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GAME 133 - NORWICH vs LEEDS - SUNDAY 12th MAY, 12.00 (BST) GAME 134 - MAN UTD vs ARSENAL - SUNDAY 12th MAY , 16.30 (BST) ***any predictions made after kick-off will not count*** @Mel81x @Lucas @6666 @Dr. Gonzo @Michael @Redcanuck @CaaC (John) @Devil-Dick Willie @JoshBRFC @Viva la FCB @Pyfish @Bluewolf @Tommy @Rucksackfranzose

Game 131 was one of the most profitable of the season, as a 20th-minute First Goal paved the way for eight winners: @Toinho gets 2 points for 21st minute, @Faithcore 1 point for 22nd minute plus all of the below: 2 points 1 point 1 point 2 points 1 point 1 point Game 132 had a 68th minute first goal, and second-half ones are always harder to guess for; sadly no winners. Table after Game 132 The duel between @6666 and @Devil-Dick Willie continues as they cancel each other out. @Redcanuck and @Toinho both improve their rankings. @Michael & @Faithcore join others on 15 points, while @Tommy reaches double-figures for the season.

A very close game-week to contend with as all scores were between the 12-17 point mark. The highest came from @Bluewolf, and he was the only player to get 2 Perfect Scores. Next best was @Redcanuck who gained two points on @6666, who in turn equalled the score set by the leader @Rajabhat Rovers. And it looks like it'll take something miraculous to displace 1st place with only two weeks to go. Four players matched each other with 14 points.

What's yours? Raya White - Saliba - Gabriel - Doughty Rodri - Rice Saka - Foden - Palmer Haaland Could arguably choose Watkins over Haaland for this one, and difficult to squeeze in two strikers with how good and dominant midfielders are in general, let alone the 5 chosen. A non big-six version: Martinez Cash - Branthwaite - Schar - Doughty Douglas Luiz Neto - Bowen - Gordon Watkins - Solanke Hard to pick a RB & RW that's been very consistent. Perhaps Mitchell for RB and Sarabia for RW? These two strikers pick themselves given their goal returns. Gordon has been quality for Newcastle. Could arguably choose Pickford over Martinez too.

They really are the best aren't they? They nail it every season.

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Sevilla away: Tottenham Away: Man Utd Third: PSG Away: Roma Third: Liverpool Away:

Mid-Nov is just after matchday 12:

all kick-offs 15.00 (BST) unless stated Saturday 11th May, 2024 Fulham vs Man City, 12.30 (live on TNT) Bournemouth vs Brentford Everton vs Sheff Utd Newcastle vs Brighton Tottenham vs Burnley West Ham vs Luton Wolves vs Crystal Palace Nottm Forest vs Chelsea, 17.30 (live on Sky) Sunday 12th May, 2024 Man Utd vs Arsenal, 16.30 (live on Sky) Monday 13th May, 2024 Aston Villa vs Liverpool, 20.00 (live on Sky) Tuesday 14th May, 2024 Tottenham vs Man City, 20.00 (live on Sky) Wednesday 15th May, 2024 Brighton vs Chelsea, 19.45 Man Utd vs Newcastle, 20.00 (live on Sky)

Oxford through to play Bolton in the final! Peterborough came very close towards the end.

What is Burrows doing? Blatant handball from a free kick, gifting Oxford a penalty.

Peterborough level on aggregate. Knight scoring to make it 1-0.

Thanks. @CaaC (John) @Rucksackfranzose please amend your predictions if you want to for the Man Utd/Newcastle fixture correction.

At what point do Everton just scrap 777 Partners as a potential owner and look to other buyers? I know they've got loans repayable back to them but on the face of it they'll seem more of a hindrance to the club than a benefit?

I do wish people (in general) would stop using 'charisma' as a marker of a good PM or not. Boris Johnson had lots of it and was a terrible PM. Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have very little to none and also made terrible PMs. It's policies and clean personalities which make good leaders. Not least at such a treacherous time for politics these days. I'd rather Starmer be boring but get UK back on track with decisive policies and bringing people together* as opposed to having charisma and not actually getting anything done. *contentious point given that I think society is has gone past the point of no return with how divisive it is. And that I put firmly at the door of the Tories thanks to their rhetoric since they came into power and 2016 Brexit was a big catalyst for it.

Bizarre. It's like Labour are through on goal without a goalkeeper in the opposition goal, and they've still missed. Extremely disappointing that Starmer has welcomed her with open arms, too. She's the exact kind of person to steer well clear of given her recent comments and views over past 2-3 years. She's vile and you'd think Starmer would just want as little controversy or controversial individuals in the party as possible. Welcoming Elphicke to the party just stinks of naivety and takes a backwards step after gaining so much ground in last week's locals.

Saturday Fulham 0-3 Man City Bournemouth 3-1 Brentford Everton 3-0 Sheff Utd Newcastle 2-1 Brighton Tottenham 3-2 Burnley West Ham 2-1 Luton Wolves 2-2 Crystal Palace Nottm Forest 1-3 Chelsea Sunday Man Utd 1-2 Arsenal Monday Aston Villa 3-2 Liverpool Tursday Tottenham 1-2 Man City Wednesday Brighton 1-2 Chelsea Man Utd 1-3 Newcastle

Reminder @Pyfish @Viva la FCB @nawoo

Saturday Celtic 2-1 Rangers Villarreal 1-0 Sevilla Napoli 1-2 Bologna Kiel 0-1 Dusseldorf Anderlecht 2-1 Genk Flamengo 1-0 Corinthians Sunday Toronto FC 1-2 NYC FC Norwich 2-1 Leeds Man Utd Women 1-0 Tottenham Women Rennes 1-0 Lens

Augsburg 1-2 Stuttgart RB Leipzig 2-1 Bremen Freiburg 3-0 Heidenheim Gladbach 3-2 Frankfurt Koln 1-2 Union Berlin Mainz 1-2 Dortmund Darmstadt 1-3 Hoffenheim Bayern 4-1 Wolfsburg Bochum 1-2 Leverkusen

Paderborn 2-2 Hamburg Magdeburg 1-2 Furth Schalke 3-3 Rostock Hertha Berlin 3-1 Kaiserslautern Nurnberg 2-1 Elversberg Kiel 1-2 Dusseldorf St Pauli 4-0 Osnabruck Karlsruhe 2-0 Hannover Braunschweig 2-0 Wehen

For a minute Barnsley looked like they were making a game of it. Then Bolton scored and took control. Pretty much game over.

Bizarre isn't it? It's like Hull's owners are playing FM - just because he didn't reach a target (promotion?) he's deemed to have 'failed' despite getting them on to a positive trajectory. Along with a couple of other teams already, I'd have had them up for top 6 next season. They play some decent and attractive football and have no problem scoring goals.

Seems harsh on the face of it. Took them to the brink of play-offs. They were 21st when he took over in Nov 2022 so that's quite an improvement in 18 months... https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11714/13131088/hull-city-sack-manager-liam-rosenior-after-tigers-miss-out-on-championship-play-offs

Appeal rejected by the PL.