Can't believe (or can I?) that some Tory ministers won't call out the racist that is Frank Hester, their biggest donor, as a racist.
The comments about Diane Abbott are despicable.
No winners in either Game 109 or Game 110; the former's first goal came in 5th minute of first-half stoppage time, while it was a 79th-minute goal in the latter for Ipswich, who still went on to lose.
GAME 111 - WOLVES vs COVENTRY - SATURDAY 16th MARCH, 12.15 (GMT)
GAME 112 - CHELSEA vs LEICESTER - SUNDAY 17th MARCH, 12.45 (GMT)
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Week 30 Results
Lorient 0-2 Lyon
Bologna 0-1 Inter Milan
Brighton Women 0-4 Man Utd Women
Toronto 1-0 Charlotte FC
Independiente 1-1 River Plate
Macarthur 0-3 Central Coast
Bristol City 1-0 Swansea
Alaves 1-0 Rayo Vallecano
Celtic 4-2 Livingston
Young Boys 5-1 Basel
Round-up
A mixture of results as 4 games only had 1 goal in them, while 3 other games had 4+ goals.
This didn't stop @nawoo from outscoring everyone else with a high score of 19 points, and that took him up 1 place to 4th. Next best was @Pyfish who scored 18 points, and was the only one to get more than 1 perfect score. @Rucksackfranzose stays just ahead of @Tommy by one point.
Wonder what the rationale behind the 10 PL clubs refusing the deal to help EFL clubs out is.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Liverpool, Forest, Villa, Wolves, Palace, Bournemouth apparently the 10.
Yeah, it's so ambiguous to begin with that referees are pretty much on the back foot anyway.
Some of the rules even before VAR came in were muddy enough. The handball rule for instance was such a grey area. It still is.
This reminds me of the fixtures we had at home in last season's run-in. Everton, Wolves, Bournemouth. All 3 around us in the relegation battle at the time.
'winnable' games but we ended up faltering. Games we should have put away (at least more than one of them, anyway). Only beat Wolves.
It's at this time of season where you literally do or take anything to win. Can be the shittest performances all round but points matter more than performances.
What perhaps makes it a bit more interesting this season is there seems to be key battles in all 3 main areas of the table, meaning there's more at stake towards end of the season instead of lots of dead rubbers. A proper title race, and several clubs competing for top 6.
all kick-offs 15.00 (GMT) unless stated
Saturday 16th March, 2024
Burnley vs Brentford
Luton vs Nottm Forest
Fulham vs Tottenham, 17.30
Sunday 17th March, 2024
West Ham vs Aston Villa, 14.00
Please get ALL predictions in by SATURDAY 16th MARCH - Topic will be LOCKED at 15.00 (GMT)!!
all kick-offs 19.45 (GMT) unless stated
Tuesday 12th March, 2024
Birmingham vs Middlesbrough, 19.45
Tuesday 12th March, 2024
Carlisle vs Barnsley
Derby vs Reading
Fleetwood vs Bristol Rovers
Leyton Orient vs Port Vale
Lincoln vs Cambridge
Northampton vs Blackpool
Portsmouth vs Burton
Shrewsbury vs Exeter
Wycombe vs Wigan
Bolton vs Oxford
Wednesday 13th March, 2024
Peterborough vs Stevenage, 20.00
Tuesday 12th March, 2024
AFC Wimbledon vs Gillingham
Bradford vs Forest Green
Colchester vs Doncaster
Crawley vs Notts County
Crewe vs Sutton
Grimsby vs MK Dons
Newport vs Morecambe
Swindon vs Accrington Stanley
Tranmere vs Mansfield
Walsall vs Barrow
Wrexham vs Harrogate
Thursday 14th March, 2024
Salford vs Stockport
100% a penalty.
Fair enough if a ref misses it because their one angle could/may be obscured by other players.
But VAR officials shouldn't be missing it. They get the benefit of all other angles. There's even contact high on the leg after the initial chest/torso contact.
No doubt PGMOL/Howard Webb on that Sky programme will try and defend it though. There's literally no reason to not give a penalty (barring $$$$)
Bold = home fixture
Italics - away fixture
Underlined - relegation rival fixture
That's the state of play at the moment.
Crystal Palace have some very difficult fixtures to come - by far the highest average of opponent ranking given they still play Man City, Liverpool, West Ham, Man Utd & Aston Villa within their final 7.
If Burnley had more about them, their final game against Forest might have actually meant something.
Everton playing 4 of their relegation rivals in a row (re-arranged games in hand still to be decided) could be pivotal before playing Arsenal on the final day.