Euro 2021 Predictions (Part 3)

Just 7 games left, and 3 games needed to win the Trophy for one of the teams.
Quarter Finals are on Friday and Saturday.

Switzerland v Spain
Belgium v Italy
Czech Republic v Denmark
Ukraine v England

Predictions: Gibbo has a good lead but still 21 points possible.

Good Luck All   😀

Euro 2021 Predictions (Part 2)

Last 16 games start on Saturday 26th through till Tuesday 29th.

Rules Update - 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result.
Scores after 90 minutes only (not including extra time and penalties)


Wales v Denmark
Italy v Austria
Netherlands v Czech Republic
Belgium v Portugal
Croatia v Spain
France v Switzerland
England v Germany
Sweden v Ukraine

Good Luck All  😀

Euro 2021 Predictions (Part 1)

Well this seems to have sneaked up on me, games start at the end of this week.
As usual I will be hoping for England to do well, but won't be putting any money on them. A few odd decisions in the squad with Henderson being chosen over in form Lingard and Ward Prowse, and off form players like the injured Maguire, Mings and Sterling in ahead of Bamford, Watkins and Godfrey. Hopefully they prove me wrong.

The Euro 2021 Prediction competition.
Anyone welcome to join in on this (just leave a name, no anonymous).

Rules - 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result (comment before kick off's)
Scores after 90 minutes only (not including extra time and penalties) to avoid complaints.

A total of 51 games
Winner will be whoever scores the most at the end .. simple :)

Group Stages - Here
Round of 16 - Will post 24th June
Quarter Finals - Will post 30th June
Semi Finals - Will post 4th July
Final - Will post 8th July

First Set - Group Stages - (Copy and Paste)

(11/06/21 - 15/06/21)
Italy v Turkey
Wales v Switzerland
Denmark v Finland
Russia v Belgium
England v Croatia
North Macedonia v Austria
Netherlands v Ukraine
Scotland v Czech Republic
Slovakia v Poland
Spain v Sweden
Hungary v Portugal
Germany v France

(16/06/21 - 19/06/21)
Russia v Finland
Turkey v Wales
Italy v Switzerland
North Macedonia v Ukraine
Denmark v Belgium
Netherlands v Austria
Slovakia v Sweden
Croatia v Czech Republic
England v Scotland
Hungary v France
Germany v Portugal
Spain v Poland

(20/06/21 - 23/06/21)
Italy v Wales
Turkey v Switzerland
Netherlands v North Macedonia
Austria v Ukraine
Denmark v Russia
Finland v Belgium
England v Czech Republic
Scotland v Croatia
Spain v Slovakia
Sweden v Poland
Germany v Hungary
Portugal v France


Good Luck All  😀

End Of Season Round Up

All the facts and figures from the 2020/2021 Season

Honours List - 20/21 Season

Premier League
Champions - Man City
Champions League - Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea
Europa League - Leicester, West Ham
Mickey Mouse - Tottenham
Relegated - Fulham, West Brom, Sheff Utd

Championship
Champions - Norwich
Promoted - Watford, Brentford
Relegated - Wycombe, Rotherham, Sheff Wed

League One
Champions - Hull
Promoted - Peterborough, Blackpool
Relegated - Rochdale, Northampton, Swindon, Bristol Rovers

League Two
Champions - Cheltenham
Promoted - Cambridge Utd, Bolton, Morecambe
Relegated - Southend, Grimsby

National League
Champions - Sutton Utd
Promoted - TBD (One from Torquay, Stockport, Hartlepool, Notts Co)
Relegated - ?

F.A Cup - Leicester
League Cup - Man City
EFL Trophy - Sunderland
FA Trophy - Hornchurch
FA Vase - Warrington Rylands

Champions League - Chelsea
Europa League - Villarreal

Congratulations 

Brentford for promotion to the Premier league

Sutton United for making it into the league for the first time

Commiserations

My local team Southend for dropping out of the league  😢

 

 

Predictions League

Final Table (Complete)

 

 

Final Table If All The Guests Were Included In The Competition

 F.A Cup Predictions

A bit self serving, but congratulations to Me for a 2nd successive League and Cup double

seem to have finally got the hang of this after all these years

Fantasy Football

F.A Premier League Competition (FPL)

Congratulations to Mike who wins for the 2nd year on the trot, and led all season.

Personally a bad season, never higher than 3rd (kept leaving my best points scorers on the banch).

Telegraph Fantasy Football (TFF)

 

 

Congratulations to Dave who overtook all season leader Richard in the final week.

Not sure if I'll bother with this next season as they seem to have taken away most of the things that made it fun to play.

Although never really being in the running for the big prizes, they have taken away nearly all of those with just a few small prizes for Top 3, where I had won money for finishing in the top 20 before.

I did enjoy seeing how my little NBTF league did against the big multi leagues (usually getting a Top 50 placing), but the League of Leagues table was taken away this season. 😡

Think that covers everything?

On to the Euros before next season.

Premier Predictions (Week 38)

The final week of this shortened weird season.
Only European spots up for grabs.
Any 2 from Chelsea, Liverpool and Leicester for the Champions league.
West Ham need a point to guarantee Europa league, which would leave Tottenham, Everton, Arsenal and Leeds still in with a chance of the new Euro Mickey Mouse Tournament.
Possibly gets even more complicated if Chelsea finish 5th but win the Champions league???

Arsenal v Brighton
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Fulham v Newcastle
Leeds v West Brom
Leicester v Tottenham
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Man City v Everton
Sheff Utd v Burnley
West Ham v Southampton
Wolves v Man Utd

Good Luck All  😀

They think it's all over....
Usually do a Euro Championships predictions, which kicks off on 11th June so not all over quite yet

Premier Predictions (Week 37)

Week 37 is 10 midweek games, 4 on Tuesday and 6 on Wednesday.
European spots still up for grabs.

Man Utd v Fulham
Southampton v Leeds
Brighton v Man City
Chelsea v Leicester

Everton v Wolves
Newcastle v Sheff Utd
Tottenham v Aston Villa
Crystal Palace v Arsenal
Burnley v Liverpool
West Brom v West Ham

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 35 + 36)

Another double bill as it's wall to wall games for the last few weeks.
Week 35 starts on Friday again with 5 previously postponed games added to the week.
Week 36 is another Friday start with just 8 league games and the Cup final (90 min score only).
Warning - Week 37 is due to start on Tuesday 18th.
Looks like the title and relegation spots are all tied up, so the main interest is in the European spots which are too close to call.

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Week 35 (15 games - Friday 7th to Thursday 13th)

Leicester v Newcastle

Leeds v Tottenham

Sheff Utd v Crystal Palace

Man City v Chelsea

Liverpool v Southampton

Wolves v Brighton

Aston Villa v Man Utd

West Ham v Everton

Arsenal v West Brom

Fulham v Burnley

 

Man Utd v Leicester
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Chelsea v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Everton

Man Utd v Liverpool

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Week 36 (9 games - Friday 14th to Sunday 16th)

Newcastle v Man City
Burnley v Leeds
Southampton v Fulham
Chelsea v Leicester (FA Cup)
Brighton v West Ham
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Tottenham v Wolves
West Brom v Liverpool
Everton v Sheff Utd

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Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 34)

Here we go with this weeks selection 

Four days of games starting on Friday night

4 matches on Saturday, 3 on Sunday and 2 on Monday.

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Southampton v Leicester

Crystal Palace v Man City
Brighton v Leeds
Chelsea v Fulham
Everton v Aston Villa

Newcastle v Arsenal
Man Utd v Liverpool
Tottenham v Sheff Utd

West Brom v Wolves
Burnley v West Ham

Good Luck All  😀

Fantasy Football

A few days without games, so a chance for some tables.

Current state of play in the Nothing Better Than Football fantasy leagues.

 

Premier Predictions (Week 32 + 33)

Getting in early this week.
Going for a double week layout this time due to all the games being on consecutive days.
Also including some cup matches (90 minute scores count)

Still plenty to play for, title will go to one of the Manchester teams, Sheffield Utd could be down after these games.
Biggest battle is for the last 2 Champions league spots.

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Week 32 - 12 games (Friday 16th - Thursday 22nd)
1 game Friday, 3 on Saturday, 3 on Sunday, 1 on Monday, 1 on Tuesday, 2 on Wednesday, 1 on Thursday)

Everton v Tottenham

Newcastle v West Ham
Chelsea v Man City (FAC)
Wolves v Sheff Utd

Arsenal v Fulham
Man Utd v Burnley
Leicester v Southampton (FAC)

Leeds v Liverpool

Chelsea v Brighton

Tottenham v Southampton
Aston Villa v Man City

Leicester v West Brom

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Week 33 - 9 games (Friday 23rd - Monday 26th)
1 game Friday, 3 on Saturday, 4 on Sunday, 1 on Monday

Arsenal v Everton

Liverpool v Newcastle
West Ham v Chelsea
Sheff Utd v Brighton

Wolves v Burnley
Leeds v Man Utd
Man City v Tottenham (League Cup Final)
Aston Villa v West Brom

Leicester v Crystal Palace

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Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 31)

8 weeks to go, 10 games over 4 days.
Friday night start again at Fulham, 3 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday and 2 more on Monday.
Big game is the top 4 clash 😁 West Ham v Leicester if we've got any players left?

Fulham v Wolves

Man City v Leeds
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Crystal Palace v Chelsea

Burnley v Newcastle
West Ham v Leicester
Tottenham v Man Utd
Sheff Utd v Arsenal

West Brom v Southampton
Brighton v Everton

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 30)

International break over, I did need to catch up on some sleep and have just woken up to find England have won again, so all good 😀

Nine weeks of Premier league to go before the European championship kicks off (including the big Rice vs Soucek game).
This week it's 10 games spread over 3 days with a nice Saturday lunchtime start.
Big game of the week is at Leicester with 3rd vs 1st.

Chelsea v West Brom
Leeds v Sheff Utd
Leicester v Man City
Arsenal v Liverpool

Southampton v Burnley
Newcastle v Tottenham
Aston Villa v Fulham
Man Utd v Brighton

Everton v Crystal Palace
Wolves v West Ham

Good Luck All  😀

Fantasy Football

A rare break in Premier league predictions, so a chance to post the current NBTF Fantasy league tables.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got my work cut out to catch the leaders this season 😒

Here's the complete picture on the predictions league

Premier Predictions (Week 29)

Sorry it's late forgot, just watching the Spuds losing to Zagreb reminded me 😁
Wonder how much Orsic would cost?

Anyway here's this weeks collection, due to it being FA Cup Quarter final weekend and just 4 premier league games it's a mixed bag with all 8 games counting to make a decent amount.

First game is a Friday night 8pm kick off again, 3 games on Saturday and 4 more on Sunday. International week follows.
*(90 minute scores count for the FA Cup games, so draws possible)*

Fulham v Leeds

Bournemouth v Southampton (FAC)
Everton v Man City (FAC)
Brighton v Newcastle

Chelsea v Sheff Utd (FAC)
West Ham v Arsenal
Leicester v Man Utd (FAC)
Aston Villa v Tottenham

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 28)

Quick turn around again, first game is Friday at 8pm
4 more games Saturday, 4 on Sunday and 1 on Monday.

Newcastle v Aston Villa
Leeds v Chelsea
Crystal Palace v West Brom
Everton v Burnley
Fulham v Man City
Southampton v Brighton
Leicester v Sheff Utd
Arsenal v Tottenham
Man Utd v West Ham
Wolves v Liverpool

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 26 + 27)

Double bill again as the weeks are so close.
Week 26 is a mega week of 17 games due to a pile of re-arranged matches being slipped in, all due to future Cup weeks. 

So a chance for some record scores.

Week 27 has one extra game.

Week 26 (Saturday 27/02/21 to Thursday 04/03/21)

Man City v West Ham
West Brom v Brighton
Leeds v Aston Villa
Newcastle v Wolves
Crystal Palace v Fulham
Leicester v Arsenal
Tottenham v Burnley
Chelsea v Man Utd
Sheff Utd v Liverpool
Everton v Southampton
Man City v Wolves
Burnley v Leicester
Sheff Utd v Aston Villa
Crystal Palace v Man Utd
Fulham v Tottenham
West Brom v Everton
Liverpool v Chelsea
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Week 27 (Saturday 06/03/21 to Wednesday 10/03/21)

Burnley v Arsenal
Sheff Utd v Southampton
Aston Villa v Wolves
Brighton v Leicester
West Brom v Newcastle
Liverpool v Fulham
Man City v Man Utd
Tottenham v Crystal Palace
Chelsea v Everton
West Ham v Leeds
Man City v Southampton
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Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 25)

Straight back with another set of games, unfortunately they've decided to start up Friday night games again 😒
11 games this week due to another re-arranged game.
So 1 on Friday, 4 on Saturday, 4 on Sunday, 1 on Monday and 1 on Tuesday.
Scouse derby on Saturday and West Ham take on Tottenham on Sunday (hopefully we can start playing before the 82nd minute this time).
Man City's record to be tested at Arsenal.


Wolves v Leeds

Southampton v Chelsea
Burnley v West Brom
Liverpool v Everton
Fulham v Sheff Utd

West Ham v Tottenham
Aston Villa v Leicester
Arsenal v Man City
Man Utd v Newcastle

Brighton v Crystal Palace

Leeds v Southampton

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 24)

European football back next week which means no extra round of the Premier league.
Almost a normal week, but 2 extra previously postponed games tagged on.
So 4 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday, 2 on Monday and 2 on Wednesday.

Leicester v Liverpool
Crystal Palace v Burnley
Man City v Tottenham
Brighton v Aston Villa

Southampton v Wolves
West Brom v Man Utd
Arsenal v Leeds
Everton v Fulham

West Ham v Sheff Utd
Chelsea v Newcastle

Burnley v Fulham
Everton v Man City

Good Luck All  😀

F.A Cup Predictions 2021 (Part 3)

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  😀

January Transfers

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

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