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Suarez banned for eight matches and fined 40,000 pounds.

beatrixasdfghjk. wrote:Suarez banned for eight matches and fined 40,000 pounds.

Why? What did I miss??

No he's not. They want to ban him, but there is still a lot of say in the matter and Liverpool have reacted very strongly to the allegations. There might be no fine or ban at all

To clarify, Suarez' ban is suspended for 14 days. Liverpool and Suarez have that time to logde an appeal against the punishment. Suarez can play in the matches during that time.

So upon a succesful appeal, the ban and fine may be reduced, or even completely rescinded. Personally, I don't think it will be. The FA are obviously using this opportunity to set a prescedent, and overturning the ban and fine makes them looks incredibly spineless.

Otherwise, once those 14 days pass, Suarez will miss eight games.

We could take legal action Jay.

It's not like you can ban a guy and have 1/4 of the world think a man is racist based on EVRA's story.

RealGunner wrote:Wigan 1-3 liverpool

I wish.

We havn't beaten Wigan for a couple of seasons now.

LOL i said wigan 3-1 Liverpool but red edited my post

So tonight:

Wigan v Liverpool
Fulham v Man utd
Man C v Stoke

tomorrow:

Tottenham v Chelsea

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Bore draw.

Horrible pitch is horrible.

Who are you guys hoping win with the Spurs/Chelsea game? Hoping a draw tbh. That's me clutching at straws though. Whenever we come close to the top 4, we flop.

never want to see spurs win.

maybe a 4-4 draw lol or a chelsea win ?

4-4 draw would be good.

A draw would be the best result, so we'll have caught up to both of them, not just one.

The table is like this at the moment:

1. Man City - 44
2. Man Utd - 42
3. Spurs - 34
4. Chelsea - 32
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5. Arsenal - 32
6. Liverpool - 30
7. Newcastle - 27

So clearly the two Manchester clubs are running away with the title, though if Spurs win their two games in hand (one of which is tomorrow's game) they'll be contenders too, I guess. Also, Newcastle are dropping off now and it's clear to me who the four conetenders for those two CL spots are.

January window is vital for all four of those clubs and will be the deciding factor in the end, I believe.

one advantage we have on all of them is wenger

he shall take us into top 4 ( after buying podolski and getting henry on loan and perhaps a midfielder )

I Hope the table looks like this in may
1- Manc shit#1
2-Manc shit#2
3-Arsenal :dance:
4Liverpool

RealGunner wrote:one advantage we have on all of them is wenger

he shall take us into top 4 ( after buying podolski and getting henry on loan and perhaps a midfielder )

And if we could sign someone that can score we can make into the top 4 too

Don't forget, we still have Sagna and Wilshere to come back. Plus Santos, and Gibbs, and Jenkinson...

But seriously, get Sagna and Wilshere back fit, plus our depth at full backs, and sign a forward and possibly an extra midfielder and we'll be set.

Thursday

Tottenham v Chelsea

Boxing day (Monday)

Chelsea v Fulham
Liverpool v Blackburn
Man utd v Wigan
West Brom v Man City

Tuesday

Arsenal v Wolves
Norwich v Spurs

Thoroughly expect the whole top six to win on Boxing Day and Tuesday, though Spurs may find it tough away to Norwich.

we might play on tuesday as well no ?

Wolves to refund fans hit by Arsenal date switch over tube strike
• Arsenal put back Boxing Day game by 24 hours
• Fans and stadium staff faced severe disruption

Wolverhampton Wanderers have offered refunds to their fans who cannot attend the Premier League game at Arsenal after it was moved back 24 hours from Boxing Day because of a tube strike.

Wolves said they had no issue with switching the match to avert disruption for supporters. Arsenal announced on Thursday morning, even before a high court judge ruled that industrial action by tube drivers could go ahead, that the fixture would be postponed by a day.

A Wolves spokesman said the club regarded the affair as "just one of those things" and would refund tickets for their fans who cannot make the new date, provided they apply before noon on Saturday.

Explaining the decision to delay the match, Arsenal said: "The club has been liaising closely in order to make this decision, with all the relevant agencies, including the Metropolitan Police, Transport for London, London Underground, the Premier League, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Islington Council.

"The paramount concern was always the duty of care towards the Arsenal supporters, Wolverhampton Wanderers supporters, match-day employees, workers and indeed everyone who was planning to attend the match on Boxing Day.

"In addition to the proposed industrial action on Boxing Day, there would also have been no services operating on overground train services into London on this day. Also, normal parking restrictions close to the stadium would have still applied. This would have caused severe disruption, or at worst, inability for supporters or matchday employees and workers to get to Emirates Stadium."

Arsenal added that tickets purchased for Boxing Day are still valid on 27 December, when the match will kick off at 3pm. Home supporters who cannot attend will not be eligible for a refund because the situation was deemed to be beyond the club's control, said a spokesman. Wolves, in their own statement, said: "The circumstances are out of the club's control but Wolves would like to apologise for any inconvenience that may be caused as a result of the date change."

One boost to supporters planning to attend Boxing Day fixtures is the likelihood of unseasonably mild weather. The Met Office confirmed on Thursday that the only festive warning they have issued relates to the potential for heavy rain in the south-west of Scotland.
theguardian

Spurs 1 - 1 Chelsea.

Perfect result for us. We're now three behind Spurs (who have a game in hand) and one behind Chelsea. Results go our way next week and we could be up to the dizzy heights of third.

For the 1st time, I was cheering for Terry when he blocked that last Ade attempt, class defending.

Arsenal only has one day rest between next Saturday & the following Monday between two matches and MU 3 days

Saturday: Arsenal vs QPR
Monday: Fulham vs Arsenal

Saturday: Man Utd vs Blackburn
Wednesday: Newcastle vs Man Utd

Monday Night Football.

Reminds me of last year when we played Chelsea on a Monday then Wigan away on a Wednesday.

Premier League scheduling sucks arse.

play a B team at home against QPR