League Fixtures from now until the New Year..the "Big 4"

[Kopite_Colin]

Here's all the up and coming league fixtures going into the New Year....

Liverpool

Saturday 8th December Reading vs Liverpool
Sunday 16th December Liverpool vs Man Utd
Saturday 22nd December Liverpool vs Portsmouth
Wednesday 26th December 15:00 Derby vs Liverpool
Sunday 30th December Man City vs Liverpool

Arsenal

Wednesday 5th December Newcastle vs Arsenal
Sunday 9th December Middlesbrough vs Arsenal
Sunday 16th December Arsenal vs Chelsea
Saturday 22nd December Arsenal vs Tottenham
Wednesday 26th December Portsmouth vs Arsenal
Saturday 29th December Everton vs Arsenal

Chelsea

Saturday 8th December Chelsea vs Sunderland
Sunday 16th December Arsenal vs Chelsea
Sunday 23rd December Blackburn vs Chelsea
Wednesday 26th December Chelsea vs Aston Villa
Saturday 29th December Chelsea vs Newcastle

Man Utd

Monday 3rd December Man Utd vs Fulham
Saturday 8th December Man Utd vs Derby
Sunday 16th December Liverpool vs Man Utd
Sunday 23rd December Man Utd vs Everton
Wednesday 26th December Sunderland vs Man Utd
Saturday 29th December West Ham vs Man Utd

Looks like Utd have the easiest bunch of fixtures, although us Everton and West ham could cause them a problem or two. Aresnal have a tough set: 4 away games and the 2 games at home are both big London Derbies for them. We'll see just how good they are by 1st Jan I suspect. Chelsea have a few potential battles with difficult / in form sides (BBurn & Villa) and obviously Arsenal. We have potential battles with difficult / in form sides (Portsmouth & Man City) and obviously Utd - but we should beat Reading & Derby.

Christmas could be very interesting this year. Let's just beat Reading & Marseille and then we can concentrate on beating Utd.

[Morph]

i'm confident this year, i think the result against the mancs will shape our season in a way, we've come up short against them in recent seasons if we beat them, it'll give us the belief to press on particularly with the busy crimbo schedule

[Kopite_Colin]

Torres will be the difference against Utd this season if he stays fit. We've dominated them twice in the last 12 months but without scoring and taken a sucker punch and lost it at the death. With Torres in the side I suspect that won't happen this year. It would be so sweet to see him score a couple against them, after they were so confident of landing him over the last couple of years. Torres could have had a few hattricks since the Reading game..I just hope he saves it for the Utd game. I would love it, just love it.

[Morph]

i've got this horrible feeling the mancs will end our unbeaten run, but a few more top class performances and i'll feel better about it

[sonsofthedesert]

i've got this horrible feeling the mancs will end our unbeaten run, but a few more top class performances and i'll feel better about it

This is what I keep on worrying about.

[Shaggy]

United are **** away and we ****ing owe them. They mugged us big time last year but we're a far better side now than 12 months ago. We'll beat 'em.

[Kopite_Colin]

The Mancs won't beat us at home this year. Not on this form. We just need to keep it going for the next 2 weeks.

[Morph]

United are **** away and we ****ing owe them. They mugged us big time last year but we're a far better side now than 12 months ago. We'll beat 'em.

we were better than them last time and as you say the still mugged us, we haven't beaten them yet under Rafa in the league have we, surely we're due a win

[G]

Torres will show Ferdinand up for the overrated ****ebag we all know he is.

[MrsB]

United are **** away and we ****ing owe them. They mugged us big time last year but we're a far better side now than 12 months ago. We'll beat 'em.

I so hope you're right.

[Johnny]

Utd are well beatable this yr.