Premier Predictions (Week 18-19-20-21)

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Here we go with the Mega Christmas and New Year post, 4 game weeks in one post to help anyone out that might not be clear minded enough to post after the Christmas dinner :)
Post (comment) whenever you like before the kick off's.
If by chance games get snowed off (unlikely in this country) they won't be carried over, just reposted when they actually get played.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all 😃

Anyway here we go :)
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Week 18 (Friday 21st December to Sunday 23rd December)

Starts Friday, tricky away game for Liverpool.
Solskjaer's first game in charge following the sacking of "the Miserable one" is a trip to Cardiff where he was less than successful in his first try at managing in the Premier league.

Wolves v Liverpool

Arsenal v Burnley
Bournemouth v Brighton
Chelsea v Leicester
Huddersfield v Southampton
Man City v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Fulham
West Ham v Watford
Cardiff v Man Utd

Everton v Tottenham
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Week 19 (Wednesday 26th December to Thursday 27th December)

Fulham v Wolves
Burnley v Everton
Crystal Palace v Cardiff
Leicester v Man City
Liverpool v Newcastle
Man Utd v Huddersfield
Tottenham v Bournemouth
Brighton v Arsenal
Watford v Chelsea

Southampton v West Ham
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Week 20 (Saturday 29th December to Sunday 30th December)

Brighton v Everton
Fulham v Huddersfield
Leicester v Cardiff
Tottenham v Wolves
Watford v Newcastle
Liverpool v Arsenal

Crystal Palace v Chelsea
Burnley v West Ham
Southampton v Man City
Man Utd v Bournemouth
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Week 21 (Tuesday 1st January 2019 to Thursday 3rd January)

Final game is the big one assuming both teams keep up their current form over Christmas.

Everton v Leicester
Arsenal v Fulham
Cardiff v Tottenham

Bournemouth v Watford
Chelsea v Southampton
Huddersfield v Burnley
West Ham v Brighton
Wolves v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Man Utd

Man City v Liverpool
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A special NBTF F.A Cup Edition will appear sometime in the first week of January)

Good Luck All, and once again Merry Christmas ⚽ ⚽

Premier Predictions (Week 17)

Week 17 - 7 Games on Saturday and 3 on Sunday before the Christmas mayhem starts 🎅 🎄

Man City will be hoping their neighbours United do them a favour, as Liverpool have only managed one win in the last 10 meetings between the two?

Man City v Everton
Crystal Palace v Leicester
Huddersfield v Newcastle
Tottenham v Burnley
Watford v Cardiff
Wolves v Bournemouth
Fulham v West Ham

Brighton v Chelsea
Southampton v Arsenal
Liverpool v Man Utd

Good Luck All 🙂

Premier Predictions (Week 16)

No time for a break with 7 sets of fixtures this month.
8 Games on Saturday and one each on Sunday and Monday.
Chelsea v Man City could be a great game?

Bournemouth v Liverpool
Arsenal v Huddersfield
Burnley v Brighton
Cardiff v Southampton
Man Utd v Fulham
West Ham v Crystal Palace
Chelsea v Man City
Leicester v Tottenham
Newcastle v Wolves
Everton v Watford

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 14 + 15)

The first double week of the season.

Week 14 starts on Friday night, with 6 games on Saturday and 3 local derbies on Sunday.

Cardiff v Wolves
Crystal Palace v Burnley
Huddersfield v Brighton
Leicester v Watford
Man City v Bournemouth
Newcastle v West Ham
Southampton v Man Utd

Chelsea v Fulham
Arsenal v Tottenham
Liverpool v Everton

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Week 15 has 4 games on Tuesday and 6 on Wednesday.

Bournemouth v Huddersfield
Brighton v Crystal Palace
West Ham v Cardiff
Watford v Man City

Burnley v Liverpool
Everton v Newcastle
Fulham v Leicester
Wolves v Chelsea
Man Utd v Arsenal
Tottenham v Southampton

Predictions before kick off's and Good Luck To All 😁

Premier Predictions (Week 13)

Back again 😎
7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday.
The 3 unbeaten teams all have tricky away games, although I'm probably dreaming if I think we will get anything from Man City, but Tottenham could give Chelsea problems.
Fulham v Southampton is the big relegation game and welcome back to the Tinkerman 😀

Brighton v Leicester
Everton v Cardiff
Fulham v Southampton
Man Utd v Crystal Palace
Watford v Liverpool
West Ham v Man City
Tottenham v Chelsea
Bournemouth v Arsenal
Wolves v Huddersfield
Burnley v Newcastle


Good Luck All :)

England

England into the Nations Cup Semi Final's 😃
Brilliant result but didn't look likely until a great double substitution near the end bringing on Lingard and Sancho.
Bright start but we couldn't take the chances, and almost inevitable that Croatia would snatch the lead.
Dier and Walker still looking like liabilities and not really sure how Delph gets in the team?
Lingard didn't do much, just scored and cleared one off the line 😉
Sancho doesn't seem phased with anything at the moment and stepped right in and caused Croatia more problems at a time we were struggling.
Nice goal and a assist from Kane who didn't have the best of games but came alive at the vital moments.
At the end it's the result that matters and I'll take this 😀

Not So Pointless

Well I was wrong 😀
After a dodgy start in the Nations League, we suddenly have a chance of winning the group and going to a Semi Final against Portugal and France/Holland and Belgium/Switzerland in Portugal next year.
Thanks to Croatia's last minute winner against Spain we now have the chance to either win, stay or get relegated from the top league in Europe.
Hopefully we can avenge the World Cup defeat and grab a bit of glory?

Watched the USA friendly and thought we looked really good, even if it was against pretty poor opposition.
I think Rooney did very well when he came on and think it's a shame he wasted the last 2 years under Mourinho and Allardyce as he could of still have been a viable candidate for a place.
From what I've seen he's been playing really well for DC in the States.

So fingers crossed for this afternoon, it doesn't look like it's on the box but should be available on the net somewhere.

Premier Predictions (Week 12)

Week 12, the last week before yet another International break.
England have to play Rooney's America and Croatia in the pointless cup.
In the Premier league it's 6 games on Saturday and 4 on Remembrance Sunday.
Big game is the Manc derby where City would love to keep up their 6 goals a game record, but will pray they don't lose at home as they did last season.
The other games all look straightforward but surprises happen every week 😃

Cardiff v Brighton
Huddersfield v West Ham
Leicester v Burnley
Newcastle v Bournemouth
Southampton v Watford
Crystal Palace v Tottenham

Liverpool v Fulham
Chelsea v Everton
Arsenal v Wolves
Man City v Man Utd

Good Luck All 😊
The season will finally get going after the break, with no more Internationals until March 👏

Premier Predictions (Week 11)

7 Games on Saturday from 12:30 till 19:45, 2 games on Sunday and the relegation battle at Huddersfield on Monday.
Arsenal v Liverpool probably the big game of the weekend, although the rest all have interesting sub plots.
The Hammers v Burnley brings up bad memories of last season especially after the latest pitch incident :(

Bournemouth v Man Utd
Cardiff v Leicester
Everton v Brighton
Newcastle v Watford
West Ham v Burnley
Arsenal v Liverpool
Wolves v Tottenham

Man City v Southampton
Chelsea v Crystal Palace

Huddersfield v Fulham

Good Luck All :)

Sad

Really sad news that the helicopter carrying the Leicester owner crashed last night 😢
Unlike a lot of football chairman he seems to have been a really popular figure supporting local charities and hospitals as well as the team, and certainly brought them success since taking over in 2010.
I'm not sure of the full story at this time, but like any family members and Leicester supporters I'm deeply saddened about this tragedy 😢

Premier Predictions (Week 10)

Week 10, into the second quarter of the season already.
6 Games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday and one on Monday.
Top game should be Tottenham v league leaders Man City who were pretty awesome in midweek.

Brighton v Wolves
Fulham v Bournemouth
Liverpool v Cardiff
Southampton v Newcastle
Watford v Huddersfield
Leicester v West Ham
Burnley v Chelsea
Crystal Palace v Arsenal
Man Utd v Everton
Tottenham v Man City

Took me 12 games to get a win last season, getting close again :(

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 09)

Back for another 4 weeks of Premier action before the next International break.
8 Games on Saturday and one each on Sunday and Monday.
West Ham v Tottenham should be good, and Mourinho back at Stamford bridge is always a good story :)

Chelsea v Man Utd
Bournemouth v Southampton
Cardiff v Fulham
Man City v Burnley
Newcastle v Brighton
West Ham v Tottenham
Wolves v Watford
Huddersfield v Liverpool
Everton v Crystal Palace
Arsenal v Leicester

Good Luck All :)

Here's the all singing and dancing full predictions table so far :)

Premier Predictions (Week 08)

After the Lord Mayor's show?
Back early this week with a Friday night game.
6 games on Saturday, 3 more on Sunday then it's another international week :(
Liverpool v Man City is the big game of the week on Sunday.

Brighton v West Ham
Burnley v Huddersfield
Crystal Palace v Wolves
Leicester v Everton
Tottenham v Cardiff
Watford v Bournemouth
Man Utd v Newcastle
Fulham v Arsenal
Southampton v Chelsea
Liverpool v Man City

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 07)

Can anyone stop the Paulo runaway train :)
8 (that's a great number) games on Saturday and one each on Sunday and Monday.
Chelsea v Liverpool is the game of the weekend, and hopefully West Ham v Man U will be a cracker as well.

West Ham v Man Utd
Arsenal v Watford
Everton v Fulham
Huddersfield v Tottenham
Man City v Brighton
Newcastle v Leicester
Wolves v Southampton
Chelsea v Liverpool
Cardiff  v Burnley
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace

Good Luck All :)

United

No wonder Man Utd lost, they always say Mourinho doesn't trust young players :)

Thanks BBC Sport for that :)

Premier Predictions (Week 06)

This week there are 8 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
Chelsea and Liverpool still haven't dropped a point, although Chelsea should drop 3 on Sunday :)

Fulham v Watford
Burnley v Bournemouth
Cardiff v Man City
Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Leicester v Huddersfield
Liverpool v Southampton
Man Utd v Wolves
Brighton v Tottenham
West Ham v Chelsea
Arsenal v Everton

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 05)

Back again, the International break was as dull as a dull thing :)
Should have been the first game at the new White Hart Lane but their cowboy builders still haven't finished, so another Wembley appearance for Liverpool.
Chelsea have the best chance of continuing the 100% records, Watford have Man U and West Ham go to Everton :(
7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and a South coast clash on Monday.

Tottenham v Liverpool
Bournemouth v Leicester
Chelsea v Cardiff
Huddersfield v Crystal Palace
Man City v Fulham
Newcastle v Arsenal
Watford v Man Utd
Wolves v Burnley
Everton v West Ham
Southampton v Brighton

Good Luck All :)

Summer Transfers 2018

A little bit of an addiction for me, grabbing all the info on where the Premier league cash was splashed during the summer break.
A bit weird this year with the Premier league transfer window shutting before the season started, but players still being allowed to move to Foreign and non Prem teams until Friday.

So here we go info based on the best sources I could find (no sensationalist newspaper figures), includes squad and youth players .
Several Undisclosed figures (mainly for youth players) which I've counted as free transfers.
Spending is down this year, although still over a Billion pounds changed hands.

The Chart:

Total Spend - £1,296,060,000
Most Players In - Brighton 17, Wolves 15, Fulham 12
Most Players Out - Chelsea 50, Man City 45, Wolves 41
Most Money Paid - Liverpool £179.03m, Chelsea £123.3m, Leicester £98.87m
Most Money Received - Leicester £77.22m, Chelsea £54.17m, Watford £50.22m
Largest Profit - Watford £24.77m, Newcastle £11.12m, Tottenham £2.48m
Largest Defecit - Liverpool -£163.46m, Fulham -£94.05m, West Ham -£81.92m

Largest Fees Paid

Kepa Arrizabalaga [Athletic Bilbao - Chelsea] £72m
Alisson [Roma - Liverpool] £66.8m
Riyad Mahrez [Leicester - Manchester City] £61.02m
Naby Keita [RB Leipzig - Liverpool] £54m
Fred [Shakhtar Donetsk - Man Utd] £53.1m
Jorginho [Napoli - Chelsea] £51.3m
Fabinho [Monaco - Liverpool] £45m
Richarlison [Watford - Everton] £40.5m
Felipe Anderson [Lazio - West Ham] £34.2m
Thibaut Courtois [Chelsea - Real Madrid] £31.5m *OUT*
Yerry Mina [Barcelona - Everton] £27.23m
Jean Michael Seri [Nice - Fulham] £27m
Lucas Torreira [Sampadoria - Arsenal] £27m
Jefferson Lerma [Levante - Bournemouth] £25.2m
Bernd Leno [B Leverkusen - Arsenal] £22.5m
Issa Diop [Toulouse - West Ham] £22.5m
James Maddison [Norwich - Leicester] £22.5m
Jannik Vestergaard [B Monchengladbach - Southampton] £22.5m
Andre Zambo Anguissa [Marseille - Fulham] £22.37m
Diogo Dalot [Porto - Man Utd] £19.8m
Caglar Soyuncu [Freiburg - Leicester] £19m
Lucas Digne [Barcelona - Everton] £18.18m
Aleksandar Mitrovic [Newcastle - Fulham] £18.18m
Terence Kongolo [Monaco - Huddersfield] £18m
Ricardo Pereira [FC Porto - Leicester] £18m

Premier Predictions (Week 04)

Week 4, last games before the first International break of the season.
2 of the 4 teams on 3 wins play each other Watford v Tottenham.
West ham really need 3 points this week as the following six games are all tough :(
7 Games on Saturday and 3 on Sunday.

Leicester v Liverpool
Brighton v Fulham
Chelsea v Bournemouth
Crystal Palace v Southampton
Everton v Huddersfield
West Ham v Wolves
Man City v Newcastle
Cardiff v Arsenal
Burnley v Man Utd
Watford v Tottenham

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 03)

Week 3, can anyone stop Gibbo?
Games being played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday this week.
Big relegation six pointer at the Emirates, and Man U v Tottenham on Monday look like the big games.
Hopefully Longy will put in an appearance after playing for the last 8 years?

Wolves v Man City
Arsenal v West Ham
Bournemouth v Everton
Huddersfield v Cardiff
Southampton v Leicester
Liverpool v Brighton
Watford v Crystal Palace
Fulham v Burnley
Newcastle v Chelsea
Man Utd v Tottenham

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 02)

Week 2 already, games being played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
The pressure could be on the new Arsenal manager already if they lose to Chelsea, and hopefully the Hammers can calm the nerves at home to Bournemouth.

Cardiff v Newcastle
Everton v Southampton
Leicester v Wolves
Tottenham v Fulham
West Ham v Bournemouth
Chelsea v Arsenal
Burnley v Watford
Man City v Huddersfield
Brighton v Man Utd
Crystal Palace v Liverpool

Will do my yearly transfer round-up once all the Premier league teams have shifted their dead wood out to Europe before the end of the month.

Anyway Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 01)

It's that time again 😁
Premier Predictions 2018-19 is up and running.
Premier league is back on Friday (why Friday? 💩), so only about 75 hours to go.

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 :)

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.

Anyway, here's the first fixtures of the new season.
Games being played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10th to 12th August.

Man Utd v Leicester
Newcastle v Tottenham
Bournemouth v Cardiff
Fulham v Crystal Palace
Huddersfield v Chelsea
Watford v Brighton
Wolves v Everton
Liverpool v West Ham
Southampton v Burnley
Arsenal v Man City

All welcome, good luck all 😎

Fantasy Football 18 19

That time again, please join my fantasy football leagues.
All welcome.

England Ratings

My opinion of England's World Cup run.

Goalkeepers:
Jordan Pickford 8/10 Maybe not the greatest goalkeeper but performed really well on the big stage, certainly more confident with the ball at his feet than the others.
Jack Butland 0 Did not play,  
Nick Pope 0 Did not play

Defenders:
Kyle Walker 7/10 Got the pace to cover which has been lacking in England squads of the past, but still lacks composure under pressure. Could have been better.
Kieran Trippier 8/10 Hardly put a foot wrong in defence and was our best set piece taker and crosser.
Harry Maguire 7/10 Stepped up to the mark and doesn't lack confidence, needs to improve his passing and have a little bit more confidence when he takes the ball upfield.
John Stones 7/10 Apart from the error against Croatia he has been excellent, should be nailed down as a starter for many years.
Ashley Young 6/10 Did a job, the fact he doesn't like crossing with his left foot is the biggest downside to his game.
Danny Rose 5/10 Has the pace and talent to replace Ashley Young but still makes bad choices as a defender.
Eric Dier 6/10 Not really a fan but his versatility earns him a place in the squad. Looked better in the final game.
Phil Jones 3/10 No idea why he is in the squad?
Gary Cahill 6/10 Experienced and reliable.
Trent Alexander Arnold 7/10 The fact he's behind Trippier is the only reason he won't be an England regular for a while, Bags of confidence and ability.

Midfielders:
Jordan Henderson 5/10 Did a steady job but the Croatia game showed he doesn't have the ability to create chances where he just played a stream of long passes without picking out a player.
Dele Alli 6/10 Not at his best, didn't get forward enough. Most Tottenham fans will tell you he gives the ball away too easily but makes up for it with his ability to get in the box at the right time.
Jesse Lingard 7/10 Tried hard but things didn't really come off for him this time.
Fabian Delph 6/10 Has been used as a wing back by Man City but his cameo appearances at this tournament have been in midfield where he is very average. Played the wing back roll in the 2nd half against Belgium and should have moved in front of Young and Rose.
Ruben Loftus Cheek 6/10 Has potential but needs to work harder.

Forwards:
Harry Kane 7/10 Looked good in the early games but looks to be carrying an injury, hasn't been the same since the Colombia game where he appeared to be struggling.
Raheem Sterling 6/10 Does not deserve the criticism he receives, always a willing runner but confidence seems shot when he gets near the goal. Poor last game.
Jamie Vardy 5/10 England don't play to his strengths and struggled to make an impact.
Marcus Rashford 6/10 Will get better, has the pace and skill to be a big player in the future. Hopefully he will get more game time for Man Utd this season.
Danny Welbeck 2/10 Too many injuries and a lack of game time have blunted his instincts, might come back better if he can get regular football.

Gareth Southgate 7/10 Great to have an England boss who seems to care for a change, he got them all playing as a team and motivated them at the right times, showed some inexperiece with his substitutions in the Croatia game where it was obvious Kane was struggling and Rashford instead came on for Sterling who was still fun of running, also Trippier was left on despite being injured for the whole of extra time and Walker replaced instead?
The one big criticism you can level at Southgate is the original selection, Jack Wilshere and Jonjo Shelvey are both the type of creative midfielders we were missing throughout the tournament and especially against Croatia.
Why he couldn't find room for them in the squad is a mystery when he chose players like Phil Jones, Fabian Delph, Danny Welbeck and Ruben Loftus Cheek who weren't trusted to come on and make a difference.

World Cup 2018 Predictions (Part 6)

Only a week to go and the World Cup is over ... boo hoo!!
I like many others thought a World Cup in Russia could be a disaster with predictions of Russian hooligans, heavy handed police, racist chanting, VAR etc?
But from what I've seen it has been brilliant so far and not just because England have performed, the VAR has mostly been done really well, weeding out the cheating b'stards and letting teams get on with playing football.

Final Rounds of Predictions (please fill in teams for final and 3rd place)
(90 Minute rule again - extra time and penalties don't count)

Semi Finals
Belgium v France
Croatia v England

3rd Place
Belgium v England

Final
France v Croatia

Thought I was running away with this, but Paulo has put the pressure on ...
60 Games - Lee 43, Paulo 40, Paul 31, (Lawro 42)

Good Luck All :)

World Cup 2018 Predictions (Part 5)

Starting to get our hopes up, I think every English footy fan wants us to win the World Cup but after all these years of disappointment we've kept it in check :)
Injuries permitting we should be able to compete against Sweden, Croatia or Russia, but then the big 4 in the other half of the draw come into play.
Of course our history suggests we'll get a dodgy red card or one of our top players inured before then so don't count any chickens :)

8 Games left and it's Quarter Final time, games on Friday and Saturday.
90 minute rule applies for predictions.

France v Uraguay
Brazil v Belgium
Sweden v England
Russia v Croatia

Good luck All, and England :)

World Cup 2018 Predictions (Part 4)

Last 16 time, 2 games a day from Saturday till next Tuesday.

France v Argentina
Uruguay v Portugal
Spain v Russia
Croatia v Denmark
Brazil v Mexico
Belgium v Japan
Sweden v Switzerland
Colombia v England

Rules for the knockout stages:
Prediction result will be the score at the end of normal time (90 minutes + injury time).
Extra time and Penalties will not count.

World Cup Last 16

France - 2 wins 1 draw, quality team who have yet to really get going.
Argentina - 1 win 1 draw, lucky to scrape through but they have Messi.
Uraguay - 3 wins, great defence and Suarez, one to avoid.
Portugal - 1 win 2 draws, they've got Ronaldo so will always have a chance.
Spain - 1 win 2 draws, not at their best but will still be hard to beat.
Russia - 2 wins, badly beaten by Uruguay, home crowd won't be enough.
Croatia - 3 wins, looking very good so far just lacking a top quality striker.
Denmark - 1 win 2 draws, looking like one of the weakest teams through.
Brazil - 2 wins 1 draw, not the best team but have some top quality individuals who can win a game on their own.
Mexico - 2 wins, looked great in the first 2 games but thrashed by Sweden.
Belgium - 3 wins, top squad if they all perform but always get the feeling they will bottle it?
Japan - 1 win 1 draw, helped by playing 87 minutes against Colombia against 10 men, lucky to get through
Sweden - 2 wins, unlucky to lose to Germany but were very good against Mexico.
Switzerland - 1 win 2 draws, not impressed with the Swiss but keep getting results, although thanks to dodgy V.A.R in the Serbia game.
Colombia - 2 wins, unlucky against Japan but have been good in the last 2, will be hard to beat.
England - 2 wins, hopefully Harry Kane won't get injured.

World Cup 2018 Predictions (Part 3)

Part 3 - The final group games being played from Monday to Thursday.
At the moment (Sunday morning) only 4 teams are definitely through - Croatia, France, Russia and Uruguay.
6 teams are already knocked out - Costa Rica, Egypt, Morocco, Peru, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

Saudi Arabia v Egypt
Uraguay v Russia
Iran v Portugal
Spain v Morocco
Australia v Peru
Denmark v France
Iceland v Croatia
Nigeria v Argentina
Mexico v Sweden
South Korea v Germany
Serbia v Brazil
Switzerland v Costa Rica
Japan v Poland
Senegal v Colombia
England v Belgium
Panama v Tunisia

Last 16 games to come on Thursday or Friday.

World Cup 2018 Predictions (Part 2)

The 2nd Round of group game start on Tuesday through to Sunday.
A few of the big names need a win, Argentina and Germany have a couple of tough games.

Russia v Egypt
Portugal v Morocco
Uraguay v Saudi Arabia
Iran v Spain
Denmark v Australia
France v Peru
Argentina v Croatia
Brazil v Costa Rica
Nigeria v Iceland
Serbia v Switzerland
Belgium v Tunisia
South Korea v Mexico
Germany v Sweden
England v Panama
Japan v Senegal
Poland v Colombia

Good Luck All :)

World Cup 2018 Predictions (Part 1)

The World Cup is here again, so here is the World Cup predictions competition.

Usual predictions rules - 3 Points for a correct score, 1 Point for a correct result.
Overall winner will be decided on the total points at the end of the competition (64 Games).

Extra rules for the knockout stages:
To stop all confusion and arguments the prediction will be the score at the end of normal time (90 minutes + injury time).
Extra time and Penalties will not count.
So if a game finishes 0-0 and goes into extra time and one team has 3 players sent off and lose 7-0 it will count as a 0-0 draw, Hopefully that makes sense :)

All welcome to join in, plenty of time to catch up if you miss a few games.

Here's a list of the first round of games in the 2018 tournament.
Will post the rest in stages a few days before they are played.

These games are being played between Thursday 14th June to Tuesday 19th June

Russia v Saudi Arabia
Egypt v Uraguay
Morocco v Iran
Portugal v Spain
France v Australia
Argentina v Iceland
Peru v Denmark
Croatia v Nigeria
Costa Rica v Serbia
Germany v Mexico
Brazil v Switzerland
Sweden v South Korea
Belgium v Panama
Tunisia v England
Poland v Senegal
Colombia v Japan

Good Luck All :)

Fantasy Football

To complete the info from the 2017/18 season here was the final table from the Telegraph Fantasy Football version of the NBTF League.

Congratulations to Richard with his team RR5 who led from the start and held on to win this, and finish in the Top 100 :)
I had a very poor year with none of my teams even making the Top 1000, after 2 years of having multiple teams near the top :(
Thanks to all the others who played - 88 teams from 24 different players (Alexandre, Allan, Billy, Colin, Darren, David, Jake, James, John, Lance, Leslie, Matt, Michael, Mike, Nicola, Paul F, Paul M, Richard, Rob, Ryan, Simon, Sue, Terry and Me)

Here is the medal won by Richard.

He kindly said I could keep it, as I had not claimed the one I won in his league last season .. thanks Rick :)

Depending on the prices I might go big next season?
I did have 17 teams this season but usually go with about 30.
In previous seasons there was usually a good offer near to the season start, but last year it was expensive even though the prizes seem to get less every year? (maybe they are trying to kill this off?)

Winners And Losers

Champions, Promoted, Relegated and Cup Winners from the 2017/18 Season.

Premier League
Winners - Man City
Champions League Qualifiers - Man Utd, Tottenham, Liverpool
Europa League Qualifiers - Chelsea, Arsenal, Burnley
Relegated - Swansea, Stoke, West Brom

Championship
Winners - Wolves
Promoted - Cardiff, Fulham
Relegated - Barnsley, Burton, Sunderland

League One
Winners - Wigan
Promoted - Blackburn, Rotherham
Relegated - Oldham, Northampton, MK Dons, Bury

League Two
Winners - Accrington Stanley
Promoted - Luton, Wycombe, Coventry
Relegated - Barnet, Chesterfield

National League
Winners - Macclesfield
Promoted - Tranmere
Relegated - Woking, Torquay, Chester, Guiseley
Promoted to National League - Salford, Harrogate, Havant & Waterlooville, Braintree

F.A Cup Winners - Chelsea
League Cup Winners - Man City
Charity Shield - Arsenal
EFL Trophy Winners - Lincoln
F.A Trophy Winners - Brackley Town
F.A Vase Winners - Thatcham Town

Champions League Winners - Real Madrid
Europa Cup Winners - Athletico Madrid
UEFA Super Cup Winners - Real Madrid
World Club Cup Winners - Real Madrid

The Big Match(es)

The Big One: Fulham 1 Aston Villa 0
Congratulations to Fulham getting back into the Premier league after 4 years away.
Villa used to be one of my favourite teams, but I can't cheer for any team managed by Steve Bruce so was hoping Fulham took their deserved 3rd place.
Nervous end after the sending off but held on.
Shahid Khan is going to have to put his hand in his pocket to buy some players as Fulham had 6 loanees in their squad today, but he has big pockets as he plans to buy Wembley Stadium for about a Billion.

Euro League Final: Real Madrid 3 Liverpool 1
Great start from Liverpool who looked the most likely to score, until Ramos did a job on Salah forcing him off with a dislocated shoulder after dragging him to the floor with Salah's arm locked.
The first goal was a complete fluke, clever by Benzema but disastrous by Karius.
Liverpool equalised with a terrific Mane goal from Lovren's towering header, but then Gareth Bale came on for Isco and a couple of minutes later scored one of the best goals you'll ever see.
Then Bale hit a shot from about 30 yards straight at Karius who fluffed it into the net.
Real probably deserved the win but it might have been different if Salah hadn't been injured, or maybe if Simon Mignolet had played?

I reckon Joe Hart should get himself to Anfield, Karius made even calamity Joe look good :)

England Songs

Every four years (if we qualify) we get a ton of dodgy World Cup records, now and again there might be a decent one? Heard a few and they aren't the best :(
This one is the best so far, it's actually a Charity record to build a school in Nepal which explains the video.

New Manager

They have announced today that Manuel Pellegrini will be the new West Ham boss.

Can't deny he is experienced and a winner, so seems a bit of a coup to get him here especially as I've read he took a big pay cut from his last job in China.
Hopefully he feels he has something to prove?

Got to wish him well having to deal with Sullivan and Old Lady Brady who keep sticking their nose in when it's not needed.
He's going to have to work on a much tighter budget than his last English job, but the records say he has achieved that in the past.
Wasn't someone I was considering, I thought we would waste most of the summer trying to get the Fat Spanish waiter, who would then turn us down just before next season started leaving us to make a panic appointment at the death.
So he has 3 months to try and recruit quality bargain buys and get rid of the chaff.
Worrying that he liked Joe Hart during his time at City, but hopefully we won't go back there.

Good Luck Manuel ... you'll need it :)

Footy News

Sadly former England full back Ray Wilson died at the age of 1983.
A member of the 1966 England World Cup team, R.I.P :(

Also former West Ham youth and Aston Villa player Jlloyd Samuel died in a car accident at just 37 years of age, R.I.P :(

The managerial casualties are stacking up.
David Moyes - West Ham (Contract not renewed)
Sam Allardyce - Everton (Sacked)
Carlos Carvalhal - Swansea (Contract not renewed)
Paul Lambert - Stoke (Left Club)
Arsene Wenger - Arsenal (Left Club)
 + Any of the following could be going as well for various reasons? Antonio Conte (Chelsea),  Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham), Claude Puel (Leicester), Rafael Benitez (Newcastle), Javi Gracia (Watford).

F.A Cup Predictions

Chelsea win the Cup, decent game with Hazard starring.
Man Utd probably had more of the game but apart from Pogba's miss they never really looked loke scoring.
England Watch: Just 6 English players on view (5 in the England squad), Rasford, Jones and Lingard had games to forget, Young defended well but can't cross the ball, and only Cahill comes out with any credit.

Anyway Congratulations to Longy for winning the 63 game prediction competition :)

Final Table

So here is a virtual Cup for Longy :)

England World Cup Squad

Checked through all the "expert" pages about likely players to make the England World Cup Squad, and came up with this list of names.
We really shouldn't get our hopes up about making the next round as it doesn't look that good whoever goes.

Goalkeepers:
Jordan Pickford, Jack Butland, Joe Hart, Alex McCarthy, Tom Heaton, Angus Gunn, Fraser Forster, Nick Pope, Ben Foster (Retired)

Foster and Pope are the only ones in form, but I can't see either making the squad?

Defenders:
Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier, Ryan Bertrand, Danny Rose, Eric Dier, John Stones, Phil Jones, Harry Maguire, Aaron Cresswell, Alfie Mawson, Ben Gibson, Chris Smalling, James Tarkowski, Luke Shaw, Michael Keane, Leighton Baines, Gary Cahill, Nathaniel Clyne, Joe Gomez (Injured), Kieran Gibbs, Phil Jagielka, Callum Chambers, Ben Mee (Injured), Ryan Sessegnon, Lewis Dunk, Trent Alexander Arnold, Jamaal Lascelles, Ben Chilwell

Hard to pick any that have had a really great season, maybe Walker, Maguire and Alexander Arnold. The rest have had injuries and been off form or are just too inexperienced.

Midfielders:
Jordan Henderson, Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain (Injured), Dele Alli, Raheem Sterling, Jesse Lingard, Fabian Delph, Ashley Young, Adam Lallana, Andros Townsend, Danny Drinkwater, Harry Winks (Injured), Jack Cork, Jake Livermore, James Ward Prowse, Theo Walcott, Lewis Cook, Michail Antonio (Injured), Nathan Redmond, Ross Barkley, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Nathaniel Chalobah (Injured), James Milner (Retired), Tom Cleverley, Jonjo Shelvey, Wilfred Zaha (Plays For Ivory Coast), Phil Foden, Jadon Sancho

Raheem Sterling is having a great season, Dele Alli is getting back to form, Lingard, Shelvey and Young have been playing well. The rest have been in and out.

Forwards:
Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy, Marcus Rashford, Danny Welbeck, Daniel Sturridge, Dominic Solanke, Jermain Defoe, Tammy Abraham, Wayne Rooney, Charlie Austin, Peter Crouch, Glenn Murray, Andy Carroll, Dominic Calvert Lewin, Rhian Brewster

Kane not quite back to form, Vardy looks good, Rashford deserves a squad place but then we are struggling.

Squad of 35 to be announced tomorrow.

Prediction Facts 2017-18

2017/2018 Predictions League - All The Facts and Figures.

Most Wins: Paul 10, Lee 8, Paulo 7
Most Predictions: Lee & Paulo 386, Paul & Lawro & Lawro's Guest 384
Most Correct Scores (3 Pointers): Lawro 51, Paulo 43, Paul 37
Most Correct Results (3+1 Pointers): Lee & Lawro 196, Paul & Paulo 190
Most Points: Lawro 298, Paulo 276, Lee 268
Highest Week Score: Paulo 16, Paulo (Twice) & Lee 14
Lowest Score In A Full Week: Longy 1, Biopunk 2 (3 Times), Lawro's Guest 2 (Twice), Lee & Longy & Paul 2 (Once Each)
Best Points Per Game: Lawro's Extra Guest 0.82, Lawro 0.776, Paulo 0.715
Most Predictions Of 0 to 3 Goals: Lawro 379, Paul 358, Lee 334
Most Predictions Of 4 Or More Goals: Lawro's Guest 97, Biopunk 76, Paulo 57
Most Predictions Of A Single Score: Lawro (2-0) 181, Paul (2-0) 116, Biopunk (2-1) 114
Most Predicted Scores: (2-0) 766, (2-1) 578, (1-0) 498
Highest Scoring Correct Prediction: Paulo (5-0), Loads of 4 Goal Correct Scores.

Did I forget Anything?

Final Premier League Prediction Table

The Table If The Guests (Lawro, Lawro's Guests, The Model) Were Included?

Congratulations to Paul, Here is Your Virtual Trophy :)

Fantasy Football

The final table for the "Nothing Better Than Football" FPL League is as follows.

At least I won something :)
Managed 5 wins this season with this one, Rick's Footy Challenge, The Last Leg and 2 of the 3 open Classic leagues I entered (lost the other by 3 points) :(

Keep trying to get more people to enter but only 6 this season.

Telegraph Fantasy Football has another week to run, so will put the final table up after the Cup Final, I think Rick has his revenge by winning that one.

Premier Predictions (Week 38)

Sadly it's the last week of the season :(
Not much left to play for, Tottenham and Liverpool are chasing 3rd, Chelsea need to win and pray Liverpool lose to grab 4th.
Swansea need to gain 10 goals on Southampton to stay up, not totally impossible as they play Stoke who are already relegated and fighting amongst themselves, while the Saints play Man City who just might give someone a real hammering? very unlikely though :)

Burnley v Bournemouth
Crystal Palace v WBA
Huddersfield v Arsenal
Liverpool v Brighton
Man Utd v Watford
Newcastle v Chelsea
Southampton v Man City
Swansea v Stoke
Tottenham v Leicester
West Ham v Everton

Just for Cup completion (not included in week score) the F.A Cup Final next week.
(90 Minute Score only)
Chelsea v Man Utd

Good Luck All :)

World Cup Predictions coming soon, or hopefully see you in August :)

Premier Predictions (Week 37)

Here we go with a "mega" week of football, sorry it's late just realised it starts on Friday night?

* Thinking out loud time*
Just watched two cracking Euro Cup games this week where defending seems to be "a dying art", should be a great final with a ton of goals (or 0-0 and pens?).
Raises the question?? "if Tottenham and Chelsea overhaul Liverpool for the top 4, and Liverpool win the "Champions" League final, and Arsenal win the Europa league, who qualifies for the Champions league next season" ???

Anyway on to this week :)
Games spread over 7 days!! - 1 Friday, 6 Saturday, 3 Sunday, 0 Monday, 1 Tuesday, 4 Wednesday, 1 Thursday.
Still loads to play for with realistically 7 teams still in danger of the drop, West Brom need a miracle, Stoke need 2 wins to have any chance, if Southampton pull off a win at Everton it's "squeaky bum time" for Swansea, Huddersfield, Brighton and sadly West Ham :(
Making next weeks Swans v Saints game a huge match.

At the top Sunday's Chelsea v Liverpool match could be vital with Chelsea still having an outside chance of making the top 4, unlikely as Liverpool play Brighton at home on the last day needing just a point .. probably.
Tottenham have it in their own hands to finish 3rd with 3 "easy" games.

 - - -
Brighton v Man Utd
- - -
Stoke v Crystal Palace
Bournemouth v Swansea
Leicester v West Ham
Watford v Newcastle
WBA v Tottenham
Everton v Southampton
- - -
Man City v Huddersfield
Arsenal v Burnley
Chelsea v Liverpool
- - -
Swansea v Southampton
- - -
Chelsea v Huddersfield
Leicester v Arsenal
Man City v Brighton
Tottenham v Newcastle
- - -
West Ham v Man Utd

As for the predictions competition, we are just going through the motions :(
Still with 16 games this week there is a chance for a record score?
Good Luck All :)

Phew!!!! :)

Premier Predictions (Week 36)

A normal week with 10 games spread over 3 days, 7 Saturday, 2 Sunday and a Monday night game.
The most important game is probably the South Coast derby, as Southampton really need to beat their neighbours and put pressure on Swansea in the late game at home to Chelsea.
Palace and Huddersfield both have winnable games meaning a Saints win and anything for Swansea puts West Ham and Brighton back in the mix?
At the top Man U should take advantage of Arsenal being in the middle of their European Semi Final tie, meaning it's just the fight for 3rd place.
Would be shocked if Liverpool or Tottenham dropped points this week, but Tottenham have the easier looking run in, so they could grab 3rd if Harry Kane manages to touch the ball (which he hasn't done much since his comeback from injury).

Liverpool v Stoke
Burnley v Brighton
Crystal Palace v Leicester
Huddersfield v Everton
Newcastle v WBA
Southampton v Bournemouth
Swansea v Chelsea

West Ham v Man City
Man Utd v Arsenal
Tottenham v Watford

Good Luck All :)

Paul has one hand on the virtual Trophy as both Me or Paulo need to win the last 3 rounds to pip him :(

Premier Predictions (Week 35 + FA Cup )

After last weeks 14 game marathon, this week is a short sprint with just 8 games.
6 Premier League games + the 2 FA Cup Semi Finals (90 Minute scores only for the Cup games).
All games count for the week, Cup games also count for the Cup competition.
Prem games are 2 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday and one on Monday.

West Brom are still alive ... just, but in reality need to win their last 4 games?
Big weekend for Stoke, Palace, Swansea and West Ham at the bottom, and Liverpool at the top.

WBA v Liverpool
Watford v Crystal Palace
Man Utd v Tottenham (FAC)

Arsenal v West Ham
Stoke v Burnley
Chelsea v Southampton (FAC)
Man City v Swansea

Everton v Newcastle

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 34)

Week 34 Extra - 10 games + 4 Re-arranged games.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday games.

Southampton v Chelsea
Burnley v Leicester
Crystal Palace v Brighton
Huddersfield v Watford
Swansea v Everton
Liverpool v Bournemouth
Tottenham v Man City
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Newcastle v Arsenal
Man Utd v WBA
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West Ham v Stoke
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Brighton v Tottenham
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Bournemouth v Man Utd
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Burnley v Chelsea
Leicester v Southampton

Good Luck All :)

Useless Facts:
Here is what the table would have been if all the "experts" results had been included.
Don't worry Paul, I'm not planning a rule change :)

Premier Predictions (Week 33)

Just 6 weeks to go :(
8 Games on Saturday and 2 games on Sunday.
The Manchester derby is the big one with City needing a win to take the title with 6 games to spare, lunchtime also sees the Mersey derby, and Sunday has West Ham going to Chelsea.
A few relegation 6 pointers thrown in making it a good week for footie.

Everton v Liverpool
Bournemouth v Crystal Palace
Brighton v Huddersfield
Leicester v Newcastle
Stoke v Tottenham
Watford v Burnley
WBA v Swansea
Man City v Man Utd

Arsenal v Southampton
Chelsea v West Ham

Good Luck All :)

For the Record (Still to come)
Week 34 - 10 Games + 4 Re-arranged matches = 14
Week 35 - 6 Games + 2 FA Cup matches = 8
Week 36 - 10 Games
Week 37 - 10 Games + 6 Re-arranged matches = 16 !!
Week 38 - 10 Games +  The FA Cup Final*
(* Not included in the week scores, but just to complete the Cup Competition)

R.I.P Ray Wilkins

Sad to hear that Ray "Butch" Wilkins passed away today after falling ill at the weekend, only 61years of age :(

Despite being an ex Chelsea player and the master of the sideways pass, I really liked him.
Loved him doing the voice over on the old Tango advert :)
and a favourite moment came in an England friendly away to Argentina in 1977 which was being shown live on TV.
The ball went out of play and an Argentinian ball boy was taking his time returning it, Wilkins went up to him smiling and said "give me the fucking ball" which was picked up by pitch side microphones, much to the annoyance of the TV commentators who spent a while apologising for any foul language we may have overheard :)

Premier Predictions (Week 32)

Just one round of games for this Easter weekend (not like the old days), 8 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
The big game this week is obviously the Hammers v Saints game, Southampton winning their first game under Hughes and West Ham will be feeling the pressure after the last home game. Hopefully the international performances of Arnautovic and Lanzini will mean at least some of them are confident?
Sunday sees the 4th place shoot out between Tottenham and Chelsea.
If the results go Man City's way this week the title could be over next week after the Manc derby?

Crystal Palace v Liverpool
Brighton v Leicester
Man Utd v Swansea
Newcastle v Huddersfield
Watford v Bournemouth
WBA v Burnley
West Ham v Southampton
Everton v Man City

Arsenal v Stoke
Chelsea v Tottenham

7 Rounds to go and Paul has a 3 game lead, Longy needs to win all 7 (needs some of that Cup form), the rest of us are also close to needing a miracle.

Good Luck All :)

Fantasy Football Update

Predictions League - All The Facts So Far

TFF - NBTF Table

FPL - NBTF Table

Premier Predictions (Week 31) + F.A Cup (Part 4)

There are just 4 Premier League games this week, so I've added the 4 F.A Cup games into the mix as well giving just 8 games to choose. (One set of predictions = 2 competitions)
Cup games will be the score at 90 minutes + injury time, so not including any extra time played (as far as I know there are no replays from the Quarter finals onwards).
6 Games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
The league games feature 3 relegation six pointers, and Liverpool hoping to go 3rd.
In the Cup Chelsea, Tottenham and Man Utd will all be hoping to go through after being knocked out of Europe already.

Swansea v Tottenham (FAC)
Bournemouth v WBA
Huddersfield v Crystal Palace
Stoke v Everton
Liverpool v Watford
Man Utd v Brighton (FAC)

Wigan v Southampton (FAC)
Leicester v Chelsea (FAC)

Good Luck All :)

Looking on the Bright Side

Noble plays "hide the flagpole" ..... that's gonna hurt :)

Joe Hart tried to catch one of the pitch invaders but he slipped through his fingers.

Premier Predictions (Week 30)

Week 30, just 9 more game weeks to go :(
The 12 team relegation battle goes on plus the challenge for 2nd place, only Arsenal and Burnley have little to fight for.
Obviously the big game is the early Saturday match between Man Utd and Liverpool, but some big games for the relegation fighters.
Poor week for the European teams except Arsenal who were excellent at Milan surprisingly.
7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and Man City play on Monday to possibly move 5 points from the title?

Man Utd v Liverpool
Everton v Brighton
Huddersfield v Swansea
Newcastle v Southampton
WBA v Leicester
West Ham v Burnley
Chelsea v Crystal Palace

Arsenal v Watford
Bournemouth v Tottenham

Stoke v Man City

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 29)

After the Week 28 horror show it's on with Week 29
7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday.
A couple of relegation 6 pointers which might shake things up a bit, looks like 35-36 points could be enough to stay up meaning there are still a dozen teams who really need the points.
Chelsea really need something from the trip to City to avoid being cut from the top 4 battle.

Burnley v Everton
Leicester v Bournemouth
Southampton v Stoke
Swansea v West Ham
Tottenham v Huddersfield
Watford v WBA
Liverpool v Newcastle

Brighton v Arsenal
Man City v Chelsea

Crystal Palace v Man Utd

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 28)

Thought about it, but decided to keep it all Premier league this week.
So the 10 games are spread over 6 days this week, 7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and the last one is the re-arranged Arsenal v City game on Thursday NOT the League (Carabao) Cup Final on Sunday.

Will post the week 29 games before the final week 28 game which may or may not be a decider? Hope that is not too confusing :)

(Saturday 24th)
Leicester v Stoke
Bournemouth v Newcastle
Brighton v Swansea
Burnley v Southampton
Liverpool v West Ham
WBA v Huddersfield
Watford v Everton

(Sunday 25th)
Crystal Palace v Tottenham
Man Utd v Chelsea

(Thursday 1st March)
Arsenal v Man City

Good Luck All :)

January Transfers

A bit late but here is the money go-round for January 2018.

Top Transfers (£10m+ Fees paid, not including future add-ons)

Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool - Barcelona) £108m *
Virgil van Dijk (Southampton - Liverpool) £70.92m
Diego Costa (Chelsea - A Madrid) £59.4m *
Aymeric Laporte (A Bilbao - Man City) £58.5m
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (B Dortmund - Arsenal) £57.38m
Lucas Moura (Paris SG - Tottenham) £25.56m
Adrien Silva (S Lisbon - Leicester) £22.05m
Andre Ayew (West Ham - Swansea) £20.52m
Theo Walcott (Arsenal - Everton) £20.25m
Cenk Tosun (Besiktas - Everton) £19.8m
Guido Carrillo (Monaco - Southampton) £19.8m
Emerson Palmieri (Roma - Chelsea) £18m
Jurgen Locadia (PSV Eindhoven - Brighton) £15.3m
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal - Chelsea) £15.3m
Ross Barkley (Everton - Chelsea) £15.21m
Badou Ndiaye (Galatasaray - Stoke) £14.4m
Francis Coquelin (Arsenal - Valencia) £12.6m *
Alex Pritchard (Norwich - Huddersfield) £11.12m

V.A.R

I think I might apply for a job with the V.A.R's line drawing team, my red line looks a bit more accurate than their yellow and blue ones :)

F.A Cup Predictions 2018 (Part 3)

Leaving this a bit late the Friday games caught me out again.
8 Cup games spread over 4 days, 2 on Friday, 4 on Saturday and one each on Sunday and Monday.
A few possible shocks?
Carlos Carvahal takes his new improved Swansea back to his old team Sheffield Wednesday.
Man City go to Wigan who knocked out Bournemouth and West Ham but got thrashed by Southend last week.
Tottenham go to the beach at Rochdale and seem to have their excuses ready in case they lose.
Huddersfield will hope to repeat their league success against Man U.

Leicester v Sheff Utd
Chelsea v Hull
Sheff Wed v Swansea
Brighton v Coventry
WBA v Southampton
Huddersfield v Man Utd
Rochdale v Tottenham
Wigan v Man City

Current Scores - Longy 34, Lee 24, Biopunk 21, Paulo 17, Paul 10

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 27)

6 Games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday and one on Monday.
The big game is the 5th place shootout between Tottenham and Arsenal, although Monday's Chelsea game is anything but predictable :)
West Ham's fans will be glad they're so far from the pitch with Evra possibly making his debut?

Tottenham v Arsenal
Everton v Crystal Palace
Stoke v Brighton
Swansea v Burnley
West Ham v Watford
Man City v Leicester
Huddersfield v Bournemouth
Newcastle v Man Utd
Southampton v Liverpool
Chelsea v WBA

Good Luck All :)

Fantasy Football Update

Predictions League - All The Facts So Far

TFF - NBTF Table

FPL - NBTF Table

Premier Predictions (Week 25 + 26)

Oops! Premier League is back tomorrow so a hasty post to cover the week before I go to work to give everyone a chance.

Week 25
(3 Games on Tuesday, 7 on Wednesday)

Swansea v Arsenal
West Ham v Crystal Palace
Huddersfield v Liverpool

Chelsea v Bournemouth
Everton v Leicester
Newcastle v Burnley
Southampton v Brighton
Man City v WBA
Stoke v Watford
Tottenham v Man Utd
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Week 26
(7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday)

Burnley v Man City
Arsenal v Everton
Bournemouth v Stoke
Brighton v West Ham
Leicester v Swansea
Man Utd v Huddersfield
WBA v Southampton

Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Liverpool v Tottenham

Watford v Chelsea

Good Luck All

F.A Cup Predictions 2018 (Part 2)

F.A Cup 4th Round Predictions
Matches start on Friday night, then 12 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.

Sheffield Wed v Reading
Yeovil v Man Utd

Peterborough v Leicester
Huddersfield v Birmingham
Hull v Nottingham F
Middlesbrough v Brighton
Millwall v Rochdale
MK Dons v Coventry
Notts County v Swansea
Sheff Utd v Preston
Southampton v Watford
Wigan v West Ham
Newport v Tottenham
Liverpool v WBA

Chelsea v Newcastle
Cardiff v Man City

Good Luck All :)

Current Scores
Longy 22, Biopunk 14, Lee 13, Paulo 11, (Lawro 20, Guest 14)

Premier Predictions (Week 24)

8 Games on Saturday, 1 on Sunday and 1 on Monday.
Possibilities of a few changes in the bottom 12, and City's chasers all have away games.

Brighton v Chelsea
Arsenal v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Man Utd
Everton v WBA
Leicester v Watford
Stoke v Huddersfield
West Ham v Bournemouth
Man City v Newcastle
Southampton v Tottenham
Swansea v Liverpool

Good Luck All :)

R.I.P Cyrile Regis

Sad to hear that former West Brom star Cyrille Regis died today at only 59 years of age :(

Remember seeing him many times during his heyday, back in the days when West Brom were one of the best teams to watch with Regis, Tony "Bomber" Brown and Laurie Cunningham all playing.
Loved that Green and Yellow kit, I remember my Sunday league team voting that the kit we wanted to wear, but the boss said we could only afford a plain blue kit :(

Anyway this is an excuse to watch again one of the greatest games in my memory, when the Baggies went to Old Trafford and smashed Man U by 5-3 which included some stunning goals, and none better than Cyrille Regis' hitting the 5th.

Premier Predictions (Week 23)

Back to the league games after a short break.
7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one on Monday.
Liverpool v Man City is the stand out game with Liverpool needing the points more.

Chelsea v Leicester
Crystal Palace v Burnley
Huddersfield v West Ham
Newcastle v Swansea
Watford v Southampton
WBA v Brighton
Tottenham v Everton
Bournemouth v Arsenal
Liverpool v Man City
Man Utd v Stoke

Good Luck All :)

F.A Cup Predictions 2018

Season no.3 of the F.A Cup predictions Competition, totally separate from the Premier League competition. 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 - Matches start Friday, through to Monday.

Liverpool v Everton
Man Utd v Derby
Fleetwood v Leicester
Middlesbrough v Sunderland
Aston Villa v Peterborough
Birmingham v Burton
Blackburn v Hull
Bolton v Huddersfield
Bournemouth v Wigan
Brentford v Notts Co
Cardiff v Mansfield
Carlisle v Sheffield Wed
Coventry v Stoke
Doncaster v Rochdale
Exeter v WBA
Fulham v Southampton
Ipswich v Sheffield Utd
Man City v Burnley
Millwall v Barnsley
Newcastle v Luton
QPR v MK Dons
Stevenage v Reading
Watford v Bristol C
Wolves v Swansea
Wycombe v Preston
Yeovil v Bradford
Norwich v Chelsea
Newport v Leeds
Shrewsbury v West Ham
Tottenham v AFC Wimbledon
Nottingham F v Arsenal
Brighton v Crystal Palace

Good Luck All :)

Previous Winners:
2016 - Biopunk 61 Pts
2017 - Paul 51 Pts