As our dreams simply line up to fade & die without so much as a whimper:PL games for 24 - 26 January.

[Mike Oxsaw]

Saturday, 24 January 2026 12:30
West Ham United v Sunderland
Venue: The London Stadium
League Positions: 18 v 7
Current Forms: 28 v 30

Do we really need this game? At the London Stadium? Abandon hope (from last week), all who enter here. Sunderland are spluttering a bit and will be looking to get back to winning ways. A game against West Ham is just what the doctor ordered. Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Nope, it's just Sullivan sporting an Aldi budget miner's lamp bringing the manager gifts he can't use...again. I'm tempted to be brave and go for a draw, but sadly:

Prediction: Away Win

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Saturday, 24 January 2026 14:00
Crystal Palace v Chelsea
Venue: Selhurst Park
League Positions: 13 v 6
Current Forms: 4 v 25

Chelsea scraped a win in Europe, which will buoy them coming into this game. Palace seem all over the place, both on & off the pitch and I think Chelsea will (just) have enough to see them off:

Prediction: Away Win

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Saturday, 24 January 2026 14:00
Newcastle United v Aston Villa
Venue: St James' Park
League Positions: 9 v 3
Current Forms: 23 v 21

The Toon Army thumped PSV earlier, and Villa also won by a less impressive scoreline, albeit away from home, as they find themselves again this weekend. The Villains really need the 3 points to help cement a CL spot next year. Newcastle also desperately need points on the table. A feisty:

Prediction: Draw

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Saturday, 24 January 2026 15:00
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur
Venue: Turf Moor
League Positions: 19 v 14
Current Forms: 20 v 3

After the Lillywhites took out the Germans this week, what better way to ease themselves back into the bread & butter monotony of the Premier League than a trip to Burnley? And I didn't even say "Let's be frank!"........Damn! Damn! Blast & Blinkey-flip. I vow of silence on those words I held for 6 days. Might as well sing it from the rafters now.  Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la. However, what happens to the table if we lose and Burnley win doesn't bear thinking about. Don't believe that they will win, however, but neither will the mighty, mighty spurs:

Prediction: Draw

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Saturday, 24 January 2026 15:00
Fulham v Brighton & Hove Albion
Venue: Craven Cottage
League Positions: 11 v 12
Current Forms: 24 v 27

This has so much got "Draw" written all over it, I can't be arsed with adding any more.

Prediction: Draw

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Saturday, 24 January 2026 15:00
Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Venue: The Etihad Stadium
League Positions: 2 v 20
Current Forms: 24 v 27

This should will be a fore-gone conclusion, even though Wolves managed 6 goals in their recent FA Cup game. City scored 10 (but got thoroughly rinsed by Manchester United last weekend). Notwithstanding all that twaddle, I really can't see Wolves doing much more than keeping the score reasonably respectable as they play for their pride.

Prediction: Home Win

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Saturday, 24 January 2026 16:30
Arsenal v Manchester United
Venue: Emirates Stadium
League Positions: 1 v 5
Current Forms: 31 v 21

I think we need Arsenal to lose this one, if only to keep the top of the table (a bit) more interesting. Manchester United will be buzzin' after their last outing, but Arsenal's European away win will not have done them much harm. Current form and home advantage suggests an Arsenal victory, but I'm not so sure:

Prediction: Draw

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Saturday, 24 January 2026 17:30
A. F. C. Bournemouth v Liverpool
Venue: Dean Court
League Positions: 15 v 4
Current Forms: 15 v 23

Looking at the stats, you'd put your house on Liverpool coming away with the spoils here. Might have to be your kid's Wendy House though as Liverpool are still blowing hot and cold, despite the fawning claims in the media. Bournemouth, though, still don't yet seem to enjoying a Cherry mo-jo.

Prediction: Away Win

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Sunday, 25 January 2026 14:00
Brentford v Nottingham Forest
Venue: Brentford Community Stadium
League Positions: 8 v 17
Current Forms: 28 v 14

That result in Europe won't have done Forest's self-belief any favours. Brentford seem to be bubbling along nicely on their way to cementing an upper-mid-table finish.

Prediction: Home Win

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Monday, 26 January 2026 20:00
Everton v Leeds United
Venue: The Hill Dickinson Stadium
League Positions: 10 v 16
Current Forms: 21 v 30

Leeds have the better current form but Everton have league position and home advantage to their, err, advantage. Is it too soon to ask that nice Mr. Moyes to do us another favour? Suspect such a request will fall on deaf ears, anyway.

Prediction: Draw

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Your very own, personal, copy & paste fixture list, brought to you at no expense whatsoever:

West Ham United v Sunderland -
Crystal Palace v Chelsea -
Newcastle United v Aston Villa -
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur -
Fulham v Brighton & Hove Albion -
Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers -
Arsenal v Manchester United -
A. F. C. Bournemouth v Liverpool -
Brentford v Nottingham Forest -
Everton v Leeds United -

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My acca...don't snigger, Pearson.

Manchester City @ Home to Wolverhampton Wanderers 2/11)
Liverpool (Away @ A. F. C. Bournemouth 20/23)
Sunderland (Away @ West Ham United 15/8)
Brentford (@ Home to Nottingham Forest 19/20)

Total stake: £11.00
Potential returns: £62.69


 

[Fauxstralian]

George Earthy an unused sub as Bristol City beaten 5-0 at home by Derby County
Ouch

[El Scorchio]

Shame no Everton winner but a draw is an ok result. 

[Sweep]

Draw isn't too bad a result for us. 

Lumpy's mob losing too.

[Sir Alf]

At this half time juncture of the Everton Leeds game, Id say we are cooked. Just too many points to make up in too few games.  We’d need Palace or Spurs to not win for another 10 games to even get near

[Tomshardware]

Everton have been awful.

[honky cat]

Fucks sake

[Monsieur merde de cheval]

Running out of cannons ..
love to see it..
 

[Manuel]

Villa are quietly back in the race.

If it's between Arse and City I really don't care who wins it. I can't stand City either, myself, but it would be funny to watch Arsenal fuck it up.

[honky cat]

I think if Carrick was stupid enough to want the west ham job, he would already be here.

 

[El Scorchio]

Well we will see but historically giving an ex player type the role temporarily under these type of circumstances and then dropping your long term plan based on a couple of immediate good results and some good feeling doesn’t tend to work well over time. 

[Massive Attack]

Looks like they might be going all Arsenaly again. 

Double funny that the mancs might make the mistake with carrick that they did with solskjaer given two good results. 

Aint just the impressive results but also the manner in which he's absolutely took it to both top 2 Teams in his first 2 games back in charge. Add them to the first 3 results and performances he achieved in his first interim time in charge and it builds the picture I felt he'd become. Those first 3 results he got were against Arteta, Tuchel and Emery. Altogether this aint flash in a pan stuff, he's got something about him that resonates across instantly to big time players against top opposition or managers.

The worst thing Man Utd could do now is not to give him the job permanently beyond this season. If they did that and we somehow manage to stay up, we should be all over it like a rash but can't imagine Man Utd being that idiotic. 

What, with Scott Parker and Jermaine Defoe as his backroom staff?

Nah, his current set-up would do as he seems to work well with them. 

[onsideman]

Looks like they might be going all Arsenaly again. 

Double funny that the mancs might make the mistake with carrick that they did with solskjaer given two good results. 

Aint just the impressive results but also the manner in which he's absolutely took it to both top 2 Teams in his first 2 games back in charge. Add them to the first 3 results and performances he achieved in his first interim time in charge and it builds the picture I felt he'd become. Those first 3 results he got were against Arteta, Tuchel and Emery. Altogether this aint flash in a pan stuff, he's got something about him that resonates across instantly to big time players against top opposition or managers.

The worst thing Man Utd could do now is not to give him the job permanently beyond this season. If they did that and we somehow manage to stay up, we should be all over it like a rash but can't imagine Man Utd being that idiotic. 

What, with Scott Parker and Jermaine Defoe as his backroom staff?

[Massive Attack]

Looks like they might be going all Arsenaly again. 

Double funny that the mancs might make the mistake with carrick that they did with solskjaer given two good results. 

Aint just the impressive results but also the manner in which he's absolutely took it to both top 2 Teams in his first 2 games back in charge. Add them to the first 3 results and performances he achieved in his first interim time in charge and it builds the picture I felt he'd become. Those first 3 results he got were against Arteta, Tuchel and Emery. Altogether this aint flash in a pan stuff, he's got something about him that resonates across instantly to big time players against top opposition or managers.

The worst thing Man Utd could do now is not to give him the job permanently beyond this season. If they did that and we somehow manage to stay up, we should be all over it like a rash but can't imagine Man Utd being that idiotic. 

[El Scorchio]

Looks like they might be going all Arsenaly again. 

Double funny that the mancs might make the mistake with carrick that they did with solskjaer given two good results. 

[Massive Attack]

Arsenal are all long balls & dead balls
Wimbledon in red



 

Exactly that. Bore me to tears under Artetas set- piece snooze win-at-all-cost football.  

[Fauxstralian]

Arsenal are all long balls & dead balls
Wimbledon in red

Can anyone explain the myth of the superstar Saka?
Never there when really needed
England picking him ahead of Bowen is utter nonsense 

[honky cat]

More obnoxious than spurs fans now.

[happygilmore]

If only I got my wish of getting Carrick.. That ship has long sailed now. 



 

Yeah looks like you missed out ok, sounds pretty much like he is currently bumming Gary Neville, 

[Fauxstralian]

Got home to see a couple of cracking goals by Dorghu & Cunha

 

[Tomshardware]

Hahaha, beauty from Cunha.

[onsideman]

If only I got my wish of getting Carrick.. That ship has long sailed now. 

 

 

I saw a clip of an interview with him the other day trailing a programme called Transfer 350 and in it I'm pretty sure he said that when he was leaving West Ham, there was only one place he wanted to go. 

If that's right then for that reason I'm out the treacherous cսnt

[Massive Attack]

If only I got my wish of getting Carrick.. That ship has long sailed now. 

Mate, he got bombed out of Boro for not being up to it.

Do better research on what actually happened. They were knocking around close to the bottom 3 of the Championship in a right mess when he took them over and got them in a play off semi. Then they lost some key players. He was the one who helped develop the likes of Rogers at Villa. 

[Mad Ferret]

If only I got my wish of getting Carrick.. That ship has long sailed now. 

Mate, he got bombed out of Boro for not being up to it.

[the coming of gary]

Bit of a blow Forest winning. Anyone noticed, Palace are sinking like a stone.

Next weekend ; Forest v Palace
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[Massive Attack]

If only I got my wish of getting Carrick.. That ship has long sailed now.