[FOOTBALL] Weekend, New Year's Day & Midweek Fixtures (Fri 29 Dec - Thurs 4 Jan)

Also some Serie A and other stuff http://www.live-footballontv.com

Friday 19:45
Cardiff v Preston - Sky Sports Mix
St Mirren v Dundee United - BT Sport 2

Saturday 15:00
Watford v Swansea
Huddersfield v Burnley
Bournemouth v Everton
Newcastle v Brighton
Liverpool v Leicester
Chelsea v Stoke
Man United v Southampton - 17:30 BT Sport

Celtic v Rangers - 12:00 Sky Sports
Bristol City v Wolves - 17:30 Sky Sports

Sunday
Crystal Palace v Man City - 12:00 Sky Sports
West Brom v Arsenal - 16:30 Sky Sports

Monday - New Year's Day 15:00
Brighton v Bournemouth - 12:30 Sky Sports
Burnley v Liverpool
Stoke v Newcastle
Leicester v Huddersfield
Everton v Man United - 17:30 Sky Sports

Leeds United v Nottingham Forest - 15:00 Sky Sports

Tuesday 19:45
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Swansea v Tottenham - Sky Sports
West Ham v West Brom
Man City v Watford - 20:00

Napoli v Atalanta (Cup QF) - Sky Sports

Wednesday
Arsenal v Chelsea - 19:45 Sky Sports

Juventus v Torino (Cup QF) - 19:45 Sky Sports
Benfica v Sporting CP - 21:30 FreeSports

Thursday
Tottenham v West Ham - 20:00 Sky Sports

Sensational tele picks there from BT and Sky.

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I'm not doing anything all weekend, especially on New Year's Eve when my plan is to sit alone and eat cheese, so I'll see how many games I can take in. Cardiff v Preston is going to be a testing start though.

St Mirren v Dundee United is huge.

I'd fancy our chances more against Stoke than Brighton. I feel like season will be about trying to keep Palace at arms length. Or a cat's whisker.

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St Mirren v Dundee United is huge.

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Best thing was the snowball fight.

Ca believe MJ is still shagging his Missus.

https://i.imgur.com/kGZQII3.jpg

Is 15 offside?

Hard to tell from that angle.

Having gone into Paint and drawn lines on it, I would say he is offside by about two inches, and so it probably shouldn't be given.

That was my impression, the grass is misleading.

He runs on and scores. Shot data based models rate it an 0.5 xG chance, but if the linesman gets it right it's zilch. He's done something right to outwit the idiot left back though so I think I'll meet them half way. :cool2:

On the subject of offside, and drawing lines, when did it become acceptable (or standard practise) to take the line from the furthest most forward/back part of the respective protagonists? I've got no time for the modern phenomena of someone's toe being used as the defining point. Is there even an accepted methodology as to what the rule requires? I always think it should be done in the same way that photo finishes are in sprinting - through the chest.

It's the closest part of the attacker's body that can legally play the ball, isn't it? So strictly speaking a toe is often correct.

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Originally Posted by dino

That was my impression, the grass is misleading.

He runs on and scores. Shot data based models rate it an 0.5 xG chance, but if the linesman gets it right it's zilch. He's done something right to outwit the idiot left back though so I think I'll meet them half way. :cool2:

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It's probably only because one player has his feet together and the other has his leg extended. Jeff and the boys would do you for 'daylight'.

Liverpool’s counterattack will smash Leicester’s counterattack to smithereens. :drool:

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Best thing was the snowball fight.

Ca believe MJ is still shagging his Missus.

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https://twitter.com/RossMixDonald/st...45597587464194

Shit second half performance. Missing a penalty though /0\

Watching the Old Firm derby. I'd say Rodgers should move on almost immediately, or certainly at the end of the season. This team has probably peaked, looks very complacent.

Lustig has had an absolutely howling game. Bodgers will invite him round for tea and a chat tomorrow morning.

James Forrest is a fucking coward, knew exactly what he was doing with that little hop into McCrorie.

For our part, Kranjcar needs shipped off to Peru as soon as we can arrange it, Declan John is brilliant, and Morelos must never be involved in build up play ever again.

Ajer looks really good. Celtic could easily be getting 50 million for him, Tierney and Dembele.

I quite like this Rangers team but can imagine they are infuriatingly inconsistent. You need a central midfield leader and a target man.

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Ajer looks really good. Celtic could easily be getting 50 million for him, Tierney and Dembele.

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:D He's nineteen and he's played about five games. Behave.

Looks like a total bomb scare to me, although presumably he's supposed to be a midfielder and not a defender.

There's not this many posts about the entirety of the premier league Saturday slate normally.

He's been Celtic's best player for me, Jeff.

But there is always a post from you moaning about a lack of posts, and consistency is key, so thanks for getting involved.

Bates has been terrific since coming on. Nothing fancy but has done the basics very well. No more Alves, please.

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He's been Celtic's best player for me, Jeff.

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Fabulously pretty and I suppose those qualities are worth something in this football. I prefer Tierney, would have him at Chelsea tbh.

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But there is always a post from you moaning about a lack of posts, and consistency is key, so thanks for getting involved.

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Hi John. Jump off something you sack of knob leakage.

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Originally Posted by Giggles

Hi John. Jump off something you sack of knob leakage.

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I've jumped off the couch several times during this game.

That's nice. I suppose I can identify with someone getting excited over meaningless leagues these days too so I shouldn't be so hard on you.

o/

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Why would you want to touch a 'sack of knob leakage'? Fucking weirdo.

:D

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Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd

Fabulously pretty and I suppose those qualities are worth something in this football. I prefer Tierney, would have him at Chelsea tbh.

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Get him in at united. He is a talent that we can bench behind young.

More likely, can't imagine us signing an Irish Catholic. We'll take Shaw off your hands for about eighty quid if that's alright.

Tierney will definitely be a Premiership player before long, probably for several Dembele Dollars.

Third best full back on the pitch today though.

Kris Commons is giving a fabulous interview for a job in the Bodgers spin room here. His genuine take just now was that Scott Sinclair was just too talented to put a particular chance away.

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More likely, can't imagine us signing an Irish Catholic. We'll take Shaw off your hands for about eighty quid if that's alright.

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I doubt Tierney is Irish or he'd have about 15 caps by now.

He's called Kieran Tierney, he must be basically Irish even if he plays for Scotland.

Never heard any mention of any part of the recent tree being from here. According to Wikipedia he's not from Scotland either though.

Isle of Man? That's a new one.

Could he have held out for England then?

He signed for Celtic at seven years old, so if he had any immediate Irish heritage he'd probably be playing for Ireland. He will have some in there though, Kieran Tierney is about as Irish as it gets without going down the Phil McGillivan route.

Interesting that the first thing Morata says in this interview, when asked about what England is like compared to Spain and Italy, is 'the referees are better'. He's spot on as well.

Better in the sense that most of them likely aren't bought at least.

Klopp was shitting the bed in the pre-match interview, so Christ knows what he'll be like if this stays the same.

Stoke three down to Chelsea already. You'd think Hughes will be next. Someone on one of the football podcasts made the point that they've become a team with no real identity: they're not Delap era 'hoof and head it', they're not all that flair-filled and exciting after the initial promise of Shakiri and co., and they're not any good against the best teams anymore. They're got some good players but it feels like a new era is needed. I say this after giving the subject about two minutes thought and my team one point ahead of them in the live table, but maybe there's something in it.

He's got to go this evening just for the team selection. You can't go to a Premier League match trying to lose.

I don't know how he's ever lasted this long.

There are a bunch of pointless shit teams in the Prem this year, more so than in the past couple seasons. I guess the whole thing is sinusoidal so it'll return to normal eventually but I'd relegate half the league as it is

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Stoke three down to Chelsea already. You'd think Hughes will be next. Someone on one of the football podcasts made the point that they've become a team with no real identity: they're not Delap era 'hoof and head it', they're not all that flair-filled and exciting after the initial promise of Shakiri and co., and they're not any good against the best teams anymore. They're got some good players but it feels like a new era is needed. I say this after giving the subject about two minutes thought and my team one point ahead of them in the live table, but maybe there's something in it.

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A lot of Stoke fans have wanted him gone since the end of last season, and the remaining few after the Bournemouth loss. He won't go on the back of this though, I don't think it'd be until after next weekend's game, I don't even know who it is we're playing. Long overdue when he finally does leave.