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

It seems like I am the Arsenal of this League as I have yet to break duck.

No change at the top despite the Top 3 having a dismal weekend as I did.

Congrats to Bedokian for being the only 6-pointer of the weekend to jump to 7th.

Cheers.

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
2 Games - Beaver21
1 Game  - redherring, ianrush, cool402, necroastr

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.

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Fixture Focus–Spurs (EPL, 18 September 2011)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool

The win last weekend against unbeaten Wolves was much needed after the losses to teams from Manchester.

Liverpool did not have to deal with a midweek game and so are raring to go this weekend after a tough loss to Stoke last week. Suarez would be the man to watch while Stevie G is almost at full fitness but may be rested.

‘arry rested many first team players for the Europa League exertions in Greece so that we would be fresh for the weekend. He has overseen 5 wins in 7 games against Liverpool in all competitions but this match will be a good fight between 2 teams fighting for Champions League positions. If King is available, we will be much more solid at the back while Bale will be unleashed against converted right back Martin Skertal. After opening his scoring account last week, I am looking for more goals from Adebayor and I am confident that ‘arry will start him alongside Defoe.

COYS!!!

Weekend Review - 18 Sep 11

Manchester United vs Chelsea

With one eye in the coming weekend match clash against Chelsea, Fergie throw 6 veterans and 1 newbie into the Benfica match. It was a point gained rather than 2 point loss as we only need 10 points to progress to the knockout rounds.

Chelsea with the habit of changing manager every season, and appoint Andrea Villa-Boas or AVB for short since he guided Porto to Europa Cup success last season. Sound like going back to Jose Mourinho days.

Somehow i have to agree with Fernando Torres comment when he criticise Chelsea strike force as been old, with Drogba, Anelka and Lampard in the 30s. Is a matter of time when the dressing room will change to a stormy affair as what we seen in the past previously where Drogba, Lampard and Terry forces out Solari.

Man Utd have a good record against Grade A teams with winning 7 and losing 1. And this trend is believe to be continued.

Fixture Focus - Spurs (15 Sep 2011)

PAOK FC vs Tottenham Hotspur
(UEFA Europa League Group Stage, Match 1)

Spurs will begin their first group game of the Europa League at the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, to face off PAOK, who came in 4th in the Greek Superleague last season.

The recent news of Van der Vaart's exclusion (and of course his tirades) from the Europa League squad had speculated even more on Harry Redknapp's priorities this season, who did mention that he would concentrate on the EPL itself, and was willing to forego on this European competition as well (labelled as a "nuisance" by him). Furthermore, just 3 days later, we would be back at home facing Liverpool, so the senior players' presence on the plane to Greece would be at best half.

PAOK had went through 2 play-offs to come to this stage of the tournament and like us, they are no strangers to European competitions as well. Helmed by Laszlo Boloni, an ex-Romanian national who had coached several mainland European clubs, he has a few players who had played for top continental teams at his disposal (such as Salpigidis, Contreras, Vieirinha, etc.).

A tough game is expected. COYS!!!!!

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 17-18 September 2011

EPL09: SAT 17/9 Swansea v West Brom at 9.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL10: SUN 18/9 Spurs v Liverpool 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.

Midweek Outlook (14 Sep 2011)

   Benfica vs Manchester United  

A hello to one and all as I make my season's debut of covering midweek games.

ManUtd has had a leisurely stroll in the opening month of the season banging in 21 goals in the last 5 games and all hail the next gen army of the Red Half. I have to admit that it took me quite a while to acclimatise to the new season as there were more unfamiliar faces than usual.

Everything seems to go our way which was a sharp contrast to last season where we played so badly that we won the Premier League title only because the rest played worse than us. In short, we didn't earn the title, it was given to us.  Not much pride there, is there?

Interesting with only the span of just a single summer, we came out guns ablazed and sitting atop the league table without even a bead of sweat. Rooney is already 1/3 of the way to clinching this season's Golden Boot at this rate and we only played 4 games!

So anyway, with the season honeymoon over, we are entering the hectic months proper with both the ECL and the Carling Cup tournament kicking off at the same time.

Our first game in the European arena is against Benfica who finished second in Portugal last season and has qualified to the ECL proper after overcoming Twente in the CLQ stages.

Momentum-wise, Benfica has the advantage as they started off the European arena blocks earlier than us but that should be easily countered by our fresher legs.

Traditionally, ManUtd opens their European season well but with a Chelsea game looming over the weekend immediately after, I am thinking Fergie may rest some of the youngsters who have done so well so far, in favour of experience.

Rafael, Cleverly are definitely not featuring, joining the injured Vidic at the sideline. I am so glad I do not have to mentioned Hargreaves still in the sick bay anymore. Good riddance!

I am expecting to see Fletcher, Carrick and Ferdinand up on the pitch for this game.

Our goalie De Gea is still a worry for me but Fergie should favour Lindegaard this round as he further evaluates the two of his new acquisitions.

ManUtd is giving up 1/2-ball to Benfica with a 1.925 (vs 1.975) decimal odds to beat it. On the 1X2, A Benfica win has a bigger payout then even a draw. The last time Benfica beat us at their home was way back in Dec 2005 where we left our foot off the gas pedal for a bit.

I am going for a ManUtd win and giving up the 1/2-ball handicap to the host. We shouldn't have too much problem with Chelsea thereafter as Torres is proving more of a burden than a charm at Stamford Bridge. They must be so regretting their purchase right now which is just fine with us coz Torres would have done a lot more damage against us had he stayed at Anfield.

Once that is out of the way too, we travel to Elland Road to face Leeds in the Carling Cup opener which we are expected to field out B-team.

JayWalk's 2011/2012 Track Record to-date (13 Sep 2011) : P25-W15-L10

- Voxeros

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

Looks like it is going to continue be a lousy start to the season for me as I just can't seem to catch a break.

Congratulations to Everton for scoring 3+3 to tie Beaver21 for the top spot.

Everton deserves a second congratulations for notching on on the Marksmen Board together with Necroastr.

Well done, guys!

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
2 Games - Beaver21
1 Game  - redherring, ianrush, cool402, necroastr

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 Review - 10 Sep 2011

Bolton Wanderers vs Manchester United

Wow, both Manchester teams trashed Tottenham and Arsenal 5-1 and 8-2 respectively. And the current standings for both Manchester and London teams at different end of the table.

Next week will be the start of Champions League and teams involving in it will have one eye on it, without a doubt.

Bolton have started the season strongly but receive a stern lesson from Man City and Liverpool. Not a good time to face a title challenger in the form of Man Utd. 3rd time unlucky.

Fixture Focus - Spurs (10 Sep 2011)

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC vs Tottenham Hotspur

After having been thrashed by the two halves of Manchester (and sitting pretty at the bottom of the table), the upcoming game against Wolves is not going to be a reprieve either. Wolves is one of the teams that our boys are finding hard to break, especially so with our record against them last season.

However, with the recent transfer window over, we have garnered a few players who are no strangers to the EPL scene. New signing Parker and on-loan striker Adebayor are likely to start, but some of our regulars such as Gallas, Van der Vaart and Pienaar would not be able to make the trip to the Molineux.

McCarthy would likely field the same lineup as per his previous 3 games, and Wolves are still in the "undefeated team" category for now.

Are we able to pick ourselves up again? Or are we going to face a repeat of the horrendous season opening 3 years ago?

COYS!!!!!

EPL Prediction League Match Weekend 10-11 September 2011

EPL07: SAT 10/9 Stoke v Liverpool at 9.55pm SIN/HKT

EPL08: SUN 11/9 Norwich v West Brom 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.