Today's Association Football

[Sion]

Saturday, 17 January 2009

Blackburn v Newcastle, 15:00

Bolton v Man Utd, 15:00

Chelsea v Stoke, 15:00

Hull v Arsenal, 17:30

Man City v Wigan, 15:00

Sunderland v Aston Villa, 15:00

West Brom v Middlesbrough, 15:00

 

 

Mr Ferguson is without Rooney, Ferdinand, Evra and Brown, and Tevez and Evans are serious doubts. If Evans doesn't make it James Chester will make his PL debut at CB. Luckily for them, Bolton have about 10 fit players.

So a spawny 1-0 win it is then

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

Manchester United will win 7-0 and go to the top of the league.

Edited January 17, 2009 by B.A.Baracus

[Knox_Harrington]

Think United will win but I certainly wouldn't be putting them in my accumulator today.

[Cam]

The Mancs could've struggled if Bolton had any fit players. But Arsenal, Chelsea & Villa could well drop points.

[Sion]

Evans and Tevez play for United

Joe Cole is out for the rest of the season with a ruptured cruciate ligament

John 'Big Man' Terry injured in warm up

[smithdown]

Joe Cole is out for the rest of the season with a ruptured cruciate ligament

 

Hard lines that. Didn't see all the game last week but he looked the only Chelsea player with any bottle against the mancs.

[psl]

Good. Cole won't be scoring against us then.

[Jim D]

Chelsea looking dodgy from set pieces.

[Jim D]

Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

WBA up against Boro who are sliding towards the drop

[psl]

Bolton should have been given a penalty at the start of this game to make up for the Old Trafford fiasco.

[Sion]

Sunderland 1-0 Aston Villa

 

Could do with Villa dropping points, they've a relatively easy run for the next 3 games and are too close to us for my liking.

[Bootle Buck]

Utd don't look the same team without Rooney. He seems to pull the strings for them.

[psl]

Utd don't look the same team without Rooney. He seems to pull the strings for them.

 

They'll still win 1-0. c****.

[carrafan]

Beattie going down easily. Almost everyone dives now, not a 'foreign' thing anymore.

[Jim D]

Could do with Villa dropping points, they've a relatively easy run for the next 3 games and are too close to us for my liking.

 

Villa are on a fantastic run but I think they have been very fortunate in recent games in sneaking those few wins. They haven't played that well and their whole game relies on the counter attack. It wouldn't surprise me if they lost today because they are always capable of this type of result.

 

They remind me of Everton circa 2005

Edited January 17, 2009 by Jim D

[psl]

Beattie has never been afraid of a dive or two.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

They'll still win 1-0. c****.

with a goal in the 115th min

[Sion]

I have money on both Chelsea and United, so one of them at least won't win

[surf]

bolton couldt score today if the game lasted till midnight.

manu seem disinterested, even ronaldo cant be arsed to dive today.

looks like a 0-0, but the mancs will probably fluke another 1-0

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Chelsea could easily have had a penno there

 

Do Stoke have the longest names in footy?

 

Shawcross

Abdoulaye Faye

Higginbotham

Etherington

Cresswell

Simonsen

Olofinjana

Lawrence

[Sion]

Bolton giving as good as they're getting

so they'll lose 1-0

[surf]

they're very poor in the middle of the park, can't hold up the ball

[psl]

Sorensen saves well from Anelka. Probably expect him to save it though.

 

Stoke have already lost Higginbotham and Faye to injury. And they weren't even fighting with each other.

Edited January 17, 2009 by psl

[psl]

Half time at the Reebok.

 

Another 45 like that please Bolton.