Premier Predictions (Week 04)

Back to normality after an extra busy international break, a lot of clubs not knowing whether their players will be available due to quarantines and bans for not going?
8 games on Saturday and one each on Sunday and Monday.
Euro games kick off next week so players could be rested making it a nightmare week for fantasy football managers.

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

Good Luck All  😀

Summer Transfers 2021

Summer 2021 transfer window now shut so here's where the Premier league cash was splashed this season.
(Info based on the best sources I could find, includes squad and youth players).
Overall spending is down from last season but still over a billion.
Many Undisclosed figures, but mainly for youth players so the figures shouldn't change much.

Arsenal the big spenders, but not sure those brought in will turn them into challengers (might keep them up) 😁
Man Utd have added a few decent players but not sure if they are good enough to challenge Man City and Chelsea.
Norwich have bought the most players in, which is a change of strategy from their last Premier league attempt.
Chelsea bringing in Lukaku looks the best signing of the summer.
West Ham have added some squad depth but didn't get a striker, wondering if Vlasic can be used there?
Everton only spent £1.8m but have picked up 3 decent players.

The Chart:

Total Spend - £1,263,439,000,000
Most Players In - Norwich 15, Aston Villa 14, Watford 13
Most Players Out - Watford 52, Chelsea 48, Man City 44
Most Money Paid - Arsenal £149.04m, Man Utd £126m, Man City £112.5m
Most Money Received - Chelsea £144.89m, Aston Villa £114.75m, Southampton £57.74m
Largest Profit - Chelsea £36.89m, Aston Villa £19.71m, Southampton £17.37m
Largest Defecit - Arsenal £121.23m, Man Utd £98.12m, Tottenham £73.28m

Largest Fees Paid (£20m +)

Jack Grealish [Aston Villa - Man City] £105.75m
Romelu Lukaku [Inter Milan - Chelsea] £103.5m
Jadon Sancho [Borussia Dortmund - Man Utd] £76.5m
Ben White [Brighton - Arsenal] £52.65m
Cristian Romero [Atalanta - Tottenham] £42.5m (Reported?)
Ibrahima Konate [RB Leipzig - Liverpool] £36m
Raphael Varane [Real Madrid - Man Utd] £36m
Tammy Abraham [Chelsea - Roma] £36m *
Emiliano Buendia [Norwich - Aston Villa] £34.56m
Danny Ings [Southampton - Aston Villa] £31.68m
Martin Odegaard [Real Madrid - Arsenal] £31.5m
Kurt Zouma [Chelsea - West Ham] £31.5m
Leon Bailey [Bayer Leverkusen - Aston Villa] £28.8m
Nikola Vlasic [CSKA Moscow - West Ham] £27m
Patson Daka [Red Bull Salzburg - Leicester] £27m
Joe Willock [Arsenal - Newcastle] £26.46m
Fikayo Tomori [Chelsea - AC Milan] £26.28m *
Daniel James [Man Utd - Leeds] £26.19m
Aaron Ramsdale [Sheff Utd - Arsenal] £25.20m
Bryan Gil [Sevilla - Tottenham] £22.5m
Emerson Royal [Barcelona - Tottenham] £22.5m
Marc Guehi [Chelsea - Crystal Palace] £21m
Enock Mwepu [RB Salzburg - Brighton] £20.7m

Oddest transfers?

Sima from Slavia Prague was being talked about as a £20m+ striker option for West Ham during the window? ends up signing for Brighton (who are short of strikers) for £9m who then loan him to Stoke for the season?

Former Hull, West Brom, Reading and Hi-De-Hi star Paul McShane signing for Man Utd.

Premier Predictions (Week 03)

This weeks games are on Saturday and Sunday before the first International break of the season.
England play 3 games in 7 days, Hungary (A), Andorra (H), Poland (A) so plenty of chances for injury and Covid.
7 games on Saturday and 3 on Sunday, with Chelsea going to Liverpool which should be interesting. The other 100%'ers all have home games.
"leaders" West Ham at home to relegation candidates Palace, it's hard as a lifelong Hammers fan to be over confident though 😁

Man City v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Brentford
Brighton v Everton
Newcastle v Southampton
Norwich v Leicester
West Ham v Crystal Palace
Liverpool v Chelsea

Burnley v Leeds
Tottenham v Watford
Wolves v Man Utd

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 02)

Week 2 Already
6 games Saturday, 3 games Sunday and one on Monday.
Early days, but Norwich getting a bad opening set of fixtures.


Liverpool v Burnley
Aston Villa v Newcastle
Crystal Palace v Brentford
Leeds v Everton
Man City v Norwich
Brighton v Watford

Southampton v Man Utd
Wolves v Tottenham
Arsenal v Chelsea

West Ham v Leicester


Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 01)

Premier League time again, so here we go with Premier Predictions 2021-22

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 so I can give you some colours.

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 total points for the season come into play. 

Predictions in the comments please 😀   

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 - Just the admiration of everyone who plays 😎

Week 1 - Friday 13th August to Sunday 15th August 

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Brentford v Arsenal

Man Utd v Leeds
Burnley v Brighton
Chelsea v Crystal Palace
Everton v Southampton
Leicester v Wolves
Watford v Aston Villa
Norwich v Liverpool

Newcastle v West Ham
Tottenham v Man City

Good Luck All  😀

New Season (2021/2022)

These summer breaks get shorter every season.

Mad panic to set up Fantasy Football teams in time for Friday.

League set up for the Premier league game (FPL), so if anyone wants to join in the Auto code is Auto Join Link or manual code is srmc8x

 

Not going to bother setting up a league in the Telegraph game (TFF) as they seem to have taken all the fun out of that part of the game, but will probably enter a few teams of my own.

 

Season kicks off on Friday night, so if anyone is up for it I will be doing the Predictions league again.

Hopefully Biopunk, Paulo, Paul and Gibbo come back for another go, and anyone else who reads this is welcome to join in.

 

Obvious challengers for the title will be the 2 Manchester clubs, Chelsea and Liverpool.

Hopefully West Ham can build on last season and be in with a shout with Leicester, Leeds, Arsenal all in the mix?

I guess the 3 promoted teams might struggle along with Burnley, Palace and maybe even Wolves.

Big transfers seem to be back with Grealish (£105m), Sancho (£76m) leading the way and about 10 other £25m+ transfers already done.

Norwich have decided to spend this time to stay up with over £40m spent already, and 8 other teams already spending over £30m. Chelsea, Newcastle, Everton and West Ham yet to get the cheque book out.

Full transfers break down at the end of the window.

 

Looks like another season of Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday kick offs which is annoying, I miss just having Saturday and Sunday weekends.

 

Anyway hoping that it's a good season of footie 😀

 

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Euro 2021 Predictions (Part 5) The Final

Here we are, the Final
England's first major final for 55 years.
This is the 5th meeting in a major finals and Italy have won the first 4  😟

Final predictions - Gibbo has a 5 point lead.
Thanks Paul and Gibbo for playing along.

Italy v England

Good Luck All  😀

Euro 2021 Predictions (Part 4)

The Semi Finals, Tuesday and Wednesday
Getting exciting now 😁

Italy v Spain
England v Denmark


Good Luck All  😀

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  😀