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[Weeaboo Name]

So their crazy home goalscoring form continues. Them putting 7 past us is looking better every week.

Time to watch a boring 0 - 0 draw involving Newcastle and Saints.

 

[Banz]

Their home form is scary. At this rate they'll easily get 45-50 points at home.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

Just had to wait for the Hull game to finish before posting, almost perfect set of results for Norwich today. A win against Swansea tomorrow could see them jump into the the top half of the table. Hughton out.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

A fair point in a game where neither side were very good. Great goal Hooper though.

 

[hughes]

A fair point in a game where neither side were very good. Great goal Hooper though.

Wow, what a volley!

I got to see the last few minutes of that game, because obviously NBCSN would show the Man U/Aston Villa game. Although the Tottenham/Liverpool game will be on in a bit. ^_^

 

[Banz]

Liverpool have scored more goals from open play at White Hart Lane this season than Spurs.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

RIP in peach, AVB.

Well that wasn't a surprise.

 

[Banz]

They should have let him stay will the end of the season. The only propblem with Spuds whas that they weren't scoring any goals but be could have bought a couple of strikers and rectified that.

Yesterday's result might make it seem very bad, but they were down to 10 men against a team that already pounding them when they had 11.

 

[Ivysaur]

City - Barcelona: Salivating already.
Arsenal - Bayern: Oh boy.
Olympiakos - United: If that's not being lucky, I don't know what it is.
Leverkusen - PSG: Shouldn't be too hard for the petroteam.
Shalke - Madrid: Easy enough for Madrid, except they have only ever won one single match in Germany ever. Let's see how the first leg goes.
Zenit - Dortmund: No contest unless Dortmund keep their poor form of late.
Milan - Atlético: Muntari said they wanted this draw because the current co-leader of the Spanish league seemed like the weakest rival for him. Let's see what they say afterwards.
Galatasaray - Chelsea: Hi Drogba.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

That draw looks pretty rigged to me.

 

[Ivysaur]

Well, the first draw is always rigged. There are so many teams that can't be drawn together that guessing is easier than it should.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

There is a little girl in this football cartoon I'm watching, I think she might be based on the real Ronaldo.

Spoiler:

 

[Banz]

Arsenal can go back to the top if they win tonight.

Or Chelsea could if they win 10-0 :p

 

[Thatcher]

Liverpool topping the table. Finally; after several years of mediocrity, we have a decent enough team (which boils down to the brilliance of Suarez) to challenge for the title. I hope we keep this consistency, and with the City game coming up, hopefully we don't derail too much if we happen to lose. I'm optimistic over our chances there, but the Etihad is a difficult place to get a result.

With Suarez renewing his contract recently (assuming he renewed for the sake of commuting to the club and not to up his value if Madrid comes knocking), we look great. Just have to improve squad depth (especially in defense).

Your predictions for the City v Liverpool game?

 

[Arron13]

I am really hoping for a Liverpool win on boxing day. There are so many factors going against us though. Man city are killer at home. They score a ton of goals, and our defense isn't really the best, as we havn't really kept many lean sheets and always seem to give up a goal. If we can play as a team like we did against Spurs, then I think we can pull it off and surprise the leauge.

If everything goes right I can see us winning 3-2, or 3-1

but my actual speculation is a 4-2 City win.

I really hope Liverpool prove me wrong. I still have some hope.

 

[Banz]

There will be a different back 4 (or 5) in the Boxing day match. Johnson might play leftback and Kelly rightback. There may be a back 3 of Agger, Sakho and Skrtel.
The crucial player will bs Lucas. If he has a good game, he'll ensure that Yaya doesn't.

 

[Ivysaur]

If the two European teams I support end up leading their respective leagues by mid-season, I'll probably spend a few days out of my mind.

City - Liverpool and Atlético - Barça. Come on guys.

 

[Weeaboo Name]

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Chris Hughton strongly disagrees.

 

[Eruption]

Once again I've been neglecting PC as I simply forget to check up on it for a good few weeks. To sum up Boro in that period, crap as usual until the last week when Mr. Ledesma decided he wants to be Messi and led us to two victories. Hopefully another victory tomorrow.

In other news, Hull - Fulham. Wow, just wow.

 

[Thatcher]

Transfer window opening very soon. Yay.