No time for witticisms this week - just some pure 30 second back of an envelope guesses. Lawro pipped me by one result last week, but let’s see if I can outdo him this time around. I seem to have missed the start of the Wigan v Arsenal game, but I reckon it will be, ooh, I don’t know, 3-2 to the Gooners at half time, and 5-3 at full time.

Charlton v Man Utd BBGV: 1-2 ML: 1-1

Chelsea v Newcastle BBGV: 2-0 ML: 2-0

Liverpool v Portsmouth BBGV: 3-0 ML: 2-0

Man City v Blackburn BBGV: 2-1 ML: 2-1

Sunderland v Aston Villa BBGV: 1-1 ML: 2-1

West Brom v Everton BBGV: 0-1 ML: 1-1

Tottenham v West Ham BBGV: 2-1 ML: 2-0

Middlesbrough v Fulham BBGV: 2-0 ML: 2-1

Birmingham v Bolton BBGV: 1-1 ML: 1-0

November 19th, 2005, posted by Neil in Football · No comments

Been a while since I embarrassed myself with my pathetic punditry, so here we go. This week I’m going head-to-head with the BBC’s resident pro-Liverpool pundit, Mark Lawrenson.

Aston Villa v Liverpool

Tricky one. Liverpool have had a good week, but tradition has it that they suffer after Champions League games under Benitez. This means they’ll win by two goals at most. It’d be great to see Crouch on the scoresheet at last. It’d be even greater to see Rafa play two up front… Crouch and Cisse perhaps?

BBGV: 1-2 Mark Lawrenson: 1-2

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November 4th, 2005, posted by Neil in Football · No comments

Crazy little pixellites with only two or three animations, but seemingly full of individual character and flair, ridiculous aftertouch and speed, balls bouncing off the post at a million miles an hour, and the casualties of ill-time sliding tackles lying strewn across the turf. It can only be the return of Sensible Soccer to a console near you.

As long as they leave the familiar sounding, but somehow not quite right, player names in, and limit the sound to some simple chants and whistles, and resist the tweakers temptation too much, all should be well. But then, you think - this or PES5? Surely no contest…

November 2nd, 2005, posted by Neil in Football and Software · No comments

Right - time to cast off my blinkers, and send them hurtling to the horizon. Charlton are better away from home than last season, Liverpool will never score again, Chelsea do concede goals, and Blackburn are once again a great team.

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September 30th, 2005, posted by Neil in Football · No comments

Oh yeah. 3 spot on last week, which isn’t bad, although there was no money in it since I didn’t have time to put any bets on. C’est la vie.

Here’s this week’s hastily gathered numbers:

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September 23rd, 2005, posted by Neil in Football · 2 Comments

I guess week two was a flash in the pan… Oh well, let’s see if I can get lucky again this week. No prizes for spotting the usual Anfield bias…

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September 16th, 2005, posted by Neil in Football · No comments