Premier League Week 7

Saturday:

Man City v Sunderland - 12:45

Chelsea v Norwich
Swansea v Reading
WBA v QPR
Wigan v Everton

West Ham v Arsenal. - 5:30

Sunday's games:

Southampton v Fulham - 1:30
Liverpool v Stoke - 3:00
Spurs v Villa - 3:00
Newcastle v Man Utd - 4:00

Expect a difficult match at Upton Park - hopefully Mertsacker will be back to restore defensive organisation and to deal with Carroll. Midfield's a problem as Coquelin looked to have picked up a knock in the Olympiakos match. Would like to see Giroud start, but I expect Gervinho will get the nod. We'd got the measure of Allardyces' teams in the last few seasons but would take a draw here.

Mannone

Jenkinson-Mert - Verm - Gibbs

AOC-Coquelin-Arteta

Cazorla

Gervinho Poldi

When have we ever played a 4-3-1-2?! It will be a 4-2-3-1 as per usual. I hope Giroud comes in for Ox and Mert for Verm, most probably be Kos though.

This team:
Mannone
Jenks Mert Kos/Verm Gibbs
Coquelin Arteta
Gervais Giroud Poldi

Citeh finally hitting some form, Blah blah blah... MON is a DISGRACE

This board is the opposite of alive.

Goals absolutely FLYING in this afternoon Jeff! Like the proverbial moth to a flame.

Can somebody please explain to me why Chelsea are being captained by a banned player today?

Captain. Leader. Legend. User of racist language in an insulting manner.

He's Ashley Cole, he'll tweet what he wants!

Chelsea homegames against such opponents are basically unwatchable. Everton got owned by the looks of it.

QPR are one defeat away from having "2 points from 8 games"... t'riffic.

Hughes really is the worst coach in the bizz, can't believe he is still getting jobs. Doesnt seem like a pleasant man either, though was a great player for us.

Deluded F*ck™ wrote:QPR are one defeat away from having "2 points from 8 games"... t'riffic.

Redknapp to the rescue!

As one poster somewhere said: "I'm sure the QPR fans will treat Redknapp with a lot more respect than our disgraceful fans did."

I laughed when another poster said: "If he has them 13 points clear of relegation but they end up going down I don't think they will."

Carroll should have a nice day against Mertersacker

P.s how freakin' good have West Brom been so far ? And there was me thinking it was all down to the Hodge.

Crap camera angle on ESPN

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West Ham score with their first attack. Shit defending from Ramsey. We had started well, but we're getting into all the bad habits of previous seasons again.
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Diame should have been shown a second yellow card, but the ref shows leniency. Lucky for West Ham.

Booking players for celebrating is so fucking daft.

Giroud

NA NA NA NA NAAAAA GIROUUUD

Giroud! Equalises just before half time with a really well-worked goal. Deserved scoreline at the moment.

Luis wrote:Booking players for celebrating is so fucking daft.

Maybe, but they know not to do so, and it's even more stupid to then get booked for it. I don't buy this nonsense about players being so overcome with euphoria that it's an instinctive reaction. Players in other sports, people in everyday life, are able to celebrate joyous moments without a compulsion to tear their top off.
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West Ham should retake the lead shortly before half-time. An unnecessary foul from Gervinho (booked for a foul similar in severity to Diame's let-off) and Arsenal defended the free-kick in their typical fashion, with Nolan slicing a shot just wide.

I thought the rules were that you couldn't enter the crowd area? Not that couldn't stand in front and have a big cuddle.

In what other sport would you get a punishment for celebrating? Be it taking your top off or not. As long as they don't celebrate directly in front of the opposition fans in a deliberate attempt to provoke it should be no problem.

I agree, it's always been a strange one. To be honest if they're wanting to punish it, it should be a post match fine. When you think of some fouls that don't get bookings it's very silly.

Vaz Te has dislocated his shoulder, bit of karma maybe as it looked like he left his foot in on Mannone.

How the fuck could that be a penalty? Taylor was in front of Ramsay, and seemed to get kicked not the other way round..

How is that not a penalty? Or at least a foul on the edge of the box...

In most other sports they are able to show a degree of restraint. Maybe it's an unnecessary punishment, but equally I don't think it's asking too much for people to be able to celebrate full clothed if those are the rules.

Theo saving the day... Great finish.

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Walcott with a calm finish after being played in through the channel.

The finish of a centre forward he'll say.