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Premier League Preview 2016-17

1 Manchester United Money has been thrown and thrown, Paul Pogba has returned in a world record fee and Zlatan is in the Premier League. Oh and now Jose Mourinho is at Old Trafford talk about star names all in one place. It will be interesting viewing from the entire league. Does Jose care about the kids? Can he get United back in top 4? Can they win it? I think yes to the last 2 anyway and Jose will buy and bully his way to the top of the Premier League, just. I'm pretty sure no United fan will care.   Key Man – Anthony Martial his second year in English football he had a good start, I expect all eyes will be on Ibrahimovic , Pogba maybe even Rashford see how he does. Personally I think Martial could outshine them all.  2 . Manchester City Pep Guardiola in the Premier League, City have been after him for years. So after success in Spain & Germany how can he do in England? Well I think he will do very well but that defence at the minute w ill cost them ! John St

QPR Preview 2016/17

So down at Loftus Road it's strange it's been pretty quiet compared to recent years. Now the QPR fans have watched a lot, promotion relegation twice, lord knows how many mangers a lot of good but really more bad and that's just in the past 5 years. So what do we expect now? I think Rangers fans are defiantly in two camps. The ones who are happy again for a settled season, finish mid table no drama. 'Were not ready to go up again'. I understand this. Then there's the rest who think QPR should be challenging for top 6. We are a good team and maybe they have been spoilt in the past (League winners & the manner of promotion at Wembley) and their expectations have been raised. Rangers have had a lot of players that have under-achieved. I think that's the problem the fans have seen so many players come in and just not perform. The list is endless. Ok so this season I think its massive for Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink. For me he had a free hit last season did w

Football League Preview 2016/17

The Championship this season looks harder than ever. Some heavy hitters and big names now clog up second tier of English football. With so many teams that have tasted top flight football, whose looking like they will make a return to the top flight. Here's my preview of what should be a very competitive season. From the teams relegated from the Premier League last season Newcastle look the most likely to make an instant return. I would be shocked if Newcastle doesn’t win the league by at least 8 points. Rafa has the skills to do one job and focus on one thing, get them back up. They have enough about them to bounce right back to the top flight. Some smart Championship buys in Grant Hanley, Matt Ritchie & Dwight Gayle they should win the league quite comfortably. Then it’s just the massive scrap for the rest. Aston Villa also went down last season they were pretty horrendous from start to finish. Players were not focused and enjoyed more of their holidays, smoking, drin

How did my Football League Predictions go?

So now the Football League season is done with apart from the play offs here's a little look back at how my picks went. I n the Championship from the ante post picks I had Wolves to win it, they were nowhere near. I also had Derby and Middlesbrough to go up. For the drop in my ante post picks none of them hit. In January I had Derby, Hull and Ipswich to be promoted, of course only Derby or Hull can do it. I actually think Sheffield Wednesday will end up winning the play offs. For the drop I had Bolton, MK Dons and Rotherham so I hit on a couple of them. In League One from the ante post I faired pretty badly having Shrewsbury to go up they nearly went down, and Doncaster to go up who did go down. Wigan to go down, they ended up as Champions. Who cares about League One anyways!? :) In January I got Blackpool correct to go down. Some  smarter picks came with Burton I had as second and Millwall to win the play offs. I also hit on Crewe and Colchester to go down. In League Two n

My England Euro 2016 Squad

Her e' s my 23 man England squad for the summer, taking into account who is fit and who is likely to be fit. Who has played enough games in the season etc. It's quite a forward thinking team but I think that's England's strength now. Of course there's loads of debate and 'what if's' but I would go with. At the bottom is how we could line up. Keepers Hart Forster Butland Defenders Bertrand Stones Cahill Clyne Rose Smalling Jagielka Walker Midfielders Barkley Dier Henderson Lallana Sterling Drinkwater  Alli Forwards Welbeck Rooney Sturridge Kane Vardy Departure Lounge Cresswell Noble Wilshere Milner Deeney Hart Clyne     Cahill     Smalling     Bertrand Dier        Alii Sterling     Rooney     Barkley  Kane  ---------------------------------------------------------------------   Hart Clyne     Cahill       Smalling       Rose Dier       Alli               Barkley  Roon

My Football Picks..

As we enter 2016 here's my updated Football picks for the year ahead. Arsenal riding high, it's surely the Gunners title to lose? Or have we seen this story before and we already know the ending. Arsenal are in the position to finally win the big one which they last won in 2004. You would imagine there going out to Barcelona in Champions League which would give them full focus on the league. Ozil is playing out of his skin and a defensive midfielder looks like he could be on his way too. Is the wait over? I don't think so sadly, I think Man City will just steal the title from them this season. City have been OK this year they have done what they had to do so far. Their Champions League form has improved greatly and they should get past Dynamo Kiev too. I think their forward line is better then Arsenal & will see them over the line, but if Kompany is still out it could be very different as they simply can't defend without him in certian games. The story of the seas