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svtskneecaps · 7 years ago

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So now that Hell Week is over. . .

Both of them, to be precise, I feel like now’s a good time to tell some stories from the adventures. For the sake of privacy, I’ll be using ambiguous titles and things like that, and stories are in no particular chronological order. Sound good?

Alrighty. Let’s get started.

Warning: EXTREMELY LONG, this is two weeks worth of theatre tech stories after all.

Total: 9.5 scenes

Words: 2,650

Scene 1: Lunchtime, Districts

Setting: My home high school, lunch time. Our show has gone and we’re all chilling. We’re hosting the competition for our district, and we’re on lunch break real quick. What else do you do, but go out into the nearby downtown area which our school is smack in the middle of and find some good fast food to eat?

So I hitch a ride with some friends and we all head out to grab some Noodles and Co. because their mac and cheese is literally the most heavenly thing I’ve ever tasted. However, the friend who is the driver is… reckless, to say the least (Quotes are approximated)

Driver: Woo, 10 over!

The Shotgun Seat: THERE’S A RED LIGHT

Driver: I KNOW

Shotgun: WELL YOU WEREN’T STOPPING

Driver: YES I AM, I KNOW THERE’S A- No there isn’t, wheeeeeee~ (They take off again)

Cue laughter

Driver, also laughing while still wheeing like the little pig who ran home: actually wait, there’s probably cops around. wheeeeee (They slow down and ‘whee’ softer)

Scene Two: Tech Room, a day or two before State

Setting: We’re building another piece to our set because the stage we’ll be performing on at state is much bigger than ours is (Like, three times the size). One of the techies is standing on a ladder, trying to screw in a hinge. It’s not working.

The screw’s just spinning uselessly. The techie on the ladder kinda looks back at those who have gathered at the base of his ladder, watching the struggle. Nobody truly knows what’s going on.

Ladder Techie, confused: What’s this made out of? (Referring to the set piece)

Senior Techie, leaning over the top of the set piece to hold the hinge for him: Wood?

I slide up and kinda glare at the screw for a second as they continue to try to get it in.

Me: Are you going the right way?

Ladder Techie: … (Changes drill direction)

Senior Techie: Nope.

Cue laughter (later, when the question on the board in the hallway was ‘favorite inside joke from one act,’ that ended up written)

Scene Three: The Day of State, Getting to the Location

(This story doesn’t have much dialogue)

Setting: State was around a two or three hour drive from our home high school, meaning we all had a call time of 4:30 AM. We were projected to leave school at 4:45 AM. We actually left around 5:45, because the buses didn’t show, for what reason I don’t know. All I know is we ended up getting a shitty school bus with “Heat” that was actually just AC, and a fancy charter bus with the comfy seats and outlets (Guess which one the actors took home). Even then, the shitty school bus showed up long before the charter, so we had to leave nine people to wait for the second bus because we couldn’t all fit, and that absolutely tore our directors and stage managers and run crew heads up, because of course they had to be techies, since the actors absolutely had to be at State on time. No worries, everyone got there in time.

While waiting, a couple things went down. Firstly (And in no particular chronological order), one of the Senior Sound technicians got up onstage while we waited in house and was read the lines to various movie speeches by one of the Senior Lights technicians (Such as Independence Day). The onstage band also started a beat using a cello case and a snare drum and some people made a dance / diss circle. I’m really not sure which it was.

Once on the bus, we chilled for the drive. The actors warmed up their voices and articulation and did a shotgun of the show by shouting their lines across the bus (No easy task). The makeup artist in the seat behind me gelled an actor’s hair flat while the bus was in motion (It’s worth noting that this bus ride was the bumpiest I’ve ever been on, and I rode a school bus every day of middle school, and that this boy’s hair is basically as curly as you can get without a full on Afro).

We also played hype music. So that was lit.

Scene Four: Districts, Pre-Awards Ceremony

Setting: All the cast and crews of the various shows are chilling in the house, waiting for the results to be announced. Per usual, we play a video of pictures put together of all the shows that took part in districts. However, after the video has ended (in which our department screamed whenever we saw anyone we knew), the Senior Sound technician has some trouble getting the projector off.

“This function is not available” would appear on the screen. Every time it did, we’d cheer, gradually getting louder and louder. Why? We don’t fucking know. I don’t know why it happened, but it sure as hell did.

Schools would also start chanting. One high school did their school chant, another started doing Hamilton. We started doing one of our warmups, and the school in front of us knew it. People kept shouting “They know it! They know it!” And everyone was happy that day.

Later, we found out we’d gotten a perfect score. There was much screaming to be had on that day. Not to mention that one of our directors’ birthday was the next day, so we got to give him the present of a trip to state and a perfect score. We love this guy.

Scene Five: The Director’s Birthday

So since one of our directors had their birthday the next day, we obviously set up a surprise party. So after awards, while the other schools were clearing out to head home, the cast and crew of the One Act headed up to the director’s classroom and hid in various places around the room, where one of the Senior Actresses tried (and failed) to get us to shut up, and the Stage Left Run Crew Head tried (and kinda failed, for a while) to get the director to get up to the room.

Senior Actress: [Senior Light] you’d better have Celebrate Good Times ready to play the second he gets in here or I swear-

(Laughter)

(Seconds later, the technician plays a snippet of the song)

Actress, hissing: I said when he gets in here! (More laughter)

(The guy who plays the King in the show is on Instagram in front of me) (Across the room, Ladder Techie is crammed behind a cabinet, with another one of the actors)

Actress: Also, he definitely knows what’s going on cause I had to ask him to unlock the door for me.

(Laughter)

The director finally gets up to his room, and we all jump out to yell surprise (even though it probably wasn’t). He gives a rousing speech (because he’s also the Oral Communications teacher), and we all break to clean up the school so we can go home.

Scene Six: Jude Reaction Rumors, From Districts

I was backstage on headset the whole time, so I didn’t see any of this. However, from what I heard from one of the Costume Moms / DMAP (Drama Mommas and Papas), one of the judges had set her clipboard to the side and wasn’t even writing, just watching the show. She realized a little ways in that she was supposed to be judging and grabbed the board to scribble something down.

Our director also read the judges advice to the cast and crew on Monday of our second Hell Week, and there was just a bunch of stuff they liked (Praising the drunk girl in purple in particular), and a couple things the cast could fix that were mostly minor.

We were allowed fifteen minutes to take the set on and off, and thirty for the show itself. I believe we hit around 10 for set on and off, and twenty eight for the show. And the actors fuckin’ killed it.

Scene Seven: Jork Borchanon, International Man of Mystery

The Miser’s Actor made a short film. [Please note: This is most definitely copyrighted and don’t try to replicate. We will know] As a quick summery, Jork Borchanon, International Man of Mystery, is on a quest to stop his arch nemesis, the Misor’s Actor, known in the short film as “The Finger,” likely because of the hilariously wrinkled bald cap he wears as part of his costume. After a few fun scenes featuring CaaAAAAaaaAAArl and a couple waitresses, called the “Fingerlings”, it’s revealed that the Finger was trying to crash an asteroid into the sun, but instead the trajectory was all wrong and it would crash into…

California.

Thus, Jork and his nemesis team up to stop the crash! The video smash cuts into the tech room, where they stride through a pathway lined by confused techies (I was one of them), discussing their plan. After all:

Jork: If that asteroid were to hit California, it would destroy one of my houses, leaving me only with my four in Istanbul, no longer making me (Dramatic turn to camera) Jork Borchanon, International Man of Mystery.

Jork, with his five degrees in Rocket Science and / or physics, holds a foot long piece of scrap wood in his hands. The plan is to throw it at the asteroid and change its trajectory. Dramatically, Jork throws the stick, where it flies into the air and hits the ceiling. The camera pans over to where the Stage Left Run Crew Head holds two crumpled up pieces of paper against a black actor’s block. She moves them closer, violently shakes one and then moves it straight up and past the ball representing the earth.

The camera pans to the saxophonist in our onstage band, reading the sheet music for Careless Whisper off of someone’s phone, surrounded by a crowd of both actors and techies.

Sax: (Fumbles) Fuck. (Continues, but is laughing so hard she can’t do it)

Thus, everyone in the tech room starts singing it. The camera pans across the bobbing crowd of people. Fade to credits, backed by the cast and crew still singing.

Scene Eight: Chilling in the Tech Room

After our school performance, we had a whole fifty minutes to kill before we were actually allowed to leave, at 3:05. What else do you do, but arm wrestle on a table?

So the (incredibly buff) Lights Technician went up against the strong previous techie, Curly Haired Actor from the bus, Curly Haired Actor went up against his twin, Curly Haired Techie (Curly Haired Techie won, by the way), an actor went up against a number of people, using both his dominant and non dominant hands. Heck, I even went up against someone, using my non dominant hand. They had to call my match because I was worrying them. I think I started shaking real bad or something. I felt fine, but either way, I’d been winning, so we good. They called it a victory for me. I call it bullshit, but whatever.

And our directors were totally chill about it. One of them came in the doorway and watched with this smile on her face that was so sweet and fond of us and she just looked so happy like man. I love our directors. So much. We love them. Director problems, never heard of ‘em.

Bonus Mini Scenes:

Chilling in our prep room, juggling the oranges people didn’t eat from when DMAP provided breakfast (thanks DMAP) while gossiping about shows that weren’t at our district competition and various other things, while Driver from the first story massages the Arm Wrestling Actor from the previous story until he’s acting drunk (because we’re all tired as fuck)

Walking to my car, I overheard one of the actors saying: “ ‘Sir, what’s the strategy?’ ‘JUST FUCKING WIN!’ ”

One of the Run Crew kids threatening to slash some guys tires after they followed Driver’s car basically across the city to tell her off for cutting them off. Driver and passengers then followed them shouting “Redheaded cousin fuckers!” They roared off pretty quick after that.

Senior Sound Technician roaring into the school parking lot with his windows all rolled down while various people poke out of his sunroof and windows, bopping to the music (with a flat tire).

Arm Wrestling Actor sharing a Peanut Butter and Jelly flavored soda with about half the theatre department.

The same actor sprinting down the hallway and clicking his heels together in the air to the thunderous applause of a school waiting in their prep room after said school shouted “Run Forest Run!”

Bonus: Theatre Festival (Mentions of blood, nothing super graphic. Think like, a nosebleed kind of injury)

So during Play Festival, we get judges and let schools get feedback on their shows before districts. Techies from my home school help the other schools with loading in and out and the ins and outs of our school.

It’s fucking freezing outside. And I didn’t have time to grab a coat, as I’m trying to help a school load their set back into their trailer. So I’m lifting some stuff, talking to a lovely senior from their school, and I’m waiting with a metal set piece, chilling as my arms have now gone numb. I haven’t seen the show at this point, so I’m listening to Senior Light Technician tell the Other School Senior about our show, and I see motion out of the corner of my eye. So I’m like, ‘huh, what’s that?’

It’s blood. My blood.

So my first instinct is of course to put the set piece down and crouch on the ground, inspecting my blood covered hand to see where this blood is coming from, because there’s a lot of it. I kinda glance around to see if there’s anything I can use to clean it up (And I specifically remember wondering if the dead leaves could be used to mop up blood). I don’t even think to ask for help or nothing. I’m just like, how can I cover this up?

Other Senior, noticing I’m bleeding: Oh shit.

Next thing you know, everyone’s crowded around me, freaking out. Meanwhile, I’m super chill. Like, laughing, even. I don’t feel any pain, I didn’t even notice my hand was cut until I saw the blood. I was chill.

Other Senior, fumbling a wad of tissues out of his pocket: Good thing I carry these- I’ll get a bandaid.

Meanwhile, I’m mostly using the tissues to try to get my blood off their set, while apologizing for it. They told me it would fit with their last scene. Other Senior comes back with a bandaid, and we put it on. So, I head back inside to see if I can’t get the first aid kit from the tech room. On my way there, I run into Curly Haired Techie, who sees my still really bloody hand and tells me I should see the two male directors, in front of the tech room. So me being the introvert I am, I wait for the directors to finish their conversation. Meanwhile, I’m starting to bleed through the bandaid, a fact I note with nothing but amusement and the slightest hint of concern.

Stage Left Run Crew Head: Oh my god.

Me, cheerful: Yeah, I dunno what happened.

Head: Come over here.

We weave through the set stored in the tech room to rinse my hand off in the sink, where at least ten cast and crew kids poked their heads around the set to see what’s going on, as I’m bleeding quite heavily. It takes about three alcohol wipes and holding my hand above my head for about four to six minutes to get the blood to stop. No worries, I’m fine now. The mark’s still there, but it’s only been a couple weeks. It’s going away.

Yeesh. That was a long post. Sorry you had to sit through that. Here’s a pugtato.

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flauntpage · 6 years ago

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Premier League Picks Week 22

The new year so far is as unprofitable as the year prior was. But I still believe in what I’m doing, especially since so many of these outcomes are determined by things that no one could ever foresee no matter what sort of data bank is available.

Last weekend on this site I picked the Philadelphia Eagles to lose to the Chicago Bears but to cover 6.5 points. It was actually a rocking chair cover as these things go — the Eagles were down 5 late in the game before Nick Foles saved them again. Well, Foles and former Eagle Cody Parkey (with some help from current Eagle Treyvon Hester):

The NFL officially changes Cody Parkey's missed field goal to a blocked kick by Treyvon Hester

(via @Eagles)pic.twitter.com/IdMCp65W5B

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 7, 2019

Parkey’s kick goes through and my prediction is basically spot on — Eagles loss, cover, you’re welcome. I’ve never been happier to be wrong…but it doesn’t get much stranger than that.

In my first soccer picks column of 2019, after splitting my first two picks, I only needed league-leading Liverpool to win or draw away to Manchester City to give me a second consecutive winning week. Liverpool was in line to take an early lead, which would most likely have led to them winning or at worst earning a draw, when this happened:

John Stones' goal-line clearance denied Liverpool the chance to maintain their undefeated record in the Premier League.

And on further inspection, the ball was inches from crossing the line!

MORE: https://t.co/3FdYqECbBa pic.twitter.com/LQLfcEyJkR

— FOX Sports Football (@FOXFOOTBALL) January 3, 2019

The tweet doesn’t even mention that Liverpool’s Sadio Mane had hit the post seconds before Stones miraculously volleyed that ball out in the last split second he had left. It’s tough to be on the wrong side of the result when the analysis going into the pick is sound.

The only solace is just that: The analysis is sound, and the results are due to come good. Here come your Week 22 winners:

0⃣ to

in 11 seconds!#COYS pic.twitter.com/sweY6tVwdU

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 11, 2019

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v. MANCHESTER UNITED

United has treated me quite well since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over for Jose Mourinho as manager of the biggest club in England. As a City supporter, though, I have been waiting for the right time to bail out on United and make some money doing it. That time is now.

Tottenham Hotspur had an unsightly blip against Wolverhampton Wanderers on December 29, but that defeat was preceded by five straight wins in the league. Spurs comfortably dispatched Cardiff City on New Year’s Day, and since then have advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup and won a crucial first leg against Chelsea in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup. Manager Mauricio Pochettino has Spurs scoring goals for fun and winning a lot.

It’s really tempting to just pick a goal total wager (over 2.5 goals feels like free money at 8/13 because United hasn’t kept a clean sheet against a top-5 team this season), but a Spurs win is just as likely and carries a better payoff, so take Spurs to win at 21/20.

MANCHESTER CITY v. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

City is still my team but I didn’t much care for their antics over this most recent domestic cups break. City’s opponent in the Carabao Cup, Burton Albion, saw that City hung a 7-0 beating on Rotherham United in their FA Cup match, and had this to say:

After a quiet Sunday without football, Albion admin logs on to Twitter this morning to check yesterday's @ManCity score.#BAFC pic.twitter.com/pB2JlHdOv2

— Burton Albion FC (@burtonalbionfc) January 7, 2019

Little could anyone know that 7-0 was a scoreline Burton Albion would envy by the end of the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final:

Manchester City will take a 9-0 lead into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Burton Albion.

Report: https://t.co/YgQmjlBm3K pic.twitter.com/kOc6c5JU8u

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 9, 2019

A little context: City is one of the richest and most powerful sides in the world. City is favored to win the Champions League (which is ridiculous, but those are the odds). City is the defending Premier League champion. Rotherham is in danger of falling out of the Championship, which would put them in League One with Burton.

Pep Guardiola might have been feeling himself a little bit after (barely) beating Liverpool. And it is indisputable that there is no room for mercy or for not trying in professional sport. But that assumes comparable opponents. That’s not what these matches were. These were empty routs. I’m not the only one saying this:

"I thought it was cruel. Humiliating"

Andy Hinchcliffe felt sorry for Burton Albion this evening.

Report: https://t.co/utLms3CoGk pic.twitter.com/OC9ptGGFDM

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 9, 2019

Pride goeth before a fall, it’s written, and in a perverse way I would love to see City dragged for its arrogance in this matchup with Wolves. Unfortunately, all of the indicators are going the other way. Wolves drew with City earlier this season, so City will be motivated to correct that error. Wolves posted wins over Chelsea and Spurs in past month — but they also drew with Fulham and lost to Crystal Palace at home.

Wolves are just too uneven to trust. Throw in City’s inability to keep a clean sheet in the league (eight straight matches conceding since December 1) and this looks all the world like 2-1 or 3-1 to City. So take City to win AND over 2.5 goals at 8/13.

CARDIFF CITY v. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

We can’t spend all our time (and money) in the upper tier of the league. Sometimes you have to slum it. So here we go, making a selection in a match featuring 17th-place Cardiff City and DFL (20th-place) Huddersfield Town. I feel a little dirty…not for the first time.

Cardiff is no prize, but give the Bluebirds this: They know which matches they absolutely must take points from. Against the three teams above them in the table (Crystal Palace, Newcastle United, Burnley) and the three teams below them (Southampton, Fulham, Huddersfield Town), Cardiff’s results this season are two wins, three draws, and a loss. Additionally, Cardiff beat Leicester City on December 29 before their understandable loss to Spurs. Cardiff knows this is a six-point match from a relegation standpoint, they’re better than Huddersfield and they’re at home.

@Sol14Bamba: "We talk to away players after games and they say that coming here is always intimidating…"

More from Saturday's @TheBluebirdProg feature

https://t.co/I2UQ6il1eQ#CARHUD #CityAsOne

— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC) January 11, 2019

Meanwhile, Huddersfield has plunged to the bottom of the table on the strength of eight straight league losses. They have scored 13 goals in 21 matches and have only one road win in the league this season. The dream isn’t dead for the Terriers, but it’s on life support and fading fast. Take Cardiff to win at 5/4.

Good luck this weekend.

Week 21 results:

Manchester United to win at Newcastle United at 6/10: WIN

Wolverhampton Wanderers to beat Crystal Palace at evens: LOSS

Liverpool to win or draw at Manchester City at 8/11: LOSS

WEEK 22 TOTAL: -$140

SEASON TO DATE: -$1237

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eastbridge-sb · 5 years ago

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EFL Championship Match Previews – 15th February Saturday

Hull v Swansea

Our Friday night viewing from the Championship presents two out of form teams in the shape of Hull City and Swansea City. That is especially the case for Grant McCann’s Tigers, who are winless in seven, losing six of those in question. The last two of which were 5-1 and 3-0 to Brentford and Blackburn Rovers respectively. Swansea are four league clashes without success, and were involved in a fairly dour 0-0 with QPR in midweek.

Games of this nature between two teams clearly suffering from some form of drop in confidence tends to either go one of two ways. Firstly, this could be a match where both go into their shells and almost play through the motions, or conversely this may actually be quite open and end-to-end, with each believing that the opposing side are there to be taken. I’m of the opinion this could be quite a close encounter.

A word of note for anyone betting on football in the UK at this moment in time is that there are severe wind problems up and down the country. Therefore, this has an impact on the game, with wind quite possibly the worst condition to play football in, especially if you do indeed play a certain style. Taking the matches from Tuesday into account, four of the six finished under 2.5 goals, mainly due to a lack of rhythm contributing because of the weather.

Looking at the forecast for Friday night in the Hull area it does look as though a mixture of wind and rain will be in the air. With both really struggling for form anyway, this has all of the makings of being a scrappy kind of encounter.

Hull are dealing with a rather heavy injury list and were missing 12 players for their last game. There is a chance this number be reduce by only one or two for the visit of Swansea, but couple in the fact that they recently lost star forwards Jarrow Bowen and Kamil Grosicki in the transfer window then it suggests plenty of negatives surrounding Hull. Also, some new faces have been added and they’ll undoubtedly take some time to settle, with Marcus Maddison still adjusting to life at this level having been mostly in the lower-leagues beforehand.

Swansea are a team that although don’t have many injuries, they don’t have that many options either. Steve Cooper only made one substitute in the QPR game on Tuesday, that despite not playing to their best and still having a realistic chance of winning. A similar eleven should again take to the field, and considering they’ve failed to score in three of their last six it suggests they may be rather laborious in front of goal again.

I am more than happy to recommend Under 2.5 Goals on this occasion. The only worry is if there are some defensive errors but confidence won’t be high across the squad and as such I don’t see too many risks being taken.

Asian Total Goals Betting Recommendation: Under 2.50 at 2.000

Birmingham v Brentford

Whilst there is a fairly sufficient gap between both Birmingham City and Brentford on the Championship table at this moment in time, there are many reasons to believe Saturday’s match should be quite an even affair. The reason being is that whilst Brentford will of course be attracting many headlines because of the way the play and that they’re involved in the promotion race, Birmingham are going nicely about their business too. They’ll believe they can beat Birmingham, without a doubt.

Pep Clotet has guided the Blues to a nine match unbeaten streak in all competitions. That has gone almost under the radar purely because they occupy a mid-table position and there is still a big enough gap to the play-off spots to maybe hint that a few more results are needed if they’re to truly get involved. Still, they’re going great guns at the moment and have developed the handy habit of winning close games. Their last six wins read 2-1, 2-1, 2-1, 3-2, 3-1 and 1-0. The most recent being on Tuesday away to Barnsley.

Brentford have lost only three of their last 14 in all competitions, and on Tuesday they experienced a real top of the table clash versus Leeds United, and it ended in a draw. The widespread opinion from the footballing community was that Leeds were the better side and Brentford perhaps under-performed slightly. Still, Thomas Frank was quite happy afterwards and if they can back that draw up with a win here he’ll be even happier.

My one doubt backing Brentford is always when they are away from home. That may seem strange considering they’ve been to Bristol City and Hull City in recent times and won 4-0 and 5-1 respectively. However, sandwiched between that they drew 0-0 at Huddersfield Town, whilst losing at Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers not so long ago. I very much plant Birmingham in a similar sort of category as those teams; an outfit who are so tough to play against and never easily beaten.

We however can’t deny both are in good form and have been scoring quite a few goals of late. Birmingham are now four unbeaten at home in all competitions, and they’ve not actually kept a home clean sheet since beating Blackburn in October. They’re therefore likely to need to score at least twice here at the very least. Good thing is they’ve only failed to score in one of their last 12 overall. Brentford are good for goals of course, and both teams have produced decent Expected Goals (xg) figures in recent time which suggests creativity isn’t a problem either.

I can only foresee quite an entertaining game here. The perception is that Birmingham are a bit of an ugly team but the recent addition of Scott Hogan is a game-changer, without a doubt. He compliments Lukas Jutkiewicz nicely, whilst Brentford’s front three are the best in the league. Over 2.5 Goals has to be of worthy consideration.

Asian Total Goals Betting Recommendation: Over 2.50 at 2.000

Charlton v Blackburn

Charlton Athletic against all the odds went away to Nottingham Forest on Tuesday and came away with a 1-0 win, whilst Blackburn Rovers netted three fairly late goals to defeat Hull City 3-0 at home. Therefore, both the Addicks and Rovers approach Saturday’s match in high spirits, which does raise the prospects of quite an entertaining game.

Both consistent factor, and an unwanted one, that Charlton and Blackburn have in common is that they have many injury problems. Darren Pratley and Andre Green were just two other fairly high-profile names added to the list after sitting out the Forest game, and at a time when Lee Bowyer was starting to believe injuries were a thing of the past. Sam Gallagher missed out for Blackburn during the week, and joined many others in doing so, such as Lewis Holtby. However, these injuries weren’t as badly felt as they could have been.

Charlton will be especially keen to back up their shock win now they’re back at The Valley on Saturday. Blackburn are certainly a side that they will harbour ambitions of defeating, and a draw will naturally feel like two points lost, regardless of whatever form Blackburn are in. The Addicks have not won back-to-back games since all the way back in August however, so recent history is probably against them changing that.

The issue with Blackburn is that they’re generally quite a ‘streaky’ team, which is something pointing in the direction of Bristol City quite a lot of the time, too. By that, it essentially means they’re whilst they’re put together unbeaten runs, they can also go just as long without winning, almost at any given moment. They won four in a row in November/December, and then followed up that winning once in eight. They’re not necessarily the most reliable from a betting perspective.

Whilst midweek saw plenty of tight, low-scoring affairs, I do anticipate more of the opposite on the weekend card. I’m happy to place this game within that category and so Over 2.5 Goals will be the recommended play. Goals have normally followed Charlton this season, with 20 of their 32 league clashes seeing at least three goals, including four of their last five at home in Championship action. Tuesday was a fairly rare clean sheet moment for Blackburn, plus they rarely fail to score so this is the sort of game where both should have their moments in front of goal.

Whilst Charlton did win at Forest, they achieved it by not necessarily playing their usual style of play. They won’t be so defensive at home to Blackburn, and this really should open up the match. Blackburn are also not the sort of side where Tony Mowbray sets them up to just sit back. When they have momentum they can be tough to deny, and they’ve scored in each of their last ten away, and only failed to do so twice on the road all season long.

Asian Total Goals Betting Recommendation: Over 2.50 at 2.100\

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gadgetsrevv · 5 years ago

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Garth Crooks’ team of the week: De Gea, Maguire, Tomori, Buendia, Abraham, Mane

Defending champions Manchester City suffered a shock 3-2 defeat at Norwich City after Liverpool maintained their 100% record with a 3-1 win over Newcastle.

Chelsea picked up a 5-2 win at Wolves, while Tottenham cruised past Crystal Palace 4-0.

Manchester United returned to winning ways with a narrow 1-0 win over Leicester as Watford recovered to draw 2-2 with Arsenal.

Elsewhere, Bournemouth won 3-1 against Everton, Southampton secured a valuable 1-0 win at Sheffield United and Brighton drew 1-1 with Burnley.

Here’s my team of the week – have a read and select your own below.

Goalkeeper – David de Gea (Man Utd)

David de Gea: The save from Leicester’s James Maddison with only a few moments gone was superb and the tip over the bar from a Ben Chilwell strike that was dipping viciously under the bar dealt with an effort that had real menace.

De Gea took some ferocious stick towards the end of last season from people who should have known better. The suggestion that the Spain international keeper should have been left out of the Manchester United team line-up was as hysterical as it gets.

Reports that De Gea is close to signing a new contract puts some of those comments in to their proper perspective and it will be the best bit of business United have done for some considerable time.

Did you know? David de Gea has already kept as many Premier League clean sheets at Old Trafford this season (2) as he did in the entirety of the 2018-19 campaign.

Defenders – Serge Aurier (Tottenham), Fikayo Tomori (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Man Utd), Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)

Serge Aurier: Every time I have seen Aurier play for Tottenham I have been left desperately disappointed and quite often angry. Disappointed because of his lack of performance and angry because of his inability to respect the depth of quality in the Premier League.

This is not France where there are only a couple of decent teams in the league but the toughest and most demanding league in the world. Against Crystal Palace the former Paris St-Germain defender woke up to that fact and finally played like it. And about time.

Did you know? As well as providing an assist, Aurier made more crosses from open play (4) than any other player in Spurs’ win over Crystal Palace.

Fikayo Tomori: What a goal. What’s more he meant it. This performance by this youngster was outstanding and his goal only tells half the story.

Playing in a back three, he was amazing. Tomori’s confidence to take the ball into the danger area and provide the assist for Tammy Abraham suggest this lad is no ordinary defender. This is someone I intend keeping my eye on.

As for Wolves’ Raul Jimenez, it’s hardly surprising their centre-forward looked dead on his feet – he only returned from Mexico City on Thursday morning and expects to bother Chelsea 48 hours later? Wolves can’t handle Europe and international breaks. Ditch Europe.

Did you know? Tomori’s long-range strike against Wolves was only his second English league goal in his professional career, in what was his 81st such appearance (excluding play-offs) for Chelsea, Brighton, Hull and Derby.

Harry Maguire: Some players actually look forward to playing against their former clubs – I don’t know why because I hated it. Maguire not only seemed to enjoy playing against the players he once called his team-mates but hardly gave them a kick.

Why Leicester fans felt the need to boo their former player having given them wonderful service and made them a vast sum of money by agreeing to be sold to Manchester United makes you wonder what was it about the move that actually upset them!

Did you know? Against his former side Leicester, Harry Maguire won six of his 10 duels, four of his six aerial duels, made five clearances and won possession six times to help his side to a clean sheet.

Andrew Robertson: It must have been excruciating for Steve Bruce to watch the player he brought to English football tear his resurgent Newcastle apart.

The Scottish international was outstanding yet again for Liverpool. Robertson was so effective down Liverpool’s left-hand side and almost entirely responsible for Sadio Mane’s brilliant opening goal. My only criticism of Robertson is someone who strikes the ball as cleanly as he does should be having more shots on goal. He has the firepower, now apply the confidence.

Did you know? Robertson has made 17 assists in the Premier League since the start of the 2017-18 season, the most of any defender in this period.

Midfielders – Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), Emiliano Buendia (Norwich), Todd Cantwell (Norwich)

Moussa Djenepo: The goal was just wonderful. If this had been scored by David Ginola, Thierry Henry or Gianfranco Zola we would be showing this goal every week for the next three months.

It was Djenepo who produced a little bit of magic in Southampton’s 2-0 defeat of Brighton recently but this is becoming something of a habit. Have the Saints found another Sadio Mane? I think they might have you know.

Did you know? Against Sheffield United, summer-signing Moussa Djenepo netted his second Premier League goal for Southampton courtesy of just his third shot on target in the competition.

Emiliano Buendia: I have seen Norwich in this mood before when they beat Manchester United some years ago and the Canaries gave United superstars no respect whatsoever on that day either. It was like watching history repeat itself, only this time it was against United’s arch rivals and neighbours.

Manchester City were blitzed by Norwich but this time it wasn’t Anthony Pilkington who stunned the visitors but Emiliano Buendia. The Argentine, a £1.5m signing from Getafe, was magnificent. What a contrast to his fellow countryman, the £28.5m Nicolas Otamendi who had an absolute shocker.

Did you know? In their win over Man City, Buendia won more duels (10), had the joint-most touches (61) and tackles (4), completed the most dribbles (5) and won possession (9) more than any other Norwich player.

Todd Cantwell: Well what do we have here? Another England Under-21 international who looks like a player?

Cantwell wanted to be involved in everything Norwich did and if you’re an attacking midfielder it doesn’t get better than that. There was something about Cantwell’s performance that reminded me of a young Frank Lampard but with a sprinkle of arrogance – and I liked it.

It took far too long for this star-studded Manchester City side to get the jet lag out of their system. It looks like the international break may have already robbed City of another Premier League title.

Did you know? Todd Cantwell has already been directly involved in more Premier League goals in 5 games this season (4 – 2 goals, 2 assists) than he was in 24 Championship appearances last season (3 – 1 goal, 2 assists).

Forwards – Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Tammy Abraham (Chelsea), Sadio Mane (Liverpool)

Son Heung-min: I can’t believe Son has not scored a hat-trick in the Premier League. If anyone deserves to have that statistic firmly emblazoned on his CV it should be the South Korea international.

Son was electric against a Crystal Palace side who are blowing hot and cold these days and, against Spurs, were freezing. I understand manager Mauricio Pochettino spent an hour in a “clear the air” meeting with his players. If that’s the response, would he mind saving those discussions for the really big games?

Did you know? Son Heung-min is Spurs’ top scorer across all competitions at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, netting four goals in seven home appearances there.

Tammy Abraham: His first goal against Wolves was alright, his second better and his third outstanding. I said recently said that Frank Lampard had seen something in this kid and we are clearly starting to see the same thing.

If he can remain fit, stay out of the pubs and clubs and look after himself Chelsea may have found a new Peter Osgood. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen an English centre forward of Abraham’s size and stature move around the pitch so comfortably and be so competent on the ball.

Osgood was a genius and Abraham has some way to go to get close but all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle are there. They just need to be put in the right places.

Did you know? Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has become just the third player in Premier League history to score two or more goals in three consecutive appearances aged 21 or younger, after Cristiano Ronaldo in December 2006 and Dele Alli in January 2017.

Sadio Mane: It was quite fitting that Mane’s two goals against Newcastle placed the Senegal international with other illustrious African names who have scored 70 goals in the Premier League.

It was also nice to see Mohamed Salah congratulating Mane on his goals after their recent spat at Southampton. Salah’s goal was magnificent but even he must realise that he has to concede the spotlight to team-mates on the odd occasion.

Did you know? Liverpool’s Sadio Mane has never lost a Premier League home game in which he’s found the net, winning 33 and drawing two of his previous 35 games in the competition when doing so.

Now it’s your turn

You’ve seen my selections this season. But who would you go for?

Crooks of the matter

Howay the lads! The unseemly spat between two of England’s greatest finishers made me smile at first and then realise that not much changes in football. For two players, especially strikers, to “have words” with each other is like having a row with you wife. It’s going to happen sooner or later.

In Michael Owen’s recently published book; Reboot – My Life, My Time, he seems to have reopened an old wound with England team-mate and now Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer. It’s clear Michael desperately wanted to get something off his chest when he claimed in his book that he never really wanted to go to St James’ Park.

I suspect Shearer could have let that go. However, what Newcastle’s record goalscorer could not let go was the claim by Owen that his beloved Newcastle was “only a big club because they have lots of fans and a big stadium”.

I have no doubt that Alan and Michael will find a way past this public disagreement but Newcastle fans will find forgiveness a little more difficult.

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Lineup Lamentations - GW35

Our Transfers, Captains, and Starting 11s for the week.

WALSH

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Aubz Alexis Austin

IN (For -8 points hit): Jesus Raz Ings

Fucking darkness. The darkest of darknesses. This GW past has sunk my season so it is time to chase points and say fuck the world. Fuck you Mark Hughes. Fucking fuck you. I will have one sleep with dreams of an Ings hat. A nice night's sleep ahead only for reality of his 2 pointer to come crashing down upon my soul.

GK:

None. Lol at me.

DEF:

Really need a Newc clean with Lejuene and Dummett in for me this week.

Sakho goes again for a 1 pointer. Great pick and great job by me.

So too will Kiko. Hoping for a two pointer and sub on 61' would be a huge coup for me. Fuck him.

MID:

Some guys here. Zaha looks great happy to have him. Watford suck so hopefully Woy doesn't be dumb and leaves Benteke out of the squad where he belongs the absolute piece of shit.

Double City mid is back with Kevin and Raz seems like a couple of good friends.

Finally Andy King gets a run out. Go on Andrew get me 2 points thanks.

FWD:

Jesus feels like a great pick no brainer pick with Kun on the shelf.

Next to him is new friend flying without Daniel Ings. Just chasing here and with the team sheet leaked every week I can bench him if he isn't going to start. Might get another cheeky start out of him with Kloppo rotating for UCL in full effect.

CAP:

Jesus the tap in merchant. If the game is 8-0 as I expect then I might actually get a green arrow. What is a green arrow? No clue. I genuinely couldn't tell you.

ALON

TRANSFERS:

OUT: Auba and Mahrez

IN (For -4 points hit): Jesus and Raz Sterling

These felt easy to me; simple moves.

Auba out because Wenger, rightly so, is fully 100% on board with Europa League being the only thing that matters for Arsecast so he said he might not even play Auba... Since Auba is cup tied he wants to try some stuff with the actual first team UEL squad. Fair enough from him... I’m sure Auba will still play some amount of minutes in the 0-45 range but the Kun injury news - out for the season - is just too good for Jesus in FPL. They don’t even have another striker in their squad except for a 19 year old child named Lukas Nmecha. Ok.

Arguably simpler of the two moves is Mahrez to Raz. Feel pretty unlucky to not get Riyad points since owning him, his stats in some of the matches were huge, and keepers made some really good stops on him, such is life, such is FPL... But even a fully firing Mahrez / Leicester can’t come close to touching the ceiling of Raz and the supremacy of City. End of.

Ditching Mahrez also means I’ve decided to keep Son... I’ve been thinking about it all week and just kept coming to the conclusion - wait, why are we getting rid of Son?

I made this exact same mistake earlier in the season. I don’t think ANY City attacker will feature in all five of their remaining fixtures, but we’re still all fine to get them in because they’re really good. Well I feel exactly the same feelings towards Son. He’s just really good and a really good pick. He won’t start all four of their last four but he’ll probably play like ~250 minutes and that’s a lot of points for someone of the quality of Sonny. Let’s go bro I’m not fucking you off like last time. I'm never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm, though it's easy to pretend, I know you're not a fool.

GK:

Only ten guys for me this blank gameweek starts with Karius straight in...

Since GW23 (12 matches) in the 4-3 Liverpool win vs. City where Karius became the nailed on first choice keeper - LFC have the most clean sheets in the league, least goals conceded (tied with MUN and TOT), and second in the league to City for xGoals allowed... That’s pretty fucking dominant.

Up the Reds.

DEF:

Rolling four dudes out there... Not expecting many points but I’ll take what I can get in this GW.

Lowton goes at Stoke, very cleanable fixture, but who am I kidding Burnley don’t keep cleans vs. anybody so maybe I can just hope for a Lowton assist or to get get subbed off after 60′ but before they inevitably concede... I can dream.

Mama Sakho bias is in again. Hilarious that we both have Mama even tho Palace have six cleans on the season... Fucking hell what are we doing? Mama still a pod favorite though and if Palace can ever manage a clean - maybe this week vs. on the beach Watford - then Mama is a beast on bones. Come on you Eagles.

Lascelles is gonna garner heavy transfer rumors this summer I reckon. He might be the best English pure CB in the world straight up. Unless you’re one of those people who believe in Stones, Cahill, and Harry Maguire... fuck outta here. Let’s get some clean points Jamaal.

Lastly Van der Hoorn vs. City. May not play - though we expect him to do - but fucking hell it’s City. Won’t even be mad if he doesn’t play because I’m just praying for NOT negative points anyway in City’s first home match since winning the title. Maybe they’ll just have a festival and score 10 who the fuck knows?

MID:

New / old friend Raz hello, nice to see you little guy. He’s been by far my favorite FPL pick from City all season and so I’m backing that. It’s kind of funny when you sort mids by total score it looks like it’s close between Kev (190 total) and Sterling (200 total) but when you break that down to points:minutes ratio and/or points per start it is truly not close at all. Raz in.

Still a big fan of the Arnie pick even though he blanked vs. Stoke... Just hoping that Moyes can resist the temptation of going Carroll up top and stick with Arnie up there because it’s mostly worked and Arnie has really flourished... Even though Andy’s finish was delightful. Come on Arnie.

Lastly Wilf. What a great guy. Love him and he’s top class. Gotta hope like Arnie above that Woy keeps Wilf up top and doesn’t dip back into the Benteke pool because that water is shit. I wonder where Wilf will be playing football next season...?

FWD:

Gayle goes again for me. Not the best debut in a blank last week when they score two and the other forward hauls but hey he was still good as he has been for most of the season... His stats are very good especially for a guy on a promoted side. Come on Dwight treat me BABYYYYyyyyyyy!!!

And another new / old friend in Gab Jesus. Eyebrows icon legend tap-in merchant. If he gets, as we’re lead to believe, 400ish minutes from here on out then holy fuck. He’s the easiest pick ever and should be the first name in all FPL team sheets. Who knows? But I hope.

CAP:

I’m on Jesus. I feel as though he’s a touch safer then Raz for ya know, 60-70+ minutes, and that’s really all there is to it. As I mentioned above they have basically no other forwards without punting on a child. It’s their first home fixture since winning the title so should be party atmosphere. Let’s score a lot of points Gab........... But very scared with no Salah as he’s in the leaked lineup. Still think he’s not a good pick for rest of season - but if I had Salah or if I were free hitting this week I’d 100% cap Salah over anyone because he’s by far the best player in the league.

#FML FPL #FMLFPL #FPL #Fantasy Premier League #Lineup Lamentations

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Premier League Picks Week 22

The NFL officially changes Cody Parkey's missed field goal to a blocked kick by Treyvon Hester

(via @Eagles)pic.twitter.com/IdMCp65W5B

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 7, 2019

Parkey’s kick goes through and my prediction is basically spot on — Eagles loss, cover, you’re welcome. I’ve never been happier to be wrong…but it doesn’t get much stranger than that.

John Stones' goal-line clearance denied Liverpool the chance to maintain their undefeated record in the Premier League.

And on further inspection, the ball was inches from crossing the line!

MORE: https://t.co/3FdYqECbBa pic.twitter.com/LQLfcEyJkR

— FOX Sports Football (@FOXFOOTBALL) January 3, 2019

The only solace is just that: The analysis is sound, and the results are due to come good. Here come your Week 22 winners:

0⃣ to

in 11 seconds!#COYS pic.twitter.com/sweY6tVwdU

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 11, 2019

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v. MANCHESTER UNITED

MANCHESTER CITY v. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

After a quiet Sunday without football, Albion admin logs on to Twitter this morning to check yesterday's @ManCity score.#BAFC pic.twitter.com/pB2JlHdOv2

— Burton Albion FC (@burtonalbionfc) January 7, 2019

Little could anyone know that 7-0 was a scoreline Burton Albion would envy by the end of the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final:

Manchester City will take a 9-0 lead into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Burton Albion.

Report: https://t.co/YgQmjlBm3K pic.twitter.com/kOc6c5JU8u

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 9, 2019

"I thought it was cruel. Humiliating"

Andy Hinchcliffe felt sorry for Burton Albion this evening.

Report: https://t.co/utLms3CoGk pic.twitter.com/OC9ptGGFDM

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 9, 2019

CARDIFF CITY v. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

@Sol14Bamba: "We talk to away players after games and they say that coming here is always intimidating…"

More from Saturday's @TheBluebirdProg feature

https://t.co/I2UQ6il1eQ#CARHUD #CityAsOne

— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC) January 11, 2019

Good luck this weekend.

Week 21 results:

Manchester United to win at Newcastle United at 6/10: WIN

Wolverhampton Wanderers to beat Crystal Palace at evens: LOSS

Liverpool to win or draw at Manchester City at 8/11: LOSS

WEEK 22 TOTAL: -$140

SEASON TO DATE: -$1237

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Premier League Picks Week 22

The NFL officially changes Cody Parkey's missed field goal to a blocked kick by Treyvon Hester

(via @Eagles)pic.twitter.com/IdMCp65W5B

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 7, 2019

Parkey’s kick goes through and my prediction is basically spot on — Eagles loss, cover, you’re welcome. I’ve never been happier to be wrong…but it doesn’t get much stranger than that.

John Stones' goal-line clearance denied Liverpool the chance to maintain their undefeated record in the Premier League.

And on further inspection, the ball was inches from crossing the line!

MORE: https://t.co/3FdYqECbBa pic.twitter.com/LQLfcEyJkR

— FOX Sports Football (@FOXFOOTBALL) January 3, 2019

The only solace is just that: The analysis is sound, and the results are due to come good. Here come your Week 22 winners:

0⃣ to

in 11 seconds!#COYS pic.twitter.com/sweY6tVwdU

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 11, 2019

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v. MANCHESTER UNITED

MANCHESTER CITY v. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

After a quiet Sunday without football, Albion admin logs on to Twitter this morning to check yesterday's @ManCity score.#BAFC pic.twitter.com/pB2JlHdOv2

— Burton Albion FC (@burtonalbionfc) January 7, 2019

Little could anyone know that 7-0 was a scoreline Burton Albion would envy by the end of the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final:

Manchester City will take a 9-0 lead into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Burton Albion.

Report: https://t.co/YgQmjlBm3K pic.twitter.com/kOc6c5JU8u

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 9, 2019

"I thought it was cruel. Humiliating"

Andy Hinchcliffe felt sorry for Burton Albion this evening.

Report: https://t.co/utLms3CoGk pic.twitter.com/OC9ptGGFDM

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 9, 2019

CARDIFF CITY v. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

@Sol14Bamba: "We talk to away players after games and they say that coming here is always intimidating…"

More from Saturday's @TheBluebirdProg feature

https://t.co/I2UQ6il1eQ#CARHUD #CityAsOne

— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC) January 11, 2019

Good luck this weekend.

Week 21 results:

Manchester United to win at Newcastle United at 6/10: WIN

Wolverhampton Wanderers to beat Crystal Palace at evens: LOSS

Liverpool to win or draw at Manchester City at 8/11: LOSS

WEEK 22 TOTAL: -$140

SEASON TO DATE: -$1237

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Premier League Picks Week 22

The NFL officially changes Cody Parkey's missed field goal to a blocked kick by Treyvon Hester

(via @Eagles)pic.twitter.com/IdMCp65W5B

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 7, 2019

Parkey’s kick goes through and my prediction is basically spot on — Eagles loss, cover, you’re welcome. I’ve never been happier to be wrong…but it doesn’t get much stranger than that.

John Stones' goal-line clearance denied Liverpool the chance to maintain their undefeated record in the Premier League.

And on further inspection, the ball was inches from crossing the line!

MORE: https://t.co/3FdYqECbBa pic.twitter.com/LQLfcEyJkR

— FOX Sports Football (@FOXFOOTBALL) January 3, 2019

The only solace is just that: The analysis is sound, and the results are due to come good. Here come your Week 22 winners:

0⃣ to

in 11 seconds!#COYS pic.twitter.com/sweY6tVwdU

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 11, 2019

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v. MANCHESTER UNITED

MANCHESTER CITY v. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

After a quiet Sunday without football, Albion admin logs on to Twitter this morning to check yesterday's @ManCity score.#BAFC pic.twitter.com/pB2JlHdOv2

— Burton Albion FC (@burtonalbionfc) January 7, 2019

Little could anyone know that 7-0 was a scoreline Burton Albion would envy by the end of the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final:

Manchester City will take a 9-0 lead into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Burton Albion.

Report: https://t.co/YgQmjlBm3K pic.twitter.com/kOc6c5JU8u

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 9, 2019

"I thought it was cruel. Humiliating"

Andy Hinchcliffe felt sorry for Burton Albion this evening.

Report: https://t.co/utLms3CoGk pic.twitter.com/OC9ptGGFDM

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 9, 2019

CARDIFF CITY v. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

@Sol14Bamba: "We talk to away players after games and they say that coming here is always intimidating…"

More from Saturday's @TheBluebirdProg feature

https://t.co/I2UQ6il1eQ#CARHUD #CityAsOne

— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC) January 11, 2019

Good luck this weekend.

Week 21 results:

Manchester United to win at Newcastle United at 6/10: WIN

Wolverhampton Wanderers to beat Crystal Palace at evens: LOSS

Liverpool to win or draw at Manchester City at 8/11: LOSS

WEEK 22 TOTAL: -$140

SEASON TO DATE: -$1237

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Premier League Picks Week 22

The NFL officially changes Cody Parkey's missed field goal to a blocked kick by Treyvon Hester

(via @Eagles)pic.twitter.com/IdMCp65W5B

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 7, 2019

Parkey’s kick goes through and my prediction is basically spot on — Eagles loss, cover, you’re welcome. I’ve never been happier to be wrong…but it doesn’t get much stranger than that.

John Stones' goal-line clearance denied Liverpool the chance to maintain their undefeated record in the Premier League.

And on further inspection, the ball was inches from crossing the line!

MORE: https://t.co/3FdYqECbBa pic.twitter.com/LQLfcEyJkR

— FOX Sports Football (@FOXFOOTBALL) January 3, 2019

The only solace is just that: The analysis is sound, and the results are due to come good. Here come your Week 22 winners:

0⃣ to

in 11 seconds!#COYS pic.twitter.com/sweY6tVwdU

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 11, 2019

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v. MANCHESTER UNITED

It’s really tempting to just pick a goal total wager (over 2.5 goals feels like free money at 8/13 because United hasn��t kept a clean sheet against a top-5 team this season), but a Spurs win is just as likely and carries a better payoff, so take Spurs to win at 21/20.

MANCHESTER CITY v. WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

After a quiet Sunday without football, Albion admin logs on to Twitter this morning to check yesterday's @ManCity score.#BAFC pic.twitter.com/pB2JlHdOv2

— Burton Albion FC (@burtonalbionfc) January 7, 2019

Little could anyone know that 7-0 was a scoreline Burton Albion would envy by the end of the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final:

Manchester City will take a 9-0 lead into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Burton Albion.

Report: https://t.co/YgQmjlBm3K pic.twitter.com/kOc6c5JU8u

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 9, 2019

"I thought it was cruel. Humiliating"

Andy Hinchcliffe felt sorry for Burton Albion this evening.

Report: https://t.co/utLms3CoGk pic.twitter.com/OC9ptGGFDM

— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) January 9, 2019

CARDIFF CITY v. HUDDERSFIELD TOWN

@Sol14Bamba: "We talk to away players after games and they say that coming here is always intimidating…"

More from Saturday's @TheBluebirdProg feature

https://t.co/I2UQ6il1eQ#CARHUD #CityAsOne

— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC) January 11, 2019

Good luck this weekend.

Week 21 results:

Manchester United to win at Newcastle United at 6/10: WIN

Wolverhampton Wanderers to beat Crystal Palace at evens: LOSS

Liverpool to win or draw at Manchester City at 8/11: LOSS

WEEK 22 TOTAL: -$140

SEASON TO DATE: -$1237

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Lineup Lamentations - GW10

Our Transfers, Captains, and Starting 11s for the week.

WALSH

TRANSFERS:

N/A

I'm saving. It looks fucking ugly on paper, but I don't want to take a hit and I should be able to get 11 out even with the Kane injury. It's not a good eleven, mind, but it's something. I don't want to do anything drastic by jerking in Arsenal player(s) when they have those shit fixtures after Swansea. Poch lies, so I have truly no faith that Kane will make it back for Palace, but with the lack of obvious alternatives I'm going to just hold steady. I also have extremely good defensive fixtures next week which would help cover if he is out again. A problem, or potential problem, for another day.

GK:

Bob Elliot, aka the best value goalkeeper in the game, goes this weekend. I have already begun bracing myself for his 2 pointer off 0 saves and 1 goal conceded to get outscored by Foster who will probably make about 10 saves in an assfucking. Yay.

DEF:

Yikes. Assuming Kane misses out and Poch isn't doing a grade A troll job I'm going to be stuck with 4 at the back, yet again, and it doesn't look so great. Jones is set on auto start, nothing to see there.

My new best friend Lewis Dunk off the back of a tidy clean goes again for me in a wonderful fixture with the shit ass Saints rolling up to the Amex. Still fancy a goal for him is coming soon. Kill for this weekend.

SWard has a tidy fixture and looks a good bet for a clean against a team seemingly as toothless as Southampton in Rafa's boys. Go on lad.

Finally, and most shit, I have a 50/50 call between Naughton and Franno for the last spot. I've settled on Franno. I think he's a better chance for a 1 pointer than Naughton. They'll be insanely parked but Arsenal should rip them apart. Naughton feels a good card shout this game too, especially if he is forced to be deployed OOP on the left. At least Franno is home. Fuck me.

MID:

Salah stays. The Cout news is fucking shit because if Danny plays then Liverpool will probably struggle and be shit as they have generally been whenever Danny has played and he pushes Bob out wide. Anyway, I was gonna cap Salah, but now I am not going to do.

New double City friends Razzy and Dilva go. A bit concerned whether Raz will play or not, and it will depend on whether Pep wants him for this game or for the Napoli game. I don't think he'd be able to make both after 120 midweek. Hopefully he wants him for West Brom because FPL > but who knows. Woo.

Finally, I am again forced to start Dalebert Stephens lad. I told you it wasn't pretty. Hoping for a 3 pointer here, and I will be addressing Chalobah next week most likely with my two frees so I can stop being fucked here and permanently plant Dalembert on my bench where the boy belongs.

FWD:

Just two amigos up top with Harold's death. Jesus & Morata. Fingers crossed. Nothing more to do.

CAP:

Listen. I say a lot of fucking things. We have a pod, I talk, Alon talks, and I feel different things in different moments. That said, I'm rolling dice this weekend and sticking my cap on Jesus.

He's started every away League game so far and I think it's his turn at WBA based on recent team sheets. He could well be on the wing with Kun, which wouldn't be great but still fine, or he starts lone with Kun being rested for Napoli at home where he would have a nicer time of breaking the City scoring record at the Etihad instead of in the Midlands fucklands. Or...he is on the bench again. I don't know. I don't love it, and it doesn't feel fantastic, but I have 0 faith in Morata based on how he has looked since returning from injury and I don't want to cap Salah with the chance that Sturridge plays and they are shitty going forwards.

I gave a brief glance at Silva since at least we know he will feature for at least 70 but he doesn't explode and I want explosion potential in my cap.

Huuuuuge captaincy diff and an admittedly huge punt as he fucked so many people last week and he's on the verge of double price dropping. It's not "smart" at all, and I wouldn't really feel comfortable advising others to cap him but it feels right for me right now with my team. Gonna go for it.

ALON

TRANSFERS

OUT: Everyone (wildcard)

IN: Everyone else (wildcard)

Wildcard strips years off of my life. It’s the constant tinkering, fighting the mad scientist punt merchant within me, and running circles of logic into the ground so deep that when they come out the other side I can’t remember how I got into’em in the first place. Fuck! And then the Kane news this morning waking up to that was just the opposite of morning wood. Morning fucking pain in my fucking ass. Rethink everything, rip up everything, all of this work is MEANINGLESS fit of rage and panic yada yada yada... That’s all before coffee...

After some good talks with Walsh, naturally, Scott, tempebug, duh, and Producer Nate, I calmed back down and settled with roughly the same 15 man team that I had prior to the Kane news, with Lacazette swapped in for Harold (and the money in the bank for a future swap back). I’ll go more into detail on the picks but for now here’s the full 15 man squad with the bench guys in parentheses:

- de Gea, (Elliot)

- Jones, Alderweireld, Daniels, Duffy/Dann rotation for fourth spot

- Sané, Silva, Salah, Richarlison, (Loftus-Cheek)

- Aguero, Lacazette, (Ayew)

GK:

Welcome to the team DDG and welcome to the end of Manchester United’s cleans/solid defense. I’m probably kiss of deathing him here but damn he’s good and United are cleaning everybody in the league at the moment. Fixture proof legend. If I was smart and good and somehow started the season w/ DDG over my run of fucking nightmare keepers I’d be hundreds of thousands of places higher then where I am currently ranked. So it feels pretty good to just get the guy in and never think twice about GK again.

Elliot as my backup is fine. I toyed with some Pereira lineups just to bank the money I’ve gained with Elliot and save money on GK spot since I’ll never in any world start Bob over DDG but having a starting guy is just safer and smarter. Say DDG gets suspended or hurt or I want to bench boost - those are huge differences if I have fodder vs. an actual starter in the squad.

DEF:

It all starts with Jones my fucking GW1 lover I’m so happy to still see your fucked up face in my team you fucking titter. Start every week don’t even think about it for one second.

I lost my balls and didn’t stick with my double Spurs defense that I shouted on the pod. Lineup Lambs panic center... At least I kept half of the Belgian national squad in with Toby though. I had Sanchez in there because I think he’s fucking awesome and he’s good on bones but the fact of the matter is Sanch is the odd man out if they switch to a back four for certain fixtures or due to injuries or whatever. Toby and Vert are the pillars of that team and I love their fixtures from a clean-sheet perspective. And their defense has just been outstanding all season.

New tinker in right this second as I’m panicking is long time friend of the pod Circus Charlie Daniels. I needed money to make my panic jilting move of Jesus to Kun so I sacrificed Vertonghen to get there. Chaz is great, attacking returns always on the docket, and their fixtures after Chelsea this week are fucking INSANE start every week levels: new, HUD, swa, BUR, SOT, cpl... Though this week I’ll start RLC over him most weeks it’ll be Circus in there.

Lastly Walsh has been pushing Brighton for a while now on the pod and look who comes through for him on his -8; it’s Dunk and Brighton. I love the shout and when Walsh is this headstrong on something for FPL I tend to believe it. It’s either the truest thing of FPL life or it’s going to be an actual train wreck nightmare. But I believe that it’s the former. Duffy is just slightly better then Dunk at everything - attacking, bonus, that kind of shit, so it’s worth the 0.1 for me on wildcard.

For rotation I went with Dann to backup my defenders. Brighton only have a few bad fixtures in the next WHILE and Palace lines up nicely with them. Dann nailed and always a shout for a goal in any fixture. Solid bench guy who rotates well with attacking potential is all that I need to know.

MID:

Salah hasn’t left in a long time and he will not do. While Mane gets injured and Phil gets injured and other guys are already injured and Pool’re losing to Spurs and everything feels bad in this moment - Salah is the ray of light. On a run of MoTM performances paired with good FPL returns and pens. Need I say more???

Went with Sané and Silva as my city double up. I have soooo much value tied up in Dilva it’s unreasonable at this juncture to ditch him for Raz or Sané or Kev or whatever. He’s fantastic and his stats are fucked up good and he’s nailed. That’s a hold... Sané over Sterling I just like the fact that since Pep/City have changed to a 4-3-3 and rolling teams over Sané has been nailed and been fucking INCREDIBLE. I think he’s ahead of Raz right now and a teeny bit more nailed on as he’s the only (arguable) natural winger in the entire squad. He’s just soooooo good fucking hell. Get the fuck in.

Richarlison was a tidy little transfer by me last week to fuck off Brady and get that done. He comes right in and returns me points and gains me value... Wow great friend of the pod Richarlison.

For my 4.5 du jour I’m going flair with RLC. He’s not nailed to that’s scary but I want to start this guy this week and bench Circus Charlie vs. Chelsea so RLC home to Hammers is actually good and I can see a return there. RLC is better then Tom Carroll at actually everything to do with football so hopefully WOY gets it right and puts him right into the starting 11.

FWD:

Harry fucking Kaaaaa---- errrrrrrrr. Alexandre fucking Lacazette!!!!!!! It doesn’t have the same DONGFEST ring to it but you know he isssss sexy you cannot deny this. It’s funny he plays 90′ first week of the season and hardly comes close since. Weird. My talk with Producer Nate resident Arsenal specialist made me feel a little bit better about him though even in the tough fixtures with City and Spurs coming up. Maybe Wenger has just been protecting him / building him up for the big ones. There should at least be some space and shit in those. Let’s see what happens. Start me off right Laca plzzzzzzzzz!!!!!

I just jilted Gab Jesus at the Lineup Lambs altar. Fuck it. The 4-3-3 is in for City and to me that means Jesus spells Kun and not the other way around. Even though for this week Gab is probably a better shout with Kun off of 120′ midweek, I think that long term Kun is going to be the guy and maybe be a captain shout where Gab usually really is not... So Kun is in. All hail. Let’s go. It’ll be fun / funny to see this crash and burn with the inevitable benching and Jesus haul this gameweek. Whatever. Life sucks.

For the bench I didn’t want to go with fodder here with City rotation risks and as we talked about on pod having a good bench going towards the fixture pileup is always handy. I got Ayew - cheapest nailed human - who’s actually been playing kinda well as far as FPL returns go lately. He hasn’t missed a minute this season (actual) so just get in brother of Andre and do the thing. Cometh the hour.

CAP:

Laca. It’s time. The three amigos up top for Arsecast are real and home to a battered Swansea maybe they can put 5+ in the back of the net again. Bad fixtures coming up but at least City and Spurs will play football and not park a bus, might be sleeper ok for Laca in those (shoutout Nate). Tit me Wenger. Tit me.

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