[FOOTY] Midweek Fixtures - 31st Jan-2nd Feb

[Reg]

19:45 unless stated | Scottish fixtures (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish/fixtures) | Full TV list (http://www.live-footballontv.com) | AFCON thread (http://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?1437-FOOTBALL-2017-African-Cup-of-Nations) (Semi-Finals Wednesday & Thursday)

TUESDAY
Arsenal v Watford
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Leicester City
Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion
Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur
Swansea City v Southampton
Liverpool v Chelsea - 20:00 BT Sport 1

Barnsley v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City v Reading
Brentford v Aston Villa - Sky Sports 1, Mix
Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday
Cardiff City v Preston North End
Ipswich Town v Derby County
Nottingham Forest v Rotherham United

Inter Milan v Lazio (Coppa Italia Quarter-Final) - Sky Sports 5

WEDNESDAY
West Ham United v Manchester City - BT Sport 1
Manchester United v Hull City - 20:00
Stoke City v Everton - 20:00

Blackburn Rovers v Leeds United
Burton Albion v Fulham
Newcastle United v Queens Park Rangers - Sky Sports 1

Hearts v Rangers - BT Sport 2
Roma v Cesena (Coppa Italia Quarter-Final) - Sky Sports 5, Mix

THURSDAY
Huddersfield Town v Brighton & Hove Albion - Sky Sports 1

[John]

Fucking hell, Arsenal.

[Giggles]

What's the fucks going on at the Emirates?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:harold:

They need to slip down before making a charge for the 4th placed trophy.

[CJay]

We look alright, for the first time in quite a while. We're actually pressing properly.

[Gray Fox]

Someone tell Arsenal it's not February yet. January is our month!

[Boydy]

As soon as that was given, I thought 'this is a goal'. Sideshow fucking Bob though.

[CJay]

Good job guys. Great organisation.

[Gray Fox]

That's a quality free kick. Shame on Mingolet for taking his eye off the taker.

[John Arne]

For fucks sake. Hazard jumping into Lallana for the free-kick, too. Nice hit, mind.

I didn't hear the whistle, either.
EDIT: whistle was blown, apparently.

[Raoul Duke]

Be interesting to see when the whistle was. Cracking finish though

[Baz]

Top freekick. I don't understand why nobody was ready.

[John Arne]

Top freekick. I don't understand why nobody was ready.

Yup - shit wall, shit keeping.

[Magic]

Kante really is a beast!

[Reg]

Mignolet's fault there surely. He wasn't by the post organising his wall so he must have done that part and then just thought he could have a nice chilled look around and forget about the freekick.

[Magic]

Is there a Matip and Matic or is MacManaman a spaz?

[Disco]

Both.

[Giggles]

And also, yes.

[Magic]

:cool:

[John Arne]

Chelsea wasting time in the 37th minute. Fucking hell.

[Raoul Duke]

Is Klopp officially worse than lvg now then?

[Baz]

Is Klopp officially worse than lvg now then?No because he'll change things to try and win, whereas Louis would sit back and hope the same shit will work eventually.

[Gray Fox]

Isn't that what we've been doing since the turn of the year?

[Magic]

I love how David Moyes' win ratio is the benchmark for all premier league managers.

[Raoul Duke]

On second viewing, Mong-olé is totally switched-off for that free kick. What a mook.

[Gray Fox]

What a shank that was.

[Boydy]

I really don't like the relaxed appearance of managers these days. Look at Klopp and Conte in their tracksuits. They'd look much better in suits.

[Waffdon]

Conte usually wears a suit.

Willian shouldn't start over Pedro.

[Manc]

I really don't like the relaxed appearance of managers these days. Look at Klopp and Conte in their tracksuits. They'd look much better in suits.

Have a word with yourself.

[Baz]

I put some glasses on an old woman today and asked her to read the paper to make sure they were right. She looked at the back page spread of Conte for a few seconds and then looked up at me. "Is that you?"

[Giggles]

Fucking scummer cunts.

[Raoul Duke]

Only wankers wear tracksuits. It is known.

[Boydy]

I put some glasses on an old woman today and asked her to read the paper to make sure they were right. She looked at the back page spread of Conte for a few seconds and then looked up at me. "Is that you?"

:D

[Boydy]

Have a word with yourself.

I did. I said 'Look at those two on the touchline in their tracksuits, don't they look scruffy?' and then I replied 'Yes, they do.'

[Raoul Duke]

Conte looks like Mr. Robot tonight anyway.

[-james-]

Burnley would be about 3 up if Andre Gray had any sort of brain.

[John]

Conte looks like Cuddy from House had a rough few years.

[-james-]

Leicester absolutely can't defend. They really are going down.

[Max Power]

Leicester absolutely can't defend. They really are going down.
I told everyone last week to get on at 11/1. We are absolute toilet.

[Boydy]

What a fucking dive.

[Raoul Duke]

Conte looks like Cuddy from House had a rough few years.

That is a great shout :D

[Reg]

Their counter attacks are great fun but Chelsea under Conte aren't exactly Brazil 1970 are they? They've been particularly cautious tonight.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

John is spot on there.

Also, lol at Spurs for failing to beat Sunderland.

[-james-]

I told everyone last week to get on at 11/1. We are absolute toilet.

I did, thanks. Currently in the process of liquidating all of my assets, to be invested in Sevilla to qualify at 1.5.

Fan forums are amusing.




Ranieri do the right thing for once and **** off. No more niceties. I hate him. He's so ****ing clueless. But buy sell sell change change fight fight. Twat.



been saying it for months. We are managed by a moron. We have an idiot who couldn't complete a transaction in a two pound brothel running our signings. We are going down and have pissed away the greatest opportunity any club has ever had. *****.





WHY THE **** IS THE COKEHEAD ON THE SET PIECE?!!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/3ba884ee-f70c-4d8e-93e2-4dfa81aaa0ad

No surprises there.

Zaha seething (when it's obviously true) is lol.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea can lose their next three games and they'll still piss this league.

[Disco]

Berbatov knew what was up.

[Mazuuurk]

Why the fuck was Giroud taken off at HT? I think Arsenal could have actually won that game with him on the pitch. Now they played with about 7 forwards on the pitch but never anyone in the box. Sanchez playing as some sort of central attacking midfielder seemed completely off as well.

That was all so fucking painful to watch.

[Manc]

Wenger out etc.

[Baz]

I told everyone last week to get on at 11/1. We are absolute toilet.5/1 now :(

[Max Power]

5/1 now :(

Still big. Get involved.

[Lewis]

Will relegation feature in the Jamie Vardy film?

[phonics]

That's the sequel, Jamie Vardeux.

[Raoul Duke]

He probably should have gone to Arsenal...

[Yevrah]

Ranieri. :cool:

[-james-]

I'm always amazed at how simple Eric Dier sounds. Definitely thought he'd be posh.

[John]

He spent about fifteen years living in Portugal so it's probably just a wonky accent. His mum ran something fairly major at the Euros so it's unlikely he grew up common.

[Lewis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PaTiGw-Scs

The state of him.

[Jimmy Floyd]

As if the north London pair binned points to Watford and Sunderland.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Oh, yeah. For a portion of the Chelsea game last night I was in a pub with a load of Arsenal fans. This portion of the game included Liverpool's equaliser and then our penalty miss. Both were treated as if they were the Michael Thomas 88-89 title clinching goal. People hugging each other, dancing around the bar, the works.

This was London, obviously.

[niko_cee]

When did Clatters blow the whistle for that Luiz freekick? As he was striking the ball?

I'm sure he's bombed one in from about 40 yards against us before as well (during the 4-4?). Or was that the other big Brazilian defender they had?

[SvN]

On BT Sport they said it was 4 seconds before he hit the ball.

[CJay]

Yeah it was well before it was taken.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is the whistle actually the legal start point or can the referee indicate play to start in other ways?

[SvN]

No whistle is needed, hence why quick free kicks are a thing.

[Adamski]

There has to be some form of indication by the referee or if by the player the referee needs to agree.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why were the liverfolk all seething then?

[Adamski]

Default reaction to anything?

[CJay]

Not sure exactly what the rules are, but in our matches referees usually tell us before the game 'ask me if you want to take it quickly, but if you don't, you have to wait for the whistle.'

[CJay]

Klopp is mental:

"When Mignolet saved the Liverpool manager went face-to-face with the fourth official, Neil Swarbrick, but insisted the confrontation was not as ugly as it appeared on camera. “I turned to him [Swarbrick] and said: ‘Nobody can beat us.’ Obviously that is absolutely not true but that’s what I said in this moment."

:D

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/01/jurgen-klopp-fourth-official-chelsea?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[Kikó]

Don't see how he isn't being banned after his comedic shouting in official faces.

Re the free kick - if the ref has counted yards then it's to the whistle.

[Sam]

This Leicester relegation is firmly on. Don't let us down lads, accept the fate and be welcomed back into the Championship.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If they play their cards right and win the Champions League, and then win it again next year, they could have their Checkatrade Trophy campaign interrupted by the FIFA World Club Cup.

[Boydy]

I just can't see Leicester being worse than Hull, Sunderland or Swansea.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Hull are onto something I think. This manager seems to know what he's doing.

If Leicester can't sack King Claudio, they should bring in Terry Venables or someone as 'assistant'.

[SvN]

Is Darren Anderton available to sign?

[Adamski]

Hull are onto something I think. This manager seems to know what he's doing.

If Leicester can't sack King Claudio, they should bring in Terry Venables or someone as 'assistant'.

As are Swansea with Clement.

Sunderland are gone, Palace in trouble.

[Danny]

http://news.sky.com/story/football-fans-56-ticket-rail-journey-to-save-money-on-train-fare-10751453

Football fan's 56-ticket rail journey to save money on train fare


Sadly they missed the match because his girlfriend had to go to hospital after cutting her lip open when she slipped over entering the ground.

:lol:

[Max Power]

Sane is a special talent

[Kikó]

http://news.sky.com/story/football-fans-56-ticket-rail-journey-to-save-money-on-train-fare-10751453

Football fan's 56-ticket rail journey to save money on train fare



:lol:

Nwaf.

[Kikó]

This half has been disgusting.

[Lewis]

Shawberto Carlos might be a bloater, but the team would be less pointlessly right-sided if he was playing.

[John]

I've just seen Aaron Hughes running out for Hearts. I was absolutely certain he retired about five years ago.

[Shindig]

Stop getting Magic's hopes up, Leeds!

[Magic]

:)

That'll do, that'll do. No doubt a humbling defeat against Duddersfield will bring us back down to earth. Got tix for Baaardiff tonight. Cat A £37! :S

EDIT: Well lol at that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fuck off.

[Magic]

Lol at that again. :drool:

[Shindig]

Fuck sake Cairan!

[Magic]

Wooft. I tell you what, if they slip up once or twice we're right in with auto shout.

[Shindig]

We've not been in decent shape for a couple of months, to be fair. I fear for us in the business end.

[Pleb]

That top 8 in the Championship is looking rather tasty.

[Guybrush]

When did Clatters blow the whistle for that Luiz freekick? As he was striking the ball?

I'm sure he's bombed one in from about 40 yards against us before as well (during the 4-4?). Or was that the other big Brazilian defender they had?

That was Alex.

[Lewis]

That was definitely worth the stream aggro.

[Kikó]

Ha. I spent 80% of the game watching half pace buffering but I'm not sure if that just wasn't the game at full pace.

[Boydy]

Went for United in the last man standing I was in. :moop:

[Lewis]

I'm happy to see Antonio Valencia doing nothing with the ball for sixty, maybe seventy minutes; but at some point players need to start remembering why he's a defender now.

[Reg]

I'd definitely take a draw here. Always nice to have an away game on telly, the ratio must be something like 4:1 in favour of home games since we got the Amex.

[Magic]

Hopefully it's a savage game with multiple injuries and red cards. J

[niko_cee]

Brighton never seem to do that well against Huddersfield.

[Magic]

Fuck me those stats? Looks like they are getting a hiding. Doesn't bode well for us.

[Max Power]

Huddersfield look really strong. Wagner has done a great job there. Want him in when Ranieri is sacked next week.

[Giggles]

Brighton look completely inept.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm going to watch Brentford v Brighton on Sunday. I may not make it through until then though because of the excitement.

[Reg]

They were brilliant. I think seven or eight Premier League sides would have lost to them tonight.

It's a shame football managers are more likely to dye their hair pink than make a tactical substitution before half time because we could have used another midfielder pretty much from kick off.