Houdini

Sheffield United really are a waste of space. I wish teams like them would just stay down to be honest, there's no feeling of excitement and anticipation when they get promoted because you know they won't add anything to the league once they're here. Here's hoping that 2024 will mark the last appearance of them in the Premier League for many years to come.

Great episode of Smackdown last night with numerous call ups/resignings to the main roster including Tiffany Stratton and Naomi. Bayley Vs Iyo Sky is confirmed for Wrestlemania now after Damage Ctrl turned their backs on Bayley and it looks like The Rock Vs Roman Reigns at Wrestlemania could very possibly happen after Rock appeared to stare down Reigns which followed a really good promo between Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns. Logan Paul's promo at the start of the episode was also nice. I also thought that the Women's Royal Rumble match was better than the Men's and Jade Cargill looked awesome as well as Jordynne Grace & Naomi. After these latest developments and CM Punk's injury who knows what Cody Rhodes will do now at Wrestlemania?

Saturday 3rd February Everton 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur (12:30) Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Crystal Palace Burnley 0-1 Fulham Newcastle United 2-0 Luton Town Sheffield United 0-3 Aston Villa (17:30) Sunday 4th February AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Nottingham Forest (14:00) Chelsea 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (14:00) Manchester United 2-1 West Ham United (14:00) Arsenal 0-3 Liverpool (16:30) Monday 5th February Brentford 1-2 Manchester City (20:00)

This Midweek's Results: 1st Rooney 21 pts 2nd Houdini 20 pts 3rd King Rollo 17 pts 4th Sarah 14 pts 5th Dobbo 13 pts 6th Mack 12 pts 7th Steve201 11 pts 8th Flatcap, LewisGT 10 pts 10th Suedehead2 8 pts Standings: 1st LewisGT 298 pts 2nd Houdini 293 pts 3rd Dobbo 288 pts 4th King Rollo 287 pts 5th Rooney 271 pts 6th Steve201 268 pts 7th Flatcap 267 pts 8th Sarah 259 pts 9th Suedehead2 243 pts 10th Mack 231 pts 11th awardinary 220 pts 12th DJHazey 159 pts 13th PeteFromLeeds 96 pts Well done to Rooney on winning this midweek. Thank you to everyone who took part this midweek.

Crazy finish to the Wolves match. I thought we'd thrown it away when they scored in the 95th minute but Kobbie Mainoo saved us with the 97th minute winner!

Oliver will probably go down as the least memorable contestant of all time! He did absolutely nothing and he was the first person out. Very embarrassing for the doctor to clap when he did, don't think he'll last long in this. Both teams were poor to be honest.

Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 3rd February Everton Vs Tottenham Hotspur (12:30) Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Crystal Palace Burnley Vs Fulham Newcastle United Vs Luton Town Sheffield United Vs Aston Villa (17:30) Sunday 4th February AFC Bournemouth Vs Nottingham Forest (14:00) Chelsea Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (14:00) Manchester United Vs West Ham United (14:00) Arsenal Vs Liverpool (16:30) Monday 5th February Brentford Vs Manchester City (20:00)

Tuesday 30th January Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal (19:30) Fulham 2-0 Everton (19:45) Luton Town 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion (19:45) Crystal Palace 1-0 Sheffield United (20:00) Aston Villa 2-1 Newcastle United (20:15) Wednesday 31st January Manchester City 3-0 Burnley (19:30) Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Brentford (19:30) Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea (20:15) Thursday 1st February West Ham United 1-1 AFC Bournemouth (19:30) Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Manchester United (20:15)

Standings at the end of Gameweek 21: Main league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 1,271 pts 2. Herbs - Herbilore 1,109 pts 3. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 1,075 pts 4. awardinary - Mount Evraest 1,024 pts 5. Brett-Butler - Veni Vidi Mitrovici 1,014 pts 6. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 999 pts 7. Mack - Mackington United 938 pts 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 929 pts Head to head league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 48 pts (16 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 2. Herbs - Herbilore 45 pts (15 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 3. AVERAGE 42 pts (14 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 4. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 12 losses) 5. awardinary - Mount Evraest 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 12 losses) 6. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 13 losses) 7. Mack - Mackington United 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 13 losses) 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 16 losses) Gameweek 21 results: AVERAGE 47-41 MarshoUnited, Not Caspian Terns 57-61 Mounting a Challenge, Party Tricks FC 29-44 Mackington United, Herbilore 56-43 Mount Evraest Gameweek 22 fixtures: Not Caspian Terns Vs MarshoUnited, Party Tricks FC Vs AVERAGE, Herbilore Vs Mounting a Challenge, Mount Evraest Vs Mackington United

Fantastic news! Hopefully Pep Guardiola fucks off soon as well. Then maybe just maybe we might get the good old Premier League back instead of the formulaic bullshit we've had to endure for the past 5 years or so.

^ That will definitely benefit WWE in the long run as there's bound to be more viewers due to lots of people already having Netflix accounts rather than subscribing to another network that would mean paying extra. Royal Rumble is this weekend! On paper it looks like it's a battle between Cody Rhodes & CM Punk to win the Men's match. Punk has said that no one will stop him from winning the rumble and he will eliminate Drew Mcintyre last to be victorious. I personally think Cody will win it instead which will pave the way for him to transfer to Smackdown and challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal title in a rematch of last year. I think Becky Lynch will win the Women's rumble match and face Rhea Ripley at Wrestlemania. Bayley is another strong contender for the Women's rumble.

This Week's Results: 1st LewisGT, Dobbo 8 pts 3rd Houdini 6 pts 4th King Rollo, Flatcap, Rooney, Sarah, Suedehead2 4 pts 9th Steve201, Mack 2 pts Standings: 1st LewisGT 288 pts 2nd Dobbo 275 pts 3rd Houdini 273 pts 4th King Rollo 270 pts = 5th Steve201, Flatcap 257 pts 7th Rooney 250 pts 8th Sarah 245 pts 9th Suedehead2 235 pts 10th awardinary 220 pts 11th Mack 219 pts 12th DJHazey 159 pts 13th PeteFromLeeds 96 pts Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Tuesday 30th January Nottingham Forest Vs Arsenal (19:30) Fulham Vs Everton (19:45) Luton Town Vs Brighton & Hove Albion (19:45) Crystal Palace Vs Sheffield United (20:00) Aston Villa Vs Newcastle United (20:15) Wednesday 31st January Manchester City Vs Burnley (19:30) Tottenham Hotspur Vs Brentford (19:30) Liverpool Vs Chelsea (20:15) Thursday 1st February West Ham United Vs AFC Bournemouth (19:30) Wolverhampton Wanderers Vs Manchester United (20:15) Well done to LewisGT & Dobbo on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

Saturday 20th January Arsenal 2-0 Crystal Palace (12:30) Brentford 2-1 Nottingham Forest (17:30) Sunday 21st January Sheffield United 0-1 West Ham United (14:00) AFC Bournemouth 1-3 Liverpool (16:30) Monday 22nd January Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (19:45)

This Week's Results: 1st King Rollo 11 pts 2nd Rooney 9 pts 3rd LewisGT 8 pts 4th Sarah 6 pts 5th Flatcap, Dobbo, Mack, Houdini, PeteFromLeeds, Steve201 4 pts 11th Suedehead2 2 pts Standings: 1st LewisGT 280 pts = 2nd Dobbo, Houdini 267 pts 4th King Rollo 266 pts 5th Steve201 255 pts 6th Flatcap 253 pts 7th Rooney 246 pts 8th Sarah 241 pts 9th Suedehead2 231 pts 10th awardinary 220 pts 11th Mack 217 pts 12th DJHazey 159 pts 13th PeteFromLeeds 96 pts Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 20th January Arsenal Vs Crystal Palace (12:30) Brentford Vs Nottingham Forest (17:30) Sunday 21st January Sheffield United Vs West Ham United (14:00) AFC Bournemouth Vs Liverpool (16:30) Monday 22nd January Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (19:45) Well done to King Rollo on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

A new year begins with the same familiar script being followed.

Him and Harry Kane will finally win some silverware at least! I have a feeling that Bayern will win the Champions League this season as well.

Friday 12th January Burnley 1-0 Luton Town (19:45) Saturday 13th January Chelsea 2-0 Fulham (12:30) Newcastle United 1-1 Manchester City (17:30) Sunday 14th January Everton 1-1 Aston Villa (14:00) Manchester United 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur (16:30)

Thanks for pointing this out Dobbo! The late change would have caught me out for sure, fixture list has been amended on the previous page.

For the quality of music 2014. 2013 is also another strong year for this decade in terms of the quality of music. The charts were fun to follow for the first half of the decade but then they nosedived in the 2nd and haven't been as good since imo.

Just out of curiosity when you are listening to music and contributing towards the Last.fm stats do you people have a "whatever happens happens", "go with the mood/flow" attitude or do you at least sometimes tactically listen to songs a certain amount of times with the weekly/monthly/yearly Last.fm stats in mind? Like for example if there's a song that you're listening to and it's growing on you and you end up listening to it on repeat a few times but then try to hold yourself back from continuing to listen to it on repeat knowing it's racking up scrobbles in your charts?

This might be a weird and unpopular opinion but I find Manchester City's matches are generally boring to watch. The only time they're exciting is if their opponents take the game to them. I watched part of the match against Huddersfield but as soon as City went 1-0 up I knew what was coming next, then just as I thought the 2nd goal came quickly after that and now they're currently winning 5-0. I turned the game off at half time when the score was 2-0. There's no real sense of jeopardy watching them the vast majority of the time and how they still continue to get these favourable cup draws is beyond me. Hopefully Arsenal Vs Liverpool later today will be much more entertaining watching as a neutral.

20 years this year since the legendary banger that is "Lean Back" by Terror Squad ft Fat Joe & Remy Ma. Still sounds as good now as it did back in '04!

Same! 2014 being 10 years ago is another thing that will take some time getting used to :(

Standings at the end of Gameweek 20: Main league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 1,210 pts 2. Herbs - Herbilore 1,053 pts 3. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 1,018 pts 4. awardinary - Mount Evraest 981 pts 5. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 970 pts 6. Brett-Butler - Veni Vidi Mitrovici 963 pts 7. Mack - Mackington United 894 pts 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 888 pts Head to head league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 45 pts (15 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 2. Herbs - Herbilore 42 pts (14 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 3. AVERAGE 39 pts (13 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 4. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 11 losses) 5. awardinary - Mount Evraest 27 pts (9 wins, 0 draws, 11 losses) 6. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 12 losses) 7. Mack - Mackington United 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 13 losses) 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 15 losses) Gameweek 20 results: MarshoUnited 34-92 Mounting a Challenge, AVERAGE 59-51 Mackington United, Not Caspian Terns 39-74 Mount Evraest, Party Tricks FC 62-64 Herbilore Gameweek 21 fixtures: AVERAGE Vs MarshoUnited, Not Caspian Terns Vs Mounting a Challenge, Party Tricks FC Vs Mackington United, Herbilore Vs Mount Evraest

This Week's Results: 1st Dobbo 16 pts 2nd Steve201, awardinary 15 pts 4th Houdini 14 pts 5th King Rollo 12 pts 6th LewisGT, Sarah 10 pts 8th Rooney 8 pts 9th Mack, Suedehead2 6 pts 11th Flatcap 4 pts Standings: 1st LewisGT 272 pts = 2nd Dobbo, Houdini 263 pts 4th King Rollo 255 pts 5th Steve201 251 pts 6th Flatcap 249 pts 7th Rooney 237 pts 8th Sarah 235 pts 9th Suedehead2 229 pts 10th awardinary 220 pts 11th Mack 213 pts 12th DJHazey 159 pts 13th PeteFromLeeds 92 pts Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Friday 12th January Burnley Vs Luton Town (19:45) Saturday 13th January Chelsea Vs Fulham (12:30) Newcastle United Vs Manchester City (17:30) Sunday 14th January Everton Vs Aston Villa (14:00) Manchester United Vs Tottenham Hotspur (16:30) Well done to Dobbo on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.