Premier Predictions (Week 09)

Finally back to the real stuff, at least I catch up on sleep during England games 😁
8 games on Saturday and one each on Sunday and Monday.

Hopefully Everton will keep up their recent form and roll over for the Hammers in the Saturday lunchtime game.
Man City go to bogey side Palace on Saturday evening, surely they can't drop any more points as on Sunday Liverpool look to have their easiest game of the season, I know there is a history in these games but Liverpool should be looking at a record score here?
Will Watford finally get a win? good time to be playing Tottenham.

Everton v West Ham
Aston Villa v Brighton
Bournemouth v Norwich
Chelsea v Newcastle
Leicester v Burnley
Tottenham v Watford
Wolves v Southampton
Crystal Palace v Man City
Man Utd v Liverpool
Sheff Utd v Arsenal

Anyway Good Luck All 😃

Table Updates

International week is underway, so time to show the current positions in the Fantasy footy leagues and the full predictions table.

NBTF Predictions League

Fantasy Premier League 

9 players this season, best ever including 3 people I don't know and a couple from my TFF league.
(I did advertise and say all welcome) 😃

Telegraph Fantasy Football

Different rules this season, all free and 5 teams maximum so it's pretty open.
A decent 91 teams despite a few regulars missing.

Telegraph Fantasy Football European Super League

New competition this season, includes all the games for 20 top Euro teams.
5 teams each but have only got 25 teams so far, but have made a decent start  😃

Premier Predictions (Week 08)

6 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday in the final week before yet another International break.
England have 2 trips to Eastern Europe away to the Czech republic and Bulgaria.

Big game will be Liverpool v Leicester, Liverpool on a run but Jamie Vardy likes playing them and Salzburg showed the defence can be got at. Both need their injured players back Maddison and Matip.
Tottenham will be glad to be playing Brighton who are unlikely to score 7 goals against anyone 🤣
Man City should win as Wolves are playing in Turkey tonight, hopefully West Ham can keep up their good record against Palace, and the other games all look hard to pick.


Brighton v Tottenham
Burnley v Everton
Liverpool v Leicester
Norwich v Aston Villa
Watford v Sheff Utd
West Ham v Crystal Palace

Arsenal v Bournemouth
Man City v Wolves
Southampton v Chelsea
Newcastle v Man Utd

Good Luck All  🙂

Premier Predictions (Week 07)

One day of fun after Tottenham were beaten by Colchester 😆
but then we get played off the park by Oxford grrrr!! 😠
Football is a cruel game 😢

Oh well back to the competition, here comes week 7.
8 games on Saturday and one each on Sunday and Monday.
Big games are probably Man City going to inconsistent Everton, and the Hammers going to the other embarrassed losers Bournemouth.
Man U v Arsenal doesn't really count as a big game anymore.
Actually all the games are quite hard to call? 😕

Sheff Utd v Liverpool
Aston Villa v Burnley
Bournemouth v West Ham
Chelsea v Brighton
Crystal Palace v Norwich
Tottenham v Southampton
Wolves v Watford
Everton v Man City
Leicester v Newcastle
Man Utd v Arsenal

Good Luck All  😃

Premier Predictions (Week 06)

I just watched more pretty dull European football, and suddenly remembered I should post this weekends games and just discovered there is a Friday game sorry!!
So the South Coast derby on Friday, 5 games on Saturday and 4 on Sunday.
Big game of the week is Chelsea v Liverpool who both got off to a bad start in Europe.

Southampton v Bournemouth
Leicester v Tottenham
Burnley v Norwich
Everton v Sheff Utd
Man City v Watford
Newcastle v Brighton
Crystal Palace v Wolves
West Ham v Man Utd
Arsenal v Aston Villa
Chelsea v Liverpool

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 05)

Back after the break 😃
7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and West Ham go to Villa on Monday night.
Liverpool and City should extend their unbeaten runs and Leicester might?

Liverpool v Newcastle
Brighton v Burnley
Man Utd v Leicester
Sheff Utd v Southampton
Tottenham v Crystal Palace
Wolves v Chelsea
Norwich v Man City
Bournemouth v Everton
Watford v Arsenal
Aston Villa v West Ham

Good Luck All 😎

Summer Transfers 2019

The transfer window across Europe has finally shut so here's where the Premier league cash was splashed during the summer break.
Info based on the best sources I could find (no sensationalist newspaper figures), includes squad and youth players .
Several Undisclosed figures which I've counted as Free transfers until I hear different.

The Chart:

Total Spend - £1,418,690,000,000
Most Players In - Wolves 20, Man City 18, Norwich 16, Watford 16
Most Players Out - Man City 67, Chelsea 63, Brighton 55
Most Money Paid - Man City £159.12m, Man Utd £153.01m, Arsenal £137.16m
Most Money Received - Chelsea £200.39m, Leicester £79.11m, Everton £78.57m
Largest Profit - Chelsea £159.89m, Crystal Palace £43.33m, Liverpool £42.06m
Largest Defecit - Aston Villa £133.83m, Man City £95.27m, Man Utd £90.46m

Largest Fees Paid

(Premier league £20m+)
Harry Maguire [Leicester - Man Utd] £78.3m
Nicolas Pepe [Lille - Arsenal] £72m
Rodri [Atletico Madrid - Man City] £63m
Joao Cancelo [Juventus - Man City] £58.5m
Tanguy Ndombele [Lyon - Tottenham] £54m
Aaron Wan Bissaka [Crystal Palace - Man Utd] £49.5m
Mateo Kovacic [Real Madrid - Chelsea] £40.5m
Youri Tielemans [Monaco - Leicester] £40.5m
Joelinton [Hoffenheim - Newcastle] £39.6m
Sebastien Haller [Eintracht Frankfurt - West Ham] £36m
Raul Jimenez [Benfica - Wolves] £34.2m
Ayoze Perez [Newcastle - Leicester] £30.06m
Alex Iwobi [Arsenal - Everton] £27.36m
William Saliba [Saint Etienne - Arsenal] £27m
Ismaila Sarr [Stade Rennais - Watford] £27m
Pablo Fornals [Villarreal - West Ham] £25.2m
Moise Kean [Juventus - Everton] £24.75m
Kieran Tierney [Celtic - Arsenal] £24.3m
Ryan Sessegnon [Fulham - Tottenham] £24.3m
Wesley [Club Brugge - Aston Villa] £22.5m
Andre Gomes [Barcelona - Everton] £22.5m
Jean Philippe Gbamin [Mainz - Everton] £22.5m
Tyrone Mings [Bournemouth - Aston Villa] £20.07m

(Leaving Premier League)
Eden Hazard [Chelsea - Real Madrid] £90m
Romelu Lukaku [Man Utd - Inter Milan] £58.5m
Alvaro Morata [Chelsea - Athletico Madrid] £50.4m
Danilo [Man City - Juventus] £33.3m
Idrissa Gueye [Everton - Paris SG] £27m
Marko Arnautovic [West Ham - SIPG] £22.5m
Kieran Trippier [Tottenham - Atletico Madrid] £19.8m
Dodi Lukebakio [Watford - Hertha Berlin] £18m
Ademola Lookman [Everton - RB Leipzig] £16.2m
Nikola Vlasic [Everton - CSKA Moscow] £14.13m
Henry Onyekuru [Everton - Monaco] £12.15m

Premier Predictions (Week 04)

8 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday before the 1st International break of the year.
England playing 2 Euro 2020 qualifiers at home against Bulgaria and Kosovo.

I suppose the North London derby is the big game of the weekend plus quite a few games that are hard to call.
Will it be another low scoring week or a Paulo special??

Southampton v Man Utd
Chelsea v Sheff Utd
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Leicester v Bournemouth
Man City v Brighton
Newcastle v Watford
West Ham v Norwich
Burnley v Liverpool

Everton v Wolves
Arsenal v Tottenham

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 03)

Another early start to this week with a Friday night game, followed by 6 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday.
The only 2 teams with 100% record Liverpool and Arsenal play a top of the table clash on Saturday, so a maximum of 1 team with 3 wins after that it could be a tight season?

Aston Villa v Everton

Norwich v Chelsea
Brighton v Southampton
Man Utd v Crystal Palace
Sheff Utd v Leicester
Watford v West Ham
Liverpool v Arsenal

Bournemouth v Man City
Tottenham v Newcastle
Wolves v Burnley

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 02)

Games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday this week.
Man City v Tottenham on Saturday night could be a classic after last season's Champions league matches.
West Ham have never beaten Brighton in the Premier league, so it would be a good time to start?
So here is week 2.

Arsenal v Burnley
Aston Villa v Bournemouth
Brighton v West Ham
Everton v Watford
Norwich v Newcastle
Southampton v Liverpool
Man City v Tottenham
Sheff Utd v Crystal Palace
Chelsea v Leicester
Wolves v Man Utd

Good Luck All :)

Super Cup (watching as I type)
What a great game, hard to believe Chelsea have had 2 fewer days to prepare and came off the back of a thrashing on Sunday when Liverpool won well on Friday.
Mason Mount looks a player and a future England star.
Liverpool lucky to get it to penalties, but came through at the end.
Not sure why Pedro didn't take the last one as Tammy Abraham looked petrified, great for Adrian though (top keeper) :)

Andy Carroll

I liked Andy Carroll, if he only he could have stayed fit he could have been a West Ham legend.
But 32 goals in just 120 appearances in 7 years just kept the physio's busy.
Hope he does well at Newcastle as long as he doesn't get fit for the games against West Ham.

Thanks to News Thump for this - Full Story

Premier Predictions (Week 01)

It's time for the Premier League again.
Premier Predictions 2019-20 is up and running.

Premier league is back on Friday, the first of many re-arranged games this season with all the different TV companies grabbing a handful.
As far as I can see Sky have the majority on Friday through to Monday, BT have the Saturday lunchtime games, and Amazon have got all the midweek (Tuesday to Thursday) games.

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, please try and post the whole set at once but I won't enforce it as these Friday night games catch everyone out including me.

Prizes - Not much!! just a picture of a Trophy and the admiration of everyone who plays 😎

First set - Friday 9th to Sunday 11th

Liverpool v Norwich
West Ham v Man City
Bournemouth v Sheff Utd
Burnley v Southampton
Crystal Palace v Everton
Watford v Brighton
Tottenham v Aston Villa
Leicester v Wolves
Newcastle v Arsenal
Man Utd v Chelsea

It's also the European Super Duper Cup on Wednesday in Istanbul, and it looks like Chelsea have been screwed over as they have to play away to Man Utd at 4:30pm on Sunday when Liverpool's game was brought forward to Friday?

Good Luck All 😃

Fantasy Football 2019-2020

This years Fantasy Football info for joining up to my leagues

Telegraph Fantasy Football (TFF)
They have changed the rules this year, ALL FREE this time with up to 5 teams each.
Limited cash prizes, but most of us never get close, I've only managed £500 of prizes in 20 years of playing and I've probably spent that much playing the game.
So all welcome (not sure if it's available to non UK residents now it's free?).

Nothing Better Than Football
League PIN:  8072532 
League Passcode:  1920

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Fantasy Premier League (FPL)
The world's biggest fantasy football game, free to play, one team each.

Code to join this league: ck20t6

Winners And Losers 2018-2019

Champions, Promoted, Relegated and Cup Winners from the 2018/19 Season.

Premier League
Winners - Man City
Champions League Qualifiers - Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham
Europa League Qualifiers - Arsenal, Man Utd, Wolves
Relegated - Cardiff, Fulham, Huddersfield

Championship
Winners - Norwich
Promoted - Sheff Utd, Aston Villa
Relegated - Rotherham, Bolton, Ipswich

League One
Winners - Luton
Promoted - Barnsley, Charlton
Relegated - Plymouth, Walsall, Scunthorpe, Bradford

League Two
Winners - Lincoln
Promoted - Bury, MK Dons, Tranmere
Relegated - Notts Co, Yeovil

National League
Winners - Leyton Orient
Promoted - Salford
Relegated - Gateshead, Havant & Waterlooville, Braintree, Maidstone
Promoted to National League - Stockport, Chorley, Torquay, Woking

F.A Cup Winners - Man City
League Cup Winners - Man City
Charity Shield - Man City
EFL Trophy Winners - Portsmouth
F.A Trophy Winners - AFC Fylde
F.A Vase Winners - Chertsey

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

Nations League - Portugal
Copa America - Brazil
Gold Cup - Mexico
Afcon Cup - Algeria

Tables 2018 - 2019 (Part 2)

Here are the various tables I never got round to posting before my overlong break.

F.A Cup Predictions 2019
A rare win for me :)

TFF Fantasy League
Congratulations to Matt.

All Time Predictions Table - All Competitions

Think that covers everything :)

Oh forgot my Cup Trophy 😊

Break Over

Wow, over two and a half months since my last post?
Real life really getting in the way.

Not sure when the season actually ended with all the various continental cup competitions only finishing a couple of weeks ago, and the early rounds of European competition already in full swing.

Championship starts tonight and the other leagues tomorrow, Charity Shield on Sunday and the real footie starts next Friday.
Transfer market is already crazy and will update the spending frenzy sometime after Thursdays deadline.
Will make all those posts I've been putting off in the next couple of days (probably).

Premier League predictions back very soon, and hopefully the regulars will be back to make a competition of it.

Fantasy football has taken a hit as my competition of choice has gone free with a 5 team maximum and crap prizes, which is annoying as I'm probably going to have more time on my hands after September when my latest work redundancy happens :(

Stay tuned :)

Tables 2018 - 2019

Time for some tables to show what happened in the Predictions competition and other stuff (for anyone that is interested) 😏
Still one week to go in the F.A Cup Competition and TFF Fantasy League, so more of this next week.

Final Complete Predictions Table - All The Facts and Figures

Most Wins: Biopunk 9
Most Predictions: Lee 387
Most Correct Scores (3 Pointers): Lawro 42, Paulo 41
Most Correct Results (3+1 Pointers): Lawro 209, Lee 207
Most Points: Lawro 293, Lee 283
Highest Week Score: Paul 21
Lowest Score In A Full Week: Paulo 1
Best Points Per Game: Lawro 0.761, Lee 0.731
Highest Scoring Correct Prediction: Biopunk (4-0)

Final Table If All The Guests Were Included In The Competition

The All Time Premier Predictions Table

The FPL (Fantasy premier League) Final Table For The NBTF League

Congratulations Dave 😃, unlucky Paul losing it in the last week mainly due to a Liverpool player.
My worst ever season in this, just couldn't do anything right 😢

Oh and last but not least, here's the updated Trophy pic for our Predictions Winner Biopunk ... Congratulations  😃

Premier Predictions (Week 38)

The final week :(
Biopunk can relax, Gibbo Paul and myself are after the runner up spot.

In the Premier league there is only one thing left to play for, if City turn up at Brighton that will be sorted. If Brighton perform a miracle Liverpool have to beat Wolves a team that have 6 wins against top 6 sides this season.
West ham need a win for a top 10 spot which is not too bad considering the start.

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

+ Just for completion (not included in the scores for this week)
Man City v Watford (F.A Cup Final)

Good Luck All :)

Still the F.A Cup and 2 European finals as well as the Nations league finals to come, but as far as the predictions go we'll do it all again in 14 weeks :)

Dilemma

Wow!!!
Tottenham and Liverpool both coming back from 3 goals down to win.
Totally mixed emotions, the 2 teams I dislike the most for personal historical reasons have just given us 2 unbelievable games, and I cheered them both on ????
No idea who I'll go for in the final?

You've gotta love Football 😁

Hopefully Arsenal and Chelsea will make it a clean sweep for English teams tomorrow?

Premier Predictions (Week 37)

Just 2 weeks to go 😢
A lot of fixture changes this week due to Europe and TV money, starts Friday night then 5 games on Saturday from 12:30 to 19:45, 3 games Sunday and the City v Leicester game is now on Monday.

Cardiff have to win to have a chance of staying up and put some pressure on Brighton.
At the top Liverpool need to bounce back away at Newcastle after the Barcelona game, Man City face in form Leicester.
The other top 4 contenders? might grab some points this week (or maybe not?).

Everton v Burnley

Bournemouth v Tottenham
West Ham v Southampton
Wolves v Fulham
Cardiff v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Liverpool

Chelsea v Watford
Huddersfield v Man Utd
Arsenal v Brighton

Man City v Leicester

Good Luck All 😃