Friday, 6 January 2012
Liverpool v Oldham 20:00

Saturday, 7 January 2012
Birmingham v Wolverhampton 12:30
Dag & Red v Millwall 13:00
Barnsley v Swansea 15:00
Brighton v Wrexham 15:00
Coventry v Southampton 15:00
Crawley Town v Bristol City 15:00
Derby v Crystal Palace 15:00
Doncaster v Notts County 15:00
Doncaster OFF Sutton Utd 15:00
Everton v Tamworth 15:00
Fleetwood Town v Blackpool 15:00
Fulham v Charlton 15:00
Gillingham v Stoke 15:00
Hull v Ipswich 15:00
MK Dons v QPR 15:00
Macclesfield v Bolton 15:00
Middlesbrough v Shrewsbury 15:00
Newcastle v Blackburn 15:00
Norwich v Burnley 15:00
Nott'm Forest v Leicester 15:00
Reading v Stevenage 15:00
Sheffield Utd v Salisbury 15:00
Swindon v Wigan 15:00
Tottenham v Cheltenham 15:00
Watford v Bradford 15:00
West Brom v Cardiff 15:00
Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa 17:30

Sunday, 8 January 2012
Man City v Man Utd 13:00
Chelsea v Portsmouth 15:00
Sheffield Wed v West Ham 15:00
Peterborough v Sunderland 15:30

Monday, 9 January 2012
Arsenal v Leeds 19:45

As long as Wigan beat the scum tomorrow, it's all good.

Damn, I really wanted to see Man Utd hand out some revenge to City. Based on recent form (not to mention a ridiculously long injury list), this rematch could not have come at a worse time.

go Barnsley!

EPL is gimp since Naxx moved to Northrend and the entire zone was nerfed.

TonnageVT: desertgeek: He may have it, but I don't think his players do. Too much discontent in the team, it feels like from afar.

discontent? They're swamped with injuries. When you've got Valencia playing right back, it's more than discontent. You can't expect to win constantly when you're not playing your positions.

I blame Rooney's hair.

desertgeek: While we wait for the matches, here's Graham Poll calling the state of officiating in the EPL "disappointing."

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I miss Mark Chapman's weekly ELP podcast largely because I thought Poll had some interesting comments to make on particular officiating controversies. I wasn't expecting to care at all for what he had to say, but found it surprisingly interesting.

I also wasn't expecting an FA Cup thread before tomorrow, so today is looking better and better (*crosses fingers to have meetings for the afternoon canceled*)

TonnageVT: well thankfully, Balotelli, Barry and the Toures will not be available on Sunday.

Could be setting up nicely for a De Jong critical red in the match. Still think City will pull it out.

Please God let us beat Rovers :s

TonnageVT: Needs to be reposted

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No it doesn't.

Finally, a thread that's relevant to me... until this time tomorrow night, I suspect.

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Please God let us beat Rovers :s

Best of luck at the Mud-pit :)

Langston: TonnageVT: discontent? They're swamped with injuries. When you've got Valencia playing right back, it's more than discontent. You can't expect to win constantly when you're not playing your positions.

Yep, MUFC has the most injuries of any EPL team right now, while Manchester City has the fewest (one or two, I think). Which makes their position on the table that much more impressive.

That's been true for a large part of the season, in fact, which piles on the impressiveness. Here's the MUFC injury list right now:

Fabio
C Smalling
N Vidic
J Evans

A Young
D Fletcher
M Owen
T Cleverley

T Bebe

Throw in a goalkeeper (De Gea plays like he's crippled much of the time, so he'll do) and one more striker and you've got a decent EPL team in its own right.

The other invisible advantage that City have is that their squad is so rich, they have some very good players out on loan at other EPL clubs. Those players play against City's rivals but not, of course, against City, giving City even more advantage from it's ridiculous spending levels.


/Strictly speaking, Sunderland has more names on its list right now, 11 to MUFC's 9, but 6 of those are listed as expected back by Saturday.
//Yes, I know Bebe is out on loan.

Still my favorite.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL

socalnewwaver: hahaha. the manc here at work just told me liverpool is playing for a draw today so they can have a replay and tick one more game off suarez's ban. i just shook my head.

Guess they're gonna have to work for a draw now. Nice shot.

Cripes what a strike. Left footed volley from outside the 18 into the upper 90.


...and now the equalizer.

Well...okay then.....nevermind my last comment :b

"Shelvey tripped on his own laces when the goal was open."

Hahaha, good stuff.

socalnewwaver: Mr_H: Guess they're gonna have to work for a draw now. Nice shot.

you were saying?

I KNEW that was gonna happen as soon as I typed that.
I just wish I could predict lottery numbers as well.

/c'mon 1-2-3-4-5-6

Pepe get back in the goddamn box

The EPL flexes their power on the referee again. Why else do they have that little radio in their ear except to call penalties on non-EPL teams that threaten one of the Big Four?

Yeah, you aren't stopping that.

Jeebus, Liverpool, this shouldn't be so difficult. It's Oldham, FFS, and this is not 1994.

Aaaaaaand: STEVIE G!!

I'm going to work on my Gerrard cloning device during halftime. I'll make an extra one just for me.

These FA cup games are always a giant banana skin for the big clubs.

But 'pool are making it look hard

It's only a League One game, but Jordan Rhodes of Huddersfield Town has five goals at the moment. Not too shabby...

desertgeek: I was in a meeting so I've missed all of the action. Anyone have a good site where I could watch highlights of the match? And when I say "good site," I mean one not infected with viruses and such.

http://www.firstrow.tv/watch/100640/1/watch-liverpool-fc-vs-oldham-at h letic.html is a decent feed