Houdini

I think almost everyone who doesn't support Man City is enjoying their downfall. Pep has mentioned how his diet and sleep has been affected by City's poor form, it was all well and good when they were getting 100 points and winning multiple trophies in a season. No thought about the diet and sleep of others during those times.

Man City 2-0 down to Aston Villa with only a few minutes to go. As things stand this will be their 6th loss of the season so far in the Premier League which is the same amount as Man Utd. Crazy when you consider how the season started for both teams!

Saturday 21st December Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester City (12:30) Brentford 3-2 Nottingham Forest Ipswich Town 0-1 Newcastle United West Ham 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace 1-2 Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 22nd December Everton 0-3 Chelsea (14:00) Fulham 2-0 Southampton (14:00) Leicester City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (14:00) Manchester United 1-0 AFC Bournemouth (14:00) Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool (16:30)

The quality of the show is bound to go down with it being 3 hours

A cold wet night/afternoon at Millwall or Stoke away in Q4 2025 will be quite the culture shock for him if Southampton are patient enough!

Standings at the end of Gameweek 16: Main league 1. Oliver - Turkish de Ligt 919 pts 2. Herbs - Herbilore 843 pts 3. Yobnedor - Back of the Neto 829 pts 4. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 814 pts 5. Dobbo - The Mask Of Yoro 809 pts 6. Sarah - MarshoFC 757 pts 7. awardinary - Rasmutazz FC 750 pts 8. Brett Buttler - McBride of Your Life 741 pts 9. PeteFromLeeds - Bad Cyclists 697 pts 10. Mack - Mackington United 683 pts Head to head league 1. Oliver - Turkish de Ligt 42 pts (14 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses) 2. Alastair Blackburn - Trojan Horse 33 pts (11 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 3. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 28 pts (9 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses) 4. AVERAGE 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 5. Sarah - MarshoFC 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 6. Herbs - Herbilore 23 pts (7 wins, 2 draws, 7 losses) 7. 五条 悟 - 烏野高校 (Gojo Satoru - Karasuno High School) 22 pts (7 wins, 1 draw, 8 losses) 8. awardinary - Rasmutazz FC 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 9 losses) 9. Brett Buttler - McBride of Your Life 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 9 losses) 10. Dobbo - The Mask of Yoro 18 pts (6 wins, 0 draws, 10 losses) 11. PeteFromLeeds - Bad Cyclists 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 11 losses) 12. Mack - Mackington United 8 pts (2 wins, 2 draws, 12 losses) Gameweek 16 results: Mackington United 55-53 烏野高校 (Karasuno High School), Turkish de Ligt 51-47 AVERAGE, Rasmutazz FC 33-43 Party Tricks FC, Trojan Horse 30-28 Herbilore, Bad Cyclists 54-45 McBride of Your Life, MarshoFC 33-26 The Mask of Yoro Gameweek 17 fixtures: 烏野高校 (Karasuno High School) Vs MarshoFC, The Mask of Yoro Vs Bad Cyclists, McBride of Your Life Vs Trojan Horse, Herbilore Vs Rasmutazz FC, Party Tricks FC Vs Turkish de Ligt, AVERAGE Vs Mackington United

This Week's Results: 1st Steve201 13 pts 2nd Sarah, Mack 11 pts 4th Houdini 9 pts 5th LewisGT 8 pts 6th Dobbo, Flatcap, Suedehead2 7 pts 9th King Rollo 6 pts 10th Rooney 4 pts Standings: 1st Rooney 217 pts 2nd King Rollo 211 pts 3rd Suedehead2 208 pts 4th Mack 207 pts 5th Dobbo 204 pts 6th Sarah 195 pts 7th Houdini 191 pts 8th Flatcap 190 pts 9th LewisGT 164 pts 10th Steve201 159 pts 11th awardinary 117 pts 12th hinterland 31 pts 13th Viper* 18 pts Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 21st December Aston Villa Vs Manchester City (12:30) Brentford Vs Nottingham Forest Ipswich Town Vs Newcastle United West Ham Vs Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace Vs Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 22nd December Everton Vs Chelsea (14:00) Fulham Vs Southampton (14:00) Leicester City Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (14:00) Manchester United Vs AFC Bournemouth (14:00) Tottenham Hotspur Vs Liverpool (16:30) Well done to Steve201 on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

Maybe they do. They definitely dislike Man United that's for sure! Russell Martin has been sacked as Southampton manger after the 5-0 defeat to Tottenham. Sacking him won't make any difference imo, they are doomed for relegation either way.

In the NBC Sports stream I watched the commentators and presenter were chatting so much shit. Saying things like: "in 24 out of the last 26 matches the team leading the Manchester derby at half-time went on to win the match" "Man United have lost 5 out of the last 6 derby matches in the Premier League" "Wolves have scored more goals than Man United and only 4 teams have scored less in the league" One stupid statistic after the other. But when the final whistle went they were all silent as if they were in a funeral. That's what I like to see, hopefully over time they'll be more of that to come in the future. Not the most entertaining of matches but a comeback win like that will always feel good.

Saturday 14th December Arsenal 3-0 Everton Liverpool 2-0 Fulham Newcastle United 1-1 Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Ipswich Town Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa (17:30) Sunday 15th December Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Crystal Palace (14:00) Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United (16:30) Chelsea 3-0 Brentford (19:00) Southampton 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (19:00) Monday 16th December AFC Bournemouth 2-1 West Ham United (20:00)

Very interesting stat! Definitely one to bookmark for the end of the season to see if Wolves can buck the trend.

Draws are a very rare occurrence indeed!

Tuesday 10 December: Girona 0-3 Liverpool (17:45) Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 Celtic (17:45) Atalanta 1-2 Real Madrid Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Inter Milan Club Brugge 2-0 Sporting CP Salzburg 0-1 PSG Shakhtar Donetsk 1-3 Bayern Munich RB Leipzig 2-1 Aston Villa Brest 0-2 PSV Eindhoven Wednesday 11 December: Atletico Madrid 3-0 Slovan Bratislava Lille 1-0 Sturm Graz (18:45) AC Milan 2-0 Red Star Belgrade Arsenal 3-1 Monaco Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Barcelona Feyenoord 1-1 Sparta Prague Juventus 1-1 Manchester City Benfica 2-1 Bologna Stuttgart 0-0 Young Boys

Standings at the end of Gameweek 15: Main league 1. Oliver - Turkish de Ligt 868 pts 2. Herbs - Herbilore 815 pts 3. Dobbo - The Mask Of Yoro 783 pts 4. Yobnedor - Back of the Neto 777 pts 5. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 771 pts 6. Sarah - MarshoFC 724 pts 7. awardinary - Rasmutazz FC 717 pts 8. Brett Buttler - McBride of Your Life 696 pts 9. PeteFromLeeds - Bad Cyclists 643 pts 10. Mack - Mackington United 628 pts Head to head league 1. Oliver - Turkish de Ligt 39 pts (13 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses) 2. Alastair Blackburn - Trojan Horse 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 3. AVERAGE 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 4. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 25 pts (8 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses) 5. Sarah - MarshoFC 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 6. Herbs - Herbilore 23 pts (7 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses) 7. 五条 悟 - 烏野高校 (Gojo Satoru - Karasuno High School) 22 pts (7 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses) 8. awardinary - Rasmutazz FC 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 9. Brett Buttler - McBride of Your Life 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 10. Dobbo - The Mask of Yoro 18 pts (6 wins, 0 draws, 9 losses) 11. PeteFromLeeds - Bad Cyclists 12 pts (4 wins, 0 draws, 11 losses) 12. Mack - Mackington United 5 pts (1 win, 2 draws, 12 losses) Gameweek 15 results: 烏野高校 (Karasuno High School) 64-21 Bad Cyclists, MarshoFC 42-69 Trojan Horse, The Mask of Yoro 42-60 Rasmutazz FC, McBride of Your Life 51-65 Turkish de Ligt, Herbilore 31-31 Mackington United, Party Tricks FC 47-50 AVERAGE Gameweek 16 fixtures: Mackington United Vs 烏野高校 (Karasuno High School), Turkish de Ligt Vs AVERAGE, Rasmutazz FC Vs Party Tricks FC, Trojan Horse Vs Herbilore, Bad Cyclists Vs McBride of Your Life, MarshoFC Vs The Mask of Yoro

Congratulations on winning Dobbo and thanks Mack for hosting!

This Week's Results: 1st Mack 16 pts 2nd Rooney 14 pts 3rd Houdini 13 pts 4th King Rollo 11 pts 5th Flatcap, Steve201 10 pts 7th Sarah, Suedehead2 9 pts 9th LewisGT 7 pts 10th Dobbo 6 pts Standings: 1st Rooney 213 pts 2nd King Rollo 205 pts 3rd Suedehead2 201 pts 4th Dobbo 197 pts 5th Mack 196 pts 6th Sarah 184 pts 7th Flatcap 183 pts 8th Houdini 182 pts 9th LewisGT 156 pts 10th Steve201 146 pts 11th awardinary 117 pts 12th hinterland 31 pts 13th Viper* 18 pts Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 14th December Arsenal Vs Everton Liverpool Vs Fulham Newcastle United Vs Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers Vs Ipswich Town Nottingham Forest Vs Aston Villa (17:30) Sunday 15th December Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Crystal Palace (14:00) Manchester City Vs Manchester United (16:30) Chelsea Vs Brentford (19:00) Southampton Vs Tottenham Hotspur (19:00) Monday 16th December AFC Bournemouth Vs West Ham United (20:00) Well done to Mack on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

The fan reactions for the Spurs Vs Chelsea match will be epic!

Cruel finish for Ipswich. They were on the verge of their first home win of the season up to the 87th minute and ended up losing 2-1 after a 95th minute goal from Bournemouth.

Alpine: Gasly [Q,R] vs Doohan Aston Martin: Alonso [Q,R] vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc v Sainz Jr [Q,R] Haas: Magnussen vs Hulkenberg [Q,R] Kick Sauber: Zhou vs Bottas [Q,R] McLaren: Norris [Q,R] vs Piastri Mercedes: Hamilton vs Russell [Q,R] RB: Lawson vs Tsunoda [Q,R] Red Bull: Verstappen [Q,R] vs Perez Williams: Colapinto vs Albon [Q,R] Pole Position: George Russell Winner: George Russell Fastest Lap: Sainz Jr

Everton Vs Liverpool postponed due to stormy weather. Once a new date has been confirmed for that fixture I'll post it here, for anyone that made a prediction for that match I'll use your original prediction if you don't make a new one after the new date has been confirmed. Same goes for any other matches that could potentially get called off this weekend.

Saturday 7th December Everton 0-3 Liverpool (12:30) Aston Villa 3-1 Southampton Brentford 2-1 Newcastle United Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City Manchester United 1-0 Nottingham Forest (17:30) Sunday 8th December Fulham 1-2 Arsenal (14:00) Ipswich Town 0-1 AFC Bournemouth (14:00) Leicester City 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (14:00) Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea (16:30) Monday 9th December West Ham United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (19:30)

Standings at the end of Gameweek 14: Main league 1. Oliver - Turkish de Ligt 803 pts 2. Herbs - Herbilore 784 pts 3. Yobnedor - Back of the Neto 743 pts 4. Dobbo - The Mask Of Yoro 741 pts 5. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 724 pts 6. Sarah - MarshoFC 682 pts 7. awardinary - Rasmutazz FC 657 pts 8. Brett Buttler - McBride of Your Life 645 pts 9. PeteFromLeeds - Bad Cyclists 622 pts 10. Mack - Mackington United 597 pts Head to head league 1. Oliver - Turkish de Ligt 36 pts (12 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses) 2. Alastair Blackburn - Trojan Horse 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 3. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 25 pts (8 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses) 4. AVERAGE 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 5. Sarah - MarshoFC 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 6. Herbs - Herbilore 22 pts (7 wins, 1 draw, 6 losses) 7. Brett Buttler - McBride of Your Life 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 8. 五条 悟 - 烏野高校 (Gojo Satoru - Karasuno High School) 19 pts (6 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses) 9. Dobbo - The Mask of Yoro 18 pts (6 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 10. awardinary - Rasmutazz FC 18 pts (6 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 11. PeteFromLeeds - Bad Cyclists 12 pts (4 wins, 0 draws, 10 losses) 12. Mack - Mackington United 4 pts (1 win, 1 draw, 12 losses) Gameweek 14 results: AVERAGE 58-59 烏野高校 (Karasuno High School), Mackington United 57-61 Party Tricks FC, Turkish de Ligt 38-77 Herbilore, Rasmutazz FC 44-28 McBride of Your Life, Trojan Horse 67-43 The Mask of Yoro, Bad Cyclists 65-50 MarshoFC Gameweek 15 fixtures: 烏野高校 (Karasuno High School) Vs Bad Cyclists, MarshoFC Vs Trojan Horse, The Mask of Yoro Vs Rasmutazz FC, McBride of Your Life Vs Turkish de Ligt, Herbilore Vs Mackington United, Party Tricks FC Vs AVERAGE

This Midweek's Results: 1st LewisGT 14 pts 2nd King Rollo 13 pts 3rd Houdini 11 pts 4th Dobbo 10 pts 5th Flatcap, Rooney, Suedehead2, Mack 8 pts 9th Sarah, Steve201 6 pts Standings: 1st Rooney 199 pts 2nd King Rollo 194 pts 3rd Suedehead2 192 pts 4th Dobbo 191 pts 5th Mack 180 pts 6th Sarah 175 pts 7th Flatcap 173 pts 8th Houdini 169 pts 9th LewisGT 149 pts 10th Steve201 136 pts 11th awardinary 117 pts 12th hinterland 31 pts 13th Viper* 18 pts Well done to LewisGT on winning this midweek. Thank you to everyone who took part this midweek.

Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 7th December Everton Vs Liverpool (12:30) Aston Villa Vs Southampton Brentford Vs Newcastle United Crystal Palace Vs Manchester City Manchester United Vs Nottingham Forest (17:30) Sunday 8th December Fulham Vs Arsenal (14:00) Ipswich Town Vs AFC Bournemouth (14:00) Leicester City Vs Brighton & Hove Albion (14:00) Tottenham Hotspur Vs Chelsea (16:30) Monday 9th December West Ham United Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (19:30)

Of course in football management sackings are common but has this guy ever not been sacked from a club/country? every time he gets announced as a new manager somewhere it just feels like the countdown is on immediately to his sacking.