[FOOTBALL] Midweek Fixtures ft. Chelsea v Man City (4-6 April)

[Foe]

Them going down and staying down in their shitty stadium would be pretty funny.

Agree.

Looking forward to Brighton in the prem, but West Ham and Sunderland in the championship with villa would be great.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Arsenal now zoning in on the top four, like sharks

And ahead of United.

[Kikó]

All about 6th place. Have you seen how shit Luke Shaw is?

[Jimmy Floyd]

And Liverpool ship an equaliser. Somebody mock up a Jaws montage with a Wenger headed shark busting Klopp's boat.

[Smiffy]

If we could defend....

[Shindig]

I'll take a win after whatever was going on with that penalty.

"Hey, I've decided the penalty I've just awarded ... and you have just scored ... is incorrect. I've also decided we should replay the 1986 World Cup Quarter Final and the 1966 Final. It's the right thing to do."

[John Arne]

Not a great performance that. Lee Mason is such a shitcunt, too.

[Giggles]

Bournemouth

[Mazuuurk]

Arsenal now zoning in on the top four, like sharks

And ahead of United.

Typically, they will now go on a great run, leaving them in CL and making it look like some amazing feat which really is better than winning the league itself if you think about it a little bit and it's been like this for 20 seasons as well.

And especially players like Welbeck, Oxlade Chamberlain and Walcott will perform, thus eliminating the need to "strengthen in summer" because maybe Walcott can play as a striker now actually.

[Mazuuurk]

Bournemouth

Fucked up my accum, that goal

[mo]

The late Spurs show saved mine. Cracking.

[Giggles]

That late show of bollocks was very un-Spurs.

[Giggles]

So a ref disallows a Newcastle goal from a penalty for encroachment but gives the opposition a free kick instead of making them re take it.

[SvN]

Typically, they will now go on a great run, leaving them in CL and making it look like some amazing feat which really is better than winning the league itself if you think about it a little bit and it's been like this for 20 seasons as well.

And especially players like Welbeck, Oxlade Chamberlain and Walcott will perform, thus eliminating the need to "strengthen in summer" because maybe Walcott can play as a striker now actually.

An injury-free Walcott will be like a new signing anyway, especially if you play him through the middle

Speaking of new signings, Hargreaves should be back any day for us soon.

[CJay]

Is it not possible to watch MOTD on the BBC website in HD? Surely that can't be right.

[Jimmy Floyd]

So a ref disallows a Newcastle goal from a penalty for encroachment but gives the opposition a free kick instead of making them re take it.

In the 2006 World Cup qualifying playoff, FIFA ordered a match replayed between Bahrain and Uzbekistan for precisely that reason.

Granted there are no bungs or Arab corruption involved this time.

[GS]

I did wonder earlier if it would come to that in the event Newcastle didn't win anyway. It's the sort of ultra-basic rule fuck-up that should see a referee quietly agreeing to step back to the Conference for a few years.

[Spammer]

THE MIGHTY BLADES are on the cusp of promotion

[Shindig]

I did wonder earlier if it would come to that in the event Newcastle didn't win anyway. It's the sort of ultra-basic rule fuck-up that should see a referee quietly agreeing to step back to the Conference for a few years.

It highlights how little the three other officials can say in that situation. Two linesman and a fourth by the dugout and none of them said, "What's he doing?" The linesmen are in contact with him, right?

[phonics]

A reminder Villa got 17 points this season

[Adamski]

Did you go to the game last night @John?

Awful performance but was very impressed with Beermans debut, looks very tidy considering he only turned 18 last month.

[Offshore Toon]

A reminder Villa got 17 points this season

I'm surprised we're not in the top 16 for that. At least our finances should be healthy for next season.

[John]

Did you go to the game last night @John?

Awful performance but was very impressed with Beermans debut, looks very tidy considering he only turned 18 last month.

Beerman did look good but he's very slight for a defender. Sammon bullied him a few times, most notably when he hit that strange looping shot past the far post. Bates looked a lot better than I expected of someone Raith Rovers were willing to let out on loan too.

[Adamski]

Once or twice he outmuscled him yeah but nothing too concerning. Bates was a bit Bambi on ice at times but seemed decent enough.