Premier Predictions (Week 28)

Only 8 Premier league games this week due to the League cup final on Sunday, so I'm going to add that one into the mix this week.
Will do the same next week with FA Cup games to make up the numbers :)

So here's this weeks list, 5 games on Saturday and 4 on Sunday .... good luck all :)

Everton v West Ham
Fulham v Chelsea
Hull v Newcastle
Stoke v Arsenal
Southampton v Liverpool

Man City v Sunderland (League Cup)
Aston Villa v Norwich
Swansea v C Palace
Tottenham v Cardiff

Euro 2016

Draw made for Euro 2016

Group A - Holland, Czech Rep, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Iceland, Latvia
Group B - Wales, Belgium, Bosnia Herz, Andorra, Cyprus, Israel
Group C - Spain, Ukraine, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Belarus, Slovakia
Group D - Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Poland, Georgia, Gibraltar
Group E - England, Switzerland, San Marino, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia
Group F - Northern Ireland, Greece, Faroe Islands, Finland, Romania, Hungary
Group G - Russia, Austria, Sweden, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro
Group H - Italy, Norway, Croatia, Malta, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria
Group I - Portugal, Denmark, Albania, Armenia, Serbia

Pretty dull group for England who really should qualify.
Best group is D with Germany, the Irish, Scots and Gibralter :)

Premier Predictions (Week 27)

Back again, 7 games Saturday and 3 on Sunday.

Chelsea v Everton
Arsenal v Sunderland
Cardiff v Hull
Man City v Stoke
West Brom v Fulham
West Ham v Southampton
C Palace v Man Utd

Liverpool v Swansea
Newcastle v Aston Villa
Norwich v Tottenham

Good luck all :)

F.A Cup

They've just had the draw for the F.A Cup 6th Round?
Despite 2 of the games in the 5th Round having not started and one still being played, add to that one game was postponed. Luckily the 4 games that have been played produced winners so at least there was a chance of us knowing an actual 6th round tie.
One thing that seems really unfair is that they hold the draw while the Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest game is being played, currently Forest lead 1-0 but Sheff U know that if they win they might be at home to Sheff Wednesday in the 6th Round. Considering they are in relegation trouble in the First Division the cup is probably less important at the moment so they might have eased off in the second half but now they have it all to fight for.
Liverpool have the added incentive of knowing they have a home tie against Everton to come if they win, although I reckon Rodgers will be targeting the Cup and should play a strong team today.

6th Round Draw
Arsenal or Liverpool V Everton
Brighton or Hull V Sunderland
Sheff U or Nottm Forest V Sheff Wed or Charlton
Man City V Wigan

The one game we know at the moment is a repeat of last years cup final, so City will have a chance of revenge but Wigan have already shocked a few this season.

More Fantasy Football

The Fantasy Premier League people http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ have just launched a new game for the rest of the season.
Pick 25 players with a budget of £160 million which must include 10 home grown or U-21 players.
Looks like the same scoring as the main game, but obviously you have more players to choose from, having 7 on the bench for matchdays (which comes in handy when games are postponed like this week) and 7 reserves to cover injuries etc.
The biggest advantage of this version is that it looks like you can change your team during a normal match week, so if there are games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday you can change your team 3 times.

I've set up a blog league (code in the pic) so if you fancy playing please join up :)
If you do join up please introduce yourself by commenting here - Name or nickname and team supported will do :)

Tom Finney R.I.P

Sad news that another football legend has died, Sir Tom Finney passed away yesterday at the age of 91.
Tom spent his whole career with Preston North End after World War 2 notching up well over 400 appearances in the days before League cups and European competition bolstered the games played.
He also played 76 times for England scoring 30 goals.

The famous Splash picture taken at Stamford Bridge in the days when a few puddles didn't mean the match was called off :)

Standards

Saturday - Andy Carroll brushes his arm against Chico Florist who falls dramatically holding his face.
Result - Carroll sent off, appeals turned down and Howard Webb comes out with his reputation untarnished.

Sunday - Cristiano Ronaldo brushes his arm against Carlos Gurpegi who falls dramatically holding his face.
Result - Ronaldo sent off, appeal turned down but Ref Miguel Gamez is suspended for a month, banned from officiating Real Madrid games this season and possibly demoted to second tier games in future.?

Premier Predictions (Week 25 + 26)

Double feature this time,
week 25 fixtures - 8 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday,
week 26 games - 4 on Tuesday and 6 on Wednesday next week.
2 tough games for league leaders Arsenal while City and Chelsea should pick up 6 points.
At the bottom there's a bundle of 6 pointers with at least 11 teams still in with a chance of the drop
Week 25
Liverpool v Arsenal
Aston Villa v West Ham
Chelsea v Newcastle
C Palace v West Brom
Norwich v Man City
Southampton v Stoke
Sunderland v Hull
Swansea v Cardiff
Tottenham v Everton
Man Utd v Fulham

Week 26
Cardiff v Aston Villa
Hull v Southampton
West Ham v Norwich
West Brom v Chelsea
Arsenal v Man Utd
Everton v C Palace
Man City v Sunderland
Newcastle v Tottenham
Stoke v Swansea
Fulham v Liverpool

Usual rules just need the predictions before kick offs whenever you want to post :)

Good luck all :)

The Good And The Bad

Good win for the Hammers with Carroll doing what Carroll does and Nolan doing what Nolan does :)
Nolan has been piss poor all season mainly because he was still taking up those positions to feed off Carroll's knock downs without getting his head around the fact Carroll wasn't playing.
The kick in the teeth was Chico Florres conning Howard Webb into sending off Carroll after his standard roll around holding his face act that we've all seen too often :(
I suppose we should have expected it after Fat Sam took the mick out of him when he did it earlier in the season when luckily the ref didn't fall for it.
Hopefully the red card will be overturned and he will be available for the next 3 must win games, even Laudrup looked embarrassed when asked about it.

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