to Arsenal?
Can United and Chelsea get back to winning ways?
Can Arsenal, Spurs, Villa and City keep pressure on the top 3?
Can Birmingham or Fulham climb ahead of a struggling Liverpool?
 
Tummy said:
Can Arsenal, Spurs, Villa and City keep pressure on the top 3?
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Out of interest, who do you consider the top 3 to be? Aside from the clubs you mention looking to keep the pressure on, I'd say it's probably Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool, the latter of which are guarenteed to be behind Arsenal and Villa regardless of the results in midweek.
 
This is a must win for Arsenal. We've just made some points on Man Utd and Chelsea and now we need to carry on, business as usual. This is a great opportunity for us to stick a foot in the door of the title race.

Burnley are a team we should be looking to beat very comfortably and I'm very confident that we will do that. I don't see Chelski or Man Utd slipping up in their midweek games so that makes it even more crucial for us to win this next one comfortably to instill even more confidence into a team that must be buzzing after the win at Anfield.

I don't think Wolves will cause Utd too many problems although they have their ups and downs so we'll see. Chelsea should win comfortably against a team in turmoil, I wonder if Ancelotti will risk starting Drogba or bring him on as a late sub instead.

This week for Arsenal I want to see Arsh playing up the middle again, Nasri on that left side and Walcott again on the right. Theo didn't have a great game on the weekend but the only way he is going to get any better is by playing consecutive games. Ramsey should get the nod ahead of Denilson though I reckon. Maybe sub Ramsey or even Fabregas later on in the match, depending on the scoreline and bring Denilson on then for maybe 20-25 minutes.

Should be a good game and I'm hoping I won't be disappointed Wednesday evening. :)
 
Pretty sure Arsenal will lose tomorrow, over the last few seasons the team seem to get back in it and then bow straight back out at the earliest time possible
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
Yeah I agree. What do my fellow gooners think of giving Walcott more games?
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Hell yeah, let him start the next 10 (or at least until Bender is fit). He needs game time desperately. Want to see him get a run of games again, whenever he has in the past he's started to show real promise and then bam, injury. I seriously think he can come good pretty soon if he has a little more confidence in himself. He also needs to learn the new system asap.
 
I'd say start him as well. Although he can come on and alter the game with his pace late on he still needs to start more games to improve.

Hopefully he should be too much for Burnley, I'm expecting an easy win. :)
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
Yeah I agree. What do my fellow gooners think of giving Walcott more games?
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As long as he makes some sort of impact and stops trying to run through defenders then yes he should start.

On another good note i heard on SSN on last night that Clichy should be back very soon..which i think is good news as hes more than capable and has filled in admirably for Cashley since he left.

Now we just need RVP and Bender boy to get back to fitness and we will be good to go...RVP i dont expect to see him for at least a few more mths but Bender boy i think could do well plus he has the height advantage that we seem to be lacking when we have crosses.

Hoping that we spank Burnley but they are a dangerous team so im kinda 50/50 on this match...just hope that if we have to win ugly like we did Sunday against Liverspuds that we can do it again...if not Wenger will have to blow his top again to get the result.
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
I'd say start him as well. Although he can come on and alter the game with his pace late on he still needs to start more games to improve.

Hopefully he should be too much for Burnley, I'm expecting an easy win. :)
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Don't expect an easy win, Burnley are very tough to beat at home, I watched the Man Utd game and while Man Utd weren't at their best, Burnley were far from bad
 
Burnley have lost one of their very key players aswell as a guy who worked ludicrously hard all game long closing down aswell as very good at keeping the ball till he got support. They are good at home but not great, Utd were just as poor as Burnley were good in that game, they didn't beat an all cylinders firing Utd, they beat a fairly crap Utd.


If Walcott plays again he needs to be played as a striker, useless winger, might turn into a decent striker and Arshavin needs another player closer to him to play in and play off from. Arshavins pure class and seems to bury what chances he gets, but less tightly marked due to having another striker around him means more chances. We still weren't great, made few chances and while we had pressure in the second half we created very very little.

If Arshavin misses the one chance he gets in the next game, seeing as most strikers don't bury their only chance(Torres) that could be the difference.
 
Burnley are good at home, but Arsenal have the quality to beat them quite easily.

Burnley are missing a few players iirc, as are Arsenal.

Walcott, has done nothing since his hat trick for England, I still don't know how he gets near the England squad a head of someone like Lennon.

I kind of agree with what DM is saying re Arshavin, if he's going to be playing up top he's got to start taking the many chances Arsenal normally make, esp now as they've not made as many.
 
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