Boxing Day - Game Thread

[cjdmadcow]

Kick-off due in the first game of what is traditionally the busiest day of the season as all 20 teams take the field at some point (All times (GMT)

12:45
Stoke v Man Utd

15:00
Aston Villa v West Ham
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace
Chelsea v Watford
Liverpool v Leicester
Man City v Sunderland
Swansea v West Brom
Spurs v Norwich

17:30
Newcastle v Everton

20:00
Southampton v Arsenal

 

[BernieRicoBoomer]

United...yikes.

 

[DLew On Roids]

It's the most wonderful tiiiiiiiime of the year

 

[Phil Plantier]

Van Gaal needs to call the movers at halftime

 

[soxfan121]

The ads for VIVID are really eye catching.

 

[SocrManiac]

Wayne Rooney- Human Surrender Flag?

 

[BernieRicoBoomer]

What's my best bet for 10 am? Leicester/Liverpool I suppose?

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Great atmosphere so far at Anfield.

 

[Bailey10]

Fantasy Premier League site way behind with their updated scoring today due to Boxing Day madness.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

The contrast between Albrighton's early challenge on Clyne that was just a foul and Lallana's yellow sums up Martin Atkinson pretty nicely.

 

[OilCanCoulter]

Lallana is the English Harry Kewell.

 

[DLew On Roids]

Taking off Vardy and Mahrez while behind is so 2004 Ranieri.

I assume he's doing it to keep them OK for the rest of the holiday period, but it sure looks odd.

 

[saintnick912]

Fantasy Premier League site way behind with their updated scoring today due to Boxing Day madness.

I'm told the underlying stat feed (opta) is having problems.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Liverpool manage to hold on despite blowing two different 2 on nobody breakaways.

And the first defense to keep Leicester City scoreless has Lovren and Sakho in the middle of it.

It's a silly game sometimes.

 

[DLew On Roids]

Benteke was waaaaay offside on Liverpool's last chance. It's the second or third time this year I've seen a linesman forget that there are supposed to be TWO players between an attacker and the goal when the keeper is out of position. They consistently call it as one outfield player.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

A couple of loose clearances aside, Lovren played his tits off today

 

[DJnVa]

Benteke was waaaaay offside on Liverpool's last chance. It's the second or third time this year I've seen a linesman forget that there are supposed to be TWO players between an attacker and the goal when the keeper is out of position. They consistently call it as one outfield player.

Yep. I was wondering if I was missing something there. The announcers didn't mention it either.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Not sure how Lee Mason missed Coloccini wrestling Lukaku's arm

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Now Janmaat takes a cynical foul to stop a developing rush by Barkley while already on a yellow. Then Mbemba chops down Lennon, nothing shown.

 

[BernieRicoBoomer]

I've seen this movie.

 

[Infield Infidel]

Yeah, I'm not sure what Janmaat's doing out there. Sadly he's probably the best player on the team but he's playing like crap today, repeatedly out of position

 

[SoxFanInCali]

That was very Newcastly.

 

[Bailey10]

Great last 15 minutes there from Everton-Newcastle. High energy, up and down the field play from both sides.

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

Wondergoal by the Soton RB to go up 1-0. That's a goal of the season candidate.

 

[Tangled Up In Red]

An absolute gem. Saints are on the front foot.

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

This is really the first match we've played against a team with an aggressive high press since losing our entire midfield and its showing. Flamini/Ramsey just isn't the pairing you want against a team that will press high. We'll see what happens in the second half when Saints will likely fall back a bit.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Gunners don't seem to be playing like a team that can get three in 30 minutes. What a dud.

 

[blueguitar322]

Knockout on Boxing Day