This Weekend's Fixtures & Leicester v Liverpool (25/26/27 Feb).

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Saturday, 25th February 2017
Chelsea v Swansea City, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Everton v Sunderland, 15:00
Hull City v Burnley, 15:00
West Brom v Bournemouth, 15:00
Watford v West Ham, 17:30 http://i44.tinypic.com/5bpl5u.png

Sunday, 26th February 2017
Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City, 13:30 http://e2.365dm.com/tvlogos/pixel/ss1hd.gif

Monday, 27th February 2017
Leicester City v Liverpool, 20:00 http://e2.365dm.com/tvlogos/pixel/ss1hd.gif

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[Niall_Quinn]

What's the reason for us not having a game this weekend?

[GP]

We were supposed to play Southampton but they are winning a cup tomorrow.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

What's the reason for us not having a game this weekend?

Being merciful to the fans

[Niall_Quinn]

Minor trinket of a cup but I'd rather us be playing in it today than watching from the sidelines.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

WBA 0-1 Bournemouth, King pelanty.

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WBA 1-1 Bournemouth, Dawson.

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Chelsea 1-0 Swansea, Cesc.

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WBA 2-1 Bournemouth, McAuley!

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Palace 1-0 Boro, Van Aanholt.

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Everton 1-0 Sunderland, Gueye.

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Chelsea 1-1 Swansea, Llorente! :haha:

[GP]

It's on!

[dostoy]

Bayern are 7-0 in front and its not over yet.

5-1 is not too bad really.

[dostoy]

Bayern are 8-0 up now.

Hamburg are even worse than Arsenal and that is really saying something.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's really not.

Anyway, Swansea should have had a pelanty says Merse.

Hull 1-0 Burnley, Hundredstone pelanty.

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Chelsea 2-1 Swansea, Pedro.

Fabianski chucks it in.

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Hull 1-1 Burnley, Keane.

[dostoy]

It went under Fabby and into the roof of the net.

Conte celebrating as if he has won the League with his cap on in the rain at the Bridge.

[dostoy]

Hull penalty nearly saved but good reply from Keane, he controlled it from a corner and good finish.

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Everton 2-0 Sunderland, Lukaku.

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Le Tiss' description doesn't make it sound like it'd be his goal though.

[dostoy]

If Lukaku had gone down it would have been a pen and a red card but he stayed up and bundled it in.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Chelsea 3-1 Swansea, Diego Costa.

[dostoy]

Chelsea 3-1 now.

A short cross from Hazard and a volley from Costa.

Why are we not Chelsea fans ?

[Niall_Quinn]

Chelsea 3-1 now.

A short cross from Hazard and a volley from Costa.

Why are we not Chelsea fans ?

Rhetorical, I assume?

[dostoy]

Good answer.

They are winners though, apart from last season and their main objective is to win trophies, something that cannot be said of Wengers lot.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barnes sent off for Burnley.

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Chelsea 3-1 Swansea, FT.

Hull 1-1 Burnley, FT.

Palace 1-0 Boro, FT.

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Everton 2-0 Sunderland, FT.

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WBA 2-1 Bournemouth, FT.

[Niall_Quinn]

Good answer.

They are winners though, apart from last season and their main objective is to win trophies, something that cannot be said of Wengers lot.

That's the point. Wenger's lot. That's not us, we're the Arsenal lot. The mere passing notion of supporting the chavs. Hateful. We were Arsenal before Wenger and Kroenke and we'll still be Arsenal when they are gone. That's the only thing that persists in football - the fans.

[Niall_Quinn]

Chavs won't let this slip now - not unless they sign Stevie G. They have walked it this year. Shame on the rest for not even putting in a challenge. It's not like this chav lot are world beaters, they aren't. Some of these big time charlies who are supposedly the elite of the game have some explaining to do. Why can't "top" managers mount a title challenge when the challenge is nowhere near as difficult as it used to be? Remember the Arsenal and Utd teams of the past? They would have eaten this lot alive. More money - lots more money - less talent. Shameful.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Watford 1-0 West Ham, Deeney.

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Zarate was in a bad way near the end of the first half.

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Watford 1-1 'Ammers, Ayew.

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Antonio sent off. :haha:

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1-1 FT, nuts finish in the area.

How Success has missed that, I do not know.

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Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Dier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Wanyama, Dembele, Eriksen, Dele, Kane.
Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Wimmer, Winks, Sissoko, Son, Janssen.

Stoke: Grant, Bardsley, Shawcross, M. Indi, Pieters, Whelan, Adam, Arnautovic, Allen, Sobhi, Crouch.
Subs: Given, Muniesa, Berahino, Afellay, Diouf, Cameron, Imbula.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's just got that fire in him! Fuck off.

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1-0 Kane.

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Shocker of a tackle from Whelan, booked.

You can't take that fire away from him, it leaves him as half the player.

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Lloris denies Crouch.

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Vertonghen smashes the bar.

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2-0 Kane again.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Stoke players observing the Sabbath I see

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3-0 OG. Spuds announce it as Kane's hat-trick.

[Marc Overmars]

Someone needs to buy Kane. FFS.

[Globalgunner]

Spuds must be the best team the PL has ever seen. What does that say about Gent?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

4-0 Dele Alli.

[dostoy]

Spuds are a good team at Spud lane and have an easier run in than Arsenal.

Spuds will finish above Arsenal this season, I hate to say.

How are Arsenal going to finish above either Man City, Man Utd or Spuds, forget Chelsea, that is going to be the top 4.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Spuds are a good team at Spud lane and have an easier run in than Arsenal.

Spuds will finish above Arsenal this season, I hate to say.

How are Arsenal going to finish above either Man City, Man Utd or Spuds, forget Chelsea, that is going to be the top 4.

Not particularly concerned about United

Have to play City and Spurs and us away

Plus it's a win-win situation, in the current climate of opinion there's no way Wenger will stay if we finish outside the top four

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Don't really get why it's taken the premier league a month to reschedule our fixture vs southampton

[Globalgunner]

Not particularly concerned about United

Have to play City and Spurs and us away

Plus it's a win-win situation, in the current climate of opinion there's no way Wenger will stay if we finish outside the top four

Not to sure about that . United are 2 points behind us. Even if we match them stride for stride. All it takes is for them to beat us when they come to the Grove.....which is entirely feasible.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Except their reliability against the sides in and around them matches ours, i would imagine the emirates game is a nailed on draw

[Globalgunner]

The only consistent side now is Chelsea. The rest of us 5. City, Utd, Spuds, Pool and us are just as bad as each other. We could end up anywhere from 2nd to 6th. Not that I care anymore as long as the crap dispenser is dumped at the end of the season.

[Globalgunner]

Leicester 0-0 Liverpool

Leicester interim manager is Craig Shakespeare:lol:
To be or not to be?

[GP]

Come on Lester you useless fucks.

[Globalgunner]

Vardy scores. Theyre back!

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Wijnaldum shoulders it to Schmeichel but offside anyway.

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Ndidi comber but easy for Mignolet.

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2-0 DRINKWATER!!! :haha:

[Globalgunner]

Drinkwater makes it 2.What a hit

[GP]

Drinky :lol:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I'm not even surprised.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I hope a fucking meteor hits that shithole

[selassie]

Sad thing is we'll go to Anfield this weekend and get a real beating......:angry:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-0 Vardy with his second! :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Football is so random. Probably because not many of these managers or players are much good. Even so, this Leicester bunch take the piss. Couldn't be arsed to put in the effort for the guy who turned them from nobodies into champions. Now they have their money and their way, they are happy to play again. Pure professionalism.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

3-1 Coutinho.

[Niall_Quinn]

That's brilliant stuff. 3-1

[Niall_Quinn]

Klopp is getting pounded by the PL farm teams, but he's still trying to play decent football. So much of it goes forward and quickly. Much better to watch.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Drinkwater somehow misses the target from there.

Lucas in defence. :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Drinkwater somehow misses the target from there.

Lucas in defence. :haha:

It's embarrassing how you can get in to the situation of having two midfielders in defence whilst your £18m centre back is bombed out on loan to Palace.

I can absolve Klopp of some of our problems, but some of his decisions are just downright strange.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Gray is useless.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leicester 3-1 Liverpool, FT.

That went well.

Klopp. :lol:

[Niall_Quinn]

It's embarrassing how you can get in to the situation of having two midfielders in defence whilst your £18m centre back is bombed out on loan to Palace.

I can absolve Klopp of some of our problems, but some of his decisions are just downright strange.

Hypothetical.

What if Wenger and Klopp swapped jobs?

[Marc Overmars]

Satan on hand for us and the top 4 trophy again.

[Niall_Quinn]

Satan on hand for us and the top 4 trophy again.

I'm not sure anybody cares much any more.

[dostoy]

I would take fourth now, even below the Spuds if necessary.

I don't care about the fuck all cup but Wenger MUST MUST go at the end of the season.

If he gets a new contract it will be outrageous.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Klopp is getting pounded by the PL farm teams, but he's still trying to play decent football. So much of it goes forward and quickly. Much better to watch.

Are we deliberating ove the kind of losing football we want in to play? :d

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Hypothetical.

What if Wenger and Klopp swapped jobs?

Klopp has a lot of Wengers failings tactically, but he's younger, hungrier and more of a man motivator

I think this Liverpool side is absolute wank, they've done well to even be contenders for top four.

Part of that is down to Klopps signings, Mane aside most of his signings have been shit

[Niall_Quinn]

Are we deliberating ove the kind of losing football we want in to play? :d

We lose in the end anyway, so better to have fun doing it.

But anyway, 2 more years and probably 4.

[Niall_Quinn]

Klopp has a lot of Wengers failings tactically, but he's younger, hungrier and more of a man motivator

I think this Liverpool side is absolute wank, they've done well to even be contenders for top four.

Part of that is down to Klopps signings, Mane aside most of his signings have been shit

No defence you mean?

[Özim]

Liverpool losing is bad news for us, they tend to play better in the next match after losing, as if they have something to prove. Best we'll get is a point over there I reckon.

Agree with NQ, Klopp hasn't got it right with Liverpool yet though there are signs of improvement, but their football is light years away from ours, so at least Liverpool fans are being entertained.

Wouldn't be my 1st choice, but would take him in a heartbeat over Venga, is he another bargain basement manager though who won't sign top players because he wants to develop them, not sure how I feel about that, it's fine to do that but you also need to sign proven quality. If I was him I would have raided Dortmund for players, the reason he didn't was out of loyalty to them I think.

Klopp is much more honest than Wenger though, says it how it is, doesn't defend the players or performances or blame other factors, he accepts his team don't perform when they don't, much prefer him to Venga, Venga could learn some lessons from this guy.

[Özim]

Satan on hand for us and the top 4 trophy again.

:lol: Yes, lucky Wenger will end up with his precious top 4 trophy again!

[Letters]

WUMing :bow:

[Özim]

It's no wumming :lol:

[Letters]

Well, you either believe it in which case you're stupid or you don't in which case you're WUMming.
You tell me :shrug:

[Özim]

Well, you either believe it in which case you're stupid or you don't in which case you're WUMming.
You tell me :shrug:

Neither, it's not as black and white as you like to think it is.

Based on the sh*tfest he's laid on this season, I don't think he deserves it, I don't think the points total always paints an accurate picture of how good a team is personally, sometimes circumstances intervene.

[Letters]

I don't think the points total always paints an accurate picture of how good a team is personally
Unless we finished lower down of course in which case you'd say it does accurately reflect things. Goalposts...

There is some truth in what you say of course, we were lucky to finish 2nd last year but top 4 was never seriously in doubt last year or the year before and you don't finish in the top few for a million years in a row by luck as you well know.

[Özim]

Unless we finished lower down of course in which case you'd say it does accurately reflect things. Goalposts...

There is some truth in what you say of course, we were lucky to finish 2nd last year but top 4 was never seriously in doubt last year or the year before and you don't finish in the top few for a million years in a row by luck as you well know.

I never said it was just luck, what I did say is that he fortune does seem to favour him somewhat when there's a dogfight for top 4, even if we have been awful for almost all of the season, we do seem to get results despite performing pretty poorly, this season being an example. Liverpool on the other hand are great one minute and poor the next, we don't ever seem to be great at the moment.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I never said it was just luck, what I did say is that he fortune does seem to favour him somewhat when there's a dogfight for top 4, even if we have been awful for almost all of the season, we do seem to get results despite performing pretty poorly, this season being an example. Liverpool on the other hand are great one minute and poor the next, we don't ever seem to be great at the moment.

Well teams that become champions get the kind of results when not playing well

Makes you wonder how we might do if the pressure to win the title was as intense as the pressure to win top four....i think you notice that when top four is in danger we tend not to concede as many goals, if we play a top side we will draw or fluke a win.

[GP]

Lester in talks with Woy Hodgson :lol:

[Özim]

Well teams that become champions get the kind of results when not playing well

Makes you wonder how we might do if the pressure to win the title was as intense as the pressure to win top four....i think you notice that when top four is in danger we tend not to concede as many goals, if we play a top side we will draw or fluke a win.

Not most of the season, they might go through spells, but not prolonged ones like we do.

Champions on the whole have spells when they play great stuff and win well.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Klopp has a lot of Wengers failings tactically, but he's younger, hungrier and more of a man motivator

I think this Liverpool side is absolute wank, they've done well to even be contenders for top four.

Part of that is down to Klopps signings, Mane aside most of his signings have been shit

I'd agree with that first part. They are both too stubborn, tend to double down on their ideas when they don't work and are therefore too late to change things. As for the football we play, yeah it's great when it works but there's no middle ground as when it doesn't work, it really doesn't work.

Though I'd disagree that his signings have been poor. Mane, obviously, Matip is a very good player the problem is that he's been partnered with Lovren and Lucas who are either inconsistent or finished, Wijnaldum has been surprisingly good working well when partnered with Lallana and Henderson. And whilst the jury is still very much out on Karius, he was by all accounts doing very well in Germany and it's not like we have a great track record of developing goalies in recent years. His other buys have either been youth or backups. Our problems have either been not using the players we have like Sakho. Despite looking like Bambi on acid he's far better than people give him credit for. And as much as he's supposedly a bad influence, there comes a point where you're just cutting off your nose to spite your face making a point. We haven't signed the right positions i.e. left back and for my money an out and out striker; Firmino and Origi work hard but not clinical finishers.
Even when we couldn't win to save our lives, we were creating chances that top strikers, or even decent strikers in form would finish, including numerous sitters inside the 6 yard box.

But that comes down to whether it's Klopp only wanting to sign particular players he can't get now, or if we simply don't have the funds to get them. Either way, if in September we still have Milner at left back, something isn't right. For some reason we're still being linked with 1001 attacking mids, the one position we don't need, which either means Coutinho is off or we're playing one weird formation next season.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Speaking of Liverpool FC, i was genuinely unaware until yesterday that Gerry Marsden's "You'll never walk alone" was taken from a rodgers and hammerstein musical, i know he didn't write the song himself but had never really known the origin of it.

Women sings it to comfort her daughter in Carousel after her husband commits suicide

Weird to hear Americans sing it