Saturday, 28 February 2009
Arsenal v Fulham, 15:00
Fabregas conceded this week that Arsenal can't win the title, substantiating what most other people think. They're capable of beating Fulham. Arshavin might start to show his influence.
2-1
Chelsea v Wigan, 15:00
Wigan haven't scored more than one goal in game since Boxing Day. Chelsea have the vitality that comes with a newly appointed manager. It's at this stage of the season that teams like Wigan, who are in a string position in the league, can start to lose their way and cede victory to better sides.
1-0
Everton v West Brom, 12:45
West Brom have lost more than twice as many games as Everton this season. Expect that trend to continue.
2-0
Middlesbrough v Liverpool, 15:00
Liverpool seem to be watching Man United ride off into the sunset clutching the Premiership trophy. Liverpool's biggest problem has been beating teams who want to win. With middle in the relegation they will have to be cautious but desperately need three points which might just play into Liverpool's hands, who could be feeling more secure with the knowledge of Rick Parry's imminent departure.
1-2
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Sunday, 1 March 2009
Aston Villa v Stoke, 15:00
Villa to continue their charge, brushing aside a lacklustre Stoke.
3-0
Bolton v Newcastle, 13:00
With only 2 points between the sides there's little to distinguish this match.
2-2
Hull v Blackburn, 12:30
Hull aren't the side they were earlier in the season but Big Sam hasn't brought immediate success to Blackburn. Two old friends up against each other. Draw.
0-0
West Ham v Man City, 12:30
The Hammers take on an unpredictable Man City. City looked good, especially on the counter attack against Liverpool.
2-1
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Premiership Predictions
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Arsenal v Sunderland, 15:00
Despite being close to winning the title last year, only dropping off following the shocking injury to Edouardo, Arsenal are increasingly resembling yesterday's men.
Luckily for them, they're only playing Sunderland. This could be the ideal opportunity for Russian Flat Track Bully Arshavin to make his mark in his first start for the team.
2-0
Aston Villa v Chelsea, 12:45
Can Villa take anything from the Golden Guus? I didn't see Villa's UEFA Cup game but it's reported that fatigue is setting in to the small squad. Chelsea are likely to benefit from the boost that usually comes from having a new manager in charge. Hiddink will probably have started work on his players' fitness and making the team difficult to beat so I can imagine them getting something from the game.
1-1
Bolton v West Ham, 15:00
Zola looked down and out a few months ago but has risen to the challenge. Some credit has been given to his assistant Steve Clark but regardless of that, they are getting the results they need, sitting happily in eighth position. Bolton are less convincing.
1-2
Man Utd v Blackburn, 17:30
Could this finally be where Edwin Van der Saar has to pick a ball out of the back of his net? Does Allardyce have the formula to unlock United's defence? Probably not but for the sake of being contrary and hoping that it makes the league a bit more interesting again I'm going to go with a score draw.
1-1
Middlesbrough v Wigan, 15:00
Middlesbore take on Bruce's rising Wigan. Bruce was overly peripatetic in his early managerial career but Southgate is starting to look as though he's been in his first job too long. Boro are never predictable but it's not hard to see them being beaten.
0-2
Stoke v Portsmouth, 15:00
Stoke are in touching distance of their rightful place in the relegation zone. Portsmouth will be looking to recover form the Tony Adams debacle and continue to pick up more points after beating a witless Manchester City in their last game. Stoke are fading fast.
0-2
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Fulham v West Brom, 13:30
Fulham need to respond to their 3-0 defeat to Manchester United. West Brom need to drag themselves from the bottles of the table. Only one necessity is like to bear fruit.
2-0
Liverpool v Man City, 15:00
Despite being only February, some consider Liverpool to be Manchester United's only serious contenders for the title now. Liverpool will have to beat City to maintain that mantle. Liverpool have lost a game fewer than United but have drawn more. Those draws have usually been scoreless when Benitez's men have lacked the guile to open up defensive teams. The erratic City are not known for the defence although they should benefit from the return of Richard Dunne.
2-0
Newcastle v Everton, 16:00
With Joe Kinnear recovering from a heart bypass operation it's hard to see Newcastle as a steady ship.
Everton are doing extremely well with limited resources and have much more below the surface than... stretching iceberg metaphor... they should beat Newcastle.
0-1
Monday, 23 February 2009
Hull v Tottenham, 20:00
It's hard to to laugh at Hull's record signing being injured for months due to their lack of foresight. Fulham wouldn't given him a new contract because they were unsure of his knee so Hull splashed the cash in record fashion instead. Spurs will be humbled by defeat in the UEFA Cup. Four points separate the sides. Not much in it.
0-0
Arsenal v Sunderland, 15:00
Despite being close to winning the title last year, only dropping off following the shocking injury to Edouardo, Arsenal are increasingly resembling yesterday's men.
Luckily for them, they're only playing Sunderland. This could be the ideal opportunity for Russian Flat Track Bully Arshavin to make his mark in his first start for the team.
2-0
Aston Villa v Chelsea, 12:45
Can Villa take anything from the Golden Guus? I didn't see Villa's UEFA Cup game but it's reported that fatigue is setting in to the small squad. Chelsea are likely to benefit from the boost that usually comes from having a new manager in charge. Hiddink will probably have started work on his players' fitness and making the team difficult to beat so I can imagine them getting something from the game.
1-1
Bolton v West Ham, 15:00
Zola looked down and out a few months ago but has risen to the challenge. Some credit has been given to his assistant Steve Clark but regardless of that, they are getting the results they need, sitting happily in eighth position. Bolton are less convincing.
1-2
Man Utd v Blackburn, 17:30
Could this finally be where Edwin Van der Saar has to pick a ball out of the back of his net? Does Allardyce have the formula to unlock United's defence? Probably not but for the sake of being contrary and hoping that it makes the league a bit more interesting again I'm going to go with a score draw.
1-1
Middlesbrough v Wigan, 15:00
Middlesbore take on Bruce's rising Wigan. Bruce was overly peripatetic in his early managerial career but Southgate is starting to look as though he's been in his first job too long. Boro are never predictable but it's not hard to see them being beaten.
0-2
Stoke v Portsmouth, 15:00
Stoke are in touching distance of their rightful place in the relegation zone. Portsmouth will be looking to recover form the Tony Adams debacle and continue to pick up more points after beating a witless Manchester City in their last game. Stoke are fading fast.
0-2
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Fulham v West Brom, 13:30
Fulham need to respond to their 3-0 defeat to Manchester United. West Brom need to drag themselves from the bottles of the table. Only one necessity is like to bear fruit.
2-0
Liverpool v Man City, 15:00
Despite being only February, some consider Liverpool to be Manchester United's only serious contenders for the title now. Liverpool will have to beat City to maintain that mantle. Liverpool have lost a game fewer than United but have drawn more. Those draws have usually been scoreless when Benitez's men have lacked the guile to open up defensive teams. The erratic City are not known for the defence although they should benefit from the return of Richard Dunne.
2-0
Newcastle v Everton, 16:00
With Joe Kinnear recovering from a heart bypass operation it's hard to see Newcastle as a steady ship.
Everton are doing extremely well with limited resources and have much more below the surface than... stretching iceberg metaphor... they should beat Newcastle.
0-1
Monday, 23 February 2009
Hull v Tottenham, 20:00
It's hard to to laugh at Hull's record signing being injured for months due to their lack of foresight. Fulham wouldn't given him a new contract because they were unsure of his knee so Hull splashed the cash in record fashion instead. Spurs will be humbled by defeat in the UEFA Cup. Four points separate the sides. Not much in it.
0-0
Monday, February 9, 2009
A Return
I haven't written anything here apart from football predictions for quite a while. I've had a few things going on. When I started this it was meant as a way of writing about not working and keeping me occupied in that time. However, I didn't want to write about my friends, regardless of how it affected me because I respect their privacy so I didn't write anything.
Now I feel the time is write to get back to this. I've applied for a couple of jobs recently and have been invited to an interview on Thursday. That puts an end to the idea of having another leisurely week. It's a good thing as I was starting to feel more an more comfortable in not working. I think that since my last (personal) post I've received my redundancy payment so I don't have to worry about where my next meal is coming from for the immediate future - but I'm well aware that it won't last and I could end up back where I started or worse if I don't pay off any of the debts I intended to.
I hope that I get a job lined up soon so that I can pay those debts and think about a quick but cheap holiday.
Now I feel the time is write to get back to this. I've applied for a couple of jobs recently and have been invited to an interview on Thursday. That puts an end to the idea of having another leisurely week. It's a good thing as I was starting to feel more an more comfortable in not working. I think that since my last (personal) post I've received my redundancy payment so I don't have to worry about where my next meal is coming from for the immediate future - but I'm well aware that it won't last and I could end up back where I started or worse if I don't pay off any of the debts I intended to.
I hope that I get a job lined up soon so that I can pay those debts and think about a quick but cheap holiday.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Premiership Predictions
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Blackburn v Aston Villa, 15:00
Blackburn are to be respected a lot more since Sam Allardyce replaced Paul Ince. Their football is not the sort to be respected by lovers of the beautiful game but it's the type that gets results. Villa have been this season's real surprise package. They were expected to fight it out out for a UEFA Cup spot with Everton and Spurs, not take a Champions League spot away from Arsenal. Away to Rovers, could this be where Villa start to lose momentum?
1-0
Chelsea v Hull, 15:00
There was much brouhaha following Frank Lampard's red card at Anfield on Sunday. If the referee had awarded a red card for similar incidents earlier in the game the card might have been deemed more acceptable by the watching public as his studs were showing. Regardless of the fact that they were reduced to 10 men, Chelsea were not very good in that game and deserved to lose. They will compensate for that performance and result by beating Hull at home.
3-0
Everton v Bolton, 15:00
Both teams' strength is defence so this could be a war of attrition, or just a very boring game.
0-0
Man City v Middlesbrough, 12:45
The dullards from Teeside enter stage at the Eastlands Variety Show. City won't have Kaka but they will have Craig Bellamy... All the same they should beat Boro.
2-1
Portsmouth v Liverpool, 17:30
Liverpool have struggled at Pompey in the past. The noisy crowd and constant bell ringing clearly play a part, as well as the managerial nous of Harry Redknapp. But he's gone and the good ship Pompey is now being steered by the captain of the Titanic. All of Adams's years in therapy have rendered him so introspective that he's failed to notice the iceberg of relegation on the horizon. With Gerrard out, Liverpool will be looking to Fernando Torres for goals so they'll probably come from Yossi Benayoun and Ryan Babel.
0-3
Sunderland v Stoke, 15:00
Stoke have now acclimatised to being the relegation battlers they should have been at the start of the season. Sunderland aren't doing brilliantly but as the home side they should have enough to leave with another three points next to their name by Saturday evening.
2-1
West Brom v Newcastle, 15:00
West Brom's success only seems to come at home. Newcastle appear to be in decline: they've sold Shay Given, are without Michael Owen and don't have much else to tell the kids about.
2-0
Wigan v Fulham, 15:00
Don't tell anyone but Wigan are seventh in the table. Steve Bruce has rescued them from Paul Jewell's disastrous sophomore season and turned them into viable contenders for the UEFA Cup. Fulham are sometimes good but are now missing Jimmy Bullard who had been their key player since his return from injury. A close game, probably but the ever impressive Wigan will likely continue their charge.
2-1
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Sunday, 8 February 2009
Tottenham v Arsenal, 13:30
Much is made of the hatred between the two sides in this North London derby but of greater concern will be for Arsenal to wrench fourth spot from Villa and for Spurs to claw themselves further away from relegation. Victory for Spurs in this game is such a rarity that there's no point suggesting they might win. Perhaps Arsenal can edge it with their better players but the passions invoked by the game could curtail any actual difference in ability.
1-1
West Ham v Man Utd, 16:00
If Liverpool win they will have overtaken Man United at the top of the table. Such is football, I believe that Liverpool will win and United will draw leaving United ahead on Goal Difference, and with a game in hand.
2-2
Blackburn v Aston Villa, 15:00
Blackburn are to be respected a lot more since Sam Allardyce replaced Paul Ince. Their football is not the sort to be respected by lovers of the beautiful game but it's the type that gets results. Villa have been this season's real surprise package. They were expected to fight it out out for a UEFA Cup spot with Everton and Spurs, not take a Champions League spot away from Arsenal. Away to Rovers, could this be where Villa start to lose momentum?
1-0
Chelsea v Hull, 15:00
There was much brouhaha following Frank Lampard's red card at Anfield on Sunday. If the referee had awarded a red card for similar incidents earlier in the game the card might have been deemed more acceptable by the watching public as his studs were showing. Regardless of the fact that they were reduced to 10 men, Chelsea were not very good in that game and deserved to lose. They will compensate for that performance and result by beating Hull at home.
3-0
Everton v Bolton, 15:00
Both teams' strength is defence so this could be a war of attrition, or just a very boring game.
0-0
Man City v Middlesbrough, 12:45
The dullards from Teeside enter stage at the Eastlands Variety Show. City won't have Kaka but they will have Craig Bellamy... All the same they should beat Boro.
2-1
Portsmouth v Liverpool, 17:30
Liverpool have struggled at Pompey in the past. The noisy crowd and constant bell ringing clearly play a part, as well as the managerial nous of Harry Redknapp. But he's gone and the good ship Pompey is now being steered by the captain of the Titanic. All of Adams's years in therapy have rendered him so introspective that he's failed to notice the iceberg of relegation on the horizon. With Gerrard out, Liverpool will be looking to Fernando Torres for goals so they'll probably come from Yossi Benayoun and Ryan Babel.
0-3
Sunderland v Stoke, 15:00
Stoke have now acclimatised to being the relegation battlers they should have been at the start of the season. Sunderland aren't doing brilliantly but as the home side they should have enough to leave with another three points next to their name by Saturday evening.
2-1
West Brom v Newcastle, 15:00
West Brom's success only seems to come at home. Newcastle appear to be in decline: they've sold Shay Given, are without Michael Owen and don't have much else to tell the kids about.
2-0
Wigan v Fulham, 15:00
Don't tell anyone but Wigan are seventh in the table. Steve Bruce has rescued them from Paul Jewell's disastrous sophomore season and turned them into viable contenders for the UEFA Cup. Fulham are sometimes good but are now missing Jimmy Bullard who had been their key player since his return from injury. A close game, probably but the ever impressive Wigan will likely continue their charge.
2-1
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Sunday, 8 February 2009
Tottenham v Arsenal, 13:30
Much is made of the hatred between the two sides in this North London derby but of greater concern will be for Arsenal to wrench fourth spot from Villa and for Spurs to claw themselves further away from relegation. Victory for Spurs in this game is such a rarity that there's no point suggesting they might win. Perhaps Arsenal can edge it with their better players but the passions invoked by the game could curtail any actual difference in ability.
1-1
West Ham v Man Utd, 16:00
If Liverpool win they will have overtaken Man United at the top of the table. Such is football, I believe that Liverpool will win and United will draw leaving United ahead on Goal Difference, and with a game in hand.
2-2
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