Mega Christmas Post.
🎄 ☃️ ⚽️ 🍺 🎅🏻
4 weeks in one, to cover the entire Christmas period.
Just in case your all too blotto to type 😆
Hope you all have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Already got Longy's predictions, so the rest of you can add yours whenever you like (I'll try to keep up).
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Week 19
(Friday 22nd December to Saturday 23rd December)
Arsenal v Liverpool
Everton v Chelsea
Brighton v Watford
Man City v Bournemouth
Southampton v Huddersfield
Stoke v WBA
Swansea v Crystal Palace
West Ham v Newcastle
Burnley v Tottenham
Leicester v Man Utd
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Week 20
(Tuesday 26th December to Thursday 28th December)
Tottenham v Southampton
Bournemouth v West Ham
Chelsea v Brighton
Huddersfield v Stoke
Man Utd v Burnley
Watford v Leicester
WBA v Everton
Liverpool v Swansea
Newcastle v Man City
Crystal Palace v Arsenal
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Week 21
(Saturday 30th December to Sunday 31st December)
Bournemouth v Everton
Chelsea v Stoke
Huddersfield v Burnley
Liverpool v Leicester
Newcastle v Brighton
Watford v Swansea
Man Utd v Southampton
Crystal Palace v Man City
WBA v Arsenal
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Week 22
(Monday 1st January 2018 to Thursday 4th January 2018)
Brighton v Bournemouth
Burnley v Liverpool
Leicester v Huddersfield
Stoke v Newcastle
Everton v Man Utd
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Swansea v Tottenham
West Ham v WBA
Man City v Watford
Arsenal v Chelsea
Tottenham v West Ham
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Good Luck All 😆
Next post (sometime early in the New Year) will be an FA Cup special.
Tuesday 19 December 2017
Fantasy Football Update
Predictions League
Fantasy Premier League
Over 5 Million players worldwide and 6 of them are in the NBTF League
Telegraph Fantasy Football
The NBTF League is still doing reasonably well (a high of 5th)
Currently 31st out of 546 leagues.
Richard still leading the way, Terry still has the minor places (all in front of my best placed team in 24th).
Fantasy Premier League
Telegraph Fantasy Football
The NBTF League is still doing reasonably well (a high of 5th)
Currently 31st out of 546 leagues.
Richard still leading the way, Terry still has the minor places (all in front of my best placed team in 24th).
Thursday 14 December 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 18)
A quick turnaround as Week 18 starts on Saturday.
7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday night.
The biggie is Tottenham going to City on Saturday night.
Leicester v Crystal Palace
Arsenal v Newcastle
Brighton v Burnley
Chelsea v Southampton
Stoke v West Ham
Watford v Huddersfield
Man City v Tottenham
WBA v Man Utd
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Everton v Swansea
Good Luck All :)
7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday night.
The biggie is Tottenham going to City on Saturday night.
Leicester v Crystal Palace
Arsenal v Newcastle
Brighton v Burnley
Chelsea v Southampton
Stoke v West Ham
Watford v Huddersfield
Man City v Tottenham
WBA v Man Utd
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Everton v Swansea
Good Luck All :)
Thursday 7 December 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 16 + 17)
Another double header as the Premier League plays catch up after all the International breaks.
Week 16 - 7 games on Saturday and 3 on Sunday.
West Ham v Chelsea could be good in the early game on Saturday.
Sunday has the Merseyside derby with Liverpool in top form against Everton who have improved in the last 2 games. Man City who seem to have gone off the boil lately have their hardest game of the season away to United.
West Ham v Chelsea
Burnley v Watford
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
Huddersfield v Brighton
Swansea v WBA
Tottenham v Stoke
Newcastle v Leicester
Southampton v Arsenal
Liverpool v Everton
Man Utd v Man City
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Week 17 - 3 games on Tuesday and 7 on Wednesday.
Burnley v Stoke
Crystal Palace v Watford
Huddersfield v Chelsea
Newcastle v Everton
Southampton v Leicester
Swansea v Man City
Liverpool v WBA
Man Utd v Bournemouth
Tottenham v Brighton
West Ham v Arsenal
Good Luck All :)
Week 16 - 7 games on Saturday and 3 on Sunday.
West Ham v Chelsea could be good in the early game on Saturday.
Sunday has the Merseyside derby with Liverpool in top form against Everton who have improved in the last 2 games. Man City who seem to have gone off the boil lately have their hardest game of the season away to United.
West Ham v Chelsea
Burnley v Watford
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
Huddersfield v Brighton
Swansea v WBA
Tottenham v Stoke
Newcastle v Leicester
Southampton v Arsenal
Liverpool v Everton
Man Utd v Man City
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Week 17 - 3 games on Tuesday and 7 on Wednesday.
Burnley v Stoke
Crystal Palace v Watford
Huddersfield v Chelsea
Newcastle v Everton
Southampton v Leicester
Swansea v Man City
Liverpool v WBA
Man Utd v Bournemouth
Tottenham v Brighton
West Ham v Arsenal
Good Luck All :)
Champions League Last 16
16 Qualifiers for the last 16 of the Champions League.
Ties played mid February next year.
England - Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Tottenham
Spain - Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla
Italy - Juventus, Roma
France - Paris SG
Germany - Bayern Munich
Portugal - FC Porto
Switzerland - FC Basel
Turkey - Besiktas
Ukraine - Shakhtar Donetsk
Ties played mid February next year.
England - Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Tottenham
Spain - Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla
Italy - Juventus, Roma
France - Paris SG
Germany - Bayern Munich
Portugal - FC Porto
Switzerland - FC Basel
Turkey - Besiktas
Ukraine - Shakhtar Donetsk
Thursday 30 November 2017
World Cup Draw
Group A: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, Egypt.
Group B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran
Group C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark.
Group D: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria
Group E: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia.
Group F: Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea
Group G: Belgium, Panama, England, Tunisia
Group H: Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan
Group B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran
Group C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark.
Group D: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria
Group E: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia.
Group F: Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea
Group G: Belgium, Panama, England, Tunisia
Group H: Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan
Premier Predictions (Week 15)
Straight on with week 15
8 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
Arsenal v Man U looks the pick of the games with the usual Wenger v Mourinho hate fest.
Rafa returns to Chelsea where he should get a warm welcome :)
West Ham go to City with the only bright spot being that Hart can't play, might risk a quid on the world's most unlikely result? 😆
Alan Pardew and Sam Allardyce both start new jobs, both considered not good enough for the Hammers but they have been trusted to keep their new teams above us, while we have ended up with Moyes??
Bilic, Grant and Roeder should brush up their CV's for when Swansea are looking for a new boss.
Chelsea v Newcastle
Brighton v Liverpool
Everton v Huddersfield
Leicester v Burnley
Stoke v Swansea
Watford v Tottenham
WBA v Crystal Palace
Arsenal v Man Utd
Bournemouth v Southampton
Man City v West Ham
Good Luck All 👍 😉 ⚽️
8 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
Arsenal v Man U looks the pick of the games with the usual Wenger v Mourinho hate fest.
Rafa returns to Chelsea where he should get a warm welcome :)
West Ham go to City with the only bright spot being that Hart can't play, might risk a quid on the world's most unlikely result? 😆
Alan Pardew and Sam Allardyce both start new jobs, both considered not good enough for the Hammers but they have been trusted to keep their new teams above us, while we have ended up with Moyes??
Bilic, Grant and Roeder should brush up their CV's for when Swansea are looking for a new boss.
Chelsea v Newcastle
Brighton v Liverpool
Everton v Huddersfield
Leicester v Burnley
Stoke v Swansea
Watford v Tottenham
WBA v Crystal Palace
Arsenal v Man Utd
Bournemouth v Southampton
Man City v West Ham
Good Luck All 👍 😉 ⚽️
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 13 + 14)
2 weeks for the price of one.
Week 13 - 1 game Friday, 6 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday.
Kicks off with Moyes's home debut, odds are on him being booed off at half time I reckon.
Big game on Saturday is Liverpool v Chelsea, and can West Brom cope without Pulis pulling the strings?
Sunday sees Arsenal facing the Dyche machine
West Ham v Leicester
Crystal Palace v Stoke
Man Utd v Brighton
Newcastle v Watford
Swansea v Bournemouth
Tottenham v WBA
Liverpool v Chelsea
Southampton v Everton
Burnley v Arsenal
Huddersfield v Man City
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Week 14 - 4 games on Tuesday, 6 on Wedenesday.
Brighton v Crystal Palace
Leicester v Tottenham
Watford v Man Utd
WBA v Newcastle
Arsenal v Huddersfield
Bournemouth v Burnley
Chelsea v Swansea
Everton v West Ham
Man City v Southampton
Stoke v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
Week 13 - 1 game Friday, 6 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday.
Kicks off with Moyes's home debut, odds are on him being booed off at half time I reckon.
Big game on Saturday is Liverpool v Chelsea, and can West Brom cope without Pulis pulling the strings?
Sunday sees Arsenal facing the Dyche machine
West Ham v Leicester
Crystal Palace v Stoke
Man Utd v Brighton
Newcastle v Watford
Swansea v Bournemouth
Tottenham v WBA
Liverpool v Chelsea
Southampton v Everton
Burnley v Arsenal
Huddersfield v Man City
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Week 14 - 4 games on Tuesday, 6 on Wedenesday.
Brighton v Crystal Palace
Leicester v Tottenham
Watford v Man Utd
WBA v Newcastle
Arsenal v Huddersfield
Bournemouth v Burnley
Chelsea v Swansea
Everton v West Ham
Man City v Southampton
Stoke v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
Wednesday 15 November 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 12)
No more International breaks till next March, so we can finally get going with the season .. and who knows I might actually get a win before then? :)
8 Games on Saturday starting with the North London derby, 1 game on Sunday to see if Scary Moyes can frighten West Ham into a performance? and one game on Monday to wrap things up.
Arsenal v Tottenham
Bournemouth v Huddersfield
Burnley v Swansea
Crystal Palace v Everton
Leicester v Man City
Liverpool v Southampton
WBA v Chelsea
Man Utd v Newcastle
Watford v West Ham
Brighton v Stoke
Good Luck All :)
Next week will be a double week with an early Friday game.
8 Games on Saturday starting with the North London derby, 1 game on Sunday to see if Scary Moyes can frighten West Ham into a performance? and one game on Monday to wrap things up.
Arsenal v Tottenham
Bournemouth v Huddersfield
Burnley v Swansea
Crystal Palace v Everton
Leicester v Man City
Liverpool v Southampton
WBA v Chelsea
Man Utd v Newcastle
Watford v West Ham
Brighton v Stoke
Good Luck All :)
Next week will be a double week with an early Friday game.
Tuesday 14 November 2017
World Cup 2018
32 Teams qualified for Russia 2018
AFC (Asia and Australia) - Places 5
Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Australia
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CAF (Africa) - Places 5
Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco
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CONCACAF (North and Central America) - Places 3
Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
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CONMEBOL (South America) - Places 5
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru
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OFC (Oceania) - Places in Final 0
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UEFA (Europe) - Places in Final 13 (+ Hosts)
Russia (Hosts), Belgium, England, France, Iceland, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark
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Top Teams Missing out
Netherlands, Bulgaria, Hungary, N Ireland, Czech Rep, Wales, Austria, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, Rep of Ireland, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, USA, Chile, Paraguay, Honduras
The World Cup draw date is Friday 1st December
AFC (Asia and Australia) - Places 5
Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Australia
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CAF (Africa) - Places 5
Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco
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CONCACAF (North and Central America) - Places 3
Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
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CONMEBOL (South America) - Places 5
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru
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OFC (Oceania) - Places in Final 0
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UEFA (Europe) - Places in Final 13 (+ Hosts)
Russia (Hosts), Belgium, England, France, Iceland, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark
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Top Teams Missing out
Netherlands, Bulgaria, Hungary, N Ireland, Czech Rep, Wales, Austria, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, Rep of Ireland, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, USA, Chile, Paraguay, Honduras
The World Cup draw date is Friday 1st December
Sunday 5 November 2017
Wednesday 1 November 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 11)
Last week before yet another International break.
6 Games on Saturday and 4 on Sunday.
Big games are on Sunday with Mourinho back at Chelsea, and City taking on Arsenal who do have a decent record against them recently.
Daniel Sturridge usually scores against West Ham but let's all hope his scoring drought continues :)
Stoke v Leicester
Huddersfield v WBA
Newcastle v Bournemouth
Southampton v Burnley
Swansea v Brighton
West Ham v Liverpool
Tottenham v Crystal Palace
Man City v Arsenal
Chelsea v Man Utd
Everton v Watford
Good Luck All :)
6 Games on Saturday and 4 on Sunday.
Big games are on Sunday with Mourinho back at Chelsea, and City taking on Arsenal who do have a decent record against them recently.
Daniel Sturridge usually scores against West Ham but let's all hope his scoring drought continues :)
Stoke v Leicester
Huddersfield v WBA
Newcastle v Bournemouth
Southampton v Burnley
Swansea v Brighton
West Ham v Liverpool
Tottenham v Crystal Palace
Man City v Arsenal
Chelsea v Man Utd
Everton v Watford
Good Luck All :)
Fantasy Football Update
Fantasy Premier League: Over 5 Million players worldwide and 6 of them are in the NBTF League.
Unlike our predictions league I am doing pretty well and Paul is having a nightmare :)
Telegraph Fantasy Football
The NBTF League is still near the top of the table (a high of 5th)
Currently 14th out of about 500 leagues, good stuff.
Richard still leading the way, although Terry sneaked in 21 teams before the deadline and is doing pretty well (all in front of my best placed team in 26th).
Although I get the feeling that a lot of the best placed sides have blown a few transfers searching for a manager of the week or month award, my tactic of only replacing injured or non playing players usually means that I have a strong run after Christmas with ¾ of my transfers left?
Unlike our predictions league I am doing pretty well and Paul is having a nightmare :)
Telegraph Fantasy Football
The NBTF League is still near the top of the table (a high of 5th)
Currently 14th out of about 500 leagues, good stuff.
Richard still leading the way, although Terry sneaked in 21 teams before the deadline and is doing pretty well (all in front of my best placed team in 26th).
Although I get the feeling that a lot of the best placed sides have blown a few transfers searching for a manager of the week or month award, my tactic of only replacing injured or non playing players usually means that I have a strong run after Christmas with ¾ of my transfers left?
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 10)
Week 10 already, so over a quarter of the season done (and I still haven't got any points).
Finally updated my fixtures grid so I can start taking the Fantasy football seriously after a duff start. Two changes here - West Brom will now be known as WBA, and C Palace will now be Crystal Palace (Obviously), made it easier to type in the fixtures in my spreadsheet.
On to this week, 7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday night.
Man U v Tottenham is the stand out fixture, will Mourinho park the bus at Old Trafford to stop Kane?
West Ham go to Palace having won their last 3 games there, so with that and Palace's form this season it has to be a win (so I'll probably predict a defeat with my record this season!!).
Can West Brom do a Wolves and stop City scoring? probably not.
Man Utd v Tottenham
Arsenal v Swansea
Crystal Palace v West Ham
Liverpool v Huddersfield
Watford v Stoke
WBA v Man City
Bournemouth v Chelsea
Brighton v Southampton
Leicester v Everton
Burnley v Newcastle
Good Luck All :)
Here's the current table with all the info (including my record equalling crap start)
Finally updated my fixtures grid so I can start taking the Fantasy football seriously after a duff start. Two changes here - West Brom will now be known as WBA, and C Palace will now be Crystal Palace (Obviously), made it easier to type in the fixtures in my spreadsheet.
On to this week, 7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday night.
Man U v Tottenham is the stand out fixture, will Mourinho park the bus at Old Trafford to stop Kane?
West Ham go to Palace having won their last 3 games there, so with that and Palace's form this season it has to be a win (so I'll probably predict a defeat with my record this season!!).
Can West Brom do a Wolves and stop City scoring? probably not.
Man Utd v Tottenham
Arsenal v Swansea
Crystal Palace v West Ham
Liverpool v Huddersfield
Watford v Stoke
WBA v Man City
Bournemouth v Chelsea
Brighton v Southampton
Leicester v Everton
Burnley v Newcastle
Good Luck All :)
Here's the current table with all the info (including my record equalling crap start)
Wednesday 18 October 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 09)
Early start this week with a Friday night game between the Hammers and Brighton.
7 games on Saturday and the last 2 on Sunday.
Can the amazing Paulo machine carry on after 6 x 3 pointers in the last 12 predictions? :)
The big game this week appears to be the top 5 clash between Chelsea and Watford? although Tottenham v Liverpool will attract all the pundits.
West Ham v Brighton
Chelsea v Watford
Huddersfield v Man Utd
Man City v Burnley
Newcastle v C Palace
Stoke v Bournemouth
Swansea v Leicester
Southampton v West Brom
Everton v Arsenal
Tottenham v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
7 games on Saturday and the last 2 on Sunday.
Can the amazing Paulo machine carry on after 6 x 3 pointers in the last 12 predictions? :)
The big game this week appears to be the top 5 clash between Chelsea and Watford? although Tottenham v Liverpool will attract all the pundits.
West Ham v Brighton
Chelsea v Watford
Huddersfield v Man Utd
Man City v Burnley
Newcastle v C Palace
Stoke v Bournemouth
Swansea v Leicester
Southampton v West Brom
Everton v Arsenal
Tottenham v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
Thursday 12 October 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 08)
Caught out by the International break again .. oops
Here's this weekends fixtures, 7 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday.
Most of the games are hard to call, although Man City should be a home banker.
Liverpool v Man Utd
Burnley v West Ham
C Palace v Chelsea
Man City v Stoke
Swansea v Huddersfield
Tottenham v Bournemouth
Watford v Arsenal
Brighton v Everton
Southampton v Newcastle
Leicester v West Brom
Good Luck All :)
Here's this weekends fixtures, 7 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday.
Most of the games are hard to call, although Man City should be a home banker.
Liverpool v Man Utd
Burnley v West Ham
C Palace v Chelsea
Man City v Stoke
Swansea v Huddersfield
Tottenham v Bournemouth
Watford v Arsenal
Brighton v Everton
Southampton v Newcastle
Leicester v West Brom
Good Luck All :)
Wednesday 27 September 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 07)
Last set of games before the next International break.
7 Games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday.
The late Saturday game is the pick of the bunch with Chelsea taking on League leaders Man City.
Huddersfield v Tottenham
Bournemouth v Leicester
Man Utd v C Palace
Stoke v Southampton
West Brom v Watford
West Ham v Swansea
Chelsea v Man City
Arsenal v Brighton
Everton v Burnley
Newcastle v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
7 Games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday.
The late Saturday game is the pick of the bunch with Chelsea taking on League leaders Man City.
Huddersfield v Tottenham
Bournemouth v Leicester
Man Utd v C Palace
Stoke v Southampton
West Brom v Watford
West Ham v Swansea
Chelsea v Man City
Arsenal v Brighton
Everton v Burnley
Newcastle v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
Wednesday 20 September 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 06)
8 Games on Saturday and one each on Sunday and Monday.
The big one should be the first game, although we beat them last season I would have been happier if it was at Wembley as Tottenham have a really good away record at the moment.
Fingers crossed we will be able to put a full team out?
West Ham v Tottenham
Burnley v Huddersfield
Everton v Bournemouth
Man City v C Palace
Southampton v Man Utd
Stoke v Chelsea
Swansea v Watford
Leicester v Liverpool
Brighton v Newcastle
Arsenal v West Brom
Good Luck All :)
The big one should be the first game, although we beat them last season I would have been happier if it was at Wembley as Tottenham have a really good away record at the moment.
Fingers crossed we will be able to put a full team out?
West Ham v Tottenham
Burnley v Huddersfield
Everton v Bournemouth
Man City v C Palace
Southampton v Man Utd
Stoke v Chelsea
Swansea v Watford
Leicester v Liverpool
Brighton v Newcastle
Arsenal v West Brom
Good Luck All :)
Fantasy Football Update
Time for a look at all the fancy coloured tables I knock up for my own entertainment :)
Predictions League Week 5 - All the details so far
Fantasy Premier League
Over 5 Million players worldwide and 6 of them are in the NBTF League
Could do better :)
Telegraph Fantasy Football
Thanks mainly to Richard's flying start the NBTF League has been near the top of the table for the first few weeks with a high of 5th,
Currently 12th out of 493 leagues, good stuff.
My own contribution is pretty poor with a best of 16th this week, but I always start slowly so I'm hopeful of improvement.
Predictions League Week 5 - All the details so far
Fantasy Premier League
Over 5 Million players worldwide and 6 of them are in the NBTF League
Could do better :)
Telegraph Fantasy Football
Thanks mainly to Richard's flying start the NBTF League has been near the top of the table for the first few weeks with a high of 5th,
Currently 12th out of 493 leagues, good stuff.
My own contribution is pretty poor with a best of 16th this week, but I always start slowly so I'm hopeful of improvement.
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 05)
Three days of action this weekend, ** starts on Friday **
7 games on Saturday and 2 more on Sunday. Sunday's games should be interesting.
Bournemouth v Brighton
C Palace v Southampton
Huddersfield v Leicester
Liverpool v Burnley
Newcastle v Stoke
Watford v Man City
West Brom v West Ham
Tottenham v Swansea
Chelsea v Arsenal
Man Utd v Everton
Good Luck All :)
7 games on Saturday and 2 more on Sunday. Sunday's games should be interesting.
Bournemouth v Brighton
C Palace v Southampton
Huddersfield v Leicester
Liverpool v Burnley
Newcastle v Stoke
Watford v Man City
West Brom v West Ham
Tottenham v Swansea
Chelsea v Arsenal
Man Utd v Everton
Good Luck All :)
Thursday 7 September 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 04)
Back again after the Internationals,
7 games on Saturday then 2 on Sunday, and a first "home" game for the Hammers on Monday.
A few big clashes on Saturday, which look attractive and hard to pick.
Man City v Liverpool
Arsenal v Bournemouth
Brighton v West Brom
Everton v Tottenham
Leicester v Chelsea
Southampton v Watford
Stoke v Man Utd
Burnley v C Palace
Swansea v Newcastle
West Ham v Huddersfield
Good Luck All :)
7 games on Saturday then 2 on Sunday, and a first "home" game for the Hammers on Monday.
A few big clashes on Saturday, which look attractive and hard to pick.
Man City v Liverpool
Arsenal v Bournemouth
Brighton v West Brom
Everton v Tottenham
Leicester v Chelsea
Southampton v Watford
Stoke v Man Utd
Burnley v C Palace
Swansea v Newcastle
West Ham v Huddersfield
Good Luck All :)
Sunday 3 September 2017
Summer 2017 Transfers (Final)
The 2017 Summer Transfer Window.
All the facts and figures from the most reliable sources available.
Premier league clubs have spent £1.42 Billion and received £790 Million, 142 players have joined clubs and 428 have left.
Most Spent - Man City £219.87m, Chelsea £185.4m, Man Utd £147.96m
Most Received - Chelsea £113.97m, Everton £96.64m, Man City £93.15m
Balance Plus - Swansea £23.47m, Arsenal £19.22m, Burnley £13.6m
Balance Minus - Man Utd £139.63m, Man City £126.72m, Chelsea £71.43m
Most Players In - Everton 14, Brighton, Huddersfeild & Watford 13
Most Players Out - Chelsea 47, Man City 36, Everton 28
Transfer Table
The Top Fees Paid (all over £10m)
Romelu Lukaku [Everton - Man Utd] £76.23m
Alvaro Morata [Real Madrid - Chelsea] £58.5m
Benjamin Mendy [Monaco - Man City] £51.75m
Alexandre Lacazette [Lyon - Arsenal] £47.7m
Kyle Walker [Tottenham - Man City] £45.9m
Bernardo Silva [Monaco - Man City] £45m
Gylfi Sigurdsson [Swansea - Everton] 44.46m
Nemanja Matic [Chelsea - Man Utd] £40.23m
Mohamed Salah [Roma - Liverpool] £37.8m
Davinson Sanchez [Ajax - Tottenham] 36m
Ederson Moraes [Benfica - Man City] £36m
Tiemoue Bakayoko [Monaco - Chelsea] £36m
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain [Arsenal - Liverpool] 34.2m
Danny Drinkwater [Leicester - Chelsea] 34.2m
Antonio Rudiger [Roma - Chelsea] £31.5m
Victor Lindelof [Benfica - Man Utd] £31.5m
Danilo [Real Madrid - Man City] £27m
Mamadou Sakho [Liverpool - Crystal Palace] 26m
Jordan Pickford [Sunderland - Everton] £25.65m
Michael Keane [Burnley - Everton] £25.65m
Davide Zappacosta [Torino - Chelsea] 25.20m
Kelechi Iheanacho [Man City - Leicester] £24.93m
Davy Klaassen [Ajax - Everton] £24.3m
Serge Aurier [PSG - Tottenham] 22.50m
Nathan Ake [Chelsea - Bournemouth] £20.52m
Marko Arnautovic [Stoke - West Ham] £20.07m
Andre Gray [Burnley - Watford] £18.36m
Juan Cuadrado [Chelsea - Juventus] £18m *OUT*
Kevin Wimmer [Tottenham - Stoke] 17.46m
Nabil Bentaleb [Tottenham - Schalke] £17.1m *OUT*
Javier Hernandez[Bayer Leverkusen - West Ham] £16.02m
Mario Lemina [Juventus - Southampton] £15.30m
Chris Wood [Leeds - Burnley] 14.76m
Wesley Hoedt [Lazio - Southampton] 14.76m
Sam Clucas [Hull - Swansea] 14.67m
Oliver Burke [RB Leipzig - West Brom] 13.68m
José Izquierdo [Club Brugge - Brighton] 13.5m
Vincent Iborra [Sevilla - Leicester] £13.5m
Enes Unal [Man City - Villarreal] £12.6m *OUT*
Harry Maguire [Hull - Leicester] £12.33m
Jay Rodriguez [Southampton - West Brom] £12.33m
Davy Propper [PSV Eindhoven - Brighton] £11.7m
Fernando Llorente [Swansea - Tottenham] 11.7m
Steve Mounie [Montpellier - Huddersfield] £11.7m
Wilfried Bony [Man City - Swansea] 11.7m
Roque Mesa {Las Palmas - Swansea] £11.25m
Richarlison [Fluminese - Watford] £11.16m
Wojciech Szczesny [Arsenal - Juventus] £10.98m *OUT*
Douglas Luiz [Vasco De Gama - Man City] £10.8m
Gerard Deulofeu [Everton - Barcelona] £10.8m *OUT*
Asmir Begovic [Chelsea - Bournemouth] £10.35m
Jacob Murphy [Norwich - Newcastle] £10.17m
Verdict
Arsenal - Managed to hang on to Sanchez but have weakened their team even more by letting players like Oxlade Chamberlain, Gibbs, Perez, Gabriel etc go?
Bournemouth - Looked like they have improved their squad with Defoe, Begovic and Ake coming in, but a poor start so far.
Brighton - So many new names have arrived that it might be a slow start while they get to know one another?
Burnley - Have let a few of their better players go like Gray, Boyd, Kean and Barton, but have signed some decent replacements.
Chelsea - Usual mass exodus from Chelsea with 30 players going out on loan, and those brought in appear to be cover for the extra games this year. Someone needs to sort out the Costa situation as they need him.
Crystal Palace - Not a great window for Palace but managed to hang on to their better players and will be happy to have Sakho back.
Everton - Big changes at Everton with some good players coming in, but will be hard to replace Lukaku.
Huddersfield - Look to have made some decent budget signings and could do better than most expected them to.
Leicester - Harry Maguire looks a bargain, but will miss Drinkwater. Keeping Mahrez for now will keep the fans happy.
Liverpool - Seemed to play with a 3-7-0 formation for a lot of last season and Klopp has strengthed the midfield? will be hoping to score more than the opposition as the defence still looks shaky.
Man City - A lot of money spent improving the defence, but a lot still depends on Vincent Kompany being fit.
Man Utd - Lukaku a great signing and stealing Matic from Chelsea seems like a master stroke, if everyone stays fit and Mourinho doesn't upset them all it could be a good year.
Newcastle - I think Rafa would have liked to bring in a few quality players, squad looks average at best.
Southampton - Have managed to keep hold of their better players for a change this season, but I think they might struggle this year.
Stoke - Have let a few decent players go, but also made some shrewd signings. Stoke look hard to beat this season but can't see them scoring many.
Swansea - Losing Sigurdsson and Llorente could be a big problem for Swansea, the misfiring Bony and erratic Sanches might come good? but the squad looks weaker than the one that struggled last season.
Tottenham - Not much transfer business done but some good back up players brought in. Llorente looks a steal and getting nearly £64m for Walker and Wimmer is good selling.
Watford - Some very good signings by Watford and if they all gel together they could do very well.
West Brom - Pulis seems to have made some excellent signings without changing things too much, should get their regular 40 points well before the end of the season.
West Ham - A few decent signings but the defence still looks weak, most of last seasons signings have now gone which makes you wonder? usual hope of Andy Carroll actually being fit.
All the facts and figures from the most reliable sources available.
Premier league clubs have spent £1.42 Billion and received £790 Million, 142 players have joined clubs and 428 have left.
Most Spent - Man City £219.87m, Chelsea £185.4m, Man Utd £147.96m
Most Received - Chelsea £113.97m, Everton £96.64m, Man City £93.15m
Balance Plus - Swansea £23.47m, Arsenal £19.22m, Burnley £13.6m
Balance Minus - Man Utd £139.63m, Man City £126.72m, Chelsea £71.43m
Most Players In - Everton 14, Brighton, Huddersfeild & Watford 13
Most Players Out - Chelsea 47, Man City 36, Everton 28
Transfer Table
The Top Fees Paid (all over £10m)
Romelu Lukaku [Everton - Man Utd] £76.23m
Alvaro Morata [Real Madrid - Chelsea] £58.5m
Benjamin Mendy [Monaco - Man City] £51.75m
Alexandre Lacazette [Lyon - Arsenal] £47.7m
Kyle Walker [Tottenham - Man City] £45.9m
Bernardo Silva [Monaco - Man City] £45m
Gylfi Sigurdsson [Swansea - Everton] 44.46m
Nemanja Matic [Chelsea - Man Utd] £40.23m
Mohamed Salah [Roma - Liverpool] £37.8m
Davinson Sanchez [Ajax - Tottenham] 36m
Ederson Moraes [Benfica - Man City] £36m
Tiemoue Bakayoko [Monaco - Chelsea] £36m
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain [Arsenal - Liverpool] 34.2m
Danny Drinkwater [Leicester - Chelsea] 34.2m
Antonio Rudiger [Roma - Chelsea] £31.5m
Victor Lindelof [Benfica - Man Utd] £31.5m
Danilo [Real Madrid - Man City] £27m
Mamadou Sakho [Liverpool - Crystal Palace] 26m
Jordan Pickford [Sunderland - Everton] £25.65m
Michael Keane [Burnley - Everton] £25.65m
Davide Zappacosta [Torino - Chelsea] 25.20m
Kelechi Iheanacho [Man City - Leicester] £24.93m
Davy Klaassen [Ajax - Everton] £24.3m
Serge Aurier [PSG - Tottenham] 22.50m
Nathan Ake [Chelsea - Bournemouth] £20.52m
Marko Arnautovic [Stoke - West Ham] £20.07m
Andre Gray [Burnley - Watford] £18.36m
Juan Cuadrado [Chelsea - Juventus] £18m *OUT*
Kevin Wimmer [Tottenham - Stoke] 17.46m
Nabil Bentaleb [Tottenham - Schalke] £17.1m *OUT*
Javier Hernandez[Bayer Leverkusen - West Ham] £16.02m
Mario Lemina [Juventus - Southampton] £15.30m
Chris Wood [Leeds - Burnley] 14.76m
Wesley Hoedt [Lazio - Southampton] 14.76m
Sam Clucas [Hull - Swansea] 14.67m
Oliver Burke [RB Leipzig - West Brom] 13.68m
José Izquierdo [Club Brugge - Brighton] 13.5m
Vincent Iborra [Sevilla - Leicester] £13.5m
Enes Unal [Man City - Villarreal] £12.6m *OUT*
Harry Maguire [Hull - Leicester] £12.33m
Jay Rodriguez [Southampton - West Brom] £12.33m
Davy Propper [PSV Eindhoven - Brighton] £11.7m
Fernando Llorente [Swansea - Tottenham] 11.7m
Steve Mounie [Montpellier - Huddersfield] £11.7m
Wilfried Bony [Man City - Swansea] 11.7m
Roque Mesa {Las Palmas - Swansea] £11.25m
Richarlison [Fluminese - Watford] £11.16m
Wojciech Szczesny [Arsenal - Juventus] £10.98m *OUT*
Douglas Luiz [Vasco De Gama - Man City] £10.8m
Gerard Deulofeu [Everton - Barcelona] £10.8m *OUT*
Asmir Begovic [Chelsea - Bournemouth] £10.35m
Jacob Murphy [Norwich - Newcastle] £10.17m
Verdict
Arsenal - Managed to hang on to Sanchez but have weakened their team even more by letting players like Oxlade Chamberlain, Gibbs, Perez, Gabriel etc go?
Bournemouth - Looked like they have improved their squad with Defoe, Begovic and Ake coming in, but a poor start so far.
Brighton - So many new names have arrived that it might be a slow start while they get to know one another?
Burnley - Have let a few of their better players go like Gray, Boyd, Kean and Barton, but have signed some decent replacements.
Chelsea - Usual mass exodus from Chelsea with 30 players going out on loan, and those brought in appear to be cover for the extra games this year. Someone needs to sort out the Costa situation as they need him.
Crystal Palace - Not a great window for Palace but managed to hang on to their better players and will be happy to have Sakho back.
Everton - Big changes at Everton with some good players coming in, but will be hard to replace Lukaku.
Huddersfield - Look to have made some decent budget signings and could do better than most expected them to.
Leicester - Harry Maguire looks a bargain, but will miss Drinkwater. Keeping Mahrez for now will keep the fans happy.
Liverpool - Seemed to play with a 3-7-0 formation for a lot of last season and Klopp has strengthed the midfield? will be hoping to score more than the opposition as the defence still looks shaky.
Man City - A lot of money spent improving the defence, but a lot still depends on Vincent Kompany being fit.
Man Utd - Lukaku a great signing and stealing Matic from Chelsea seems like a master stroke, if everyone stays fit and Mourinho doesn't upset them all it could be a good year.
Newcastle - I think Rafa would have liked to bring in a few quality players, squad looks average at best.
Southampton - Have managed to keep hold of their better players for a change this season, but I think they might struggle this year.
Stoke - Have let a few decent players go, but also made some shrewd signings. Stoke look hard to beat this season but can't see them scoring many.
Swansea - Losing Sigurdsson and Llorente could be a big problem for Swansea, the misfiring Bony and erratic Sanches might come good? but the squad looks weaker than the one that struggled last season.
Tottenham - Not much transfer business done but some good back up players brought in. Llorente looks a steal and getting nearly £64m for Walker and Wimmer is good selling.
Watford - Some very good signings by Watford and if they all gel together they could do very well.
West Brom - Pulis seems to have made some excellent signings without changing things too much, should get their regular 40 points well before the end of the season.
West Ham - A few decent signings but the defence still looks weak, most of last seasons signings have now gone which makes you wonder? usual hope of Andy Carroll actually being fit.
Thursday 24 August 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 03)
Week 3 already, just 3 teams with 100% win records, and 5 teams without a point (including us .. sigh).
One more chance to change things before the first International break of the season.
6 Games on Saturday and 4 on Sunday.
Bournemouth v Man City
C Palace v Swansea
Huddersfield v Southampton
Newcastle v West Ham
Watford v Brighton
Man Utd v Leicester
Chelsea v Everton
West Brom v Stoke
Liverpool v Arsenal
Tottenham v Burnley
Good Luck All :)
One more chance to change things before the first International break of the season.
6 Games on Saturday and 4 on Sunday.
Bournemouth v Man City
C Palace v Swansea
Huddersfield v Southampton
Newcastle v West Ham
Watford v Brighton
Man Utd v Leicester
Chelsea v Everton
West Brom v Stoke
Liverpool v Arsenal
Tottenham v Burnley
Good Luck All :)
Thursday 17 August 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 02)
Week 2 starts on Saturday with 7 games, 2 games on Sunday and the first Monday night game of the new season.
A couple of big games with last seasons top 2 facing off at Wembley, Chelsea needing a big improvement over last week to avoid a second defeat.
New improved Everton go to City on Monday night with Gylfi Sigurdsson added to the new players on show.
Swansea v Man Utd
Bournemouth v Watford
Burnley v West Brom
Leicester v Brighton
Liverpool v C Palace
Southampton v West Ham
Stoke v Arsenal
Huddersfield v Newcastle
Tottenham v Chelsea
Man City v Everton
Good Luck All :)
A couple of big games with last seasons top 2 facing off at Wembley, Chelsea needing a big improvement over last week to avoid a second defeat.
New improved Everton go to City on Monday night with Gylfi Sigurdsson added to the new players on show.
Swansea v Man Utd
Bournemouth v Watford
Burnley v West Brom
Leicester v Brighton
Liverpool v C Palace
Southampton v West Ham
Stoke v Arsenal
Huddersfield v Newcastle
Tottenham v Chelsea
Man City v Everton
Good Luck All :)
Saturday 5 August 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 01)
Here we go again :)
The all new prediction competition for the 2017-2018 season.
T&C's - Usual rules apply
3 Points for a correct score, 1 Point for a correct result.
Predictions League will be decided on weekly wins first, if 2 or more people share a weekly win that will be classed as a draw, if at the end things are still level the toal points for the season come into play.
Predictions in the comments please :)
Any spam and abuse will be deleted so don't bother.
Anyway enough of that :) hopefully the regular players will be back and anyone reading this blog is welcome to join in at any point, just let me know a name and club supported. Obviously predictions will only count if they are made before the kick offs.
So here is the first week of the new season, games spread over 3 days with 1 on Friday, 7 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday.
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Arsenal v Leicester
Watford v Liverpool
C Palace v Huddersfield
Chelsea v Burnley
Everton v Stoke
Southampton v Swansea
West Brom v Bournemouth
Brighton v Man City
Newcastle v Tottenham
Man Utd v West Ham
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Lots of new players and the big 7 all playing European football this year mean their might be room for one of the others to make a challenge?
Money talks so you would expect the title to be contested by Chelsea and the 2 Manchester clubs with Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool in the mix.
As for the rest it's hard to predict who will struggle the most and none stand out as possible title contenders.
The bookies have Man City as favourites with Chelsea, Man U, Tottenham and Arsenal next best.
Favourites for relegation are Huddersfield followed by Burnley, Watford, Swansea, Palace and Brighton.
Good Luck All, and let's hope it's a great season.
The all new prediction competition for the 2017-2018 season.
T&C's - Usual rules apply
3 Points for a correct score, 1 Point for a correct result.
Predictions League will be decided on weekly wins first, if 2 or more people share a weekly win that will be classed as a draw, if at the end things are still level the toal points for the season come into play.
Predictions in the comments please :)
Any spam and abuse will be deleted so don't bother.
Anyway enough of that :) hopefully the regular players will be back and anyone reading this blog is welcome to join in at any point, just let me know a name and club supported. Obviously predictions will only count if they are made before the kick offs.
So here is the first week of the new season, games spread over 3 days with 1 on Friday, 7 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday.
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Arsenal v Leicester
Watford v Liverpool
C Palace v Huddersfield
Chelsea v Burnley
Everton v Stoke
Southampton v Swansea
West Brom v Bournemouth
Brighton v Man City
Newcastle v Tottenham
Man Utd v West Ham
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Lots of new players and the big 7 all playing European football this year mean their might be room for one of the others to make a challenge?
Money talks so you would expect the title to be contested by Chelsea and the 2 Manchester clubs with Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool in the mix.
As for the rest it's hard to predict who will struggle the most and none stand out as possible title contenders.
The bookies have Man City as favourites with Chelsea, Man U, Tottenham and Arsenal next best.
Favourites for relegation are Huddersfield followed by Burnley, Watford, Swansea, Palace and Brighton.
Good Luck All, and let's hope it's a great season.
Transfer Update
About 3 weeks till the transfer window shuts, and already a Billion pounds has been spent.
Manchester clubs and Chelsea leading the way, and Tottenham are keeping their purse locked.
Top 20 Biggest deals so far -
Romelu Lukaku [Everton - Man Utd] £76.23m
Alvaro Morata [Real Madrid - Chelsea] £58.5m
Benjamin Mendy [Monaco - Man City] £51.75m
Alexandre Lacazette [Lyon - Arsenal] £47.7m
Kyle Walker [Tottenham - Man City] £45.9m
Bernardo Silva [Monaco - Man City] £45m
Nemanja Matic [Chelsea - Man Utd] £40.23m
Mohamed Salah [Roma - Liverpool] £37.8m
Ederson Moraes [Benfica - Man City] £36m
Tiemoue Bakayoko [Monaco - Chelsea] £36m
Antonio Rudiger [Roma - Chelsea] £31.5m
Victor Lindelof [Benfica - Man Utd] £31.5m
Danilo [Real Madrid - Man City] £27m
Jordan Pickford [Sunderland - Everton] £25.65m
Michael Keane [Burnley - Everton] £25.65m
Kelechi Iheanacho [Man City - Leicester] £24.93m
Davy Klaassen [Ajax - Everton] £24.3m
Nathan Ake [Chelsea - Bournemouth] £20.52m
Marko Arnautovic [Stoke - West Ham] £20.07m
Andre Gray [Burnley - Watford] £18.36m
Manchester clubs and Chelsea leading the way, and Tottenham are keeping their purse locked.
Top 20 Biggest deals so far -
Romelu Lukaku [Everton - Man Utd] £76.23m
Alvaro Morata [Real Madrid - Chelsea] £58.5m
Benjamin Mendy [Monaco - Man City] £51.75m
Alexandre Lacazette [Lyon - Arsenal] £47.7m
Kyle Walker [Tottenham - Man City] £45.9m
Bernardo Silva [Monaco - Man City] £45m
Nemanja Matic [Chelsea - Man Utd] £40.23m
Mohamed Salah [Roma - Liverpool] £37.8m
Ederson Moraes [Benfica - Man City] £36m
Tiemoue Bakayoko [Monaco - Chelsea] £36m
Antonio Rudiger [Roma - Chelsea] £31.5m
Victor Lindelof [Benfica - Man Utd] £31.5m
Danilo [Real Madrid - Man City] £27m
Jordan Pickford [Sunderland - Everton] £25.65m
Michael Keane [Burnley - Everton] £25.65m
Kelechi Iheanacho [Man City - Leicester] £24.93m
Davy Klaassen [Ajax - Everton] £24.3m
Nathan Ake [Chelsea - Bournemouth] £20.52m
Marko Arnautovic [Stoke - West Ham] £20.07m
Andre Gray [Burnley - Watford] £18.36m
Friday 4 August 2017
Fantasy Football
2 Nothing Better Than Football leagues to join if you fancy some Fantasy Football.
Fantasy Premier League - https://www.premierleague.com/
Telegraph Fantasy Football - https://fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk/
All welcome :)
Fantasy Premier League - https://www.premierleague.com/
Telegraph Fantasy Football - https://fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk/
All welcome :)
Saturday 15 July 2017
Transfer News
Just under 4 weeks till the Premier league kicks off again, and here's how the big 20 have been blowing all their TV cash so far.
Updated
Updated
Sunday 25 June 2017
A New Post
Still alive :)
Not too much happening in the footy world during June and July so just a random post.
Confederations cup is ongoing, have watched a few of the matches but not nuch to get excited by.
England under 20's won their version of the World Cup, so well done to them.
The England Under 21's have made the Semi finals of the European championship, and will face Germany on Tuesday (lets hope it doesn't go to penalties?).
The transfer market is a bit slow at the moment although the 20 players so far brought in by the Premier league teams have cost £250 million, so I expect a record outlay due to the highly inflated prices being quoted, we got nearly £6 million for Havard Nordtveit when I thought we would struggle to give him away :) and Liverpool have just paid over £35 million for Chelsea reject Mohamed Salah?
Not too much happening in the footy world during June and July so just a random post.
Confederations cup is ongoing, have watched a few of the matches but not nuch to get excited by.
England under 20's won their version of the World Cup, so well done to them.
The England Under 21's have made the Semi finals of the European championship, and will face Germany on Tuesday (lets hope it doesn't go to penalties?).
The transfer market is a bit slow at the moment although the 20 players so far brought in by the Premier league teams have cost £250 million, so I expect a record outlay due to the highly inflated prices being quoted, we got nearly £6 million for Havard Nordtveit when I thought we would struggle to give him away :) and Liverpool have just paid over £35 million for Chelsea reject Mohamed Salah?
Sunday 4 June 2017
Winners And Losers
Champions, Promoted, Relegated and Cup Winners from the 2016/17 Season.
Premier League
Winners - Chelsea
Champions League Qualifiers - Tottenham, Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd
Europa League Qualifiers - Arsenal, Everton *
Relegated - Hull, Middlesbrough, Sunderland
Championship
Winners - Brighton
Promoted - Newcastle, Huddersfield
Relegated - Blackburn, Wigan, Rotherham
League One
Winners - Sheff Utd
Promoted - Bolton, Millwall
Relegated - Port Vale, Swindon, Coventry, Chesterfield
League Two
Winners - Portsmouth
Promoted - Plymouth, Doncaster, Blackpool
Relegated - Hartlepool, Leyton Orient
National League
Winners - Lincoln
Promoted - Forest Green
Relegated - York, Braintree, Southport, North Ferriby
Promoted to National League - AFC Fylde, Maidenhead, FC Halifax, Ebbsfleet
F.A Cup Winners - Arsenal
League Cup Winners - Man Utd
Charity Shield - Man Utd
EFL Trophy Winners - Coventry
F.A Trophy Winners - York
F.A Vase Winners - South Shields
Champions League Winners - Real Madrid
Europa Cup Winners - Man Utd
UEFA Super Cup Winners - Real Madrid
World Club Cup Winners - Real Madrid
* England only have 2 clubs in the Europa league next season due to Man Utd's win in the Europa league, which meant they go straight into the Champions League making 5 English teams.
EUFA rules state a maximum of 7 teams from each country can qualify for European competition so Southampton miss out as their were only 2 spots left for the Europa league.
Premier League
Winners - Chelsea
Champions League Qualifiers - Tottenham, Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd
Europa League Qualifiers - Arsenal, Everton *
Relegated - Hull, Middlesbrough, Sunderland
Championship
Winners - Brighton
Promoted - Newcastle, Huddersfield
Relegated - Blackburn, Wigan, Rotherham
League One
Winners - Sheff Utd
Promoted - Bolton, Millwall
Relegated - Port Vale, Swindon, Coventry, Chesterfield
League Two
Winners - Portsmouth
Promoted - Plymouth, Doncaster, Blackpool
Relegated - Hartlepool, Leyton Orient
National League
Winners - Lincoln
Promoted - Forest Green
Relegated - York, Braintree, Southport, North Ferriby
Promoted to National League - AFC Fylde, Maidenhead, FC Halifax, Ebbsfleet
F.A Cup Winners - Arsenal
League Cup Winners - Man Utd
Charity Shield - Man Utd
EFL Trophy Winners - Coventry
F.A Trophy Winners - York
F.A Vase Winners - South Shields
Champions League Winners - Real Madrid
Europa Cup Winners - Man Utd
UEFA Super Cup Winners - Real Madrid
World Club Cup Winners - Real Madrid
* England only have 2 clubs in the Europa league next season due to Man Utd's win in the Europa league, which meant they go straight into the Champions League making 5 English teams.
EUFA rules state a maximum of 7 teams from each country can qualify for European competition so Southampton miss out as their were only 2 spots left for the Europa league.
Dinner
One for you Chelsea fans, Diego Costa just about to eat a whole child :)
... or it might be his daughter, nice pic.
... or it might be his daughter, nice pic.
Sunday 28 May 2017
Predictions Records
Been running the Prediction competitions since 2010 and here are all the facts and figures of all the predictions made in that time.
7 Premier League seasons + 2 FA Cups + 2 European Championships + A World Cup
A possible 2,970 predictions (I missed 14 while in hospital).
The (W) Win (D) Draws (L) Losses and (HS) Highest Score only apply to Premier league predictions.
7 Premier League seasons + 2 FA Cups + 2 European Championships + A World Cup
A possible 2,970 predictions (I missed 14 while in hospital).
The (W) Win (D) Draws (L) Losses and (HS) Highest Score only apply to Premier league predictions.
Fantasy Football 2016/17
Here are the final results of the NBTF Leagues.
FPL - had just the 4 players, myself, Paul, Longy and my son Gary (based in America).
Really happy to win this as I was in 3rd and over 100 points behind with just 8 weeks to go.
TFF - 111 Teams from 17 players.
Thanks to Allan, Andrew, Brian, Colin, David, John, Leslie, Matt, Nicola, Paul, Richard, Rob, Ryan, Shane, Simon and Sue for playing along and getting the league up to 54th overall.
None of us really challenged in the main competition, I only managed to get into the top 1000 in the last couple of weeks.
FPL - had just the 4 players, myself, Paul, Longy and my son Gary (based in America).
Really happy to win this as I was in 3rd and over 100 points behind with just 8 weeks to go.
TFF - 111 Teams from 17 players.
Thanks to Allan, Andrew, Brian, Colin, David, John, Leslie, Matt, Nicola, Paul, Richard, Rob, Ryan, Shane, Simon and Sue for playing along and getting the league up to 54th overall.
None of us really challenged in the main competition, I only managed to get into the top 1000 in the last couple of weeks.
Predictions 2016/17
Final Table
Winner - Paul
Most Points - Paul 311
Best Points Per Game - Paul 0.804
Highest Weekly Score - Paulo 16
Most Wins - Biopunk + Paul 10
Most Draws - Lee 6
Most Losses - Paulo 31
Best Winning Run - Biopunk 3
So the Virtual Trophy goes to Paul
Also the Cup winner, so a Virtual double :)
Winner - Paul
Most Points - Paul 311
Best Points Per Game - Paul 0.804
Highest Weekly Score - Paulo 16
Most Wins - Biopunk + Paul 10
Most Draws - Lee 6
Most Losses - Paulo 31
Best Winning Run - Biopunk 3
So the Virtual Trophy goes to Paul
Also the Cup winner, so a Virtual double :)
Thursday 18 May 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 38 + FA Cup)
The final week
Not much left riding on these games as our competition is over, the title and 2nd place has been decided, 3 teams are already relegated which just leaves the 3rd, 4th and 5th place to be finalised.
Arsenal have to win and hope the other 2 slip up, which looks unlikely.
Arsenal v Everton
Burnley v West Ham
Chelsea v Sunderland
Hull v Tottenham
Leicester v Bournemouth
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
Man Utd v C Palace
Southampton v Stoke
Swansea v West Brom
Watford v Man City
Just for completion here's the FA Cup Final
(does not count in the week 38 scores)
Arsenal v Chelsea (90 minute score)
Good luck all :)
Back for a new season around the second week of August, but hope to be posting various stuff to fill the gaps in the meantime.
10 weeks without Football, not even an International competition it's a disgrace :)
Hopefully you will all be back next season to try and beat Paul :)
Not much left riding on these games as our competition is over, the title and 2nd place has been decided, 3 teams are already relegated which just leaves the 3rd, 4th and 5th place to be finalised.
Arsenal have to win and hope the other 2 slip up, which looks unlikely.
Arsenal v Everton
Burnley v West Ham
Chelsea v Sunderland
Hull v Tottenham
Leicester v Bournemouth
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
Man Utd v C Palace
Southampton v Stoke
Swansea v West Brom
Watford v Man City
Just for completion here's the FA Cup Final
(does not count in the week 38 scores)
Arsenal v Chelsea (90 minute score)
Good luck all :)
Back for a new season around the second week of August, but hope to be posting various stuff to fill the gaps in the meantime.
10 weeks without Football, not even an International competition it's a disgrace :)
Hopefully you will all be back next season to try and beat Paul :)
Wednesday 10 May 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 37)
Just 2 weeks to go and Biopunk needs to win both to stop Paul from claiming a League and Cup double.
We have a Mega week this time with 15 games (1½ weeks worth).
Chelsea should wrap up the league on Friday night or if not it will be Monday.
Best of the other games will be Arsenal needing to win at Stoke to put pressure on Liverpool and Swansea needing to win at Sunderland which will make the Palace v Hull game a must win.
Games start on Friday night and don't finish till next Thursday.
Friday
Everton v Watford
West Brom v Chelsea
Saturday
Man City v Leicester
Bournemouth v Burnley
Middlesbrough v Southampton
Sunderland v Swansea
Stoke v Arsenal
Sunday
C Palace v Hull
West Ham v Liverpool
Tottenham v Man Utd
Monday
Chelsea v Watford
Tuesday
Arsenal v Sunderland
Man City v West Brom
Wednesday
Southampton v Man Utd
Thursday
Leicester v Tottenham
Chance of some record scores, so Good Luck All :)
Just done a full re-check of this table as a few figures didn't add up, this is the correct version.
We have a Mega week this time with 15 games (1½ weeks worth).
Chelsea should wrap up the league on Friday night or if not it will be Monday.
Best of the other games will be Arsenal needing to win at Stoke to put pressure on Liverpool and Swansea needing to win at Sunderland which will make the Palace v Hull game a must win.
Games start on Friday night and don't finish till next Thursday.
Friday
Everton v Watford
West Brom v Chelsea
Saturday
Man City v Leicester
Bournemouth v Burnley
Middlesbrough v Southampton
Sunderland v Swansea
Stoke v Arsenal
Sunday
C Palace v Hull
West Ham v Liverpool
Tottenham v Man Utd
Monday
Chelsea v Watford
Tuesday
Arsenal v Sunderland
Man City v West Brom
Wednesday
Southampton v Man Utd
Thursday
Leicester v Tottenham
Chance of some record scores, so Good Luck All :)
Just done a full re-check of this table as a few figures didn't add up, this is the correct version.
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 36)
3 Weeks left and the title race is hotting up, Can Biopunk overtake Paul :)
Also there is the Chelsea or Tottenham thing as a sideline.
Hopefully the Hammers can shoot the Spuds down before Chelsea play again?
Early start this week with the big one on Friday, plus a bonus game this week.
The running order is 1 on Friday, 6 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday and a bonus fixture of the Saints v Arsenal on Wednesday.
For info next weeks games also start on Friday.
West Ham v Tottenham
Man City v C Palace
Bournemouth v Stoke
Burnley v West Brom
Hull v Sunderland
Leicester v Watford
Swansea v Everton
Liverpool v Southampton
Arsenal v Man Utd
Chelsea v Middlesbrough
Southampton v Arsenal
Good Luck All :)
Also there is the Chelsea or Tottenham thing as a sideline.
Hopefully the Hammers can shoot the Spuds down before Chelsea play again?
Early start this week with the big one on Friday, plus a bonus game this week.
The running order is 1 on Friday, 6 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday and a bonus fixture of the Saints v Arsenal on Wednesday.
For info next weeks games also start on Friday.
West Ham v Tottenham
Man City v C Palace
Bournemouth v Stoke
Burnley v West Brom
Hull v Sunderland
Leicester v Watford
Swansea v Everton
Liverpool v Southampton
Arsenal v Man Utd
Chelsea v Middlesbrough
Southampton v Arsenal
Good Luck All :)
Thursday 27 April 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 35)
Week 34 still running, but here goes with Week 35.
5 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday and one on Monday.
Saturday is probably Sunderland's last chance to prolong the agony as they have a winnable game while Hull and Swansea have tricky away games.
Sunday is a big day in the title race, Chelsea need to beat their bogey team Everton while Arsenal will hope to put the skids under Tottenham.
West Ham still need a couple of points to feel safe, but a win on Saturday could push them up to 9th.
Southampton v Hull
Stoke v West Ham
Sunderland v Bournemouth
West Brom v Leicester
C Palace v Burnley
Man Utd v Swansea
Everton v Chelsea
Middlesbrough v Man City
Tottenham v Arsenal
Watford v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
5 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday and one on Monday.
Saturday is probably Sunderland's last chance to prolong the agony as they have a winnable game while Hull and Swansea have tricky away games.
Sunday is a big day in the title race, Chelsea need to beat their bogey team Everton while Arsenal will hope to put the skids under Tottenham.
West Ham still need a couple of points to feel safe, but a win on Saturday could push them up to 9th.
Southampton v Hull
Stoke v West Ham
Sunderland v Bournemouth
West Brom v Leicester
C Palace v Burnley
Man Utd v Swansea
Everton v Chelsea
Middlesbrough v Man City
Tottenham v Arsenal
Watford v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
Wednesday 19 April 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 34)
Bumper week this time with 13 games.
Going to be a bit confusing as it's a mixture of league games and Cup ties, plus the games are being played over 6 days. 5 Games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday, 1 Tuesday, 3 Wednesday and 1 Thursday.
Extra rules - The 2 FA Cup semi finals are 90 mins + injury time only (not including extra time and penalties) and will also count towards the Cup competition.
Bournemouth v Middlesbrough
Hull v Watford
Swansea v Stoke
West Ham v Everton
Chelsea v Tottenham (FAC)
Burnley v Man Utd
Arsenal v Man City (FAC)
Liverpool v C Palace
Chelsea v Southampton
Arsenal v Leicester
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
C Palace v Tottenham
Man City v Man Utd
For the record 7 teams have 2 games this week, and West Brom don't play at all.
Will probably post the week 35 games before this one finishes just to confuse everyone :)
Good Luck All :)
Going to be a bit confusing as it's a mixture of league games and Cup ties, plus the games are being played over 6 days. 5 Games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday, 1 Tuesday, 3 Wednesday and 1 Thursday.
Extra rules - The 2 FA Cup semi finals are 90 mins + injury time only (not including extra time and penalties) and will also count towards the Cup competition.
Bournemouth v Middlesbrough
Hull v Watford
Swansea v Stoke
West Ham v Everton
Chelsea v Tottenham (FAC)
Burnley v Man Utd
Arsenal v Man City (FAC)
Liverpool v C Palace
Chelsea v Southampton
Arsenal v Leicester
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
C Palace v Tottenham
Man City v Man Utd
For the record 7 teams have 2 games this week, and West Brom don't play at all.
Will probably post the week 35 games before this one finishes just to confuse everyone :)
Good Luck All :)
League Updates
Here is the full prediction table for those playing.
Couldn't find a prediction from Lawro and guest for the Man City v Stoke game a few weeks back, so they are one game down. If it does turn up I will add it in.
These are the current state of the NBTF Leagues in FPL and TFF competitions.
As I am not doing anywhere near as well as last season, I've not been following this that closely and now looking forward to next season.
Couldn't find a prediction from Lawro and guest for the Man City v Stoke game a few weeks back, so they are one game down. If it does turn up I will add it in.
These are the current state of the NBTF Leagues in FPL and TFF competitions.
As I am not doing anywhere near as well as last season, I've not been following this that closely and now looking forward to next season.
Thursday 13 April 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 33)
Another week flies around, this Easter weekend sees 7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and a Monday game.
Chelsea at Man U is the big one and no doubt Mourinho has his excuses ready blaming the long trip to Belgium midweek, while Chelsea didn't have a game (which is no way his fault) :)
West Ham have their best chance of grabbing the points needed to stay up.
Tottenham have the best chance to keep Chelsea honest while the other contenders have tricky away games.
Swansea, Hull, Boro and Palace all have winnable games which might put pressure on Stoke and Burnley?
Tottenham v Bournemouth
C Palace v Leicester
Everton v Burnley
Stoke v Hull
Sunderland v West Ham
Watford v Swansea
Southampton v Man City
West Brom v Liverpool
Man Utd v Chelsea
Middlesbrough v Arsenal
Good Luck All and Happy Easter :)
Chelsea at Man U is the big one and no doubt Mourinho has his excuses ready blaming the long trip to Belgium midweek, while Chelsea didn't have a game (which is no way his fault) :)
West Ham have their best chance of grabbing the points needed to stay up.
Tottenham have the best chance to keep Chelsea honest while the other contenders have tricky away games.
Swansea, Hull, Boro and Palace all have winnable games which might put pressure on Stoke and Burnley?
Tottenham v Bournemouth
C Palace v Leicester
Everton v Burnley
Stoke v Hull
Sunderland v West Ham
Watford v Swansea
Southampton v Man City
West Brom v Liverpool
Man Utd v Chelsea
Middlesbrough v Arsenal
Good Luck All and Happy Easter :)
Saturday 8 April 2017
Wednesday 5 April 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 32)
Straight on with week 32,
7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday.
Tottenham v Watford
Man City v Hull
Middlesbrough v Burnley
Stoke v Liverpool
West Brom v Southampton
West Ham v Swansea
Bournemouth v Chelsea
Sunderland v Man Utd
Everton v Leicester
C Palace v Arsenal
Good Luck All :)
7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday.
Tottenham v Watford
Man City v Hull
Middlesbrough v Burnley
Stoke v Liverpool
West Brom v Southampton
West Ham v Swansea
Bournemouth v Chelsea
Sunderland v Man Utd
Everton v Leicester
C Palace v Arsenal
Good Luck All :)
Tuesday 28 March 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 30 + 31)
Back from Internationals week with a double bill.
Week 30 - 8 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday
Week 31 - 4 Games on Tuesday, 6 on Wednesday
Week 30 opens with the Mersey derby, Lukaku's on form but Everton will miss Seamus Coleman, West Ham badly need something from Hull if we've got any players left. Could be a final chance for Arsenal as they have to beat City to stand any chance of a top 4 finish.
Week 31 the midweek games throws up a couple of biggies, a really big week for Everton who could force their way into the top 4 with 2 wins or possibly fade away, Chelsea meet City who need something to stay in the hunt for 2nd.
Hopefully Arsenal will have a really off day on Wednesday?
Week 30
Liverpool v Everton
Burnley v Tottenham
Chelsea v C Palace
Hull v West Ham
Leicester v Stoke
Man Utd v West Brom
Watford v Sunderland
Southampton v Bournemouth
Swansea v Middlesbrough
Arsenal v Man City
Week 31
Burnley v Stoke
Leicester v Sunderland
Watford v West Brom
Man Utd v Everton
Arsenal v West Ham
Hull v Middlesbrough
Southampton v C Palace
Swansea v Tottenham
Chelsea v Man City
Liverpool v Bournemouth
Good Luck All :)
Week 30 - 8 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday
Week 31 - 4 Games on Tuesday, 6 on Wednesday
Week 30 opens with the Mersey derby, Lukaku's on form but Everton will miss Seamus Coleman, West Ham badly need something from Hull if we've got any players left. Could be a final chance for Arsenal as they have to beat City to stand any chance of a top 4 finish.
Week 31 the midweek games throws up a couple of biggies, a really big week for Everton who could force their way into the top 4 with 2 wins or possibly fade away, Chelsea meet City who need something to stay in the hunt for 2nd.
Hopefully Arsenal will have a really off day on Wednesday?
Week 30
Liverpool v Everton
Burnley v Tottenham
Chelsea v C Palace
Hull v West Ham
Leicester v Stoke
Man Utd v West Brom
Watford v Sunderland
Southampton v Bournemouth
Swansea v Middlesbrough
Arsenal v Man City
Week 31
Burnley v Stoke
Leicester v Sunderland
Watford v West Brom
Man Utd v Everton
Arsenal v West Ham
Hull v Middlesbrough
Southampton v C Palace
Swansea v Tottenham
Chelsea v Man City
Liverpool v Bournemouth
Good Luck All :)
Wednesday 15 March 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 29)
Once upon a time I used to post other football stuff as well as Predictions competitions, also used to do a music and general blog.
But my thought processes seemed to have dried up, I really need to make an effort to get my brain out first gear.
Anyway on with the show :)
Week 29 has 7 games on Saturday, and 3 on Sunday before yet another international break.
Difficult week where nearly all the games could go either way, should be good.
Hopefully Leicester will still be celebrating their excellent European win :)
West Brom v Arsenal
C Palace v Watford
Everton v Hull
Stoke v Chelsea
Sunderland v Burnley
West Ham v Leicester
Bournemouth v Swansea
Middlesbrough v Man Utd
Tottenham v Southampton
Man City v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
But my thought processes seemed to have dried up, I really need to make an effort to get my brain out first gear.
Anyway on with the show :)
Week 29 has 7 games on Saturday, and 3 on Sunday before yet another international break.
Difficult week where nearly all the games could go either way, should be good.
Hopefully Leicester will still be celebrating their excellent European win :)
West Brom v Arsenal
C Palace v Watford
Everton v Hull
Stoke v Chelsea
Sunderland v Burnley
West Ham v Leicester
Bournemouth v Swansea
Middlesbrough v Man Utd
Tottenham v Southampton
Man City v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
Monday 6 March 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 28) + F.A Cup (Part 4)
Early post this week due to the late rescheduling of the Man City v Stoke game.
This Week it's a totally mixed bag, which now total 9 Games. Five League games and 4 F.A Cup games.
All will count towards this weeks Premier Predictions Competition, the 4 Cup games will also count in the Cup competition (does that make sense) :)
** 90 Minute (+ injury time) score in the Cup Matches only please **
(as these could go to Extra time and Penalties, and that gets too confusing ??) :)
Wednesday 8th March
Man City v Stoke
Saturday 11th March
Middlesbrough v Man City (FAC)
Bournemouth v West Ham
Everton v West Brom
Hull v Swansea
Arsenal v Lincoln (FAC)
Sunday 12th March
Tottenham v Millwall (FAC)
Liverpool v Burnley
Monday 13th March
Chelsea v Man Utd (FAC)
Good Luck All :)
This Week it's a totally mixed bag, which now total 9 Games. Five League games and 4 F.A Cup games.
All will count towards this weeks Premier Predictions Competition, the 4 Cup games will also count in the Cup competition (does that make sense) :)
** 90 Minute (+ injury time) score in the Cup Matches only please **
(as these could go to Extra time and Penalties, and that gets too confusing ??) :)
Wednesday 8th March
Man City v Stoke
Saturday 11th March
Middlesbrough v Man City (FAC)
Bournemouth v West Ham
Everton v West Brom
Hull v Swansea
Arsenal v Lincoln (FAC)
Sunday 12th March
Tottenham v Millwall (FAC)
Liverpool v Burnley
Monday 13th March
Chelsea v Man Utd (FAC)
Good Luck All :)
Wednesday 1 March 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 27)
Games over 3 days again this week, 7 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and the big one on Monday.
A small chance some of the chasing pack will make up some ground on Chelsea who should lose on Monday :)
Liverpool v Arsenal is very hard to call, Liverpool usually turn it on against the bigger sides and Arsenal usually fold but both need a win.
Tottenham should have a harder game this week, as Everton are on a good run but who knows?
Man Utd v Bournemouth
Leicester v Hull
Stoke v Middlesbrough
Swansea v Burnley
Watford v Southampton
West Brom v C Palace
Liverpool v Arsenal
Tottenham v Everton
Sunderland v Man City
West Ham v Chelsea
Good Luck All :)
A small chance some of the chasing pack will make up some ground on Chelsea who should lose on Monday :)
Liverpool v Arsenal is very hard to call, Liverpool usually turn it on against the bigger sides and Arsenal usually fold but both need a win.
Tottenham should have a harder game this week, as Everton are on a good run but who knows?
Man Utd v Bournemouth
Leicester v Hull
Stoke v Middlesbrough
Swansea v Burnley
Watford v Southampton
West Brom v C Palace
Liverpool v Arsenal
Tottenham v Everton
Sunderland v Man City
West Ham v Chelsea
Good Luck All :)
Thursday 23 February 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 26)
Just the 8 Premier league games this week, played over 3 days.
Just to make up the numbers I've added in the League Cup Final (90 Minute score only please, not including extra time if needed).
Chelsea should go 11 points clear with City, Arsenal and Man U not playing this week.
Could be bad news for Leicester if Palace and Hull pull of wins?
Chelsea v Swansea
C Palace v Middlesbrough
Everton v Sunderland
Hull v Burnley
West Brom v Bournemouth
Watford v West Ham
Tottenham v Stoke
Man Utd v Southampton (LCF)
Leicester v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
Just to make up the numbers I've added in the League Cup Final (90 Minute score only please, not including extra time if needed).
Chelsea should go 11 points clear with City, Arsenal and Man U not playing this week.
Could be bad news for Leicester if Palace and Hull pull of wins?
Chelsea v Swansea
C Palace v Middlesbrough
Everton v Sunderland
Hull v Burnley
West Brom v Bournemouth
Watford v West Ham
Tottenham v Stoke
Man Utd v Southampton (LCF)
Leicester v Liverpool
Good Luck All :)
Thursday 16 February 2017
F.A Cup Predictions 2017 (Part 3)
Been having trouble posting for some reason? (5th attempt seems to have worked)
Back to Cup competition this week (sorry it's late)
Just the 8 games, but all interesting.
8 Premier league teams all avoiding each other for a change meaning a few of the smaller teams finally get a big fish.
Odds are that the Prem teams should all go through, but as some of them have been playing reserves in the Cup there is still a chance of slip up's :)
5 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and the dream draw on Monday which could be the biggest story in Cup history (or more likely 5-0 to Arsenal?).
Burnley v Lincoln
Huddersfield v Man City
Middlesbrough v Oxford U
Millwall v Leicester
Wolves v Chelsea
Fulham v Tottenham
Blackburn v Man Utd
Sutton Utd v Arsenal
Good Luck All :)
Usual cup rules - 90 minute score (or 98 mins in some cases) no replays included.
Back to Cup competition this week (sorry it's late)
Just the 8 games, but all interesting.
8 Premier league teams all avoiding each other for a change meaning a few of the smaller teams finally get a big fish.
Odds are that the Prem teams should all go through, but as some of them have been playing reserves in the Cup there is still a chance of slip up's :)
5 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and the dream draw on Monday which could be the biggest story in Cup history (or more likely 5-0 to Arsenal?).
Burnley v Lincoln
Huddersfield v Man City
Middlesbrough v Oxford U
Millwall v Leicester
Wolves v Chelsea
Fulham v Tottenham
Blackburn v Man Utd
Sutton Utd v Arsenal
Good Luck All :)
Usual cup rules - 90 minute score (or 98 mins in some cases) no replays included.
Thursday 9 February 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 25)
Seven games on Saturday, Two on Sunday, and one on Monday this week.
A couple of potential shocks this week with Arsenal probably thinking about the trip to Munich on Wednesday facing new improved Hull City, and Chelsea going to Burnley who have won their last 7 home games.
Monday's game should be a goal bonanza (I should go for 0-0) ?
Arsenal v Hull
Man Utd v Watford
Middlesbrough v Everton
Stoke v C Palace
Sunderland v Southampton
West Ham v West Brom
Liverpool v Tottenham
Burnley v Chelsea
Swansea v Leicester
Bournemouth v Man City
Good Luck All :)
A couple of potential shocks this week with Arsenal probably thinking about the trip to Munich on Wednesday facing new improved Hull City, and Chelsea going to Burnley who have won their last 7 home games.
Monday's game should be a goal bonanza (I should go for 0-0) ?
Arsenal v Hull
Man Utd v Watford
Middlesbrough v Everton
Stoke v C Palace
Sunderland v Southampton
West Ham v West Brom
Liverpool v Tottenham
Burnley v Chelsea
Swansea v Leicester
Bournemouth v Man City
Good Luck All :)
Thursday 2 February 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 24)
On with the show even though I'm as depressed as hell, West Ham humiliated and I drop to the foot of the predictions table despite outscoring most of my rivals again .... grrr!!!
The first game looks to be the big game, although not as much spice as previous seasons, Arsenal really need it but Chelsea should have enough to win.
The only worry in the other games is that teams near the bottom have all seemed to realise they need to up their game recently, so might be a couple of shocks?
8 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday.
Chelsea v Arsenal
C Palace v Sunderland
Everton v Bournemouth
Hull v Liverpool
Southampton v West Ham
Watford v Burnley
West Brom v Stoke
Tottenham v Middlesbrough
Man City v Swansea
Leicester v Man Utd
Good luck all :)
The first game looks to be the big game, although not as much spice as previous seasons, Arsenal really need it but Chelsea should have enough to win.
The only worry in the other games is that teams near the bottom have all seemed to realise they need to up their game recently, so might be a couple of shocks?
8 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday.
Chelsea v Arsenal
C Palace v Sunderland
Everton v Bournemouth
Hull v Liverpool
Southampton v West Ham
Watford v Burnley
West Brom v Stoke
Tottenham v Middlesbrough
Man City v Swansea
Leicester v Man Utd
Good luck all :)
Tuesday 31 January 2017
January 2017 Transfers
January Transfer window is now closed, so here's the facts and figures (as far as I can find out)
Big Spenders - Crystal Palace, Man City, Everton
Big Sellers - Chelsea, Man Utd, West Ham
Nice Profits - Chelsea, Man Utd, Watford
Most Players In - Hull 8, Swansea 5
Most Players Out - Everton 15, Chelsea and Middlesbrough 12
Not Buying - Liverpool, Man Utd, Tottenham
Current biggest transfers :-
Oscar (Chelsea - Shanghai) £51.00m (Out)
Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras - Man City) £27.20m
Dimitri Payet (West Ham - Marseille) £24.91m (Out)
Odion Ighalo (Watford - Changchun Yatai) £19.81m (Out)
Morgan Schneiderlin (Man Utd - Everton) £19.47m
Wilfred Ndidi (Genk - Leicester) £14.96m
Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli - Southampton) £14.45m
Luka Milivojevic (Olympiakos - C Palace) £13.6m
Memphis Depay (Man Utd - Lyon) £13.6m (Out)
Robbie Brady (Norwich - Burnley) £12.84m
Saido Berahino (West Brom - Stoke) £11.82m
Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester - C Palace) £11.73m
Stevan Jovetic (Man City - Inter Milan) £11.48m (Out)
Patrick Van Aanholt (Sunderland - C Palace) £10.03m
Robert Snodgrass (Hull - West Ham) £10.2m
Jake Livermore (Hull - West Brom) £9.78m
Table includes all the deals I could find and the fees according to the most reliable sources I could find (not the papers who seem to double most prices for a good headline).
There are a small selection of undisclosed deals which have been kept very secret for some reason?
I did read that Jordan Rhodes might have been sold to Sheff Wed by Middlesbrough for £9.5 million, but it was right at the last seconds so might not have gone through? (so not included).
Big Spenders - Crystal Palace, Man City, Everton
Big Sellers - Chelsea, Man Utd, West Ham
Nice Profits - Chelsea, Man Utd, Watford
Most Players In - Hull 8, Swansea 5
Most Players Out - Everton 15, Chelsea and Middlesbrough 12
Not Buying - Liverpool, Man Utd, Tottenham
Current biggest transfers :-
Oscar (Chelsea - Shanghai) £51.00m (Out)
Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras - Man City) £27.20m
Dimitri Payet (West Ham - Marseille) £24.91m (Out)
Odion Ighalo (Watford - Changchun Yatai) £19.81m (Out)
Morgan Schneiderlin (Man Utd - Everton) £19.47m
Wilfred Ndidi (Genk - Leicester) £14.96m
Manolo Gabbiadini (Napoli - Southampton) £14.45m
Luka Milivojevic (Olympiakos - C Palace) £13.6m
Memphis Depay (Man Utd - Lyon) £13.6m (Out)
Robbie Brady (Norwich - Burnley) £12.84m
Saido Berahino (West Brom - Stoke) £11.82m
Jeffrey Schlupp (Leicester - C Palace) £11.73m
Stevan Jovetic (Man City - Inter Milan) £11.48m (Out)
Patrick Van Aanholt (Sunderland - C Palace) £10.03m
Robert Snodgrass (Hull - West Ham) £10.2m
Jake Livermore (Hull - West Brom) £9.78m
Table includes all the deals I could find and the fees according to the most reliable sources I could find (not the papers who seem to double most prices for a good headline).
There are a small selection of undisclosed deals which have been kept very secret for some reason?
I did read that Jordan Rhodes might have been sold to Sheff Wed by Middlesbrough for £9.5 million, but it was right at the last seconds so might not have gone through? (so not included).
Sunday 29 January 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 23)
With the Cup still going on it's time to think about this weeks Premier league games, 7 on Tuesday and 3 on Wednesday.
Liverpool v Chelsea looks like the big game, Liverpool with only a 1-0 win at Plymouth from 8 games this year against Chelsea with 14 wins from the last 15, should be an away banker but football doesn't always work that way?
West Ham will be hoping for a much better performance than that disaster in the Cup (couldn't be worse hopefully).
Some of the African players will be back this week.
Arsenal v Watford
Bournemouth v C Palace
Burnley v Leicester
Middlesbrough v West Brom
Sunderland v Tottenham
Swansea v Southampton
Liverpool v Chelsea
West Ham v Man City
Man Utd v Hull
Stoke v Everton
Liverpool v Chelsea looks like the big game, Liverpool with only a 1-0 win at Plymouth from 8 games this year against Chelsea with 14 wins from the last 15, should be an away banker but football doesn't always work that way?
West Ham will be hoping for a much better performance than that disaster in the Cup (couldn't be worse hopefully).
Some of the African players will be back this week.
Arsenal v Watford
Bournemouth v C Palace
Burnley v Leicester
Middlesbrough v West Brom
Sunderland v Tottenham
Swansea v Southampton
Liverpool v Chelsea
West Ham v Man City
Man Utd v Hull
Stoke v Everton
Monday 23 January 2017
F.A Cup Predictions 2017 (Part 2)
Here we go with the second part of the FA Cup predictions starting on Friday night.
1 Game on Friday, 11 on Saturday and the final 4 on Sunday.
The draw has been unkind to the smaller teams but still a few possible shocks, especially if the Premier league teams keep playing under strength sides.
All welcome to join :)
Rules - 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result.
Scores after 90 minutes only (not including extra time and penalties) to avoid complaints.
Not including replays only first matches -
Derby v Leicester
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Liverpool v Wolves
Blackburn v Blackpool
Burnley v Bristol C
Chelsea v Brentford
C Palace v Man City
Lincoln v Brighton
Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley
Oxford U v Newcastle
Rochdale v Huddersfield
Tottenham v Wycombe
Southampton v Arsenal
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Millwall v Watford
Fulham v Hull
Sutton v Leeds
Man Utd v Wigan
Current scores after the first part - Paul 23, Paulo 20, Lee 18, Biopunk 15, Longy forgot :)
Good Luck All :)
1 Game on Friday, 11 on Saturday and the final 4 on Sunday.
The draw has been unkind to the smaller teams but still a few possible shocks, especially if the Premier league teams keep playing under strength sides.
All welcome to join :)
Rules - 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result.
Scores after 90 minutes only (not including extra time and penalties) to avoid complaints.
Not including replays only first matches -
Derby v Leicester
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Liverpool v Wolves
Blackburn v Blackpool
Burnley v Bristol C
Chelsea v Brentford
C Palace v Man City
Lincoln v Brighton
Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley
Oxford U v Newcastle
Rochdale v Huddersfield
Tottenham v Wycombe
Southampton v Arsenal
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Millwall v Watford
Fulham v Hull
Sutton v Leeds
Man Utd v Wigan
Current scores after the first part - Paul 23, Paulo 20, Lee 18, Biopunk 15, Longy forgot :)
Good Luck All :)
League Updates
Here's the complete Predictions table for those playing.
Here are the NBTF Fantasy Tables (FPL and TFF)
Here are the NBTF Fantasy Tables (FPL and TFF)
Wednesday 18 January 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 22)
Another exciting week of the Premier League :)
Big game of the week is under-performing Man City against over-performing Tottenham, Pep Guardiola has managed to make a very expensive City team look pretty average, while Pochettino is getting better every year, making some pretty average players play like world beaters.
The rest of the title contenders look to have pretty easy games, but you never know.
West Ham need to build on last weeks excellent performance at smog city, which has not been a happy hunting ground in previous visits (although we did win there the last time we played).
Liverpool v Swansea
Bournemouth v Watford
C Palace v Everton
Middlesbrough v West Ham
Stoke v Man Utd
West Brom v Sunderland
Man City v Tottenham
Southampton v Leicester
Arsenal v Burnley
Chelsea v Hull
Good Luck All :)
Big game of the week is under-performing Man City against over-performing Tottenham, Pep Guardiola has managed to make a very expensive City team look pretty average, while Pochettino is getting better every year, making some pretty average players play like world beaters.
The rest of the title contenders look to have pretty easy games, but you never know.
West Ham need to build on last weeks excellent performance at smog city, which has not been a happy hunting ground in previous visits (although we did win there the last time we played).
Liverpool v Swansea
Bournemouth v Watford
C Palace v Everton
Middlesbrough v West Ham
Stoke v Man Utd
West Brom v Sunderland
Man City v Tottenham
Southampton v Leicester
Arsenal v Burnley
Chelsea v Hull
Good Luck All :)
Friday 13 January 2017
Payet
One good season and a good Euro's for France and suddenly he's too good for us, so he's refused to play anymore.
The problem with modern footballers, their only loyalty is to their bank balance.
So he joins the ever growing list of football Judas's off for a bigger pay packet somewhere else.
Hopefully after 6 months of sitting on his arse collecting his £120k a week we can at least get back what we paid for him?
Thursday 12 January 2017
Premier Predictions (Week 21)
Back to the Premier league after last weeks Cup damp squib.
8 Games Saturday and 2 more on Sunday.
Could be a good week with the two Manc v Scouse matches on Sunday, and a possibility of some upsets in the Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea games.
Oh and Big Fat Sam should get a warm reception at the Stratford Bowl :)
Tottenham v West Brom
Burnley v Southampton
Hull v Bournemouth
Sunderland v Stoke
Swansea v Arsenal
Watford v Middlesbrough
West Ham v C Palace
Leicester v Chelsea
Everton v Man City
Man Utd v Liverpool
Good Luck All (especially Me, Paulo or Longy) hehe :)
8 Games Saturday and 2 more on Sunday.
Could be a good week with the two Manc v Scouse matches on Sunday, and a possibility of some upsets in the Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea games.
Oh and Big Fat Sam should get a warm reception at the Stratford Bowl :)
Tottenham v West Brom
Burnley v Southampton
Hull v Bournemouth
Sunderland v Stoke
Swansea v Arsenal
Watford v Middlesbrough
West Ham v C Palace
Leicester v Chelsea
Everton v Man City
Man Utd v Liverpool
Good Luck All (especially Me, Paulo or Longy) hehe :)
François Van der Elst RIP
Francois Van Der Elst suffered a heart attack on New Year's day and did not recover.
I first remember him scoring twice in the 1976 Cup Winners Cup Final for Anderlecht against West Ham, but he redeemed himself nicely by signing for us in 1981 and played really well every time I saw him live, although I remember thinking he was much shorter in real life than he looked on the telly (but I've said that about everyone I've met) :)
RIP Francois.
Monday 2 January 2017
F.A Cup Predictions 2017
Ran this last season and got 5 regular players, totally separate from the Premier League competition.
Last season 2015-16 saw a win for Biopunk with 61 points from the 63 games.
All welcome to join :)
Rules - 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result.
Scores after 90 minutes only (not including extra time and penalties) to avoid complaints.
Not going to include replays only first matches -
Round 3 x 32 games, Round 4 x 16 games, Round 5 x 8 games etc. So a total of 63 games
Winner will be whoever scores the most at the end .. simple :)
First Set - (Copy and Paste)
Good Luck All :)
Last season 2015-16 saw a win for Biopunk with 61 points from the 63 games.
All welcome to join :)
Rules - 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result.
Scores after 90 minutes only (not including extra time and penalties) to avoid complaints.
Not going to include replays only first matches -
Round 3 x 32 games, Round 4 x 16 games, Round 5 x 8 games etc. So a total of 63 games
Winner will be whoever scores the most at the end .. simple :)
First Set - (Copy and Paste)
| West Ham v Man City | |||||
| Man United v Reading | |||||
| Accrington Stanley v Luton | |||||
| Barrow v Rochdale | |||||
| Birmingham v Newcastle | |||||
| Blackpool v Barnsley | |||||
| Bolton v C Palace | |||||
| Brentford v Eastleigh | |||||
| Brighton v MK Dons | |||||
| Bristol C v Fleetwood | |||||
| Everton v Leicester | |||||
| Huddersfield v Port Vale | |||||
| Hull v Swansea | |||||
| Ipswich v Lincoln | |||||
| Millwall v Bournemouth | |||||
| Norwich v Southampton | |||||
| QPR v Blackburn | |||||
| Rotherham v Oxford U | |||||
| Stoke v Wolves | |||||
| Sunderland v Burnley | |||||
| Sutton U v AFC Wimbledon | |||||
| Watford v Burton | |||||
| West Brom v Derby | |||||
| Wigan v Nottm For | |||||
| Wycombe v Stourbridge | |||||
| Preston v Arsenal | |||||
| Cardiff v Fulham | |||||
| Liverpool v Plymouth | |||||
| Chelsea v Peterborough | |||||
| Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wed | |||||
| Tottenham v Aston Villa | |||||
| Cambridge U v Leeds |
Good Luck All :)
Africa Cup of Nations 2017
Group Stages - 14th January to 25th January
Quarter Finals - 28th January to 29th January
Semi Finals - 1st February to 2nd February
Final - 5th February
Being held in Gabon which is on the West coast of Africa.
For those of us interested in the Premier league players who will be missing games here is a list of those called up so far (not confirmed).
Algeria - Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Islam Slimani (Leicester), Adlene Guedioura (Watford)
Congo DR - Dieumerci Mbokani (Hull)
Egypt - Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke)
Gabon - Didier N'Dong (Sunderland)
Ghana - Daniel Amartey (Leicester), Andre Ayew (West Ham)
Ivory Coast - Eric Bailly (Man Utd), Lamine Kone (Sunderland), Max Gradel (Bournemouth), Wilfried Bony (Stoke), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
Mali - Bakary Sako (Crystal Palace)
Morocco - Nordin Amrabat (Watford), Sofiane Boufal (Southampton)
Senegal - Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Idrissa Gueye (Everton), Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham)
Tunisia - Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland)
Burkina Faso - None
Cameroon - None
Guinea-Bissau - None
Togo - None
Uganda - None
Zimbabwe - None
Possible Bans for not playing?
Benik Afobe, Joel Matip, Brendan Galloway, Allan Nyom, Diafra Sakho
Games potentially missed -
Premier League - Week 20 to Week 24
FA Cup - Rounds 3 and 4 + Replays
League Cup - Semi Finals (Both Legs)
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