***SPOILERS*** Football 7 May - 10 May 2011

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Saturday, 7 May 2011

Barclays Premier League

Aston Villa v Wigan, 15:00
Bolton v Sunderland, 15:00
Everton v Man City, 15:00
Newcastle v Birmingham, 15:00
West Ham v Blackburn, 15:00
Tottenham v Blackpool, 17:30 ESPN/HD

Npower Championship

Barnsley v Millwall, 12:45
Bristol City v Hull, 12:45
Burnley v Cardiff, 12:45
Crystal Palace v Nott'm Forest, 12:45
Leicester v Ipswich, 12:45
Middlesbrough v Doncaster, 12:45
Norwich v Coventry, 12:45
Preston v Watford, 12:45
QPR v Leeds, 12:45
Reading v Derby, 12:45
Scunthorpe v Portsmouth, 12:45
Swansea v Sheffield Utd, 12:45

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Barclays Premier League

Wolverhampton v West Brom, 12:00 SS1/HD
Stoke v Arsenal, 14:05 SS1/HD
Man Utd v Chelsea, 16:10 SS1/HD/3D

Monday, 9 May 2011

Barclays Premier League

Fulham v Liverpool, 20:00 SS1/HD/3D

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Barclays Premier League

Man City v Tottenham, 19:45 SS1/HD/3D

 

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Noticed there was no thread, Blackburn taking a big step away from relegation at West Ham and City taking one towards Champions League football currently.

 

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West Ham definitely going down if they lose today.


Wolves - WBA is on SS1 tomorrow as well.

Cheers, edited. Trying to do this whilst writing an essay.

 

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Something foolproof, like Delap throwing it into his own goal from the opposition corner flag.

 

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As long as they don't make it as obvious as Gerrard's back pass last season then they're safe

He just wanted to know what it feels like to influence a title race.

 

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They've not had much of the ball but they should be winning. Hilarious Gomes has made some good saves.

 

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Redknapp has done a good job at Spurs but they seem as inconsistent as ever recently, a few changes would sort them out but that might now prove problematic if European football eludes them entirely.

 

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The reaction in the media in the aftermath of the Inter games was a huge overreaction but this hate he's got (from some quarters) because of it is equally ridiculous.

Comparisons to Pennant are ridiculous too. The only thing Pennant gave us was width; he didn't have great pace, his decision making was terrible, he'd beat the fullback and would try and beat him again before losing the ball and his delivery was equally as bad. Bale has blistering pace (which we lack), he's direct (maybe a bit too direct at times) and while his delivery isn't of Beckham standards, there aren't many wide players about today with noticeably better delivery than him.

Like Dan says, he needs a bit of tweaking but he's got all the raw materials to be an excellent player.

I think that's a good assessment. He has all the physical attributes to succeed and obviously has technical quality too, he just needs to demonstrate the latter a bit more. I don't think he has enough about him to become a world class player but he will definitely be up there.

At the moment, I wouldn't rate him above Valencia as I see them as similar players but there's 4 years difference between them and that gives Bale a lot of room for improvement (potentially).

 

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Hah that is such a dive it's unreal.

He was looking for it skippi but the contact was clear, especially from the reverse angle. Gomes shouldn't have been in that position in the first place though, terrible keeping.

 

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I so knew it was coming.

My Dad was watching it too and I said to him, "I bet Gomes flies out of his goal to catch this..."

He gets massively excited when he makes a good save.

Your Dad or Gomes?

It was a definite rush of blood.

 

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Ah, atpbx, a ray of sunshine on an otherwise cloudy day.

I fancy us to do this, our home form is awesome, we basically had the day off in midweek and we have a full squad. Last year we went into this fixture with half a striker in Berbatov, this time we have Rooney and Hernandez along with a midfield coming into some form. Chelsea know they have to win so we should have chances on the counter.

I'll be hoping to see Chelsea line up 4-4-2 with Ivanovic at RB again, I think he's a liability there.

 

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Man u's home form is fantastic so it'll be tough for us. We have a good record in the league vs man u though so anything can happen! unless howard webb becomes a man u fan again that is...)

Probably be drogba malouda kalou up front. Not sure whether mikel or ramires will start though.

Anyone who cites the "Howard Webb luvs Man U" argument should get an instaban. It's rubbish.

 

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Studs up lunge from Wilshere doesn't even get booking?

And what exactly is the reason for the Ramsey booing?

Because he refused to accept Shawcross' apology for the tackle. Which, to be fair, is a toolish thing to do since the injury was clearly not intended and Shawcross was obviously pretty upset about it.

 

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Typical awful defending from Arsenal.

 

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van Persie should've stuck his hand up, that's how you defend at the near post.

 

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Agree about the tackle but you can understand why Ramsey had the hump

The way some Arsenal fans have made Shawcross out to be some sort of monster on the back of that tackle and the way Stoke fans are now booing Ramsey, is stupid though.

It's all a bit pantomime. I sympathise a lot more with Ramsey than Shawcross and I would complete excuse him if he had told Shawcross to **** off immediately following the incident. Hours and days later though is time to be the bigger man and accept the apology, no excuses.

 

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Arsenal have obviously run out of legs after their cup final last weekend. Why couldn't we have played this side? No pressure on the ball whatsoever.

 

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OMG, is Song immune to being carded?

 

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Audi put this ad up at OT for the game today:

 

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United:

Edwin van der Sar
Nemanja Vidic
Rio Ferdinand
John O´Shea
Fabio
Ji-Sung Park
Ryan Giggs
Michael Carrick
Luis Antonio Valencia
Wayne Rooney
Javier Hernandez

Chelsea:

Cech; Ivanovic Luiz Terry Cole; Lampard Mikel Essien; Kalou Drogba Malouda