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Coffee 7:25 Sat Dec 16
Saturday football
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LEICESTER vs CRYSTAL PALACE (1230 ko)
It’s strange to think that Palace didn’t have a point until eight games into the season. Now they’re four points from 11th spot and far from the relegation certainties they were considered just a couple of months ago. Leicester’s rise under Claude Puel has also been impressive, no more so that their thrashing of his former club in midweek. At a neutral venue, you’d expect a draw from this, but home advantage will count today, you feel. Home win.
ARSENAL vs NEWCASTLE
A battle of two teams that could do with a hefty shot of confidence. After a decent start to the season, the Barcodes have slumped badly, while Wenger’s men are now below Burnley. They may not overtake the Lancashire side this afternoon, but they should collect all the points. Home win.
BRIGHTON vs BURNLEY
Burnley have really been the season’s surprise package so far and sit outside the Champions League places only on goal difference. Brighton’s foremost target is survival, but they’ll be sorely tested by a team that’s truly buzzing. Home win.
CHELSEA vs SOUTHAMPTON
The Saints will be well miffed at their crushing home defeat to the manager they sacked earlier in the year, and face a team that will still be smarting at their crushing defeat at the London Stadium last weekend. It’s hard to see beyond the glaringly obvious. Home win.
STOKE vs WEST HAM UNITED
What a couple of weeks it’s been – and doesn’t life feel better after some very positive performances! But today’s game is a different proposition altogether and many will see this as a realistic marker of David Moyes’ early performance. Mark Hughes is under intense pressure, which will not have been helped by his players receiving first-hand feedback from their fans at Stoke station last week. Will this further sap Stoke’s confidence or will it spur them on? By no stretch of the imagination is this a glamour tie, but it is a huge game. The first goal will be crucial and we’ll have to be as focussed on defence as we’ve been in the last three games. Brain says draw, but the heart has it. Away win.
WATFORD vs HUDDERSFIELD
Huddersfield will be glad of the points they banked early in the season, because they’re now finding them not so easy to come by. Watford are sitting pretty in mid-table and putting in some accomplished performances, despite a careless loss last time out. Home win.
MAN CITY vs TOTTENHAM (1730 ko)
Mauricio Pochettino claims he’s going to Manchester to win. He also says he’s very happy to be playing City, which wins him the pre-match bullshitter award. However, City’s remarkable series of wins has to end sometime and there are few other teams that threaten its continuation more than today’s opponents. This should be a good and entertaining game, but the blues march on. Home win.
LEICESTER vs CRYSTAL PALACE
ARSENAL vs NEWCASTLE
BRIGHTON vs BURNLEY
CHELSEA vs SOUTHAMPTON
STOKE vs WEST HAM UNITED
WATFORD vs HUDDERSFIELD
MAN CITY vs TOTTENHAM
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Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
Ronald_antly
7:30 Sat Dec 16
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" .... and doesn’t life feel better after some very positive performances!"
Positive results, but "PERFORMANCES"?
Football straight out of the 19th Century for the most part.
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Coffee
7:33 Sat Dec 16
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Now, now, Ron.
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Ronald_antly
7:38 Sat Dec 16
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Sorry, Coffers, I can hold my silence no longer.
Clinging on for 3/4 of the game (twice) much of the time hoofing the ball out of defence like a park football team, is not my idea of where I want this club to be.
Arsenal's defence is notoriously shaky, yet our game plan made little attempt to exploit that fact.
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Coffee
7:42 Sat Dec 16
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I liked Bilic, but if he'd been in charge we'd have lost to Arsenal. A point, including a clean sheet, therefore represents progress.
Context is all important.
We first have to stop conceding goals. We then have to start scoring more and winning games. With that comes confidence, and with confidence comes more assured and entertaining play.
Patience, grasshopper. This is West Ham.
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Ronald_antly
7:47 Sat Dec 16
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I'm not denying the progress, and have been prepared to give DM a fair crack of the whip.
However, I was disappointed at the lack of ambition against the Arse.
All that said, I did think we were very unlucky at the end of that game. Unlucky in that, a) the goal line technology was in place, and b) there was no Russian linesman.
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Coffee
7:49 Sat Dec 16
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Ha ha! Perhaps Putin can take time out from digital meddling and sort out a few dodgy goals for West Ham?
Just realised that I messed up the Brighton - Burnley prediction. Should have read Away Win.
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LeroysBoots
7:56 Sat Dec 16
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I'm with Coffee on this
Bilic left us with an unbalanced, ravaged squad bereft of style, resilience, focus and courage.
Moyes has looked at what he had to work with and produce a style in the short term that would arrest the total capitulation that the gypo presided over.
He's done that
FFS look at Arnie, total transformation, look at Masuakas role, Cresswell in a 3..... Moyes deserves our respect
To bitch about style after a month or so in charge is harsh...judge the fella at the end of the season
Apparently he and his staff are working on expenses only.... I think we all should cut him some slack and back him 100%
Now Sullivan et al...fill your boots...utter cunts
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Texas Iron
8:48 Sat Dec 16
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Working on Expenses only...
Typical Gnome Trick..
hopefully on big bonuses etc..
Go Moysesy and Co...
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Westham67
9:29 Sat Dec 16
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Leicester v Palace
Arse v Geordies
Tomorrow
WBA v Man U
Bournemouth v Liverpool
The teams directly above us have difficult games to say the least. We get win and we'll be out of the relagation zone by a couple places
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Son of Sam
9:31 Sat Dec 16
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Thanks Coffee, I've gone for the following none of Leicester, Arsenal , Burnley, Chelsea, West Ham , Watford and Man City to lose at a fraction above 5/2. What could possibly go wrong?
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Sydney_Iron
9:31 Sat Dec 16
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Leicester easily
Arsenal easily
No score Draw between Brighton and Burnley
Chelsea easily
West Ham, first away win in the league "naturalmente"
Watford, by the odd goal.
Spurs to end that run with a hard fought draw
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RBshorty
9:39 Sat Dec 16
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Us to beat the Inbreds. And City to beat the Harry Kane team. The rest can all go and eat cake.!
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Takashi Miike
10:18 Sat Dec 16
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LEICESTER vs CRYSTAL PALACE - HOME
ARSENAL vs NEWCASTLE - HOME
BRIGHTON vs BURNLEY - DRAW
CHELSEA vs SOUTHAMPTON - HOME
STOKE vs WEST HAM UNITED - AWAY
WATFORD vs HUDDERSFIELD - HOME
MAN CITY vs TOTTENHAM - HOME
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Burnhammeronsea
2:34 Sat Dec 16
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Palace aren't reading the script. Leics 0-1 Palace.
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Burnhammeronsea
2:50 Sat Dec 16
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0-2 now WTF are Leicester doing?
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gph
2:55 Sat Dec 16
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If Moyes is to keep us up, games like today's will have to be won. Not all of them, but a good number of them.
I expect an unexciting game and a point.
Really, we should be reminding ourselves that winning half our game and losing the other half brings in 50% more points than drawing the lot, so a bit of adventure (how big a bit depending on the opposition), based on a solid defence is no bad thing.
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Coffee
3:00 Sat Dec 16
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A characteristically positive start to the day's predictions.
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Westham67
3:02 Sat Dec 16
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We are all experts in our own way coffers
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Coffee
3:05 Sat Dec 16
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Ever the diplomat.
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DutchCourage
3:06 Sat Dec 16
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gph 2:55 Sat Dec 16
Agree with all of that. You just have to look at Leicester (ok, today's a blip) and Everton to see what can happen after a couple of wins. We need the likes of Stoke, WBA, Brighton, Swansea, Newcastle and Bournemouth to be dropping points and we certainly should not be gifting them points. We need at least a draw today.
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