Prediction Results Week 36

John - 10
Stephen - 9
Sam - 8
Ian - 7



Prediction of the Week: John: Manchester Utd 4 - 0 Norwich & Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Manchester City


Everyone else: Arsenal 3-0 Newcastle

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	260
2	John	250
3	Ian	227
4	Sam	209

Prediction Results Week 35

Ian - 6
John - 5
Sam - 5
Stephen - 3

Prediction of the Week: John - Everton 2 - 0 Manchester United
                                        Ian - Newcastle 1 - 2 Swansea City

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	251
2	John	240
3	Ian	220
4	Sam	201

Prediction Results Week 34

Stephen - 10
John - 8
Ian - 7
Sam - 6

Prediction of the Week: Stephen - Liverpool 3 - 2 Manchester City

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	248
2	John	235
3	Ian	214
4	Sam	196

Prediction Results Week 33

John - 8
Sam - 5
Stephen - 4
Ian - 4

Prediction of the Week: John - Chelsea 3 - 0 Stoke

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	238
2	John	227
3	Ian	207
4	Sam	190

Prediction Results Week 32

Stephen - 8
John - 7
Sam - 6
Ian - 4

Prediction of the Week: Stephen - Stoke 1 - 0 Hull
 

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	234
2	John	219
3	Ian	203
4	Sam	185

Predictions Results Week 31

Sam - 15
John - 13
Ian - 10
Stephen - 10

Prediction of the Week: Sam - Manchester City 5 - 0 Fulham

League Standings

		Pts
1	Stephen	226
2	John	212
3	Ian	199
4	Sam	179

Newcastle Striking Options

Newcastle United beat Crystal with a last minute header from Pappiss Cisse, which was his first goal in open play in eleven months.  He had several spurned oppurtunities but only found the net in 93rd minute.  The worrying sign for a striker is not getting any chances, it usually means the striker is hiding from play.  Cisse on the other hand is getting chances, he is putting himself about, he isn't scoring but offside and miss after offside and miss shows that he is dertermined to score he isn't hiding.

For this reason I would start Cisse ahead of Remy, on the basis that Remy is on loan and has made it quite clear that he would like to move somewhere else at the end of the season, to possibly play in the champions league.  Pappiss Cisse however is owned by Newcastle and based on current form will not be leaving Newcastle quickly. Newcastle need to be thinking of next season and have nothing else to play for this season, lowest we can realistically finish is ninth.  

The Newcastle of this season are playing far better as a team than the Newcastle of last season, so this could yeald more goals for Cisse.  It could be looked upon as though he is playing for his future, whether that will be at Newcastle or another club. For me, this is why we should start Cisse more in our last eight games of the season if we can get him scoring again, as we could fetch a good price for him in the summer; or if he wants to stay, we will have aleviated our striking problems for next season.  

~John Robert Lavery 

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