Topic: Premier League Fixtures 2nd - 3rd December

[Barneylfc∗]

SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER

Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00
Brentford v Luton Town 15:00
Burnley v Sheffield United 15:00
Nottingham Forest v Everton 17:30 skysports
Saudi Arabia v Manchester United 20:00 TNT SPORTS

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER

AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa 14:00
Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00
Liverpool v Fulham 14:00
West Ham United v Crystal Palace 14:00 skysports
Abu Dhabi v Tottenham Hotspur 16:30 skysports


Some decent games this weekend.
Forest winning would be great. Will be weird wanting a United win v Saudi. Salah to hit 200 Liverpool goals and hopefully Spurs end their losing run.

[Hazell]

Divock needs to play some part in the 5.30pm game obviously.

[koptommy93]

Weird that our 2pm games are never the ones on TV.

[thaddeus]

With Burnley playing Sheffield United there's a good chance that Everton will end the weekend at the bottom of the Premier League.  Forest aren't in great form but they've got enough to beat Everton.

It's a shame that Man City have dropped on Spurs at the moment when Spurs are freefalling.  A month ago it might have been an interesting fixture, not it just looks like goal difference padding for Man City.

Hopefully "it all evens out in the end" comes in force at Arsenal with Wolves getting five VAR awarded penalties.

[Crosby Nick]

Think Spurs are going to get walloped if City consistently get in behind that high line.

Newcastle v Man United shoukd have some comedy in it, whatever the result. how come it’s an 8pm kick off, not 12.30? As ever, just need to make sure we take care of our business and then anything else is a bonus.

[tubby]

Spurs always seem to cause City trouble, but agree that ends this week.   City will have a field day.

[swoopy]

Weird that our 2pm games are never the ones on TV.

Quotas.
The games were supposed to be 3pm Saturday and wouldn't have been on TV anyway. From the next TV rights deal, ALL Sunday 2pm games will be on TV.

[Tokyoite]

The one time I want Tottenham to win and they will probably get stuffed. Too many injuries for them atm and with the way they play I can't see anything but a trashing.

I guess a draw in the Saudi vs United game is better? Not that any of those two are our problem but both losing points is better.

I hate that there are no 21:30pm (12:30pm UK time) games and I have to wait until 12am to watch something  :'(

[Elzar]

Why no 12:30 kick off?

[Skeeve]

Why no 12:30 kick off?

We played on Thursday, so no possible way for them to assign it to us, so they decided there was no point having one.

[swoopy]

Why no 12:30 kick off?

MU were away in the CL wed night. Rules now say the team (if selected) for 12.30pm slot have to be 8pm instead.

[Bread]

MU were away in the CL wed night. Rules now say the team (if selected) for 12.30pm slot have to be 8pm instead.

Only applies Champions League fixtures I take it then, since we play Sheffield United on Wednesday immediately followed by a 12:30 ko against Palace next Saturday.

[Vegeta]

Spurs will get trashed big Ange is too stubborn to change his suicidal tactics can see City being out of sight by the 30th minute mark.

[Barneylfc∗]

Only applies Champions League fixtures I take it then, since we play Sheffield United on Wednesday immediately followed by a 12:30 ko against Palace next Saturday.

Yeah. Pretty sure we had a 12.30 last season after a Wednesday night game too.

[BobPaisley3]

Looking ahead, what channel are the mid week premier league games on?

[Lynndenberries]

Poch, Mourinho, Nuno, and Conte all wanted to make it difficult for City. Ange will do the opposite.

[ScottScott]

Looking ahead, what channel are the mid week premier league games on?

Amazon Prime, all games are being shown

[BobPaisley3]

Amazon Prime, all games are being shown

Thanks mate

[RedSince86]

Why no 12:30 kick off?

Because PIF payed TNT for prime time evening KO.

[Elzar]

Because PIF payed TNT for prime time evening KO.

That's 11pm in Saudi!

[your djemba djembas]

Saudi Arabia v Manchester United 20:00 TNT SPORTS

On MUTV again?? "My days!"

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Only applies Champions League fixtures I take it then, since we play Sheffield United on Wednesday immediately followed by a 12:30 ko against Palace next Saturday.

Obviously not ideal for the Palace game either, but in that instance it's the same for both teams, whereas after CL fixtures only CL teams are impacted.

[Scottymuser]

For those interested, and I think I have this correct, I think these are the number of times each club has been in each slot by Xmas:

Package A (Saturday lunch time), minimum pics 1, maximum 6.  If a team is playing in the CL on the Wednesday, this can become a 8pm slot as long as no other game is shown at 12:30.  So far:  We've had this 4 times, Manchester United 4 (2 of which were then moved to 8pm due to CL matches), Spurs 2, Newcastle 2 (both moved because of CL), and Arse/City/Chelsea once.

Package B (Saturday 17:30 kick offs), minimum pics 1, maximum 6.  So far:  Newcastle have had all 6 of their opportunites, Arsenal 5, Spurs/Us twice, United/Chelsea 1, City 0.

Package C (24 games Sunday 2pm/ 8 games Saturday 8pm), Min pics 2, Max 5.  So far:  Spurs 3, City 3 (inc. one 8 pm), Chelsea 2, Us/Man U/Arsenal 1, New 0

Package D (32 games on Sunday 4:30):  Min pics 2, Max 5.  So far: us and  City 4, Spurs/New/Arse/Chelsea/Man U 3.

Package E (24 games Friday/Monday, 8 games Sunday 2), no min, max 5.  So farL Spurs 4, Chelsea 3, City/Arse/United 1, New 0.


Oddly this means that although Newcastle were on tv 9 times in the first 10 match days, other than the 2 Amazon prime midweeks, from the next 6 they will have only been on twice.  The team that would have featured the most will have been Spurs, with 13 times!  Newcastle/Arsenal 11, Man U/Chelsea/Us 10, and City only 9. 

It also means that there can be no more 17:30 kicks off with Newcastle, only 1 more Arsenal.  Only 1 more Sunday 4:30 for us and City; only 2 more Sat 12:30s for us and United.  etc

[jillcwhomever]

Why no 12:30 kick off?

They haven't been having 12.30 kick offs every week, it's why it infuriates me with the the internationals. If it's not every week it should be easy to not have them when the international week has just ended.

[rob1966]

Obviously not ideal for the Palace game either, but in that instance it's the same for both teams, whereas after CL fixtures only CL teams are impacted.

Not really - Palace are at home, we're away to Sheff Utd - that's a 1.5 to 2 hour drive back in the coach, players looking at 2am before they get to sleep, then we'll have to fly down to London Friday

They haven't been having 12.30 kick offs every week, it's why it infuriates me with the the internationals. If it's not every week it should be easy to not have them when the international week has just ended.

They have to piss Klopp off somehow - next Saturday is taking the absolute piss yet again.

[reddebs]

For those whining about no 12.30pm games our u18s play city on lfctv at 12pm 👍

[DelTrotter]

Feels like Arsenal hardly ever have a tough game, today it's Wolves reserves, like last season they must have some tough aways to end the season which is where it will all go wrong again.

[Tokyoite]

It’s mental that a team that plays on Thursday night is assigned to the Saturday 12:30pm slot. They’ve got so many other options to pick from ffs 

Off-topic but it just pisses me off!

Anyway, hope we get an easy win without any injuries and Abu Dhabi and Tottenham get a few red cards each.

[Skeeve]

It’s mental that a team that plays on Thursday night is assigned to the Saturday 12:30pm slot. They’ve got so many other options to pick from ffs 

Off-topic but it just pisses me off!

Anyway, hope we get an easy win without any injuries and Abu Dhabi and Tottenham get a few red cards each.

We haven't actually been assigned it after an EL game have we, our big issue has been how reliably we are assigned it after the international break.

The real problem is that the 12.30pm slot was sold individually in the first place, it should be tied to the sunday slot, so the tv company doesn't need to keep picking the same team over and over as it is their only televised slot. Wasn't it previously the 5.30pm slot that was bt's only slot in other seasons?

[Schmidt]

Forest winning would be great. Will be weird wanting a United win v Saudi. Salah to hit 200 Liverpool goals and hopefully Spurs end their losing run.

United are above them in the league though? A draw seems ideal, it gives the current top four a chance to pull away from both a bit and Brighton/West Ham a chance to catch them.

I'm gonna make a rash prediction and suggest city won't have it all that easy against Spurs. City don't have bags of pace to punish a high line, and they like to pin teams back which I think will make it difficult for the Spurs back line to even get high up the pitch to begin with. I think Son and Johnson could be a bit of a lethal combination for Spurs if they do play on the break a lot.

[rob1966]

Draws in both the Saudi and Abu Dhabi games suits me fine.

[Skeeve]

United are above them in the league though? A draw seems ideal, it gives the current top four a chance to pull away from both a bit and Brighton/West Ham a chance to catch them.

A draw with red cards etc would be ideal.

[rob1966]

For those whining about no 12.30pm games our u18s play city on lfctv at 12pm 👍

Cheers Deb, got it on now.

LFCTV free for a month if you sign up today too

[jillcwhomever]

Cheers Deb, got it on now.

LFCTV free for a month if you sign up today too

I love LFCTV has some smashing documentaries one of the new ones is seeing how Bill Shankly built his second great team all the oldies will love that one. I also love Gary Gillespie as a pundit he is always good watching, and if he has something negative to say there is no agenda attached, just common sense.

[12C]

That's 11pm in Saudi!

Coolest part of the day?

[rob1966]

I love LFCTV has some smashing documentaries one of the new ones is seeing how Bill Shankly built his second great team all the oldies will love that one. I also love Gary Gillespie as a pundit he is always good watching, and if he has something negative to say there is no agenda attached, just common sense.

I'll let it run and have a look and see what it's like.

Mad to think that in 2017 my lad was training on the pitch they're playing on, seems like yesterday, not 6 years ago.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

SATURDAY 2ND DECEMBER

Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers 15:00 3-0
Brentford v Luton Town 15:00 1-0
Burnley v Sheffield United 15:00 1-1
Nottingham Forest v Everton 17:30 skysports 1-2
Saudi Arabia v Manchester United 20:00 TNT SPORTS 6-1

SUNDAY 3RD DECEMBER

AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa 14:00 1-2
Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 2-1
Liverpool v Fulham 14:00 3-0
West Ham United v Crystal Palace 14:00 skysports 2-0
Abu Dhabi v Tottenham Hotspur 16:30 skysports 4-0

[jillcwhomever]

I'll let it run and have a look and see what it's like.

Mad to think that in 2017 my lad was training on the pitch they're playing on, seems like yesterday, not 6 years ago.

Wow, I never knew that. I used to love watching the youth football but Kirkby is so cold with the way the wind blows across it. 

[rob1966]

Wow, I never knew that. I used to love watching the youth football but Kirkby is so cold with the way the wind blows across it. 

Nah Kirkby is lovely and toasty, why do you think I wear shorts all the time?

[reddebs]

Wow, I never knew that. I used to love watching the youth football but Kirkby is so cold with the way the wind blows across it. 

I can't believe this game should have been played at Kirkby but they swapped it to City yesterday as the pitches were frozen!!

Who the fuck decided having under soil heating was unnecessary when we did all the upgrades 🤦