Pilko

Schalke PAOK Spurs Stoke PSG Sporting £2 pays £21.90

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/10/20/2719755/newcastle-united-defender-danny-simpson-denies-st-james-park Shame.

It'll probably be a damn sight easier for Pardew this time around what with him/us doing so well at the moment. Obviously though he's a smooth customer and he'll be able to silver fox his way around any tough questions.

Porto and Shakhtar let me down.

I really hope that Gohouri plays, Jonas has the potential to absolutely take the piss out of that useless gimp.

Milan 1-0 Shakhtar 1-1

Sven 1-0 GG Nugent

And there it is. APOEL score.

This is going too well so far. Even a Zenit missed pen. Four winning and Leicester still nils each - I sense something will go wrong.

Meireles 1-0

the reserves are class like, scoring goals is even easier than the SPL. I remember Xisco scored a hattrick for the reserves at SJP once and binnsy came back and said he was utter shite.

Yeah, I agree with that too. Ba will probably get more assists and influence the play more.

Bent has spent the bulk (or all of?) his career in the Premier League though, which means his stats are still really impressive. The main difference for me is that Bent looks shit if he's paired with another out-and-out striker and he has to be the 'main man' - Ba's proved he works well and scored goals with another 'proper' forward (Best, C.Cole last season) and in theory he should work with Ben Arfa behind him. We'll see.

I'd probably look at NUFC, Spurs and Villa (evens) in that case.

There is, the old gadgey on my tour said there is a slope, it's quite evident if you're standing in the dugout and look at the angle of the advertising hoardings (not the new digital ones, the ones on the front of the stands).

Milan Porto Barca Chelsea Leicester Shakhtar £5 wins £27.15

I'd start Harper/Elliot Ferguson Lovenkrands Marveaux Gosling Abeid and any five others who fit. We'll win.

The last one was brilliant just for the caller who opened with "Hellaw Pards, y'areet?"

Presumably Elliot's fault.

I only said "oh for fucks sake Shola" once, and that was when he was stood on the touchline next to Pardew.

Shane

Villareal as a single was 9/1. Wish I'd got on that.

There's nowt 'promising' about Donaldson, he's never been anywhere near the first team barring the huge injury crises where we lose 10 players.

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