Houdini

Good riddance to Amorim! Easily one of the worst managers in the history of Man United. Only an idiot would carry on doing something that everyone can see is clearly not working, loss after loss but still sticking with the three at the back formation and his defeatist way of talking about the club and the players didn't help matters.

I've only been able to watch a few games so far but really impressed with Nigeria's progress in this, we've got a good chance of winning but the opponents will step up a level from here on in. The African teams that have qualified for the World Cup have generally had a poor showing so far which doesn't bode well for next summer for those teams.

This Week's Results: 1st LiamSime 19 pts 2nd Dobbo, Steve201, Flatcap 18 pts 5th Sarah 16 pts 6th Houdini 15 pts 7th Rooney, King Rollo 13 pts 9th LewisGT 12 pts 10th Suedehead2 11 pts 11th Mack 9 pts 12th DJHazey 6 pts Standings: 1st Rooney 276 pts 2nd King Rollo 268 pts 3rd Houdini 266 pts 4th Dobbo 252 pts 5th Sarah 249 pts 6th LiamSime 246 pts 7th Flatcap 241 pts 8th Steve201 236 pts 9th Mack 224 pts 10th Suedehead2 220 pts = 11th DJHazey, LewisGT 206 pts 13th Viper* 181 pts 14th awardinary 115 pts 15th Liam Sota 33 pts Well done to LiamSime on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

What a goal from Harrison Reed for Fulham!

Saturday 3rd January Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest (12:30) Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 West Ham United AFC Bournemouth 0-2 Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 4th January Leeds United 1-1 Manchester United (12:30) Everton 2-1 Brentford Fulham 1-1 Liverpool Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Sunderland Manchester City 3-1 Chelsea (17:30)

My thoughts exactly! It must be exhausting for the players, wonder if this a World Cup related thing? it genuinely feels like there are Premier League matches every day during this festive period. I don't remember it being as intense as this before.

Standings at the end of Gameweek 19: Main league 1. Liam Sota - 23 (Twenty Three) 1,098 pts 2. Brett Buttler - A Cunha Matatta 1,087 pts 3. Houdini - New Dog. New Tricks 1,039 pts 4. Mack - Mackington United 1,022 pts 5. Dobbo - Cunha Believe It? 1,014 pts 6. Viper* - Pain In Diaz 994 pts 7. Sarah - MarshoFC 990 pts 8. awardinary - Ha'Cunha Mateta 942 pts 9. Herbs - Herbilore 811 pts Head to head league 1. Liam Sota - 23 (Twenty Three) 42 pts (14 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 2. Sarah - MarshoFC 36 pts (12 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 3. Dobbo - Cunha Believe It? 31 pts (10 wins, 1 draw, 8 losses) 4. Houdini - New Dog. New Tricks 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 9 losses) 5. Mack - Mackington United FC 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 9 losses) 6. awardinary - Ha'Cunha Mateta 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 9 losses) 7. AVERAGE 19 pts (6 wins 1 draw, 12 losses) 8. Herbs - Herbilore 9 pts (3 wins, 0 draws, 16 losses) Gameweek 19 results: Herbilore 42-38 (Twenty Three), MarshoFC 31-53 Cunha Believe It?, Mackington United 26-53 New Dog. New Tricks, Ha'Cunha Mateta 31-40 AVERAGE Gameweek 20 fixtures: (Twenty Three) Vs Ha'Cunha Mateta, AVERAGE Vs Mackington United, New Dog. New Tricks Vs MarshoFC Cunha Believe It? Vs Herbilore

This Midweek's Results: 1st Rooney 14 pts 2nd King Rollo 13 pts 3rd Houdini 12 pts 4th Steve201 11 pts 5th DJHazey 9 pts 6th Sarah, Viper* 7 pts 8th Dobbo, Mack 6 pts 10th Flatcap, Suedehead2 4 pts 12th LewisGT, LiamSime 2 pts Standings: 1st Rooney 263 pts 2nd King Rollo 255 pts 3rd Houdini 251 pts 4th Dobbo 234 pts 5th Sarah 233 pts 6th LiamSime 227 pts 7th Flatcap 223 pts 8th Steve201 218 pts 9th Mack 215 pts 10th Suedehead2 209 pts 11th DJHazey 200 pts 12th LewisGT 194 pts 13th Viper* 181 pts 14th awardinary 115 pts 15th Liam Sota 33 pts Well done to Rooney on winning this midweek. Thank you to everyone who took part this midweek.

I feel sorry for Enzo Maresca, he did a good job overall at Chelsea getting them into the top 4 and winning the Conference League & Club World Cup. It looks like Chelsea's board is just as bad as Man Utd's board and there has been a constant pattern of the people upstairs falling out with managers. Maresca will do well with whatever he does next I'm sure.

Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Tuesday 6th January West Ham United Vs Nottingham Forest (20:00) Wednesday 7th January AFC Bournemouth Vs Tottenham Hotspur (19:30) Brentford Vs Sunderland (19:30) Crystal Palace Vs Aston Villa (19:30) Everton Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (19:30) Fulham Vs Chelsea (19:30) Manchester City Vs Brighton & Hove Albion (19:30) Burnley Vs Manchester United (20:15) Newcastle United Vs Leeds United (20:15) Thursday 8th January Arsenal Vs Liverpool (20:00)

Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 3rd January Aston Villa Vs Nottingham Forest (12:30) Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers Vs West Ham United AFC Bournemouth Vs Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 4th January Leeds United Vs Manchester United (12:30) Everton Vs Brentford Fulham Vs Liverpool Newcastle United Vs Crystal Palace Tottenham Hotspur Vs Sunderland Manchester City Vs Chelsea (17:30)

It's alright, I'll include those predictions.

Tuesday 30th December Burnley 1-3 Newcastle United (19:30) Chelsea 2-2 AFC Bournemouth (19:30) Nottingham Forest 2-0 Everton (19:30) West Ham United 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (19:30) Arsenal 2-1 Aston Villa (20:15) Manchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (20:15) Thursday 1st January Crystal Palace 2-1 Fulham (17:30) Liverpool 2-0 Leeds United (17:30) Brentford 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (20:00) Sunderland 1-2 Manchester City (20:00)

Standings at the end of Gameweek 18: Main league 1. Liam Sota - 23 (Twenty Three) 1,060 pts 2. Brett Buttler - A Cunha Matatta 1,049 pts 3. Mack - Mackington United 996 pts 4. Houdini - New Dog. New Tricks 986 pts 5. Dobbo - Cunha Believe It? 961 pts 6. Sarah - MarshoFC 959 pts 7. Viper* - Pain In Diaz 959 pts 8. awardinary - Ha'Cunha Mateta 911 pts 9. Herbs - Herbilore 769 pts Head to head league 1. Liam Sota - 23 (Twenty Three) 42 pts (14 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 2. Sarah - MarshoFC 36 pts (12 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 3. Mack - Mackington United FC 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 4. awardinary - Ha'Cunha Mateta 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 5. Dobbo - Cunha Believe It? 28 pts (9 wins, 1 draw, 8 losses) 6. Houdini - New Dog. New Tricks 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 9 losses) 7. AVERAGE 16 pts (5 wins 1 draw, 12 losses) 8. Herbs - Herbilore 6 pts (2 wins, 0 draws, 16 losses) Gameweek 18 results: (Twenty Three) 55-30 Mackington United, Ha'Cunha Mateta 43-38 MarshoFC, AVERAGE 44-42 Herbilore, New Dog. New Tricks 39-49 Cunha Believe It? Gameweek 19 fixtures: Herbilore Vs (Twenty Three), MarshoFC Vs Cunha Believe It?, Mackington United Vs New Dog. New Tricks, Ha'Cunha Mateta Vs AVERAGE

This Week's Results: 1st Rooney 23 pts 2nd Steve201 18 pts 3rd LewisGT 14 pts 4th Flatcap, LiamSime, King Rollo, Mack 13 pts 8th DJHazey 12 pts 9th Viper*, Houdini 11 pts 11th Suedehead2, Sarah 8 pts 13th Dobbo 6 pts Standings: 1st Rooney 249 pts 2nd King Rollo 242 pts 3rd Houdini 239 pts 4th Dobbo 228 pts 5th Sarah 226 pts 6th LiamSime 225 pts 7th Flatcap 219 pts 8th Mack 209 pts 9th Steve201 207 pts 10th Suedehead2 205 pts 11th LewisGT 192 pts 12th DJHazey 191 pts 13th Viper* 174 pts 14th awardinary 115 pts 15th Liam Sota 33 pts Well done to Rooney on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

West Ham are 5 points behind Nottingham Forest and 7 behind Leeds. Is this the season they go down to The Championship?

Friday 26th December Manchester United 1-1 Newcastle United (20:00) Saturday 27th December Nottingham Forest 0-2 Manchester City (12:30) Arsenal 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion Brentford 1-1 AFC Bournemouth Burnley 0-1 Everton Liverpool 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Ham United 1-2 Fulham Chelsea 2-2 Aston Villa (17:30) Sunday 28th December Sunderland 2-1 Leeds United (14:00) Crystal Palace 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur (16:30)

Standings at the end of Gameweek 17: Main league 1. Liam Sota - 23 (Twenty Three) 1,005 pts 2. Brett Buttler - A Cunha Matatta 1,001 pts 3. Mack - Mackington United 966 pts 4. Houdini - New Dog. New Tricks 947 pts 5. Sarah - MarshoFC 921 pts 6. Viper* - Pain In Diaz 917 pts 7. Dobbo - Cunha Believe It? 912 pts 8. awardinary - Ha'Cunha Mateta 868 pts 9. Herbs - Herbilore 727 pts Head to head league 1. Liam Sota - 23 (Twenty Three) 39 pts (13 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 2. Sarah - MarshoFC 36 pts (12 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 3. Mack - Mackington United FC 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 4. Houdini - New Dog. New Tricks 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 5. awardinary - Ha'Cunha Mateta 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 6. Dobbo - Cunha Believe It? 25 pts (8 wins, 1 draw, 8 losses) 7. AVERAGE 13 pts (4 wins 1 draw, 12 losses) 8. Herbs - Herbilore 6 pts (2 wins, 0 draws, 15 losses) Gameweek 17 results: Cunha Believe It? 75-69 (Twenty Three), Herbilore 55-80 New Dog. New Tricks, MarshoFC 70-66 AVERAGE, Mackington United 74-97 Ha'Cunha Mateta Gameweek 18 fixtures: (Twenty Three) Vs Mackington United, Ha'Cunha Mateta Vs MarshoFC, AVERAGE Vs Herbilore, New Dog. New Tricks Vs Cunha Believe It?

Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Tuesday 30th December Burnley Vs Newcastle United (19:30) Chelsea Vs AFC Bournemouth (19:30) Nottingham Forest Vs Everton (19:30) West Ham United Vs Brighton & Hove Albion (19:30) Arsenal Vs Aston Villa (20:15) Manchester United Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (20:15) Thursday 1st January Crystal Palace Vs Fulham (17:30) Liverpool Vs Leeds United (17:30) Brentford Vs Tottenham Hotspur (20:00) Sunderland Vs Manchester City (20:00)

Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Friday 26th December Manchester United Vs Newcastle United (20:00) Saturday 27th December Nottingham Forest Vs Manchester City (12:30) Arsenal Vs Brighton & Hove Albion Brentford Vs AFC Bournemouth Burnley Vs Everton Liverpool Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers West Ham United Vs Fulham Chelsea Vs Aston Villa (17:30) Sunday 28th December Sunderland Vs Leeds United (14:00) Crystal Palace Vs Tottenham Hotspur (16:30)

This Week's Results: 1st LiamSime 25 pts 2nd Dobbo 24 pts 3rd King Rollo, Mack 21 pts 5th Houdini 19 pts 6th Steve201, Viper* 16 pts 8th Sarah 14 pts 9th Flatcap 13 pts 10th DJHazey, LewisGT 11 pts 12th Suedehead2 10 pts 13th Rooney 8 pts Standings: 1st King Rollo 229 pts 2nd Houdini 228 pts 3rd Rooney 226 pts 4th Dobbo 222 pts 5th Sarah 218 pts 6th LiamSime 212 pts 7th Flatcap 206 pts 8th Suedehead2 197 pts 9th Mack 196 pts 10th Steve201 189 pts 11th DJHazey 179 pts 12th LewisGT 178 pts 13th Viper* 163 pts 14th awardinary 115 pts 15th Liam Sota 33 pts Well done to LiamSime on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

This weekend Wolves suffered a 10th consecutive defeat in the Premier League losing 2-0 at home to Brentford. At the time of writing they are still without a win having played 17 matches and have equalled the Premier League record of the longest amount of games played from the start of a season without a win (also held with Sheffield United in 2020/21). They are currently on 2 points in the Premier League table and will need a further ten to avoid having the lowest in Premier League history. However the focus of this poll is specifically on the number of wins amassed over the course of the season. The infamous Derby County team of 2007/08 currently have the record for the fewest amount of wins in a Premier League season with just one. Do you think the current Wolves side will even be able to match that? or is a renascence on the way in the second half of the season? The poll will be reviewed following the conclusion of the 2025/26 Premier League season!

Saturday 20th December Newcastle United 2-0 Chelsea (12:30) AFC Bournemouth 3-0 Burnley Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Sunderland Manchester City 3-0 West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Brentford Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Liverpool (17:30) Everton 1-1 Arsenal (20:00) Leeds United 2-1 Crystal Palace (20:00) Sunday 21st December Aston Villa 2-0 Manchester United (16:30) Monday 22nd December Fulham 1-1 Nottingham Forest (20:00)

Standings at the end of Gameweek 16: Main league 1. Liam Sota - 23 (Twenty Three) 936 pts 2. Brett Buttler - A Cunha Matatta 915 pts 3. Mack - Mackington United 892 pts 4. Houdini - New Dog. New Tricks 867 pts 5. Sarah - MarshoFC 851 pts 6. Viper* - Pain In Diaz 841 pts 7. Dobbo - Cunha Believe It? 837 pts 8. awardinary - Ha'Cunha Mateta 771 pts 9. Herbs - Herbilore 672 pts Head to head league 1. Liam Sota - 23 (Twenty Three) 39 pts (13 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses) 2. Sarah - MarshoFC 33 pts (11 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 3. Mack - Mackington United FC 30 pts (10 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 4. Houdini - New Dog. New Tricks 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 5. awardinary - Ha'Cunha Mateta 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) 6. Dobbo - Cunha Believe It? 22 pts (7 wins, 1 draw, 8 losses) 7. AVERAGE 13 pts (4 wins 1 draw, 11 losses) 8. Herbs - Herbilore 6 pts (2 wins, 0 draws, 14 losses) Gameweek 16 results: (Twenty Three) 76-68 MarshoFC, Mackington United 64-60 Herbilore, Ha'Cunha Mateta 76-62 Cunha Believe It?, AVERAGE 60-80 New Dog. New Tricks Gameweek 17 fixtures: Cunha Believe It? Vs (Twenty Three), Herbilore Vs New Dog. New Tricks, MarshoFC Vs AVERAGE, Mackington United Vs Ha'Cunha Mateta

This Week's Results: 1st LiamSime 19 pts 2nd Flatcap, Suedehead2 18 pts 4th Rooney, Sarah 15 pts 6th Mack 14 pts 7th LewisGT 13 pts 8th King Rollo 12 pts 9th Viper* 11 pts 10th DJHazey, Steve201, Dobbo, Houdini 10 pts Standings: 1st Rooney 218 pts 2nd Houdini 209 pts 3rd King Rollo 208 pts 4th Sarah 204 pts 5th Dobbo 198 pts 6th Flatcap 193 pts = 7th Suedehead2, LiamSime 187 pts 9th Mack 175 pts 10th Steve201 173 pts 11th DJHazey 168 pts 12th LewisGT 167 pts 13th Viper* 147 pts 14th awardinary 115 pts 15th Liam Sota 33 pts Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 20th December Newcastle United Vs Chelsea (12:30) AFC Bournemouth Vs Burnley Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Sunderland Manchester City Vs West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers Vs Brentford Tottenham Hotspur Vs Liverpool (17:30) Everton Vs Arsenal (20:00) Leeds United Vs Crystal Palace (20:00) Sunday 21st December Aston Villa Vs Manchester United (16:30) Monday 22nd December Fulham Vs Nottingham Forest (20:00) Well done to LiamSime on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.