By Ollie Irish
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By Ollie Irish
"Tell you what Manish, I'm getting the word... nonce."
We're running a bit behind here at Pies Towers today, so we'll print the full table next week,
with two weeks' worth of scores added exciting, eh. For now though, let's crack on with this week's
Prem predictions.
By Ollie Irish
Add in two weeks' worth of points, plus a much-needed cull at the bottom end of the table, and
this is what you're left with:
1. Davey Chicago – 84
2= LAWRO – 80
2= Ping Yang – 80
4. WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 73
5.
By Ollie Irish
"Tell you what Manish, I fancy the finest wines known to humanity."
Six weeks in, the prediction league table looks like this:
Ping Yang – 50
Davey Chicago – 44
Pies – 42
Lloyd – 41
Lawro – 40
B Sides – 39
George – 39
Fellaini's Fro – 37
Cape Toon – 34
Hollis – 34
Yahhhsteve – 34
Edhehe – 33
Jawillia – 33
Sariann – 33
Al Neri – 32
Podge – 30
Thrillson – 30
Mark Holleran – 29
Rich – 29
South City – 29
Jesus – 28
Mooks – 28
Philando Torres – 28
Dickardinho – 27
Enrique – 27
Tottenblog – 27
Kalezu – 26
Mareantheone – 26
Eamogomez 25
Lucid – 25
Mizman – 25
Sam Humphreys 25
Syndex – 25
Michael – 24
Raybuck Luck – 24
Shivam Manghnani – 24
The ball is round – 24
Isaac 23
Megaman 789 – 23
R-Hops – 23
Rob – 23
Trololololo 23
Lefty – 21
Marquette Jer 21
DaveHackney – 20
Java – 20
Jon 20
OlisHoplo – 20
Tinez 20
Andy CS 19
Adam FJ – 18
Pililuk 18
Snowmanvilla 17
Donner Meat – 16
Luke 16
M.
By Ollie Irish
"To be honest Manish, I don't know what the hell is going on."
The table:
1. Davey Chicago – 128
2. WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 119
3.= LAWRO – 117
3.= Ping Yang – 117
5. Mizman – 107
6.
Our predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures:
Lawro says: Chelsea 2-0 Chelsea's opponents (always)
Pies says:
Stoke 1-1 Liverpool
Chelsea 2-0 Sunderland
Man Utd 2-0 Burnley
Portsmouth 1-1 Birmingham
Tottenham 2-1 Hull
Wolves 1-2 Wigan
Everton 1-1 Man City
Aston Villa 2-1 West Ham
Blackburn 1-0 Fulham
Bolton 0-1 Arsenal
Please add your picks in a comment and see how you stack up against Pies' so-called experts
(ahem), and Lawro.
By Ollie Irish
Welcome to The Friday Hat-Trick, Pies' new weekly betting column, sponsored by
the most excellent folks at Titan Bet.
Here's how it works:
We pick three bets, make our predictions and then YOU tell us what you think will happen.
By Ollie Irish
Welcome to the second edition of The Treble, Pies' new weekly betting column,
sponsored by the most excellent folks at Titan Bet.
How it works:
1. Pies selects three bets from the coming weekend's action
2.
By Ollie Irish
Welcome to the third edition of The Treble, Pies' new weekly betting column,
sponsored by the fine folks at Titan Bet.
How it works:
1. Pies picks three bets from the coming weekend's matches
2.
By Ollie Irish
Welcome to the latest edition of The Treble, Pies' new weekly betting column,
sponsored by the good people at Titan Bet.
How it works:
1. Pies picks three bets from the coming weekend's matches
2.
By Ollie Irish
"Tell you what Manish, I really fancy a Chelsea home win."
Throughout the 2010-11 Premier League season, which begins tomorrow lunchtime, with Tottenham
versus Man City (I'm scared), we'll be running the Pies Prem Prediction
League.
Tweet
"Tell you what Manish, I quite fancy United at home this week."
HOW did you fare in Week 1? Here's the table. It's long:
George 13
Cape Toon 12
Philando Torres 10
Thrillson 10
Mooks 9
Ben Cornelius 8
Davey Chicago 8
Fellaini's Fro 8
Pies 8
Ping Yang 8
Yahhhsteve 8
B Sides 7
EJ O'Brart 7
Enrique 7
Java 7
Lefty 7
Rob 7
DaveHackney 6
Lainey Craig 6
Lawro 6
Lloyd 6
Jawillia 5
Jesus 5
Nick 5
Podge 5
Raybuck Luck 5
Shivam Manghnani 5
Tottenblog 5
Adam FJ 4
Hollis 4
Mark Holleran 4
R-Hops 4
The 100% Greek 4
Andy Lawn 3
Arteta's Chorizo 2
Dickardinho 2
Rich 2
Sariann 2
Jack 1
Well done to table-topper George for a splendid 13 points.
By Ollie Irish
Tell you what Manish, I still have literally no clue who Keyser Sose is...
The interlull is but a numbing memory. Seven weeks down, here's the table and it's even longer
than Dion Dublin's third leg:
1.
By Ollie Irish
Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired
1. Davey Chicago – 61
2. Ping Yang – 61
3. Lawro – 56
4. Who Ate All The Pies – 54
5. South City – 53
6. Al Neri – 52
7. Fellaini's Fro – 52
8.
By Ollie Irish
Some bonus points up for grabs with a full set of midweek fixtures to call, including the
Manchester derby at Eastlands. Lawro hasn't made any predictions for these, sadly, but that's his
loss. Away you go...
Pies says:
Stoke 1-0 Birmingham
Tottenham 1-0 Sunderland
Aston Villa 2-0 Blackpool
Chelsea 3-1 Fulham
Newcastle 0-0 Blackburn
West Ham 2-2 West Brom
Wigan 1-1 Liverpool
Everton 2-1 Bolton
Man City 1-1 Man Utd
Wolves 0-2 Arsenal
You say?
"This week Manish, I fancy the big team to beat the little team."
After two weeks, here's how the table looks:
Ping Yang – 22
Thrillson – 17
George – 16
Cape Toon – 15
Davey Chicago – 15
Hollis – 14
Mooks – 14
Pies – 14
Rob – 14
Enrique – 13
Lefty – 13
Lawro – 12
Lloyd – 12
Philando Torres – 12
Shivam Manghnani – 12
Ben Cornelius – 11
DaveHackney – 11
Fellaini's Fro – 11
Podge – 11
Raybuck Luck – 11
Adam FJ – 10
Max 10
Nick – 10
Welbourne Road 10
Kalezu 9
Lucid 9
Al Neri 8
Jawillia – 8
Jesus – 8
Les 8
Megaman 789 8
R-Hops – 8
Tottenblog – 8
Yahhhsteve – 8
B Sides – 7
EJ O'Brart – 7
Java – 7
Mareantheone 7
Mark Holleran – 7
Syndex 7
Chris Warwick 6
Dickardinho – 6
Lainey Craig – 6
OlisHoplo 6
Pivs 6
Sariann – 6
Michael 5
Pedro Leonardo 5
South City 5
Dixon 4
Donner Meat 4
Edhehe 4
HJ 4
Mizman 4
The 100% Greek – 4
Andy Lawn – 3
Carl James 3
Arteta's Chorizo – 2
M Saketh 2
Rich – 2
Jack – 1
A triffic performance by Ping Yang, who scored a mighty 14 points this week.
By Ollie Irish
"Tell you what Manish, you make loving fun."
After the dreaded interlull, it's back to the real action, and a brand new week of the Pies Prem
Prediction League. After three weeks, the exceedingly long table looks like this:
Ping Yang – 26
Thrillson – 26
Cape Toon – 25
Davey Chicago – 25
George – 25
Pies – 23
Lawro – 22
Lloyd – 21
Mooks – 21
DaveHackney – 20
Hollis – 20
Philando Torres – 19
Al Neri – 18
Fellaini's Fro – 18
R-Hops – 18
Java – 17
Jesus – 17
Jawillia – 17
Mark Holleran – 17
Raybuck Luck – 17
Kalezu – 16
Mareantheone – 16
Megaman 789 – 16
B Sides – 15
Nick – 15
Shivam Manghnani – 15
Les – 14
Podge – 14
Rob – 14
Sariann – 14
Tottenblog – 14
Yahhhsteve – 14
Enrique – 13
Lefty – 13
Lucid – 13
Rich – 13
Welbourne Road – 13
Syndex – 12
Ben Cornelius – 11
Dickardinho – 11
South City – 11
Adam FJ – 10
Dixon – 10
HJ – 10
Max – 10
Michael – 10
Pedro Leonardo – 10
Edhehe – 9
Isaac 9
Mizman – 9
Pivs – 9
Andy CS 8
OlisHoplo – 8
Sean Farrell 8
EJ O'Brart – 7
Chris Warwick – 6
Lainey Craig – 6
Shamrock 6
Snowmanvilla 6
M.
By Ollie Irish
"Tell you what Manish, I'm glad I'm not Mr Pink."
Four weeks in, the big ass table looks like this:
Ping Yang – 38
Cape Toon – 34
Davey Chicago – 33
Lloyd – 32
Lawro – 31
Pies – 30
Thrillson – 29
George – 28
Fellaini's Fro – 27
Hollis – 25
Jawillia – 24
Al Neri – 23
Jesus – 23
Philando Torres – 23
Yahhhsteve – 23
Kalezu – 22
Mooks – 22
Rich – 22
Enrique – 21
Lefty – 21
Sariann – 21
B Sides – 20
DaveHackney – 20
Edhehe – 20
Tottenblog – 20
Mareantheone – 19
Raybuck Luck – 19
Syndex – 19
Mark Holleran – 18
Megaman 789 – 18
R-Hops – 18
South City – 18
The ball is round – 18
Java – 17
Mizman – 17
Podge – 17
Lucid – 16
Andy CS 15
Shivam Manghnani – 15
Dickardinho – 14
Isaac 14
Les – 14
Michael – 14
Rob – 14
OlisHoplo – 13
Sam Humphreys 13
Welbourne Road – 13
Ben Cornelius – 11
Adam FJ – 10
Dixon – 10
HJ – 10
Max – 10
M.
By Ollie Irish
The table after 11-and-a-half weeks:
1. Davey Chicago – 98
2= Ping Yang – 92
2= WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 92
4. LAWRO – 90
5. South City – 79
6=Fellaini's Fro – 78
6=Mark Holleran – 78
8.
By Ollie Irish
"My warrior woman. My Valkyrie. You'll always be mine, always and never. Never. The Fire,
baby. It'll burn us both... I fancy Bolton to win again, by the way."
The mighty big table after 12 weeks:
1. Davey Chicago – 101
2.
By Ollie Irish
"I'm warning you Miss Blennerhassit..."
The table after 13 weeks:
1. Davey Chicago – 108
2. WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 102
3. LAWRO – 100
4. Ping Yang – 100
5. Mizman – 89
6. Edhehe – 87
7= Al Neri – 86
7= South City – 86
9.
By Ollie Irish
As we head into winter, here's how the table looks after 14 fun-packed weeks:
1. Davey Chicago – 117
2. Ping Yang – 112
3. WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 111
4. LAWRO – 110
5. Mizman – 98
6. South City – 94
7.
By Ollie Irish
"Tell you what Hutch, I fancy Chelsea this week."
Five weeks in, the indecently long table looks like this:
Ping Yang – 49
Davey Chicago – 43
Pies – 40
Lawro – 39
Fellaini's Fro – 36
Lloyd – 36
Cape Toon – 34
George – 34
B Sides – 33
Edhehe – 31
Jawillia – 31
Al Neri – 30
Yahhhsteve – 30
Rich – 29
Thrillson – 29
Hollis – 28
Jesus – 28
Sariann – 28
South City – 28
Enrique – 27
Tottenblog – 27
Dickardinho – 26
Mareantheone – 26
Mark Holleran – 26
Mooks – 26
Mizman – 25
Philando Torres – 25
Michael – 24
Lucid – 23
Megaman 789 – 23
Raybuck Luck – 23
Rob – 23
The ball is round – 23
Kalezu – 22
Syndex – 22
Lefty – 21
R-Hops – 21
Sam Humphreys 21
DaveHackney – 20
Java – 20
OlisHoplo – 20
Podge – 20
Trololololo 20
Eamogomez 19
Adam FJ – 18
Jon 18
Isaac 18
Shivam Manghnani – 18
Donner Meat – 16
Luke 16
Marquette Jer 16
M.
By Ollie Irish
The table:
1. Davey Chicago – 137
2.= Ping Yang – 129
2.= WHO ATE ALL THE PIES – 129
4. LAWRO – 122
5. Mizman – 113
6. Rich – 110
7.= Al Neri – 108
7.= South City – 108
9.
By Ollie Irish
We'll update the table next time not enough fixtures last weekend to make it worthwhile.
Week 18
Lawro says:
Fulham 2-1 West Ham
Blackburn 1-1 Stoke
Blackpool 1-2 Liverpool
Bolton 2-1 West Brom
Everton 2-0 Birmingham
Man Utd 2-0 Sunderland
Newcastle 1-1 Man City
Wolves 2-0 Wigan
Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea
Pies says:
Fulham 1-0 West Ham
Blackburn 0-1 Stoke
Blackpool 0-1 Liverpool
Bolton 1-1 West Brom
Everton 2-1 Birmingham
Man Utd 2-1 Sunderland
Newcastle 1-2 Man City
Wolves 1-1 Wigan
Aston Villa 2-2 Tottenham
Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea
You say?