Week 23 Playoff semi-finals

well, Leicester started strong right out of the blocks with Nasri involved right away but poor control by Park saw the promising move breakdown...

then Hutton fouled Arteta and from the freekick Adebayor had a header on goal that was well saved by Krul...

Park!, frikkin settle down (in over animated-slightly-ironic-angry-tone)

its a tough game as Nasri was booked for a foul on McGeady that led to some great interplay by Arteta but it was eventually broken up by Wayne Bridge...

another Watford freekick awarded for a foul by Hutton went to Dembele but his header sailed way over...

so it is very close but Watford just about have the edge at the moment and they look the more likely to score with 15 minutes on the clock.

Sounds like an awful lot of diving kicking off... Concerned we may not end with 11 if Watford continue to go over this easily

while we were away Tottenham have gone 2-0 up against Bolton, Aaron Lennon getting their second, and Coventry's Neil Mellor has put his side 1-0 against Sheffield United.

Rich@Leicester wrote:

Park!, frikkin settle down (in over animated-slightly-ironic-angry-tone)

Wait. You mean your normal voice, right?????

Ah yes, thanks mate. I'm pleased you picked up on that!

Bolton have pulled a goal back on 21 minutes through Martin Petrov and its now

Tottenham 2 Bolton 1

My refresh button is taking a pasting

lets return to Steve Lee to see how things are progressing...

Watford have taken control of this game in the last 10 minutes and good work again by Arteta resulted in another chance for Dembele but Carragher robbed him just as he was about to let fly, but with half an hour gone its still

Watford 0 Leicester 0

and no more goals to report in our other games either after 30 minutes.

hang on im hearing that there has been a goal in the Watford Leicester semi-final, so lets cross to Steve Lee to get the details, Steve...

well, its been coming for awhile now and more fine work by Arteta and McGeady saw the ball floated across invitingly for Adebayor and he buried his header to make the score

Watford 1 Leicester 0

after 30 minutes

so the early advantage in the big match goes to Watford.

Adam Clayton has scored for Sheffield Wednesday to put them 1-0 up against Wolves in a bit of a shock cos Wolves were odds on favorites for that game.

37 minutes gone now.

and Peter Crouch has scored to make it

Tottenham 3 Bolton 1

on 40 minutes

and Sunderland have taken the lead against Stoke on 42 minutes with a shot from Christian Benitez.

approaching half time so lets cross back to Steve for another report...

Leicester have fought their way back into this game with Pavlyuchenko only being denied after a fine save by Isaksson but overall Watford are now holding their own and looking very solid, i'm a bit disappointed with Nasri as he looks out of sorts and has given the ball away on a couple of promising occasions, but the whistle has just gone for the end of the first half and its still anybody's game.

that's the end of the first half in all our games...

whistles have gone and the second half is underway in all our games...