Monday morning update, by Kevin Fylan: This was the weekend that the Reuters Soccer Blog panel struck back. Mark Meadows managed a stonking 22 points from the 10 games, the first time we’ve really had a score to shout about. Can anyone beat that? Leader Patrick Johnston got a solid 13, while Neil Maidment has made a great leap forward with 18. In any other week, Neil…
Remember, you bag five points for getting the score spot on, and just one if you got the result right but the wrong score. Here’s our updated league table. Where do you stand?
Reuters Soccer Blog panel: Patrick Johnston 105, Mitch Phillips 89, Paul Radford 87, Mike Collett 76, Simon Evans 74, Mark Meadows 72, Kevin Fylan 71, Miles Evans 70, Julien Pretot 69, Neil Maidment 62, Asia Sports Desk 53, Justin Palmer 38, Martyn Herman 20, Sonia Oxley 10 (plus belated bonus from last week, =15)
Original post from Friday: It’s that time of the week again. Yes time to humiliate ourselves by hopelessly trying to guess which Liverpool side will turn up, how many players will be out with swine flu and whether Dimitar Berbatov will actually resemble the good player he is supposed to be.
Apart from Mitch Phillips, who downright cheated, last weekend’s Premier League predictions contest was a sad tale of woe for all and this time it looks just as tricky.
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur is always a feisty affair, just ask any North Londoner (not that there will be many on the pitch).
Even avid Spurs fans (you know who you are) would be hard pressed to deny that Arsenal play the most beautiful football in England but Tottenham are seriously threatening to break into that top four this term and what better way to show your worth that to win away at the Gunners.
The derby will be our double pointer for this week. Remember one point for the correct result and a massive five for the correct score.
Below are the running scores for our not-so-expert panel at Reuters Soccer Blog Heights followed by this weekend’s fixtures and our predictions. Please play along in the comments and see if you can rival our top contributors like Chipking, Sean and maid.
Playing Saturday:
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur: Patrick Johnston 5-2, Mitch Phillips 2-2, Paul Radford 2-0, Simon Evans 1-2, Mike Collett 2-3, Kevin Fylan 2-4, Miles Evans 3-1, Julien Pretot 3-1, Mark Meadows 1-1, Asia Sports Desk 3-1, Neil Maidment 2-1, Justin Palmer 2-2, Martyn Herman 3-1, Soxley 2-2
Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea: Patrick Johnston 1-2, Mitch Phillips 1-1, Paul Radford 0-3, Simon Evans 1-2, Mike Collett 0-2, Kevin Fylan 1-2, Miles Evans 2-2, Julien Pretot 0-2, Mark Meadows 1-2, Asia Sports Desk 1-3, Neil Maidment 0-2, Justin Palmer 1-1, Martyn Herman 0-2, Soxley 0-2
Burnley v Hull City: Patrick Johnston 2-0, Mitch Phillips 2-1, Paul Radford 2-0, Simon Evans 3-2, Mike Collett 4-1, Kevin Fylan 2-1, Miles Evans 1-1, Julien Pretot 1-1, Mark Meadows 2-0, Asia Sports Desk 1-2, Neil Maidment 2-0, Justin Palmer 1-1, Martyn Herman 2-1, Soxley 1-1
Everton v Aston Villa: Patrick Johnston 1-1, Mitch Phillips 1-1, Paul Radford 1-2, Simon Evans 1-2, Mike Collett 1-2, Kevin Fylan 1-0, Miles Evans 2-2, Julien Pretot 1-1, Mark Meadows 1-1, Asia Sports Desk 1-2, Neil Maidment 1-1, Justin Palmer 2-0, Martyn Herman 2-2, Soxley 1-1
Fulham v Liverpool: Patrick Johnston 1-0, Mitch Phillips 2-2, Paul Radford 1-2, Simon Evans 0-1, Mike Collett 1-2, Kevin Fylan 2-1, Miles Evans 0-1, Julien Pretot 1-2, Mark Meadows 1-1, Asia Sports Desk 1-4, Neil Maidment 1-2, Justin Palmer 2-3, Martyn Herman 2-1, Soxley 0-2
Portsmouth v Wigan Athletic: Patrick Johnston 1-1, Mitch Phillips 2-0, Paul Radford 1-2, Simon Evans 2-2, Mike Collett 2-1, Kevin Fylan 0-1, Miles Evans 1-2, Julien Pretot 1-0, Mark Meadows 0-0, Asia Sports Desk 0-1, Neil Maidment 1-2, Justin Palmer 0-0, Martyn Herman 1-1, Soxley 0-1
Stoke City v Wolverhampton Wanderers: Patrick Johnston 3-0, Mitch Phillips 2-0, Paul Radford 2-0, Simon Evans 2-1, Mike Collett 1-1, Kevin Fylan 2-0, Miles Evans 4-1, Julien Pretot 2-1, Mark Meadows 1-1, Asia Sports Desk 1-1, Neil Maidment 3-1, Justin Palmer 3-1, Martyn Herman 0-0, Soxley 0-0
Sunderland v West Ham United: Patrick Johnston 2-1, Mitch Phillips 2-0, Paul Radford 3-1, Simon Evans 2-1, Mike Collett 3-1, Kevin Fylan 0-0, Miles Evans 1-2, Julien Pretot 2-0, Mark Meadows 2-2, Asia Sports Desk 1-1, Neil Maidment 2-2, Justin Palmer 0-1, Martyn Herman 1-2, Soxley 3-2
Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers: Patrick Johnston 2-1, Mitch Phillips 3-1, Paul Radford 1-0, Simon Evans 5-0, Mike Collett 3-0, Kevin Fylan 4-0, Miles Evans 2-0, Julien Pretot 4-0, Mark Meadows 2-0, Asia Sports Desk 3-0, Neil Maidment 3-0, Justin Palmer 3-0, Martyn Herman 1-0, Soxley 2-1
Playing on Sunday:
Birmingham City v Manchester City: Patrick Johnston 0-1, Mitch Phillips 2-1, Paul Radford 0-3, Simon Evans 0-2, Mike Collett 1-1, Kevin Fylan 1-2, Miles Evans 1-2, Julien Pretot 2-2, Mark Meadows 1-2, Asia Sports Desk 0-3, Neil Maidment 1-3, Justin Palmer 1-2, Martyn Herman 0-3, Soxley 1-2
PHOTO: Robbie Keane (L) of Tottenham Hotspur is tackled by Arsenal’s Bacary Sagna during their English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane in London February 8, 2009. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
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an awful lot of similar scores from our panel this week. I fear they are copying each other to avoid further individual embarrassment. Round robin emails will have to be looked at…
- Posted by MarkArsenal v Tottenham, 2-1
Birmingham v Man City, 1-2
Bolton v Chelsea, 2-2
Burnley v Hull, 2-0
Everton v Aston Villa, 1.1
Fulham v Liverpool, 0.2
Man Utd v Blackburn, 1.0
Portsmouth v Wigan, 1.0
Stoke v Wolverhampton, 3.0
Sunderland v West Ham, 1.2
and my midweek game below
West ham v villa 2.0
hoping for a good result this after an embarrassing, score on last weeks predictions
- Posted by seanarsenal 3-1 spurs (arshavin 2, fabregas)
birmingham 0-1 man city
bolton 1-2 chelsea
burnley 1-0 hull
everton 2-0 villa
fulham 1-1 liverpool
united 3-0 b’burn
pompey 2-1 wigan
stoke 1-0 wolves
sunderland 0-0 west ham
made sure i did the fixtures before going to the pub for lunch today after last weeks dysmal 3
- Posted by maidArsenal v Tottenham, 2-2
Birmingham v Man City, 1-3
Bolton v Chelsea, 0-2
Burnley v Hull, 2-1
Everton v Aston Villa, 0-2
Fulham v Liverpool, 0-2
Man Utd v Blackburn, 3-0
Portsmouth v Wigan, 2-0
Stoke v Wolverhampton, 1-0
Sunderland v West Ham, 2-1
Seem to be saying this most weeks now but need a gd showing after some poor scores recently!
- Posted by ChipkingArsenal v Tottenham, 3-2
- Posted by UTVBirmingham v Man City, 0-2
Bolton v Chelsea, 1-3
Burnley v Hull, 2-1
Everton v Aston Villa, 1-3
Fulham v Liverpool, 0-1
Man Utd v Blackburn, 2-0
Portsmouth v Wigan, 2-1
Stoke v Wolverhampton, 1-1
Sunderland v West Ham, 2-1
Post now updated with the latest standings… don’t forget to let us know how you did and I’ll add an updated Rest of the World table.
- Posted by Kevin Fylan13 points this week, with 2 perfects, a great inprovment from last week predictions
- Posted by seanwell in, sean… yet to hear from our other stalwarts … though suppose I could do the maths myself
- Posted by Kevin FylanNo maths needed Kev with my pathetic score of 4! 84 total now slipping way behind Patrick!!
- Posted by ChipkingI did pretty badly myself, Chipking. Five points for me and I firmly back in mid-table sludge at the moment. It was half-term, though … that’s my excuse.
- Posted by Kevin Fylan10 points this week, ManU-B’burn saved me from another total disaster. Grand total of 42, 5 rounds played.
- Posted by UTVpretty average 6 this week, im going to need to get some perfects soon in order to regain my early season form
- Posted by maidWest Ham v Aston Villa 1-3 (hoping for a gabby hatrtick to boost the dream team)
- Posted by Chipkingwest ham 2-1 villa
about time west ham got 3 points on the board again
- Posted by maidOops. Completely forgot about the midweek game. I’m going for 1-1. Let’s see if we get any other entries.
- Posted by Kevin Fylan1-2, come on Villa!
- Posted by UTVIt’s got to be Villa….2-1
- Posted by martyn hermanAsia sports desk votes 1-2 as well. Very popular scoreline so far.
- Posted by Kevin FylanSimon Evans say 2-1, Mike Collett says 1-2, Julien says 0-2, Mitch says 1-2
- Posted by MarkMiles says 3-1. Why am I loading all these? Time they did it themselves…
- Posted by Mark