The 2011/12 Gary Speed Memorial Thread

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Yes. Pretty much that.

[Hobo]

Carragher and Coates are playing today for Liverpool.

No good can come of this.

[Starvinho]

Man Utd: Lindegaard, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Rooney, Welbeck. Subs: De Gea, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Hernandez, Fabio Da Silva, Pogba.

Bolton: Bogdan, Steinsson, Wheater, Knight, Ricketts, Eagles, Reo-Coker, Muamba, Petrov, Mark Davies, Ngog. Subs: Lynch, Sanli, Kevin Davies, Klasnic, Pratley, Boyata, Riley.

Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

Scholes starts for us, a bit of a suprise but I guess it's a perfect game for him. Expecting a win today and I'd like a big win to get us back on track. Prediction 4-0.

[Lineker]

Aston Villa: Given, Hutton, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Clark, Petrov, Albrighton, Ireland, Agbonlahor, Bent.

Subs: Guzan, N'Zogbia, Delph, Keane, Cuellar, Bannan, Gardner.

Everton: Howard, Neville, Heitinga, Duffy, Baines, Donovan, Gibson, Fellaini, Drenthe, Cahill, Saha.

Subs: Mucha, Anichebe, Bilyaletdinov, Stracqualursi, McFadden, Gueye, Vellios.

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)

Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Coates, Skrtel, Jose Enrique, Carragher, Adam, Henderson, Gerrard, Downing, Kuyt.

Subs: Doni, Aurelio, Carroll, Shelvey, Kelly, Flanagan, Bellamy.

Stoke: Sorensen, Woodgate, Shawcross, Huth, Wilson, Delap, Whelan, Palacios, Etherington, Walters, Crouch.

Subs: Begovic, Jones, Fuller, Pennant, Whitehead, Wilkinson, Jerome.

Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

West Brom: Foster, Jara, McAuley, Dawson, Shorey, Morrison, Scharner, Mulumbu, Thomas, Odemwingie, Cox.

Subs: Fulop, Mattock, Long, Dorrans, Thorne, Tamas, Fortune.

Norwich: Ruddy, Martin, Whitbread, Ayala, Naughton, Johnson, Pilkington, Surman, Hoolahan, Morison, Jackson.

Subs: Steer, Drury, Crofts, Holt, Fox, Bennett, Wilbraham.

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

Man Utd: Lindegaard, Rafael, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Rooney, Welbeck.

Subs: de Gea, Berbatov, Giggs, Park, Hernandez, Fabio, Pogba.

Bolton: Bogdan, Steinsson, Wheater, Knight, Ricketts, Eagles, Reo-Coker, Muamba, Petrov, Mark Davies, N'Gog.

Subs: Lynch, Tuncay, Kevin Davies, Klasnic, Pratley, Boyata, Riley.

Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

Blackburn: Robinson, Lowe, Hanley, Givet, Olsson, N'Zonzi, Pedersen, Dunn, Petrovic, Hoilett, Yakubu.

Subs: Bunn, Formica, Rochina, Goodwillie, Vukcevic, Morris, Henley.

Fulham: Stockdale, Kelly, Senderos, Hangeland, John Arne Riise, Murphy, Dembele, Dempsey, Duff, Zamora, Ruiz.

Subs: Etheridge, Sidwell, Johnson, Kasami, Hughes, Frei, Davies.

Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

Tottenham: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Parker, Modric, Bale, Adebayor, van der Vaart.

Subs: Cudicini, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Bassong, Kranjcar, Rose, Livermore.

Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Foley, Johnson, Berra, Ward, Kightly, Frimpong, Henry, Jarvis, Edwards, Fletcher.

Subs: de Vries, Elokobi, Stearman, Ebanks-Blake, Hunt, Milijas, Doyle.

Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Luiz, Terry, Cole, Lampard, Romeu, Meireles, Ramires, Torres, Mata.

Subs: Turnbull, Essien, Malouda, Lukaku, Sturridge, Hutchinson, Bertrand.

Sunderland: Mignolet, Bardsley, Kilgallon, O'Shea, Richardson, Larsson, Cattermole, Vaughan, McClean, Sessegnon, Bendtner.

Subs: Westwood, Turner, Gardner, Wickham, Ji, Meyler, Elmohamady.

Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

The official line from Blackburn is that Chris Samba is ill. I'm not so sure.

[Pettengill_Mark]

I'm loving the look of that Spurs line up today, really attacking, I can see us scoring 3 or 4 today.

[Starvinho]

Rooney missed another pen, apparently should have been a red card for Zat Knight but only a yellow though.

[Matt]

The Yak's been given a straight red. Blackburn are fucked.

[Pettengill_Mark]

FUCK Roger Johnson! Bollocks!

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Good save for the penalty in fairness, also wouldn't say it was a red. Blatant penalty but would of been a bit harsh to give a red.

[MDK]

Rooney missed another pen, apparently should have been a red card for Zat Knight but only a yellow though.

I only briefly saw the replay, but Knight seemed to only bundle into the back of Wellbeck. It was clumsy, but a red would have been harsh.

[Starvinho]

I think the argument was weather it was a goal scoring opportunity or not. I'll not see it until MOTD tonight though.

[Lineker]

Cock.

[MDK]

I think the argument was weather it was a goal scoring opportunity or not. I'll not see it until MOTD tonight though.

I'm of the opinion that unless it was a straight red (professional foul, violence) the penalty is penalty enough.

[Matt]

Yeah denying a clear goalscoring opportunity tends to be a professional foul but not always, much like a two footed tackle isn't necessarily reckless or excessive.

I can't say whether the Bolton player should've been sent off 'cos I've not seen it.

[Starvinho]

I'll reserve judgment until I've seen it tonight, or until we lose then it was a red card all day

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Ugh. This is exactly what I didn't want to happen today as I've seen it from teams like Wolves against Spurs far too often. Concede a scrappy opener and then spend an hour+ trying to break down a ten man defence.

[Starvinho]

It sounds like Bogdan is having a stormer for Bolton. Bastard.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

ONSIDE! Linesman you blind wanker.

[Starvinho]

SCHOLES!! 1-0

[Matt]

Let the media wankfest begin.