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Olise 3-0. Header from a quick corner.

Guerreiro just scored a fantastic goal

Week 6 Results AFC Wimbledon 3-0 MK Dons Millwall 0-1 Luton Como 2-2 Bologna Marseille 2-0 Nice AZ Alkmaar 9-1 Heerenveen LA Galaxy 4-2 LAFC Hertha Berlin 0-2 Dusseldorf Girona 1-4 Barcelona Trabzonspor 1-1 Besiktas Monza 1-1 Inter Milan Round-up A total of 38 goals across the 10 games, and nearly a quarter of those goals came in one game, AZ's 9-1 victory over Heerenveen! It was all change in the table - predictably nobody getting the above game exact - but @Rucksackfranzose fires his way into the lead after outscoring the previous leader, @6666, by 3 points. Top score came from @Spike, with 16 points, and that meant he climbed up to 4th. @RandoEFC could only muster up 8 points as he drops to 5th, whilst @Tommy was 2nd-highest this week after adding 15 points to his tally. Both @Tommy and @6666 deserve a shout-out for being the only ones to guess Como's 2-2 draw with Bologna correctly. A vast mix of scores meant that there's only 6 points separating 3rd down to 9th.

That's not how the seasons go...

Yeah it's quite bold. I don't slate the ambition at all, but it's not like there's ever a clear run for a trophy, even the League Cup. His record might show that he wins trophies in the 2nd season, but it's a different kettle of fish for what Spurs are up against both domestically and in Europe.

Not offside, apparently. If the angle isn't possible for a decision to be definitively overturned then the original decision should stay. This isn't a gripe at Crystal Palace, but one of the things Mike Dean said on Soccer Saturday was that Selhurst Park was one of the most difficult grounds for VAR because of the camera angles. Of all the money in the game at the PL's hands, the fact they are unable to get definitive angles for key decisions at any given point in the game is so amateur.

all kick-offs 19.45 (BST) unless stated Tuesday 17th September, 2024 Stoke vs Fleetwood, 19.30 Blackpool vs Sheff Weds Brentford vs Leyton Orient Everton vs Southampton Preston vs Fulham QPR vs Crystal Palace Man Utd vs Barnsley, 20.00 (live on Sky) Wednesday 18th September, 2024 Brighton vs Wolves Coventry vs Tottenham, 20.00 (live on Sky) Tuesday 24th September, 2024 AFC Wimbledon vs Newcastle Chelsea vs Barrow Man City vs Watford Walsall vs Leicester Wycombe vs Aston Villa (live on Sky) Wednesday 25th September, 2024 Arsenal vs Bolton Liverpool vs West Ham, 20.00 (live on Sky)

all kick-offs 20.00 (BST) unless stated Tuesday 17th September, 2024 Juventus vs PSV, 17.45 Young Boys vs Aston Villa, 17.45 Bayern Munich vs Dinamo Zagreb AC Milan vs Liverpool Real Madrid vs Stuttgart Sporting Lisbon vs Lille Wednesday 18th September, 2024 Bologna vs Shakhtar Donetsk, 17.45 Sparta Prague vs RB Salzburg, 17.45 Celtic vs Slovan Bratislava Club Brugge vs Borussia Dortmund Man City vs Inter Milan PSG vs Girona Thursday 19th September, 2024 Red Star Belgrade vs Benfica, 17.45 Feyenoord vs Bayer Leverkusen, 17.45 Atalanta vs Arsenal Atletico Madrid vs RB Leipzig Brest vs Sturm Graz Monaco vs Barcelona

@RandoEFC @CaaC (John) @Tommy @Bluebird Hewitt @Azeem @Viva la FCB @nawoo @Rucksackfranzose @Coma @Spike @Pyfish @6666

all kick-offs 15.00 (BST) unless stated Saturday 21st September, 2024 Sunderland vs Middlesbrough, 12.30 Rangers vs Dundee FC, 17.30 Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray, 18.00 Lecce vs Parma, 19.45 Sunday 22nd September, 2024 Austin FC vs Houston Dynamo, 01.30 Preston vs Blackburn, 12.00 Arsenal Women vs Man City Women, 12.30 Rapid Vienna vs Austria Vienna, 16.00 Inter Milan vs AC Milan, 19.45 Lyon vs Marseille, 19.45 Please get ALL predictions in by SATURDAY 21st SEPTEMBER - Topic will be LOCKED at 12.30pm (BST)!!

all kick-offs 15.00 (BST) unless stated Saturday 21st September, 2024 West Ham vs Chelsea, 12.30 Aston Villa vs Wolves Fulham vs Newcastle Leicester vs Everton Liverpool vs Bournemouth Southampton vs Ipswich Tottenham vs Brentford Crystal Palace vs Man Utd, 17.30 Sunday 22nd September, 2024 Brighton vs Nottm Forest, 14.00 Man City vs Arsenal, 16.30 Please get ALL predictions in by SATURDAY 21st SEPTEMBER - Topic will be LOCKED at 12.30pm (BST)!!

Premier League football is back and @Rajabhat Rovers is the biggest mover of the weekend as he climbs to 4th from 9th after securing 20 points. @Dan holds on to 1st place despite being one of the lowest scorers (although 12 is a decent haul anyway). @nawoo also climbs a few spaces after scoring 17 points. He is within a bunch of players where there is only 5 points separating 5th through to 11th. @Bluewolf also scored well with 15 points. The same difference splits 1st through to 4th but a strong week can help anyone climb up considerably!

Very bad. Didn't realise it was that poor.

When you transfer Tsunoda in for Colapinto in Fantasy GP

Bournemouth been all over Chelsea. Chelsea have the depth to nick a goal though as Bournemouth haven't taken their chances To reward their dominance.

That is horrendously bad

Did Sanchez just scream 'I got the ball ref' after he cleaned out Evanilson ?

Don't worry next week you get a 2-0 lead and don't lose the game.

Oh my word. That is sensational.

Does that apply for Watkins missing that chance just now too ?

Everton ahead Had about 5% of the ball.

Okay, so we weren't as bad as expected, but we're simply not going to stay up with such a defensively-minded manager. Starting line-up had little creativity, and arguably our 2 goals came from mistakes from Palace (although Ndidi did well winning the ball high and playing in Vardy). Then the in-game management in 2nd half was diabolical. When you're backs are against the wall, you want a mix of defensive solidity and an outlet to break on, hold up the ball or nullify pressure. What Cooper did was bring on Choudhury for Ndidi (replacing an 'attacking' midfielder with a defensive one). Took off Ayew for Coady. It just brings on pressure when you end up having too many defenders on the pitch so when you clear the ball, it just comes straight back. The equaliser was just purely so inevitable it actually hurts that we all knew it was coming, let alone that we didn't win the game from being 2-0 up. Cooper won't be good enough for us. We'll fail because of him and his decisions.

Not often I think that we deserve to get beaten but when Cooper persists with a starting line up like that it's hard not to. Midfield 3 of Winks, Skipp and Ndidi, with the latter as a 10 is embarrassing. And keeping Fatawu, El Khannous, Buanonotte, Pereira on the bench - mixture of clear quality and experience - is equally as embarrassing. He won't have long left if he persists with this shit. Same old shit after the game as well where Cooper will say we didn't show enough. Well it's fucking hard to when you don't play players that could win you games or help score goals.

Perez out-qualifies Verstappen. Leclerc pole.