A short break in the Premier league program for the FA Cup 5th round.
2 games Tuesday, 5 on Wednesday and 1 on Thursday.
Just 4 non Premier teams left.
Burnley v Bournemouth
Man Utd v West Ham
Swansea v Man City
Leicester v Brighton
Sheff Utd v Bristol C
Barnsley v Chelsea (moved to Thursday 8pm)
Everton v Tottenham
Wolves v Southampton
Good Luck All 😀
The January transfer window shut on Monday.
Not a lot happening this time due to a combination of Covid, Brexit and Clubs Finances. Only 9 fees paid for permanent transfers into the Premier league.
Total Spend - £79,700,000
Most Players In - West Brom 6, Liverpool 4
Most Players Out - Man City 14, Tottenham 13
Most Money Paid - West Ham £23.76m, Man Utd £18.9m
Most Money Received - West Ham £20.34m, Man Utd £3.06m
Largest Profit - Leicester £1.8m, West Brom £1.51m
Largest Defecit - Man Utd £15.84m, Aston Villa £14.22m
Largest Fees Paid
Said Benrahma [Brentford - West Ham] £20.79m (Loan deal made permanent)
* Sebastien Haller [West Ham - Ajax] £20.25m
Amad Diallo [Atalanta - Man Utd] £18.90m
Morgan Sanson [Marseille - Aston Villa] £14.22m
Filip Stevanovic [Partizan Belgrade - Man City] £7.65m (Loaned back)
Moises Caicedo [Independiente - Brighton] £4.5m
Jean Philippe Mateta [Mainz - Crystal Palace] £3.15m (Loan fee)
Kaide Gordon [Derby - Liverpool] £3.06m
* Demarai Gray [Leicester - Bayer Leverkusen] £1.8m
Martin Odegaard [Real Madrid - Arsenal] £1.8m (Loan fee)
Ben Davies [Preston - Liverpool] £1.67m
Jesse Lingard [Man Utd - West Ham] £1.53m (Loan fee)
* Timothy Fosu Mensah [Man Utd - Bayer Leverkusen] £1.53m
Frederik Alves [Silkeborg - West Ham] £1.44m
Mbaye Diagne [Galatasaray - West Brom] £1.42m (Loan fee)
Ozan Kabak [Schalke - Liverpool] £0.99m (Loan fee)
Robert Snodgrass [West Ham - West Brom] £0.09m
The Chart:
Yet another double bill with the games rolling along without breaks.
Week 22 - Tuesday 4 games, Wednesday 5 games, Thursday 1 game (first kick off 6pm)
Week 23 - Saturday 5 games, Sunday 4 games, Monday 1 game (first kick off 12:30)
Week 22 (Tues 02/02/21 - Thur 04/02/21)
Sheff Utd v West Brom
Wolves v Arsenal
Man Utd v Southampton
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Man City
Fulham v Leicester
Leeds v Everton
Aston Villa v West Ham
Liverpool v Brighton
Tottenham v Chelsea
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Week 23 (Sat 06/02/21 - Mon 08/02/21)
Aston Villa v Arsenal
Burnley v Brighton
Newcastle v Southampton
Fulham v West Ham
Man Utd v Everton
Tottenham v West Brom
Wolves v Leicester
Liverpool v Man City
Sheff Utd v Chelsea
Leeds v Crystal Palace
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Good Luck All 😀
F.A Cup Predictions 2021 (Part 2 - 4th Round) 🏆 ⚽ 🏆
This is probably going to get confusing with Cup and league games overlapping, and last minute fixture changes. But here goes 👍
Part 2 of the FA Cup predictions competition 2021 (usual Cup rules apply).
Games spread over 4 days, 1 on Friday, 9 on Saturday, 5 on Sunday, 1 on Monday (Covid permitting).
Chorley v Wolves
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Southampton v Arsenal
Barnsley v Norwich
Bournemouth v Crawley (Now being played on Tuesday 26th)
Brighton v Blackpool
Millwall v Bristol C
Sheff Utd v Plymouth
Swansea v Nottm Forest
West Ham v Doncaster
Cheltenham v Man City
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Chelsea v Luton
Brentford v Leicester
Fulham v Burnley
Man Utd v Liverpool
Everton v Sheff Wed
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Wycombe v Tottenham
Good Luck All 😀
Week 18 (Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th)
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Week 19 (Sunday 17th to Saturday 23rd)
Good Luck All 😀
F.A Cup Predictions 2021 (Part 1 - 3rd Round) 🏆 ⚽ 🏆
It's time again for a break from the Premier League for a few days,
Season no.6 of the NBTF F.A Cup predictions Competition.
Rules - 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result.
Scores after 90 minutes only (not including extra time and penalties).
No replays this season, if Covid gets the game postponed I will take these predictions whenever the game is played.
Round 3 x 32 games, Round 4 x 16 games etc, So a total of 63 games.
Winner will be whoever scores the most at the end.
Part 1 (3rd Round) - 32 Matches starts Friday through to Monday 8th Jan to 11th Jan
Part 2 (4th Round) - 16 Matches around the Weekend of 23rd Jan
Part 3 (5th Round) - 8 Matches around the 10th February
Part 4 (Q/F) - 4 Matches around the Weekend of 20th March
Part 5 (S/F) - 2 Matches around the Weekend of 17th April
Part 6 (Final) - 15th May
Here are the games (Copy & Paste advised), 2 on Friday, 21 Saturday, 8 Sunday and 1 Monday.
Aston Villa v Liverpool
Wolves v Crystal Palace
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Boreham Wood v Millwall
Everton v Rotherham
Luton v Reading
Norwich v Coventry
Nottm Forest v Cardiff
Chorley v Derby
Blackburn v Doncaster
Blackpool v West Brom
Bristol R v Sheff Utd
Burnley v MK Dons
Exeter v Sheff Wed
Oldham v Bournemouth
QPR v Fulham
Stevenage v Swansea
Stoke v Leicester
Wycombe v Preston
Arsenal v Newcastle
Brentford v Middlesbrough
Huddersfield v Plymouth
Man Utd v Watford
Southampton v Shrewsbury
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Barnsley v Tranmere
Bristol C v Portsmouth
Chelsea v Morecambe
Cheltenham v Mansfield
Crawley v Leeds
Man City v Birmingham
Marine v Tottenham
Newport v Brighton
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Stockport v West Ham
Good Luck All 😀
Triple Header from Boxing day till 4th January.
3 weeks worth of games with only 1 non game day.
Week 15 - Sat 26/12/20 (12:30) to Sunday 27/12/20
6 games Saturday, 4 games Sunday
Leicester v Man Utd
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Fulham v Southampton
Arsenal v Chelsea
Man City v Newcastle
Sheff Utd v Everton
Leeds v Burnley
West Ham v Brighton
Liverpool v West Brom
Wolves v Tottenham
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Week 16 - Mon 28/12/20 (15:00) to Wed 30/12/20
3 games Monday, 5 games Tuesday, 2 Wednesday
Crystal Palace v Leicester
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Everton v Man City
Brighton v Arsenal
Burnley v Sheff Utd
Southampton v West Ham
West Brom v Leeds
Man Utd v Wolves
Tottenham v Fulham
Newcastle v Liverpool
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Week 17 - Fri 01/01/21 (17:30) to Mon 04/01/21
2 games Friday, 4 games Saturday, 3 on Sunday, 1 on Monday
Everton v West Ham
Man Utd v Aston Villa
Tottenham v Leeds
Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd
Brighton v Wolves
West Brom v Arsenal
Burnley v Fulham
Newcastle v Leicester
Chelsea v Man City
Southampton v Liverpool
* FA Cup Special coming soon *
Good Luck All 😀
Here goes with the Christmas special.
4 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday and 2 on Monday.
First kick off is 12:30 on Saturday (which will please Mr Klopp).
Crystal Palace v Liverpool
Southampton v Man City
Everton v Arsenal
Newcastle v Fulham
Brighton v Sheff Utd
Tottenham v Leicester
Man Utd v Leeds
West Brom v Aston Villa
Burnley v Wolves
Chelsea v West Ham
The post Christmas schedule looks a bit crazy with 3 weeks of fixtures crammed into 10 days, so be ready for triple header coming up next week.
Good Luck, and a Merry Christmas to All 😃
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Getting towards that crazy time of the season with games almost every day. So it's a double header.
🎄 🎅 🎄 🍺 🎄
Week 12 games kick off Friday night at 8pm. 4 games on Saturday and 5 on Sunday.
Leeds v West Ham
Wolves v Aston Villa
Newcastle v West Brom
Man Utd v Man City
Everton v Chelsea
Southampton v Sheff Utd
Crystal Palace v Tottenham
Fulham v Liverpool
Arsenal v Burnley
Leicester v Brighton
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Week 13 games start on Tuesday night at 6pm. 2 on Tuesday, 6 on Wednesday and 2 on Thursday
Wolves v Chelsea
Man City v West Brom
Arsenal v Southampton
Leeds v Newcastle
Leicester v Everton
Fulham v Brighton
Liverpool v Tottenham
West Ham v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa v Burnley
Sheff Utd v Man Utd
Post before kick off's and Good Luck All 😀
(The Week 14 games are due to start on Saturday 19th so will post again before then)
It should have been a Friday start this week, but the Villa Newcastle game has been postponed as Newcastle have the lurgy. 😷 (* week off for Jack 🤿 *)
So first kick off is Saturday lunchtime at 12:30
4 matches Saturday, 4 on Sunday and one on Monday.
I suppose none of the games are easy to call again, before last week you would have said Fulham will get a hiding but now you never know.
Hopefully we will all get better at this predicting lark, as it's not been a good season so far.
Aston Villa v Newcastle (Postponed)
Burnley v Everton
Man City v Fulham
West Ham v Man Utd
Chelsea v Leeds
West Brom v Crystal Palace
Sheff Utd v Leicester
Tottenham v Arsenal
Liverpool v Wolves
Brighton v Southampton
Good Luck All 😀
Get in early as it's another 4 day weekend.
One game Friday (8pm), 4 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday, 2 on Monday.
Suppose Chelsea v Tottenham is the big one, an early relegation 6 pointer at West Brom, and the Claret and Blue derby on Monday.
Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Brighton v Liverpool
Man City v Burnley
Everton v Leeds
West Brom v Sheff Utd
Southampton v Man Utd
Chelsea v Tottenham
Arsenal v Wolves
Leicester v Fulham
West Ham v Aston Villa
Good Luck All 😃
Been doing this blog for 10 years now, so would just like to thank the regulars that have kept me posting.
Most of my other blogs and websites I've done have fell by the wayside, just too much real life going on and a bit too much time spent on Social media.
So a big thanks to Biopunk, Paulo, Paul and Gibbo (and previous regulars Longy and Gobshite) 😉
Not sure how many players will be left after all the various injuries and Covid infections during the International break. Surprised nobody noticed there was a global pandemic on?
Games spread over 3 days this week starting with 4 on Saturday, 4 on Sunday and 2 on Monday.
Tough games for the top 2 might change things around?
Newcastle v Chelsea
Aston Villa v Brighton
Tottenham v Man City
Man Utd v West Brom
Fulham v Everton
Sheff Utd v West Ham
Leeds v Arsenal
Liverpool v Leicester
Burnley v Crystal Palace
Wolves v Southampton
Good Luck All 😀
2 Games on Friday night this week, 4 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday before another International break.
* First game on Friday starts at 5:30pm *
Big game of the weekend is City v Liverpool, have been frustrated with City this season as they pass the ball around for fun, but never look like scoring? Liverpool's new star Jota could undo them.
Everton v Man U, both teams are either very good or very poor.
West Ham v Fulham, can the Hammers keep up the form they've showed in the last 6 against top teams, or will they forget it all against a team they should beat.
Brighton v Burnley
Southampton v Newcastle
Everton v Man Utd
Crystal Palace v Leeds
Chelsea v Sheff Utd
West Ham v Fulham
West Brom v Tottenham
Leicester v Wolves
Man City v Liverpool
Arsenal v Aston Villa
Good Luck All 😀
Think John Terry has gone a bit early 😆
Another 4 day week starting on Friday.
One game Friday, 3 on Saturday, 4 on Sunday and 2 more on Monday.
Saturday
games look the best with Sheffield and Burnley winless at home to Man
City and Chelsea who both play in Europe either side of this.
Hopefully Antonio will be fit for the Hammers against Liverpool.
Man
U v Arsenal was a big game 10 years ago now it's a bottom half game,
and the other 2 winless teams play each other on Monday.
Wolves v Crystal Palace
Sheff Utd v Man City
Burnley v Chelsea
Liverpool v West Ham
Aston Villa v Southampton
Newcastle v Everton
Man Utd v Arsenal
Tottenham v Brighton
Fulham v West Brom
Leeds v Leicester
Good Luck All 😀
Unrelated good news, Southend managed to pay their latest tax bill so are saved until the next bill. Currently the strongest team in the EFL holding the other 91 teams up 😢
Also good to see European football this week with fans in the stadiums (I remember those days).
Week 6 and the games are spread over 4 days.
Kicks off with 100% Villa against Leeds, 4 games on Saturday, 3 on Sunday and the last 2 on Monday.
The transfer windows have 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.
A lot less players this summer than last year, and also only 2 over £50m but overall a similar amount of cash splashed as a lot of pretty average players were going for over £20m.
Brighton seem to be following the Chelsea and Man City scheme of buying in lots of youth players and loaning them out, but for a lot less outlay.
The Chart:
Total Spend - £1,346,890,000,000
Most Players In - Brighton 18, Fulham 18, Leeds 15, Man Utd 15
Most Players Out - Chelsea 47, Man City 47, Brighton 37, Wolves 37
Most Money Paid - Chelsea £223.38m, Man City £146.97m, Tottenham £99.5m
Most Money Received - Wolves £73.4m, Man City £68.36m, Chelsea £50.4m
Largest Profit - West Ham £4.77m, Crystal Palace £1.13m
Largest Defecit - Chelsea £172.98m, Leeds £98.26m, Tottenham £86.45m
Largest Fees Paid
Kai Havertz [Bayer Leverkusen - Chelsea] £72m
Ruben Dias [Benfica - Man City] £61.2m
Timo Werner [RB Leipzig - Chelsea] £47.7m
Ben Chilwell [Leicester - Chelsea] £45.18m
Thomas Partey [Atletico Madrid - Arsenal] £45m
Diogo Jota [Wolves - Liverpool] £41m
Nathan Ake [Bournemouth - Man City] £40.77m
Leroy Sane [Man City - Bayern Munich] £40.5m *
Fabio Silva [Porto - Wolves] £36m
Hakim Ziyech [Ajax - Chelsea] £36m
Donny van de Beek [Ajax - Man Utd] £35.1m
Alvaro Morata [Chelsea - Athletico Madrid] £31.5m *
Wesley Fofana [Saint Etienne - Leicester] £31.5m
Giovani Lo Celso [Real Betis - Tottenham] £28.8m
Ollie Watkins [Brentford - Aston Villa] £27.72m
Nelson Semedo [Barcelona - Wolves] £27m
Rodrigo [Valencia - Leeds] £27m
Sergio Reguilon [Real Madrid - Tottenham] £27m
Ben Godfrey [Norwich - Everton] £24.75m
Gabriel Magalhaes [Lille - Arsenal] £23.4m
Rhian Brewster [Liverpool - Sheff Utd] £23.4m
International breaks done for a month, back to proper games.
Not sure if the latest Covid regs will affect any of the games, guess the Mersey derby might be under threat? 😷
If all go ahead it's 4 on Saturday, 4 on Sunday and 2 on Monday.
Everton v Liverpool
Chelsea v Southampton
Man City v Arsenal
Newcastle v Man Utd
Sheff Utd v Fulham
Crystal Palace v Brighton
Tottenham v West Ham
Leicester v Aston Villa
West Brom v Burnley
Leeds v Wolves
Good Luck All 😀
There is a huge list of transfers that have already happened, and today is transfer deadline day.
Although it's not!!
The transfer window for deals between Premier league and EFL clubs is open until next Friday the 16th.
So still plenty of time for Premier league clubs to find another Jarod Bowen or Ollie Watkins.
Will post the list here and update as we go soon
