Premier Predictions (Weeks 18, 19, 20)

Christmas and New Year mega post.
Here are all the games over the Christmas period.
Usual rules, predictions in before the games kick off, so either do them all if you're likely to be away or drunk :) or by the week.
Week 18 - all games on Boxing day 26th.
Week 19 - 8 on Monday 28th, 1 Tuesday, 1 Wednesday.
Week 20 - 8 on Saturday 2nd January, 2 on Sunday 3rd.
After Christmas the FA Cup kicks off with more league games in the midweek following.

Week 18 - All Games 26/12/15

Stoke v Man Utd
Aston Villa v West Ham
Bournemouth v C Palace
Chelsea v Watford
Liverpool v Leicester
Man City v Sunderland
Swansea v West Brom
Tottenham v Norwich
Newcastle v Everton
Southampton v Arsenal
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Week 19 - 28/12/15 to 30/12/15

C Palace v Swansea
Everton v Stoke
Norwich v Aston Villa
Watford v Tottenham
West Brom v Newcastle
Arsenal v Bournemouth
Man Utd v Chelsea
West Ham v Southampton
Leicester v Man City
Sunderland v Liverpool
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Week 20 - 02/01/16 to 03/01/16

West Ham v Liverpool
Arsenal v Newcastle
Leicester v Bournemouth
Man Utd v Swansea
Norwich v Southampton
Sunderland v Aston Villa
West Brom v Stoke
Watford v Man City
C Palace v Chelsea
Everton v Tottenham
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all :)
Hope you all have a good one.

R.I.P Jimmy Hill

Jimmy Hill sadly passed away today at the age of 87.
I have to admit that I didn't really like the man, but it cannot be denied that he had a huge impact on modern football.
He was responsible as the players union chief for the abolition of the maximum wage (£20 at the time) which at the time was a good thing, but with the current mega wages for some players now doesn't look so good.
He created the first all seater stadium (which is something I still hate), and was the driving force behind the 3 points for a win rule change which has been a good thing.
Also he had an amazing chin, always remember the joke by Jasper Carrott that Hill could get pickles out of a jar with it :)
But sad that another famous name has gone :(

Sad News

Everyone is gutted about the news

Premier Predictions (Week 17)

Week 17
7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday.
Man City v Arsenal is the big game, followed by Leicester going to Everton.
A couple of big games at the bottom as well.

Chelsea v Sunderland
Everton v Leicester
Man Utd v Norwich
Southampton v Tottenham
Stoke v C Palace
West Brom v Bournemouth
Newcastle v Aston Villa
Watford v Liverpool
Swansea v West Ham
Arsenal v Man City

Sunderland need a 3-0 to overtake Chelsea,
that can't happen ... can it?

Good Luck All :)

European Club Draws

Here's the last 16 draw for this seasons Champions League

Arsenal v Barcelona
AS Roma v Real Madrid
Benfica v Zenit St Petersburg
Dynamo Kiev v Manchester City
Juventus v Bayern Munich
KAA Gent v VFL Wolfsburg
Paris St Germain v Chelsea
PSV Eindhoven v Atletico Madrid

Tough draws for Arsenal against the likely winners, and Chelsea having to play the team that knocked them out last season.
Man City's only complaint could be that Kiev are not allowed to have visiting supporters due to their racism against Chelsea fans earlier in the competition? surely a total ban would have been better? Yaya Toure won't be happy.

The Europa "Mickey Mouse League" draw, last 32

Anderlecht v Olympiakos
Borussia Dortmund v FC Porto
FC Augsburg v Liverpool
FC Midtjylland v Manchester United
FC Sion v Sporting Braga
Fenerbahce v Lokomotiv Moscow
Fiorentina v Tottenham
Galatasaray v Lazio
Marseille v Athletic Bilbao
Saint Etienne v Basel
Sevilla v Molde
Shakhtar Donetsk v Schalke
Sparta Prague v FC Krasnodar
Sporting Lisbon v Bayer Leverkusen
Valencia v Rapid Vienna
Villarreal v Napoli

Tough draw for Tottenham against Fiorentina the team that knocked them out last season.
Man Utd play Midtjylland from Denmark who beat Southampton in an earlier round.
 Liverpool play German team Augsberg, currently 13th in the Bundesliga.

 Sorry Paul :)

European Championship 2016 Draw

The draw for next summer's Euros.

Group A - France, Romania, Albania, Switzerland
Group B - England, Russia, Wales, Slovakia
Group C - Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Northern Ireland
Group D - Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Croatia
Group E - Belgium, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Sweden
Group F - Portugal, Iceland, Austria, Hungary

England and Wales drawn together, with Slovakia and Russia should be ok?
Northern Ireland got a tough draw with the Germans and Poland.
The Republic get "the group of death" with Italy, Belgium and Sweden.

Roll on the 11th June for England's first match against Russia :)

Premier Predictions (Week 16)

Week 16 and the only sure thing is that results are almost unpredictable, most years the top teams could be classed as dead certs but this season it is really open. Even Aston Villa got an away point last week :)

Games spread over 3 days.
6 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday, and Mondays game is the table toppers against a side at the bottom desperately needing the points (just proving what a weird season we are having) :)

Norwich v Everton
C Palace v Southampton
Man City v Swansea
Sunderland v Watford
West Ham v Stoke
Bournemouth v Man Utd

Aston Villa v Arsenal
Liverpool v West Brom
Tottenham v Newcastle

Leicester v Chelsea

Good Luck All :)

Fantasy Football Update

Here are a few League tables to throw at you.
First the complete Predictions League table

Current NBTF Fantasy Football Tables (FPL and TFF)

Finally a bit of self promotion :)
Having over 20 TFF teams this season I have joined multiple Super Leagues (as you are allowed to join 3 leagues with each team).
Here are my current leagues, with league position, Total members, and my current position in those leagues.

Premier Predictions (Week 15)

8 Games on Saturday, 1 on Sunday and 1 on Monday.
A few tough ones to pick (but it's never easy) Man City at Stoke, Tottenham at West Brom, also can West Ham get back on track at Old Trafford?

Stoke v Man City
Arsenal v Sunderland
Man Utd v West Ham
Southampton v Aston Villa
Swansea v Leicester
Watford v Norwich
West Brom v Tottenham
Chelsea v Bournemouth

Newcastle v Liverpool
Everton v C Palace

Good Luck All :)