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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A difficult set of matches to predict this weekend many that could go either way. I think 50% of preditors will do well and 50% not so well. I haven't a clue about the majority of the matches.

I'd agree with you there Scrip (as results to date are bearing out for me.)

IMO this year we have a league where the majority are of a similar standard from about 6th position down to all bar the bottom 3. Predictions are thus much more difficult, even on a Win-Lose-Draw basis, never mind the scores.

Still I normally call the Arsenal result right each week.

PS - Each week when I review this page I try and add all users to my league table. With the exception of Kivver/Scrip none of the other user names are recognised.

Could I ask all others to confirm their user names please ?

Latest table

Scripophilist 66
Kivver 65
Golgafrincham_UK 63
MT Glass 59
Themuffinman 48
tbm 48
dave37 44
Carefree 43
scabbers 30

Click on the fabfive table. Despite netting a 5500-1 shot last week only 22 on the table!!!

i had so much bad luck it was untrue, ars 4 char 1, bcfc2 nufc 1, and others just 1 goal out on five matches, the margin between success and failure is minute.

A difficult week no doubt about that.

sorry for invading your thread on fantasy football but is anybody going to wrexham tonight liverpool/everton reserve`s,, should be a full house and its only 5.00 on the gate!

Full domestic program again this weekend. Looks like an easier set of predictions.

As at Sunday night. Thought Newcastle would win at Charlton. A split developing in the table.

Golgafrincham_UK 75
Scripophilist 74
Kivver 69
MT Glass 67
Themuffinman 51
dave37 51
tbm 50
Carefree 50
scabbers 33

yes and me, had newcastle down for a 2-1 win, 1 goal out again.

I think the match tonight is a difficult one. I fancy Spurs to shade it.

nope, i think they fall down tonight and end the fluke start to the season...in all seriousness i think spurs lose 2-0.

On the long term form I think Pompey could shade it but the short term form which is more reliable seems to point to Spurs. With Robbie Keane looking more interesting I think a tight match with somebody bundling the ball into the back net in the second half.

Now watch this prediction go totally to pot!!

spurs to win one nil

its just that after the chelsea loss against a team they should have dominated, i think spurs will play "boring boring" tactics but do something stupid to let Pompey through.

gut feel, its all i've got but is stand by spurs going down 2-0.

its time that premiership teams (read Chelsea, Spurs) start to remember that they are mean't to play the game as opposed to keep 10 men and their dog behind the ball for 98.7% of the time.

As a Gooner I am blessed to be watching and supporting some of the best football in the modern era. up the gunners.

As a Southampton support I am cursed to be watching and supporting some of the worst football in my modern memory, sack the board. Less than two seasons after being on a bit of a high I am once again wondering why my loyalty stays with my birth town.

I've wondered for years what it must be like to watch a team that wins a lot. I remember back to 1982/83 when we finished second and only failed to win the league by three points. But back then most footballers, and managers, were English and it only cost 1.50 to stand on the terraces.

you are the lucky one scrip even though it may not seem it. My team bham city have been out the top flight for about 18 years and ive had to watch some of the most dire matches you could believe esp late 80 early 90 in div 3. You have not gone down yet. I still feel there are 3 teams worse than you. And it is really bad luck to have so many good players injured, any team would find it hard to cope with that.

Yes it was weird Chelsea moaning about negative football when they seem to take the bus to all away games and park it in front of the goal.