Saturday's matches - thriller showdon.(merged)

Aquos76

SATURDAY
12.45 PPV
Wigan v Liverpool draw
15.00
Arsenal v Bolton Away
Aston Villa v Newcastle Home
Everton v Blackburn Home
Fulham v West Brom Home
Middlesbrough v Chelsea (Setanta) Away
17.15
Portsmouth v Man Utd Away

SUNDAY 13.30 SS1
Sunderland v Tottenham Away
16.00 SS1
Man City v Charlton Draw

MONDAY 20.00 SS1
West Ham v Birmingham Home


Aquos

Sandals

12:45 Wigan (14/5) Vs. Liverpool (19/20) Draw (9/4)
15:00 Arsenal (1/2) Vs. Bolton (11/2) Draw (14/5)
15:00 Aston Villa (11/10) Vs. Newcastle United (12/5) Draw (9/4)
15:00 Everton (5/4) Vs. Blackburn (21/10) Draw (11/5)
15:00 Fulham (5/6) Vs. WBA (100/30) Draw (9/4)
15:00 Middlesbrough (15/2) Vs. Chelsea (2/5) Draw (3/1)
17:15 Portsmouth (11/2) Vs. Manchester United (1/2) Draw (14/5)

Teams in red I predict to win.
For Portsmouth I think they are in with a good shout, and worth a bet for 11/2;
Fulham look a dead cert and are on aroll, that's where the week's wages will go.


Team News

• Wigan Vs. Liverpool

Gerrard has recovered form injury, Crouch is suffering a slight heel injury and so Fowler could take his place.Garcia and Warnock are also out.
Jason Roberts serves the second of a three-match suspension, David Connolly and Lee McCulloch are injured, while on-loan Neil Mellor is ineligible as he cannot play against his current employers.
Henri Camara may return from African Nations Cup duty. Pascal Chimbonda misses his first league game through suspension.

• Arsenal Vs. Bolton

El-Hadji Diouf, Abdoulaye Faye, Jay-Jay Okocha and Radhi Jaidi are all returning from Egypt.
Kevin Davies is facing a late fitness test on an ankle problem while Khalilou Fadiga, Ivan Campo, Gary Speed and Henrik Pedersen are all ruled out through injury.
Ashley Cole (thigh), Gael Clichy (foot), Pascal Cygan (hamstring), Lauren (knee), Kerrea Gilbert (back) are all continuing to receive treatment, while Emmanuel Eboue and Kolo Toure are both still on African Nations Cup duty.
Midfielder Freddie Ljungberg returns to the squad, but Robin van Persie (toe) will again be rested and Theo Walcott (shoulder) is also out.and of course Cambell is out.

• Aston Villa Vs. Newcastle

fender Craig Moore returned from his hamstring injury for the reserves on Thursday night, but the game could come too soon for him, while Michael Owen (foot), Steven Taylor (shoulder) and Stephen Carr (hernia) are all still out and Amady Faye is yet to return from the African Nations Cup.

Aston Villa are without midfielders Gavin McCann and James Milner for the home clash.

• Everton Vs. Blackburn

Blackburn striker Craig Bellamy is set to return to the team to face Everton on Saturday after a month-long absence because of a hamstring injury.
Midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen is facing a late fitness test ahead of the match at Goodison Park after suffering a knee problem in training.
Apart from Wright's absence, Everton are also without number one Nigel Martyn as he recovers from a minor ankle injury.

Everton will make a late decision on striker James Beattie, who came off at the break at Stamford Bridge with a calf problem. Leon Osman should have recovered from a groin injury to face Rovers, while Alan Stubbs returns after being cup tied.

• Fulham Vs. WBA

Fulham defender Moritz Volz is set for his first appearance since puncturing a lung in early December as Liam Rosenior is suspended for the visit of West Brom.

Midfielder Sylvain Legwinski is back in contention following an ankle injury, but Michael Brown and Simon Elliott (both hamstring) are doubts at a time when Papa Bouba Diop is still away on African Nations Cup duty.

Long-term absentees Mark Pembridge (knee) and Phillippe Christanval (ankle) are back in training but neither will be considered for Saturday's game.

West Brom left-back Paul Robinson is suspended for the clash after collecting five bookings.

Robinson's obvious deputy Steve Watson is still struggling with a groin problem, so manager Bryan Robson faces a defensive reshuffle. He could move central defender Neil Clement to left-back and hand a debut to the Uruguayan centre-back Williams Martinez after his arrival on loan from Defensor.

Albion are still without the injured Zoltan Gera and Thomas Gaardsoe, who have groin problems, while Kanu and Diomansy Kamara are on their way back from the African Nations Cup.

• Middlesborough Vs. Chelsea

Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho will recall rested goalkeeper Petr Cech along with defender Ricardo Carvalho and midfielder Claude Makelele for the trip to Barclays Premiership strugglers Middlesbrough.

All three were left out of the midweek FA Cup fourth round replay win over Everton.

On the injury front, Damien Duff will miss out because of his continuing Achilles problem while Paulo Ferreira remains doubtful because of a thigh muscle strain.

Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng returns to the squad for the first time since December 21.

The 30-year-old has missed his side's last 11 games - of which they have won just three - with an ankle ligament injury, although he is unlikely to start against the reigning champions.

England winger Stewart Downing, who missed the FA Cup fourth-round replay victory over Coventry with a virus, also returns, as does James Morrison (knee). Franck Queudrue (knee), Lee Cattermole and Ugo Ehiogu (both hamstring) and Ray Parlour (ankle) are still out.

• Portsmouth Vs. Man United

Striker Lomana Lualua is ready to return for Portsmouth after missing four games while on African Nations Cup duty and will face Manchester United at Fratton Park just a week after being told of the death of his baby son.

He and £4.4million Zimbabwe forward Benjani Mwaruwari will lead the attack, supported by Argentinian loan-signing Andres D'Alessandro.

Noe Pamarot, fit again after hamstring trouble, could start in defence but former Tottenham team-mate Wayne Routledge may be relegated to the substitutes' bench and Dejan Stefanovic looks set to miss the rest of the season after an ankle operation. .

Manchester United have a virtually fully-fit squad for the clash.

Aside from long-term absentees Gabriel Heinze, Quinton Fortune and Paul Scholes, plus John O'Shea - who is expected to be back from fractured ribs within a fortnight - Sir Alex Ferguson has all his senior players available now Ryan Giggs has recovered from a hamstring injury.

Having lost on their last two visits to Fratton Park, United are eager to gain a victory on the south coast which would cement their position in second spot behind runaway leaders Chelsea.

ziggy

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fade2black

There was already a thread started for saturday's games. Pay attention will ya.

ziggy

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fade2black

Well if the dude posted all that out then I have to applaud him and offer my apologies. I presumed it was a copy and paste job.

eyerer

you bet your whole weeks wages?
fair play.

i think everton and villa will get something from their games, hope liverpool win and am interested in the outcome of arsenal vs bolton.
bolton tend to do well against them, arsenal have home advantage and there is real competition for league position...interesting

Sandals

fade2black wrote:

Well if the dude posted all that out then I have to applaud him and offer my apologies. I presumed it was a copy and paste job.

thanks man,

sorry I didn't see other thread.

fade2black

Well done bud, fair play to ya. Hope it all goes to plan.

Roddy23

SATURDAY
12.45 PPV Wigan v Liverpool, Draw
15.00
Arsenal v Bolton Arsenal
Aston Villa v Newcastle Draw
Everton v Blackburn Draw
Fulham v West Brom Home
Middlesbrough v Chelsea (Setanta) Away
17.15
Portsmouth v Man Utd Away

SUNDAY 13.30 SS1
Sunderland v Tottenham Draw
16.00 SS1
Man City v Charlton Charlton

MONDAY 20.00 SS1
West Ham v Birmingham Home

mike65

So which thread is the match day thread?

I'm too depressed to make any predictions!

Okay Wigan 2-1 Liverpool.

Sighs.

Mike.

zAbbo

11 goals for Liverpool in the last 3 wigan games, I'm going for 3-1 Liverpool, Fowler *not* to score, He's saving that for Arsenal on tuesday, he only needs 5 minutes anyway - and I'll be in the kop

mike65

It looks like Wigan won't have a first choice striker with Camera not back from Egypt and everyone else injured, suspended or ineligable. Add Liverpools
misfiring frontline and it could be quiet, very quiet.

Mike.

Aquos76

Whats the point in having two threads open on the same topic. I opened one last night and this one seems to be the more active. Maybe a mod could merge them or else delete one.

mike65

Copy and paste your post over.

Mike.

Aquos76

I coundn't be bothered. I'll continue with the other one, as thats the format which is used every week.

mike65

Liverpool line up

Robbie Fowler starts, Gerrard back. Its a win then!

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dudek
finnan hyppia carra riise
gerrard hamann alonso kewell
----morientes--fowler

Wigan

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pollit,
jackson, henchoz, de zeeuw, ziegler
teale bullard, kavanagh, thompson,

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johansson,scharner

Mike.

Roddy23

How do you go about Merging them together.

Aquos76

Liverpool lineup to play wigan

dudek,finnan,hyppia,carra,riise,gerrard,hamann,alonso,kewell,morientes,fowler

And the wigan Line up

pollit,jackson, henchoz,de zeeuw, ziegler, teale,bullard, kavanagh, thompson, johansson, scharner

The Insider

Team news for Liverpool.

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Dudek

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Finnan--Carragher--Hypia--Rise

Gerrard--Alonso--Hanman--Kewell

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Fowler

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Morientas----

fade2black

Will be interesting to see if Liverpool's poor run will continue. And also whether fowler will make any impression on his 2nd Liverpool debut.

I think it will be a draw anyway.

mike65

Roddy23 wrote:

How do you go about Merging them together.

Only a forum mod can do that

Mike.

Roddy23

got ye

Rikand

SATURDAY
12.45 PPV
Wigan v Liverpool Draw
15.00
Arsenal v Bolton Home
Aston Villa v Newcastle Home
Everton v Blackburn Draw
Fulham v West Brom Home
Middlesbrough v Chelsea (Setanta) Away
17.15
Portsmouth v Man Utd Away

SUNDAY 13.30 SS1
Sunderland v Tottenham Away
16.00 SS1
Man City v Charlton Home

MONDAY 20.00 SS1
West Ham v Birmingham Home

Tusky

Liverpol looking good, attacking well in the opening 15 minutes....but dont they always

KdjaCL

Fowler to score 1st Wigan to win and im going out tonight, Tusky answer your damn phone


kdjac

Sandals

KdjaC wrote:

Fowler to score 1st Wigan to win and im going out tonight, Tusky answer your damn phone


kdjac

if that happens I'll send you a post-dated check for €1,000

mike65

Hyypia scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes. And to think I wanted Agger on!

Mike.

galwaydude

Come on liverpool!!!

HashSlinging

Mike is there a stream anywhere?

Tusky

1-0 Hyypia!!! woooo

PiE

PPLive:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pplive.com%2Fweb%2Fhtml%2Fnewversion_pCatalog_tPMwOAMQ_subcatalog_zOU00zKg0.html&langpair=zh-CN%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Wuhan sports is working well for me.

Lemlin

Tusky wrote:

1-0 Hypia!!! woooo

And an assist from Carragher I hear. Sounds like a strange enough goal with two defenders combining for 'Pool.

Rikand

PiE wrote:

PPLive:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pplive.com%2Fweb%2Fhtml%2Fnewversion_pCatalog_tPMwOAMQ_subcatalog_zOU00zKg0.html&langpair=zh-CN%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Wuhan sports is working well for me.

that stuff never works for me

HashSlinging

PiE wrote:

PPLive:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pplive.com%2Fweb%2Fhtml%2Fnewversion_pCatalog_tPMwOAMQ_subcatalog_zOU00zKg0.html&langpair=zh-CN%7Cen&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

Wuhan sports is working well for me.

nice one! watching now.

mike65

Ah Mori should have scored.

Mike.

PiE

Rickylovesuall wrote:

that stuff never works for me

First time it's ever worked well for me!

Tusky

mike65 wrote:

Ah Mori should have scored.

Mike.

aye..hit it right at the keeper. Liverpool are all over Wigan though.

mike65

Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Hyypia OG...
















nearly!

Mike.

mike65

Kronkamp coming on for Robbie Fowler. Looks like Gerrard will support Mori.

Mike.

MrJoeSoap

First half highlights from Liverpool game:

90 seconds, 9mb's, DivX file.

http://rapidshare.de/files/13025909/VID0000_EDIT0000.divx.html

Fowler off, Kronkamp on.

MrJoeSoap

Gary Teale has looked excellent today, a real old-fashioned winger. Takes people on and beats them with pace, and has whipped in some excellent crosses.

mike65

Stadium record - 25,000 today. Pool seem to be looking to just play out time and not expend any more energy than required.

Mike.

digiman

Gamst Pederson is out for Blackburn, not good for my Fantasy league Team at all.

Lemlin

Blackburn are without MGP today. He failed a late fitness test. Pongelle is getting a start so here's his chance to prove me wrong, hopefulyl he will and I know Liverpool supporters would like to see him score against Everton too. He's being started ahead of Kuqi in attack. Bentley will play left wing and Tugay is rested.

I'd imagine Pongelle has known he'd be starting all week, especially after his comments about not getting a chance under Benitez on Thursday night.

Edit: Digiman, he'll be back for Wednesday night.

gimmick

^ Shít. Ive just brought him in

Liverpool game wasnt too good. Came to life for a while, though Liverpool desrvedly won. Thought Gerrard and Alonso were woeful, but I assume thats down to Gerrard carying a knock.

Lemlin

gimmick wrote:

^ Shít. Ive just brought him in

Liverpool game wasnt too good. Came to life for a while, though Liverpool desrvedly won. Thought Gerrard and Alonso were woeful, but I assume thats down to Gerrard carying a knock.

He'll be back for Sunderland Wednesday night. He's a good buy anyway. Guaranteed goals and assists.

mike65

Boro 1 Chelsea 0 :eek:

Mike.

Lemlin

Newcastle and Fulham 1-0 up too. Ameobi and Helguson.Bolton 1-0 up against Arsenal (Nolan) and Moore equalises for Villa. Quite a few early goals today.

Rollo Tamasi

lads i know it was said already but does anyone have an audio stream for this.
that link that was posted earlier is a non starter in lane 5 for me.

Aquos76

Arsenal 0 Bolton 1
Villa 1 Newcastle 1
Everton 0 Blackburn 0
Boro 1 Chelsea 0
Fulham 1 WBA 0

All halfway through first half.