Weekend Football Thread. *spoilers* 22nd-24th

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Saturday, 22 August 2009

Barclays Premier League
Arsenal v Portsmouth, 15:00
Birmingham v Stoke, 15:00
Hull v Bolton, 15:00
Man City v Wolverhampton, 15:00
Sunderland v Blackburn, 15:00
Wigan v Man Utd, 15:00

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Coventry v Swansea, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Newcastle, 15:00
Derby v Plymouth, 15:00
Leicester v Barnsley, 15:00
Middlesbrough v Doncaster, 15:00
Preston v Peterborough, 15:00
QPR v Nottm Forest, 15:00
Reading v Sheff Utd, 15:00
Sheff Wed v S****horpe, 15:00
Watford v Blackpool, 15:00
West Brom v Ipswich, 17:20

Coca-Cola Football League One
Brighton v Stockport, 15:00
Bristol Rovers v Huddersfield, 15:00
Carlisle v Exeter, 15:00
Charlton v Walsall, 15:00
Gillingham v Hartlepool, 15:00
Leeds United v Tranmere, 15:00
MK Dons v Colchester, 15:00
Norwich v Wycombe, 15:00
Oldham v Swindon, 15:00
Southampton v Brentford, 15:00
Southend OFF Millwall, 15:00
Yeovil v Leyton Orient, 15:00

Coca-Cola Football League Two
Aldershot v Accrington Stanley, 15:00
Bury v Grimsby, 15:00
Cheltenham v Bradford, 15:00
Crewe v Hereford, 15:00
Lincoln City v Burton Albion, 15:00
Morecambe v Macclesfield, 15:00
Northampton v Bournemouth, 15:00
Notts County v Dag & Red, 15:00
Port Vale v Darlington, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Chesterfield, 15:00
Torquay v Barnet, 15:00

Sunday, 23 August 2009

Barclays Premier League
Burnley v Everton, 15:00
Fulham v Chelsea, 16:00
West Ham v Tottenham, 13:30

The Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Cardiff v Bristol City, 13:15

Coca-Cola Football League Two
Rotherham v Rochdale, 15:00

Monday, 24 August 2009

Barclays Premier League
Liverpool v Aston Villa, 20:00
 
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Fulham V Chelsea and West Ham V Spurs should be good games.

Birmingham V Stoke ! Has Dull written all over it.

I wonder how many Arsenal are going to put past Pompy :(
 
I'm not a Leicester fan, but I've been the ground a fair few times.

I can't recommend many local bars/pubs to drink in if you're an away supporter :p
The "locals" and home fans tend to end up in all the pubs near(ish) the ground near kick off and I'd avoid them as an away fan.

Dax40 :o from Cov and supporting Leicester ? :o
 
Back from my round the world trip to watch my Sheffield Wednesday destroy an embarrassingly bad Scunny.

I normal go to the games in a car, but this time was forced to take a mixture of public transport, which turned out to be great fun, meeting some real characters :D less about that anyway.

Wednesday were brilliant first half, completely one way traffic and the defense that Scunny put up was nothing short of shambolic. Awful defending that would embarrass a pub side. Second half was much more even, Scunny were better (couldn't of gotten worse) and put Wednesday under some pressure, Wednesday played much more relaxed in the second half, scored one. The score line could very easily of been 8/9/10 to Wednesday and that wouldn't of flattered them.

Horrific injury to a Scunny defender, he tried to kiss the post. Didn't look nice, our defender went down injured as well, Woody was okay to recover and carry on, unfortunately the game was stopped for 6/7 minutes with paramedics and the physio's / doctors helped the Scunny player who was then carried away ( presume to hospital ) he looked **** and in a right state. Lots of breathing equipment ect ect

Saw some extended highlights :) after a great tip home :p

United looked a lot better, thought it was a enjoyable game. All the United players played well, Berba looked good, as did Rooney. Nev's looked a little off pace, but he's old and isn't really first choice.

RE: Vidic was lucky, he clearly hit Roddy, Roddy's reaction was bad, but understandable. Webb did very well not to just send him off, he calmed the situation down well imo. Roddy clearly pulled out of the Foster "lunge" and Foster didn't make anything of it. Vidic, as many defenders do, got annoyed at the way Roddy went in (which he was entitled to imo) simples. That then lead to the raised hand by Vidic.
Just lucky that the ref didn't see it, Don't think he saw it and thought "it's United, can't send a player off".

Good win for Arsenal, How bitter was the Pompy manager ? :p
Arsenal look in good form, great flowing football going forward, Eboue and Eddy worked hard for Diaby's goals as rightly pointed out. Diaby was given two golden chances and took them.

Good win for Leicester and The Blunts (reading are a decent side).

@ Rotty ! Bramble has looked a different player since joining Wigan :p I think there is something going on ! ? does he have a twin ?
 
You see I think Liverpool, needed to improve the squad this season, maybe not the first 11, as that showed last season that it's more then capable of competing.

I just expected them to off load all the dead wood, (you have 57 players registered for the league iirc) and expected a half decent back up for Torres, some cover for the midfield and a new full back, and a winger.

Now you've done the last two in Johnson, who could play as a winger or at right back, and has looked very good going forward, he's not brilliant defensively, but he can only get better.

Alonso, meh, you forced him out and it was almost a no brainer that he could leave, you needed a better replacement then an injury prone player, added with the lack of squad improvement, meh.

I predicted a top 4 finish for them, not top two.

Liverpool will bounce back, it's what all great teams do. This isn't the end of the world.
 
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Agree with most of that actually. Although I think Aquilani will be a good signing and it's a shame he's not available now. Players like Voronin and Babel really have no place on our bench.
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I think it was unwise to replace a very consistent player with someone who is injury prone, although I can't help but feel Aquilani was a bit of a knee jerk, I feel if he can keep fit (big if) he could be a good player.

RE: Babal and Voronin, as I said, you needed to improve your squad, didn't do that. Rafa is awful in the transfer market, he needs to stop buying cheap foreign players, and invest in much better players.
 
The same fat man that took you to two European Cup finals, and to within a few points of winning the league last season.

Fans have very selective memories at times.

While I don't think Rafa is a great manager, nor do I think Liverpool are as good as people make them out to be, I don't write them off after 3 games.
 
I have never understood, and will never understand the idea that games at the end of the season are somehow worth more points.

You get 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, doesn't matter where abouts in the season you get them. If you want to win the League you need to win as many as you can, that includes the games at the start.
 
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