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 :)

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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 :)

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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