The Barclays Premier League Thread 2013/14

[METALMAN]

Should have been £960,000 then. What a dick.

[MDK]

What a bastard, the utter cheek of him donating money.

Maybe he can get his coke dealing mates to cough up some dough.

[brenchill]

Shit gesture for a man with pretty much unlimited money.

[EddieG]

How much money does that fund actually need?

[Baddar]

All the money.

[stokeriño]

By my calculations we're only about £12 short.

[Nerf]

Should have been £960,000 then. What a dick.

There weren't 960 victims :/

[stokeriño]

What Nerf is saying is that anything above £96 is incorrect and must be taken back.

[brenchill]

What is £96,000 going to be spent on for the fund exactly?

[Nerf]

Burning every known copy of The Sun.

[Liam]

Buying the world's biggest soap box.

[Colly]

What is £96,000 going to be spent on for the fund exactly?

This really is a valid question, what does the fund actually do?

[brenchill]

I'm guessing it's just going straight on legal fees to keep fighting for "justice" or something? I'm not even sure what they want at his point.

[Nerf]

I'm guessing it's just going straight on legal fees to keep fighting for "justice" or something? I'm not even sure what they want at his point.

For the people responsible to be held accountable and prosecuted, basically.

[Starvinho]

Mata and RVP start. Rooney on the bench.

#mufc starting XI: De Gea; Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Jones, Giggs, Young; Mata, van Persie #mufc

#mufc subs: Lindegaard, Cleverley, Fletcher, Januzaj, Kagawa, Hernandez, Rooney

Edited January 28, 2014 by Starvinho

[Baddar]

Young? Joy.

So glad to see RVP back, and obviously, Mata starting. Awesome bench.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I'm guessing it's just going straight on legal fees to keep fighting for "justice" or something? I'm not even sure what they want at his point.

It's to pay for Scousers to come up with more chants about the Munich air disaster.

[Lineker]

BBC Sport's Alistair Magowan reports from Old Trafford: "So the question of where Juan Mata will play appears to have been solved with the return of the previously injured Robin van Persie. The Spaniard makes his debut and is likely to play behind the Dutch striker. Wayne Rooney returns from a groin problem to sit on the bench. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes seven changes to the team which beat Bolton in the FA Cup, as his strongest players return. In come the likes of Steven Caulker, Gary Medel, Craig Noone, Craig Bellamy and Fraizer Campbell, who, like Solskjaer, is returning to his former employers."

Man Utd XI: De Gea; Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Evra; Valencia, Jones, Giggs, Young; Mata, van Persie

Cardiff XI: Marshall, Caulker, Hudson, John, McNaughton, Medel, Whittingham, Noone, Mutch, Bellamy, Campbell.

Norwich make one change with winger Anthony Pilkington in for the ineligible Jonas Gutierrez, who is on loan from the Magpies. Newcastle make three changes with full-back Mathieu Debuchy back from suspension, while midfielders Hatem Ben Arfa and Sammy Ameobi are also in the starting XI. Yoan Gouffran, who is injured, Yohan Cabaye, who is set to join Paris St-Germain, and defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa are the players who have been replaced.

Norwich XI: Ruddy; Martin, R Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Snodgrass, Fer, Johnson, Pilkington; van Wolfswinkel, Hooper.

Newcastle XI: Krul; Debuchy, S.Taylor, Williamson, Santon; Tiote, Sissoko, Anita; Ben Arfa, Remy, Sammy Ameobi.

Teenage striker Sam Gallagher starts for Southampton after he scored against Yeovil in the FA Cup at the weekend. There's no Jack Wilshere or Aaron Ramsey for Arsenal.

Saints XI: Boruc, Chambers, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw, Cork, Schneiderlin, S. Davis, Lallana, Rodriguez, Gallagher.

Arsenal XI: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Flamini, Ozil, Cazorla, Gnabry, Giroud

Swansea boss Michael Laudrup makes six changes from the FA Cup win over Birmingham and two from their loss to Tottenham last time out in the league. Jonathan de Guzman and Jonjo Shelvey are fit to start, while Nathan Dyer is named on the bench after being out since 15 December. Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen makes 11 changes from the side that drew with Sheffield United in the FA Cup, fielding the same side that lost to Arsenal in their previous Premier League match. However, defenders Fernando Amorebieta and John Arne Riise have failed to recover from knocks in time for tonight's trip to the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea XI: Tremmel, Rangel, Chico, Williams, Davies, Britton, de Guzman, Shelvey, Routledge, Hernandez, Bony.

Fulham XI: Stekelenburg; Riether, Hangeland, Burn, Richardson; Dejagah, Parker, Sidwell, Kačaniklić; Dempsey; Berbatov

[Gazz]

Young? Joy.

So glad to see RVP back, and obviously, Mata starting. Awesome bench.

No bench featuring Tom Cleverley can ever be described as 'awesome'.

[Lineker]

Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge all start for Liverpoool, as does Raheem Sterling who replaces Victor Moses in the starting line-up. Ross Barkley starts for Everton.