I am signing up to the following if any body wishes to follow me. I will update and post the league table on this thread. Did ok last season but joined late and was unable to catch up the leaders. Here's hoping for a better result this season!!

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Kivver - Faid comment. Chels at the moment are lacking a proper striker (Drogs - injured, Gronks - off form, Mutu - stoned, and Kezman yet to adapt to England/Chelsea). Why we let your boys take Forsell I'll never truly know - I'd bring him back asap, and let him learn the game with us.

The newspaper talk is of Cole returning, but I'm not sure whether he's an answer or not.

Re;your team - I expected better things from them than I've seen to date - Whats wrong ? You have a good squad on paper.

Have placed a nine fold accumulator on this weekend. Will be amazed if it comes in!!

Unfortunately Bolton messed me up but I got the other four results correct. The four tomorrow are a little more difficult IMO.

Only one point outside the top 180 now!! Desperate to produce a result tomorrow but such a hard set of matches qqqqqqto predict.

Well, if any one wants to make money out of Premiership football, ask me what my predictions are and bet on the opposite! Had both the Newcastle and Man Utd scores correct until the last minute goals.

Regards

PTH (Aka Scabbers)

An excellent weekend for Carefree. If Rooney had not ruined it would have had a six pointer in the Man U match but had to settle for two. I guess I should have figured Man U would have a penalty and score in extra time!!

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scrip - I only went and forgot to my entries (i am fool) but stiil got 3 points due to the nil nil draw between my team and yours. Did you watch the game? pretty poor quality all round but i think saints had the 2 best chances. I felt sorry for the viewers watching.

Noticed a big drop off in attendances this year in the premiership, i am not surprised if players earning 30 grand a week cannot string 3 passes together. in the blues saints game there were only 3 shots on target and they were pretty pathetic. David Dunn ballooned it over the top from 10 yards, what do these players do in training all week? Did you know arsenal have not sold out in one home game yet this season?

Flackwell Vialli - yes i was expecting us to do much better too, but i am now convinced some players dont care that much, they earn an absulote fortune and spend half their time posing, but i can see the backlash coming. i have been going for 30 years and this is first season where i am just going to pick and choose a few matches, at 45 quid a game (like the man u) can you blame me.

Was a pretty dreadfull experiance wasn't it. I had it down for a 0-0 but have this habit of not trying to predict draws so went for a hopefull Southampton win but on the basis of the match can't see how either team are likley to score in the immediate future.

Kivver - Know where you're coming from with the prices. At CFC we've had it for yrs but now that RA is in charge, things are looking better on that front. For example, West Ham is 20 adult this week (I can't go though !) and 10 for kids.

Prices aren't so bad when you see the players put the effort in, but we've had a few that would make you cringe (Bogarde, Veron, and even Crespo, who I like, spring to mind).

Didn't realise your team was so expensive to watch - Is your seat padded ?

Scrip - Yes, a good weekend for me, summed up in 2 results CFC ("Boring, Boring Chelsea") 4 Blackburn 0, and the result from OT yesterday. (God bless those Mancs).

Just been to the fulham v Bham game 10 quid adults 1 quid for the kids. Blues 15 shots no goals, fulham 2 shots, 1 goal. yorke and heskey please practice your shooting. Nice one for the prices.

Gets back to the car down a dead end street at the arse end of birmingham with no street lights, a few industrial buildings all locked up. A place where i have parked the car many times before. I promise you would be scared to death to walk down there on your own. NO RESIDENTIAL buildings down the street or anywhere near. SO WHY DO WE GeT A 60 PARKING ticket. I swear they must have driven down there, it is nothing but SPITEFUL, NASTY and UNWARRENTED. Its these kinds of things that make Britain great, WELL DONE Birmingham City Council, you make me proud to live in this great city.

Crazy!!

I didn't bother going to watch Southampton vs Colchester last night regardless of price!!!

May have been your last chance to see a victory this year scrip!!lol.

LOL!

Numbers of goals could be an interesting bet in the Arsenal vs Southampton match this weekend!!

i think arsenal will have a poor game and only core about 3, sorry scrip but i think your going to get the backlash. my team will also suffer because little AJ will want to show we shouldn't have let him go. If morrison was worth 4 mill what does that make aj worth?

What a mad day! bad luck scrip i really felt for the players sounds like you were the best team.

Blues 30 attacks no goals, palace in the blues half once 1 goal, great goal 2 sadly missed well done AJ always a favourite down st andrews. Well done pompey!

I'd echo Kivvers sentiments on Soton - Sounds like too much injury time was played from what was said on Sky. Ref must have mixed Wenger and Fergie up.

Just goes to show that "its a funny old game"

When ever you play at a big ground you expect a penalty and a last minute goal, always. Therefore you need to be two or three up in the last minute to have any chance of winning IMHO!!

MTGlass storming up the charts! A difficult weekend all round.

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In fact didn't Man U have a penalty and last minute goal last week?

Kivver, Good call on Bolton match I see you have advanced another three points.