Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Moyes Out

Probably about six months too late to save Man U's season, but I still feel a bit sorry for David Moyes.
He probably had a job for life at Everton as they hadn't realised until Martinez arrived that you could borrow all those players to complement your promising youth and established stars.
The real top clubs need a big personality to handle all the crap thrown at them by the media and it looks like Moyes just wasn't up to the task, I've no doubt that if he gets back into management with a championship team or smaller premier team he will be a success again at a club with lower ambitions.
But I guess he won't be too upset for too long with his big payoff cheque in the bank.


Best of the jokes :)

 photo moyes_zps1c03b5c8.gif  David Moyes shouldn't worry about getting another job.
After receiving £4 million for being a complete failure, he should be running a bank in no time.

David Moyes has been offered another job already, The Great Britain bobsleigh Team have said they have been looking for years for someone who can push a team downhill at that sort of speed

Following the sacking of Moyes, the police have been called to quell the protests outside Old Trafford. Liverpool, Man City, and Chelsea fans have been all told to go home.

Jurgen Klopp has ruled himself out of the Man Utd job but said his brother Klipity might be interested

David Moyes is going to be leaving Old Trafford with a multi million pound pay off.
Plus the bonuses from Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea.

In a time of crisis it's great to see the Manchester United board, and supporters, get behind their manager.
And all push together. 


Friday, 18 April 2014

Dylan Tombides

So sad to hear the news of the tragic death of Dylan Tombides from cancer today.

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 35)

Back to 10 games this week with games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Going on some of the recent results it looks like wins for Norwich, Sunderland, West Brom, Hull, Man U, Fulham and maybe even West Ham :)

Tottenham v Fulham
Aston Villa v Southampton
Cardiff v Stoke
Newcastle v Swansea
West Ham v C Palace
Chelsea v Sunderland
Norwich v Liverpool
Hull v Arsenal
Everton v Man Utd
Man City v West Brom

4 weeks to go, good luck all :)

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 34)

Another super bonus week with 11 league games and 2 Cup semi's thrown in over 5 days.

Some important matches with a possible title decider at Anfield, a relegation six pointer at Fulham, and will Wigan and West Ham leave Arsenal's season in ruins?

C Palace v Aston Villa
Fulham v Norwich
Southampton v Cardiff
Stoke v Newcastle
Sunderland v Everton
West Brom v Tottenham
Arsenal v Wigan (FAC)
Liverpool v Man City
Hull v Sheff Utd (FAC)
Swansea v Chelsea
Arsenal v West Ham
Everton v C Palace
Man City v Sunderland

Weeks are running short in this comp so an outright win for anyone could make all the difference.

Good luck all :)

Monday, 7 April 2014

Was It Worth It?

Chris Hughton became the 9th Premier league manager to be dumped this season + 5 were replaced before the season started.
Here's what difference it has made so far.

+5 C Palace - Ian Holloway replaced by Tony Pulis, Then 19th, Now 14th
+3 Stoke - Tony Pulis replaced by Mark Hughes, Then 13th, Now 10th
+2 Fulham - Rene Meulensteen replaced by Felix Magath, Then 20th, Now 18th
+1 Chelsea - Rafa Benitez replaced by Jose Mourinho, Then 3rd, Now 2nd
+1 Everton - David Moyes replaced by Roberto Martinez, Then 6th, Now 5th
+1 Tottenham - Andre Villas Boas replaced by Tim Sherwood, Then 7th, Now 6th
0 Norwich - Chris Hughton, Then 17th, Now 17th
0 Sunderland - Paolo Di Canio replaced by Gus Poyet, Then 20th, Now 20th
0 WBA - Steve Clarke replaced by Pepe Mel, Then 16th, Now 16th
-1 Man City - Roberto Mancini replaced by Manuel Pellegrini, Then 2nd, Now 3rd
-2 Cardiff - Malky Mackay replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Then 17th, Now 19th
-2 Fulham - Martin Jol replaced by Rene Meulensteen. Then 18th, *Then 20th
-3 Swansea - Michael Laudrup replaced by Garry Monk, Then 12th, Now 15th
-6 Man Utd - Sir Alex Ferguson replaced by David Moyes, Then 1st, Now 7th

No change - Liverpool, Arsenal, Southampton, Newcastle, West Ham, Hull, Aston Villa.

Best decision so far is Palace appointing Tony Pulis after Ian Holloway quit early in the season, strangely the next best is Pulis's replacement Mark Hughes.
The rest have been less successful with David Moyes finding it really hard to follow Fergie down in 7th.
Fulham's 2 changes have left them in the same position, as have Sunderland and West Brom's changes.
The 2 Welsh teams haven't gained anything from their sackings.

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 33)

First off an apology, this blog was supposed to have lots of footie related stuff but the only thing I seem to have time for is the predictions at the moment.
Luckily that is the one thing that keeps me coming back every week stopping this blog going the same way as most of my other blogs.
I will try harder :)

On with the matter in hand, here's this weeks selection 7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and the Monday game features Sunderland again.

Man City v Southampton
Aston Villa v Fulham
Cardiff v C Palace
Hull v Swansea
Newcastle v Man Utd
Norwich v West Brom
Chelsea v Stoke
Everton v Arsenal
West Ham v Liverpool
Tottenham v Sunderland

Only 6 weeks left so mathematically anyone can still win, Gobby is in form and could take the lead this week, or will last years champ come flying through from the back of the field?

Good luck all :)

Thursday, 27 March 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 32)

Sorry for the delay, midweek games made me forget to post early :)
Saturday, Sunday and Monday games this week.
Big games this week the stuttering Gooners v City, and Monday's relegation scrap (hopefully 3 points for us to climb to near safety).

Man Utd v Aston Villa
C Palace v Chelsea
Southampton v Newcastle
Stoke v Hull
Swansea v Norwich
West Brom v Cardiff
Arsenal v Man City
Fulham v Everton
Liverpool v Tottenham
Sunderland v West Ham

Longy's already posted elsewhere so I'll stick his in the comments, cheers mate :)
Good luck all :)

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 31)

Here we go it's super value bonus week with 50% extra free :)
15 games this week with games being played on Saturday, Sunday and then 5 re-arranged games on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Everyone should be aiming to better their best weekly scores of the season.
Best scores so far this season - Paulo 15, Gobshyte 14, Lee 12, Longy 11, Biopunk 10, Paul 10
Top scores of all time (well the last 2 seasons anyway) - 18 by me :) ..... just know someone will beat that now :(

Chelsea v Arsenal
Cardiff v Liverpool
Everton v Swansea
Hull v West Brom
Man City v Fulham
Newcastle v C Palace
Norwich v Sunderland
West Ham v Man Utd

Tottenham v Southampton
Aston Villa v Stoke

Arsenal v Swansea
Man Utd v Man City
Newcastle v Everton

West Ham v Hull
Liverpool v Sunderland

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 30)

A normal 10 game week for a change, 8 Saturday and 2 big grudge matches on Sunday :)

Hull v Man City
Everton v Cardiff
Fulham v Newcastle
Southampton v Norwich
Stoke v West Ham
Sunderland v C Palace
Swansea v West Brom
Aston Villa v Chelsea

Man Utd v Liverpool
Tottenham v Arsenal

... and in other news.
Arsenal played well against the diving deutschlander's but not enough to get through, shame they'd let it slip in the home tie :(

Pardew news
The Fulham players should be safe this week :)
3 game Stadium ban plus 4 more games banned from the touchline.
Maybe the lampshade should be compulsory if he gets back in the technical area :)




Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 29)

Five league games postponed this week so the FA Cup Quarter Finals fill the gap :)
6 games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday

Arsenal v Everton (FAC)
West Brom v Man Utd
Cardiff v Fulham
C Palace v Southampton
Norwich v Stoke
Chelsea v Tottenham

Sheff Utd v Charlton (FAC)
Hull v Sunderland (FAC)
Man City v Wigan (FAC)

Swore I wouldn't bother watching England friendlies again, but I'm sitting through this torture one more time.
0-0 at the moment, Sturridge and Sterling doing ok but the rest looking really average :(
Hopefully it will improve in the second half :)

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 28)

Only 8 Premier league games this week due to the League cup final on Sunday, so I'm going to add that one into the mix this week.
Will do the same next week with FA Cup games to make up the numbers :)

So here's this weeks list, 5 games on Saturday and 4 on Sunday .... good luck all :)

Everton v West Ham
Fulham v Chelsea
Hull v Newcastle
Stoke v Arsenal
Southampton v Liverpool

Man City v Sunderland (League Cup)
Aston Villa v Norwich
Swansea v C Palace
Tottenham v Cardiff

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Euro 2016

Draw made for Euro 2016

Group A - Holland, Czech Rep, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Iceland, Latvia
Group B - Wales, Belgium, Bosnia Herz, Andorra, Cyprus, Israel
Group C - Spain, Ukraine, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Belarus, Slovakia
Group D - Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Poland, Georgia, Gibraltar
Group E - England, Switzerland, San Marino, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia
Group F - Northern Ireland, Greece, Faroe Islands, Finland, Romania, Hungary
Group G - Russia, Austria, Sweden, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro
Group H - Italy, Norway, Croatia, Malta, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria
Group I - Portugal, Denmark, Albania, Armenia, Serbia

Pretty dull group for England who really should qualify.
Best group is D with Germany, the Irish, Scots and Gibralter :)

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 27)

Back again, 7 games Saturday and 3 on Sunday.

Chelsea v Everton
Arsenal v Sunderland
Cardiff v Hull
Man City v Stoke
West Brom v Fulham
West Ham v Southampton
C Palace v Man Utd

Liverpool v Swansea
Newcastle v Aston Villa
Norwich v Tottenham

Good luck all :)

Sunday, 16 February 2014

F.A Cup

They've just had the draw for the F.A Cup 6th Round?
Despite 2 of the games in the 5th Round having not started and one still being played, add to that one game was postponed. Luckily the 4 games that have been played produced winners so at least there was a chance of us knowing an actual 6th round tie.
One thing that seems really unfair is that they hold the draw while the Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest game is being played, currently Forest lead 1-0 but Sheff U know that if they win they might be at home to Sheff Wednesday in the 6th Round. Considering they are in relegation trouble in the First Division the cup is probably less important at the moment so they might have eased off in the second half but now they have it all to fight for.
Liverpool have the added incentive of knowing they have a home tie against Everton to come if they win, although I reckon Rodgers will be targeting the Cup and should play a strong team today.

6th Round Draw
Arsenal or Liverpool V Everton
Brighton or Hull V Sunderland
Sheff U or Nottm Forest V Sheff Wed or Charlton
Man City V Wigan

The one game we know at the moment is a repeat of last years cup final, so City will have a chance of revenge but Wigan have already shocked a few this season.

Saturday, 15 February 2014

More Fantasy Football

The Fantasy Premier League people http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ have just launched a new game for the rest of the season.
Pick 25 players with a budget of £160 million which must include 10 home grown or U-21 players.
Looks like the same scoring as the main game, but obviously you have more players to choose from, having 7 on the bench for matchdays (which comes in handy when games are postponed like this week) and 7 reserves to cover injuries etc.
The biggest advantage of this version is that it looks like you can change your team during a normal match week, so if there are games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday you can change your team 3 times.


I've set up a blog league (code in the pic) so if you fancy playing please join up :)
If you do join up please introduce yourself by commenting here - Name or nickname and team supported will do :)

Tom Finney R.I.P

Sad news that another football legend has died, Sir Tom Finney passed away yesterday at the age of 91.
Tom spent his whole career with Preston North End after World War 2 notching up well over 400 appearances in the days before League cups and European competition bolstered the games played.
He also played 76 times for England scoring 30 goals.


The famous Splash picture taken at Stamford Bridge in the days when a few puddles didn't mean the match was called off :)

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Standards

Saturday - Andy Carroll brushes his arm against Chico Florist who falls dramatically holding his face.
Result - Carroll sent off, appeals turned down and Howard Webb comes out with his reputation untarnished.

Sunday - Cristiano Ronaldo brushes his arm against Carlos Gurpegi who falls dramatically holding his face.
Result - Ronaldo sent off, appeal turned down but Ref Miguel Gamez is suspended for a month, banned from officiating Real Madrid games this season and possibly demoted to second tier games in future.?

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Premier Predictions (Week 25 + 26)

Double feature this time,
week 25 fixtures - 8 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday,
week 26 games - 4 on Tuesday and 6 on Wednesday next week.
2 tough games for league leaders Arsenal while City and Chelsea should pick up 6 points.
At the bottom there's a bundle of 6 pointers with at least 11 teams still in with a chance of the drop
Week 25
Liverpool v Arsenal
Aston Villa v West Ham
Chelsea v Newcastle
C Palace v West Brom
Norwich v Man City
Southampton v Stoke
Sunderland v Hull
Swansea v Cardiff
Tottenham v Everton
Man Utd v Fulham

Week 26
Cardiff v Aston Villa
Hull v Southampton
West Ham v Norwich
West Brom v Chelsea
Arsenal v Man Utd
Everton v C Palace
Man City v Sunderland
Newcastle v Tottenham
Stoke v Swansea
Fulham v Liverpool

Usual rules just need the predictions before kick offs whenever you want to post :)

Good luck all :)

Saturday, 1 February 2014

The Good And The Bad


Good win for the Hammers with Carroll doing what Carroll does and Nolan doing what Nolan does :)
Nolan has been piss poor all season mainly because he was still taking up those positions to feed off Carroll's knock downs without getting his head around the fact Carroll wasn't playing.
The kick in the teeth was Chico Florres conning Howard Webb into sending off Carroll after his standard roll around holding his face act that we've all seen too often :(
I suppose we should have expected it after Fat Sam took the mick out of him when he did it earlier in the season when luckily the ref didn't fall for it.
Hopefully the red card will be overturned and he will be available for the next 3 must win games, even Laudrup looked embarrassed when asked about it.


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