Update (from Spectator): As can be seen from these pictures, the Premier League title race appears to be back on.... And this is why we love English football.
Good morning mates. Today is another day packed full of footie. As seasons move into the final third, title races are tightening, Euro berth races are more intense, and so are relegation battles. It is quite simply squeaky bum time.
In England, Man U looks to recover against Fulham from the thrashing it suffered last weekend at the hands of Liverpool. Chelsea and Arsenal look to continue their form against Spurs and Newcastle respectively. The marquee matchup occurs on Sunday as Villa looks to regain form against Liverpool and stay in the race for the final CL spot with Arsenal. Liverpool wants to continue its astounding form.
Germany's title race is great. Top five teams separated by only 6 points and two through four tied on points, while The Hoff has cooled and looks to get back into the race. La Liga has Barcelona looking to wrap its fingers around the throat of the league championship again and Real Madrid hopes to stay in touch with Barca. The big Serie A match is Roma v. Juve. Roma needs a victory to maintain hopes for a CL spot next year and Juve needs the win to keep its hopes up for a league title.
Select games after the jump
England (All Times ET)
Saturday
(8:45 am) Portsmouth v. Everton
(11:00 am) Blackburn v. West Ham
(11:00 am) Fulham v. Man U
(11:00 am) Stoke City v. Middlesbrough
(11:00 am) Tottenham Hotspur v. Chelsea
(11:00 am) West Brom v. Bolton
(1:30 pm) Newcastle v. Arsenal
Sunday
(9:30 am) Wigan v. Hull
(11:00 am) Man City v. Sunderland
(12:00 pm) Liverpool v. Aston Villa
Bundesliga
Saturday
(10:30 am) Bayern Munich v. Karlsruhe (Bayern tied in second on 45 points)
(10:30 am) Stuttgart v. Hertha Berlin (Hertha sits in first and Stuttgart wants to get back in the CL race)
(10:30 am) The Hoff v. Hannover 96 (Hoff is struggling and down to 4th)
(10:30 am) Arminia Bielefeld v. Wolfsburg (Wolfsburg tied in second on 45 points)
Sunday
(12:00 pm) Schalke v. Hamburg (Hamburg tied in second on 45 points)
La Liga
Saturday
(5:00 pm) Sevilla v. Valladolid (Can Sevilla continue its charge up La Liga?)
Sunday
(12:00 pm) Real Madrid v. Almeria
(12:00 pm) Osasuan v. Espanyol (6 point relegation match)
(2:00 pm) Barca v. Malaga
(4:00 pm) Mallorca v. Atletico Madrid
Serie A
Saturday
(3:30 pm) Roma v. Juventus (Roma's CL dreams will take a big hit)
Sunday
(10:00 am) Inter v. Reggina (Can Inter maintain in match with cellar occupants?)
(10:00 am) Genoa v. Udinese (Genoa sits in 4th)
(10:00 am) Fiorentina v. Siena (Fiorentina in 5th on GD)
(3:30 pm) Napoli v. AC Milan (Meelan in 3rd 12 points adrift)
In England, Man U looks to recover against Fulham from the thrashing it suffered last weekend at the hands of Liverpool. Chelsea and Arsenal look to continue their form against Spurs and Newcastle respectively. The marquee matchup occurs on Sunday as Villa looks to regain form against Liverpool and stay in the race for the final CL spot with Arsenal. Liverpool wants to continue its astounding form.
Germany's title race is great. Top five teams separated by only 6 points and two through four tied on points, while The Hoff has cooled and looks to get back into the race. La Liga has Barcelona looking to wrap its fingers around the throat of the league championship again and Real Madrid hopes to stay in touch with Barca. The big Serie A match is Roma v. Juve. Roma needs a victory to maintain hopes for a CL spot next year and Juve needs the win to keep its hopes up for a league title.
Select games after the jump
England (All Times ET)
Saturday
(8:45 am) Portsmouth v. Everton
(11:00 am) Blackburn v. West Ham
(11:00 am) Fulham v. Man U
(11:00 am) Stoke City v. Middlesbrough
(11:00 am) Tottenham Hotspur v. Chelsea
(11:00 am) West Brom v. Bolton
(1:30 pm) Newcastle v. Arsenal
Sunday
(9:30 am) Wigan v. Hull
(11:00 am) Man City v. Sunderland
(12:00 pm) Liverpool v. Aston Villa
Bundesliga
Saturday
(10:30 am) Bayern Munich v. Karlsruhe (Bayern tied in second on 45 points)
(10:30 am) Stuttgart v. Hertha Berlin (Hertha sits in first and Stuttgart wants to get back in the CL race)
(10:30 am) The Hoff v. Hannover 96 (Hoff is struggling and down to 4th)
(10:30 am) Arminia Bielefeld v. Wolfsburg (Wolfsburg tied in second on 45 points)
Sunday
(12:00 pm) Schalke v. Hamburg (Hamburg tied in second on 45 points)
La Liga
Saturday
(5:00 pm) Sevilla v. Valladolid (Can Sevilla continue its charge up La Liga?)
Sunday
(12:00 pm) Real Madrid v. Almeria
(12:00 pm) Osasuan v. Espanyol (6 point relegation match)
(2:00 pm) Barca v. Malaga
(4:00 pm) Mallorca v. Atletico Madrid
Serie A
Saturday
(3:30 pm) Roma v. Juventus (Roma's CL dreams will take a big hit)
Sunday
(10:00 am) Inter v. Reggina (Can Inter maintain in match with cellar occupants?)
(10:00 am) Genoa v. Udinese (Genoa sits in 4th)
(10:00 am) Fiorentina v. Siena (Fiorentina in 5th on GD)
(3:30 pm) Napoli v. AC Milan (Meelan in 3rd 12 points adrift)
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 244 of 244Hope Arsenal won't need GD for anything this season. A game like this where three points look pretty secure, but extra goals are not falling, would hurt to look back on.
There is no hate on Nasri, just some NAMBLA inspired love....
@Goat-
I think this is the 4th time.
@NYK-
Ha ha. We'll have to try to get our name worked in somehow.
Newcastle sure do have that resigned-to-the-fact-that-they-are-going-down-to-the-Colaship look about them.
I just looked back. This is the 4th time.
@NYK, that one wasn't unintentional, we blew our whole marketing budget for the year on that shit.
Kudos
how big is Newcastle (the city)? 50K people come out to watch this flaming train wreck of an organization/team against a team that should kick its ass? Impressive, yet depressing, all at the same time...
Wonder how many of the 53k seats would be empty for Colaship ball?
@NYK eh we just had to pay him in old KC Royals gear, so he came really cheap.
Metro area listed at 800k.
Maybe it's finally time for me to write my "Newcastle FC are the Detroit Lions of Football" post.
While the city of Newcastle is officially 270k, give or take.
Did Newcastle draft three straight right wingers with the first pick? I don't remember.
In other conversation topics--what soccer positions line up to equivalent american football positions?
Get your arms down, Bendtner. No one wants to pass to a pouter.
Newcastle - stick a fork in them.
You could actually see RVP make the decision not to pass to Bendtner.
hmm.
Is the QB the GK, or the lone ST?
This match went from pretty good to meh in a span of 3 minutes. All that's left now is schadenfreude. Not that I don't enjoy that
Let's see....
#10 = quarterback
central midfielder = linebacker
forward = wide receiver
winger = running backs (?)
goalie = safety
defenders = linemen
I think the QB is the playmaking midfielder.
Agreed with GK=Safeties.
I think QB=#10. Striker seems more like WR--a lot of seemingly pointless running around until that one moment of glory that was often set up by someone else.
Re: Newcastle, that just makes it both more impressive and more depressing. Besides being a drunk despairing fan of NUFC, what else is there to do up there? Watch things decay, wither, and rust?
For the 1 or 2 who might care: CP 0-0 Reading. Announcer ends it with "neither really did enough to deserve more". Yeah, it wasn't worth watching...
Left and right back = cornerbacks
I think wingers=CBs who sometime play on offense or return kicks.
Plus goat, they are the ones who like to talk the most.
You can literally hear a pin drop at St. James Park. I think the visiting supporters have been singing the whole game, but otherwise this team is moribund.
Adam, yeah, I pretty much had TO in mind.
TO=Ade?
RvP feels bad, tries to even up things by getting card at the end.
GK = Rover
Fullbacks = safety (strong/free)
Centerbacks = linebackers
Holding Mid = interior def. line
Central Mid = interior def. line
Wings = cornerbacks
Strikers = defensive ends.
From the offensive side:
GK = center
Fullbacks = Guards/TEs.
Centerbacks = Offensive line
Holding Mid = Fullback
Central Mid = QB
Wings = running backs/third WR
Strikers = WRs
Newcastle should get used to crowds about like this for next year
Diaby off the woodwork.... no reaction from the crowd. This is just sad.
or longer, Teeknuts.
Diaby, back to old habits. (Yes that was a nice shot, I'm kidding)
TO=Drogba?
Screw injury time. Blow the whistle. Neither team wants to be out there anymore.
Kid's awake. Peace, y'all.
Arsene with the handshake. Nice.
Perfect timing, Goat.
This has been such a good day of football!
So makes up for the failure that is my March Madness bracket...effing Wake Forest. But I guess that's what I get for living in England and not actually watching a single regular season game.
Some times watching the games doesn't help either. I had West Virginia in the Elite 8.
@Sarah: And it's now time for you to go down to the pub!
@Sarah: How did I know?? Oh yeah, it's evening time in England, that's how!
Meanwhile, I really need to get off this couch.
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