Premier League Fixtures 26/27 October 2013

26 Oct 12:45 Crystal Palace v Arsenal
26 Oct 15:00 Aston Villa v Everton
26 Oct 15:00 Liverpool v West Brom
26 Oct 15:00 Man Utd v Stoke City
26 Oct 15:00 Norwich v Cardiff City
26 Oct 17:30 Southampton v Fulham
27 Oct 13:30 Sunderland v Newcastle
27 Oct 16:00 Chelsea v Man City
27 Oct 16:00 Swansea v West Ham
27 Oct 16:00 Tottenham v Hull City

27 Oct 13:30 Sunderland v Newcastle
27 Oct 16:00 Chelsea v Man City

Indeed, a fun looking Super Duper Sunday on paper. But I can imagine the football will be quite poor at times.

Arsenal to smash Palace to tiny little pieces.

Villa vs Everton is a tricky one to predict - can't see Villa losing back to back home games but Everton are on great form.

A massive banana skin for us; West Brom are fast becoming our bogey team, we lost home and away to them last season. It's a game we really have to take 3 points from though but I'm not confident.

Chelsea/ City will be a draw.

Newcastle should be beating Sunderland; their confidence is so low whilst Newcastle have had a few reasons to be optimistic lately.

Spursssss should win comfortably but it will take a last minute Townsbale goal to do it probably.

If you offered me 1-0 tomorrow i'd take it. Just want the three points.

Villa strike me as the sort of team that will match up well against Everton. With Benteke back and Agbonlahor and Weimann, I think they can catch Everton on the break, especially when Coleman and Baines push forward.

WBA along with Dortmund are the best teams we've played thus far this season. They're solid through the middle and hard to break down. Then they have Sessegnon, Amalfitano and Berahino who are quick on the counter and skillful.

Fancy Chelsea.

Spurs will smash Hull.

Aye; Clarke organises them well and he'll no doubt see what Southampton did to us at Anfield - closed us down, denied us space and remained robust at the back, and try to mirror it. Sessegnon can shoot from range and we seem to have trouble with this at the moment as seen with Cabaye's goal last weekend.

Coutinho not ready to return (targeting Arsenal next week) so I'd imagine the only change, if there is going to be one, will be Enrique back in for Cissokho if he's fit. Some are calling for Alberto to be given the free role behind the SAS partnership instead of Moses but I can't see it.

Personally I'm not a fan of this 3-5-2 or whatever it is and I feel strongly that Agger has to return but if it is the only system whereby we can fit SAS into a formation that benefits them both then it's a tricky one for Rodgers.

Romford Pele wrote:

Spurs will smash Hull.

I can tell that you've watched a lot of football this season, you clearly know your stuff  

Tottenham cannot stop scoring, and Hull are certainly this seasons' whipping boys. I wouldn't be surprised if we see double figures.

will.i.glenn wrote:

Romford Pele wrote:

Spurs will smash Hull.

I can tell that you've watched a lot of football this season, you clearly know your stuff  

Tottenham cannot stop scoring, and Hull are certainly this seasons' whipping boys. I wouldn't be surprised if we see double figures.

That doesn't mean that it'll continue like that though. Spurs are winning while their players are still getting to know each other. They have a good squad and will give something a serious beating soon enough. Hull have had a decent start but their squad isn't really anything to write home about. Best of the promoted bunch, sure. That's not saying much though.

I'm sure that if you asked someone who has been following the Premier League this season, which of those fixtures is a team most likely to get smashed, and which team should be happy with a 1-0, they'd say you have it arse backwards. Don't take my word for it.

There is also the little issue of post Europe: Spurs are traditionally rather turd at turning a Thursday trip to the Continent into a Sunday victory in the league. Last time a trip to Russia led to a spanking from WHAM.

Hull also are playing rather well, unlucky to lose at Everton.

Will be a tough game.

I'm looking forward to hearing ex-Sunderland captain, manager, and chairman, Niall Quinn commentating on our derby again.

Arsenal team to play Palace: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Flamini, Ramsey, Ozil, Cazorla, Giroud. #AFC

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Delaney, Gabbidon, Moxey, Jedinak, Dikgacoi, Bannan, Thomas, Guedioura, Chamakh

Another sensible retort to Slur Alex, this time by Owen Hargreaves. Seems baffling to label him disappointing when The Drunk knew he was buying a faulty toy but even despite that he helped them win the Champions League.

Possession is all Arsenal but Palace making it really difficult.

Not great by Arsenal this. Palace had more chances.

Far too low tempo, makes it very difficult to play through them. And most of our players have been poor so far.

Bring on Rosicky and Wilshere 10 minutes into the 2nd half if things don't change.

Silly pen has effectively handed Arsenal the game. Shame.

@LFC: Confirmed #LFC team v @WBAFCofficial: Mignolet, Johnson, Cissokho, Toure, Sakho, Skrtel, Lucas, Gerrard, Henderson, Sturridge, Suarez

Red card for Arteta.

Tuff sending off but it was the last man

palace with some great shots

Brian 2468 wrote:Tuff sending off but it was the last man

There is nothing in the rules about being last man

We'll if your a clever dude you don't tangle yourself up with the striker

Palace weren't good enough in the end. Had their chances to nick a draw but the second goal killed them off for good.

Now is the start of a tricky run for Arsenal - we'll get a better understanding of how good they are after it.

Crouch!!!

Chamakh is an expert in drawing those sort of 'fouls'. No way did Arteta foul him. Wrong decision IMO.

Very flat performance, but still chuffed with the 3 points though. But how dumb can you be though to commit so many men forward at 0-1 and leave Arteta (the slowest player on the pitch) as your last man? Unbelievable

Benteke wins pen. Howard saves

What a lovely goal

wtf is going on with Howard's beard. It's huge! I think it might have given supernatural powers.

Suarez