Sorry I thought Spurs was at home. Since it's at the Emirates, I'd say a draw would be fair.

Bad day for me yesterday. Last minute change of banker from Chelsea to Newcastle. And I changed from 3-0 to 2-0 for Chelsea as well.

Kelong la last night's Arsenal-Spurs game. How on earth did Spurs just crumble like that. Weird.

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Added on February 27, 2012, 1:03 pmMajakita had a great week. I'm predicting that he'll be no.1 next week at the form he's at.

This post has been edited by dariofoo: Feb 27 2012, 01:03 PM

I still believed that Arsenal could come back to snatch a draw. But when the 3rd goal went in so easily (Ledley King was ball-watching like an amateur), I knew that they would win. But to put in another 2 without reply is seriously dodgy to me. How could Spurs just collapse like that? Hmmmm

Just like how you guys lost at Swansea? Or the thrashing at Milan? Was it 0-4 or 0-5?

Anyone surprised that Sunderland got whooped 4-0 at the Hawthornes? West Brom had lost their previous 3 or 4 games at home coming into that one. Probably the return of Peter Odemwingie has brought them luck.

Almighty dariofoo?

Awesome performance by majakita over the past two weeks. Respect the fact that he put his banker on Stoke 1-0 Norwich. Brave guess. I'm putting my banker chip that he will end up winning the lead. Scratching my head now wondering how to overhaul his almost 200 points lead.

Another bad week for me while majakita rolls on ahead of the pack.

One thing I've realised is to trust your first instinct. Early last week I submitted my predictions and put Bolton-QPR 2-1 and also Sun 2-1 Liverpool.

Then on Saturday night, hours before kick-off I changed it to 1-1 for both games. I thought that Cisse's return for QPR would make a difference and also thought that Liv could hang on for a draw.

Ended up losing points there.

Oh well.

Instinct was for a 2-1 win for Liverpool. Had an itch to change it to 1-1 bearing in mind Liverpool's poor recent form and Everton's good run. In the end, I decided to stick to my instinct that Liverpool would still win and true enough, Liverpool's good form at home in the Merseyside derby continues. I guess derby matches cannot be predicted based on form. Teams really up the ante when it comes to derby matches.

3-0 was quite the thrashing. At least Everton know where they stand now. Haha.

This post has been edited by dariofoo: Mar 14 2012, 12:16 PM

Relax la bro. You don't need to put in all your predictions now itself. Wait til kickoff today for each match to put it in.

It all boils down to luck la,brother. You can put on x2 or x3,but at the end of the day, whether the goals go in the net or not is out of our control. Our great leader also got his banker right for 3 consecutive weeks and amassed like 500plus points in those 3 weeks to storm up the table and sit where he rightfully belongs.

There's 5 more weeks to go. If you can hit 150 each week that's 750 points. I think you can win it too,boss.

Not a good week at all last week. Low scores all round. Luckily I changed my banker from Sun-Wolves to Man U-Villa. Even though 20 points only but at least banker bonus is still alive.

Haha. In fact, i think arsenal should easily win this one. No drogs, lamps, mata n cole. Chelsea also have an eye on next tues' return leg at barca. Heart hopes for draw but i keyed in an arse win.

Yeah Arsenal had more chances though you can see that they don't have much of a drive in them to really punish the Blues. Probably they are content on hanging on to third place and see out the season.

Good point for the Blues since many players were rested and even those who were playing probably were on tiptoes to avoid injury and missing the crucial second leg vs Barca.

Overall a good week for me since I kena spot on 2-0 banker for City vs Wolves.

This post has been edited by dariofoo: Apr 23 2012, 12:54 PM

Yeah 4-2 up with 8 mins to go at home and they just switched off. 5 mins of fergie time given and yet rhey couldn't put in one more. I guess no Young to dive in for a penalty. Lol

Sorry brother the only troll I know is the the cave troll from LOTR ;-) Anyways, what's the prediction for Villa vs Bolton tonight? Two horrible teams to predict. Villa is completely useless this season and Bolton is playing like crap again since Muamba has recovered,pretty much. After the incident they were on a roll, like 3 wins on the trot or something. Now looks like they've started to slide. I backed Villa to put away Sun on saturday but a snoozefest 0-0 was the result.

Trolling! Kidding...

Barca will steamroll over the Blues la. Nou Camp is the lion's den. Once the first goal goes in the floodgates will open. I still have no idea how Barca failed to score in the first leg. I don't think lightning will strike twice for Chelsea. Unless it strikes them directly. Lol. Anyway, at least we got further than any other English team. Plus the fact that we accomplished it with a new manager. Am proud of the Blues.

Aiyoh brothers I had such a good month but fell 30 points short of 1st place for month of April. I finished joint 3rd place. Am happy with the achievement though. Just wondering, assuming that I finished first, would I be entitled for the prize? Or is it for UK residents only?

On another note, it's the FA Cup final ! Dev, how about a side bet?

I don't get what you're trying to say. No bet? My post was before the FA Cup final,bro. Haha.

Tmr's fixture is a dead rubber. If Liv is interested they will take it. Blues have one eye on the final next week. No one will risk injuries. Like how they folded vs Newcastle at home.

No way they can go for 4th place as Spurs are in pole position to finish 4th.

So I think Blues will conserve energy for the final next week and field a second team.

So if Liv wants to exert some revenge, here's their best chance.

I'm also still blur how Arsenal failed to beat Norwich on Saturday. Haw haw haw.

Brother, at least we have won the FA Cup and will play in another final.

Tell me, when was the last time Arsenal won a trophy? 6 -7 years ago? When Wiltord and Jeffers were still playing? That trophy cabinet must be really dusty, friend.

Haw haw haw.

Actually Chelsea has secured their Europa place by winning the FA Cup. So has Liv by winning the Carling Cup.

In the EPL, top 4 is for ECL, while 5th place goes to Europa. I think Newcastle will take 5th place and Spurs will be 4th. So even if Chelsea finish 6th , they qualify as FA Cup winners.

Here's what I got from wiki:

As of the 2009–10 season qualification for the UEFA Champions League changed, the top four teams in the Premier League qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the top three teams directly entering the group stage. Previously only the top two teams qualified automatically. The fourth-placed team enters the Champions League at the play-off round for non-champions and must win a two-legged knockout tie in order to enter the group stage.[27] The team placed fifth in the Premier League automatically qualifies for the UEFA Europa League, and the sixth and seventh-placed teams can also qualify, depending on the winners and runners-up of the two domestic cup competitions. Two Europa League places are reserved for the winner of each of the domestic cup competitions; if the winner of the FA Cup qualifies for the Champions League, then that place will go to the runner-up, and if the runner-up is also already qualified, then that place will go to the next-best placed finisher in the Premier League. If the winner of the League Cup has already qualified, that place goes to the next-best placed team in the league.[28][29] A further place in the UEFA Europa League is also available via the Fair Play initiative. If the Premier League has one of the three highest Fair Play rankings in Europe, the highest ranked team in the Premier League Fair Play standings which has not already qualified for Europe will automatically qualify for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.[30]

Di Matteo will surely rest his best players to prepare for the final in a week's time. So it will be a weakened and unfocused side. Remember in Chelsea's last game before the FA Cup final they lost 0-2 at home to Newcastle. Similary, Liv lost to Fulham at home. So it's natural for players to not be focused on this minor game and focus on the big one.

On paper, it points to a Liv win. But let's see if the Reds are interested to go for the win or whether they are in holiday mood already. If holiday mood probably we're looking at a dull draw.

This post has been edited by dariofoo: May 8 2012, 04:08 PM