World Cup 2022 Predictions (Part 2)

Here are the next round of games which are being played between Friday 25th November to Monday 28th November.
Kicks off at 10am on Friday.

Wales v Iran
Qatar v Senegal
Netherlands v Ecuador
England v USA
Tunisia v Australia
Poland v Saudi Arabia
France v Denmark
Argentina v Mexico
Japan v Costa Rica
Belgium v Morocco
Croatia v Canada
Spain v Germany
Cameroon v Serbia
South Korea v Ghana
Brazil v Switzerland
Portugal v Uruguay

Good Luck All  😀

World Cup 2022 Predictions (Part 1)

World Cup time again, so here is the World Cup predictions competition.

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Personal feeling I've never looked forward to a World Cup less, stupid time of the year.
In a country with no football tradition, sterile stadiums with only well off "well behaved fans".
England in a poor run of form, so at least we should hear less of every muppet saying "it's coming home"
 

Usual predictions rules - 3 Points for a correct score, 1 Point for a correct result.
Overall winner will be decided on the total points at the end of the competition (64 Games).

Extra rules for the knockout stages:
To stop all confusion and arguments the prediction will be the score at the end of normal time (90 minutes + injury time).
Extra time and Penalties will not count.
So if a game finishes 0-0 and goes into extra time and one team has 3 players sent off and lose 7-0 it will count as a 0-0 draw, Hopefully that makes sense 😁

All welcome to join in, plenty of time to catch up if you miss a few games.

Here's a list of the first round of games in the 2022 tournament.
Will post the rest in stages a few days before they are played.

These first round games are being played between Sunday 20th November to Saturday 26th November
Kicks off at 4pm on Sunday with a game between the 44th and 50th ranked teams in the world .. sigh!!

Qatar v Ecuador
England v Iran
Senegal v Netherlands
USA v Wales
Argentina v Saudi Arabia
Denmark v Tunisia
Mexico v Poland
France v Australia
Morocco v Croatia
Germany v Japan
Spain v Costa Rica
Belgium v Canada
Switzerland v Cameroon
Uruguay v South Korea
Portugal v Ghana
Brazil v Serbia

Good Luck All   😀

World Cup 2022

Random facts
Teams with players away at the World Cup

16 Man City
14 Man Utd
12 Chelsea
11 Tottenham
10 Arsenal
8 Brighton
7 Leicester, Liverpool
6 Brentford, Fulham
5 Newcastle, Nottm Forest, West Ham, Wolves
4 Aston Villa, Everton
3 Leeds, Reading, Swansea
2 Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Crystal Palace, Luton, QPR, Sheff Utd, Southampton, Sunderland
1 Bristol C, Burnley, Huddersfield, Middlesborough, MK Dons, Norwich, Stoke, Swindon, Watford, Wimbledon

Teams with English League players

25 England
21 Wales
12 Brazil
10 Portugal, Senegal
8 USA
7 Belgium, Denmark, Ghana
5 Argentina, France, Spain, Switzerland
4 Germany
3 Australia, Ecuador, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Uruguay
2 Cameroon, Croatia, Japan, South Korea
1 Canada, Costa Rica, Iran, Mexico, Serbia, Tunisia
0 Qatar, Saudi Arabia

The toughest to the weakest groups
(Based on current average FIFA World rankings)

15.00 B    England, USA, Wales, Iran
18.25 E    Spain, Germany, Japan, Costa Rica
19.25 F    Belgium, Croatia, Morocco, Canada
20.00 G    Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Cameroon
20.50 D    France, Denmark, Tunisia, Australia
23.25 C    Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia
28.00 H    Portugal, Uruguay, South Korea, Ghana
30.00 A    Netherlands, Senegal, Ecuador, Qatar

Mid Season Tables

Time for some tables

NBTF Predictions League (Full Info)

 

FPL Fantasy League (Top 10)

After a very poor start I'm up to 11th

 

 

TFF Fantasy League (Top 10)

Not a great season so far, but tons of transfers left.

 

Premier Predictions (Week 16)

Final set of games before the WC break.
With Ralph Rabbit-Hutch now gone David Moyes is the new favourite for the push (I want him to stay).
Man City should go top for 7 hours, Potter probably needs a win after some dodgy games.
All World cup bound players will be praying to get through this weekend.

Man City v Brentford
Bournemouth v Everton
Liverpool v Southampton
Nottm Forest v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Leeds
West Ham v Leicester
Newcastle v Chelsea
Wolves v Arsenal

Brighton v Aston Villa
Fulham v Man Utd

Good Luck All  😀

England

World Cup less than 2 weeks away, Not sure when Southgate has to name his squad as the Premier doesn't finish till Sunday evening.

Have seen about 60 names mentioned so Here's my 26 from that lot, Will probably be totally wrong? 😀

Squad
Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope, Dean Henderson
Kieran Trippier, Reece James (Injured), Ben White, Luke Shaw, Tyrick Mitchell
Conor Coady, John Stones, Trevoh Chalobah, James Tarkowski
Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Bukayo Saka, Mason Mount
Jack Grealish, Harvey Barnes, Kalvin Phillips (Injured), James Maddison, Conor Gallagher
Harry Kane, Ivan Toney, Marcus Rashford, Tammy Abraham

Next best
Aaron Ramsdale
Kyle Walker (Injured), Trent Alexander-Arnold, Marc Guehi, Fikayo Tomori, Dan Burn
James Ward-Prowse, Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho, Eberechi Eze
Callum Wilson, Jarrod Bowen, Ollie Watkins

No thanks
Eric Dier, Tyrone Mings, James Justin, Chris Smalling, Lewis Dunk, Rico Henry,
Aaron Cresswell, Adam Webster, Harry Maguire, Joe Gomez, Ryan Sessegnon
Callum Hudson-Odoi, Emile Smith Rowe, Jordan Henderson, Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Dominic Solanke, Danny Welbeck, Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Premier Predictions (Week 15)

Two more weeks of Premier league before the WC break.
Two more weeks for more players to get injured and get an early Christmas break and avoid a trip to the desert.
5 games Saturday, 5 games Sunday.

Leeds v Bournemouth
Man City v Fulham
Nottm Forest v Brentford
Wolves v Brighton
Everton v Leicester

Chelsea v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Man Utd
Southampton v Newcastle
West Ham v Crystal Palace
Tottenham v Liverpool

Good Luck All  😀

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Premier Predictions (Week 14)

Just 3 more rounds before the World Cup
8 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday this week.
Stand out is probably Potter going back to Brighton.
Leeds manager needing a win has Liverpool away.

Leicester v Man City
Bournemouth v Tottenham
Brentford v Wolves
Brighton v Chelsea
Crystal Palace v Southampton
Newcastle v Aston Villa
Fulham v Everton
Liverpool v Leeds

Arsenal v Nottm Forest
Man Utd v West Ham

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 13)

Straight onto the next set of games in this overloaded season.
4 games on Saturday, 5 on Sunday, and West Ham play Monday ahead of another European week.
Some good hard to predict games this week with only Liverpool looking guaranteed a win.

Nottm Forest v Liverpool
Everton v Crystal Palace
Man City v Brighton
Chelsea v Man Utd

Aston Villa v Brentford
Leeds v Fulham
Southampton v Arsenal
Wolves v Leicester
Tottenham v Newcastle

West Ham v Bournemouth

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 11 + 12)

Double game week with a Friday night start.

Week 11

1 game Friday, 4 games Saturday, 5 games Sunday.

A few interesting games 5th v 6th, 7th v 8th, a midlands relegation battle, 

and what would normally be the big game with Man City going to Liverpool.

Brentford v Brighton

Leicester v Crystal Palace
Fulham v Bournemouth
Wolves v Nottm Forest
Tottenham v Everton

Aston Villa v Chelsea
Leeds v Arsenal
Man Utd v Newcastle
Southampton v West Ham
Liverpool v Man City

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Week 12
2 games on Tuesday, 5 on Wednesday, 2 on Thursday
The top two match has been postponed due to Arsenal playing Europa league.

Brighton v Nottm Forest
Crystal Palace v Wolves

Arsenal v Man City - Postponed
Bournemouth v Southampton
Brentford v Chelsea
Liverpool v West Ham
Newcastle v Everton
Man Utd v Tottenham

Fulham v Aston Villa
Leicester v Leeds
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Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 10)

Prem time again in the middle of Euro fixtures, so probably a few rested players?
5 games Saturday, 4 games Sunday and Forest get another Midlands derby on Monday.

Bournemouth v Leicester
Chelsea v Wolves
Man City v Southampton
Newcastle v Brentford
Brighton v Tottenham
 
Crystal Palace v Leeds
West Ham v Fulham
Arsenal v Liverpool
Everton v Man Utd

Nottm Forest v Aston Villa

Good Luck All  😀

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Premier Predictions (Week 09)

Back from another International break (yawn) with what should be a complete set this week?
7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday.
Derby week for London, Manchester and the Midlands.

Arsenal v Tottenham
Bournemouth v Brentford
Crystal Palace v Chelsea
Fulham v Newcastle
Liverpool v Brighton
Southampton v Everton
West Ham v Wolves

Man City v Man Utd
Leeds v Aston Villa
Leicester v Nottm Forest

Good Luck All  😀

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Premier Predictions (Week 08)

Will probably need to update this?
Week 7 was a write off, Week 8 not looking good so far.

If the games happen?
2 on Friday night, 4 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday.

The Brighton v Palace game was already due to be postponed due to the rail strike, which is not now happening?
The games at Chelsea and Man Utd seem to have been called off as well.


Aston Villa v Southampton
Nottm Forest v Fulham

Wolves v Man City
Brighton v Crystal Palace (Postponed)
Newcastle v Bournemouth
Tottenham v Leicester

Brentford v Arsenal
Everton v West Ham
Man Utd v Leeds (Postponed)
Chelsea v Liverpool (Postponed)

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 07)

* All Games Postponed *

Back to domestic football with some really interesting games.
6 games Saturday, 3 on Sunday, 1 on Monday.
Chelsea as expected dump Tuchel after losing to Zagreb (obviously Euro VAR crew not as corrupt as the English version), Fulham must fancy their chances.
South coast derby Bournemouth v Brighton, with Chelsea trying to steal Brighton's manager obviously money talks but think he should stay where he is if he wants to be in a job next year.
Midlands derby with the two most under pressure managers.
Shell shocked Liverpool should be able to beat Wolves?
Man City v Tottenham should be good, don't think Pep will rest Haaland this week.
West Ham v Newcastle might be a problem for the VAR crew as they hate both teams.
Also 3 other games (but this intro is too long already). 😁

Fulham v Chelsea
Bournemouth v Brighton
Leicester v Aston Villa
Liverpool v Wolves
Southampton v Brentford
Man City v Tottenham

Arsenal v Everton
West Ham v Newcastle
Crystal Palace v Man Utd

Leeds v Nottm Forest


Good Luck All  😀

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Although I seem to have been targeted by a Thai slot betting spammer, who added over 40 spam posts on Monday (all gone now).

Summer Transfers 2022

So continuing with my six monthly pet project here's the summer transfer update. 😀

Summer 2022 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).
Pretty sure this must be a record spend for the Premier League with over £2 billion spent (what cost of living crisis?).
Last year there were the two big £100 million transfers (Grealish and Lukaku), but only two more exceeding £50m, this year although the highest was £85m Antony at Man Utd there were Ten £50m + transfers.

Big spenders were Chelsea and Man Utd with West Ham joining the club this season.
Three teams are showing a large profit, with Man City bringing in £190m.
Nottingham Forest have brought in a massive 23 players, the worry for them is that Fulham and Norwich did similar in the last two years and both were relegated.
Leicester making a profit thanks to the Fofana deal but only brought in one first teamer and two kids.
I've added a loaned out column this season, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man CIty are usually top of this but have noticed Brighton do a lot of it as well.

The Chart:

Total Spend - £2,053,910,000,000
Most Players In - Nottm Forest 23, Bournemouth 12, Chelsea 12, Fulham 12
Most Players Out - Man City 46, Chelsea 43, Arsenal 38
Most Money Paid - Chelsea £267.29m, Man Utd £216.3m, West Ham £164.26m
Most Money Received - Man City £190.63m, Brighton £103.41m, Leeds £97.83m
Largest Profit - Man City £65.08m, Brighton £60.39m, Leicester £57.96m
Largest Defecit - Chelsea £208.52m, Man Utd £193.12m, West Ham £147.44m

Largest Fees Paid (£32m +)

Antony [Ajax - Man Utd] £85.5m
Wesley Fofana [Leicester - Chelsea] £74.25m
Darwin Nunez [Benfica - Liverpool] £67.5m
Casemiro [Real Madrid - Man Utd] £63.59m
Alexander Isak [Real Sociedad - Newcastle] £63m
Marc Cucurella [Brighton - Chelsea] £58.77m
Erling Haaland [Dortmund - Man City] £54m
Raphinha [Leeds - Barcelona] £52.2m **
Richarlison [Everton - Tottenham] £52.2m
Lisandro Martínez [Ajax - Man Utd] £51.63m
Raheem Sterling [Man City - Chelsea] £50.58m
Gabriel Jesus [Man City - Arsenal] £46.98m
Cristian Romero [Atalanta - Tottenham] £45m
Kalvin Phillips [Leeds - Man City] £44.1m
Matheus Nunes [Sporting Lisbon - Wolves] £40.5m
Lucas Paquetá [Lyon - West Ham] £38.66m
Kalidou Koulibaly [Napoli - Chelsea] £34.2m
Sven Botman [Lille - Newcastle] £33.3m
Gianluca Scamacca [Sassuolo - West Ham] £32.4m
Amadou Onana [Lille - Everton] £32.4m

Oddest transfers?
A few surprised me this year.
Loans - Dan James to Fulham, Conor Coady to Everton.
Man City getting rid of so many top players.
Chelsea signing left back Cucurella when they had 2 quality left backs.
Tom Huddlestone to Man Utd, Jay Spearing to Liverpool

Early signs are Haaland and Jesus have been good buys, and several others have started well.

Well that's that till January  😉

Premier Predictions (Week 06)

(Edit)
This week there are 8 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday
Some moved due to Euro games next week.
Mersey derby to start, couple of London derbies to follow.
Forest play Bournemouth I'm wondering if ground is big enough for the Forest squad?
Rodgers, Gerrard and Tuchel all praying for a good result.


Everton v Liverpool
Brentford v Leeds
Chelsea v West Ham
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
Nottm Forest v Bournemouth
Tottenham v Fulham
Wolves v Southampton
Aston Villa v Man City

Brighton v Leicester
Man Utd v Arsenal


Good Luck All  😀

Right, hunting through the settings I seem to have found the missing posts but only visble in the blog settings?

But still no idea why some posts appear on the main page and some don't?

Some classed as spam for unknown reasons so didn't post? but also found that assorted Spambots had posted about 50 comments this week on older blog entries (e.g week 22/23 of last season, just working my through deleting those).

Hopefully I'll find a reason? if not at least I now know where to look for your non posted comments

 

 Keep posting, looks like I might see it even if you don't straight away

Premier Predictions (Week 04 + 05)

First of several double weeks this season
Post when you like, hopefully everyone's will come through this week?

Week 4 - 7 games Saturday, 3 on Sunday
Week 5 - 4 games Tuesday, 5 Wednesday, 1 Thursday).

Arsenal and West Ham have the only 100% records after 3 games  😭


Week 4 (Sat 27/08 - Sun 28/08)  12:30pm Start

Southampton v Man Utd
Brentford v Everton
Brighton v Leeds
Chelsea v Leicester
Liverpool v Bournemouth
Man City v Crystal Palace
Arsenal v Fulham

Aston Villa v West Ham
Wolves v Newcastle
Nottm Forest v Tottenham

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Week 5 (Tue 30/08 - Thur 01/09)

Crystal Palace v Brentford
Fulham v Brighton
Southampton v Chelsea
Leeds v Everton

Arsenal v Aston Villa
Bournemouth v Wolves
Man City v Nottm Forest
West Ham v Tottenham
Liverpool v Newcastle

Leicester v Man Utd

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Good Luck All  😀

Will post the week 6 Saturday games around Thursday.

Premier Predictions (Week 03)

Week 3 already, a busy season ahead.
6 games Saturday, 3 on Sunday and the big relegation battle on Monday 😜
When you think of top flight London derbies not many think Fulham v Brentford? Only two 100% records left and Arsenal go to Bournemouth.
Sunday has the Two mega rich Arab run clubs facing off, and West Ham play bogey team Brighton right in the middle of the Euro games.

Tottenham v Wolves
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Everton v Nottm Forest
Fulham v Brentford
Leicester v Southampton
Bournemouth v Arsenal

Leeds v Chelsea
West Ham v Brighton
Newcastle v Man City

Man Utd v Liverpool

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 02)

Late again, will take me a while to get used to the weekly football again.
7 games Saturday, 2 on SUnday and One on Monday.


Aston Villa v Everton
Arsenal v Leicester
Brighton v Newcastle
Man City v Bournemouth
Southampton v Leeds
Wolves v Fulham
Brentford v Man Utd

Nottm Forest v West Ham
Chelsea v Tottenham
Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Good Luck All  😀

Premier Predictions (Week 01)

Premier League time again, so here we go with this seasons Premier Predictions 2022-23

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 😎

1 game on Friday night, 6 games Saturday and 3 on Sunday.
Looking forward to Dawson v Haaland

Week 1 - Friday 5th August to Sunday 7th August 

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Crystal Palace v Arsenal

Fulham v Liverpool
Bournemouth v Aston Villa
Leeds v Wolves
Newcastle v Nottm Forest
Tottenham v Southampton
Everton v Chelsea

Leicester v Brentford
Man Utd v Brighton
West Ham v Man City

Good Luck All  😀