Weekend Games 22nd/23rd December

[Cripps_orig]

Only 13 points behind Man Utd

Make it 16 as they will win at the Emirates

We are doing this

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Only 13 points behind Man Utd

Make it 16 as they will win at the Emirates

We are doing this

Nah we have to lose, so we can get our point across.

[Cripps_orig]

Nah we have to lose, so we can get our point across.

um ok

[Syn]

Nah we have to lose, so we can get our point across.

Please explain this in great detail. I would love to read another 6 pages of this discussion. You're all idiots. That is all.

[Cripps_orig]

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert believes that midfielder Ashley Westwood's form warrants comparison to Manchester United legend Paul Scholes. "I called him a Mini Scholes. I stand by it. I still believe it because of the way he passes the ball," Lambert said. "Sometimes the five-yard pass is the most difficult because no-one wants to play it."

Sell them Arteta

[Cripps_orig]

Chelsea: Cech, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Cole, Luiz, Lampard, Moses, Mata, Hazard, Torres. Subs: Turnbull, Ramires, Oscar, Ferreira, Marin, Piazon, Ake.

Aston Villa: Guzan, Herd, Clark, Baker, Lowton, Bannan, Westwood, Lichaj, Weimann, Holman, Benteke. Subs: Given, Ireland, El Ahmadi, Albrighton, Delph, Bowery, Bennett.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Come on you Villains

[Cripps_orig]

Swansea 1-1 Man Utd
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson: "We absolutely battered them and we are very unlucky. It really should have been a foul for us in the build-up to their goal. It was just one of those games, he is a young referee, but really, what a performance.

"It should have been six point gap today and that is the disappointment. Vidic did not have much to do but what he did do he did well.

"Robin van Persie is lucky to be alive. It was a disgraceful act from their player today and he should be banned by the FA. Robin could have had a broken neck."

Didnt watch the match. What happened? Was it a 2 footer on his neck?

[Cripps_orig]

Never mind. Found it

YELLOW CARD
...and a yellow for Robin van Persie.

And here is what triggered it. Van Persie was on the floor after being fouled and Ashley Williams leathered the ball into his head from about six inches away. Bedlam.

Williams

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

What a hit son. What a hit.