Week 1: EPL Talk

[CrowsFan]

Stoke v Chelsea game is just about to start. Lineups are:

Stoke
                     Begovic
Huth - Shawcross - Woodgate - Wilson
Pennant - Delap - Whelan - Etherington
               Jones - Walters

Chelsea
                  Cech
Bosingwa - Alex - Terry - Cole
   Ramires - Mikel - Lampard
    Kalou - Torres - Malouda

[MTTY]

Drogba on the bench  :-\

[CrowsFan]

Ended in a nil all draw between Chelsea and Stoke! Bad start for AVB...

West Brom v Man Utd starts in 20 minutes, lineups are:

West Brom
                   Foster
   Reid - Tamas - Olsson - Shorey
Brunt - Scharner - Mulumbu - Morrison
                   Tchoyi
                     Long

Man Utd
                   De Gea
Smalling - Ferdinand - Vidic - Fabio
Young - Cleverley - Anderson - Nani
            Rooney - Welbeck

I predict a 3-1 win to United :)

[elephants]

Noo De Gea needs a clean sheet CF!

We were weak vs stoke. Not an entertaining game at all. Should've had a penalty for lamps... :(

[CrowsFan]

Yeah would like a clean sheet, but figure they may score one at some point.
Btw the benches are:
West Brom - Fulop, Dorrans, Jara, Dawson, Thorne, Cox, Fortune
Man United - Lindergaard, Jones, Evans, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Carrick

[elephants]

Rooney!!
I tip 4-0 united.
Nice one two with young. Looks at home on man united's wing.
Downing over young ::)

[CrowsFan]

1 all now :(

[CrowsFan]

Well United win 2-1 :D

[BlackMamba]

Ferdinand out for 6 weeks and Rafael for 10 weeks. Does this mean Phil Jones gets the go ahead or Evans?

[CrowsFan]

Hard to tell really BM.
I would have thought Jones, but then Evans came on in the match before Jones.
In terms of fantasy relevance United has a tough batch of fixtures coming up: Tottenham (h), Arsenal (h), Bolton (a), Chelsea (h). So could be worth staying away from them anyway...

[BlackMamba]

yeah that looks tough, I was gonna get Ferdinand in my team but switch to Agger last min. I just thought Jones or Evans might be value at their prices. Stupid fantasy EPL and websites giving mix signals that Suarez, Van Persie, Gibbs might not have played. Might need to use that wildcard already lol only 17 points with Silva(C) and Kompany.

[Chelskiman]

Stoke away is always very tough.  Most teams will struggle there this year, and last year we only managed a 1-1 draw.  We looked awful in the first half, but picked it up a bit in the second half.  Could have easily had a penalty as Lampard was taken down in the box.  We just didn't create enough chances though.  Begovic did play very well on the rare chance we had a shot, but we really need to get that creative player in that AVB keeps talking about sooner rather than later.

Man U as always with a lucky late goal pissed me right off as well. >>

[CrowsFan]

Defense at United is already looking pretty bare...
Rafael out for 10 weeks, Ferdinand out for 6 weeks and Vidic out for a few weeks... :-\
Sucks that they have to play against Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea in 3 of their next 4 matches :(

[bomberboy0618]

Lucky I didnt have Vidic.

[chrisuzz]

De Gea weakness = Long shots, only seen  2 games of his 2 goals from longish range now.

Liverpool unlucky to win 4-1... :( Carroll's goal soft call by ref, Suarez ::), and Dowing's amazing effort! Happy with the way were playing now though :)