Premier League Fixtures 10th/11th January

Wreck

Can't see a thread for this weekend so I'll stick one up

Saturday, 10 January 2009

Arsenal v Bolton, 15:00 Home
Aston Villa v West Brom, 12:45 Home
Everton v Hull, 15:00 Home
Fulham v Blackburn, 15:00 Draw
Middlesbrough v Sunderland, 15:00 Draw
Newcastle v West Ham, 15:00 Home
Portsmouth v Man City, 15:00 Draw
Stoke v Liverpool, 17:30 Away

Sunday, 11 January 2009

Man Utd v Chelsea, 16:00 Home
Wigan v Tottenham, 13:30 Away

Dave!

Saturday, 10 January 2009

Arsenal v Bolton, 15:00 Draw
Aston Villa v West Brom, 12:45 Home
Everton v Hull, 15:00 Home
Fulham v Blackburn, 15:00 Home
Middlesbrough v Sunderland, 15:00 Draw
Newcastle v West Ham, 15:00 Away
Portsmouth v Man City, 15:00 Draw (really can't tell whether City are gonna be hot or cold from week to week...)
Stoke v Liverpool, 17:30 Away

Sunday, 11 January 2009

Man Utd v Chelsea, 16:00 Home (please )
Wigan v Tottenham, 13:30 Away



I've backed a Villa/L'Pool double @ evens, here's hoping!

mayordenis

Saturday, 10 January 2009

Arsenal v Bolton, 15:00 Home Setanta Ireland
Aston Villa v West Brom, 12:45 Home Sky Sports 1
Everton v Hull, 15:00 Home
Fulham v Blackburn, 15:00 Draw
Middlesbrough v Sunderland, 15:00 Draw
Newcastle v West Ham, 15:00 Home
Portsmouth v Man City, 15:00 Draw
Stoke v Liverpool, 17:30 Away Setanta Ireland + Setanta 1

Sunday, 11 January 2009

Man Utd v Chelsea, 16:00 Home Sky Sports 1
Wigan v Tottenham, 13:30 Away Sky Sports 1

afaik

mike65

Arsenal v Bolton, 15:00

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HOME
Aston Villa v West Brom, 12:45

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HOME
Everton v Hull, 15:00

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HOME
Fulham v Blackburn, 15:00

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DRAW
Middlesbrough v Sunderland, 15:00--- DRAW
Newcastle v West Ham, 15:00

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AWAY
Portsmouth v Man City, 15:00

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DRAW
Stoke v Liverpool, 17:30

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AWAY

Sunday, 11 January 2009

Man Utd v Chelsea, 16:00

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DOUBLE LOSE! (draw)
Wigan v Tottenham, 13:30

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AWAY

Mr Alan

i prefered mikes one.

Xavi6

9 o'clock pitch inspection at fratton Park because the pitch is frozen and they for some reason don't have undersoil heating :rolleyes:

Dave!

Just send someone round with a hairdryer, it'll be grand

Xavi6

Just confirmed that the game is OFF.

Quite happy really - no Ireland, no SWP and Robinho is crocked. Lovely.

Bounty Hunter

1-0 Villa, Davies scores against the side who he used to captain but now gets bood by

Necronomicon

Oh dear Carson.

KevIRL

Fulham v Blackburn off

Bounty Hunter

Gabby makes it 2-0 through Carsons legs

JPA

C'mon Villa!!!!
Carson is sh1t.


Villa will score 5.

roryc

Xavi6 wrote: »

Just confirmed that the game is OFF.

Quite happy really - no Ireland, no SWP and Robinho is crocked. Lovely.

Will Ireland's suspension carry on to the next game?

JPA

roryc wrote: »

Will Ireland's suspension carry on to the next game?

Definitely. City playing Wigan next week.

Dave!

FT Villa 2-1 WBA

Got a bit hairy at the end! :eek: I'll have to take another look at Young's tackle (no jokes please), but that's the kind of tackle that so often leads to penalties and angry managers

COME ON LIVERPOOL!

DenMan

2-1 to the Villa, FT result. They are up to third now. Great for them, not great for me. Come on Arsenal.

JPA

Villa scraped it alright and hung on.
We've been doing that an awful lot.

jesus_thats_gre

Twas defo a penalty for WBA at the end of that match.

blindpilot

Everton up 1-0 (Fellaini). Newcastle West Ham 1-1 (Owen, Bellamy) so far.

mike65

Hammers equalise.

Some of the floodlights have gone out at the Emerates, anyone got 50p?

Xavi6

Jeez they're all out to impress City today - first Owen scores then Ballamy equalises from a Parker assist. Now all we need is a Given wonder save!

blindpilot

Everton 2-0 (Arteta). Boro 1-0 up (Alves)

mike65

Clearly Moyes has discovered the secret to success.

mormank

nebody got a link to the newki game?? my channel on tvu just went down saying this channel was not available in my area...

Xavi6

Yeah my tvu went down as well, and my ustream followed suit soon after. Can't get it anywhere at the mo.

EDIT: Just saw Arteta's goal. Absolute belter of a free kick :eek:

mormank

so its just oz its not workin in then...is ur location or whatever correct?? do u go back to ireland in 4 weeks??

Xavi6

It seems to have gone down for everyone judging by the comments alongside the screen.

Just heading home for a three week holiday then back over.

mike65

West Ham are running riot (well by thier standards)

mormank

Xavi6 wrote: »

It seems to have gone down for everyone judging by the comments alongside the screen.

Just heading home for a three week holiday then back over.

it wont be fun back there right now im sure. all my mates have told me its nothing but doom and gloom...

i realise you wont have a definite answer but do you reckon itll be back up in time for the pool game?? if not its a 30 minute trek into the city at 4 in the morning to watch the pool game...:eek:

Xavi6

I honestly haven't a breeze. There should be a ustream of iraqgoals link going if not. Won't be here myself and I need an early night for preseason tomorrow

EDIT: If you're bored go to Channel 73353 on tvu

mormank

thanks xavi!! tbh im more nervous about missing out in watchin the game than the result...

Villain

The refs must think Villa have broken into the top 4 because we are starting to get some decisions go our way like the peno incident

ctrl-alt-delete

Dissapointed to see the games called off today,

I was under the impression you had to have some sort of measure in place to prevent such a situation under Premier League rules, but apparantly not.

It should be mandatory in my opinion, am not sure how much it would cost to implement a system but maybe a grant should be given if its huge - but you'd expect the money made from being in the league would cover it.

Man city and Blackburn fans travelled a very long way today to get to these games and for nothing? the players and staff get paid at least and im sure the ref and his team would still get a full wage for the day.

Heard a manager in Scotland saying that the Sfa should look into the possibility of more summer football up there -

Im not saying this should be the case in England, especially given the more northern position of Scotland weather wise, but for a league that likes to call itself the best in the world, for 2 games to be called off due to the weather is a bit of a shambles.

Xavi6

You do have to have something in place - undersoil heating.

Apparently Portsmouth ground staff knew midweek that the game wouldn't go ahead due to the inadequate facilities but it was still dragged out.

They should be fined heavily for this.

ctrl-alt-delete

Xavi6 wrote: »

You do have to have something in place - undersoil heating.

Apparently Portsmouth ground staff knew midweek that the game wouldn't go ahead due to the inadequate facilities but it was still dragged out.

They should be fined heavily for this.

Fulham don't have an undersoil heating system according to whatever radio station i was listening to earlier, rte im sure,

the reporter put the question on whether it should be made mandatory to Roy Hodgson and Big Sam - Hodgson said he didnt want to comment on it, and Big Sam said he thought there was a ruling and that he was dissapointed especially for the fans,

I agree both teams should be fined heavily for this.

Xavi6

From THREE years ago -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4573244.stm

Bolton & Blackburn in pitch probe

The Premier League is to hold an investigation into the failure of the undersoil heating at Bolton and Blackburn last week.

Both matches were postponed because of frozen pitches.

"This is a prestigious competition. We can't have games called off," Premier League spokesman Dan Johnson told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek.

"It's not fair on fans or other teams and we'll be looking into the reasons their undersoil heating failed."

The Premier League said the postponements were unacceptable in such a high-profile competition.

"We'll be asking for an explanation - undersoil heating is a specific rule in the Premiership so we can get the games played during bad weather," added Johnson.

Meanwhile, the Premier League blamed the planned end-of-season break for the problems with the Christmas fixture list.

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has asked for a four-week break to prepare his players for the 2006 World Cup.

Several Premiership clubs were angry at the unsympathetic fixture schedule over the Christmas period.

"We had to shoehorn an extra fixture into the packed Christmas period," said Johnson.

"It was something Sven-Goran Eriksson and the FA were very insistent on and it was very difficult to facilitate."

Charlton's match against Newcastle on Wednesday was called off only 25 minutes before kick-off, meaning the players and fans had a wasted 600-mile round trip three days after Christmas.

Consequently, Sports Minister Richard Caborn has asked for a review of the way fixtures are arranged.

"We do take geographical considerations into account and we work very hard to do that," added Johnson.

"We have a fixtures working party, which involves the Football League, the Football Association, the police and fans' groups.

"Perhaps in the case of Charlton they got it slightly wrong and we'll be looking to make sure that's not repeated next season."

So basically the FA knew this would happen and did fuck all about it.

ctrl-alt-delete

Xavi6 wrote: »

From THREE years ago -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4573244.stm




So basically the FA knew this would happen and did fuck all about it.

Good find, thanks

So it is a rule and Blackburn have been on the other end themselves before.

Suppose they are about as usefull as our own crowd over here so?

~Rebel~

10mins left in Wigan V Spurs, could be an interesting ending though. Spurs have used all 3 subs, but Gomes is in bits in goal, can barely walk. If Wigan can get some posession in Spurs half they should be shooting from everywhere.

~Rebel~

Looks like Wigan have the winner anyway, great header in injury time from Figeroa

ctrl-alt-delete

Great Header to win it for Wigan, I know Gomes was injured but if he hadnt have been out pushing into Heskey he might have been on his line for the header.

Wigan look a very well organised side, great effort from all the team no matter what area of the pitch it is - What you'd expect from a Bruce side i suppose.

I think they are the most in form team now, 18/21 points in their last 7 games.

Spurs still stuck in trouble, has the Harry effect wore off?

whatawaster

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Great Header to win it for Wigan, I know Gomes was injured but if he hadnt have been out pushing into Heskey he might have been on his line for the header.

Wigan look a very well organised side, great effort from all the team no matter what area of the pitch it is - What you'd expect from a Bruce side i suppose.

I think they are the most in form team now, 18/21 points in their last 7 games.

Spurs still stuck in trouble, has the Harry effect wore off?

I think the Harry effect is a myth, and he is something of a fraud.

Villain

Yep Harry had the usual lift when a new manager comes in but that effect has well worn off now still in trouble too

Villain

Interesting stat:

The points totals for our 3 most recent managers in their first 12 games is :-

1. Martin Jol's opening 12 games yielded 20 pts
2. Juande Ramos opening 12 games yielded 20 pts
3. Harry Redknapp opening 12 games yielded 18 pts

JPA

whatawaster wrote: »

I think the Harry effect is a myth, and he is something of a fraud.

Fraudster?

mike65

I want to big up Wigwam, a very small team in a small town that prays to the great gods of rugby league. Bruce gets plenty of stick but he could be on for manager of the season the way things are going (except that even if they finished 5th he wouldn't get that honour of course)

whatawaster

mike65 wrote: »

I want to big up Wigwam, a very small team in a small town that prays to the great gods of rugby league. Bruce gets plenty of stick but he could be on for manager of the season the way things are going (except that even if they finished 5th he wouldn't get that honour of course)

+1. He's a fantastic manager. His team play pretty good football, he's excellent in the transfer market and he's made Bramble look decent.

Him and Hodgson to fight it out for manager of the year.

mike65

whatawaster wrote: »

and he's made Bramble look decent.

There can be no higher praise!

Hodgson indeed showing why he wasn't short of work for the last 35 years.