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Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Trendy, empty, Twitter-friendly slogans don't help Neither does facetious posts...

Week 7 fixtures... Saturday 2nd October Manchester United v Everton Burnley v Norwich City Chelsea v Southampton Leeds United v Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal Sunday 3rd October Crystal Palace v Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa West Ham United v Brentford Liverpool v Manchester City

Week 6 points... Week 6 table...

Well done Meds and thanks for organising, you're lucky I missed the Friday session... ;-)

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Haven't you just contradicted yourself? You say > brits aren't prepared to accept the conditions of > the job, but EU drivers do...isn't that the very > definition of 'undercutting'? Not in this context, the Gov's use of 'undercutting' was clearly to imply that EU workers were lowering wages for British workers, it's an oft used argument by Leavers both during and after the Brexit debate, that's simply not the case with the haulage industry whereby British workers had long since given up on the industry. EU drivers didn't have to do any 'undercutting', they simply filled a growing void that already existed, a void that has since returned after many EU workers returned to the EU post-Brexit...

FoM meant they could do either, they could work for haulage companies from their own country, but they were also able to work for UK haulage companies, likewise UK drivers were free to work for other haulage companies in the EU. For a long time there's been a growling shortage of UK haulage drivers working for UK companies, and that gap was eventually filled by EU drivers, basic market forces at work. The market has since changed due to Brexit which is why we now have a shortage of drivers again...

The UK haulage industry was going downhill before EU drivers rocked up, like fruit picking it's an industry that simply doesn't appeal to Brits and what they're prepared to do workwise, e.g. long hours, often sleeping in laybys, no washing/toilet facilities etc. The Gov's claim that EU lorry drivers undercut Brits is disingenuous to say the least...

Thanks Meds, have updated my picks and will keep an eye out for the later session pairings...

I'm late to the party, just made my picks for the second session with a minute to spare, didn't have time to read the rules so had no idea what/why I was picking...

Week 6 fixtures... Saturday 25th September Chelsea v Manchester City Manchester United v Aston Villa Everton v Norwich City Leeds United v West Ham United Leicester City v Burnley Watford v Newcastle United Brentford v Liverpool Sunday 26th September Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur Monday 27th September Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion

Week 5 points... Week 5 table...

Week 5 fixtures... Friday 17th September Newcastle United v Leeds United Saturday 18th September Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford Burnley v Arsenal Liverpool v Crystal Palace Manchester City v Southampton Norwich City v Watford Aston Villa v Everton Sunday 19th September Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City West Ham United v Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea

Week 4 points... Week 4 table...

Week 4 fixtures... Saturday 11th September Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal v Norwich City Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion Leicester City v Manchester City Manchester United v Newcastle United Southampton v West Ham United Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers Chelsea v Aston Villa Sunday 12th September Leeds United v Liverpool Monday 13th September Everton v Burnley

Week 3 points... Week 3 table...

Week 3 fixtures... Saturday 28th August Manchester City v Arsenal Aston Villa v Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton Newcastle United v Southampton Norwich City v Leicester City West Ham United v Crystal Palace Liverpool v Chelsea Sunday 29th August Burnley v Leeds United Tottenham Hotspur v Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United

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

Week 2 fixtures... Saturday 21st August Liverpool v Burnley Aston Villa v Newcastle United Crystal Palace v Brentford Leeds United v Everton Manchester City v Norwich City Brighton & Hove Albion v Watford Sunday 22nd August Southampton v Manchester United Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal v Chelsea Monday 23rd August West Ham United v Leicester City

Week 1 points and table...

Thanks to everyone who's signed up. New season, new hope. Good luck! Week 1 fixtures... Friday 13th August Brentford v Arsenal Saturday 14th August Manchester United v Leeds United Burnley v Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea v Crystal Palace Everton v Southampton Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford v Aston Villa Norwich City v Liverpool Sunday 15th August Newcastle United v West Ham United Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

Friday shake ya booty...

The EDF fantasy league is up and running for those who play that too...

Here we go...:)