The coming weekends premiership action

gosplan

It's an odd week in that there's a lot of really tough matches on.

One of the harder weekends to pick a winner I think.

BOL v LIV
CHE v AVL
CHA v ARS
EVE v MANC
SU v MID
WHAM v RDG
BLA v WIG
MANU v NEW
TOT v POR
WAT v FUL

I'd say Arsenal and Everton are my two first picks to win their games.

Bolton vrs Liverpool is a tough one. Liverpool are beginning a roll but Bolton at the Rebook is never easy.

An in-form Aston Villa vrs an out-of-form & coming back from Europe Chelsea?

The rock that is Portsmouth vrs a free scoring(:D ) Spurs?

Blackburn/Wigan

Sheffield/Boro

Really tough week to pick.

Mad Dog

gosplan wrote:

An in-form Aston Villa vrs an out-of-form & coming back from Europe Chelsea?

Please post some facts to back up this statement.

Is it the coming back from Europe part that you are basing this assumption on?

Nalz

yeah wtf an out of form Chelski?>?

Mad Dog

Results last 6 games;

Chelsea WWWWLW Pts 15 Position 1 Goals F 11 A 3

Villa WDDWWD Pts 12 Position 5 Goals F 8 A 3

MrJoeSoap

gosplan wrote:

The rock that is Portsmouth

That was disproved to an extent last night, beaten by a poor Bolton side who hadn't won away in almost 10 months.

mike65

Hold on a cotton-pickin' minute! Its not Friday afternoon and I did'nt start this thread!

Mike.

Mad Dog

mike65 wrote:

Hold on a cotton-pickin' minute! Its not Friday afternoon and I did'nt start this thread!

Mike.

I like it Mike

Xavi6

gosplan wrote:

I'd say Arsenal and Everton are my two first picks to win their games.

Everton are by no means a certainty. City are coming off the back of an excellent and comfortable win against West Ham. Samaras is finally playing in his preferred position and Miller and Richards have pace to burn on either side. I'm confident we can take a point, if not all three from Goodison.

gosplan

Jesus, you really have to watch what you say here don't you.

I simply ment that Villa are in their best for in a few years.

Chelsea while being ruthlessely efficient have yet to hit their top gear. They'll be playing mostly the same squad that plays tomorrow night and may find the going tough.

RElaxxxxxxxxxxx

gosplan

Anyway does anyone have any opinions on the matches other then those along the lines of 'Chelsea r gr8'

kinaldo

I'm really dreading Newcastle going to Old Trafford. Practically everyone I know just happens to support Man Utd.

county

mike65 wrote:

Hold on a cotton-pickin' minute! Its not Friday afternoon and I did'nt start this thread!

Mike.

yes this matter should be brought up at the next AGM,i mean PL predictions on the second page on a saturday morning:eek:

BOL v LIV/AWAY
CHE v AVL/AWAY
CHA v ARS/DRAW
EVE v MANC/HOME
SU v MID/DRAW
WHAM v RDG/AWAY
BLA v WIG/DRAW
MANU v NEW/HOME
TOT v POR/DRAW
WAT v FUL/HOME

kinaldo

BOL v LIV................DRAW
CHE v AVL...............HOME
CHA v ARS...............AWAY
EVE v MANC.............HOME
SU v MID.................DRAW
WHAM v RDG............HOME
BLA v WIG................HOME
MANU v NEW............AWAY
TOT v POR...............HOME
WAT v FUL...............DRAW

Up the TOON! I believe Keegan said it best actually: Honestly, I will luv it if we beat them, LUV IT!

Little-Devil

BOLTON v LIVERPOOL: DRAW
CHELSEA v ASTON VILLA: DRAW
CHARLTON v ARSENAL: AWAY
EVEERTON v MAN CITY: HOME
SHEFFIELD UNITED v MIDDLESBROUGH: AWAY
WEST-HAM v READING: HOME
BLACKBURN v WIGAN: HOME
MAN UTD v NEWCASTLE: HOME
TOTTENHAM v PORTSMOUTH: DRAW
WATFORD v FULHAM: AWAY

mike65

BOLTON v LIVERPOOL: AWAY
CHELSEA v ASTON VILLA: HOME
CHARLTON v ARSENAL: AWAY
EVERTON v MAN CITY: HOME
SHEFFIELD UNITED v MIDDLESBROUGH: DRAW
WEST-HAM v READING: AWAY
BLACKBURN v WIGAN: HOME
MAN UTD v NEWCASTLE: HOME
TOTTENHAM v PORTSMOUTH: DRAW
WATFORD v FULHAM: AWAY

Mike.

zAbbo

Bolton v Liverpool kicks off in 20mins

Liverpool

* 25 J Reina
* 03 S Finnan
* 04 S Hyypia
* 23 J Carragher
* 06 J Riise
* 16 J Pennant
* 22 M Sissoko
* 14 X Alonso
* 08 S Gerrard
* 18 D Kuyt
* 17 C Bellamy

Substitutes

* 01 J Dudek,
* 05 D Agger,
* 10 S Luis Garcia,
* 15 P Crouch,
* 32 B Zenden

mike65

---

Reina
Finnan--Carra---Hyypia---Riise
Pennant-Alonso-Sissoko-Gerrard

---

Bellamy-Kuyt

Only dodgy thing is Gerrard left.

Anyone got a stream?

Mike.

Rikand

Saturday, 30 September 2006

Bolton v Liverpool, 12:45 -- Away
Charlton v Arsenal, 15:00 -- Away
Chelsea v Aston Villa, 15:00 -- Home
Everton v Man City, 15:00 -- Home
Sheff Utd v Middlesbrough, 17:15 -- Draw

Sunday, 01 October 2006

Blackburn v Wigan, 15:00 -- Home
Man Utd v Newcastle, 15:00 -- Home
Tottenham v Portsmouth, 16:00 -- Away
West Ham v Reading, 14:00 -- Away

Monday, 02 October 2006

Watford v Fulham, 20:00 -- Home

MrJoeSoap

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mike65

Cant get any pic or sound yet it says its sreaming. Why don't the developers of these programmes write an English langauge version?

Mike.

mike65

Kuyt bleeding and off for repairs

Mike.

county

shocking decision by the linesman leads to a bolton goal

mike65

Five Live are certain Reina still had the ball as he crossed outside the area.

Five Live are backpedaling now. Linesman screwup.

Mike.

el rabitos

five live are blind. ripped off

county

mike65 wrote:

Five Live are certain Reina still had the ball as he crossed outside the area.

Mike.

no way did he, the ball was quite clearly out of his hands

Villain

Nope he throw the ball up in the air just before he crossed the line, he kicked it outside his area but he definitely released it from his hands before he left the area. Terrible decision!!!

Oh and Villa are going to beat Chelsea 2-1:D:D:D

Guy:Incognito

Just saw it on the replay there (missed the first 30 mins) what a disgraceful decision, he was looking right at it. I've seen a few keepers that did actually cross the line before throwing it up for the kick and it doesnt get given, it's like one of those ignoreable laws.

On another note, there seems to be a distinct lack of interest for the commentators on sky. Twice Liverpool have had good chances in the Bolton box and the lads just carry on their chit chat.


Diving git Anelka. Glad when nothing comes of a free from a dive.


Diouf showing what an upstanding player he is...........:rolleyes: Break his legs Momo

MrJoeSoap

Gary Speed, what a legend. His 750th appearance today, and has scored in every season of the Premiership. Great way to cap it.

county

1 nil at half time,i`ve a feeling there could be fireworks in the second half

Tusky

What a horrible side Bolton are. Bunch of diving fowling thugs. That decison which lead the goal is one of the worst I have seen this season, next time you watch it, take a look at the linesman, hes not even in line with the edge of the box. Terrible terrible decision.

Villain

Why do people have to resort to calling players thugs and wishing someone breaks their legs etc!

Surely people can be passionate about their team without this sort of crap?

Chardee MacDennis

will kuyt come back out? would like to see crouch...

Tusky

irish1 wrote:

Why do people have to resort to calling players thugs and wishing someone breaks their legs etc!

Surely people can be passionate about their team without this sort of crap?

I never said I wanted anyone to break their leg. Kuyt has 8 staples in his head which is gushing blood. They are diving at every opportunity and are only ahead because of an absolutely dreadful linesman decision. Hard not to be frustrated.

Ardent

Getting sick of the shocking standard of refereeing in this league. There should be a league for referees and linesman too, where muppets like that linesman pay for their incompetency.

Tusky

Good post by someone on another forum.

I just don't get it -- we are in the new millenium and we are still just using 3 pairs of human eyes to keep track of 22 guys and 1 ball. If you don't want to have technology to help the refs like NBA and NFL then it is fine, but in that case you will need plenty of refs to keep track of the lines, etc, like volleyball or tennis.

Just leaving so much rooms for dodgy refs and corrupted refs -- we are giving them too much excuses.

mike65

Kuyt off Crouch on.

Mike.

mike65

Fvck that. The linesman better have got that right.

Mike.

MrJoeSoap

Campo, good decision.

Villain

Pool look weak from crosses again, Campo makes it two nil.

Tusky I never said you made the break the leg comment it was another poster.

Guy:Incognito

Why do commentators always go on about crouch when liverpool get a corner. Has it completely escaped their collective notice that he's attrocious in the air?

mike65

Pennant off Luis Garcia on which is a good move.

Mie.

Guy:Incognito

Here we go, a ready made match winner. :rolleyes:

Why wait so long to get Gerrard out of a ridiculous left wing position (if thats what he's doing).

Guy:Incognito

Right Bellamy is crap, and thats the official line I'm taking. He did nothing with that ball. As soon as he started his little touch in front of himself shimmy, I stopped expecting a goal. I could have got a better shot off sitting here in my chair. He spends most of his time letting players get close to him, flinging himself on the ground and whinging at refs.

redspider

Bad day at the office for Liverpool, 2-0 down away to Bolton, about 15 mins left.

The first goal, came for a free kick. Controversially given against Reina. It was not an obvious violation so I think the Ref's panel will have a look at it. But that cant change the decision. What was more dissapointing for Liverpool was that Reina made a very poor attempt at saving the free-kick.

Liverpool were creating the most chances. They had hit the post earlier from Alonso. The set-up seemed to be better than in mid-week, less risky anyway, especially on the left hand-side, with Gerrard there and Riise and of course Sissoko back in the centre.

The 2nd goal was a valid one, over the line by at least a foot and maybe 2. A header from Campo but he should have been marked better. Not sure if Reina could be blamed for it but the header was from close range although central.

Liverpool are trying but I dont think the have the mental resolve to fight back, so this is looking like a loss.

11 mins left now ....

Redspider

MrJoeSoap

Tusky wrote:

What a horrible side Bolton are. Bunch of diving fowling thugs.

Woah there, seem to remember Sissoko having a little dive himself on Wednesday night.

Bounty Hunter

Saturday, 30 September 2006
Bolton v Liverpool, 12:45 -- too late
Charlton v Arsenal, 15:00 -- Away
Chelsea v Aston Villa, 15:00 -- Draw
Everton v Man City, 15:00 -- Home
Sheff Utd v Middlesbrough, 17:15 -- Away

Sunday, 01 October 2006

Blackburn v Wigan, 15:00 -- Home
Man Utd v Newcastle, 15:00 -- Home
Tottenham v Portsmouth, 16:00 -- Draw
West Ham v Reading, 14:00 -- Away

Monday, 02 October 2006

Watford v Fulham, 20:00 -- Draw

mike65

Wimbolton, the fact they are now 2nd is an indictment of some sort.

Mike.

Chardee MacDennis

does anyone notice kuyt and bellamy are consistently getting in each others way, they make the same runs the whole time.

also rotation policy is not working look at riise - i have never seen him so shakey, also what do the strikers need to do to get a consistent run in the team and what must gonzalez be thinking - not even on the bench today. the rotation system is doing nothing for our consistency and confidence.

and why change from 4-4-2 to 4-5-1 and back it just seems so unorganised compared to last season and bellamy is not a left winger we have 2 of them why not use them.

el rabitos

gonzalez is injured

mike65

I don't like the rotation but can anyone stop Rafa? You have to keep a core of players for every game.

Mike.

A Dub in Glasgo

Well done to Bolton, 2 good goals