Left field
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from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Soccer scores and the power of the pub
Let's be honest here, people, predicting the English football scores has proved to be a lot trickier than many of us imagined.
You'd have thought that the frankly obsessive interest most of us here at Reuters Soccer Blog Heights take in football would see us approach this competition with the pitiless, sweeping brilliance of Celta Vigo in their 'EuroCelta' heydey of 1998-2000*.
But no. It turns out we're strictly second division, rather like Celta now, in fact, when it comes to predicting the scores. Still, at least we now know why.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger puts his success in football down to being brought up in the Croix d'Or bistro in Duttlenheim. Wenger said:
from Reuters Soccer Blog:
Midweek Premier League special. Can you beat the panel?
Never let it be said that we at Reuters Soccer Blog shirk a challenge. Our attempts at score prediction on the opening weekend produced results that were modest at best but never fear, we're straight back in for another shot (that'll doubtless be blasted over the bar).
Once again, please send in your own predictions ... they can scarcely be any worse than ours, and if you do especially well, we'll gladly let you lord it over us here on the blog.
