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From Oli, a very cold Portsmouth fan at Fratton Park: "All the noise is coming from the Arsenal fans. I get the feeling that Portsmouth fans are resigned to defeat already. Good news that Fabregas is out though. 2-1 to Pompey."
1946: Bless you. You're all making me laugh A LOT. The teams are out at Fratton Park, so we may have to start focusing on the football shortly.
From Peter, Oldbury, via text: "Re 1900: The most annoying word-related development of the Noughties is the obsession with combining names to make one, eg 'Jedward' and 'Brangelina'. Lets hope Booney score a few tonight."
From Joe via text: "Re 1931: My mother thought 'lol' meant lots of love and put it at the end of a text offering her condolences at the death of a relative."
Portsmouth boss Avram Grant: "I want to speak only about football. When the players play we want them to do their best, we speak just about football. Arsenal at this time are maybe the most difficult team to play against, but we are at home and will do what we have to do."
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "We never speak about the weaknesses of our opponents, we want to play well and deliver a performance tonight. Cesc Fabregas looks like he'll be out for about 10 days, there was no chance he could play tonight."
1933: Now then, observants among you will have noticed that there are no Englishmen in either starting line-up at Fratton Park tonight. That, apparently, has never happened in the Premier League before. Ever.
1931: The weird thing about 'lol' is it's an abbreviation of 'laugh out loud' - a phrase I have never seen used in its long form. In other news, Won-Hee Cho will apparently be playing in midfield for Wigan tonight, not defence. I'm glad that's cleared up.
From Doug, Leyland, via text: "Re 1900: Surely the most annoying non-real word has to be "lol". I teach teenagers and they use it so much that I think eventually it'll replace the full stop in the English language. Sigh."
1926: TEAM NEWS Man Utd v Wigan
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson makes one change to the side that beat Hull 3-1 just two days ago - the 99th consecutive match in which the Scot has not retained the same starting XI - as Ji Sung Park is picked in place of Ryan Giggs, who does not even make the bench. Paul Scholes is another who does not make the squad, as is keeper Ben Foster who loses out to 19-year-old Ben Amos for a spot of seat-warming. Wigan manager Roberto Martinez also makes a single change following his side's 1-1 draw with Blackburn on Boxing day, midfielder Won-Hee Cho replacing striker Jason Scotland.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson makes one change to the side that beat Hull 3-1 just two days ago - the 99th consecutive match in which the Scot has not retained the same starting XI - as Ji Sung Park is picked in place of Ryan Giggs, who does not even make the bench. Paul Scholes is another who does not make the squad, as is keeper Ben Foster who loses out to 19-year-old Ben Amos for a spot of seat-warming. Wigan manager Roberto Martinez also makes a single change following his side's 1-1 draw with Blackburn on Boxing day, midfielder Won-Hee Cho replacing striker Jason Scotland.
From Patrick_23 on 606:
"Looks like Foster isn't even on the bench for United this evening, with Amos taking his place. Is this a subtle hint from SAF to Capello? Bad news for England though!"
1920: TEAM NEWS Portsmouth v Arsenal
Portsmouth make four changes for the visit of the Gunners, with Hasan Yebda, Aaron Mokoena, Richard Hughes and Kevin-Prince Boateng all back in the starting XI. Arsenal, who are without injured captain Cesc Fabregas after his stunning cameo as a sub three days ago, bring Aaron Ramsey in for Brazilian midfielder Denilson, who has a back injury. Theo Walcott is missing from the matchday squad.
Portsmouth make four changes for the visit of the Gunners, with Hasan Yebda, Aaron Mokoena, Richard Hughes and Kevin-Prince Boateng all back in the starting XI. Arsenal, who are without injured captain Cesc Fabregas after his stunning cameo as a sub three days ago, bring Aaron Ramsey in for Brazilian midfielder Denilson, who has a back injury. Theo Walcott is missing from the matchday squad.
From BBC Sport's Honest Frank on Twitter:
"Sir Alex Ferguson is looking for his
second win in 36 hours after a horse racing triumph in Ireland on Tuesday.
What A Friend, co-owned by Ferguson and Ged Mason, won the rescheduled Lexus Chase at Leopardstown at odds of 11-2."
1916: TEAMS Man Utd v Wigan
Man Utd: Kuszczak, Rafael Da Silva, Brown, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Fletcher, Park, Berbatov, Rooney. Subs: Amos, Neville, Owen, Anderson, Welbeck, Fabio Da Silva, Obertan.
Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Gomez, Thomas, Cho, Scharner, N'Zogbia, Rodallega. Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Amaya, Scotland, Koumas, Sinclair, McCarthy.
Man Utd: Kuszczak, Rafael Da Silva, Brown, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Fletcher, Park, Berbatov, Rooney. Subs: Amos, Neville, Owen, Anderson, Welbeck, Fabio Da Silva, Obertan.
Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Gomez, Thomas, Cho, Scharner, N'Zogbia, Rodallega. Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Amaya, Scotland, Koumas, Sinclair, McCarthy.
1914: Of course, poor old
Gary Megson didn't even get to see in the New Year as a Premier League boss.
Poor, poor Mego… Is he the most unloved man in football? (except Joey Barton)
1911: Now since it's the end of the Nough… decade, BBC Sport's Phil McNulty has invited you all to
laugh in his face by picking his Premier League team of the decade.
Curious choice of Bramble and Boumsong in central defence, but hey, he's entitled to an opinion right?
1909: TEAMS Portsmouth v Arsenal
Portsmouth: Begovic, Finnan, Kaboul, Ben-Haim, Hreidarsson, Yebda, Mokoena, Hughes, Belhadj, Boateng, Piquionne. Subs: Ashdown, Diop, Brown, Utaka, Vanden Borre, Kanu, Wilson.
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Traore, Ramsey, Song Billong, Diaby, Nasri, Eduardo, Arshavin. Subs: Fabianski, Rosicky, Vela, Silvestre, Wilshere, Merida, Eastmond.
Portsmouth: Begovic, Finnan, Kaboul, Ben-Haim, Hreidarsson, Yebda, Mokoena, Hughes, Belhadj, Boateng, Piquionne. Subs: Ashdown, Diop, Brown, Utaka, Vanden Borre, Kanu, Wilson.
Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Gallas, Vermaelen, Traore, Ramsey, Song Billong, Diaby, Nasri, Eduardo, Arshavin. Subs: Fabianski, Rosicky, Vela, Silvestre, Wilshere, Merida, Eastmond.
1906: Anyway, we're saying goodbye to Premier League football in the so-called 'Noughties' (grrr) tonight. Bottom club Portsmouth, who
claim their winding-up order is just a, er, wind-up,
are at home to back-in-the-title-race Arsenal. Manchester United are looking to close the gap at the top to two points as they host Wigan.
1900: Noughties. Most annoying word-which-isn't-even-a-word ever?
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