Premiership Plus Predictions Game - Week 37 Update

 

Evening, all! I'm here later than usual this week due to grading finals to update us all before we head into the final weekend of the Premier League. Man City's win at Spurs on Tuesday changed everything at the top of the Premier League - and in our humble game. All of us who predicted a City title suddenly got 10 points added to their scores. As we go into the weekend, Arsenal will need to win and hope that West Ham can beat City at the Etihad. It's a tall order but football in, as the saying goes, "a funny old game." At the bottom, Luton are all but relegated alongside Burnley. 

In the Championship, Ipswich have been promoted alongside Leicester. My beloved Leeds took a huge step toward promotion today with a smashing 4-0 win over Norwich to take us to a Wembley playoff final next weekend. Southampton and WBA play for that second Wembley berth tomorrow evening. 

Erland Haaland added two more goals on Tuesday and is now five goals ahead of Cole Palmer and almost certain to be Golden Boot again. Those six points seem safe for now. None of us are getting any points from Ollie Watkins' lead in the Assists, and David Raya as the Golden Gloves winner. 

That said, here are the current standings: 

1. Blue Devil - 48 points 

2. Bee's Knees - 47 pts

-   Teddy Goalesevelt - 47 pts

4. Man Utd Rules - 46 pts

-  Red Dragon - 46 pts

-  Someone Said - 46 pts

7. oticoN - 45 pts

8. United We Stand - 42 pts

9. Gooner71 - 40 pts

10. West Ham Rising - 34 pts

11. MOT the Hoople - 31 pts

12. Red Devil 1FCK - 27 - pts

It's Go Time in the Prem!

Morning, boys - I'm settling into my easy chair as usual to enjoy the morning's footer. We get started with a crucial one for the title race. Citeh have two matches in four days that will likely settle the title, starting with Fulham away this morning Get over that and they've got Spurs waiting on Tuesday. The focus shifts at 10am with a number of matches featuring the bottom clubs. Most crucially, Luton have a must-win match at the London Stadium against West Ham. They'll then hope that Chelsea get a win against their rivals Forest in the late one. 

Pull up a comfy chair and join me, eh?

Premiership Plus Predictions Game - Week 36 Update

 

A very happy Monday evening, PPPers. I'm back with a very quick update on our standings. Quick, as nothing at all changed in the tables or our standings over the weekend. The Championship ended as was predictable with Leicester and Ipswich automatically promoted to the Premier League for next season. My beloved Leeds United will then travel to Norwich, while Southampton will travel to WBA on Sunday to kick off the playoff process. 

Otherwise, Erling Haaland scored another four goals, David Raya notched another clean sheet. In other words, business as usual. So, that means that UWS is still top of the pops with two matches left to play in the Premier League, which seems destined to be decided by Man City's match in hand against Spurs next Tuesday.

Here are the current standings in full:

1. United We Stand - 42 points

2. Blue Devil - 33 pts

3. Red Dragon - 32 pts

-  Someone Said 32 pts

-  Teddy Goalesevelt - 32 pts

6. Bee's Knees - 31 pts

-  Man Utd Rules - 31 pts

-  MOT the Hoople - 31 pts

-  oticoN - 31 pts

10. Red Devil 1FCK - 27

11. Gooner71 - 25 pts

12. West Ham Rising - 24 pts

 

The End of a Long Road

 

It's the last day of the regular Championship season. When the fixtures for this season were first announced back in the summer, my beloved Leeds United's match at home to Southampton sounded like a potential clash for the title. Instead, it's a bit of a dead rubber for both clubs. The Saints are safely ensconced in fourth but can't reach us in third. And we would need a win plus an Ipswich loss at home to Huddersfield, who are as good as relegated already. It seems improbable and yet football, as they say, is a funny old game. So, I'm hoping for a big win in front of our home support, which will at least mean that we have some confidence going into the playoffs later this month. Come on, you Whites! MOT!!

Premiership Plus Predictions Game - Week 35 Update

 

Happy Tuesday, PPPers! I'm back with a quick update on our standings. I say quick, because very little changed this weekend. Erling Haaland scored a goal against Forest, which lifted him above Cole Palmer, but since no one ever thought Palmer was a threat in the Golden Boot stakes, that isn't robbing anyone of any points. The only major change happened today with Ipswich securing a win against Coventry in their vital match in hand, which lifted them above my beloved Leeds United into the second automatic promotion slot in the Championship. So, some of got one point added and some got one point taken away. 

That reshuffle means that UWS is now nine clear points ahead of yours truly at the top of the table with three weeks left of the regular season. Here are the full standings: 

1. United We Stand - 42 points

2. Blue Devil - 33 pts

3. Red Dragon - 32 pts

-  Someone Said - 32 pts

-  Teddy Goalesevelt - 32 pts

6. Bee's Knees - 31 pts

-  Man Utd Rules - 31 pts

-  MOT the Hoople - 31 pts

-  oticoN - 31 pts

10. Red Devil 1FCK - 27 pts

11. Gooner71 - 25 pts

12. West Ham Rising - 24 pts

The Business End of the Season

Morning, chaps - we've arrived at the business end of the season, where every match counts. We start with Liverpool trying to pick up the pieces after their catastrophic loss in midweek with a match in East London against West Ham. 

At 10am, we've got the usual slot of Premier League and EFL matches, including United hosting Burnley. The tea time fixture features Everton trying to secure safety against Brentford. And if that isn't enough footer for you, there's a late one between Villa and Chelsea. 

Welcome!

Premiership Plus Predictions Game - Week 34 Update

Evening, chaps - I'm here as usual to update you on our PPP standings at the end of another jam-packed footie weekend. At the top of the Premier League, Arsenal and Liverpool took full advantage of Citeh's FA Cup weekend to leapfrog the Citizens with wins in their matches. In the Championship, my beloved Leeds United's big win at Boro today allowed them to leapfrog Ipswich into the second automatic promotion slot.

I've also taken note of the Champions League semi-finalists, Europa League semi-finalists, UEFA Conference League semi-finalists and FA Cup finalists. 

That all means that it's presto chango in our standings, with United We Stand reclaiming top spot and the rest of us dropping off for having the temerity to back Citeh for another title win. Here are the standings in full: 

1. United We Stand - 41 points

2. Blue Devil - 33 pts

3. MOT the Hoople - 32 pts

-  Red Dragon - 32 pts

-  Someone Said - 32 pts

6. Man Utd Rules - 31 pts

-  oticoN - 31 pts

-  Teddy Goalesevelt - 31 pts

9. Bee's Knees - 30 pts

10. Red Devil 1FCK - 26 pts

11. Gooner71 - 25 pts

-  West Ham Rising - 25 pts