Houdini

Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 2nd December Arsenal Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Brentford Vs Luton Town Burnley Vs Sheffield United Nottingham Forest Vs Everton (17:30) Newcastle United Vs Manchester United (20:00) Sunday 3rd December AFC Bournemouth Vs Aston Villa (14:00) Chelsea Vs Brighton & Hove Albion (14:00) Liverpool Vs Fulham (14:00) West Ham United Vs Crystal Palace (14:00) Manchester City Vs Tottenham Hotspur (16:30)

Garnacho with one of the best goals ever scored in the history of the Premier League in a 3-0 win against Everton. No team has won more matches in the league since the start of October and that's 5 wins from the last 6 matches. Like I said all it takes is a winning run of matches then the narrative will change which is what is happening now hearing the media, hope we can keep this up. Only time will tell if we'll be back at Goodison Park again next season for another Premier League match. We're not far away now from any of the sides above us in the league table.

CM Punk is back in WWE! His return at the end of Survivor Series was flawlessly executed, I was completely taken off guard by it. I didn't think he would ever go back to WWE after everything that has happened in the past 9 years and with Triple H in control now. As for Survivor Series I thought it was a good show overall with the women's wargames match being my favourite. It was also good to see Randy Orton back and looking healthy after his long injury layoff. Apparently doctors told him to not wrestle ever again so for him to come back in a match like wargames is quite the achievement.

Sorry to say but I can't count this prediction because it was made so late after kick off.

Alfa Romeo: Zhou vs Bottas [Q, R] Alpha Tauri: Ricciardo [Q, R] v Tsunoda Alpine: Gasly [Q, R] vs Ocon Aston Martin: Alonso [Q, R] vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc [Q, R] vs Sainz Jr Haas: Magnussen [Q, R] vs Hulkenberg McLaren: Norris [Q, R] vs Piastri Mercedes: Hamilton [R] vs Russell [Q] Red Bull: Verstappen [Q, R] vs Perez Williams: Sargeant vs Albon [Q, R] Pole Position: Max Verstappen Winner: Max Verstappen Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen

Saturday 25th November Manchester City 1-2 Liverpool (12:30) Burnley 0-1 West Ham United Luton Town 1-1 Crystal Palace Newcastle United 2-0 Chelsea Nottingham Forest 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion Sheffield United 0-0 AFC Bournemouth Brentford 1-2 Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 26th November Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Aston Villa (14:00) Everton 1-1 Manchester United (16:30) Monday 27th November Fulham 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (20:00)

Will Ospreay is a big signing for AEW especially with All In 2 taking part in England again next year. Swerve Vs Hangman Adam Page at Full Gear was crazy! Easily the best match on the PPV.

Standings at the end of Gameweek 12: Main league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 746 pts 2. Herbs - Herbilore 700 pts 3. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 658 pts 4. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 649 pts 5. Mack - Mackington United 621 pts 6. Brett-Butler - Veni Vidi Mitrovici 614 pts 7. awardinary - Mount Evraest 597 pts 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 591 pts Head to head league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 2. Herbs - Herbilore 24 pts (8 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 3. AVERAGE 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 4. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 18 pts (6 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 5. Mack - Mackington United 18 pts (6 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 6. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 7. awardinary - Mount Evraest 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 9 pts (3 wins, 0 draws, 9 losses) Gameweek 12 results: Herbilore 76-62 MarshoUnited, Mount Evraest 56-62 Party Tricks FC, Mackington United 61-52 Not Caspian Terns, Mounting a Challenge 77-64 AVERAGE Gameweek 13 fixtures: MarshoUnited Vs Mounting a Challenge, AVERAGE Vs Mackington United, Not Caspian Terns Vs Mount Evraest, Party Tricks FC Vs Herbilore

Alfa Romeo: Zhou vs Bottas [Q, R] Alpha Tauri: Ricciardo [Q, R]v Tsunoda Alpine: Gasly [Q, R] vs Ocon Aston Martin: Alonso [Q, R] vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc [Q, R] vs Sainz Jr Haas: Magnussen vs Hulkenberg [Q, R] McLaren: Norris [Q, R] vs Piastri Mercedes: Hamilton [Q, R] vs Russell Red Bull: Verstappen [Q, R] vs Perez Williams: Sargeant vs Albon [Q, R] Pole Position: Max Verstappen Winner: Max Verstappen Fastest Lap: Charles Leclerc

Everton's points deduction sets up a couple of interesting season long storylines. The first is whether Everton with their recent track record can get enough points to stay up, the second is how damming an indictment of the standard of last season's Championship it could be if all three newly promoted teams still get relegated anyway. Especially as these were the top 3 ranked teams in that league and Burnley won it with such ease. Unless Everton have massively turned a corner this season you would expect them to finish on less than 30 points now which 99% of the time would be guaranteed relegation.

All 3 promoted teams are currently in the relegation places. Not since 1997/98 have all of the newly promoted teams gone straight back down and it could be the only time it's happened in the Premier League era. I wonder if this could be the season for that to happen? you could make a strong case for all of them to get relegated this season. I read a stat that no team that has lost 10 out of their first 12 matches avoided relegation so for Burnley in particular it doesn't bode well.

This Week's Results: 1st LewisGT 16 pts 2nd Mack 15 pts 3rd DJHazey, Steve201 13 pts 5th Flatcap 12 pts 6th Dobbo 11 pts 7th Rooney, Houdini, Suedehead2, King Rollo 10 pts 11th PeteFromLeeds 9 pts 12th Sarah 8 pts 13th awardinary 6 pts Standings: 1st LewisGT 186 pts 2nd King Rollo 176 pts 3rd Dobbo 175 pts 4th Rooney 165 pts = 5th Houdini, Flatcap 161 pts 7th Steve201 155 pts 8th Sarah 149 pts 9th Mack 148 pts 10th Suedehead2 147 pts 11th awardinary 144 pts 12th DJHazey 128 pts 13th PeteFromLeeds 78 pts Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 25th November Manchester City Vs Liverpool (12:30) Burnley Vs West Ham United Luton Town Vs Crystal Palace Newcastle United Vs Chelsea Nottingham Forest Vs Brighton & Hove Albion Sheffield United Vs AFC Bournemouth Brentford Vs Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 26th November Tottenham Hotspur Vs Aston Villa (14:00) Everton Vs Manchester United (16:30) Monday 27th November Fulham Vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (20:00) Well done to LewisGT on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

Saturday 11th November Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (12:30) Arsenal 2-0 Burnley Crystal Palace 1-1 Everton Manchester United 2-0 Luton Town AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Newcastle United (17:30) Sunday 12th November Aston Villa 2-0 Fulham (14:00) Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Sheffield United (14:00) Liverpool 2-0 Brentford (14:00) West Ham United 1-1 Nottingham Forest (14:00) Chelsea 0-2 Manchester City (16:30)

I think it's understandable as Tottenham had the best form from August through to October. He definitely won't win it for November though and with Maddison being injured for the next few months Ange probably won't win it again this season.

I would have said Liverpool should be shoe-ins to win this competition but after tonight I'm not so sure! :mellow:

Standings at the end of Gameweek 11: Main league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 669 pts 2. Herbs - Herbilore 624 pts 3. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 597 pts 4. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 596 pts 5. Mack - Mackington United 560 pts 6. Brett-Butler - Veni Vidi Mitrovici 546 pts 7. awardinary - Mount Evraest 541 pts 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 529 pts Head to head league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 2. Herbs - Herbilore 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 3. AVERAGE 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 4. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 5. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 6. Mack - Mackington United 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 7. awardinary - Mount Evraest 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 9 pts (3 wins, 0 draws, 8 losses) Gameweek 11 results: MarshoUnited 25-29 Mackington United, Mounting a Challenge 31-25 Mount Evraest, AVERAGE 32-37 Herbilore, Not Caspian Terns 34-31 Party Tricks FC Gameweek 12 fixtures: Herbilore Vs MarshoUnited, Mount Evraest Vs Party Tricks FC, Mackington United Vs Not Caspian Terns, Mounting a Challenge Vs AVERAGE

Of course there's light at the end of the tunnel, there's always light at the of the tunnel in football unless if you're going out of business. This is just our time to have struggles but it won't be like this for the rest of eternity. All it takes is a winning run of matches then the narrative will change, football has always been like that. Just hope that we bounce back against Luton in the Premier League on Saturday.

This Week's Results: 1st Houdini 12 pts 2nd Steve201 11 pts 3rd LewisGT 10 pts 4th Flatcap 8 pts 5th DJHazey, Rooney, King Rollo, Suedehead2 6 pts 9th Sarah, Dobbo, Mack 4 pts Standings: 1st LewisGT 170 pts 2nd King Rollo 166 pts 3rd Dobbo 164 pts 4th Rooney 155 pts 5th Houdini 151 pts 6th Flatcap 149 pts 7th Steve201 142 pts 8th Sarah 141 pts 9th awardinary 138 pts 10th Suedehead2 137 pts 11th Mack 133 pts 12th DJHazey 115 pts 13th PeteFromLeeds 69 pts Well done to myself on winning this week. Thank you to everyone who took part this week.

Matchday 4: Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Newcastle United Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Barcelona Lazio 2-1 Feyenoord Porto 2-0 Royal Antwerp Man City 6-0 Young Boys AC Milan 1-2 PSG Atletico Madrid 3-0 Celtic Red Star 1-1 RB Leipzig Real Sociedad 1-2 Benfica Napoli 2-0 Union Berlin FC Copenhagen 1-2 Man United Red Bull Salzburg v Inter Milan Bayern Munich 3-0 Galatasaray Arsenal 2-1 Sevilla PSV 1-1 Lens Real Madrid 2-0 Braga

Fixtures (All kick of times are 15:00 GMT unless stated otherwise) Saturday 11th November Wolverhampton Wanderers Vs Tottenham Hotspur (12:30) Arsenal Vs Burnley Crystal Palace Vs Everton Manchester United Vs Luton Town AFC Bournemouth Vs Newcastle United (17:30) Sunday 12th November Aston Villa Vs Fulham (14:00) Brighton & Hove Albion Vs Sheffield United (14:00) Liverpool Vs Brentford (14:00) West Ham United Vs Nottingham Forest (14:00) Chelsea Vs Manchester City (16:30)

Yeah they were robbed but I don't feel sorry for them. During his post match rant Arteta at one point said "they lost 3 points" & "the league is too hard". Hearing him say something like that is confirmation that they wont win the league again this season. A lot of people said that they would win it after they beat Man City but if their manager thinks that the Premier League is too hard then they're not gonna have a chance of winning it. I don't think Arsene Wenger during his three title winning seasons ever would have said something like that or any of the other managers who have won it. After 10 matches played they finally lose for the first time and Arteta is acting as if it's the end of the world.

I thought Crown Jewell was a decent event, not one of the best they've done in 2023 but still decent. Seth Vs Drew was match of the night for me with the fatal five way coming second. It's no surprise at all that Logan Paul won the United States championship and I also think that was the right decision as he can get some good heel heat as champion. Damien Priest was made to look so weak in his match against Cody Rhodes and that kind of undermines the possibility of him being World Heavyweight champion if/when he cashes in the Money In The Bank briefcase successfully. As for Roman Reigns I don't think there was a single person watching the show that thought he would lose the title to L.A Knight. I'm glad that WarGames has been confirmed to be returning at Survivor Series later this month.

Saturday 4th November Fulham 1-1 Manchester United (12:30) Brentford 1-0 West Ham United Burnley 0-0 Crystal Palace Everton 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion Manchester City 3-0 AFC Bournemouth Sheffield United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Newcastle United 2-1 Arsenal (17:30) Sunday 5th November Nottingham Forest 1-0 Aston Villa (14:00) Luton Town 0-4 Liverpool (16:30) Monday 6th November Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea (20:00)

Alfa Romeo: Zhou vs Bottas [Q, R] Alpha Tauri: Ricciardo [Q, R] v Tsunoda Alpine: Gasly [Q, R] vs Ocon Aston Martin: Alonso [Q, R] vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc [Q, R] vs Sainz Jr Haas: Magnussen vs Hulkenberg [Q, R] McLaren: Norris [Q, R] vs Piastri Mercedes: Hamilton [R] vs Russell [Q] Red Bull: Verstappen [Q, R] vs Perez Williams: Sargeant vs Albon [Q, R] Pole Position: Max Verstappen Winner: Max Verstappen Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen

Standings at the end of Gameweek 10: Main league 1. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 638 pts 2. Herbs - Herbilore 587 pts 3. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 565 pts 4. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 563 pts 5. Mack - Mackington United 531 pts 6. awardinary - Mount Evraest 516 pts 7. Sarah - MarshoUnited 504 pts 8. Brett-Butler - Veni Vidi Mitrovici 502 pts Head to head league 1. AVERAGE 21 pts (7 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses) 2. Dobbo - Mounting a Challenge 18 pts (6 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 3. Herbs - Herbilore 18 pts (6 wins, 0 draws, 4 losses) 4. Houdini - Party Tricks FC 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 5. awardinary - Mount Evraest 15 pts (5 wins, 0 draws, 5 losses) 6. PeteFromLeeds - Not Caspian Terns 12 pts (4 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 7. Mack - Mackington United 12 pts (4 wins, 0 draws, 6 losses) 8. Sarah - MarshoUnited 9 pts (3 wins, 0 draws, 7 losses) Gameweek 10 results: Party Tricks FC 67-49 MarshoFC, Herbilore 76-60 Not Caspian Terns, Mount Evraest 75-66 AVERAGE, Mackington United 91-74 Mounting a Challenge Gameweek 11 fixtures: MarshoFC Vs Mackington United, Mounting a Challenge Vs Mount Evraest, AVERAGE Vs Herbilore, Not Caspian Terns Vs Party Tricks FC