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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Carefree romping up the rankings in the last couple of weeks!!

Golgafrincham_UK 121
Scripophilist 121
Kivver 103
Carefree (Flakwell vialli) 98
MT Glass 95
Themuffinman 92
tbm 86
dave37 79
scabbers 55

Cheers Scrip - That's probably put the mockers on my little run !

Good weekend for my boys, with Newcastle matching us, maybe shading it for an hour. On comes Bridge etc, and with the extra width the last half an hour was all ours. If Kezman hadn't required a goal, then I suspect that we would have got more, as clearly his team mates were doing all they could to help him off the mark, and missing easier chances in the meantime.

Hope this prooves to be the catalyst for more, though I still have my worries about him. How he's got a better record then Ruud is beyond me at present. - Still time will tell.

Kezman is very good at hitting the woodwork. When he stepped up for that penalty I couldn't believe he chipped it.

Chelsea do look the biz at the moment and Arsenal appear to be fading fast. Should be a good scrap at the top from now till the end of the season. I think Chelsea's test will come when they have there first dodgy run. How they respond to that set back will be the defining moment.

Aresnal got just the confidence buider they needed against that shambles i support. We ahve just completely lost our way and its hard to see how we will get out of it, because the rest of the team know they are wasting their time because we have noboddy to put the ball in the net, Oh well a couple of og's against the vile will do us the world of good.

Wasted a joker tonight to. It can only get better.

This is a strange season. Arry Redknapps red and white army! ROFLMAO!

scrip, if southampton are pleying away to portsmouth, and saints are having a bad run (not scored a goal for as long has you could remember, what score would you predict? I have that dilemma this weekend.

All depends on the scoring power of the team they are playing really.

http://www.probabilitytheory.info

There is a correct score spreadsheet on this site.

no loyality in your predictions then, i would rather chew hot coal than predict the V***A to beat us.

i cant believe we beat the V***a it could have been 5, we were awesome the fist half. Turning point maybe. Listening to the match chelsea just equalised, hope this is the final score.

I thought it would have been a draw, simply on the basis that teams are usually up for it on these sorts of occasions. Surprised to see it come in as a win for Brum though as they have been pretty poor of late. Not as much of a surprise as conceding two goals in the last two minutes for my team though!!!

A rotten weekend for me, Just about every result wrong. It happens I guess.

Golgafrincham_UK 124
Scripophilist 122
Kivver 109
MT Glass 100
Carefree 100
Themuffinman 99
tbm 94
dave37 85
scabbers 61

Kivver just mulling over what it is about Villa that they can't beat you. Could be something to do with the goalkeepers; there seems to be a curse in place. Had to laugh when I watched the highlights last night. Will never beat that OG last year though.

Good performance by all blues over the weekend - Everton, Birmingham and Chelsea. Still puzzled by the midlands team though, as how on earth can they play like that one week, and struggle nearly every other?

Everton continue to surprise (me at least), when is their bubble going to burst?

Xmas is usually a turning point for many clubs, so the next month could prove very interesting.

Meanwhile hope our neighbours do us all a favour tonite, and halt the advancing Mancs.

Good draw for fulham. What did you think of Henry's goal. The rules say it was a good goal. Teams have got to wake up to this! Still shouldnt stop you from winning the league though!

At the end of the day if you foul somebody you get a free kick. You should be allowed to take it when you wish else were is the advantage in getting a free kick? Get somebody to stand in front of the ball if you wish to halt it. There is a good explanation on the BBC sport web site which sums it up pretty well.

Totally agree that you are awarded a free kick because of an infringment, you have the advanage why should the defending team get the advantage? Great goal in my book.

I am also a qualified referee and the interpreting the rules it is a goal...

yes i agree, very disappointed with the way Chelsea have reacted. Peter Chech has gone as far to say the ref was an Arsenal fan!

Given my position I see this one differently, as;

1. It was not a foul.
2. Both Eider and Cech have said that the ref told Eider 3 times that he was going to blow the whistle - That is precisely why Eider turned away and walked back as he felt he could line up in time.
3. Its Arsenal (Ok - maybe not the best reason!).

Very clever thinking by the arrogant one though - va va voom, but ironically he then goes and misses the easiest of his 3 chances.

Missed the Fulham game last nite, but a colleague said that the Mancs were all over them until then. Well done nontheless.

"3. Its Arsenal (Ok - maybe not the best reason!)."

Nah, That's the best case for saying the goal was dodgy IMO. ROFL!

I did something for radio five live a little while ago when people were phoning in complaining that Man U always got more penalties than they should.

To my surprise it was true!! They were indeed awarded more penalties than any other team.

2 Questions Scrip

1. How did you get involved with 5 live?, and

2. Re:Man U penalties - Did they earn the majority at Home ?