[Football] Midweek Fixtures 22-24 September

[Reg]

http://www.live-footballontv.com for a full list of televised fixtures, including Spanish, German, Italian and French league matches.

19:45 kick offs unless stated.

Tuesday

League Cup:
Aston Villa v Birmingham - Sky Sports 1
Fulham v Stoke
Hull v Swansea
Leicester v West Ham
Middlesbrough v Wolves
Preston v Bournemouth
Sunderland v Man City
Reading v Everton

Scottish League Cup:
Rangers v St Johnstone [19:15]
Dundee Utd v Dunfermline
Livingston v Inverness CT
Morton v Motherwell
Ross County v Falkirk

Wednesday

League Cup:
Crystal Palace v Charlton
MK Dons v Southampton
Newcastle v Sheff Wed
Norwich v West Brom
Tottenham v Arsenal - Sky Sports 1
Walsall v Chelsea
Liverpool v Carlisle [20:00]
Man Utd v Ipswich [20:00]

Scottish League Cup:
Celtic v Raith Rovers
Hibernian v Aberdeen
Kilmarnock v Hearts

Thursday

Championship:
Huddersfield v Nottm Forest - Sky Sports 1

[Waffdon]

Hopefully some propa nawty scenes in that Birmingham game.

[Pleb]

That Villa game will be a right laugh.

Penalty shootout it is then.

[Lewis]

When the Glazers and David Gill agreed to a big increase in Wayne Rooney's salary in 2010, they wanted to know how I felt. I did not think it fair that Rooney should earn twice what I made and Joel Glazer immediately said, 'I totally agree with you but what should we do?' It was simple. We just agreed that no player should be paid more than me. We agreed in less time than it takes to read the previous sentence.

Doubled his money apparently.

[7om]

I would love to be back home for the game tomorrow night as I'd have got a ticket by hook or by crook.

Just browsing Google today to see if any chancer has set up a chippy around here and some twats have opened a pub in downtown DC called 'The Queen Vic' and apparently it's the unofficial meeting place for Villa fans in the area. I might pop down and BOTTLE a few of the scummy bastards.

[igor_balis]

Be nice to see our 4 backup centre-backs get some game time.

[Sam]

Be good to see Boro stick 4 or 5 past us, good luck to the handful that have traveled up for this.

Villa/Blues should be decent fair, reckon Blues will take it, tidy outfit under Rowett.,

[Benny]

[phonics]

Mate.

[Magic]

Hoping Boro and Brum go through so the cup distracts them from our upcoming fixtures.

[Max Power]

It's a sign of how far we've come that we can make 10-11 changes and still put out a pretty decent team tonight. Hope we don't make that many though and get through to the next round. Keep the momementum going.

[Demerit]

Never thought I'd be one of 'those guys' but quite glad we're out of the cup so that we're a little fresher than Palace for Sunday.

[Josh]

It depends though, we would put out a mostly completely different 11 like we did against Preston so it wouldn't have mattered too much. I would rather be involved in the cups; would love to visit Wembley in my lifetime for a non-playoff final game.

[MartinSAFC]

I'm looking forward to the cup game tonight. We'll probably get thrashed by Manchester City reserves but it's a break from the doom and gloom of the league and it will be a decent atmosphere. I'll be getting to Sunderland early as I'm off work!

[7om]

Phonics / Sama, could you guys PM me the links to those streaming services you use? Both were quite good the last time I used them but I'd rather not have to go back to TD to search my PMs there, if possible. I want to try and watch Villa - Blues tonight.

[phonics]

Google FSI

[Josh]

Instead of having sky or bt I bought myself a raspberry pi which is connected to the tv and subscribed to offside streams. HD quality for every football match showing on tv with English commentary straight on the tv without any buffering for just a tenner a month highly recommended.

[7om]

Superb, cheers.

[Samadini]

Lewandowski scored more in 9 minutes than Rooney has in the whole of 2015

[Lee]

We were fantastic last night. We are so good going forward. I'd quite like a lower division side at home next.

[Sam]

We played the left winger up front and then a central mid on the wings, alongside a striker in the middle.

Jackett has officially lost it, we won't sack him yet, but I'm praying we do. This is borderline Dean Saunders speciality formations.

[Lee]

I thought Wolves would challenge this season. Shame. I always thought Jackett was a pretty good manager too.

[Sam]

I thought Wolves would challenge this season. Shame. I always thought Jackett was a pretty good manager too.

I can't quite figure out what he's doing if I'm honest. The club itself is just rotten from top to bottom.

This summer we've lost Bakary Sako, Nouha Dicko, Danny Batth (injured), Stearman all of whom were the spine of the team. Replaced them with kids who clearly aren't up to the task. Changed the formation from a fast and effective 4-2-3-1 (effectively a 4-2-4) which was dynamic and got the best out of Afobe to a narrow diamond that has zero pace, and zero width, leaving our best striker totally isolated.

The club implemented a wage cap (won't pay more then £15,000) which is quite frankly suicide at this level, sold our player of the year and captain to a relegation rival, told our main playmaker that we won't be renewing his contract and essentially spent 9 months pissing unable to find another left winger to replace Sako.

It's an utter mess, reeks of relegation to League One again, it's a shame but the bandwagon is easy to jump on. Out of my regular coach of 50 that would have gone to Preston none of us are going, got refunds on all the tickets.

Simply can't justify paying top prices at Molineux for a club that is just so poorly run.

Think I'm washing my hands of Wolves till something changes, probably a certain Jez Moxey, hardly a surprise that Stoke began to rise once he got the sack. Can only dream of the day that happens, failing that he has a heart attack and is forced to retire.... not that I would wish ill on anyone.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lewandowski scored more in 9 minutes than Rooney has in the whole of 2015

The fifth goal

What a hero.

[MartinSAFC]

Once again, we were absolutely inept last night. Our defence is awful and Manchester City would have scored double figures if they bothered to try in the second half.

As @ScousePig and myself said recently, we are doomed and we are definitely going to get relegated! We could even get a record low amount of points. Every last bit of optimism I had before this season started has now gone. Going to work in Middlesbrough is going to be no fun in the near future, that's for sure!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Blind, Young, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Mata, Fellaini, Pereira, Rooney

Valencia and Young as the full backs? Amazing

Good to see Pereira getting his first start and Rooney being give the opportunity to show how shit he is as the front man yet again.

[AE]

Barcelona losing 2-0 already.

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/7A2...PCQqnzWYvx.2kZ
Beauty

[Jimmy Floyd]

Celta Vigo are absolute geezers. Just attack from the off and don't give a fuck.

[AE]

Any links for the Spurs vs Arsenal game?

Edit: Another one https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/F2C...1GWOrYZchMgTGF

[Waffdon]

Lol at Spurs not playing full strength.

[Giggles]

It's the league cup.

[Waffdon]

Its a derby.

[Serj]

Any Liverpool streams via PM would be greatly appreciated.

[Giggles]

It's the league cup.

It's still the league cup.

[AE]

3-0 to celta vigo

[Pen]

That Iago Aspas scoring those goals against Barca would be worth a punt for a Premier league team. Looks rapid and has a decent finish in him.

[SvN]

I've heard he takes one hell of a corner.

[Pen]

United don't need him though as Rooney has just answered his critics and is back to his best!

[AE]

That Iago Aspas scoring those goals against Barca would be worth a punt for a Premier league team. Looks rapid and has a decent finish in him.

Wasn't he at liverpool?

[Giggles]

Wasn't he at liverpool?

Whoooooooosh.

[Giggles]

https://youtu.be/iaXlXjOVAko

[Max Power]

Carlisle equalised at Anfield lol

[Giggles]

Carlisle equalised at Anfield lol

John Motson must be seething.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Carlisle are a very, very strong side. Never going to be easy even for a manager that good.

[phonics]

That avatar was made for that post.

[Raoul Duke]

Full-strength Liverpool drawing with some cannon fodder

Brenda going to get croaked soon, surely. Ancellotti getting tapped up for it apparently.

[phonics]

Keeper has that.

Debuchy is absolutely done as well. Shadow of the player.

[AE]

That Arsenal injury curse. He was class before.

[Pen]

Is that already two on goals for FFFEC Chambers for less than 90 minutes of football?

[Raoul Duke]

Is he 3rd-in-line behind Jones and Stones?