Controversial QPR midfielder Joey Barton has finally ended his war of words with former club
Newcastle United.
Those looking at Premiership predictions note how Toon boss manager Alan Pardew criticised
Barton this week for comments he made about the St James' Park hierarchy.
And with the vital Premier League clash with Chelsea coming up this weekend, negative publicity
is the last thing needed at Newcastle, and to be fair at any club.
Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has called on his side to be more ruthless in front of goal
this weekend when they take on a confident Norwich City.
Those looking at bookmaker free bets note how Villa have had an up and down campaign so far.
They have only lost twice, but they find themselves down in 9th position having drawn six of their
ten games so far.
An Idea we had for this year is one that involves playing the new Football Manager 12 at the
current Premier League pace. Frustratingly, this means that we will have to start our game three
months in advance! But that's not our biggest problem because we really need your help in picking
a Premier League [.
West Brom have sacked Roberto Di Matteo after just 19 months at the club; further
proving that football has gone mad...
The board released this statement: "Our poor sequence of results stretches back more than three
months and there has been little sign of it coming to an end".
We apologise for missing the last three or four rounds of predictions while celebrating
the Christmas/ New Year's break, but now were back to guess wrong yet again!
Ronaldinho to Blackburn?... surly not!
TUESDAY
Blackpool v Birmingham Blackpool continue to defy expectations, free-scoring
beyond their quota - with ideas above their station.
