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[Kenpachi Zaraki]

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BPL Saturday Team News

Wayne Rooney will be fit for England next week, even though he is still a doubt for Manchester United's Barclays Premier League clash with Blackburn at Ewood Park on Saturday.

Rooney has only just returned to ball work in training after injuring his ankle in Aalborg on Tuesday, but Sir Alex Ferguson has "no issues" with the 22-year-old joining up with Fabio Capello's squad for the World Cup double-header with Kazakhstan and Belarus next week.

Skipper Gary Neville is also a doubt with a slight thigh injury, while Owen Hargreaves and Michael Carrick join Paul Scholes (knee) on the sidelines.

Blackburn boss Paul Ince is close to having goalkeeper Paul Robinson and summer signing Vince Grella fit for action, but Saturday's clash could be too early for both players.

Former Gillingham keeper Jason Brown made his first Blackburn start at Newcastle last time out and looks likely to face the reigning champions at Ewood Park as Robinson struggles to shake off the calf injury he sustained against Everton in the Carling Cup.

Australia international Grella could be named among the substitutes for the match but is more likely to make his Rovers return after the international break.

Steven Reid is out with a knee problem, while Benni McCarthy is back in training but is unlikely to be sharp enough for the starting XI.

Teams:

Blackburn (from): Brown, Robinson, Bunn, Nelsen, Samba, Ooijer, Warnock, Emerton, Olsson, Tugay, Derbyshire, Santa Cruz, Villanueva, Fowler, Andrews, Fowler, Grella, Treacy, Pedersen .

Manchester United (from): Van der Sar, Amos, Neville, Brown, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Evra, Ronaldo, O'Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Tevez, Berbatov, Rooney, Welbeck.


Sunderland vs Arsenal


Arsenal expect to have midfielder Alex Song available for Saturday's league match at Sunderland following a hip problem.

The Gunners have no fresh injury worries following the midweek European win over Porto as they look to bounce back from the shock Barclays Premier League home defeat by Hull.

Abou Diaby (thigh) is a couple of weeks away from a return, but Tomas Rosicky (hamstring), Amaury Bischoff (groin) and striker Eduardo (leg) all remain in recovery.

Sunderland midfielder Liam Miller is struggling to make the clash against the Gunners.

Miller could join Teemu Tainio (shoulder), Phil Bardsley (ankle) and Grant Leadbitter (broken nose) on the sidelines after suffering a groin injury in training.

Striker Kenwyne Jones (knee) is back in training, but is still some way away from a return.

Teams:

Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney, Diouf, Whitehead, Miller, Reid, Richardson, Malbranque, Henderson, Cisse, Murphy, Healy, Stokes, Chopra.

Arsenal (from): Almunia, Clichy, Toure, Gallas, Sagna, Nasri, Fabregas, Denilson, Walcott, Adebayor, Van Persie, Fabianski, Song, Djourou, Vela, Bendtner, Ramsey, Eboue, Silvestre.


Wigan Athletic vs Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate could be without three key players for the Barclays Premier League trip to Wigan on Saturday.

Full-back Andrew Taylor is a doubt with a hip flexor problem, while central defender Robert Huth has an ankle injury, so Jonathan Grounds has been recalled from his loan spell at Norwich.

In addition, Gary O'Neil is ill and will be assessed after training.

Skipper Emanuel Pogatetz serves the second game of a three-match suspension, while Tuncay Sanli (knee) is a long-term absentee and Julio Arca (ankle) has returned to Argentina to see a specialist.

Lee Cattermole is the only injury doubt for Wigan manager Steve Bruce.

The young midfielder is determined to face Boro after leaving his hometown club this summer and is battling to overcome the hamstring injury which forced him off during last week's defeat of Manchester City.

Michael Brown is on stand-by after replacing Cattermole early in the second half, Olivier Kapo is hoping to keep his place on the left of midfield, while full-back Erik Edman is nearing a return from a long-term knee injury.

Teams:

Wigan (from): Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Palacios, Kapo, Heskey, Zaki, Brown, Camara, De Ridder, Kilbane, Koumas, Kupisz, Scharner, Taylor, Pollitt, Kingson.

Middlesbrough (from): Turnbull, Jones, Hoyte, Wheater, Huth, Riggott, Taylor, Grounds, Digard, O'Neil, Aliadiere, Downing, Johnson, Shawky, Alves, Mido, Walker, Emnes, Craddock.


West Bromwich Albion vs Fulham


West Brom will be forced into one change from the side which won at Middlesbrough with midfielder Kim Do-Heon ruled out of the Fulham match with medial ligament damage.

Former Manchester City striker Ishmael Miller - still searching for his first goal of the campaign is in contention to replace Do-Heon in the starting line-up for Saturday's visit of the Cottagers in the Barclays Premier League.

Filipe Teixeira will not return, despite making a reserve team comeback after six months out with a knee problem in midweek. The Portuguese player is likely to be in contention when Albion are next in action, on October 18 at Manchester United.

Chris Brunt, Abdoulaye Meite and Neil Clement are all out.

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson will wait to ensure that striker Bobby Zamora has recovered from the cold which prevented him from training on Thursday.

With striker Andy Johnson suspended after being sent off in the 2-1 home defeat by West Ham last week, Hodgson will choose between South Korean international Seol Ki-Hyeon, who played at the start of the season while the ex-Everton man was recovering from a thigh injury, United States midfielder Clint Dempsey and Norwegian striker Erik Nevland.

Hodgson has added Swedish right-back Fredrik Stoor and midfielder Julian Gray, who is on a one-year loan from Coventry, to the squad - minus Johnson - on duty against West Ham.

Teams:

West Brom (from): Carson, Kiely, Zuiverloon, Hoefkens, Barnett, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Morrison, Greening, Koren, Cech, Beattie, Moore, Miller, Valero, Bednar, MacDonald, Pele.

Fulham (from): Schwarzer; Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky; Davies, Bullard, Murphy, Gera; Zamora, Seol, Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Dempsey, Andreasen, Kallio, Baird, Stoor, Gray.

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Newcastle 2-2 Man City

Ameobi 43:37
Dunne 62:36
(RC)Beye 11:57

Robinho 13:07 Scored
Ireland 85:33

Sunday 19th October 2008

Hull 1-0 West Ham

Turner 50:08

Stoke 2-1 Tottenham

Higginbotham 18:57
Delap 52:20
Fuller 90:00(4:28) pen Saved

Bent 24:07

Bale 16:47
Dawson 90:00(8:28)

Saturday 18th October 2008

Middlesbrough 0-5 Chelsea

Kalou 13:21
Belletti 50:29
Kalou 52:42
Lampard 62:32
Malouda 66:52

Fulham 0-0 Sunderland

Liverpool 3-2 Wigan

Kuyt 36:34
Riera 79:23
Kuyt 84:38

Zaki 28:38
Zaki 45:00(1:48)
(YC)Valencia 70:32
(RC)Valencia 74:08

Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth

(RC)Davis 80:49

Bolton 0-0 Blackburn

Arsenal 3-1 Everton

Nasri 47:59
Van Persie 69:50
Walcott 89:23

Osman 8:43

Man Utd 4-0 West Brom

Rooney 55:06
Ronaldo 68:44
Berbatov 71:00
Nani 89:48

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Sunday 26th October 2008

Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool

Alonso 9:39

Tottenham 2-0 Bolton

Pavlyuchenko 16:51
Bent 75:18

(RC)McCann 55:30

Wigan 0-4 Aston Villa

Barry 21:42 Scored
Agbonlahor 56:38
Carew 61:23
Sidwell 89:16

ManCity 3-0 Stoke

Robinho 13:49
Robinho 46:29
Robinho 71:43

West Ham 0-2 Arsenal

(RC)Cole 90:00(2:32)

Faubert 74:35(og)
Adebayor 90:00(0:25)

Portsmouth 1-1 Fulham

Crouch 60:58

Dempsey 86:33

Saturday 25th October 2008

Everton 1-1 Man Utd

Fellaini 62:55

Fletcher 21:16

Sunderland 2-1 Newcastle

Cisse 19:17
Richardson 74:32

Ameobi 29:35

West Brom 0-3 Hull

Zayatte 46:55
Geovanni 61:32
King 65:11

Blackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough

McCarthy 90:00(3:31)

Alves 73:50

[Black Widow]

chelsea played extrememly bad there defence was all over the place and 4 strikers who cant even shoot on target..

kalou, malouda should be sold and bring in more italians

[Kenpachi Zaraki]

Italians like????

[Black Widow]

francesco totti, gianluca zambrotta, luca toni, alberto gilardino, those are some good italian players

[Kenpachi Zaraki]

Wednesday Oct 29th

Hull 0-3 Chelsea

Lampard 2:22
Anelka 49:54
Malouda 74:56

Aston Villa 3-2 Blackburn

Young 45:00(0:46)
Barry 64:03
Agbonlahor 86:50

Warnock 29:04
Emerton 90:00(3:37)

Stoke 1-0 Sunderland

Fuller 72:49

Fulham 2-0 Wigan

Johnson 10:13
Johnson 59:37

Middlesbrough 2-0 Man City

Alves 52:37 Scored
O'Neil 90:00(3:56)

Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth

Gerrard 75:56

Man Utd 2-0 West Ham

Ronaldo 13:22
Ronaldo 29:01

Arsenal 4-4 Tottenham

Silvestre 36:32
Gallas 45:44
Adebayor 63:48
Van Persie 67:54

Bentley 12:13
Bent 66:19
Jenas 88:42
Lennon 90:00(3:18)

Bolton 0-1 Everton

Fellaini 89:17

Tuesday 28th October 2008

Newcastle 2-1 West Brom

Barton 9:01
Martins 41:08

Miller 64:25

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Chelsea vs Sunderland

Didier Drogba will be among Chelsea's substitutes after recovering sufficiently from a knee injury, but Ricardo Carvalho will be out for a month with a thigh injury sustained against Hull. Joe Cole is included despite collecting an ankle injury at Hull but Michael Ballack (foot) and Michael Essien (knee) remain out.

Kenwyne Jones is likely to make his first start of the season for Sunderland after recovering from knee ligament damage. Goalkeeper Craig Gordon (ankle) is still struggling so Marton Fulop is expected to start. Phil Bardsley (dead leg) is expected to feature and Teemu Tainio, Nyron Nosworthy and Pascal Chimbonda could be recalled.

Teams:
Chelsea (from): Cech, Cudicini, Hilario, Ferreira, Bridge, A Cole, Obi, Ivanovic, Alex, Terry, Lampard, Sinclair, Drogba, Belletti, Anelka, Malouda, Stoch, Kalou, Deco, Bosingwa, J Cole.

Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Colgan, Bardsley, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Nosworthy, Collins, McCartney, Malbranque, Whitehead, Tainio, Leadbitter, Miller, Yorke, Richardson, Reid, Diouf, Jones, Cisse, Chopra, Murphy, Healy, Waghorn.

Last season: Sunderland 0 Chelsea 1, Chelsea 2 Sunderland 0

Everton vs Fulham

Everton will give late fitness tests to midfielders Tim Cahill and Leon Osman. Osman has a bruised leg while Cahill is struggling with a foot injury. Everton are definitely without full-back Nuno Valente, who has a knee injury.

Korean Seol Ki-Hyeon has returned home for personal reasons, meaning Bobby Zamora and Andy Johnson - against his former club - will continue in attack. Defender Toni Kallio is still suffering from a virus and is doubtful.

Teams:
Everton (from): Howard, Hibbert, Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Baines, Arteta, Cahill, Osman, Fellaini, Pienaar, Yakubu, Saha, Nash, Rodwell, Vaughan, Anichebe, Castillo.

Fulham (from): Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard, Murphy, Gera, Zamora, Johnson, Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gray, Dempsey, Andreasen, Kallio, Baird.

Last season: Fulham 1 Everton 0, Everton 3 Fulham 0

Manchester United vs Hull

Wes Brown will miss the clash with Hull after picking up an ankle injury. Brown should be fit to face Celtic on Wednesday but his absence means Gary Neville is set for the right-back slot. Edwin van der Sar and Michael Carrick should also be handed starting berths.

Hull will make their first change in six matches with captain Ian Ashbee suspended after picking up five bookings. Bryan Hughes could come in but Bernard Mendy is also an option. Record signing Anthony Gardner faces a further three weeks out after pulling a thigh muscle in a friendly against Leeds on Monday.

Teams:
Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszczak, Foster, Neville, Rafael, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, O'Shea, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Park, Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez.

Hull (from): Myhill, McShane, Turner, Zayatte, Dawson, Marney, Hughes, Boateng, Geovanni, King, Cousin, Barmby, Garcia, Windass, Mendy, Halmosi, Folan, Ricketts, Giannakopoulos, Duke.

Middlesbrough vs West Ham

Gareth Southgate is expected to stick with an unchanged starting XI for the third successive match. Mohamed Shawky (thigh) has been sidelined for three weeks, while tomorrow's game has come too soon for Robert Huth (ankle). Mido (groin) and Justin Hoyte (hip) are back training and have an outside chance of making Southgate's squad.

West Ham will be without Valon Behrami who needs a scan on a calf problem. Scott Parker (calf) is a doubt but defenders Lucas Neill (virus) and James Tomkins (knee) should return. Striker Diego Tristan could feature for the first time as Carlton Cole is suspended. Left-back Herita Ilunga is short of fitness and Mark Noble (calf), Dean Ashton (ankle), Kieron Dyer (leg), Jonathan Spector (hip) and Danny Gabbidon (stomach) are definite absentees.

Teams:
Middlesbrough (from): Turnbull, Wheater, Taylor, Riggott, Pogatetz, O'Neil, Digard, Aliadiere, Downing, Tuncay, Alves, Jones, Hoyte, Grounds, Arca, Walker, Emnes, A Johnson, Mido.

West Ham (from): Green, Lastuvka, Walker, Davenport, Upson, Collins, Lopez, Faubert, Bowyer, Mullins, Collison, Etherington, Boa Morte, Sears, Di Michele, Bellamy, Tristan, Neill, Tomkins, Ilunga, Parker.

Last season: Middlesbrough 1 West Ham 2, West Ham 3 Middlesbrough 0

Portsmouth vs Wigan

Portsmouth could recall right-back Glen Johnson after three games out with a groin injury. Johnson will replace Noe Pamarot providing he passes a late fitness test, but Sol Campbell (hamstring) may miss out and Younes Kaboul stands by to deputise alongside Sylvain Distin. Lassana Diarra (knee) is ready to play on and Jermain Defoe is set to be restored to the starting line-up by manager Tony Adams.

Wigan manager Steve Bruce has no fresh injury concerns but after Wednesday's dismal 2-0 defeat by Fulham he could be tempted to make changes. Titus Bramble could come in for Paul Scharner or Emmerson Boyce while Jason Koumas could also be promoted from the bench.

Teams:
Portsmouth (from): James, Johnson, Kaboul, Distin, Belhadj, Utaka, Davis, Diarra, Diop, A Traore, Crouch, Defoe, Hughes, Pamarot, Kranjcar, Hreidarsson, Mvuemba, Kanu, Campbell, Ashdown.

Wigan (from): Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Bramble, Figueroa, De Ridder, Cattermole, Palacios, Kapo, Heskey, Zaki, Boyce, Brown, Camara, Valencia, Kilbane, Koumas, Kupisz, Taylor, Pollitt, Kingson.

Last season: Portsmouth 2 Wigan 0, Wigan 0 Portsmouth 2

Stoke vs Arsenal

Stoke manager Tony Pulis is expected to name an unchanged side after the midweek win over Sunderland. Winger Liam Lawrence, who has missed the last four games, is expected to be out for another month after undergoing surgery to repair a torn ankle ligament.

Arsenal are likely to be without defenders William Gallas (hamstring) and Emmanuel Eboue (knee). Midfielder Denilson (back), defender Bacary Sagna and striker Emmanuel Adebayor all returned to the starting XI against Spurs and should be fit once more.

Teams:
Stoke (from): Sorensen, Griffin, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Soares, Diao, Olofinjana, Delap, Sidibe, Fuller, Simonsen, Kitson, Pericard, Amdy Faye, Tonge, Wilkinson, Sonko, Whelan, Cresswell, Cort.

Arsenal (from): Almunia, Sagna, Silvestre, Gallas, Clichy, Walcott, Eboue, Fabregas, Denilson, Nasri, Van Persie, Adebayor, Fabianski, Toure, Vela, Bendtner, Diaby.

Tottenham vs Liverpool

Ledley King could return to bolster Tottenham's defence after missing the 4-4 draw against Arsenal to rest his long-term knee injury. Jermaine Jenas should also recover from a toe injury sustained against the Gunners, but central defender Michael Dawson is still out suspended.

Robbie Keane has been declared fit to face his old club following a groin problem. Liverpool seem unlikely to risk fellow striker Fernando Torres, who is still only in light training after a hamstring problem.

Teams:
Tottenham (from): Gomes, Hutton, Corluka, Woodgate, Assou-Ekotto, Bentley, Jenas, Huddlestone, Bale, Modric, Pavlyuchenko, King, Bent, Gunter, Lennon, Cesar, Zokora, O'Hara, Campbell.

Liverpool (from): Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Hyypia, Aurelio, Dossena, Babel, Benayoun, Gerrard, Mascherano, Alonso, Pennant, Kuyt, Keane, Riera, Lucas, Cavalieri.

Last season: Tottenham 0 Liverpool 2, Liverpool 2 Tottenham 2

West Brom vs Blackburn

West Brom manager Tony Mowbray must decide whether to recall midfielder Kim Do-Heon who has returned to full training after missing four games with knee ligament damage. Striker Ishmael Miller will hope for a start after coming off the bench to score his first goal of the campaign at Newcastle on Tuesday.

Roque Santa Cruz has been ruled out with a calf injury which could keep him on the sidelines for two weeks. Australia midfielder Vince Grella is also unlikely to feature due to a hamstring injury. Stephen Warnock (concussion) is also doubtful but defender Chris Samba should start following an ankle injury.

Teams:
West Brom (from): Carson, Kiely, Zuiverloon, Donk, Olsson, Robinson, Brunt, Greening, Valero, Koren, Morrison, Bednar, Miller, Moore, Hoefkens, Cech, MacDonald, Pele, Do-Heon.

Blackburn (from): Robinson, Simpson, Samba, Nelsen, Ooijer, Emerton, Tugay, Warnock, Villanueva, Roberts, Fowler, McCarthy, Derbyshire, Pedersen, Olsson, Andrews, Brown, Khizanishvili, Treacy.

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Monday 3rd November

Newcastle 2-0 Aston Villa

Martins 59:29
Martins 82:05

Sunday 2nd November 2008

Bolton 2-0 Man City

Gardner 76:07
Dunne 87:55(og)

Saturday 1st November 2008

Everton 1-0 Fulham

Saha 86:13

Stoke 2-1 Arsenal

Fuller 10:34
Olofinjana 72:41

Clichy 90:00(3:28)

(RC)Van Persie 75:38 (fuckin idiot)

West Brom 2-2 Blackburn

Bednar 54:42
Miller 61:04

McCarthy 12:01
Andrews 88:46
(RC)McCarthy 35:39

Middlesbrough 1-1 West Ham

Mido 82:52

Mullins 20:43

Portsmouth 1-2 Wigan

Kranjcar 81:20

Zaki 45:00(0:21)
Heskey 90:00(1:11)

Chelsea 5-0 Sunderland

Alex 26:13
Anelka 29:26
Anelka 45:00(0:44)
Lampard 50:11
Anelka 52:29

Man Utd 4-3 Hull

Ronaldo 2:33
Carrick 28:41
Ronaldo 43:02
Vidic 56:29

Cousin 22:03
Mendy 68:42
Geovanni 81:21

Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool

Carragher 69:40 (og)
Pavlyuchenko 90:00(0:07)

Kuyt 2:32

[Kenpachi Zaraki]

fucking idiots. We need a goddamned CB. Silvestre n Gallas are worthless. Van Persie idiot either gets sent-off or will lay in the sick bay for half the season.

Actually our season is a lot simpler now simply cause v cant afford to lose from now to the end of the season amd get atleast 14-15 pts against the Big 4 which seems highly unlikely atm.