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 :)

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 :)

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.

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 :)

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 :)

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
JosΓ© 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.