|
Coffee 7:26 Sat Apr 15
Saturday football
|
|
ASTON VILLA vs NEWCASTLE UNITED (1230)
A game that has plenty of meaning in the division’s upper reaches. You may turn away now. Both sides have excelled this season and are looking for the best Europa and Champions League finishes. They are both enjoying good form and they both have strong incentives. Given the class in their combined ranks, this has the makings of a quality start to the weekend. Draw.
EVERTON vs FULHAM (1500)
Fulham are in a dip, while Everton don’t seem to know where they are. A glance at the table shows they’re out of the bottom three by the skin of their dentures. And that makes this a vital game in the Toffees’ bid to stay up. Their home fans always seem to be their twelfth man, so expect a tricky afternoon for the visitors. Home win.
CHELSEA vs BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (1500)
This is probably the first time in history that Brighton are favourites to win this fixture. That says a lot about both sides, but particularly about the visitors who have built on last year’s achievements with a phenomenal season thus far. They’re in a strong position to quality for a UEFA place and they peer down at their visitors from an unaccustomed height. Poor old Frank. Away win.
SOUTHAMPTON vs CRYSTAL PALACE (1500)
Palace are almost – but not quite – safe and will want to confirm safety at the earliest opportunity. As for the Saints, few people would give them even an outside chance of staying up. Having said that, four points – the difference between them and Everton – is not an insurmountable gap even at this stage. So they do have something to play for and have shown in recent games that they aren’t entirely useless. Draw.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR vs BOURNEMOUTH (1500)
It’s been a tumultuous old season for Spurs, but they still look set for a Europa League finish. Unless they do a real Spursy and find themselves eclipsed by two out of Villa, Brighton and Liverpool. The Cherries, meanwhile, are fighting hard for their top flight survival and have done a pretty good job of it so far. Expect a gritty encounter that will hopefully boost our chances of staying up. Home win.
MANCHESTER CITY vs LEICESTER CITY (1730)
Things ain’t looking good for Leicester and chances are they’re going to look even less good at the final whistle. Man City have belief and are very much in the hunt. Foxes don’t like hunts, and although this one doesn’t have them in its sights, they’re likely to end the day with the dotted line having been raised further. Home win.
*SUNDAY*
WEST HAM UNITED vs ARSENAL (1400)
Is there anything remotely exciting or encouraging to expect from this one? Actually there is. Having dropped two points from a winning position last week, a bout of those pesky heeby-jeebies may have started affecting the once-runaway league leaders. And with City having presumably put Southampton to the sword yesterday, the Gunners will feel the heat of northern air blasting up their rear end. Can we take advantage of that? Can we take a point – or three – from them? Yes, we can. Will we? Not a bleeding hope. Away win.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST vs MANCHESTER UNITED (1630)
Forest have a tough run-in, but as long as things are as close at the bottom they’ll feel they have a chance of pulling off the unlikely. Man U are in a battle for third and it will be games like this that will tell if they can pip the Geordies to that place. Away win.
*MONDAY*
LEEDS UNITED vs LIVERPOOL (2000)
You just don’t know what you’re going to get from Liverpool. Or, for that matter, from Leeds. The season is effectively over for the Reds, while Leeds still have survival to fight for. Could be a good ‘un. Away win.
*CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP*
Having secured promotion, all Burnley have to do now is to claim the title their season has so richly deserved. And keep their manager, although that may be one step too far. They’ll need two wins at most from their last six games. They visit embattled Reading this afternoon. Luton and Michael Carrick’s Boro, who demolished Norwich last night, look to have secured play-off spots, which leaves Millwall, Blackburn, Preston, Norwich, Coventry, Sunderland and West Brom (all separated by five points) competing for the other two places. Likewise at the bottom, Wigan and Blackpool appear to be gone. It wasn’t long ago that both those clubs were entertaining Man C, Liverpool and Arsenal in league games. Next season they’ll be hosting the likes of Orient and Northampton Town. That leaves Reading, Cardiff, QPR, Huddersfield and Rotherham (separated by four points) scratching each others’ eyes out in the relegation denouement.
|
|
|
Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
Sydney_Iron
7:36 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Draw
Draw
Chelsea
Palace
Spurs
Man City
Head says Arsenal, Heart West Ham so maybe a Draw???
ManU
Liverpool
|
Coffee
7:39 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Had and heart rarely even each other out.
As any married man will tell you.
|
Manuel
7:42 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Everton must have their game down as a must win, ditto Soton, although I think they've gone anyway.
Regardless of our plight, I'd love to see the Cherries win at Spurs, ditto Brighton at Chelsea.
Forest are playing Manu at a good time, but still a big ask you feel. Leeds might get a point.
|
dolph
8:02 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Alan's papers and Coffee's Saturday predictions. Best two things on who.
|
Mex Martillo
8:50 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Leicester will go our way and Forest, Wolves Bournemouth and Leeds should as well, Palace will beat Southampton and hopefully Silva sorts himself out and gets a result at Everton. Thats the most likely way we avoid going down the table.
Coffee does it hurt to predict a loss? Hope we play well...
Thanks
|
New Jersey
9:50 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Burnley must be shitting themselves in case Kompany leaves. Everton (and us) would have been better off getting Kompany, Dyche is just a younger version of Moyes, he may keep Everton up by grinding out some results but not much to look forward too next season.
Cheers Cofffee.
|
happygilmore
9:55 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Thanks Coffee,
I pretty much agree with all predictions, except I think Newcastle will squeeze out a win.
|
cheesebgt
12:17 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
AST vs NEW Away
EVE vs FUL Home
CHE vs BHA Away
SOU vs CRY Away
TOT vs BOU Draw
MANC vs LEI Home
*SUNDAY*
WHU vs ARS Away
NFO vs MANU Away
*MONDAY*
LEE vs LIV Away
|
happygilmore
1:09 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Coffee,
Any thoughts on the Wolves v Brentford game?
or is that match fake news!
|
Coffee
1:32 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Oh, bollocks.
Well spotted, hg, on your part. Sloppy copying on mine.
Over to you for the prediction - and let's hope a mod with executive powers will be good enough to add your input to the above...
|
cheesebgt
2:07 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
cheesebgt 12:17 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
WOL vs BRE Home
|
El Scorchio
3:10 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Come on Fulham, Palace, spurs (vomits) and the Mancs, I guess.
|
El Scorchio
3:21 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Just watching Newcastle and villa. It makes me sick because we have the capability and talent to be playing a vibrant attacking game like both of these teams are. Instead we have to watch gutless negative backs against the wall shit served up by Moyes week in week out despite easily having the players to do it.
|
El Scorchio
3:24 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Even when Newcastle were pinned back just now they ended up hoofing it clear but SIX players got up to halfway quickly to press villa and stop it coming right back- which happened, while we’d keep nine men within 30 yards of our goal and send the lone striker to chase a lost cause and take him out of the game while using up all his energy and let them easily walk it back to where they lost it from.
Fuckjng tragic
|
lowlife
3:30 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Yep - can you imagine how our players must feel playing against teams set up like this, week in week out. They’ll also be watching this thinking ‘what the fuck are we doing’.
Moyes is going to throw the game tomorrow, I’m holding out hope that if we lose badly he’ll finally get the push. I doubt it but I live in hope.
|
GBHammer63
3:47 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Agree with Scorch it must be so demoralising to have to play in Moyes system, little wonder so many of our players are going backwards despite the massive spend.
|
GBHammer63
3:52 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Villa we’re totally gash under Gerrard, install a decent manager and in no time they’ve been given a new lease of life with the same players. Quite how our penny wise pound foolish owner and his business genius slag sidekick can’t see it is amazing.
|
lowlife
3:59 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
“David Moyes says he will set his team up tomorrow to beat Arsenal”
Yes, with 7 defensive players no doubt.
|
onsideman
4:03 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Turns out Newcastle aren't amazing after all
|
british is best
4:04 Sat Apr 15
Re: Saturday football
|
Just shows how poor a job Moyes is doing watching villa beating the barcodes . Hang you're head in shame Sullivan.
|
|
|
|
