This Weekend's Fixtures (01/02/03 Sept).

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Friday 1st September 2023
Luton Town v West Ham United, 20:00 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Saturday, 2nd September 2023
Sheffield United v Everton, 12:30 https://i.imgur.com/tM2pRxb.png
Brentford v Bournemouth, 15:00
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur, 15:00
Chelsea v Nottingham Forest, 15:00
Manchester City v Fulham, 15:00
Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United, 17:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

Sunday, 3rd September 2023
Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 14:00
Liverpool v Aston Villa, 14:00
Arsenal v Manchester United, 16:30 https://i.imgur.com/htwHZ0c.jpg

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Does Kenilworth Road still have the artificial pitch? I’m old enough to remember players getting friction burn doing knee slide goal celebrations there

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Luton 0-1 West Ham, Bowen.

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Done the OP properly now. :lol:

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Luton 0-2 West Ham, Zouma.

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Luton 1-2 West Ham, Morris!

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How was that not a handball against Ward-Prowse?!

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Merson thinks Liverpool should sell Salah for £200 million and try to get Saka for £150 million in January. :wacko:

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I've overall enjoyed Soccer Saturday a lot more than the previous two weeks with Mike Dean not being there, at least for now.

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Oh bollocks he is there. I ruined it.

And I'm switching it off. Can't stand his ego being fed.

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Doucoure scores for Everton. The man who kept the Toffees up last season

[Mac76]

Doucoure scores for Everton. The man who kept the Toffees up last season

Damn, really wanted Sheff U to win this one

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Sheffield United 1-1 Everton, Archer.

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Sheffield United 2-1 Everton, Pickford OG. :lol:

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We'll get Everton back on track with our annual defeat at Goodison though.

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We'll get Everton back on track with our annual defeat at Goodison though.


We used to always do ok at that ground, yeah always had the odd defeat but since Wenger left it’s been four defeats and one draw. Always by the odd goal as well. Two 1-0’s and Two 2-1’s. I wanted them to stay up last season because it’s beginning to tick me off. We owe them a bloody good hiding.

[Mac76]

Sheffield United 2-1 Everton, Pickford OG. :lol:

this is more like it :lol:

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Desmond. Danjuma

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Fun game.

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I feel bad for Sheffield United in the sense that they were promoted despite it being clear that they are undercooked for the premier league and any money they made from promotion was used to clear their debts. Yes they’ve lost every game before today but they haven’t exactly disgraced themselves, took Forest and City to the wire. The spirit is there, even if the proper ownership and money isn’t

Everton? I can’t imagine what it’s like to be a fan of that club right now, been absolutely screwed over by Moshiri and if the man had a spark of decency he’d sell up to someone. Relegation would kill them, especially with paying for the new stadium which is half complete. And it’s a club with a massive history…

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How has Pickford saved those?

[Mac76]

2-2 FT

Probably for the best given we could be fighting relegation the way Arteta's going...

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2-2 FT

Probably for the best given we could be fighting relegation the way Arteta's going...


I loathe Arteta and what he’s done to this club and even I don’t think we are going to be fighting relegation. I think this is not going to be a fun season but more likely than not is that we will probably make top four given that a lot of the clubs around us are rubbish. Chelsea, United, Newcastle and Spurs am reasonably confident of finishing above.

However I am concerned that things could get bad and that we would drop out of the top four and end up in mid table somewhere but I can see Arteta being given the elbow if we are in mid table half way through the season.

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Burnley 1-0 Tottenham


Niiiiishhh

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Foster with that goal.

[Mac76]

Cmon Burnley :sick:

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Brentford 1-0 Bournemouth!

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2-2 FT

Probably for the best given we could be fighting relegation the way Arteta's going...

Not even close.

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Jensen with Brentford's goal.

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Son equalises 1-1

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Burnley 1-1 Spuds, Son. :sick:

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Man City 1-0 Fulham, Alvarez.

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Solanke equalises for Bournemouth at Brentford, and Alvarez gives city the lead

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Brentford 1-1 Bournemouth, Solanke.

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1-1, go on Fulham!

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They got Reamed.

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Burnley 1-2 Tottenham, Romero.

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Mike Dean doesn't know what he's talking about on Soccer Saturday. :faint:

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City score again just before half time

Le sigh

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Man City 2-1 Fulham, Ake. Sounds like it should be offside with Akanji interfering with play.

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Elanga scores for Forest at Stamford Bridge

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Go on Forest!

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Chelsea's approach to the last two transfer windows has been insane.

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1-3 Spuds, Maddison.

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Spurs 3-1 up at Burnley

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Man City 3-1 Fulham, Haaland.

[Mac76]

Effing hell, I'm already thinking there's no St Totteringham's day this season

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1-4 Son, wow.

[Mac76]

5-1 Spuds :ilt:

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1-5 Son hat-trick.

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Citeh 4-1 Fulham, Haaland pelanty.

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Brentford 1-2 Bournemouth, Brooks!

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Sterling misses a sitter?

Hard to follow Merse.

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Ah it was Jackson.

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Caicedo is having a mare it seems, again.

[Marc Overmars]

Spurs will definitely be a tricky proposition in a few weeks.

[Letters]

2-2 FT

Probably for the best given we could be fighting relegation the way Arteta's going...

Don’t be so much of a drama Queen :rolleyes:

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Brentford 2-2 Bournemouth, Mbuemo!

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2-5 at Turf Moor, Brownhill.

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Man City 5-1 Fulham, Haaland hat-trick.

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Chelsea 0-1 Forest, FT! :haha:

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Brighton 1-0 Newcastle, Ferguson!

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Brighton 1-0 Newcastle, Ferguson!

The Irish lad who we are apparently looking at for next summer

[Mac76]

Newcastle will be 14th if it finishes like this :lol:

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2-0 Ferguson again, great goal!

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Newcastle will be 14th if it finishes like this :lol:

Title challengers after beating Villa apparently.

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3-0 Ferguson hat-trick?

[Mac76]

Ferguson hatter :haha:

[Letters]

I loathe Arteta and what he’s done to this club
What do you think that is?

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Brighton 3-1 Newcastle, Wilson!

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What do you think that is?

Wasted 600 million on players we won’t recoup half of that for, putting us in extreme peril financially down the line by failure to spend it properly and put us in contention for top trophies (which we should be with the money spent).

[Mac76]

Wasted 600 million on players we won’t recoup half of that for, putting us in extreme peril financially down the line by failure to spend it properly and put us in contention for top trophies (which we should be with the money spent).

Ok, but fuck that, let's all laugh at Newcastle

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Don’t know how solid the rumours are that we are interested in Evan Ferguson, but for a lad of 18, playing for a team like Brighton…getting 10 goals in 24 games is on a par with Wayne Rooney at the same age

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Ok, but fuck that, let's all laugh at Newcastle

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Quite surprised that they’ve lost all these games (although Brighton away, city away and Liverpool at home are tough fixtures)

I suppose like us, last season was a bit of an outlier for them and they’ve found their true form. There’s no doubt we’d lose all three of the same fixtures currently, we are shapeless.

Almiron a bit like Odegaard, one season wonder

[dazthegooner]

So Poch’s explanation for Chelsea’s poor start us they’re still building… so another £1billion should do it :unsure:

[Letters]

Wasted 600 million on players we won’t recoup half of that for, putting us in extreme peril financially down the line by failure to spend it properly and put us in contention for top trophies (which we should be with the money spent).

Hmm. Well, I still think it's a bit early to conclude all that but I agree there are concerns. The run coming up, starting tomorrow, will tell us what this lot are made of.

[Mac76]

So Poch’s explanation for Chelsea’s poor start us they’re still building… so another £1billion should do it :unsure:

Always was a fake, always will be

People who thought he should be Arsenal manager :pal:

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Crystal Palace: Johnstone, Mitchell, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Lerma, Schlupp, Eze, Doucoure, Edouard, Ayew.
Subs: Henderson, Tomkins, Mateta, Clyne, Highes, Richards, Ahamada, Riedewald, Rak-Sakyi.

Wolves: Sa, Semedo, Kilman, Dawson, Ait-Nouri, Lemina, Sarabia, Gomes, Neto, Cunha, Silva.
Subs: Bentley, Doherty, Traore, Hwang Hee-Chan, Bueno, Kalajdzic, Toti, Gonzalez, Fraser.

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Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Gomez, Robertson, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Jones, Salah, Nunez, Diaz.
Subs: Endo, Gakpo, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Bajcetic, Doak, Kelleher, Quansah.

Aston Villa: Martinez, Konsa, Diego Carlos, Torres, Cash, Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Digne, Diaby, McGinn, Watkins.
Subs: Tielemans, Chambers, Lenglet, Zaniolo, Duran, Olsen, Bailey, Dendoncker, Kellyman.

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Liverpool 1-0 Villa, Szoboszlai.

[Mac76]

Cash OG, figures, just signed him to my FPL team :haha:

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2-0. Emery in for another hiding away from home?

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Liverpool 1-0 Villa, Szoboszlai.

Assuming that was a copy and paste job?

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Liverpool 3-0 Villa, Salah.

Palace 1-0 Wolves, Edouard.

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Assuming that was a copy and paste job?

Actually, yes!

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Actually, yes!

No shame in that, I wouldn’t have even tried to type it from memory :lol:

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Palace 1-1 Wolves, Hwang!

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Palace 2-1 Wolves, Eze!

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Palace 3-1 Wolves, Edouard with his second.

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Palace 3-2 Wolves, Cunha!