Premiership Plus Predictions Game - Week 9 Update

Hiya, PPPers. It's high time that we checked in with our humble game after an extended international break. It's been a busy week of midweek footer, so I held off until the dust had settled before tallying our scores this week. So where are we....

Liverpool, despite their draw with United over the weekend, still maintain a six-point lead at the top. Of traditional big clubs that most of us picked for the European slots, only Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal are in the mix, Leicester continue to defy the odds.

Newcastle have dropped back into the relegation mix alongside Norwich and Watford. In the Championship, the Baggies continue on top for the second week running, with my beloved Leeds bouncing back up from 5th to second. The big Yorkshire Derby early Saturday morning will be a real tester for us.

In Europe, Barcelona have replaced Real Madrid, bringing a lot of us two points. Juve continue on top in Serie A and Borussia are the upstarts in the Bundesliga, preventing us from grabbing two points in that one.

Sergio Aguero and his Belgian mate KDB are the top of the heap in the Golden Boot and, I don't know, "Golden Shoelace" sweepstakes, with Tammy Abraham keeping Sergio company on 8 goals. All of this means that we've got a new leader this week, West Ham Rising!

Here are the current standings:

1. West Ham Rising - 36 points
2. MOT the Hoople - 35 pts
3. Blue Devil - 34 pts
4. Swansong - 33 pts
5. Someone Said - 22 pts
6. Man Utd Rules - 20 pts
-   Yellows - 20 pts
8. United We Stand - 19 pts
9. Pink Kits - 17 pts
-   Red Devil 1FCK - 17 pts
-   What's Up Wheaton Simon - 17 pts
12. The Bee's Knees - 16 pts
13. Gooner71 - 15 pts
-   The Saint - 15 pts
15. Red Dragon - 14 pts