The £100 Million Audition

David Moyes, should he be sacked or not? It is a bone of contention for many, but our own Stephen Wrigglesworth offers his two cents on this very question.

I've read more than a sane man should on the Moyes in/out debate, personally I find the current predicament highly amusing but if I think about it from an objective standpoint I really can't see how keeping Moyes any longer can pan out for the best.

I could think of five logical steps to go through before deciding on Moyes, at the top you have results/points total? failing on that front you can fall back to performances? if the performances aren't there then I would look to see any resemblance of a plan/vision he is working towards to improve said performances? dipping even further if there is not currently any visible plan then he does at least have the players working for him? Finally if none of the above can be said then does he strike you as having the attitude or confidence to begin achieving even the lowest necessary standard?

Personally I'd love to see him stay and see just how far the demise can go, objectively however I'm not sure how any club in the world could find the confidence to back Moyes with anything in the region of £100m, especially any club who has to witness week in week out the difference Moyes has made with £65m.

Admittedly it would be a disservice to Moyes to make the following comparison however I can't help but think of a certain Mark Hughes when he was given keys to the bank at both Manchester City and QPR, mindlessly spunking money all over Europe without the faintest hint of a tactical vision.

~Stephen Wrigglesworth

Prediction Results Week 30

Ian - 8
John - 7
Sam - 6
Stephen - 5

Prediction of the Week: John & Ian - Hull 0 - 2 Man City

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	216
2	John	199
3	Ian	189
4	Sam	164

Prediction Results Week 29

John - 5
Stephen - 4
Sam - 3
Ian - 2

Prediction of the Week: Stephen - Norwich 1 - 1 Stoke

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	211
2	John	192
3	Ian	181
4	Sam	158

Prediction Results Week 28

Stephen - 4
Sam - 4
John - 3
Ian - 3

Prediction of the Week: None

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	207
2	John	187
3	Ian	179
4	Sam	155

Whoscored XI

After looking at the England squad that was announced today, feeling slightly empty about it, then listening to people talk/moan about it. In my head this would sound like an old man shouting at people to get off his garden: "blood the kids!!", "I've stopped following England", "Look at the Spanish model!!" (to sum up all I heard). Drove me to go onto whoscored.com and painstakingly go through their best rated English players and compile an England team based solely on this rating system, I have tried to balance the team as best I can and I am aware that Walcott, Jagielka and Jones are injured and believe it or not would all make it into this team. Also I have picked 30 players cause that's what Hodgson did.

Anyway, there are a few strange additions but the bulk of the squad still remains the same. Possibly the best piece of news I could draw from this is that Tom Cleverly doesn't make it into the team, or would be anywhere near it for that matter.

Goalkeepers

Joe Hart - 6.67
John Ruddy - 6.67
Frazor Forster - 6.39
Ben Foster - 6.47

Defenders

Curtis Davis - 7.41
Garry Cahill - 7.39
James Tomkins - 7.27
Michael Dawson - 7.16
Mike Wiliamson - 7.09
Chris Smalling - 7.08
Joel Ward - 7.27
Glenn Johnson - 7.14
Leighton Baines - 7.2
Kieron Gibbs - 7.07

Midfielders

Stephen Gerrard - 7.71
Gareth Barry - 7.31
Raheem Sterling - 7.31
Adam Lallana - 7.29
Jordan Henderson - 7.25
Ryan Noble - 7.25
Tom Huddlestone - 7.16
Frank Lampard - 7.16
Andros Townsend - 7.13
Ross Barkley - 6.99

Forwards

Daniel Sturridge - 7.67
Wayne Rooney - 7.59
Peter Crouch - 7.26
Nathan Dyer - 7
Danny Welbeck - 6.94
Jay Rodriguez - 6.94

Also look forward to The Centre Circles very own England 23 when the squad is announced closer to the time, we know who should be there.

~John Robert Lavery

Prediction Results Week 27

John - 12
Ian - 7
Stephen - 7
Sam - 7

Prediction of the Week: John - Norwich 1 - 0 Tottenham
 

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	203
2	John	184
3	Ian	176
4	Sam	151

Prediction Results Week 26

Stephen - 5
Ian - 4
John - 3
Sam - 1

Prediction of the Week: Ian - West Ham 2 - 0 Norwich, also a Gerrard Penalty in the 90th minute from a prediction of the season: Ian - Fulham 2 - 2 Liverpool

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	196
2	John	172
3	Ian	169
4	Sam	144

Prediction​s Results Week 25

John - 3
Ian - 3
Stephen -2
Sam - 2

Prediction of the Week: Ian - Chelsea 3 - 0 Newcastle

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	191
2	John	169
3	Ian	165
4	Sam	143

Prediction Results Week 24

Ian - 14
John - 8
Stephen - 6
Sam - 3

Prediction of the Week: Ian - West Brom 1 - 1 Liverpool

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	189
2	John	166
3	Ian	162
4	Sam	141

Prediction Results Week 23

Ian - 10
Stephen - 10
Sam - 8
John - 8

Prediction of the Week: Ian - Noriwch 0 - 0 Newcastle

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	183
2	John	158
3	Ian	148
4	Sam	138

Prediction Results Week 22

Ian - 8
Stephen - 8
John - 6
Sam - 2

Prediction of the Week: Stephen - Norwich 1-0 Hull 0-2, Ian - Crystal Palace 1-0 Hull

There was no stand out between these two.

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	173
2	John	150
3	Ian	138
4	Sam	130

Prediction Results Week 21

John - 14 (New Points Record)
Stephen - 11
Ian - 9
Sam - 6

Prediction of the Week: John - Hull 0-2 Chelsea (they were all pretty bland the perfect scores)

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	165
2	John	144
3	Ian	130
4	Sam	128

Prediction Results Week 20

Stephen - 11
Sam - 5
John - 5
Ian - 5

Prediction of the Week: Sam & Stephen - Swansea 2-3 Manchester City

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	154
2	John	130
3	Sam	122
4	Ian	121

Prediction Results Week 19

Sam - 10
Ian - 10
John - 8
Stephen - 5

Prediction of the Week: Sam - Aston Villa 1-1 Swansea

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	143
2	John	125
3	Sam	117
4	Ian	116

Prediction Results Week 18

Stephen - 10
Ian - 10
Sam - 6
John - 6

Prediction of the Week: Ian - Tottenham 1-1 West Brom

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	138
2	John	117
3	Sam	107
4	Ian	106

Prediction Results Week 17

John - 7
Ian - 7
Sam - 6
Stephen - 6

Prediction of the Week: Sam - Manchester United 3-1 West Ham

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	128
2	John	111
3	Sam	101
4	Ian	96

Prediction Results Week 16

Sam - 9
John - 6
Stephen - 5
Ian - 4

Prediction of the Week: Sam - Cardiff 1-0 West Brom
 

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	122
2	John	104
3	Sam	95
4	Ian	89

Prediction Results Week 15

A low scoring round this week but a much needed return to form for Ian. 

Ian - 8
John - 6
Sam - 5
Stephen - 4

Prediction of the Week: Ian - Arsenal 1-1 Everton
Special mention to:  Sam - Crystal Palace 2-0 Cardiff

The prediction of the week was closely fought but in the end I felt Ian edged it.
 

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	117
2	John	98
3	Sam	86
4	Ian	85

Prediction Results Week 14

Well dear me Stephen extends his lead at the top with a 21 point lead over John but a whopping 32 and 36 point lead over Sam and Ian respectively.

Stephen - 10
John - 7
Sam - 6
Ian - 6

Prediction of the Week: Stephen - West Brom 2-3 Man City
 

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	113
2	John	92
3	Sam	81
4	Ian	77

Prediction Results Week 13

John - 9
Stephen - 9
Sam - 6
Ian - 5

Prediction of the Week: John - Newcastle 2-1 West Brom 

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	103
2	John	85
3	Sam	75
4	Ian	71