English Premier League: 18th, 19th & 20th of December

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Chelsea vs Man U off tomorrow.
No surprise that Chelsea are one of the few clubs with a little common sense. Its not as if the weather was unexpected. Snow warning was put out yesterday arvo. Games should of been cancelled 15 minutes after that.

Most ridiculous part of that save is how the hell it got over the crossbar. Literally thumbed it out of the goal

Bolton are 100% reliant on Stuart Holden atm. Hes been a magnificent purchase for them and has been in good form recently and hes single handidly carrying them today. Problem for them is Sunderland simply have too much pace upfront. Wellbeck, Gyan, Bent are doing a wonderful job. These 3 are gonna cause alot of headaches between now and the end of the year
 

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Rob Green is out for West Ham with a debut for Ruud Boffins (what a name). Rumors doing the rounds that a bit of a training ground bustup is the reason behind Greens abscence. Probably injury but who knows with a smug wanker like Avram. Club are saying injury but i smell a rat. Green was chanting "Grant Out" with the fans in our last home game oddly enough

No Obinna either but that appears injury related. All in all a laughable 11 named. Was fairly confident heading into this oddly enough but not anymore :thumbsdown:
 

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WBA vs Wolves now off meaning no games tomorrow.

Pretty shit game at the moment, a few decent chances for West Ham though at the end.
 

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Blackburns CB's were dropping like flies, first Samba and then Jones.

Upson was unlucky to strike the post with his shot.
 

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Not one for the purists that one.

A point for either team probably a fair result.
It was one for the League One enthusiast. I thought Avrams reaction to the goal was priceless he had this "whoops, i ****ed up" look on his face. The team he named was utterly ridiculous as were the tactics. Not even close to what we should be playing. Continues with a 4-3-3 despite it never working. Switches to a 4-4-2 and we start to take control of the game ONCE AGAIN!!!.

Barrera is just terrible. How he starts ahead of Stansilas is nothing other than monetary reasons ie. We paid X amount for this guy but this one cost nothing. Time has come to start Piquionne and Cole together, Piquionne drifts so wide we end up playing a 4-4-2 with 2 wide men upfront and no striker in the middle. For Christmas I want to see this team start for Boxing Day

Green
Jacobsen Tomkins Upson Ilunga
Stanislas Parker Noble Obinna
Cole Piquionne

Keep it simple Avram. We are 20th on the table and he has us playing to tactics not even Barcelona would be able to comprehend
 

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What a terrible weekend for EPL fans, although it was almost made up by the weather prediction shit-fight which occured a few pages back. Thought we were good value for the 3 points, good to see John Mensah got through his token 1 and a half matches before getting injured, I can't see him staying beyond this season. Danny Welbeck, Darren Bent and Asamoah Gyan will give any sides defence a run for it's money, Cattermole was awfully lucky to stay on the pitch, he will never learn.

Gordon's save was just amazing, to be able to scoop that over the bar was just masterful. Bit disappointed by Bolton to be honest, sure they have improved their attacking play, but they still aren't clinical enough, Klasnic was immensely disappointing.

Not sure if they announced the final attendance at Ewood Park, but the crowd was terrible, and I'm sure the icy conditions wasn't the only factor. What was with the formation West Ham was playing late on, was that a 3-3-4 or something ridiculous?
 

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What a terrible weekend for EPL fans, although it was almost made up by the weather prediction shit-fight which occured a few pages back. Thought we were good value for the 3 points, good to see John Mensah got through his token 1 and a half matches before getting injured, I can't see him staying beyond this season. Danny Welbeck, Darren Bent and Asamoah Gyan will give any sides defence a run for it's money, Cattermole was awfully lucky to stay on the pitch, he will never learn.

Gordon's save was just amazing, to be able to scoop that over the bar was just masterful. Bit disappointed by Bolton to be honest, sure they have improved their attacking play, but they still aren't clinical enough, Klasnic was immensely disappointing.

Not sure if they announced the final attendance at Ewood Park, but the crowd was terrible, and I'm sure the icy conditions wasn't the only factor. What was with the formation West Ham was playing late on, was that a 3-3-4 or something ridiculous?
Show Anton the love he deserves. He was your MOTM last night

West Ham play a 4-3-3 formation a majority of the time. We changed to a 4-4-2 when Cole came on, we scored a goal and then changed back to a 4-3-3 by bringing on McCarthy.

Another piece of tactical genius from the great man
 

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What a terrible weekend for EPL fans, although it was almost made up by the weather prediction shit-fight which occured a few pages back. Thought we were good value for the 3 points, good to see John Mensah got through his token 1 and a half matches before getting injured, I can't see him staying beyond this season. Danny Welbeck, Darren Bent and Asamoah Gyan will give any sides defence a run for it's money, Cattermole was awfully lucky to stay on the pitch, he will never learn.

Gordon's save was just amazing, to be able to scoop that over the bar was just masterful. Bit disappointed by Bolton to be honest, sure they have improved their attacking play, but they still aren't clinical enough, Klasnic was immensely disappointing.

Not sure if they announced the final attendance at Ewood Park, but the crowd was terrible, and I'm sure the icy conditions wasn't the only factor. What was with the formation West Ham was playing late on, was that a 3-3-4 or something ridiculous?
Don't know why you're hating on Bolton. They went to a difficult place and weren't dominated and were fairly equal/maybe slightly less value on the balance of play, and they were not clinical but some of their passing to create was sublime.

It's very hard to dominate and win away. As I'm sure you'd realise with your side having only won 1 game 9 away from home this season.
 

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Don't know why you're hating on Bolton. They went to a difficult place and weren't dominated and were fairly equal/maybe slightly less value on the balance of play, and they were not clinical but some of their passing to create was sublime.

It's very hard to dominate and win away. As I'm sure you'd realise with your side having only won 1 game 9 away from home this season.
Bolton have come on leaps and bounds this season, and I think they could have come at us more often. Our defence is depleted, and we become a very nervous side after half time if we are in the lead, evident against West Ham the other week. They have the attacking threat and quality, Elmander was off the boil, as I mentioned Klasnic was ordinary and Stuart Holden was a little quiet compared to other performances this season.

This is the first season in many Bolton have come at sides away from home, they blew away Wolves, anyone who watched that game saw how destructive they could be, 3-0 before they took their foot off the pedal. They have the attacking quality and confidence, and I don't think they took full advantage of it last night.
 

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Skrtel still has 18 hours to prove you wrong TIG.
Too late.

To keep up match fitness he played for Skrtel's XI (a bunch of skinheads) against a combined blind, wheelchair XI. He was playing alright for the first 10 or 15 minutes until he was beaten in the air from a corner. After that, it was embarassing for his team.
 
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