Saturday, October 18, 2008

Weekend Open Thread


Eek. Games have started.

Anyway, post here while I figure out which games to highlight.

Chelsea have already demolished 'Boro 5-0 away. Ouch.

Other games:
10.00 EDT starts
Arsenal-Everton (FSC)
Villa-Portsmouth
Bolton-Blackburn
Fulham-Sunderland
Liverpool-Wigan
Bristol City-Norwich
Falkirk-Aberdeen

12.30
Manchester United-West Brom

2.00
Atletico-Real Madrid

57 comments:

Jacob said...

Great start there, Arsenal. It's a good thing I have lots to do today and won't be able to sit in front of the TV for this game.

BurgerBrother said...

Screech looks good so far for Everton in the middle of the park. AC Slater is angling for a January transfer.

Daniel Bramlette said...

van Persie is terrible....

BackBergtt said...

wow agger. maybe skrtel being hurt is a big deal.

my prediction is holding strong sadly

BackBergtt said...

then you go and do something like this AND TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!

what a run and pass by agger. great goal. here we go.

Jim Hendry said...

Albert Riera is class

Jim Hendry said...

dammit zaki! still, we're getting chances. Not worried.

Jim Hendry said...

Arsenal look disappointing. They should try playing Route 1, see if that works.

EbullientFatalist said...

boring, boring Arsenal . . .

EbullientFatalist said...

We're playing the longball . . . make it rain.

BackBergtt said...

jesus i wish my predictions would be wrong

cant blame reina on either saves really

cant wait for zaki to be rotting on the chelsea bench next year

BurgerBrother said...

glad I started Carlton Cole over Zaki this week in FPL... wait... (Pause) Not.

Jacob said...

Woooo! Aberdeen up 1-0 in the 48th on a Lee Miller header. Of course, it's an away match, which means an easy three points for the Dons.

EbullientFatalist said...

NASRI! WHY NOT?

Walcott opended the right side up.

Jacob said...

Oh my. What the hell is going on with Liverpool?

Jim Hendry said...

losing your solid central defender will do that to you

Jim Hendry said...

More goals imminent at Anfield... just not sure which end yet

Jacob said...

So glad I decided not to make Zaki my captain this week in the official EPL fantasy.

EbullientFatalist said...

Arsenal now playing some brilliant football. v. Persie manages to muck up a great chance.

Jacob said...

Theo looks like a star. How long until he loses this run of confidence?

Jacob said...

How is that NOT a penalty? At least van Persie got a kick to Jagielka's face in the process.

EbullientFatalist said...

RVP taken down in the box; ref declines to give the penalty. Wrong call.

This game is intense. Fight between Clichy and Baines had to be broken up.

Jim Hendry said...

LFC keep pressing and Kirkland's keeping Wigan in it... equalizer is coming, I can feel it

Jacob said...

Clichy deserved a yellow, but Baines (?) deserved something more. Grabbing a hold of Clichy like that invites a dust up.

EbullientFatalist said...

Arsenal looks good . . . their play has a certain impatience to it, a certain energy.

Wish that translated into goals.

Jim Hendry said...

Arsenal definitely look a lot better.

Challenge on RvP was surely a penalty, I guess the ref didn't think that he would have got to the ball even if he'd not been impeded... either Howard would have come out or it would have looped past the post.

Hibbert's tackle was dangerous, but not a red card. Think the ref got that right, I think. At this point, just be thankful Cahill's suspended as otherwise a Gooner player might well be dead by this point.

Jacob said...

the tackle wasn't a red, but his reaction on Clichy came damn close. Getting his hands up around the Frenchman's neck like that (though mostly holding the shirt) had to come very close.

EbullientFatalist said...

Clichy's been a revelation down the left. His attacking has opened Everton's back four up. Gunners do not lack for pace.

EbullientFatalist said...

RVP!!

The pressure was finally too much.

Jacob said...

Well, at first I was all "Shoot, Ade!", then I was all "Why are you passing?", then I was all "See, that's what you get for playing around with the ball like that, a blocked shot", then I was all "GOOOOOOAAAALLLLL!"

/that is all that I was all

Jacob said...

East Fife go up on Peterhead 1-0. I know you all care deeply.

Jacob said...

Ouch. Sorry Bigus. Bristol City 1-0. Goal by Jamie McCombe.

Jacob said...

Red for Valencia. Can Liverpool come back against a 10 man Wigan?

Jacob said...

There's you answer. 2-2

Jacob said...

Who the hell is "El Zhar"? where does he come from?

Valencia's two yellows in five minutes doomed Wigan, I think.

EbullientFatalist said...

It would be nice for Arsenal to get another. Not feeling too comfortable with a slim lead.

But this is three games in a row now where we've started off slow and had to fight our way back into the game.

Jacob said...

I'm right. 3-2 Liverpool.

Jim Hendry said...

u75: el-zhar is an academy graduate, pacy young winger, I'd liken him to Walcott but he's light-years behind.

LFC: we don't make it easy, but we get it done. GET IN

Jacob said...

WALCOTT!

EbullientFatalist said...

Wonderful set up, smart passing, lethal finish by Walcott.

Overall, good possession by Arsenal in the past 15 minutes.

BackBergtt said...

jesus. my dad is in town and i had to goto the liquor store with him and missed everything

Sarah said...

THEOOOOOOO!

Jacob said...

Liverpool are leading a charmed life right now. I wonder what the net points difference is for them between the 75th and FT?

Jacob said...

And Aberdeen hold on for all three points. Thank goodness.

Jim Hendry said...

well done Dons!

Jim Hendry said...

u75: that's how you win trophies (or at least remain in the hunt)... finding ways to win or snatch late draws from improbable situations was a hallmark of Man U last season

Jacob said...

I remember. As long as one's team doesn't rely on it every week.

Woo hoo, Aberdeen up into the top 10 (of 12)

Jim Hendry said...

we don't rely on it every weekend. We were controlled against Man U, and the Everton win.

I'm gonna have heartburn all week in readiness for the top-of-the-table clash next Sunday (never thought I'd say top-of-the-table clash in regards to LFC)

EbullientFatalist said...

Jesus, three nil-nil scores this weekend? FSC chose the right games.

EbullientFatalist said...

Does Kuyt score without the ball ricocheting off the keeper, a defender, the posts, or the bar? Fuck sakes, I can't ever remember him scoring a clean goal.

Still, a goal is a goal, and three points is three points.

Jim Hendry said...

Andrew: Kuyt's goals are as ugly as he is. It's simple.

The Fan's Attic said...

liverpool is +12 in points with goals in the last 15 minutes and +10 for goals in the last 10 minutes.

Jacob said...

That is ridiculous and breathtaking (the good one). Really.

Adam said...

Was anyone else watching FSC after the Arsenal match when the moron Max Bretos said something about Wigan getting a point at Anfield? Uhhh you get points in losses now?

BackBergtt said...

"el-zhar is an academy graduate, pacy young winger"

hes not an academy product, liverpool signed him after his contract with st etienne ran out two years ago. he was 20 at the time and played a reserves game without a contract then was offered one.

hes 22, so hes a biiiiit further along than walcott but markedly less talented. solid sub though.

Jacob said...

This Stoke-Tottenham game may have 15 minutes of added time. Spurs need to quit injuring their own players.

To anyone else who happens by-I think Bale's red card was harsh. Yes, he was last man back, but that wasn't a cynical foul. He was going for the ball and missed. Any thoughts?

Jacob said...

Only 11 minutes of extra time. Oddly, that feels short.