Minhosa

Sorry these are late, predictions for the remaining games: Chelsea 1-1 West Brom Man City 3-1 Everton Southampton 2-1 Watford Stoke 1-1 Norwich Swansea 1-1 Sunderland Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal Spurs 2-1 Leicester

Best I've seen from him in terms of acceleration. He was almost Dyer-esque at times.

Due a goal. Come on Mitro.

Someone needs to stop the messing around and get a message out to Rudi.

Nope - apparently clearly at Thauvin.

Big Sam does not like this.

They closely related I guess. He employs people who don't know what they doing, and he can't instruct them effectively because he doesn't know either. Disagree. He knows exactly what he's doing. There's no coincidence that the strategy has been buy cheap, sell high (even if results have been mixed). Same thing with ignoring cups, not wanting Europa etc. All of the clues lead to financial prudence which comes from his unwillingness to fund the club personally or at least allow it to take it a punt in punching its weight. I've said it before but everyone he employs falls into the category of 'grateful, incompetent'. I'm sure there's a name for it when you crave this thanks/gratitude/popularity/love from people. An undoubted ego thing.

Is it his employment of the wrong people or his instructions to those people?

He could loan the whole Arsenal back four and they'd still be fucked.

Rafa gone. Zizou in.

Hi Minhosa, You already submitted the prdcitions below on 24th December. Suggest you confirm with Magpie which are valid. Gameweek 20 West Ham 1 v 3 Liverpool Arsenal 3 v 1 Newcastle Leicester 1 v 2 Bournemouth Man Utd 3 v 1 Swansea Norwich 1 v 3 Southampton Sunderland 2 v 1 Aston Villa West Brom 1 v 1 Stoke Watford 2 v 3 Man City Crystal Palace 2 v 1 Chelsea Everton 2 v 1 Tottenham Ah bollocks - thank you. Magpie - I will go with my latest selections please.

Sorry - missed this, so will omit the West Ham Vs Liverpool game. Gameweek 20 Arsenal 5-1 Newcastle Leicester 1-2 Bournemouth Man Utd 2-0 Swansea Norwich 2-1 Southampton Sunderland 2-0 Aston Villa West Brom 1-2 Stoke Watford 1-3 Man City Crystal Palace 2-1 Chelsea Everton 1-3 Spurs

You're right. You don't know him very well.

Gameweek 18 Stoke 0 v 1 Man Utd Aston Villa 2 v 1 West Ham Bournemouth 1 v 2 Crystal Palace Chelsea 3 v 1 Watford Liverpool 1 v 3 Leicester Man City 2 v 0 Sunderland Tottenham 2 v 0 Norwich Swansea 1 v 2 West Brom Newcastle 1 v 3 Everton Southampton 1 v 4 Arsenal Gameweek 19 Crystal Palace 3 v 1 Swansea Everton 3 v 1 Stoke Norwich 2 v 1 Aston Villa Watford 2 v 2 Tottenham West Brom 2 v 1 Newcastle Arsenal 5 v 2 Bournemouth Man Utd 1 v 2 Chelsea West Ham 1 v 3 Southampton Leicester 1 v 3 Man City Sunderland 2 v 1 Liverpool Gameweek 20 West Ham 1 v 3 Liverpool Arsenal 3 v 1 Newcastle Leicester 1 v 2 Bournemouth Man Utd 3 v 1 Swansea Norwich 1 v 3 Southampton Sunderland 2 v 1 Aston Villa West Brom 1 v 1 Stoke Watford 2 v 3 Man City Crystal Palace 2 v 1 Chelsea Everton 2 v 1 Tottenham

I can't believe nobody has snapped JC up yet. What a waste of talent.

Ashley has apparently ordered 50 tents from the local SD and the tea lady is back with her sowing kit. Obertan is being sent up to fix into position.

New Manager bounce, eh? How do you like it you cunts.

Chelsea 3-0 Sunderland Everton 1-2 Leicester Man Utd 2-0 Norwich Southampton 1-1 Spurs Stoke 0-1 Crystal Palace West Brom 0-2 Bournemouth Newcastle 0-2 Aston Villa Watford 1-3 Liverpool Swansea 0-0 West Ham Arsenal 2-1 Man City

Spurs season ticket holders I know don't rate Townsend at all.

Norwich 1-3 Everton Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton Man City 1-2 Swansea Sunderland 2-1 Watford West Ham 1-2 Stoke Bournemouth 2-1 Man Utd Aston Villa 1-3 Arsenal - this game is my bold choice. Liverpool 3-0 West Brom Spurs 3-0 Newcastle Leicester 0-2 Chelsea

Who wrote that for the Mag? Lee Ryder's long lost brother? Errors all over the place.

A good manager would make Sissoko at a CM work. His skill set is not too disimilar to Keiran Dyer's and Sir Bobby (a proper manager) made that prosper, albeit next to Speedo a class DM. Good managers get Aaron Hughes looking a decent right back in the top half of the prem, or win champions leagues with Jerzy Dudek. They win the league with help from John O'Shea and Wes Brown. Both Sissoko and Wijnaldum would be highly effective CMs under decent managers (although not next to each other in a two). They should both start CM in a 433 with a decent DM between them - that should be our recruitment aim along with a solid scrappy stocky stab his own mum for the last Yorkshire pudding type CB. Totally different to Dyer imho. I'm not Dyer's biggest fan but Sissoko isn't a patch on him. As for this desire to try him in CM, it's frankly bewildering. He's not a CM in a million years. He can't even manage the responsibility of RM in 9 games out of 10, let alone the greater responsibility of being in the middle of the park. A total non-starter.

He's speaking from experience there IMHO the heartless little cunt. Shit pundit too.

Still think we'll drop. Villa game is going to be massive.