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By Jonathan Stevenson
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From Paul from Bolton, via text on 81111: "Word on the street is Guti could be ready to swap the white of Real Madrid for the white of Bolton! Just what we need, someone to follow in the footsteps of Okocha & Djorkaeff. But matters in hand, a must-win game for the Whites tonight."
1945: Can I change my predo to an abandonment? Let's hope the undersoil heating's on at Villa Park - we're under way.
1942: As the snow begins to settle on the Villa Park surface, the players emerge from the tunnel in the Midlands. We are but moments away.
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill: "We played very well at Anfield earlier on in the season and it gave us plenty of confidence and impetus. But these are different circumstances. This is a very big game for both teams - we had a setback at Arsenal and we want to put that right, Liverpool have had hiccups this season and they will want to put that right."
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez: "It's very, very important. There is still a long way but we have to look for three points. They are in a good position and are competing with them, Tottenham and Manchester City at the moment. We have to keep winning."
1937: It's a massive game at Villa Park. Liverpool have lost four out of their last six away games in the league, winning only once and scoring only twice in that time. Villa need a response too, after
succumbing 3-0 at Arsenal a couple of days ago.
But what a cameo that was, from the magnificent Cesc Fabregas.
From come again? on 606:
"3-3 Stevo!? Been hitting the sauce have we?"
1933: Let's not forget the massive six-pointer at the Reebok tonight. Anyone know when Hull's last win at Bolton was? March 1935, that's when. In 21 trips to the Greater Manchester town since 1908, that remains the Tigers' sole victory.
1927: Here's some good news for Liverpool fans: Your boys are unbeaten in your last 11 visits to Villa Park, since a 2-1 defeat in February 1998 when a certain Stanley Victor Collymore bagged a brace against his old employers. Today, Villa are attempting a league double over Liverpool for the first time since the inaugural Premier League season in 1992/93.
1923: I feel a bit sorry for Rafa. I mean, by
"guaranteeing" that Liverpool will finish in the top four this season,
he hasn't half made life hard for himself. Lose tonight, and the Reds will be eight points off a Champions League spot with more than half the season gone.
From mttyjrobinson on Twitter:
"Must-win for Liverpool. Wanting to see Rafa take us into 2010, but if we lose today, I'm not sure he will."
1919: Bolton welcome back midfielder Fabrice Muamba after suspension, with Chris Basham the man to miss out in an otherwise unchanged side from the one that drew 1-1 at Burnley on Boxing Day. Hull City boss Phil Brown names the same XI that lost 3-1 to Manchester United on Sunday. That means Geovanni stays on the bench and American striker Jozy Altidore keeps his place up front.
1916: Bolton v Hull City line-ups:
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Lee, Muamba, Cohen, Taylor, Kevin Davies, Klasnic.
Subs: Al Habsi, Elmander, Gardner, Mark Davies, Ricketts, McCann, Andrew O'Brien.
Hull: Myhill, Mendy, Zayatte, Gardner, Dawson, Garcia, Boateng, Olofinjana, Hunt, Fagan, Altidore.
Subs: Duke, Barmby, Geovanni, Kilbane, Mouyokolo, Ghilas, Vennegoor of Hesselink.
Referee: Phil Dowd (England)
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Knight, Robinson, Lee, Muamba, Cohen, Taylor, Kevin Davies, Klasnic.
Subs: Al Habsi, Elmander, Gardner, Mark Davies, Ricketts, McCann, Andrew O'Brien.
Hull: Myhill, Mendy, Zayatte, Gardner, Dawson, Garcia, Boateng, Olofinjana, Hunt, Fagan, Altidore.
Subs: Duke, Barmby, Geovanni, Kilbane, Mouyokolo, Ghilas, Vennegoor of Hesselink.
Referee: Phil Dowd (England)
From Duncan from Carlisle, via text on 81111: "With Liverpool having the majority of their 1st XI available, they might just teach the young pretenders to their top four crown a lesson. 3-1 to the Reds."
1912: Aston Villa make two changes to the side that started at Arsenal on Sunday as Nigel Reo-Coker deputises for the suspended Ashley Young and John Carew replaces the injured Emile Heskey. Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez hands £20m summer signing Alberto Aquilani his second start in four days and opts for only one alteration to the team he sent out against Wolves, with Dirk Kuyt preferred to Fabio Aurelio.
1909: Aston Villa v Liverpool line-ups:
Aston Villa: Friedel, Luke Young, Cuellar, Dunne, Warnock, Reo-Coker, Milner, Petrov, Downing, Agbonlahor, Carew.
Subs: Guzan, Sidwell, Albrighton, Delfouneso, Delph, Beye, Collins.
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Kuyt, Lucas, Aquilani, Benayoun, Gerrard, Torres.
Subs: Cavalieri, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Skrtel.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
Aston Villa: Friedel, Luke Young, Cuellar, Dunne, Warnock, Reo-Coker, Milner, Petrov, Downing, Agbonlahor, Carew.
Subs: Guzan, Sidwell, Albrighton, Delfouneso, Delph, Beye, Collins.
Liverpool: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Kuyt, Lucas, Aquilani, Benayoun, Gerrard, Torres.
Subs: Cavalieri, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Skrtel.
Referee: Lee Probert (Wiltshire)
1908: Get in touch like this:
Tweet me on, er, Twitter;
fill up my inbox with glad tidings to 81111 (UK) and +44 7786200666 (worldwide); and
clown around with the great and the good of 606
where the discussion is already under way. Just remember to have fun, yeah?
1906: It's snowing in the Midlands, where Villa have made two changes, Liverpool one. More soon.
1905:
Aston Villa v Liverpool
kicks off at 1945 GMT and
Bolton v Hull
just 15 of your short Greenwich Mean Time minutes later. Line-ups and team news on the way in a matter of moments, fret ye not.
1903: Think I've unnecessarily hyperbolised once again?
Check the table out, then. By my reckoning, six teams can still win the Premier League and anyone from Sunderland in 10th downwards will be worrying about the dreaded drop.
Throw a couple of big hitters potentially missing out on the Champions League into the mixer, and we've got the season we've long been waiting for.
1900: When it doesn't rain, it pours. Helplessly languishing in the corridor of uncertainty between Christmas and New Year, it's been a thoroughly miserable day with little sign of any let-up.
But enough about the South African cricket team for now,
and back to the greatest Premier League season of them all.*
* Hopefully
* Hopefully
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