Premiership weekend fixtures

eagle eye

Saturday 31st January 2009

Stoke City v Manchester City 12:45 Britannia Stadium
Arsenal v West Ham United 15:00 Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic 15:00 Villa Park
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Reebok Stadium
Fulham v Portsmouth 15:00 Craven Cottage

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Draw
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion 15:00 Kingston Comms Stadium

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Draw
Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers 15:00 The Riverside Stadium
Manchester United v Everton 17:30 Old Trafford

Sunday 1st February 2009

Newcastle United v Sunderland 13:30 St. James' Park

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Draw
Liverpool v Chelsea 16:00 Anfield

ghouldaddy07

Stoke City v Manchester City 12:45 Britannia Stadium
Arsenal v West Ham United 15:00 Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic 15:00 Villa Park
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Reebok Stadium
Fulham v Portsmouth 15:00 Craven Cottage

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Draw
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion 15:00 Kingston Comms Stadium
Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers 15:00 The Riverside Stadium
Manchester United v Everton 17:30 Old Trafford



Newcastle United v Sunderland 13:30 St. James' Park

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Draw
Liverpool v Chelsea 16:00 Anfield---Draw

PHB

Stoke City v Manchester City - City
Arsenal v West Ham United - Arsenal
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic - Villa
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur - Spurs
Fulham v Portsmouth - Draw
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion - Hull
Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers - Draw
Manchester United v Everton - United

Newcastle United v Sunderland - Draw
Liverpool v Chelsea - Chelsea

IvySlayer

Stoke City 0 - 1 Manchester City
Arsenal 1 - 0 West Ham United
Aston Villa 2 - 1 Wigan Athletic
Bolton Wanderers 2 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham 0 - 0 Portsmouth
Hull City 2 -0 West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
Manchester United 2 - 0 Everton

Newcastle United 0 - 1 Sunderland - Clear favouritsm though :pac:
Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea

destroyer

Stoke City 2 - 0 Manchester City
Arsenal 1 - 1 West Ham United
Aston Villa 1 - 1 Wigan Athletic
Bolton Wanderers 0 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham 0 - 0 Portsmouth
Hull City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Blackburn Rovers
Manchester United 2 - 0 Everton

Newcastle United 1 - 1 Sunderland
Liverpool 1 - 1 Chelsea

eclectichoney

Stoke City v Manchester City - City
Arsenal v West Ham United - Draw
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic - Draw
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur - Spurs
Fulham v Portsmouth - Fulham
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion - Draw
Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers - Blackburn
Manchester United v Everton - Draw

Newcastle United v Sunderland - Draw
Liverpool v Chelsea - Draw

Bounty Hunter

ghouldaddy07 wrote: »

Stoke City v Manchester City 12:45 Britannia Stadium
Arsenal v West Ham United 15:00 Emirates Stadium
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic 15:00 Villa Park
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur 15:00 Reebok Stadium
Fulham v Portsmouth 15:00 Craven Cottage

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Draw
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion 15:00 Kingston Comms Stadium
Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers 15:00 The Riverside Stadium
Manchester United v Everton 17:30 Old Trafford



Newcastle United v Sunderland 13:30 St. James' Park

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Draw
Liverpool v Chelsea 16:00 Anfield---Draw

+1
what he said for me too

Xavi6

Stoke: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Pugh, Delap, Whelan, Amdy Faye, Etherington, Beattie, Fuller. Subs: Simonsen, Olofinjana, Cresswell, Lawrence, Griffin, Kitson, Sonko.

Man City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Onuoha, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, De Jong, Zabaleta, Ireland, Bellamy, Robinho. Subs: Schmeichel, Fernandes, Garrido, Elano, Caicedo, Jo, Vassell.

Delighted we've got the same team out as Wednesday.

eagle eye

Xavi6 wrote: »

Stoke: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Pugh, Delap, Whelan, Amdy Faye, Etherington, Beattie, Fuller. Subs: Simonsen, Olofinjana, Cresswell, Lawrence, Griffin, Kitson, Sonko.

Man City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Onuoha, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, De Jong, Zabaleta, Ireland, Bellamy, Robinho. Subs: Schmeichel, Fernandes, Garrido, Elano, Caicedo, Jo, Vassell.

Delighted we've got the same team out as Wednesday.

I expect this to be a slaughter. Cue special song for the occasion.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Couple of the lads are gone up there for the game. I really do think that Stoke have enough for this one, particularly if the warm weather dwellers are not up for it.

JPA

Any stream for Stoke- City?


got one: http://www.iraqgoals.com/en/ch4.html

Xavi6

Loads here -

http://rojadirecta.com/

jesus_thats_gre

Tis quite entertaining watching Stoke - when it isn't your team against them that is..

Xavi6

Entertaining? They're a bloody awful team. Set piece merchants with nothing else to offer.

Dave!

All the pressure has been on city so far, with the odd counter attack.

Xavi6

Shit that was some hit on Faye. Very nasty.

mike65

Delap - twonk! red card.

Mitch Connor

should have been some cards for City players there too.

Xavi6

Bye bye long throws!

What the hell was he at?

jesus_thats_gre

Xavi6 wrote: »

Entertaining? They're a bloody awful team. Set piece merchants with nothing else to offer.

Tis crap football but makes for entertaining tv...


As for the sending off, that was a joke.. SWP should be the one that was sent off with Delap getting a yellow card at most.

Mitch Connor

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Tis crap football but makes for entertaining tv...


As for the sending off, that was a joke.. SWP should be the one that was sent off with Delap getting a yellow card at most.

Nah - delap deserved the red - at least a yellow for the 'tackle' and a yellow for deliberately kicking the ball at SWP when the whistle had gone. SWP should have got a card for his kick at him and Richards could have got one for shoving delap.

Xavi6

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Tis crap football but makes for entertaining tv...


As for the sending off, that was a joke.. SWP should be the one that was sent off with Delap getting a yellow card at most.

You must be joking. First a chop from behind then violent conduct by lashin the ball at him. Course he had to go.

Yellow for SWP fair enough

Davey Devil

Andy Gray is such a tosser. "So he's not allowed kick the ball, is that what your saying?" Ian Darke says nothing. Darkey deserves a medal for sitting beside that idiot.

Mitch Connor

Davey Devil wrote: »

Andy Gray is such a tosser. "So he's not allowed kick the ball, is that what your saying?" Ian Darke says nothing. Darkey deserves a medal for sitting beside that idiot.

thought the same - stupid comment and argument from Gray.

IvySlayer

Don't kick out at other players.......

He overreacted and paid the price, but SWP should've gotten a yellow at least.

jesus_thats_gre

The first tackle was worthy of the yellow but all he done was kick the ball in the second part of it.. SWP's first tackle seemed to be showing full studs and then he actually kicked Delap after Delap hit the ball off of him..

I can see why Delap was sent off but I think it is harsh.. I do not see what SWP was not sent off however.

IvySlayer

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

The first tackle was worthy of the yellow but all he done was kick the ball in the second part of it.. SWP's first tackle seemed to be showing full studs and then he actually kicked Delap after Delap hit the ball off of him..

I can see why Delap was sent off but I think it is harsh.. I do not see what SWP was not sent off however.

He lashed out....Could've kicked his face.

Xavi6

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

The first tackle was worthy of the yellow but all he done was kick the ball deliberately at a player on the ground in the second part of it.. SWP's first tackle seemed to be showing full studs and then he actually kicked Delap after Delap hit the ball off of him..

I can see why Delap was sent off but I think it is harsh.. I do not see what SWP was not sent off however.

FYP

Mitch Connor

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

The first tackle was worthy of the yellow but all he done was kick the ball in the second part of it.. SWP's first tackle seemed to be showing full studs and then he actually kicked Delap after Delap hit the ball off of him..

I can see why Delap was sent off but I think it is harsh.. I do not see what SWP was not sent off however.

He deliberately kicked the ball at SWP after taking him down - its not like he was trying to clear the ball.

Necronomicon

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who face-palmed at Gray's comment.

They've still got long throws in them, just not freakishly long.

Dave!

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

The first tackle was worthy of the yellow but all he done was kick the ball in the second part of it.. SWP's first tackle seemed to be showing full studs and then he actually kicked Delap after Delap hit the ball off of him..

I can see why Delap was sent off but I think it is harsh.. I do not see what SWP was not sent off however.

Are you Andy Gray in disguise???

jesus_thats_gre

Xavi6 wrote: »

FYP

Haha.. While Gray's argument was overly simplistic, at the end of the day all that happened was that he kicked the ball and it hit SWP.. I think the referee handled it very poorly and shouldn't have sent Delap off.

In the immediate aftermath, SWP actually kicked out at Delap.. The rules of the game are as clear as day in cases like those and should, without doubt, have also been sent off..

ziggy

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Mitch Connor

Fantastic goal. Stoke 1 up.

jesus_thats_gre

Good goal!! 1 nil to Stoke..

Excellent header!!

whatawaster

Beattie 1-0. Go Stoke!

Mitch Connor

Lovely chip from Whelan, lovely cross from Etherington and a lovely header from Beattie.

Terrible defending from Bridge, really really bad.

Xavi6

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Haha.. While Gray's argument was overly simplistic, at the end of the day all that happened was that he kicked the ball and it hit SWP.. I think the referee handled it very poorly and shouldn't have sent Delap off.

Ah ffs are you seriously suggesting that he tried to hoof it into touch and 'accidently' hit SWP?


Bollix there's a goal

ziggy

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IvySlayer

Maybe Stoke can actually salvage something!

/will lay low to avoid banhammer of a furious mod

Jesus, Stoke are leading!:eek:

Xavi6

Typical City is alive and well

jesus_thats_gre

Xavi6 wrote: »

Ah ffs are you seriously suggesting that he tried to hoof it into touch and 'accidently' hit SWP?

I am not saying that. What I am saying is that at the end of the day, all that happened was that he kicked the ball and the ball hit SWP. There is every chance that he did intentionally do it but it is impossible to know. Gray's argument was overly simplistic but he still has the basis of a point. There is ambiguity there.

You still haven't acknowledged that SWP clearly kicked out at Delap and should have been sent off..

Dave!

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

I am not saying that. What I am saying is that at the end of the day, all that happened was that he kicked the ball and the ball hit SWP. There is every chance that he did intentionally do it but it is impossible to know. Gray's argument was overly simplistic but he still has the basis of a point. There is ambiguity there.

You still haven't acknowledged that SWP clearly kicked out at Delap and should have been sent off..

It was violent conduct ffs, you're flogging a dead horse

Good stuff Stoke, now let's see 9 men behind the ball!

Xavi6

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

I am not saying that. What I am saying is that at the end of the day, all that happened was that he kicked the ball and the ball hit SWP. There is every chance that he did intentionally do it but it is impossible to know. Gray's argument was overly simplistic but he still has the basis of a point. There is ambiguity there.

It's pretty obvious it was intentional, just like the kick to the back of the heel was but if you don't so then fair enough.

You still haven't acknowledged that SWP clearly kicked out at Delap and should have been sent off..

I did. I said he deserved a yellow at least, not for the initial tackle as all he got was the ball.

jesus_thats_gre

I just watched the replay there and the ball is actually alot closer to SWP than I originally thought - I thought it was a good foot or two away whereas it is virtually touching him. The sending off was fair.

Saying that, SWP defo should have been sent off.

eagle eye

Definite red card for Delap, I was shocked that he did that.
Stoke got away with murder in that half imo, it looked to me that Robinho was be fouled with and without the ball a lot, he overdid it a couple of times but he was certainly fouled four times that he got nothing for.
City have looked very dodgy at centre back.
A lot of overhit balls from City there in the first half, they will have it hard to break them down now with everyone guaranteed to be behind the ball for the remainder.
Still they are currently being robbed.
What do they do now though is the queston, I think Stoke look weak when City play down the left. I'd like to see SWP in the hole. Or maybe another striker on.

jaykay74

I've seen arguments that Ronaldo should have been sent off for similar to SWP. Its seems like petulant kicks are a yellow card offense these days

Xavi6

Ridiculous yellow card for Elano there. Never touched him

kingshankly

city look terrible,ireland wasting a lot of ball ,stoke will defend deep might take something special ,desperate defending by bridge for the goal

Raskolnikov

Stoke look to be cruising here.