Week 39 table: 1. Howson 131.85 2. Slick 131.55 3. Traeth 119.99 4. Newman 114.54 5. Rcgills 113.53 6. ODM 110.89 7. Nawoo 107.16 8. Kristobal 104.99 9. Punter 103.86 10. Kegman 100.81 11. Winrew 86.45 Highest weekly score: Howson 18.44 week 15 Week 40 odds... Odds from Bet365. Apologies, a couple of games to ignore in there that i forgot to leave out. Southampton v Arsenal and Bradford v Millwall.
Bournemouth v Burnley draw @ 3.5 Sunderland @ 4.0 Reading @ 5.75 Forest Green @ 3.2 Zaragoza v Cadiz draw @ 3.1
Everton v Watford draw @ 4.33 Bournemouth @ 1.95 Middlesbrough @ 3.60 Crystal Palace @ 1.95 West Ham v Liverpool draw @ 3.80
Man City v Leicester DRAW @ 5.75 Bournemouth v Burnley DRAW @ 3.50 Middlesbrough @ 3.60 Crystal Palace v Hull DRAW @ 3.60 West Ham v Liverpool DRAW @ 3.80
Lol, I was just about to make a remark until I saw the last line of your post. Always say you never know.
FGR @ 3.20 Reading @ 5.75 Huddersfield v Sheff Wed [d] 3.20 Blackpool v Luton [d] 3.25 Carlisle v Exeter [d] 3.25
Hesitating slightly to reveal my thoughts on Chelsea's success due to an impending vitriolic response but here goes: Manager: Antonio Conte Italian Branislav Ivanovic Serbian Goalie: Thibaut Courtois Belgian Nathaniel Chalobah English Cesar Azpilicueta Spanish N'Golo Kante French David Luiz Brazilian Ruben Loftus-Cheek English Gary Cahill English Nemenja Matic Serbian Victor Moses Nigerian Cesc Fabregas Spanish Marcos Alonso Spanish Willian Brazilian John Terry English Pedro Spanish Kurt Zuma French Eden Hazard Belgian Michy Batshuayi Belgian Diego Costa Brazilian Azmir Begovic Bosnian Ola Aina English Nathan Ake Dutch Well done guys: five English players out of twenty-two. It's all too symptomatic of the Winner Takes All philosophy which has pervaded Anglo-Saxon capitalism for decades and which has exalted a small number to unimagined riches, condemning those at the bottom to food banks whilst the overwhelming majority are left in limbo, forever unable to emulate those at the top, though trying valiantly through the inexorable accumulation of debt. Most of these Premier League players have no rapport whatsoever with Barking and Dagenham kids, where according to the latest figures childhood obesity is now at its worst. I'm sorry to be the purveyor of truth in such stark terms but is it any wonder the English face a crisis of confidence in themselves, leading in many cases to the desertion of their capital city which Chelsea in days gone by so staunchly purported to represent? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21511904
If English players were any good, they'd be in the top teams. The lack of English players in the top teams isn't the cause of the shite level of English international football, it's just a reflection of that fact that English players are not generally as good as many foreign players. If, as you say, around quarter of the squad that's won the league this season are English, I'd class that as about right.
But in a post-Brexit world how many work permits do we issue to these people? In my day we had a plethora of talent which is why we won the World Cup. How many teenagers of today can even pronounce half of Chelsea players' surnames let alone be inspired by them? It's not just the football to be fair. We have poached doctors from Third World countries who paid a fortune training them, we have thousands of foreigners waiting at table, working as baristas, working in hotels and restaurants. Can we not invest in our own young people to bring them up to the skills of overseas workers or are we condemned to having poverty blackspots in Liverpool and West Wales which just don't exist in Germany and Scandinavia?
