By Chris Wright
The Allianz Arena decked out in its pre-Final livery
With just 116,379 seconds or so to go until the Champions League Final kicks-off in Munich
tomorrow evening (k/o 19:45 BST), we thought it high time to get some scores on the doors - even
the llama's had his say for Christ's sake.
By Chris Wright
Remember Il Pulpo Paul? The mystic octopus who was denounced by Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and then secretly assassinated by the CIA after 'predicting' a stack
of results at the 2010 World Cup? Remember? Paul? Okay? Well now forget him, because there's a new
psychic animal in town a llama from Ashdown Forest Llama Park in east Sussex (of course he's going
to be a Chelsea fan).
By Chris Wright
Roy Hodgson in 'Mission: Unenviable'
This may stagger you, but England aren't actually favourites to win the European Championships
this summer. Don't believe us? Check the Euro 2012 odds here. See? Somehow,
however, they are fourth in line (as far as the bookies are concerned) to emerge victorious in
Polkraine, which seems a little rich to us but hey-ho.
By Chris Wright
"Juan, does this smell of Marmite to you?"
We are on the eve of a biggy people, leaning and listing lazily toward Chelsea versus Barcelona
at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League tomorrow night;
Chelsea are a quite good football team and Barca are quite good also, so the good news is that it
should be a good match in theory.
By Chris Wright
The Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaampions!!! League gets back under way tonight, with the
first-legs of the quarter-finals all due to be played out over the course of the next two nights.
We thought we'd have a little shufty at proceedings and make a few bold predictions.
By Chris Wright
Patrice and Luis, in happier times
This weekend is FA Cup fourth-round weekend, and the headline affair is the first meeting
between Liverpool and Manchester United since that whole sordid Suarez/Evra ordeal swelled up,
became painfully inflamed, burst through the abdominal wall of public consciousness and then
scabbed over like a big racist hernia.
By Chris Wright
Full-time in Chelsea's last-minute loss in Leverkusen brought Pies' Heineken Star Player mini
league challenge to a close, with one lucky so-and-so (by his own admission!) winning a pair of
tickets to Manchester City's must-win final Champions League group game against Bayern Munich at
the Etihad on December 7th.
By Chris Wright
Heineken Star Player is a real-time game that allows players to predict the outcome of various
incidents during live Champions League games and by playing along with Pies next week, you could
stand to win a really rather fantabulous prize.
So, here's this week's fixtures brought to you in conjunction with our betting sponsors
TheVIPGambler . This week's game of the week focuses on two clubs who, uncharacteristically,
haven't got off to the greatest of starts this season, which has led to speculations as to who will
be the first Premier League manager filling out forms down the job centre Arsenal vs.
Forgive me for feeling a bit smug after predicting a 1-0 win for Stoke against Liverpool last week.
So might Tony Pulis' team be surprise Champions league contenders? Weirder things have
happened.
Liverpool's admittedly slightly freaky loss underlines that it is still pretty much open season
for that fourth Champions league slot.
Tuesday 13th September 2011
Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal
This looks like a tough start for the Gunners, especially on the back of their heavy defeat
at the hands of Manchester United in the Premier League. Current Bundesliga Champions
Borussia Dortmund are quietly fancied to do well in this season's Champions League
following some excellent performances in their domestic league last season.
Two matches in and there are already a few things we know about the Premiership.
1 The second best team in the Premiership is Manchester United reserves
2 It is not going to be a good season for north London clubs
3 City's Aguero is going to be brilliant but alas not in every game
4 Steve Kean has got two more matches to get a few points or else those chickens will come home
to roost.
By Chris Wright
Sit back and watch the best of the 2011/2012 Premier League season live with Sky Sports
HD.
Not that we're sitting in our undercrackers, idly watching the clock or anything, but there is
now only 26 days, 3 hours, 29 minutes and 29 seconds until the Premier League farts back into life
and hits our screens again over the weekend of August 13th so we reckon it's high time to take a
deep swill of chutzpah juice and make our famous(ly rubbish) and fearless predictions for
2011/12.
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By Chris Wright
Right then folks, with just 111,911 seconds left until the UEFA Champions League final kicks-off
at Wembley tomorrow evening the time has come to nail your colours to the mast.
Whether United play 4-4-2, 4-3-3 with Valencia pushed alongside Rooney and Chicharito or the
experimental 1-9-1 formation they've been secretly working on in training all week, you just have
to fancy Barca, don't you?
By Chris Wright
Never fear, Ollie has promised to update the bloody humungous table (and, my lord, is he looking
forward to it!) as and when he gets round to it.
Week 23 (all FA Cup 5th round ties unless stated otherwise)
Lawro says:
Chelsea 2-1 Everton (4th round replay)
Birmingham 2-1 Sheff Wed
Stoke 2-0 Brighton
Man Utd 3-0 Crawley
West Brom 2-2 Wolves (Premier League)
Man City 2-0 Notts County (4th round replay)
Fulham 2-1 Bolton
Leyton Orient 0-2 Arsenal
West Ham 2-1 Burnley
Pies says:
Chelsea 4-1 Everton
Birmingham 1-0 Sheff Wed
Stoke 2-0 Brighton
Man Utd 4-0 Crawley
West Brom 1-2 Wolves
Man City 1-0 Notts County
Fulham 1-1 Bolton
Leyton Orient 0-4 Arsenal
West Ham 2-1 Burnley
You say?
By Ollie Irish
Been too busy to update the table. That will have to wait for a week or two and boy am I looking
forward to updating it. Anyway, enough about me...
Week 22
Lawro says:
Man Utd 1-1 Man City
Arsenal 2-0 Wolves
Birmingham 1-1 Stoke
Blackburn 1-2 Newcastle
Blackpool 1-2 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2-0 Wigan
West Brom 2-1 West Ham
Sunderland 0-2 Tottenham
Bolton 1-1 Everton
Fulham 1-1 Chelsea
Pies says:
Man Utd 0-1 Man City
Arsenal 3-1 Wolves
Birmingham 1-1 Stoke
Blackburn 2-0 Newcastle
Blackpool 1-2 Aston Villa
Liverpool 2-1 Wigan
West Brom 0-0 West Ham
Sunderland 1-1 Tottenham
Bolton 1-1 Everton
Fulham 1-3 Chelsea
You say?
By Chris Wright
"I see...two goals...for the bigger club"
The bloody humongous table will be updated upon Ollie's return!
Week 21
Lawro says:
Aston Villa 2-1 Fuham
Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool
Everton 2-0 Blackpool
Man City 2-0 West Brom
Newcastle 0-2 Arsenal
Stoke 2-0 Sunderland
Tottenham 2-0 Bolton
Wigan 1-1 Blackburn
Wolves 0-2 Man Utd
West Ham 2-1 Birmingham
Pies says:
Aston Villa 1-1 Fuham
Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool
Everton 2-2 Blackpool
Man City 4-1 West Brom
Newcastle 1-3 Arsenal
Stoke 2-1 Sunderland
Tottenham 1-0 Bolton
Wigan 1-2 Blackburn
Wolves 2-3 Man Utd
West Ham 2-1 Birmingham
You say?
By Ollie Irish
Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired
Right, it's been a while, but here's the big ole' PPL table, updated after a couple of weeks
(sorry I missed a week, but I simply wasn't around to post. And Week 17, which was hit by the spell
of cold weather, will be updated when all those fixtures have been played):
1.
By Chris Wright
As far as I'm aware, the table will be updated upon Ollie's return.
Week 19
Lawro says:
Birmingham 1-1 Aston Villa
Chelsea 2-0 Blackburn
Liverpool 1-1 Everton
Man City 2-0 Wolves
Stoke 2-1 Bolton
Sunderland 2-0 Newcastle
Tottenham 2-1 Man Utd
West Brom 2-1 Blackpool
West Ham 0-2 Arsenal
Wigan 1-1 Fulham
Pies says:
Birmingham 1-2 Aston Villa
Chelsea 1-1 Blackburn
Liverpool 1-0 Everton
Man City 1-0 Wolves
Stoke 3-1 Bolton
Sunderland 0-0 Newcastle
Tottenham 4-2 Man Utd (just a hunch)
West Brom 2-0 Blackpool
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal
Wigan 1-1 Fulham
What sayeth thou peeps?
