Premier League week 3 - 28th/29th August 2010

Saturday, 28 August 2010
Blackburn v Arsenal
Blackpool v Fulham
Chelsea v Stoke
Tottenham v Wigan
Wolverhampton v Newcastle
Man Utd v West Ham

Sunday, 29 August 2010
Bolton v Birmingham
Liverpool v West Brom
Sunderland v Man City
Aston Villa v Everton

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Probably the least inspiring fixtures so far but having said that I can see there being a ridiculous amount of goals scored this weekend.

Arsenal usually find it tough going to places like Blackburn so it will be interesting to see how that goes and whether Theo can continue his form.

Chelsea should get another 5 or 6 past Stoke - they don't seem to be the same mean, defensive side they were last season so far.

United will rip West Ham apart.

Villa-Everton is probably the pick, Don't know what to make of Villa yet, nor Everton.

Luis wrote:Saturday, 28 August 2010
Blackburn v Arsenal
Blackpool v Fulham
Chelsea v Stoke
Tottenham v Wigan
Wolverhampton v Newcastle
Man Utd v West Ham

Sunday, 29 August 2010
Bolton v Birmingham
Liverpool v West Brom
Sunderland v Man City
Aston Villa v Everton

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Probably the least inspiring fixtures so far but having said that I can see there being a ridiculous amount of goals scored this weekend.

Arsenal usually find it tough going to places like Blackburn so it will be interesting to see how that goes and whether Theo can continue his form.

Chelsea should get another 5 or 6 past Stoke - they don't seem to be the same mean, defensive side they were last season so far.

United will rip West Ham apart.

Villa-Everton is probably the pick, Don't know what to make of Villa yet, nor Everton.

We've lost 3 out of our last 10 at Ewood Park....

Romford Pele wrote:

Luis wrote:Saturday, 28 August 2010
Blackburn v Arsenal
Blackpool v Fulham
Chelsea v Stoke
Tottenham v Wigan
Wolverhampton v Newcastle
Man Utd v West Ham

Sunday, 29 August 2010
Bolton v Birmingham
Liverpool v West Brom
Sunderland v Man City
Aston Villa v Everton

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Probably the least inspiring fixtures so far but having said that I can see there being a ridiculous amount of goals scored this weekend.

Arsenal usually find it tough going to places like Blackburn so it will be interesting to see how that goes and whether Theo can continue his form.

Chelsea should get another 5 or 6 past Stoke - they don't seem to be the same mean, defensive side they were last season so far.

United will rip West Ham apart.

Villa-Everton is probably the pick, Don't know what to make of Villa yet, nor Everton.

We've lost 3 out of our last 10 at Ewood Park....

How many were draws?

Two

So you've won 5/10, some of which might have just been scraped. It will be a tough place to go and you messed up at places like Birmingham and Wigan last season if I remember correctly, that was my general point.

Every time we play against Villa for a last few matches I thought it's the time to beat them, to learn later it wasn't the right time after all. So maybe on sunday? Some of their 1st team players had a tough game last night, which ended with a disappointment, plus I hope that MacDonald will continue to play Ireland as CM.

Unfortunately Moyes will keep his boring line-up with Neville/Hibbert as RB, Osman as RM and Cahill as AM. So it's tough to be too optimistic, especially after poor games against Blackburn and Wolves.

Last time we played at Ewood Park, Fabianski was in goal , and we were missing Verm, Gallas, Clichy, Song, and Fab. We'll be in a somewhat better shape tomorrow.

Manuel

Bac - Koscielny - Verm - Clichy

Fab - Song - Rosicky

Theo - Chamakh

VanP

Nevertheless it's not exactly one of our favourite venues and they'll kick, niggle and crowd the box at every opportunity, Kosc and Verm need to be on their toes.

67% win rate against Blackburn according to SSN.

'why is Cesc Fabregas not playing? if they can't keep him happy..' Jamie Redknapp is truly a moron.

Luis wrote:So you've won 5/10, some of which might have just been scraped. It will be a tough place to go and you messed up at places like Birmingham and Wigan last season if I remember correctly, that was my general point.

When we lost to Blackburn and Wigan last season, we had nothing left to play for and we also had numerous injuries.

Just for your record, thoe scraped victories include two 4-0 batterings.

Stop reading that BS in the papers mate

Romford Pele wrote:

Luis wrote:So you've won 5/10, some of which might have just been scraped. It will be a tough place to go and you messed up at places like Birmingham and Wigan last season if I remember correctly, that was my general point.

When we lost to Blackburn and Wigan last season, we had nothing left to play for and we also had numerous injuries.

Just for your record, thoe scraped victories include two 4-0 batterings.

Stop reading that BS in the papers mate :k:

I remember one of those batterings could just as easily have 4-4 the other way round had Blackburn taken their chances.

Hope we carry on from last week. I've not seem Blackpool play as yet so not sure how open ro defensive they are. I would imagine them playing at home, they will try to attack.

Khadrim wrote:

Romford Pele wrote:

Luis wrote:So you've won 5/10, some of which might have just been scraped. It will be a tough place to go and you messed up at places like Birmingham and Wigan last season if I remember correctly, that was my general point.

When we lost to Blackburn and Wigan last season, we had nothing left to play for and we also had numerous injuries.

Just for your record, thoe scraped victories include two 4-0 batterings.

Stop reading that BS in the papers mate

I remember one of those batterings could just as easily have 4-4 the other way round had Blackburn taken their chances.

Hope we carry on from last week. I've not seem Blackpool play as yet so not sure how open ro defensive they are. I would imagine them playing at home, they will try to attack.

We could have scored more. This debate is futile as it's all ifs and buts.

RVP has 10 in 9 against Thugburn so hopefully he comes on and scores tomorrow.

Romford Pele wrote:

Khadrim wrote:

Romford Pele wrote:

Luis wrote:So you've won 5/10, some of which might have just been scraped. It will be a tough place to go and you messed up at places like Birmingham and Wigan last season if I remember correctly, that was my general point.

When we lost to Blackburn and Wigan last season, we had nothing left to play for and we also had numerous injuries.

Just for your record, thoe scraped victories include two 4-0 batterings.

Stop reading that BS in the papers mate :k:

I remember one of those batterings could just as easily have 4-4 the other way round had Blackburn taken their chances.

Hope we carry on from last week. I've not seem Blackpool play as yet so not sure how open ro defensive they are. I would imagine them playing at home, they will try to attack.

We could have scored more. This debate is futile as it's all ifs and buts.

Fair enough.

I think Luis was trying to make the cliched point you struggle against Allardyce's team as opposed to Blackburn per se.

Blackpool is very open, they attack with at least 4 players every time, Harewood looks again as a big threat - he's in decent shape, and motivated, which is a key for him.

Stop being so bitter and paranoid Romford. Fucking hell, if u think you get bad press, watch soccer Saturday for their opinion on Liverpool.

Not being bitter, just correcting where I think you've gone wrong

Tough game for us as Sunderland are decent at home but im confident we can edge it.

This is on BBC site though not sure if it's the final line up

01 Almunia
03 Sagna
05 Vermaelen
06 Koscielny
22 Clichy
02 Diaby
04 Fabregas
14 Walcott
17 A Song
23 Arshavin
10 Van Persie

Chamakh on bench - I would have thought this would be one match he would be useful for.

No Chamakh and Van Perise starts. Rosicky on the bench .

Understand Rosicky, surprised about Chamakh.

Yes I'd have started him ahead of Arshavin - however it means we have an option. I doubt if either Arsh or VanP will play 90 minutes.

van Persie has an excellent record against Blackburn so it's no surprise to see him come into the line-up. Looks a strong team & bench today.

Subs: Fabianski, Gibbs, Vela, Eboue, Rosicky, Wilshere & Chamakh

Blackburn Rovers XI: Robinson, Salgado, Nelsen, Samba, Givet, Jones, Gamst Pedersen, Grella, Kalinic, M. Diouf & El-Hadji Diouf

No Olsson or Dunn? Long ball it is then.

Kos looked decent in the air against Pool. But that was facing Torres and N'Gog. We will see.

Christ what's happened to Song's hair?

Walcott looking good. His shot could so nearly have gone in.

This is gonna be a nervy afternoon.

WALCOTT!! 0 - 1

Dunno if you gooners have seen, but Arsenal have drawn us in the 3rd round of the Carling Cup. DRAMA

Fucking hell Theo. GOAL.

Good draw.

Great assist by Robin. Good he's around again. Has had a major impact on Theo's performances.