Those interested in Saturday’s big four matchuips?
Tight round, but the turmoil at Stamford Bridge will put them down to Arsenal’s 2-0 onslaught. ManU has a better fight against the Reds but the result will be a draw; it’s only timing that will result in a 0-0, 1-1, or 2-2 end.
You want to talk about other matches? You start the discussion; the rest of us don’t care. Ok, we’ll PRETEND, but we don’t care.
Yep, there’s a few of us, not all of whom care all that much about the top of the Premiership.
We’re home to Scunthorpe today, which should be a rather one-sided affair. I’ll go for safety with 2-0.
And there’s some of us who do. 
I’m going to guess 1-1 for the Arsenal game, mainly because I don’t want to jinx it, plus we’re no longer on our streak. I am contractually obliged to say Liverpool will win, since half my family will beat me up if I don’t.
Oh, THAT football. 
Frightfully sorry, chaps. Carry on.
I tend to follow the matches with the Yanks involved. Fulham are televised today, on FSC, against Newcastle if I recall correctly. Everton and Blackburn both have American keepers, and Derby County has a decent player on a horrid side, but somehow he can’t find the field. Wigan and Watford both have Americans in defence.
But Yank having the best season abroad right now would probably have to be Michael Bradley, who scored a hattrick against Groenigen (sp?) last week to put Heerenveen two points off from the top of the Dutch table. He has 10 goals in all competitions right now, which is not bad at all considering he’s plays mainly a defensive midfield position.
I don’t care much about the top 4 right now, although I don’t mind seeing Chelsea lose, I guess. Might get a chance to watch some of the two matches tomorrow, unless they are held out for pay-for-view.
Haha. Having a US defender (Zak Whitbread) score for them didn’t save Millwall from a 2-3 home defeat to the mighty Oldham Athletic today. Initial reports are unclear as to whether the referee (two red cards, seven yellows) or our very own ex-con Lee Hughes (hat-trick) was the biggest villain of the piece.
Oh, right, Clint Dempsey is with Fulham now.
Up the Revs! Even former ones!
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OK, three points, but bloody hell did we make a meal of it. Defence? Huh? I’m not one to knock De Vos normally (unlike many), but he was the biggest culprit, standing in acres of green fields all by himself, watching pass after pass through to oh shit, there’s someone over there and they’re not blue. :rolleyes: And despite it being end-to-end, I think they only had one offside given against them, which shows how much we had stray players wandering around the bottom end of the pitch wondering where the ball was.
Counago was on fire, he’s great fun to watch, Danny Haynes was being played way out on the left which was no good, especially as they’d done their homework and knew he’s quick. Billy Clarke took them by surprise, though, happy to take on everyone, if he’d been brought on earlier he’d have surely got one in.
I had a great time watching Manchester City v. Bolton. Perfect example of how game flow can change so dramatically, and how hard work and attention to necessary tactical changes can rescue a team from a bad situation. And some really pretty goals in the process!
Swansea 3 Southend 0:
Depending on which manager you believe either Swansea controlled the game and could have a hatfull of goals or the referee was a one-eyed tosspot.
Managers are a unique breed, they never see any fouls their own players make yet never miss the times when they have been denied a free kick/penalty.
You mean they’re a unique breed, apart from every home supporter in the ground?
I’m amazed that neither managers from our match had a gripe about the officials. Scunthorpe’s second was after a linesman failed to call a ball which was at least a foot into touch. We even got a corner after a shot on an open goal went wide 