Prem Fixtures and Fittings

mike65

Saturday, 20 December 2008

Blackburn v Stoke, 15:00

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HOME
Bolton v Portsmouth, 15:00

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DRAW
Fulham v Middlesbrough, 15:00

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DRAW
Hull v Sunderland, 15:00

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HOME
West Ham v Aston Villa, 17:30

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AWAY

Sunday, 21 December 2008

Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:00

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DRAW
Newcastle v Tottenham, 15:00

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HOME
West Brom v Man City, 13:30

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AWAY

Monday, 22 December 2008

Everton v Chelsea, 20:00

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AWAY

Nalz

Saturday, 20 December 2008

Blackburn v Stoke, 15:00

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HOME
Bolton v Portsmouth, 15:00

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DRAW
Fulham v Middlesbrough, 15:00

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DRAW
Hull v Sunderland, 15:00

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HOME
West Ham v Aston Villa, 17:30

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DRAW

Sunday, 21 December 2008

Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:00

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AWAY
Newcastle v Tottenham, 15:00

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DRAW
West Brom v Man City, 13:30

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DRAW

Monday, 22 December 2008

Everton v Chelsea, 20:00

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AWAY

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Saturday, 20 December 2008

Blackburn v Stoke, 15:00

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Draw
Bolton v Portsmouth, 15:00

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Pompey
Fulham v Middlesbrough, 15:00

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Boro
Hull v Sunderland, 15:00

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COME ON HULL!!!
West Ham v Aston Villa, 17:30

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Villa

Sunday, 21 December 2008

Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:00

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L'Arse
Newcastle v Tottenham, 15:00

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Draw
West Brom v Man City, 13:30

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Draw

Monday, 22 December 2008

Everton v Chelsea, 20:00

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Chelsea

Nalz

Des wrote: »

COME ON HULL!!!

CUSTARD!!!!!!!

Podge2k7

Saturday, 20 December 2008

Blackburn v Stoke, 15:00

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HOME
Bolton v Portsmouth, 15:00

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HOME
Fulham v Middlesbrough, 15:00

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DRAW
Hull v Sunderland, 15:00

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HOME
West Ham v Aston Villa, 17:30

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AWAY

Sunday, 21 December 2008

Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:00

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AWAY (C'MON LIVERPOOL)
Newcastle v Tottenham, 15:00

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HOME
West Brom v Man City, 13:30

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AWAY

Monday, 22 December 2008

Everton v Chelsea, 20:00

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DRAW (HOPEFULLY)

wcarey1975

Saturday, 20 December 2008

Blackburn v Stoke, 15:00

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HOME
Bolton v Portsmouth, 15:00

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DRAW
Fulham v Middlesbrough, 15:00

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HOME
Hull v Sunderland, 15:00

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DRAW
West Ham v Aston Villa, 17:30

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HOME

Sunday, 21 December 2008

Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:00

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AWAY
Newcastle v Tottenham, 15:00

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AWAY
West Brom v Man City, 13:30

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AWAY

Monday, 22 December 2008

Everton v Chelsea, 20:00

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HOME

Xavi6

Can't decide which game to watch. They all look awful on paper.

invincibleirish

2-0 to Bolton after 3 minutes wtf?

Xavi6

Sunderland 1 up. :mad:

Cracker from Malbranque.

Unearthly

invincibleirish wrote: »

2-0 to Bolton after 3 minutes wtf?

Tony Adams is Pompey manager

make sense now?;)

Unearthly

Barmby!

1-1

Xavi6

Get in! Thata boy Nicky

GLaDOS

Blackburn 2-0 up, good start for big Sam

invincibleirish

Yeah Bolton were are all over Portsmouth, Adams went with 2 up front, and as i type nachoman scores a decent header.

2-1 to Bolton.

GLaDOS

Bloody 'ell, 7 goals from 3 games in 20 minutes or so

Exciting stuff!

herbieflowers

Blackburn 3 up, McCarthy gets his second

Xavi6

Somebody has new manager syndrome!

herbieflowers

yeah, if you think about it, it does make sense to get rid of your manager, cos you know the next one will have (at least) a one-game honeymoon period.

Take this a step further - once the honeymoon period has worn off, you sack that manager, bring in a new one until their honeymoon period wears off, etc. Thus, a relatively unblemished season, with over a dozen managers having managed your club.

Bullard has put Fulham in front.

OPENROAD

Fair play to Fulham, they are doing really well this season.

redout

Anyone else's Setanta running about a one second sound delay during the Hull v Sunderland game ?

mike65

Yep

OPENROAD

3-0 Come On Fulham!!

Xavi6

Absolute fluke for Sunderland

Xavi6

Absolute magic from Malbranque to set up Jones.

Unearthly

Man City will be in the bottom 3 now

lol!!!

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Unearthly wrote: »

Man City will be in the bottom 3 now

lol!!!

YOU FOOL!!

Don't you realise one of the nazi mods is a cITEH fan?

Banning for you for Xmas.

stick that in your lolpipe and smoke it.

Kinetic^

Nugent has been shocking for Portsmouth since he's come on. Defoe just isn't getting the service.

OPENROAD

4-1 Sunderland :eek:

Wouldn't like to be Triggs at the moment

mike65

WTF?????? You look away for a while and that happens.

Racing Flat

OPENROAD wrote: »

4-1 Sunderland :eek:

Wouldn't like to be Triggs at the moment

Keane's main critics pointed to the fact that he bought badly. I wonder do these wins with the players he bought suggest that he bought well, just couldn't get them to play for him...

jesus_thats_gre

Unearthly wrote: »

Man City will be in the bottom 3 now

lol!!!

You would have to wonder just how much pressure is Hughes under..

Xavi6

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

You would have to wonder just how much pressure is Hughes under..

A lot if rumours coming out of the club are to be believed.

jesus_thats_gre

Racing Flat wrote: »

Keane's main critics pointed to the fact that he bought badly. I wonder do these wins with the players he bought suggest that he bought well, just couldn't get them to play for him...

The second suggestion is far worse from Keane's perspective..

Racing Flat

I GuanYin wrote: »

A lot if rumours coming out of the club are to be believed.

Would you give him more time?

jesus_thats_gre

Racing Flat wrote: »

Would you give him more time?

I would be inclined to think that he deserves the opportunity to buy 2 or 3 defensively minded players in January and then see how he gets on then..

Xavi6

Racing Flat wrote: »

Would you give him more time?

I would yes, but not because of the results. Only because I'm sick of instability at the club.

Having said that it's a results based game and, apart from the Arsenal game, we haven't really had any for probably the last 2 months in the league.

Xavi6

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

I would be inclined to think that he deserves the opportunity to buy 2 or 3 defensively minded players in January and then see how he gets on then..

And a striker who knows where the net is.

Racing Flat

Keane, Ince, maybe Hughes.... people used to say you had to play the game to be a good manager, looks like some of the best players are finding it difficult. Maybe playing, but not being very good is a better grounding for being a good manager, after a playing career of always wondering and analyising why you are not getting picked, not playing well, perhaps not expecting too much from your players.

herbieflowers

I dunno, Hughes proved himself at both Wales and Blackburn as a manager. I think the other examples you gave are slightly different.

Charlie

I GuanYin wrote: »

A lot if rumours coming out of the club are to be believed.

I think the problem that Hughes, and the club in general, will have, is that no manager will be able to meet the expectations of the new owners, and perhaps even some of your own fans. The Top 4 will be very difficult for any team to penetrate, but if one team is to do it, I feel it will be Villa, and not City. That has taken years to put together for MON.

City will amass a collection of players, but I don't see them putting together a great team. Look at all the sh/te Chelsea picked up when they first got their lolly.

Chelsea essentially we're able to build on a great spine of Cudicini, Terry, and Lamps. City don't have that spine already there. Also, Chelsea we're already a Top 4 team, and based in a very fashionable part of London. Chuck in the wonga, and that can be attractive to alot of great players. Uefa Cup in the Eastlands I just don't see having the pulling power to bring in your Villas, Kakas, Arshavins, Buffons etc. And that's the problem. Without those players, City won't be able to close the massive gap that exists between the Big 4 and the rest.

mike65

As far as I can tell mediocre players make the best managers, good players make better no 2s.

Xavi6

The problems are actually nothing to do with the owners. It's the players who have an issue with him apparently.

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I GuanYin wrote: »

The problems are actually nothing to do with the owners. It's the players who have an issue with him apparently.

Well then the players should be got rid of.

No player should be allowed to run a club.

Xavi6

Des wrote: »

Well then the players should be got rid of.

No player should be allowed to run a club.

Agreed in principal yes.

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what do you mean "in principal"?

Xavi6

Des wrote: »

what do you mean "in principal"?

In principal no player/players should be bigger than the club, however there can be cases where the manager's incompetencies force the hand of the players to act and voice their discontent. Different circumstances.

eagle eye

Big Sam is the King. That is all.

jesus_thats_gre

mike65 wrote: »

As far as I can tell mediocre players make the best managers, good players make better no 2s.

There is a theory that the players that didn't make it or had their career cut short by injury used all those years that would have been spent playing studying the game.. Makes sense too - without thinking about it too much anyway..

mike65

So then Villa drag themselves across the line. Adds a little more spice to the games tomorow.

jesus_thats_gre

Puts major pressure on Arsenal.. Making me that bit more apprehensive about the match tomorrow now!!

mike65

I reckon Rafa will have a surprise for tomorrow.