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1135: What’s the dealio in our midday kick-offs, then, I hear none of you ask (for all of you know already). Well, first up, midlands derbies rarely get bigger than the Birmingham-Wolves clash, with stakes so high a 4ft butcher wouldn’t have a hope of reaching them. A win for Wolves and they launch themselves out of the bottom three, a win for Birmingham and their relegation worries are all but over. The phrase ‘six-pointer’ was made for matches like this.
thomasheedy on Twitter: “I would like Blackpool and West Ham to stay up, but unfortunately I think its one or the other. I’m with Holloway on this one.”

Musaib, Liverpool fan from London, via text: “Seeing Liverpool win and Man Utd and Man City lose today will complete the perfect weekend after Tottenham’s defeat yesterday.”

little_miss_lau on Twitter: “Plenty of industry for Wolves today, but with our two creative centre midfielders on the bench where will the goals come from?”

1130: LIVERPOOL v NEWCASTLE (1200)
Phil Dawkes reports: “The big news for Liverpool, and to some extent Newcastle as well, is that former Toon hero Andy Carroll is on the bench after recovering from a knee injury. The only change from the Reds’ 5-0 win over Birmingham last Saturday sees full-back Glen Johnson return in place of teenager Jack Robinson, who drops to the bench. Newcastle captain Kevin Nolan starts despite nursing a groin strain meaning United are unchanged from the side that drew 1-1 at Blackpool eight days ago.”

1127: BIRMINGHAM v WOLVES (1200)
Paul Fletcher reports: “So Birmingham make two changes from the team thrashed 5-0 by Liverpool, with Kevin Phillips and Barry Ferguson coming in for Aleksandr Hleb and Keith Fahey. Wolves, desperate to bounce back from their 3-0 defeat against Stoke, also make two changes, with George Elokobi and Keith Foley replacing Christophe Berra and Michael Kightly.”
1125: Yep, no time for settling in folks, we’ve had to hit the ground running today. Yes, the gargantuan tie at the Emirates between Arsenal and Man Utd – need I tell you how important that match could be in the title race? – looms large, while who might be more desperate for a win between Champions League-hopefuls Man City and relegation-battlers West Ham later on might be a topic for some debate too. But, for now, fancy hearing from our midday match reporters? Course you do…
Pengumile on Twitter: “A win for Wolves and West Ham would make things amazingly tight at the bottom. Unfortunately, I think they will be left behind.”
mikeytim on Twitter: “Another day of university ‘revision’ spent refreshing BBC live football. Thanks Sam. Thanks.”

1120: LIVERPOOL v NEWCASTLE (1200)
Liverpool: Reina, Flanagan, Carragher, Skrtel, Johnson, Meireles, Lucas, Spearing, Maxi, Suarez, Kuyt. Subs: Gulacsi, Carroll, Cole, Kyrgiakos, Ngog, Shelvey, Robinson.
Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini, Williamson, Jose Enrique, Barton, Nolan, Tiote, Gutierrez, Lovenkrands, Ameobi. Subs: Harper, Perch, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Ranger, Ferguson, Kuqi.
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)

1118: BIRMINGHAM v WOLVES (1200)
Birmingham: Foster, Carr, Johnson, Jiranek, Ridgewell, Larsson, Ferguson, Gardner, Bowyer, Phillips, Jerome. Subs: Doyle, Derbyshire, Fahey, Parnaby, Hleb, Beausejour, Davies.
Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Mancienne, Stearman, Craddock, Elokobi, Foley, O’Hara, Henry, Jarvis, Fletcher, Ward. Subs: Hahnemann, Hunt, Berra, Hammill, Milijas, Guedioura, Vokes.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

TOONLOWDOWN on Twitter: “Shola Ameobi will show Andy Carroll how it’s done today and Newcastle United will snatch the draw!”

Tom, Moor Park via text: “Football. YES. AWESOME.”

logos8 on Twitter: “Great set of fixtures today. I don’t know how I got so lucky, but this is a great day! BBC commentary all the way…”
1115: And while you sit there stewing in your dressing gown shouting at your laptop, why not throw me a message? Every single one of you knows the drill by now, I’m sure, but just in case one or two of you had too much of the falling down water last night, here’s a reminder. Tweet the commentary via the hashtag #BBCFootball, Tweet me @sampatricklyon or text me via 81111 (UK). Aces.

1107: OK. So I’m a little bit excited. Sue me.

1105: You want Title Issues? I got ’em. Relegation Issues? Oh ho yes. Chase for Europe Issues? You betcha your backside. Four Premier League fixtures of such import, fascination and quality that you’d expect them gift-wrapped in gold, with diamond ribbon bows, and dipped in anti-matter under the tree on Christmas morning.

1103: Days like today make you wish you’d invested in that word of the day toilet paper, don’t they? Or, you know, had access to some kind of online digital thesaurus. Which I do! Hurrah. It’s astronomic, colossal, epic, humongous, mammoth, massive, mega, monster, monumental, tremendous… whopping. It’s, erm, big. Very big.

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