This week I’m putting the picks up on a Saturday!
Your Comments
BE: “After inputting my picks, I read last week’s comments and have decided to change all the scores to 2-1, as advised by JCE! Here’s hoping for an improvement…”
You should probably modify it a little bit so that you don’t pick Palace to beat Liverpool AND Southampton to beat Citeh!
ME: “Your quotable: Only just realised that it is Saturday so very hurried picks today.
Not too many goals today apart from Liverpool and Man Pretty.
Spurs will restart their winning streak today unless they lose sight of Vardy. Fingers crossed!
Man U and Leeds could be the game of the day! Both attacking and making quite a few chances… if they are all taken it could be 7 each but expect a reasonable failure rate!
West Brom and Villa should bore each other into a low scoring draw.
Can’t see Burnley escaping from the bottom yet.. Wolves should be too good for them.
Chelski will be much better than West Ham but on just scrape through.”
Well, we’ll see. You might have 7 for the wrong team!
Saturday, December 19, 2020
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Crystal Palace
DDWLL |
0-2
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Liverpool
WDWDW |
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| Liverpool | 4-0 | Crystal Palace | 24 Jun 2020 |
| Crystal Palace | 1-2 | Liverpool | 23 Nov 2019 |
| Liverpool | 4-3 | Crystal Palace | 19 Jan 2019 |
| Crystal Palace | 0-2 | Liverpool | 20 Aug 2018 |
| Crystal Palace | 1-2 | Liverpool | 31 Mar 2018 |
Liverpool are too good for Palace. What else is there to say?
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Everton
WWDLW |
2-1
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Arsenal
DLLLD |
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| Arsenal | 3-2 | Everton | 23 Feb 2020 |
| Everton | 0-0 | Arsenal | 21 Dec 2019 |
| Everton | 1-0 | Arsenal | 07 Apr 2019 |
| Arsenal | 2-0 | Everton | 23 Sep 2018 |
| Arsenal | 5-1 | Everton | 03 Feb 2018 |
Getting desperately close to a relegation battle are Arsenal! A team that is close to the top is not going to make things any easier for them. Everton are not great but the overall poor quality of the league makes them sit higher in the table than they should be. Arsenal players all seems to have drunk whatever Mesut Ozil drank and don’t seem to want to play for Arteta. Odds on him being the next manager down?
I need to bring back the sack!
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Newcastle
LWWLL |
1-1
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Fulham
DDLWL |
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| Fulham | 0-4 | Newcastle | 12 May 2019 |
| Newcastle | 0-0 | Fulham | 22 Dec 2018 |
Two fairly mediocre teams. It would be fair to assume a mediocre game and a boring result.
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Southampton
DWWLD |
0-2
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Manchester City
DDWWL |
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| Southampton | 1-0 | Manchester City | 05 Jul 2020 |
| Manchester City | 2-1 | Southampton | 02 Nov 2019 |
| Southampton | 1-3 | Manchester City | 30 Dec 2018 |
| Manchester City | 6-1 | Southampton | 04 Nov 2018 |
| Southampton | 0-1 | Manchester City | 13 May 2018 |
I’m never sure which Citeh will show up. Rather, I’m never sure how much influence KDB will have over the game – when he’s on they’re on, when he’s off they’re off. They concede a lot of goals and fail to score a lot but I think this weeks focus will be on a Mourinho style clean sheet.
Sunday, December 20, 2020
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Brighton and Hove Albion
DLLDW |
2-0
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Sheffield United
LLLLL |
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| Sheffield United | 1-1 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 22 Feb 2020 |
| Brighton and Hove Albion | 0-1 | Sheffield United | 21 Dec 2019 |
I’m picking Sheffield to lose ever week. I hate to see their manager go but maybe his time has come. Something needs to happen.
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Manchester United
WDWWW |
2-1
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Leeds United
WLLWD |
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No priors to go on so I’m picking the Trafford Boys to win. Any season in the last 5, United would be struggling for mid-table. This year they are in the Top 5.
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Tottenham Hotspur
LDWDW |
2-1
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Leicester City
LWWLL |
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| Tottenham Hotspur | 3-0 | Leicester City | 19 Jul 2020 |
| Leicester City | 2-1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 Sep 2019 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3-1 | Leicester City | 10 Feb 2019 |
| Leicester City | 0-2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 08 Dec 2018 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 5-4 | Leicester City | 13 May 2018 |
Mourinho was on my sack list but now he has his team near where they should be with some of the talent they have. Where’s Dele?
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West Bromwich Albion
DLLWL |
1-1
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Aston Villa
DWLLW |
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| West Bromwich Albion | 1-0 | Aston Villa | 14 May 2019 |
| Aston Villa | 2-1 | West Bromwich Albion | 11 May 2019 |
| Aston Villa | 0-2 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 Feb 2019 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2-2 | Aston Villa | 07 Dec 2018 |
I don’t believe there is a result here for the Baggies but my heart wants them to stay up.
Monday, December 21, 2020
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Burnley
DWDLW |
1-1
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Wolverhampton
WLLWD |
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| Burnley | 1-1 | Wolverhampton | 15 Jul 2020 |
| Wolverhampton | 1-1 | Burnley | 25 Aug 2019 |
| Burnley | 2-0 | Wolverhampton | 30 Mar 2019 |
| Wolverhampton | 1-0 | Burnley | 16 Sep 2018 |
Dyche will be the next one gone but I think it will be through mutual consent rather than an out and out firing. He should be a local hero for what he achieved at the club but maybe the magic has worn off and a poor team should finish where a poor team should finish.
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Chelsea
LLWDW |
2-1
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West Ham United
DWLWW |
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| West Ham United | 3-2 | Chelsea | 01 Jul 2020 |
| Chelsea | 0-1 | West Ham United | 30 Nov 2019 |
| Chelsea | 2-0 | West Ham United | 08 Apr 2019 |
| West Ham United | 0-0 | Chelsea | 23 Sep 2018 |
| Chelsea | 1-1 | West Ham United | 08 Apr 2018 |
If Chelsea lose this I’m not picking them anymore.