This Weekend's Fixtures & Midweek Fixtures (01/02/03/04/05 Apr).

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Saturday 1st April 2023
Manchester City v Liverpool, 12:30 https://i.imgur.com/hISMgBT.jpg]
Arsenal v Leeds United, 15:00
Bournemouth v Fulham, 15:00
Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Leicester City, 15:00
Nottingham Forest v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 15:00
Chelsea v Aston Villa, 17:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Sunday, 2nd April 2023
West Ham United v Southampton, 14:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg
Newcastle United v Manchester United, 16:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Monday, 3rd April 2023
Everton v Tottenham Hotspur, 20:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Tuesday, 4th April 2023
Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion, 19:45
Leeds United v Nottingham Forest, 19:45
Leicester City v Aston Villa, 19:45
Chelsea v Liverpool, 20:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Wednesday, 5th April 2023
Manchester United v Brentford, 20:00
West Ham United v Newcastle United, 20:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

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As it stands:

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Manchester City: Ederson, Stones, Dias, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Rodri, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Grealish, Alvarez.
Subs: Moreno, Walker, Phillips, Laporte, Silva, Gomez, Perrone Rodriguez, Palmer, Lewis.

Liverpool: Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Konate, Alexander-Arnold, Elliott, Henderson, Fabinho, Gakpo, Jota, Salah.
Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Milner, Firmino, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Nunez, Arthur, Matip

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Arthur is alive. :faint:

[Marc Overmars]

Expecting City to pub themselves a win here.

[GP]

Manchester City: Ederson, Stones, Dias, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Rodri, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Grealish, Alvarez.
Subs: Moreno, Walker, Phillips, Laporte, Silva, Gomez, Perrone Rodriguez, Palmer, Lewis.

Liverpool: Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Konate, Alexander-Arnold, Elliott, Henderson, Fabinho, Gakpo, Jota, Salah.
Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Milner, Firmino, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tsimikas, Nunez, Arthur, Matip

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Arthur is alive. :faint:

Lets hope it's a wonderful kind of day.

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Four centrebacks. :lol:

It seems like such a narrow line-up.

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Alvarez little floater but easy for Alisson.

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Decent effort from Rodri but right at Alisson.

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Close freekick from Mahrez!

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0-1 SALAH!!! What a goal!

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Jota might be offside?

[Marc Overmars]

Salah. :bow:

What a man.

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Jota is on!

Akanji. :haha:

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Gundogan scuffer!

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Mahrez hammers it over!

[WMUG]

:jumpnana:

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Grealish did brilliantly there.

[GP]

FFS Salah

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1-1 Alvarez. Great move.

[WMUG]

Trent :doh:

Keeps the assister onside then doesn't cut out the cross.

[Marc Overmars]

Balls.

[GP]

Liverpool are rubbish. Can't even keep the ball for 10 seconds.

[Letters]

Liverpool, can you just stop being shit for 2 hours?
Then resume being shit before next weekend.

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Rodri won't get a second yellow.

[WMUG]

Rodri won't get a second yellow.

Should be off

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Alexander-Arnold and Grealish. :lol:

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Fight fight fight!

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1-1 HT. :popcorn:

[Marc Overmars]

2-1 De Bruyne

Fun while it lasted

[Letters]

:rolleyes:

Our title chances :rose:

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Good goal.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think relying on Liverpool who have a shocking away record was always going to be tenuous. However Liverpool have fire power to get something…but they will have to come out and they’ve already been exposed on the wings this afternoon

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3-1 Gundogan.

[Marc Overmars]

That’s the end of that then. :lol:

Let’s take care of ourselves later.

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Nearly 3-2!

[HCZ_Reborn]

That’s the end of that then. :lol:

Let’s take care of ourselves later.

That sounds like a wank euphemism

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Alisson saves from Grealish.

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Gakpo. :lol:

Terrible dive.

[Marc Overmars]

That sounds like a wank euphemism
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4-1 Grealish.

[Letters]

Oh you twats :doh:

[GP]

Embarrassing.

[Marc Overmars]

:rolleyes:

Bet they’ll look like world beaters against us next week.

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Man City 4-1 Liverpool, FT.

Kloppo. :lol:

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Bournemouth: Neto, Smith, Stephens, Senesi, Kelly, Ouattara, Rothwell, Lerma, Anthony, Billing, Solanke.
Subs: Travers, Cook, Brooks, Christie, Tavernier, Vina, Traore, Semenyo, Zabarnyi.

Fulham: Leno, Tete, Diop, Ream, Robinson, Reed, Palhinha, De Cordova-Reid, Pereira, Solomon, Vinicius.
Subs: Rodak, Adarabioyo, Duffy, Wilson, Cairney, Cedric, James, Lukic, Francois.

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Brighton: Steele, Veltman, Colwill, Dunk, Estupinan, Gross, Caicedo, March, Mac Allister, Mitoma, Welbeck.
Subs: Sanchez, Webster, Enciso, Undav, Ayari, Gilmour, Moran, Van Hecke, Buonanotte.

Brentford: Raya, Henry, Mee, Jansson, Pinnock, Hickey, Jensen, Norgaard, Damsgaard, Mbeumo, Toney.
Subs: Strakosha, Schade, Dasilva, Zanka, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Stevens, Roerslev, Wissa.

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Forest: Navas, Williams, Toffolo, Niakhate, Felipe, Danilo, Mangala, Freuler, Dennis, Gibbs-White, Johnson.
Subs: Worrall, Jonjo Shelvey, Colback, Awoniyi, Hennessey, Surridge, Kouyate, Renan Lodi, Ayew.

Wolves: Sa, Dawson, Semedo, Kilman, Toti, Lemina, Neves, Nunes, Moutinho, Traore, Cunha.
Subs: Collins, Pedro Neto, Jimenez, Daniel Podence, Sarabia, Bentley, Costa, Joao Gomes, Bueno.

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Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Eze, Doucoure, Olise, Schlupp, Zaha, Edouard.
Subs: Johnstone, Milivojevic, Lokonga, Mateta, Clyne, McArthur, Hughes, Riedewald.

Leicester City: Iversen, Kristiansen, Faes, Souttar, Castagne, Ndidi, Dewsbury-Hall, Tete, Maddison, Barnes, Daka.
Subs: Ward, Soyuncu, Iheanacho, Amartey, Pereira, Mendy, Thomas, Soumare.

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Brighton 0-1 Brentford, Jansson!

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Bournemouth 0-1 Fulham, Pereira!

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Brighton 1-1 Brentford, Mitoma!

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Brighton 1-2 Brentford, Toney. :wacko:

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Brighton 2-2 Brentford, Welbeck.

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Forest 1-0 Wolves, Johnson!

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Brighton 2-3 Brentford, Pinnock. :wacko:

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Bournemouth 1-1 Fulham, Tavernier!

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Palace 0-1 Leicester, Ricardo.

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Palace 1-1 Leicester, Iversen OG it sounds like.

[GP]

Bournemouth 1-1 Fulham, Tavernier!

Some goal that

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Bournemouth 2-1 Fulham!

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Solanke with the goal for Bournemouth.

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Forest 1-1 Wolves, Podence!

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Pelanty to Brighton!

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Brighton 3-3 Brentford, Mac Allister!

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Podence spat in Johnson's face thinks Dawson.

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Palace 2-1 Leicester, Mateta!

Oof Leicester are in trouble.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Der Klassiker just started, Dortmund despite dropping points at Schalke have been the form team in the Bundesliga since the post World Cup resumption. But in reality Bellingham aside, it’s a bang average team….and Bayern are at home so should be able to pull them apart like string cheese. Dortmund also not beaten Bayern in the Bundesliga since 2018

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Chelsea 0-1 Villa, Watkins!

So poor from Cucurella and Koulibaly

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Chelsea are bottom half currently.

Villa would be up to ninth. :lol:

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Mudryk. :haha:

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Bayern Munich 3-0 Dortmund. :blink:

[GP]

Koulibaly has been a stinker of a signing

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Disallowed goal for Chilwell. :lol:

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Chelsea 0-1 Villa, HT.

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Kante coming back on.

0-2 MCGINN screamer!!!

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Great clearance from Kante.

[Letters]

Chelsea :lol:

Our win there looks less impressive by the week

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Bayern Munich 4-2 Borussia Dortmund now.

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Chelsea 0-2 Villa, FT. :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

They’re bloody awful but there’s surely enough quality there for a better coach than Potter to do something with. I don’t think they’ll be out in the wilderness for too long and expect them to be back in the mix next season.

But for now…:haha:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Yeah whilst I think the owner definitely hasn’t helped with going berserk on signings, Potter has amassed 28 points from a possible 66 since he replaced Tuchel.

21 goals scored in 22 games in that time.

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Brendan Rodgers leaves Leicester City. Can't understand why it took so long.

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West Ham 1-0 Southampton, Aguerd!

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West Ham 1-0 Southampton, FT!

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Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Willock; Murphy, Isak, Saint-Maximin
Subs: Dubravka, Lascelles, Joelinton, Gordon, Wilson, Ritchie, Targett, Manquillo, Anderson.

Man Utd: De Gea; Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Shaw; McTominay, Sabitzer, Fernandes; Antony, Weghorst, Rashford.
Subs: Bishop, Butland, Lindelof, Maguire, Martial, Malacia, Fred, Sancho, Pellistri

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Weghorst hits the side netting.

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0-0 at HT

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Firm strike from Schar.

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Newcastle 1-0 Man Utd, Willock!

:bow:

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Title challengers are er 22 points behind currently.

Also, Newcastle are above them as it stands!

[HCZ_Reborn]

Pillock strikes again

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Nearly 2-0 and Martial clears off the line!

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Martial shot, deflects wide!

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Willock's hamstring. :rose:

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Newcastle 2-0 Man Utd, Wilson!

:haha:

Man Utd's GD is 4.

[Letters]

Are Utd 10 points clear of us yet?
Asking for a friend
:coffee:

[Mac76]

Man Ure :haha:

Ten Hag :haha:

Bruno :haha:

Letters' trolling :bow:

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Newcastle 2-0 Man Utd, FT.

Ten Hag. :haha:

[Mac76]

Man Ure :haha:

Ten Hag :haha:

Bruno :haha:

Letters' trolling :bow:

oh and spuds down to fifth :haha:

[Letters]

Letters' trolling :bow:

I don’t know what you mean.
I’m a responsible mod, obviously I wouldn’t be trolling.

:ninja:
:whistle:

[Mac76]

ofc, my mistake ... :)

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Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Tarkowski, Keane, Godfrey; Doucoure, Onana, Gueye; McNeil, Gray, Iwobi.
Subs: Begovic, Holgate, Mina, Myykolenko, Maupay, Davies, Coady, Garner, Simms.

Spuds: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Lenglet; Porro, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Perisic; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.
Subs: Forster, Austin, Sanchez, Danjuma, Tanganga, Moura, Sarr, Devine, Mundle.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Who on earth do I want to win this?

Everton and we still have a 3% chance of making the Champions League.
Spurs and they're still in the bottom 3 with single-digits games to go.

Meteor :pray:

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Meteor getting a lot of hope this season.

Awful touch from Skipp.

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Dive from Gray. :lol:

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Doucoure. :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Meteor getting a lot of hope this season.

Awful touch from Skipp.Yeah and it's done fuck all all year.

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Pickford saves from Son but given offside anyway.

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Yeah and it's done fuck all all year.

Meteor doesn't turn up enough for the big games.

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0-0 HT. Not a classic.

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Gana should do better there.

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Doucoure sent off. :doh:

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Embarrassing from Kane there.

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Pelanty to Tottenham.

Keane. :doh:

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Everton 0-1 Spuds, Kane.

[Letters]

You really don’t have to be that good to finish top 4 in this league.

[Marc Overmars]

Hopefully Newcastle can maintain their push, so Spuds or United miss out.

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Lloris saves from Gana.

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Keane header but straight at Lloris!

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Lucas Moura sent off!

Shocking tackle.

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Everton 1-1 Spuds, Keane!

Wow. :haha:

What a strike.

[Letters]

I could hear my neighbour, a fellow Gooner, yelling through the wall :lol:

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Everton 1-1 Spuds, FT!

[Letters]

Spursy :d

[Letters]

3 points between 13th and 19th :wacko:

[WMUG]

3 points between 13th and 19th :wacko:

The final day's relegation battle could get tasty.

[Letters]

Just seen Everton's equaliser. I mean, good strike and all that but I'd have been fuming had that been scored against us.
How much time and space did they give him? Ridiculous.

[Marc Overmars]

We lost at Neverton in the same way last season. Gray scored a very similar last minute goal. Was the only game Rafa won before he was sacked. :rolleyes:

[Letters]

Yes, I remember. But I'm not sure we afforded him quite the same space that Spurs did last night. Maybe though.

[Mac76]

it's an uphill struggle for Spuds to make fourth now - level on points with Newcastle and Moan U but both those teams have played two games fewer :lol:

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Bournemouth: Neto; Smith, Stephens, Senesi, Kelly; Ouattara, Christie, Lerma, Traore; Billing; Solanke.
Subs: Travers, Cooke, Brooks, Rothwell, Tarvernier, Vina, Semenyo, Zabarnyi, Anthony.

Brighton: Steele; Veltman, Dunk, Webster, Estupinan; Gross, Caicedo; March, Mac Allister, Mitoma; Ferguson.
Subs: Sanchez, Colwill, Welbeck, Enciso, Undav, Ayari, Gilmour, Van Hecke, Buonanotte.

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Leicester City: Iversen, Castagne, Souttar, Faes, Kristiansen, Mendy, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndidi, Maddison, Barnes, Vardy.
Subs: Ward, Iheanacho, Amartey, Daka, Pereira, Praet, Thomas, Tete, Soumare.

Aston Villa: Martinez, Young, Konsa, Mings, Moreno, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Buendia, Ramsey, Watkins, Bailey.
Subs: Diego Carlos, Traore, Chambers, Duran, Olsen, Digne, Dendoncker, Sinisalo, Revan.

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Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, James, Fofana, Koulibaly, Cucurella, Chilwell, Kante, Fernandez, Kovacic, Felix, Havertz
Subs: Mendy, Badiashile, Gallagher, Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Madueke, Pulisic, Sterling.

Liverpool: Alisson, Gomez, Konate, Matip, Tsimikas, Henderson, Fabinho, Jones, Jota, Firmino, Nunez.
Subs: Kelleher, Phillips, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Milner, Arthur, Carvalho, Gakpo, Salah.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Good god.

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Leeds: Meslier, Ayling, Koch, Struijk, Firpo, McKennie, Roca, Harrison, Sinisterra, Aaronson, Bamford.
Subs: Robles, Cooper, Summerville, Gyabi, Rodrigo, Rutter, Kristensen, Gnonto, Greenwood.

Forest: Navas, Williams, Felipe, Niakhate, Toffolo, Mangala, Freuler, Danilo, Johnson, Dennis, Gibbs-White.
Subs: Hennessey, Worrall, Shelvey, Awoniyi, Surridge, Kouyate, Scarpa, Lodi, Ayew.

[Marc Overmars]

Good god.

Salah and Gakpo rested before they destroy us. :sick:

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Leeds 0-1 Forest, Mangala!

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Looked like Felix had done Matip but he got a foot back in somehow.

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Kovacic shot but Konate gets it away!

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Crude challenge from Matip.

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Leeds 1-1 Forest, Harrison!

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Leicester 0-1 Villa, Watkins!

His scoring streak continues.

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Bournemouth 0-1 Brighton, Ferguson!

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Koulibaly clears from goal!

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Leicester 1-1 Villa, Barnes!

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Disallowed goal for James!

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Might be on.

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It isn't. Was some strike though.

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Havertz. :haha:

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Leeds 2-1 Forest, Sinisterra!

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Alisson. :haha:

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Kepa saves from Gomez.

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Fofana block to deny Fabinho!

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Kovacic. :haha:

What a miss.

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Do Liverpool give up chances this readily at Anfield?

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Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool, Alisson whacks it in off Havertz and in.

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That'll be disallowed for handball. So unfortunate.

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Dewsbury-Hall sent off for Leicester!

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Nunez shot, Kepas save it ISS style.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Do Liverpool give up chances this readily at Anfield?Generally, yes.

Our record at home is astonishingly good this season, given how shit we have been. But it's now to say we've actually played well.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Firmino and Tsimikas off, Salah and Robertson on.

[Letters]

Generally, yes.

Our record at home is astonishingly good this season, given how shit we have been. But it's now to say we've actually played well.
Holy shit your away record is awful. But yeah. Only one loss all season at home.
Come on, guys, be nice. We can't have City win the league and you're unlikely to finish top 4 anyway.
:(

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Generally, yes.

Our record at home is astonishingly good this season, given how shit we have been. But it's now to say we've actually played well.

Augurs well at least to create chances, which I don't remember us previously really doing very much at Anfield.

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Leicester 1-2 Villa, Traore!

Emery is going to deliver European football again. :bow:

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Fabinho avoiding second yellows again somehow.

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Bournemouth 0-2 Brighton, Enciso!

De Zerbi. :bow:

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Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool, FT.

:lol:

[Letters]

Chelsea have won 10 games out of 29 :lol:
It's hilariously inept.

[Marc Overmars]

They’ve only scored 29 goals too. Pathetic. :lol:

[HCZ_Reborn]

It’s an absolute joke of a club. And a sick joke as well, if so many of their fans weren’t such unbelievable cunts I’d almost feel for them because this can’t be fun to watch.

As for Liverpool, any advantage we might have because of them playing shit feels like it’s going to be cancelled out by playing Rob Holding.

Why on earth does he still play for us? It’s embarrassing. He is a hard working defender for sure, but his complete lack of comfort on the ball and lack of pace leaves us completely exposed especially in partnership with Gabriel who isn’t the best defender technically.

[Mac76]

yes with such a shit defence it's no wonder our GD over the last two games is +6 with an aggregate score of 8-2

they're both 2/10 for me for sure...

[GP]

I do wonder if some on here even watch our games sometimes.

[HCZ_Reborn]

yes with such a shit defence it's no wonder our GD over the last two games is +6 with an aggregate score of 8-2

they're both 2/10 for me for sure...

You’re really not well are you? Have you been spending time on Twitter? That can radicalise a man you know.

What the fuck does scoring 8 goals have to do with defending. If you honestly think it’s unreasonable to worry about us playing a player who at my most generous I could call a mid table level player when you’ve seen with your own eyes how badly he gets destroyed for pace (it’s not his fault, he’s just limited…it’s ok to bring him on with ten minutes to go when defending a lead but in a game where we are going to be stretched if we have any ambition to win it’s completely precarious).
It’s almost like there’s a reason why palace and Leeds are fighting relegation and Liverpool for all their bed shitting away from home are still a force to be reckoned with at Anfield.

I’m sorry you’re butt hurt for some reason because I haven’t given out warm fuzzies to players for comfortably beating relegation bait sides. But Rob Holding single handedly lost us the game against Spurs…not because he’s an arsehole but because he was out of his depth against Son.

[Mac76]

He had a bad game against Spuds, but that was last season so how about we look at this season where's he's played well, particularly against Palace, in the last two games

I suppose you don't like Ben White because he was a bit shaky v Brentford over a season and a half ago

The point is we play something of a high-risk game, especially at home, where we commit a lot of players forward, have no real left back and at times essentially rely on scoring more goals than we concede.

The Leeds goal was down to our front players taking their foot off the pedal, allowing Leeds to come forward, and Zinchenko screwing up, not Holding or Gabriel

Generally speaking we're playing great football and it's really enjoyable to watch, I just feel sorry for anyone who nitpicks their way into thinking they're watching some kind of rubbish team which somehow has pubbed its way to the top of the league

That's very obviously not the case and as GP says it makes one wonder whether some people are actually watching what's happening here

Anyone, whatever, you carry on wallowing in your own glass-half-empty world and the rest of us will enjoy what has turned out to be a great season, whether we win the league or not

[Marc Overmars]

To be fair the prospect of Holding at Anfield does leave me concerned, not having Saliba available is a monumental blow.

Saying that, I believe we play better away from home anyway. This game will be won and lost on how effective our front line is.

Trossard should start. Can’t have a guy who scored a hattrick at Anfield 6 months ago not playing.

[Mac76]

I wouldn't argue with that, Holding is clearly a step down from Saliba, but as you say it will be more a case of how we do up front

and totally agree re Trossard, I suppose the question is who would you leave out? maybe Jesus, given we're still easing him back in to an extent?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Hope Holding has a shocker tbh. And Trossard. And the other 9.

And if they do. 0-3 Ozil hat trick.

[Marc Overmars]

I wouldn't argue with that, Holding is clearly a step down from Saliba, but as you say it will be more a case of how we do up front

and totally agree re Trossard, I suppose the question is who would you leave out? maybe Jesus, given we're still easing him back in to an extent?

Not sure but it’s a nice problem to have. Just feel like right now Trossard makes our best 11.

Jesus is good enough to make an impact from the bench if needs be.

[HCZ_Reborn]

He had a bad game against Spuds, but that was last season so how about we look at this season where's he's played well, particularly against Palace, in the last two games

I suppose you don't like Ben White because he was a bit shaky v Brentford over a season and a half ago

The point is we play something of a high-risk game, especially at home, where we commit a lot of players forward, have no real left back and at times essentially rely on scoring more goals than we concede.

The Leeds goal was down to our front players taking their foot off the pedal, allowing Leeds to come forward, and Zinchenko screwing up, not Holding or Gabriel

Generally speaking we're playing great football and it's really enjoyable to watch, I just feel sorry for anyone who nitpicks their way into thinking they're watching some kind of rubbish team which somehow has pubbed its way to the top of the league

That's very obviously not the case and as GP says it makes one wonder whether some people are actually watching what's happening here

Anyone, whatever, you carry on wallowing in your own glass-half-empty world and the rest of us will enjoy what has turned out to be a great season, whether we win the league or not


As I’ve said it wasn’t because Holding had a bad night against Spurs, it was because he was found out.

If I’m spoiling your enjoyment of the season feel free not to read my posts but in my book when you’re climbing a mountain you don’t get half way and stand around admiring the view like a tit, you carry on until you reach the summit. I didn’t think a title challenge was realistic…but now that we are in a title fight (albeit one that I still don’t think we are favourites for) I don’t want us to fall flat on our arses by keeping someone in the team who clearly is not good enough to be playing for us.

Plus it’s not me being negative. Getting bent out of shape because I don’t think performances merit more than six out of ten. When ignoring the fact that these players are not hitting top gear but still coming out comfortable winners

[HCZ_Reborn]

Hope Holding has a shocker tbh. And Trossard. And the other 9.

And if they do. 0-3 Ozil hat trick.

You don’t have to hope

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham: Fabianski; Kehrer, Zouma, Aguerd, Emerson; Soucek, Rice, Paqueta; Bowen, Antonio, Benrahma.
Subs: Areola, Cresswell, Coufal, Fornals, Lanzini, Downes, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna.

Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Wilson, Saint-Maximin.
Subs: Dubravka, Lascelles, Gordon, Ritchie, Targett, Isak, Manquillo, Willock, Anderson.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd: De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Shaw, McTominay, Sabitzer, Antony, Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford.
Subs: Butland, Lindelof, Maguire, Martial, Malacia, Fred, Weghorst, Pellistri, Wan-Bissaka.

Brentford: Raya, Roerslev, Jansson, Pinnock, Mee, Henry, Damsgaard, Norgaard, Jensen, Mbeumo, Toney.
Subs: Strakosha, Hickey, Schade, Dasilva, Wissa, Zanka, Ghoddos, Baptiste, Stevens.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham 0-1 Newcastle, Wilson!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

0-2 Joelinton! Wow.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Man Utd 1-0 Brentford, Rashford.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham 1-2 Newcastle, Zouma.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-3 Wilson with his second.

Embarrassing from Aguerd.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-4 Newcastle, Isak.

That is horrendous from Fabianski.

[Marc Overmars]

West Ham are so bad.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham 1-5 Newcastle, Joelinton.

Moyes. :haha:

[Mac76]

Spuds out of the top 4 :wave: