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  1. Mighty Joe Young

    GW 8 Game Thread

    Starts with Luton vs Spurs The first 15 minutes Spurs dominated with three or four gilt edges chances. Second 15 much more balanced as Luton found their legs. Spurs , once again demonstrating their skill at drawing bogus yellow cards - now at two.
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    5/20 Penultimate Match Thread

    Starts with Brentford at Spurs. Harry Kane kicking things off with a lovely free kick goal.
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    Matchweek 19 Game Thread

    Starts with Liverpool visiting the Bees … only game today but a game every day until next Monday
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    Matchweek 18 Game Thread

    Starts with Brentford at WestHam followed by Leicester at Liverpool
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    MW6: September 3/4 Didn’t we just play

    This round starts with the the Merseyside Derby as the early game (odd choice) Liverpool line-up: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Fabinho, Elliott, Carvalho; Salah, Nunez, Diaz. Subs: Adrian, Milner, Firmino, Jota, Robertson, Arthur, Matip, Bajcetic, Phillips. Yikes ...
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    MW 4 : August 27-28 Dog Days

    Today’s early game has ManU visiting the Saints. No Big Six matchups at all this weekend.
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    4/30 Week Game Thread

    Starts with Newcastle vs Liverpool Klopp throws a curveball with a heavily rotated lineup - AA, Salah, Fabinho, Thiago all on the bench as Milner and Keita are in MF
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    GW April 2nd The Beginning of the End

    Starts off with Liverpool vs Watford . LFC can actually go top with a win (at least for a few hours)
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    Game week 29 March 12-17

    Weekend starts off with an interesting fixture of Brighton hosting Liverpool. LFC has had trouble with Brighton so this should be competitive.
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    Matchweek 15

    Starts off with another London derby … West Ham vs Chelsea Could be a huge statement match for the Hammers. Have at’er
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    Euro 2020 Day 3 Game Thread (AKA Gareth Southgate dreams of a perfect nil nil)

    The Three Lions make their tournament debut. Southgate has settled on a decidedly negative lineup. Sancho and Chilwell don’t even make the squad. View: https://twitter.com/swearimnotpaul/status/1404046900270186496?s=20 Croatia counters with .. View...
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    Liverpool 2021/2022 Jurgen’s Comeback Tour

    So .. good riddance to 2020/2021 ... in many ways a remarkable achievement to finish third, but it certainly didn’t generate many warm and fuzzy memories. (Allison’s goal not withstanding). So Liverpool appear to be putting the band back together. Which seems like a pretty good plan given the...
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    Week 9 Game Thread

    Chelsea cruising at Newcastle .. Werner should have a hat trick by now .. but showed off his sprinter speed with a terrific assist for Abrahams’ goal. Chelsea is starting to look like a contender.
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    1/21-1/23 Game Thread

    Mid week games this week. City looking very mediocre vs. Sheffield .. Jesus missed a penalty (should have been retaken)
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    VAR What is it good for?

    Another dreadful weekend for VAR. Goals disallowed, penalties awarded /not awarded , offsides measured to the nanometer, Red cards not given, red cards given .. I could go on and on but what’s the point. As a caveat I hate VAR .. it sucks all the immediacy from the game. I have to wait around...
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    01/12-14 Game Thread - Festive Hangovers

    West Ham hosts Arsenal to kickoff the weekend’s games. West Ham with the better of the play in the 1st half - creating lots of opportunities but with no real chances. Arsenal in turn had a few of their own. Second half West Ham again dominating the game and Declan Rice opened the scoring with...
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    Boxing Day Fixtures Gamethread

    Fulham - Wolves kicks things off today. Good match so far as Fulham has managed quite a few decent chances. Couple of shouts for handball as well (both marginal).
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    13/1 - 15/1 Weekend Game Thread

    Leicester playing Chelsea off the park at Stamford Bridge. Miraculously it's still 0-0. Hazard and Fabregas already off. You just know Chelsea is going to knick this.
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    12/9-10 Gamethread

    Looks like there may be weather problems for the derbies on Sunday .. heavy snow (by English standards) in the forecast for early Sunday morning .. according to the Liverpool Echo. The forecast is for Liverpool but Manchester is just a few miles away.
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    The Lightning Rod That is Allard Baird

    Great news .. Thoughts of Frank Wren and other possible candidates of his ilk were sending chills down my spine. Now they have to get rid of Baird and the jobs complete.