Season 23 Week 5 processing...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

I'm about halfway through entering all the orders 1300 tuesday so I expect kickoff to be at 1000 wednesday.

Still nothing from Newcastle and Schalke and the post has been today tuesday but I will put Pis in a LB for you Jamie np.

Isn't Piszcek a RB?

Rich@Leicester wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

I'm about halfway through entering all the orders 1300 tuesday so I expect kickoff to be at 1000 wednesday.

Still nothing from Newcastle and Schalke and the post has been today tuesday but I will put Pis in a LB for you Jamie np.

Isn't Piszcek a RB?

RB of course, thx

Will@Fulham wrote:

Any team news mate?

Personnel wise just one change from last week Baines finally comes in for the career waining Stephen warnock

Baines isn't quite ready yet but if I don't get him in against a side that generally doesn't play with width then ill never get him in as his skills arnt quite there yet.

The game comes a little too early though for Kyle Walker who's making steady progress in his quest for match fitness.

Slight tactical change, trying to be clever so no doubt that'll back fire

For once I have gone for a more Mourinho rather than Wenger approach with a few tactical changes within the team. In comes Owen Hargreaves as Stephen Ireland drops to the bench with a slightly different mix in the middle of the park. Like you I have no idea whether these changes will backfired or be a success... I guess we shall see tomorrow.

Okay all the turns are entered now so I will do a quick review before the games are run tomorrow...concentrating on the Premiership showdowns...

Arsenal entertain Charlton tomorrow with the Gunners unchanged from last week whilst Charlton switch tactics to winghalves and bring in Taylor at leftback and Huddlestone at anchorman and go with just one up top with Sturridge dropping to the bench.

Newcastle come to London to visit a hard to beat Watford side who are unchanged from last week, Newcastle boss is absent this week so they too will be unchanged with no injuries or suspensions.

Unchanged Birmingham will play host to Chelsea whose goals seem to have dried up of late but stick with their mixed formation with just the lone striker as usual.

I think the biggest game is Fulham's clash with Plymouth and to bear out that I notice that both managers have made plenty of changes this week as they try to out manouvere each other. Fulham are at home but have gone for a counter attacking game with Baines in at left back whilst Plymouth have switched from their normal fast tactics to a mixed formation with Hargreaves replacing Ireland in the midfield and Wilshere called upon to perform the playmaking role supported by 2 dynamos. So that should be an interesting clash.

Man City are at Everton and they stick with their wingers and neither side make any changes.

Leicester have a trip to Blackpool and will looking for all three points as Anderson and Cesar both come into the team and they should really have too much for the seasiders, but we will see.

Inter have a fairly easy game this week at Atalanta and keep a settled side and could be looking for a landslide of goals as the home side are especially weak on the flanks.

Messi returns to the league side for Real Madrid for their clash at Bilbao as does Benzema and Sergio Ramos, Alves and Silva drop to the bench. Llorente returns for Barcelona for their game at home to Villareal with Pato dropped to the bench and Real Betis are unchanged for their game at home to Atletico Madrid, no easy game.

Good luck to everybody tomorrow...

Arsenal away.

Don't fancy it, one bit.

Okay, kickoff is only minutes away...

And the games have started...

inside the first 2 minutes we have a goal already at Blackpool, so lets go to Stuart Hall to get the details...

a great start for Leicester as Samir Nasri finally starts to show his class and shoots them into an early lead here, so after 2 minutes its

Blackpool 0 Leicester 1

Bayern's Maxi Rodriguez has given his side an early lead at Dortmund and Jeremain Lens has put Feyenoord one up at Roda.

Berbatov has scored for Man United at home to Blackburn.

and Arturo Vidal has put Boca 1-0 up at Gimnasia on 5 minutes.

Jadson makes it San Jose 0 Cosmos 1.

The on loan Edu Gasper puts Banstead 1-0 up at home to Bradford on 7 minutes.

free scoring Leo Fortunato has made it Bohemians 1 Waterford 0.

its Celtic 1 Hibs 0 in scotland.

10 minutes gone now and River Plate have taken the lead at home to Union.