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Sportsthoughts (161). Premier League 2017-18 predictions – half time report
So, the mad Christmas/ New Year fixture pile up is over, managers have had their moan about the strains it puts on the players (they have a point) and attention turns, briefly, to the FA Cup, where most Premier League … Continue reading
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Tagged football, Manchester City, Premier League, Premier League predictions, sports, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (160) – Premier League predictions for 2017-18
Time for the most fruitless exercise of the year – predicting the outcome of this season’s Premier League! Always fun though. All starts again, absurdly, on a Friday – 11 August. Arsenal v Leicester. Same time as the World Athletic … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, English Premier League, football, Manchester City, Soccer, sports, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (120) – The West Ham renaissance
This is not a blog I expected to be writing. And I know things could could change very quickly. But… West Ham are in the top four and playing brilliantly! Today we beat Man City, last season’s Premier League champions, … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Sam, football, Manchester City, Soccer, sports, West Ham, West Ham 2 Manchester city 1
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Sportsthoughts (81) – Premier League predictions 2013-14
So tomorrow it’s back. The sports monster that sweeps everything else aside once it gets going. More money sloshing around than ever, now BT Sport has arrived on the scene. It has been a great summer of sport again, after … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Chelsea, English Premier League, football, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Norwich, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (19) – Squeaky bums and smelling the stable
April is the cruellest month… I don’t know whether TS Eliot was a football fan – I somehow doubt it – but the opening line from “The Wasteland” perfectly sums up the agonies of April. What Sir Alex Ferguson memorably … Continue reading