Fixture Focus - Spurs (31 Dec 2011)

Swansea City AFC vs Tottenham Hotspur

The last game of the year, and also part of the compressed set of fixtures in a period known as the "Christmas Crunch", Spurs will be travelling away for the second time in a row, this occasion across the border to Wales.

The Spurs squad bus that goes to the Liberty Stadium will be without Lennon and Pavlyuchenko for sure, but Defoe and King may have a chance to get a seat on board. Dawson could mark his return to the sidelines for this game, and Van der Vaart could also make an appearance, too. Other confirmed players will be the likely suspects of Bale, Modric, Parker, Adebayor, etc.

The Swans have an impressive record at home this season, with only 1 loss. Their in-Vorm keeper has made a lot of tremendous saves from the best of the opposition, and may do so against us, too. Their fullback Rangel would try to go for a late fitness test, and they would be without Caulker, who can't play against us due to our terms of loan.

We are now the only team in the chasing pack (or rather, the chasing "one") after the two Manchester teams in the table. We could sail by 7 points ahead of our nearest table rival Chelsea, given the same number of games played. Complacency is not an option now, if we continue to chase our Champions League dream.

COYS!!!!!

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 31 Dec 2011–1 Jan 2012

EPL31: SAT 31/12 Norwich vs Fulham at 10.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL32: SUN 1/1 West Brom v Everton at 8.25pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Weekend Outlook - 31 Dec 2011

Manchester United vs Blackburn Rovers

Seeing Berbatov scoring a hat trick against Wigan and even Antonio Valencia chipping in one as well, shows that old timers does things pretty fast and quick as well. As a result, we are level on points with Man City with only goal difference separate us.

With the last game of the year against Blackburn, we will be seeing the last of them again on 31 March as they are currently rooted at the bottom of the table. Owners and current manager are a joke and if things doesnt improve, Kean have to go. Even if he does go at the turn of the year, there arent many miracles happen at the end of the season. The only one that I can think of is West Brom escape relegation 2004-2005 when Bryan Robson was the manager.

Man Utd is giving 2 balls handicap. Again take Man Utd for the win and the handicap.

Will like to wish all PPLiap-ers 2012 a good and abundant year ahead!!

Fixture Focus - Spurs (27 Dec 2011)

Norwich City FC vs Tottenham Hotspur

Merry belated Christmas to you all!

For our Boxing Day match, it is played a day late and away at Carrow Road, home of the newly promoted sides Norwich City FC, a.k.a. the Canaries. However, injuries had plagued the squad with Lennon and King out. Van der Vaart, Kaboul and Defoe will need late fitness tests to confirm their availability. With this squad news, Redknapp will be needing to tinker his formation once again.

For the home side, Lambert has no injury worries and therefore has a buffet of players to choose from (note - Naughton is injured, but he still can't play against us, even if he is fit, as he is on loan from us). For sure he will get the in-form striker Holt, who had played with Sengkang Marine before (yes, S-League's Sengkang Marine), in the starting lineup, along with strike partner Morison.

Spurs' record at Carrow Road is very impressive, and with us still in the chasing pack on the league leaders, a win here is a definite must.

COYS!!!!!

Midweek Outlook - 26 Dec 2011

Manchester United vs Wigan

We will be facing a resurgent Wigan in Old Trafford for this Boxing Day clash. They drew Chelsea and Liverpool in the last 2 matches.

So the 6-1 mauling by Man City and the elimination in Champions League is a minor setback and in a way we go on a unbeaten run in the League.

We have a few injuries to our midfielders, mainly Tom Cleverley, Darren Fletcher, Ashley Young and Anderson. And media is already calling it a injury crisis. Er, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Park Ji-sung and Nani are not midfielders?!?! We can also ask Rooney to drop down to midfield since he so like this position more than a striker, or even ask Phil Jones to be a midfield as well. Only God knows what is Fergie is doing with these 2 people playing out of position.

Man Utd is giving 2 balls handicap. Take Man Utd for the win and the handicap.

Fixture Focus–Spurs (EPL, 23 December 2011)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea

This London derby is poised to be a classic as it pits the 3rd and 4th place team against each other.

Spurs face a tough home game tonight.  With tactics built on pace and counter-attacking, the team is sweating on the fitness of Bale and Defoe, while Lennon is clearly out after sustaining a slight tear on his hammy.  King’s knee is swelling and the physios will keep a close watch today to see if he is ready to go.  Kaboul is available again and could partner Gallas in central defence if King is unable to start.  ‘arry must remember not to use Modric and van der Vaart out wide as they are much more dangerous when they play from the middle.  This would require the wingbacks to provide width if Bale is not able to start and hence will also need to track back when Chelsea counters. 

John Terry is fit and will start for Chelsea despite being charged with racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.  Terry, who categorically denies the allegation, has shaken off the Achilles tweak he suffered during open training on Monday and will lead out the side at White Hart Lane.  Midfielder Ramires has recovered from a leg injury but defender David Luiz is still out with a knee problem, joining long-term injury victim Michael Essien on the sidelines.

The bottom line for us is to start positive, get the crowd behind the team, and we can win this. 

COYS!!!

EPL Prediction League

There wont be any prediction league games this weekend due to Christmas.

Midweek Outlook - 21 Dec 2011

Fulham vs Manchester United

There is some unconfirmed news report that Man Utd could be reinstated in the Champions League competition as FC Sion fielded an ineligible player and is causing Basel and the whole of Switzerland national team to be banned from participating any competition. On the other hand, if Man Utd were to go through the back door just like that, and suay suay win the competition, I dont think it will be termed as "4 times European Champions" right?

I mean if Man Utd cant even make it to the knockout rounds, on what basis should they be reinstate and proceed to the knockout rounds? The results are final and we accept it as the performance of the players are not even at European standard at all. Heck, we can even do a Tottenham, bring 2nd team to play in Europa League to gain experience and concentrate fully on the Premier League.

We will be visiting Fulham and Stoke will visit Man City. I believe both Manchester teams will win and will still be chasing Man City with 2 points behind.

Results - Game 17 - 18 Dec 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

Congrats to cool402 for taking the lead in both the table and the Marksmen Board.

What a shame for we could have gotten a second Perfect 10 in as many weeks.

Well done.

Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Mr White (10 - 11 Dec 2011)

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
5 Games - cool402
4 Games - Beaver21, ihawk98, Mr White, edwinsng, ianrush
3 Games - Everton, Bedokian, necroastr
2 Games - redherring
1 Game  - Arrenn, Voxeros

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

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Fixture Focus–Spurs (EPL, 18 December 2011)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Sunderland

The win in midweek against Shamrock Rovers has got us back into winning ways.  This weekend we take on Sunderland at the Lane and the stats are with us.  We have been unbeaten at the home for the last 5 premier league matches while Sunderland have won just one of their last 7 league matches.

A rejuvenated Sunderland team under new coach Martin O’Neil will fancy their chances after their win last week against Blackburn.  Spurs will not have the services of Kaboul as he serves his ban from last weekend’s red card while up front, ‘arry will have to decide who will partner Adebayor.  In-form Defoe will be banging for a start after helping us win in midweek.

I think this match is winnable and we surely need the 3 points to keep pace with the leaders and leapfrog Chelsea into 3rd place again.

COYS!!!

Weekend Review - 17 Dec 2011

Queens Park Rangers vs Manchester United

From now till 16 Feb 2012, we only have Premier League games to concentrate with the only FA Cup game against Man City 0n 8 Jan 2012. And I was wondering if we could gain maximum points from all our league games during this period. Our first opponents in the Europa League is Ajax.

Oh, our toughest month is also in Feb where we face Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool subsequently with Stoke sandwiched in between.

Our first game in this period is QPR where if we win this game, we will go to the top for at least 4 hours.

Man Utd is giving 1 ball handicap. Take Man Utd for the win but not the handicap.

Fixture Focus - Spurs (15 Dec 2011)

Shamrock Rovers FC vs Tottenham Hotspur
(Europa League Group Stage)

This game might (or rather, highly likely will) be the last European game for us, as well as our Irish opponents.

Our boys would be visiting Tallaght Stadium, home of last season's Irish champions. To progress into the round of 32, we need a goal fest there AND hope that Rubin Kazan loses to PAOK. With Redknapp stating that he is focusing more on the EPL this season (and gain that Champions League spot), the youngsters again would be put to the test this time. Expect to see the likes of Rose, Livermore, Townsend, Carroll, etc., and the likely veterans to go would be Cudicini, Kaboul and Defoe.

Shamrock Rovers would also be ending their European adventure with a possible bang. Adding to this significance is that their manager, O'Neill, would be leaving at the end of this month. This could jolly well be their last burst of fire.

I would expect this as a friendly, yet entertaining match.

COYS!!!!!

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 17-18 December 2011

EPL29: SAT 17/12 Blackburn vs West Brom at 10.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL30: SUN 18/12 Villa v Liverpool at 9.55pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Results - Game 10 - 11 Dec 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

We have a Perfect 10!!!

The honour of the first Perfect 10 of the season goes to Mr White! Congrats as he takes his tally to co-lead the Marksmen Board with 4 correct scores.

In other news, I am off the bottom of the table! A somewhat hollow victory over somebody who is inactive in the game already. Still, it is nice to get up on the Marksmen Board too!

Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Mr White (10 - 11 Dec 2011)

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
4 Games - Beaver21, ihawk98, Mr White, edwinsng, cool402
3 Games - Everton, Bedokian, ianrush
2 Games - necroastr, redherring
1 Game  - Arrenn, Voxeros

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

3) In case you are still seeing the old table even if I have announced a new update, please refresh your browser to reload the table.

Fixture Focus - Spurs (11 Dec 2011)

Stoke City FC vs Tottenham Hotspur

Two Europa League teams are meeting this Sunday, one is assured of qualification to the round of 32, whereas the other's campaign may end this coming Thursday. This factor will play a crucial part in tomorrow's game, especially the lineup.

Some players are doubtful for the trip to the Britannia Stadium, like Defoe and Bale, who may need last minute fitness tests to gauge their availability. This means that our midfield-attack formation will be either a 5-1 or a 4-2 formation, depending on the former two's fitness. King is likely out so Gallas may return to the fray, along with Kaboul, Walker and Assou-Ekotto at the back. If the first team appears on Sunday, then Redknapp may have thrown the towel in for the Europa League.

Since Stoke is assured of a place in the Europa League round of 32, he may field a strong side against us for this game, and without much injury problems. Suffering from an "Europa hangover", the good news is that the Europa game will be after this match. Also, 4 former Spurs players may face against us in the likes of Woodgate, Crouch, Etherington and Palacios. Some happy reunion. :)

Though we had been "stoked" in the League Cup, this game will be different as we are sending our first team and not the younglings. Expect a thrilling clash and victory will be slim.

COYS!!!!!

Weekend Review - 10 Dec 2011

Manchester United vs Wolves

Ho say liao!! Out of Carling Cup the previous week, freshly dumped out of Champions League this morning and now in Europa League for the first time, and lastly, a 3rd round FA Cup against Man City. Fergie would want to wash the bad luck with 'flower water'.

With all the midweek games on Thursday, Premier League games will be change to Sunday. We will know who will be our first opponents next coming draw. Oh, did I mention that the final will be held in Bucharest, Romania?

Low in confidence and in front of goal, knives have been sharpen against Fergie for his team selections lately. I have mentioned enough in the past few posts yet die die want to put Rooney who is going through goal drought at the moment.

Wolves would want to take advantage of our plight and gained a major scalp against us. When stakes are against Man Utd, Fergie always triumphed in style. Not sure if he can do it this time.

Man Utd is giving 1.75 handicap. Can i ask who is scoring for Man Utd at the moment and can help to clear the handicap?

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 10-11 December 2011

EPL27: SAT 10/12 Bolton vs Villa at 10.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL28: SUN 11/12 Sunderland v Blackburn at 9.25pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Results - Game 03 - 04 Dec 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

Congrats to edwinsng who score on the Marksmen Board for the second week in a row. Congrats also to ihawk98 for being the other person to score on the Marksmen Board too and to co-share the lead with Beaver21.

It's another zero weekend for me and I think people are starting to suspect that I am actually doing this ON PURPOSE coz to get zero week after week also need skill one ok!

It seems I can't even overtake Raynaldo, who has stopped playing over a month ago. Le Sigh.

Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Nobody Yet!

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
4 Games - Beaver21, ihawk98
3 Games - Everton, edwinsng, Bedokian, cool402
2 Games - necroastr, Mr White, redherring, ianrush
1 Game  - Arrenn

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

3) In case you are still seeing the old table even if I have announced a new update, please refresh your browser to reload the table.

Midweek Review - 7 Dec 2011

Basle vs Manchester United

Can anyone stop Man City? We are still 5 points behind them despite winning Aston Villa and they won against Norwich City.

Since buying Ashley Young, David De Gea and Phil Jones, Fergie relegated Antonio Valencia and Berbatov to bench warmers. Arent they are the ones that help to win the Premiership last season with the most assists and top joint scorer respectively? Why change a winning team if Wayne Rooney is not firing cylinders and Phil Jones is a defender by nature? I could understand if Ashley Young is behind the 2 strikers with Nani and Antonio Valencia attacking down the flanks. Right from the first game of the season till now, Fergie have field different players in the midfield department, but just not the above scenerio.

Midweek game against Basle will be a do or die, with a win needed to qualify. The worst case will be a draw and still qualify. Somehow, Man Utd just want to make things difficult for themselves for every single season of the Champions League.

Man Utd is giving 1 ball handicap. For some reason I have this feeling that Man Utd will end the game with a draw and qualify for the knockout rounds. Dont even think of punting for this game.

Fixture Focus - Spurs (EPL, 3 December 2011)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Bolton Wanderers  

The focus is back on the League again tonight as Spurs entertain the visiting Trotters.

Spurs have won six and lost none of their last seven home games against Bolton in all competitions.  We have lost just one of our last 22 Premier League home games while Bolton have lost 15 and won just two of their last 18 Premier League away games.  So the stats do favor the home side in this tie.

For the lineup, it is heartening to know that van der Vaart has recovered from his injury and is available again.  Whether ‘arry will start him in place of the “hot” Defoe at the moment is anybody’s guess.  The fact that we had to use a few first stringers in midweek worries me as we would want our strongest side possible for this tie.   

Bolton meanwhile find themselves struggling to escape the clutches of the relegation zone having lost their previous two games against West Brom and Everton to leave them just two points clear of bottom-placed club Wigan.  Kevin Davies is a dangerous striker and could cause us problems.

I hope we continue our wonderful run and continue to keep pace with the top 2 in the league.

COYS!!!

Weekend Review - 3 Dec 2011

Aston Villa vs Manchester United

We are entering the year end festive season with low in confidence after getting knocked out in the quarter final league cup against Crystal Palace. Hope this is a blessing in disguise as there is FA Cup coming at the turn of the year.

This is also the time where we will see the real Man Utd grinding wins despite having to play 3 games in a span of one week.

We will be seeing the first team coming back in action at Villa Park. Aston Villa is traditionally a strong mid-table team with the occasional European campaign here and there. After jumping ship from Birmingham City as they got relegated last season, Alex McLeish is bringing out the best of Aston Villa since Martin O'Neill tenure. Who will ever forget the ill fated appointment of Gerald Houllier who lasted one whole season in 09/10?

Man Utd is giving 0.75 handicap. Take Man Utd for the win with the odd goal and winning half the punt.

Fixture Focus–Spurs (Europa League, 30 November 2011)

Tottenham Hotspur vs PAOK Salonika 

Having lost to Rubin Kazan in the last group tie, Spurs can still qualify for the knock-out stages by getting 4 points out of the remaining 2 group matches. 

Tonight we entertain the Greek visitors and I am sure ‘arry will field test our youngsters again.  However, some senior players will get the nod too.  Defoe will start as Pavlyuchenko is injured and I am hoping he will continue his scoring run.  The backline will consist of veterans like Corluka, Gallas and Bassong, while Gomes or Cudicini will be in goal.  This will give us some confidence at the back as the fans will undoubtedly “will” the team forward in search of victory. 

Our focus is clearly on the league but ‘arry will want the lads to give it their all in this cup competition to see how far we can progress.  A win will put us in good shape for the last group tie in December away to Shamrock in Dublin.

COYS!!!

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 3-4 December 2011

EPL25: SAT 3/12 Blackburn vs Swansea at 10.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL26: SUN 4/12 Wolves v Sunderland at 11.55pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Midweek Review - 30 Nov 2011

Manchester United vs Crystal Palace

We are still 5 points behind Man City after been robbed of a win against Newcastle. But then again, we have enough chances to kill the game off yet have to settle for a disappointing draw.

Tonight match against Crystal Palace, we will see a wholesale change of team personnel in this match as Fergie will decide whether to feature these youngsters in the match, such as Ravel Morrison, Ezekiel Fryers, Paul Pogba and Michael Keane.

Man Utd is giving 1.75 handicap against Crystal Palace. I realised that Man Utd have contrasting fortunes in Carling Cup compared to the Premier League and Champions League. They scored 3 goals against Leeds and Aldershot. Take Man Utd for the win, handicap and proceed to the semi-final. Opponents waiting for them are Liverpool, Man City and Cardiff.

The odds of having a Manchester derby in the semi-final or final looks very strong.

Results - Game 26 - 27 Nov 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

Greetings from Taiwan!

Have to thank the Gods of Technology for cloud computing or I wouldn't be able to update this on the go without a decent laptop or computer.

I've learnt that the iPad alone can't do this update and so laptops will be around for quite a while and not ready to be killed off by the tablets.

Anyway, congrats to cool402 for taking the lead this week and another notch on the Marksmen Board together with edwinsng

Congrats.


Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Nobody Yet!

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
4 Games - Beaver21
3 Games - Everton, ihawk98, Bedokian, cool402
2 Games - edwinsng, necroastr, Mr White, redherring, ianrush
1 Game  - Arrenn

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

3) In case you are still seeing the old table even if I have announced a new update, please refresh your browser to reload the table.

Fixture Focus - Spurs (26 Nov 2011)

West Bromwich Albion FC vs Tottenham Hotspur

This weekend, our boys will be travelling up to the West Midlands to face West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.

Defoe and Van der Vaart were not on the team bus to West Bromwich as they had picked up injuries, which means we may see a 4-4-2 formation with Adebayor and highly likely Pavlyuchenko up front, a Bale - Modric - Parker - Lennon midfield, and a Assou-Ekotto - King - Kaboul - Walker defence line.

Some of the players Hodgson will be picking for this clash will be the strikers Long, Odemwingie and playmaker Scharner, though the latter two would be racing for fitness for this game.

The Hawthorns are not really a happy hunting ground for us, but with us on a high (3rd in the table, in fact) and with the other traditional powerhouses just 3 points below us, we really need to get the winning momentum going to stay on top.

COYS!!!!!

Weekend Review - 26 Nov 2011

Manchester United vs Newcastle United

We are unable to top our Champions League group as Benfica had a better head to head record against us. And we have to avoid a defeat against Basel in order to qualify for the knockout rounds. Our Champions League route to Munich is a tough one with the prospect of facing Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona and wait for this, APOEL Nicosia.

Newcastle is facing both Manchester teams within a week and is a test to see where they really stand. Are they in for the real thing or just pretend to stay for awhile and go for the long fall down?

Man Utd seem to be facing a crisis at the moment. No strikers to bang in the goals as Wayne Rooney for some unknown reason, likes playing in the midfield now. And Fergie refuses to put Berbatov just because he cant score at the same rate as Javier Hernandez.

Man Utd is giving 1.25 handicap. Even a newbie could also tell you that Man Utd cant clear the handicap at the rate of goals they are scoring.

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 26-27 November 2011

EPL25: SAT 26/11 Norwich City vs Queens Park Rangers at 10.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL26: SUN 27/11 Liverpool vs Manchester City at 11.55pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Midweek Outlook (22 Nov 2011)

   Manchester United vs Benfica  

Memories are the ManCity mauling is still fresh in my mind but it seems that the ManUtd team has long dusted themselves off and carried on with business.

ManUtd then came through with 5 clean-sheet victories as if nothing happened but it must be noted that all the wins were of tiny margins, with the exception of Aldershot. Then again, it's Aldershot. A 3-0 win is considered a small win for us.

This is a very important match for either side as a victory here awards the winning team the luxury of easing off the pedal on final match day of the first round. A victory today not only guarantees qualification to the knock-out stages but very much also assures the top spot of the table. The extra rest will be a much sought-after gift in the midst of the hectic domestic schedule.

Looking ahead, ManUtd has a relatively easy though still hectic Christmas/New Year fixture. Every extra ounce of rest gives us an advantage over ManCity and this would be the best time to make up the 5-point deficit or more.

Vidic will not be featuring today which means Ferdinand needs a partner at the back. Also looking for a partner up from is Rooney, whom despite being missing from training is expected to get on the pitch. Fergie just announced that he still has plans for Berbatov, despite the Bulgarian falling down the pecking order, which may be a hint to start him today.

Now, on to the betting portion of the game. ManUtd is giving a 1-ball handicap and a 2.05 decimal odds to beat it. 1X2 says a less enthusiastic story with a 1.52 payout for a home victory.

In English, it means that while it is impossible (figuratively speaking) for Benfica to bag the 3 points today, there is a chance they may just nick one instead.

The punters so far are more optimistic in favour of the home side with the pot skewing 83% to beat the 1-ball handicap.

My take on the situation is that ManUtd should win this game but again like the previous few results, it would be a small victory. Give the 1-ball handicap which the worst case scenario is that you get your money back since a Benfica draw or win is unlikely.

JayWalk's 2011/2012 Track Record to-date (22 Nov 2011) : P79-W49-L30

- Voxeros

Results - Game 19 - 20 Nov 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

It's a tie at the top between cool402 and necroastr.

Congrats to Beaver21 for getting another correct score to lead the Marksmen Board with 4 correct predictions so far.

Well done.


Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Nobody Yet!

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
4 Games - Beaver21
3 Games - Everton, ihawk98, Bedokian
2 Games - cool402, necroastr, Mr White, redherring, ianrush
1 Game  - Arrenn, edwinsng

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

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Fixture Focus - Spurs (21 Nov 2011)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Aston Villa FC

After the international fixtures, Spurs will be playing host to the Villans this coming Monday night.

And good news is that almost all of our players who played against Fulham will be fit and ready, with probably the exception of Van der Vaart, who had suffered a hamstring injury during a friendly with Switzerland. However, latest news had filtered in stating that the Dutchman could be ready.

Villa would be fielding a likely full squad pending Agbonlahor's fitness. Ex-Spurs players Bent and Hutton will be proving a point to their former clubs, though the latter may have to put up with his ex-colleague Bale in their right flank.

Spurs has been undefeated for the past eight games and some say our luck might run out this time round.

My take is, not now, yet.

COYS!!!!!

Weekend Review - 19 Nov 2011

Swansea City vs Manchester United

This will be the first time Man Utd will playing outside England as Swansea home town is in Wales. Swansea is the first Welsh team to play in the top flight division since the league formation in 1992. I believe another Welsh team could have hold that record if they had not lost in the play off in the Championship over the last 2 season, and is none other than Cardiff City.

With injuries to Chris Smalling, Michael Owen, Ryan Giggs and Danny Welbeck, Fergie have a wide selection of players to play as there is also a midweek game against Benfica where a win will suffice to go to the knockout rounds.

Other than Newcastle, Swansea is a surprise package this season. They held strongly whether in Wales or in England. They held Liverpool to a draw, lost Arsenal to a solitary goal and a heavy thumping by Man City, but they didnt let Man City score until the second half.

Swansea have yet to lose at home this season. Could Man Utd be the first team to do it? With a handicap of 1, I believe Man Utd could do it.

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 19-20 November 2011

EPL23: SAT 19/11 Wigan vs Blackburn at 10.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL24: SUN 20/11 Chelsea v Liverpool at 11.55pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

EPL Prediction League 11/12

There wont be any prediction games this weekend due to international friendlies.

Results - Game 05 - 06 Nov 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

Congrats to Bedokian for notching one on the Marksmen Board as he is joined leader with necroastr who scored the only 6-pointer this weekend. Congrats to necroastr too.

At the other end of the table.... haiz..... Haiz..... HAIZ!!!!!


Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Nobody Yet!

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
3 Games - Everton, Beaver21, ihawk98, Bedokian
2 Games - cool402, necroastr, Mr White, redherring
1 Game  - ianrush, edwinsng

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

3) In case you are still seeing the old table even if I have announced a new update, please refresh your browser to reload the table.

Fixture Focus - Spurs (6 Nov 2011)

Fulham FC vs Tottenham Hotspur

After the away Europa game against Rubin Kazan in Russia, Spurs is going for yet another away fixture against the Cottagers this Sunday.

It does not really affect us much, though, because it would be certain that at most 2 players on the return flight from Russia would be playing against Fulham. Which means that Spurs would be going into this game fresh, with basically the team that played against QPR last week ready and available.

Fulham would be facing some exhaustion problems as most of their first team players had played in the Europa game against Wisla just yesterday. Hughes, Senderos and Davies are out of this match due to injuries.

One significant item for this fixture would be the reunion with Martin Jol, a favourite among the Spurs faithful who led us to 2 5th-place finishes before being unceremoniously kicked out of the club.

With the recent London derbies all churning out high-scores, I expect this would be a bit mild.

COYS!!!!!

Weekend Review - 5 Nov 2011

Manchester United vs Sunderland

Funny that you won 2 games against an European minnow, and you top the group unexpectedly. 2 games to go and we only need 2 points to qualify for the knockout rounds. To think that we draw the first 2 games. Our next game is against Benfica at home. If we win, we are through to the knockout round with 1 game to spare.

For the coming home game against second team for Man Utd Sunderland, it sounds like a friendly between 2 teams. Ex Red Devils against current Red Devils. Phillip Bardsley, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Kieron Richardson and Frazier Campbell.

Sunderland have not shown their league form from last season as they finish 10th. Now they are hovering around the relegation zone. A case of taking longer to adapt?

Man Utd is giving 1.75 handicap. That's a bit high side from my point of view, considering that Man Utd could only manage 2 goals currently. At this point of campaign, points are more important than goal difference, as we are still 5 points behind Man City. Just get the 3 points.

Fixture Focus-Spurs (Europa League, 3 November 2011)

  Rubin Kazan vs Tottenham Hotspur

‘arry stretched the first stringers for almost the full 90mins on Sunday against QPR so that the reserves can be saved for this midweek fixture in Russia.   This is by no means a walkover as Rubin Kazan put up a spirited fight in the tie at the Lane, only to lose 1-0 to a spectacular Pavluychenko free kick goal.

Expect the likes of Defoe, Pavluychenko, Sandro and Gomes to start alongside all our budding youngsters.  We are in good shape in the group and do not necessarily have to win this fixture.  We only need 4 points from the remaining 3 fixtures to progress into the knock out rounds.

The Russian outfit have lost just once at their Central Stadium home in over three months, and that was to Champions League outfit Zenit St Petersburg. Since their defeat in North London they have won one and drawn one in the Russian Premier League, and with a win very much needed in this encounter we can be confident that boss Kurban Berdyev will field his strongest side possible.

All I wish for is no serious injuries to key players for us and come away with a draw.

COYS!!!

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 5-6 November 2011

EPL21: SAT 5/11 Villa vs Norwich at 10.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL22: SUN 6/11 Bolton v Stoke at 10.55pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Midweek Outlook (22 Oct 2011)

Manchester United vs Otelul Galati

We finally opened account in the ECL with an important away win over Galati with 2 Rooney penalties. Not exactly a very convincing story but a precious 3-point haul nevertheless.

That puts us in second place with 5 points before Benfica and if Benfica beats Basel, then they have the 10 points required to qualify to the next round. A victory this round to us is a do-or-die mission and I am going to assume that we will win it.

If we beat Galati 2-0 away, we should beat them 2-0 at home too or more. On that count, we will have 8 points and just as long as we avoid defeat to both Basel and Benfica subsequently, we would qualify too. However, would Fergie settle for second place and risk placing a seeded team early in the second round?

A win over Benfica at Old Trafford on 22 Nov should see us leap frogging with 11 points to Benfica's 10 and knowing Fergie, we will push full steam ahead and grab the final 3 points against Basel just to ensure we finish Round 1 at the top.

Gone is the luxury that we rake in the points early and then cruise the remainder of the final 2 games in Round 1 to allow us to prepare for the hectic Christmas/New Year fixtures.

So the question today is not if we win Galati but if we beat them by 3 goals more or not.

Asian Handicap sets ManUtd at 2.05 to beat the 2.25-ball handicap. 1X2 says ManUtd wins this outright with a 1.09 payout.

The current jackpot sits at ManUtd having 82% of the pot to beat the handicap.

As for me, I'd say yes we will collect the 3-points to keep up with Benfica whom they are expected to beat Basel.

As to if we beat the handicap, I'd say a nay as I feel the current squad is out of sorts at the moment and not exactly very cohesive to be the steam rolling juggernaut that gave us so much to cheer about.

JayWalk's 2011/2012 Track Record to-date (01 Nov 2011) : P64-W41-L23

- Voxeros

Results - Game 29 - 30 Oct 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

Finally chalked with first 3 points this weekend but it was a hollow victory on account of the fact that there was only 1 match on Sunday and a one-sided one at that.

Still better than yet another zero I guess.

Congrats to Bedokian, ihawk98, redherring and Mr White for scoring one more on the Marksmen Board.

:)

Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Nobody Yet!

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
3 Games - Everton, Beaver21, ihawk98
2 Games - Bedokian, cool402, necroastr, Mr White, redherring
1 Game  - ianrush, edwinsng

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

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Fixture Focus - Spurs (30 Oct 2011)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Queens Park Rangers FC

It was 29 years ago during the FA Cup final between these two teams that I had decided that Spurs is THE team to support.

The support is still there.

This Sunday, Spurs will be playing host to their west London neighbours. Our central defence squad is still skeletal at the moment so it is likely Kaboul and Bassong will be back. For the midfield and strikeforce, if we are going for the 4-4-1-1, then we will see Adebayor up front with Van der Vaart behind him, and with (from left to right) Bale, Modric, Parker and Lennon. If it is 4-4-2, then Defoe will partner Adebayor.

There are a few players in QPR to note, especially ex-Spurs player Taarabt, who may want to prove a point to his old club, and ex-Toon Barton, who is not really friendly with mostly everyone. The Hoops are on a high after beating Chelsea last weekend and may now want to gain another London scalp.

Expect Spurs to win.

COYS!!!!!

Weekend Review - 29 Oct 2011

Everton vs Manchester United

Last weekend was a bad day for us. To lose 6-1 to Man City is a black day in Man Utd history. Jonny Evans was sent off, our whole line of defenders was static to counter Man City's barrage of attacks. It just simply not good enough though we have no more matches against Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or Chelsea until 22 Jan 2012. Hopefully we can go on a winning run and close in on the 5 points lead by Man City.

I missed the midweek review as i got the timing wrong. Aldershot was the opposition. It was a win that we need to bounce back from the weekend trashing. Fergie put out the 2nd team, which they performed better than the 1st 11. Michael Owen, Berbatov and Antonio Valencia were the scorers. Tom Cleverly was also in this match. How come Fergie didnt play Berbatov and Valencia in the Man City match was really beyond me.

And the coming weekend, we have an early kick off at Goodison Park. Everton had an inconsistent season as they have no funds to buy new players and is finding new owners to bring them forward. With off-field problems that are troubling Everton, expect Man Utd to win this match.

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 29-30 October 2011

EPL19: SAT 29/10 Chelsea vs Arsenal at 7.40pm SIN/HKT

EPL20: SUN 30/10 Spurs v QPR at 11.55pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Results - Game 22 - 23 Oct 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

WALAU..... GEERO AGAIN!!!!!!

I DON'T WANT TO PLAY THIS STUPID GAME LIAO LAH!!!!!!!!!

*sulk*

Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Nobody Yet!

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
3 Games - Everton, Beaver21
2 Games - ihawk98, cool402, necroastr
1 Game  - redherring, ianrush, Mr White, Bedokian, edwinsng

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

3) In case you are still seeing the old table even if I have announced a new update, please refresh your browser to reload the table.

Weekend Outlook (22 Oct 2011)

   Manchester United vs Manchester City   

It's the weekend of the great Manchester Derby. A result here, while it is still very early in the season, may just be the decider of the title should the two teams are neck and neck at the finish line.

We have had a good result in the ECL earlier in midweek as we notched our first win after a sputtering 2 draws. We rested several key players ahead of this game and with Aldershot after this game in the Carling Cup tournament, we can afford to pen our strongest players on the team sheet today.

Ferdinand is expected to partner Vidic to seal the fortress at the back. Rooney is back onto the pitch in midweek and is expected to start again today. So is Nani on account of his excellent form of late forcing Park to make way for the fantastic Portuguese.

Hargreaves should be expected to make an appearance after so many months but will be in a blue shirt. Tevez is still locked in cold storage which is great news for us. Dzeko will be the man to mark for this weekend's game.

The Asian Handicap for this game is ManUtd to give up 0.5-ball with a decimal odds of 2.15. Strange considering the team receiving the handicap is currently placed on top of the league table ahead of ManUtd. Perhaps the reason being ManCity's dismal record away to the Top 4 and at the same time, ManUtd has been giant killing all the top teams since the Charity Shield with the sole exception of the recent draw against Liverpool.

Despite hundreds of millions of Sterling poured into the team that is finally at the top of the table, everybody still feel that they still lacked a certain something to be a true champion team.

Hence, nobody at ManCity actually believe that they can march into the Old Trafford and walk off with 3 points on Sunday. Not even Mancini himself who is close to going down on his knees and kissing the feet of the great Scotsman.

Verdict for the game? I think ManUtd will seal the 3 points for this game not only because they will play better in the Theatre of Dreams but also ManCity has already gifted the points to the home side even before the kick-off whistle is blown.

Expect a number of goals as ManUtd is not expected to be able to keep a clean sheet on account of ManCity excellent firepower up front.

JayWalk's 2011/2012 Track Record to-date (22 Oct 2011) : P51-W32-L19

- Voxeros

Fixture Focus–Spurs (EPL, 23 October 2011)

  Blackburn Rovers vs Tottenham Hotspur 

League table proppers Blackburn will be entertaining visiting Tottenham who are looking to continue our unbeaten run to six games.  Rovers have only beaten Spurs twice in our last 15 meetings and Paul Robinson (former Lilywhite shot stopper) has already let in 18 goals this season.

With our recent form, Spurs will face this fixture with confidence after a well deserved mid-week win in the Europa League where many first stringers were rested.  Adebayor should start in front and the biggest selection headache for ‘arry is where to play van der Vaart.  If Defoe gets a start too, then van der Vaart will be pushed out to the right side again where he can be quite ineffective.  I don’t envy ‘arry dilemma as he has to fill his midfield with the likes of Bale, Modric, Parker, Sandro, van der Vaart and Lennon.

Here’s hoping he picks the right formation and lineup for a win!

COYS!!!

Fixture Focus - Spurs (20 Oct 2011)

Tottenham Hotspur vs FC Rubin Kazan
(Europa League Group Stage)

Spurs will be playing host to Russian side Rubin Kazan, who like us were in the Champions League last season and deemed to be the toughest opponent in Group A.

Adhering with Redknapp's "policy" for the Europa League (at least for the group stage), a number of injured players and with an away game in Blackburn coming up, the selection for this game would prove a bit of a quandary for him. Likely starters will be the same as per the lineup that faced PAOK and Shamrock Rovers, e.g. Cudicini, Pavlyuchenko, Townsend, Livermore, etc. There is a possibility that we may see the return of Sandro and Lennon if they are fit for the game.

Rubin Kazan entered the competition from the Champions League play-off stage, and they boast an international squad. In front they have Martins, who famously downed Arsenal in last season's League Cup final, and not forgetting Valdez, who in 2009 scored 2 goals (and won) against Barcelona in the Nou Camp. Also, they have a strong defence, especially the partnership between Navas and Bocchetti.

This game will be a cracker for us and the visitors in White Hart Lane.

COYS!!!!!

Midweek Review - 18 Oct 2011

Otelul Galati vs Manchester United

A weird line up with Phil Jones in midfield and Danny Welbeck as a lone attacker in the match against Liverpool. It was a rather cautious approach from Fergie, which surprised everyone. A well deserved point gained with one eye on the weekend match against Man City.

The midweek match is a mere distraction for the big weekend clash. But is a match that we need 3 points badly after drawing the last 2 matches against Benfica and Basel. Underestimated our group even before the matches start.

Otelul Galati is a newcomer in the Champions League but a regular in the Europa League. The gulf between both competitions are starkly different.

Man Utd give 1.75 handicap. Take Man Utd for the win.

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 22-23 Oct 2011

EPL17: SAT 22/10 Bolton Wanderers v Sunderland at 9.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL18: SUN 23/10 Fulham v Everton at 8.25pm SIN/HKT

GAME ON!


Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw)
1-point each for correct score on each side.

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
Submissions after kick-off will not be admissible. (Disqualification)

Blog Blackout
This Prediction League will be played here but if in the event this blog goes down, we will automatically carry on the league over to the personal blog of Voxeros at http://www.JayWalkOnline.com. Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, Skype, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Results - Game 15 - 16 Oct 2011 EPL Prediction League 2011/2012

WALAU EH!!!! It's still a JEERO weekend for me! HOW CAN!!!!

Like like my misery has been extended by yet another week.

Haiz....

Housekeeping Notes: All of this season's tables will be kept in Flickr's photoset. Click Here.
 

EPL Prediction League "Perfect Score" Hall Of Fame
Perfect Score = 2 correct-score predictions in a single weekend and hence the award of the full 10 points.

1) Nobody Yet!

Marksmen Board (Number of Exact Predictions)
3 Games - Everton, Beaver21
2 Games - ihawk98, cool402, necroastr
1 Game  - redherring, ianrush, Mr White, Bedokian, edwinsng

Scoring System
3-Points for a correct outcome (Win, Lose or Draw) 1-point each for correct score on each side.  

Double Entry
Later submission shall override earlier submission.

Penalty
No points for submission after kick-off. (Disqualification)

Blogspot Blackout
The EPL Prediction League will be played here but if in the event Blogger/Blogspot servers go down, we will automatically carry on the league over to my personal blog at http://www.jaywalkonline.com/.

Please bookmark this or at the very least stay in touch with one of us as we will also be helping all stay in the loop via the various channels like MSN, whatsapp, email as well as SPUG Off-Topic Chat.

Prediction League Past Winners 

Copa America 2004 - WeiMeng

EPL 2004/2005 - Friday13

EPL 2005/2006 - ianrush

World Cup 2006 - EdwinSng

EPL 2006/2007 - Voxeros

EPL 2007/2008 - Cool402

Euro 2008 - Voxeros

EPL 2008/2009 - Everton

EPL 2009/2010 - ihawk98

World Cup 2010 - Raynaldo

EPL 2010/2011 - Mr White

As usual:

1) If you have spotted a mistake, please let me know where and what so that I can amend them accordingly.

2) Please check your scores for accuracy as soon as possible before I update the table during the next round of scores. Once the table has been updated, the old table will be overwritten.

3) In case you are still seeing the old table even if I have announced a new update, please refresh your browser to reload the table.