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from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Predictions league foresees more doom for Arsenal
Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at home to Manchester United last weekend has led many of our panel to predict similar gloom for Arsene Wenger's men at Chelsea this Sunday.
It's been a tough run of fixtures for the Gunners but for most of our "experts" here at Reuters Soccer blog, it's been painful throughout the season. Do you think you would be better than our panel at predicting the Premier League scores each weekend? Believe me, it's not hard to beat us.
Five points for a correct score and one point for the right result. If you are joining now for the first time you can have double points until the end of the season, plus innumerable bonus points for way-out guesses on goalscorers, red cards, streakers etc. The best part is you total up the scores yourself and we trust you!
It really is all to play for, especially as long-time pacesetter Patrick lost his lead by gaining just three points last weekend and woefully predicting a 3-0 win for Arsenal over United.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Donovan must think hard about Everton move
Everton hope to complete the signing of Landon Donovan on loan from Major League Soccer’s L.A Galaxy, a move which has generated plenty of excitement among North American soccer fans.
The move makes a lot of sense for Everton manager David Moyes – it gives him no-risk attacking cover, particularly useful while Nigerian Yakubu Aiyegbeni is away throughout January at the African Nations Cup. What is less obvious is why a short term loan spell is a good move for Donovan.
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Panel predictions: how low can you go?
The best and brightest here at Reuters Soccer Blog continue to show they'd struggle to tip their own hats in a stiff breeze, let alone a correct score in the Premier League.
Our leader, Paul Radford, managed an unhappy three points this week ... and look, who's that chap who has sneaked through to replace him at the top? That was not the most impressive display of the week, however ... for that look at one Julien Pretot, our new signing from the Paris bureau who leapt in with a 14 in his first week!
