Premier League Discussion 10/11/12 September 2011

Saturday, 10 September 2011
Arsenal v Swansea, 15:00
Everton v Aston Villa, 15:00
Man City v Wigan, 15:00
Stoke v Liverpool, 15:00
Sunderland v Chelsea, 15:00
Wolverhampton v Tottenham, 15:00
Bolton v Man Utd, 17:30

Sunday, 11 September 2011
Norwich v West Brom, 13:30
Fulham v Blackburn, 16:00

Monday, 12 September 2011
QPR v Newcastle, 20:00

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Not the greatest set of fixtures and after an International break I expect there'll be a few scrappy games but I also expect a few slip ups as well.

Saturday is where the main action is for once; Arsenal surely have to put on a performance to appease the fans; anything but a comfortable victory wont do.

City have a good chance to add to their goal difference that Arsenal allowed United to rape

Liverpool have the dreaded Stoke away fixture right after an international break but for once I'm feeling confident we can go there and win.

I think Chelsea or Spurs will slip up with United nicking a late winner at the Reebok.

Sunday's football

But football

Swansea to hold the nill again

Have Man United had a Saturday !5:00 kick off yet?

christmasborocooper wrote:Have Man United had a Saturday !5:00 kick off yet?

No they have not - all their games have been televised thus far I think.

Personally I like to play at 3 pm, you can do your business and then sit back and see what everyone else does. It's amazing not being in the Europa League - playing on Sundays and Mondays is absolutely dreadful

Our match should be, if nothing, pretty interesting - new players, desparate need to bounce back and also our pretty poor record in the recent years vs newly promoted clubs at home (Stoke, Hull)

Expected line-up

Szczny

Bac - Koscielny - Mertesacker -SantosGibbs
Ramsey - Frimpong - Arteta

Walcott -VanP - Arshavin (Benayoun last 20 mins).

Wigan at home for us, we should win but you never know in this league and Wigan have a pretty decent record against us. Nasri should make his home debut despite a hand injury but Richards is doubtful after getting injured with England. I hope we will keep up our attacking ways and hopefully we can get the 3 points to keep up our prefect start to the season.

Come on Ciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiityyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!!

Luis wrote:

christmasborocooper wrote:Have Man United had a Saturday !5:00 kick off yet?

No they have not - all their games have been televised thus far I think.

Personally I like to play at 3 pm, you can do your business and then sit back and see what everyone else does. It's amazing not being in the Europa League - playing on Sundays and Mondays is absolutely dreadful

Same. United fans must get sick of never having 3pm Saturday games..

Sunderland-Chelsea should be a good game. Apparently Mata, Oriol, and David Luiz are all going to start

fcb wrote:Sunderland-Chelsea should be a good game. Apparently Mata, Oriol, and David Luiz are all going to start

then i shall be watching this game. COME ON ORIOL

I expect us to line up like this tomorrow:

-------------------Reina------------------------

--Johnson-------Carragher--------Agger-------------Enrique--------

-------------------Lucas--------Adam----------------------------

-------Henderson-----------Suarez----------------Downing-----------

----------------------------Carroll-------------------------------

Subs: Doni, Skrtel, Flanagan, Kuyt, Bellamy, Spearing, Maxi

Gerrard has been in all the training pictures and looks like he's nearly up to fitness but think he'll be brought back into the squad for Spurs. Adam looks set to feature after missing the Scotland game in midweek, as does Johnson with Kelly still out.

Not sure if starting Carroll will be the right thing to do in this game - people say because Stoke are a tall, physical side we need Carroll in there competing but I'd rather go with our quick passing game that works so well and start Kuyt over him. Can see him starting though, particularly after the whole Capello comments about his character, Kenny will want him to prove the doubters wrong. If he does start it's a big game for him - he needs to show that he can score some goals and contribute to the team play for the price we paid.

Concerned that Downing wasn't in any of the training pictures today because I think we'll need him to provide the width so we don't get sucked into the middle as Stoke are likely to press and squeeze out any space. Hopefully he will start though because he was class for England and has done well for us so far as well bar a goal or assist.

I was at the game. Downing was far from class for England. Sure, he set up Youngs goal but he was up against a championship full back and beat him once all night. No one was class for England on Tuesday.

Have Suarez and Carroll played together? Will be interesting to see how that works.

In Spurs related news, looks like Ledley King is fit and will play against Wolves on Saturday.

Theyre also missing Jarvis.

O Hara will probably want something to prove to Redknapp or some shit

Definitely beat his fullback more than once..and put in quite a few good crosses.

christmasborocooper wrote:Definitely beat his fullback more than once..and put in quite a few good crosses.

SWP could do that

Noah und der Bale wrote:I was at the game. Downing was far from class for England. Sure, he set up Youngs goal but he was up against a championship full back and beat him once all night. No one was class for England on Tuesday.

Have Suarez and Carroll played together? Will be interesting to see how that works.

In Spurs related news, looks like Ledley King is fit and will play against Wolves on Saturday.

Theyre also missing Jarvis.

O Hara will probably want something to prove to Redknapp or some shit

Everyone else seems to think he had a very good game. England were poor on the whole but Downing was one of the bright players.

Suarez and Carroll haven't played together very often but when they have it hasn't worked so far. Both like to recieve the ball deep which doesn't help.

OPTA STAT: OptaJoe Opta Sports
2001 - Tottenham haven't won away from home in the Premier League in the month of September since 2001 - a run of 15 games.

Chins

Looks like we're lining up like this today:

Reina

skrtel carra agger enrique

henderson lucas adam

downing kuyt suarez


subs: Doni johnson coates speo bellamy carroll maxi

Brilliant if true!

Very weird news: Gyan is apparently moving to the UAE on loan foor a year. http://www.safc.com/news/20110910/gyan-to-leave-sunderland-for-al-ain_2256213_2446604

He certainly hadn't built upon a bright start but still, surprised they're letting them go. Sunderland are looking pretty poor now to be honest.

Hlebagone wrote:Very weird news: Gyan is apparently moving to the UAE on loan foor a year. http://www.safc.com/news/20110910/gyan-to-leave-sunderland-for-al-ain_2256213_2446604

He certainly hadn't built upon a bright start but still, surprised they're letting them go. Sunderland are looking pretty poor now to be honest.

I wonder why he's moved there £££££££££££

Big loss to Sunderland though - Bendtner is extremely hit and miss and Wickham doesn't seem to be a player for the present just yet.

He's obviously worried about being overshadowed by Super Nick.

I saw Bruce going off on one the other day about hangers-on turning Gyan's head and feeding him nonsense about playing for Real Madrid and Bayern and clubs like that, especially after the England-Ghana friendly.

Luis wrote:

Hlebagone wrote:Very weird news: Gyan is apparently moving to the UAE on loan foor a year. http://www.safc.com/news/20110910/gyan-to-leave-sunderland-for-al-ain_2256213_2446604

He certainly hadn't built upon a bright start but still, surprised they're letting them go. Sunderland are looking pretty poor now to be honest.

I wonder why he's moved there £££££££££££

Big loss to Sunderland though - Bendtner is extremely hit and miss and Wickham doesn't seem to be a player for the present just yet.

Still doesn't answer the question of why Sunderland let him though? Imagine Puro has a theory about it.

Bit of a shame he's moved there. Has the attributes to be one of the top strikers in the world.

Hlebagone wrote:

Luis wrote:

Hlebagone wrote:Very weird news: Gyan is apparently moving to the UAE on loan foor a year. http://www.safc.com/news/20110910/gyan-to-leave-sunderland-for-al-ain_2256213_2446604

He certainly hadn't built upon a bright start but still, surprised they're letting them go. Sunderland are looking pretty poor now to be honest.

I wonder why he's moved there £££££££££££

Big loss to Sunderland though - Bendtner is extremely hit and miss and Wickham doesn't seem to be a player for the present just yet.

Still doesn't answer the question of why Sunderland let him though? Imagine Puro has a theory about it.

Bit of a shame he's moved there. Has the attributes to be one of the top strikers in the world.

Why did Arsenal let Nasri go? If a player wants out and makes noise the club has little choice in the matter most of the time.

Well at best then it's shocking management from Sunderland, waiting until the end of the transfer market and then letting him go on loan. There's no benefit for them apart from not having to pay his wages.

Arsenal sold Nasri for a large sum. Not really a comparable situation.

Arsenal team to face Swansea: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Frimpong, Arteta, Ramsey, Walcott, Arshavin, Van Persie (c).

Tevez and Aguero up top for City.

Why is Santos not playing ?

he is "lacking" fitness according to our wonderful medical staff

If Tevez is on form today City will destroy Wigan. Tevez, Aguero, Silva and Nasri

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger speaking to the media about his side's difficult start to the season and the transfer window: "In my job, you expect to suffer. That's why when I go to hell one day, it will be less painful for me than you, because I'm used to suffering."

Meireles, Ramires, Lampard, Mata, Sturridge, Anelka.

No place for Torres

Torres, after being dropped by Spain, is on the Chelsea bench today. Sturridge comes into the XI after his suspension to partner Anelka.

Mata & Meireles borth start.

Crouch & Bendtner also get starts for their new clubs today.

Dzeko on the bench after his 4 goals.