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 😃

Women's F.A Cup Final

Women's F.A Cup Final on Saturday, West Ham v Man City at Wembley 5:15.
The FA say they want to promote Women's football and what better way than having a massive crowd at Wembley on Saturday.

Both Man City and West Ham's mens teams were due to play on Saturday as well, so West Ham asked if their game against Southampton could be brought forward to 12:30 so that any Hammers fans who wanted to go to the Final could make it in time.
The F.A refused saying "that it would inconvenience fans" so was not possible. 😠
But after the European Quarter Finals Man City's game against Leicester is moved to Monday night, and Liverpool have to travel to Newcastle on Saturday night ... try telling Leicester and Liverpool fans that is not inconvenient!!

As far as Saturday's game goes it will need a miraculous performance and Man City have already beaten West Ham by 7-1 and 3-1 this season, but who knows??  
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Premier Predictions (Week 36)

Fixtures coming thick and fast now.
This weeks start on Friday night with Liverpool's easiest game of the season, followed by 6 on Saturday and 3 on Sunday.

Hopefully Tottenham will be thinking more about Europe and avoiding injury and following the recent trend of top 4 hopefuls by losing at home?
The last relegation place might be decided if Fulham keep up their mini revival and Brighton actually score a goal?
The new ambition of some clubs is to finish 7th? Watford v Wolves is the big game in that "battle" with Everton hoping to join in.
Sunday has Man City's toughest game on their run-in away to Burnley, and Man Utd v Chelsea looks like the battle for a 4th/5th place as Arsenal are doing their best to throw away 4th.

Liverpool v Huddersfield

Tottenham v West Ham
Crystal Palace v Everton
Fulham v Cardiff
Southampton v Bournemouth
Watford v Wolves
Brighton v Newcastle

Leicester v Arsenal
Burnley v Man City
Man Utd v Chelsea

Good Luck All 😃

Premier Predictions (Week 35)

Here we go with another mega week of 14 games over 5 days.
6 matches on Saturday, 3 on Sunday, 1 on Monday, 2 each on Tuesday and Wednesday.

If Liverpool and City win their games the lead will change 5 times in 8 days .... IF?
Man City and Tottenham go at it again Saturday lunchtime if they've got anything left after last night's amazing game.
On Sunday Cardiff might give Liverpool a game as they still have an outside chance of staying up?
Brighton have 2 tough away games and on recent form they will lose badly.
Wednesday night is the Manc derby which looks like City's toughest game on the run in, but would United fans be upset if they lost?? 😉
The 3rd to 6th place teams still have plenty to play for.

In the competition with just 4 weeks left and a Biopunk win would just about wrap it up, but none of us are out of it yet.

Man City v Tottenham
Bournemouth v Fulham
Huddersfield v Watford
West Ham v Leicester
Wolves v Brighton
Newcastle v Southampton

Everton v Man Utd
Arsenal v Crystal Palace
Cardiff v Liverpool

Chelsea v Burnley

Tottenham v Brighton
Watford v Southampton

Wolves v Arsenal
Man Utd v Man City

Good Luck All  😃

Premier Predictions (Week 34)

5 weeks left Bio in the driving seat, Paul and myself could put the pressure on and Gibbo and Paulo now really need to win the last 5 on the trot?
Another of those elongated weeks with 11 games over 5 days.
Friday start again at Leicester, 6 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 Monday and the bonus game on Tuesday which depending on Saturday's scores might be a relegation 6 pointer.
The 2 big games will be on Sunday where City go to Palace who beat them earlier in the season, needing a win to put the pressure on Liverpool who play their bogey team Chelsea later.

Leicester v Newcastle

Tottenham v Huddersfield
Brighton v Bournemouth
Burnley v Cardiff
Fulham v Everton
Southampton v Wolves
Man Utd v West Ham

Crystal Palace v Man City
Liverpool v Chelsea

Watford v Arsenal

Brighton v Cardiff

Good Luck All 😃

Premier Predictions (Week 33)

After the Lord Mayor's show, points should be lower this week as we have just 8 games to pick.
6 Premier League games and 2 F.A Cup Semi Finals (to make the numbers up).
90 Minute scores in the Cup ties please.
Games spread over 4 days, Liverpool have the chance to go top again on Friday, 4 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and West Ham go to Stamford Bridge on Monday needing a big comeback after last weeks disaster (hopefully).

Southampton v Liverpool

Bournemouth v Burnley
Huddersfield v Leicester
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
Man City v Brighton (FAC)

Everton v Arsenal
Watford v Wolves (FAC)

Chelsea v West Ham

Good Luck All :)

Premier Predictions (Week 32)

Football is back with a bang, after 2 five goal hauls for England it's back to Premier league action with a 15 games in 5 days mega week (chance for some record scores?).
7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday including the big game of the week at Anfield, 1 on Monday, then the re-arranged games with 2 on Tuesday and 3 on Wednesday.

Chances are the top 2 will change places 4 times in the next 7 days?
Desperation times for Fulham and Huddersfield, Fulham could be relegated on Tuesday if they lose both games?

Fulham v Man City
Brighton v Southampton
Burnley v Wolves
Crystal Palace v Huddersfield
Leicester v Bournemouth
Man Utd v Watford
West Ham v Everton

Cardiff v Chelsea
Liverpool v Tottenham

Arsenal v Newcastle

Watford v Fulham
Wolves v Man Utd

Chelsea v Brighton
Man City v Cardiff
Tottenham v Crystal Palace

Good Luck All 😃

Week 33 is just 8 games including F.A Cup and will start on Friday the 5th.

Fantasy Tables Etc

Table update - Full Predictions League, Fantasy FPL, Fantasy TFF

FPL

TFF