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Week 2 points... Week 2 table...

Jah's winning average weekly score for last season was 8.05 pts. Week 2 fixtures... Friday 18th August Nottingham Forest v Sheffield United Saturday 19th August Fulham v Brentford Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion * Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United Manchester City v Newcastle United Sunday 20th August Aston Villa v Everton West Ham United v Chelsea Monday 21st August Crystal Palace v Arsenal * most characters used in a PL fixture

Some good scores to kick-off the new season. Week 1 points & table...

God moves in mysterious ways 🙃

I think west Ham have done good business, Maguire will suit Moyes' system i.e. deeper defence therefore his lack of pace is less exposed. He's also got lots of captain/leadership experience, much needed after Rice's departure, likewise JWP, plus he's one of the best penalty, free-kick, corner takers in the PL. Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal were supposedly interested in Alvarez last summer but Ajax wouldn't sell after losing other key players. I'd be more worried about losing Paqueta and finding a replacement. Man Utd have done good business too but can't help thinking we should've made a bigger effort to get Kane, put him in last season's team and we would've seriously challenged City & Arsenal. But, ETH has done very well up to now so hopefully Hojlund is another 'Striking Viking'. There's also an abundance of other forward options with Rashford, Sancho, Antony, and Garnacho who I think will step up another level. My predictions for top 4 seem to change on a daily basis, this morning's news that LFC will sign Caicedo could be a gamechanger, so now have to put them in the top 4 in lieu of Toon. I also have a hunch that City won't win the league for no other reason than a reaction to last season. So... 1. Man Utd 2. Man City 3. Arsenal 4. Liverpool Sorry West Ham fans, I can't predict another win in Europe this season, but with Kane leaving, West Ham to finish above Spurs. What more do you want?"! Wolves, Shef Utd & Luton for the drop.

Another season begins. Week 1 fixtures... Friday 11th August Burnley v Manchester City Saturday 12th August Arsenal v Nottingham Forest AFC Bournemouth v West Ham United Brighton & Hove Albion v Luton Town Everton v Fulham Sheffield United v Crystal Palace Newcastle United v Aston Villa Sunday 13th August Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea v Liverpool Monday 14th August Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Only one week to go before the new EDF Predictor League kicks-off, so here are the details you need to sign up. Newbies very welcome, just click on this link to sign-up... https://www.predictaddict.co.uk/

Not familiar with the book but I know the author is a sports journalist, so one would presume it's a well researched and written book. One point though, the book was first published in 2010, since then there have been changes to the game tactically, certainly regarding what is now considered the norm such as 'pressing the ball from the front', 'inverted wingers', goalkeepers now expected to be good with their feet/passing rather than just shot stoppers, full backs dropping into midfield rather than all-out 'wing backs'...

Better strike while the Iron(s) hot. Good luck to Inter Milan tonight!...

Good luck to West Ham tonight, I need them to win just to give my pre-season predictions some respectability... 😬

Week 34 points... Week 34 table... Congratulations to Jah, second win in 4 seasons. The Women's World Cup is on 20th July - 20th Aug,, will post a reminder nearer the time and if enough interest will set up a league. Enjoy the summer break!

Final round of matches, how time flies! Week 34 fixtures... Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion Brentford v Manchester City Chelsea v Newcastle United Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest Everton v AFC Bournemouth Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City v West Ham United Manchester United v Fulham Southampton v Liverpool

Week 33 points... Week 33 table...

I usually check to see if my points tally up correctly, but not all the time, and I rarely check to see if my cumulative score tallies up correctly each week. Not sure why I noticed Jah's score that week, probably because I was keeping tabs how many points I was behind him at the time. Hopefully this is just a one-off...

Week 33 fixtures... Saturday 20th May Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford AFC Bournemouth v Manchester United Fulham v Crystal Palace Liverpool v Aston Villa Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton Nottingham Forest v Arsenal Sunday 21st May West Ham United v Leeds United Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton Manchester City v Chelsea Monday 22nd May Newcastle United v Leicester City Wednesday 24th May Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City Thursday 25th May Manchester United v Chelsea

Week 32 points... Week 32 table...

There doesn't appear to be, Jah was on 228 the week that only 7 points were added instead of 10, since then he has scored 10 and 5 points bringing his total to 243, so still 3 points short...

Week 32 fixtures... Saturday 13th May Leeds United v Newcastle United Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea v Nottingham Forest Crystal Palace v AFC Bournemouth Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton v Fulham Sunday 14th May Brentford v West Ham United Everton v Manchester City Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion Monday 15th May Leicester City v Liverpool Thursday 18th May Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion

Week 31 points... Week 31 table...

Week 31 fixtures... Saturday 6th May AFC Bournemouth v Chelsea Manchester City v Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa Liverpool v Brentford Sunday 7th May Newcastle United v Arsenal West Ham United v Manchester United Monday 8th May Fulham v Leicester City Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton Nottingham Forest v Southampton

Week 30 points... Week 30 table...

The track around Dulwich Park makes for a great impromptu Petanque pitch. It's about a mile in circumference so plenty of quiet areas away from the main pedestrian drag between the two entrance areas and the cafe/pond...

Do you know which match it is?

Week 30 fixtures... Saturday 29th April Crystal Palace v West Ham United Brentford v Nottingham Forest Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers Sunday 30th April AFC Bournemouth v Leeds United Fulham v Manchester City Manchester United v Aston Villa Newcastle United v Southampton Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur Monday 1st May Leicester City v Everton Tuesday 2nd May Arsenal v Chelsea Wednesday 3rd May Liverpool v Fulham Manchester City v West Ham United Thursday 4th May Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United

Something amiss here. It says Jah got 10pts but his total only went up by 7pts.