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

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 👍 😉 ⚽️

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 :)

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.

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

I'm Scared

Thought Halloween was last week

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 :)

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?