RonnieMac:
Round 34
Apr 15: Liverpool v Chelsea
Liverpool 2 Chelsea 1
Firmino, VVD
Barkley, Hazard
Apr 16: Watford v Arsenal ( really tricky pick, Watford could have an F.A Cup hangover, Arsenal fresh off Napoli and struggling away.
Watford 2 Arsenal 2
Ozil, Xhaka
Thanks should have read it more carefully!
Round 34
Liverpool 1 v 1 Chelsea
VVD, Firmino, Hazard, RLC
Watford 0 v 1 Arsenal
Torriera, Auba
Round 34
Liverpool 2 v 0 Chelsea
Salah, Keita, Lofty cheeks, Rudiger
Watford 1 v 1 Arsenal
Auba, Ozil
Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea
Salah, Firmino, Hazard, Willian
Watford 1-1 Arsenal
Aubameyang, Lacazette
Liverpool 3 Chelsea 1
Salah, Firmino
Hazard, Giroud
Watford 1 Arsenal 3
Lacazette, Ozil
Round 34 Points Available
Liverpool vs Chelsea
Pick Liverpool win: 1 point
Pick correct Goal Margin 2 goals: 3 points
Pick Liverpool to score 2 goals: 2 points
Pick Chelsea to score 0 goals: 2 points
Pick Liverpool MOM Salah (8.6): 3 points
Pick Chelsea MOM Kante (7.5): 3 points
Player points available: van Dijk 3 (assist, clean sheet), Robertson 2 (clean sheet), Matip 2 (clean sheet), Alexander-Arnold 2 (clean sheet), Alisson 2 (clean sheet), Salah 1 (goal), Mane 1 (goal), Henderson 1 (assist)
Watford vs Arsenal
Pick Arsenal win: 1 point
Pick correct Goal Margin 1 goal: 3 points
Pick Arsenal to score 1 goal: 2 points
Pick Watford to score 0 goals: 2 points
Pick Arsenal MOM Mustafi (7.7): 3 points
Player points available: Leno 2 (clean sheet), Mustafi 2 (clean sheet), Mavropanos 2 (clean sheet), Koscielny 2 (clean sheet), Monreal 2 (clean sheet), Maitland-Niles 2 (clean sheet), Aubameyang 1 (goal)
Updated Table after Round 34 (this week's score in brackets):
Brumbys 283 (20)
Downey26 270 (12)
Ajc28 257 (15)
Kwlap 250 (15)
Paulm 236 (9)
RonnieMac 232 (5)
Surge 209 (0)
3 people picked Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0... Brumbys is on a ridiculous hot streak and threatening to run away with things... for which there is precedent, a couple of seasons ago from memory!
Isn't a tad out balance to award a minimum of 8 points (GK and 3 defenders) for a clean sheet but 2 points for a goal (Scorer + Assist?)
Might be worth including in the year end review ?
Liverpool 3 Chelsea 1
Salah, Firmino
Hazard, Giroud
Watford 1 Arsenal 3
Lacazette, Ozil
Isn't a tad out balance to award a minimum of 8 points (GK and 3 defenders) for a clean sheet but 2 points for a goal (Scorer + Assist?)
Might be worth including in the year end review ?
Definitely worth discussion/review if we do this again next season.
But I'm not totally sure... thing is, a clean sheet is quite rare (especially for Arsenal lol)... and we generally all pick attackers, so it's a nice little incentive to encourage you to try your luck. Personally, I mostly don't do it as it's too big of a risk. I have done it with van Dijk a lot recently as he's been getting goals/assists, and Liverpool have a lot of clean sheets, but even then I've had terrible luck - picked him in games where they've conceded, not picked him in games where they've kept clean sheets, frustrating!
Apr 22: Cardiff 0 v Liverpool 2 Henderson, Mane
Apr 22: Arsenal 3 v Crystal Palace 0 Aubamayang, Ozil
Apr 23: Chelsea 2 v Burnley 1 Giroud, Hazard
Apr 25: Wolves 1 v Arsenal 2 Lacazette, Mhikitaryan
Cardiff 0-3 Liverpool
Salah, Firmino
Arsenal 2-0 Palace
Aubameyang, Lacazette
Chelsea 2-0
Hazard, Willian
Apr 22: Cardiff 0 v Liverpool 2 Milner, Mane
Apr 22: Arsenal 2 v Crystal Palace 1 Auba, Ramsay
Apr 23: Chelsea 2 v Burnley 1 RLC, Hazard
Apr 25: Wolves 1 v Arsenal 2 Laca, Ozil
Apr 22: Cardiff 0 v Liverpool 4 Mane, TAA
Apr 22: Arsenal 3 v Crystal Palace 1 Auba, Laca
Apr 23: Chelsea 2 v Burnley 2 Wood, Willian
Apr 25: Wolves 0 v Arsenal 1 Laca, Torriera
RonnieMac:
Round 35
Apr 22: Cardiff 1 Liverpool 2
Firmino, Salah
Apr 22: Arsenal 3 Crystal Palace 1
Auba, Mkhi
Apr 23: Chelsea 2 Burnley 0
Hazard, Azpuilicueta
Apr 25: Wolves 1 Arsenal 2
Laca, Ozil
Round 35
Apr 22: Cardiff 1 Liverpool 4
Firmino, Robertson
Apr 22: Arsenal 3 Crystal Palace 1
Ozil, Mkhitaryan
Apr 23: Chelsea 2 Burnley 1
Hazard, Hudson-Odoi
Apr 25: Wolves 1 Arsenal 2
Auba, Laca
Round 35 Available Points:
Cardiff vs Liverpool:
Pick Liverpool win: 1 point
Pick Liverpool to score 2 goals: 2 points
Pick Cardiff to score 0 goals: 2 points
Pick Liverpool to win by 2: 3 points
Liverpool MOM Wijnaldum (8.4): 3 points
Player points available: Alexander-Arnold 3 (assist, clean sheet), van Dijk 2 (clean sheet), Matip 2 (clean sheet), Robertson 2 (clean sheet), Alisson 2 (clean sheet), Gomez 2 (clean sheet), Milner 1 (goal), Wijnaldum 1 (goal)
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace
Pick Arsenal loss: 3 points
Pick Arsenal to score 2 goals: 2 points
Pick Crystal Palace to score 3 goals: 2 points
Pick Crystal Palace to win by 1: 3 points
Arsenal MOM Aubameyang (7.5): 3 points
Player points available: Lacazette 1 (assist), Ozil 1 (goal), Aubameyang 1 (goal)
Chelsea vs Burnley
Pick draw: 2 points
Pick Chelsea to score 2 goals: 2 points
Pick Burnley to score 2 goals: 2 points
Pick 0 margin (draw): 3 points
Pick Chelsea MOM Hazard (8.1): 3 points
Player points available: Higuain 1 (goal), Kante 1 (goal), Hazard 1 (assist), Azpuilicueta 1 (assist)
Wolves vs Arsenal
Pick loss: 3 points
Pick Arsenal to score 1 goal: 2 points
Pick Wolves to score 3 goals: 2 points
Pick losing margin of 2 goals: 3 points
Pick Arsenal MOM Xhaka (7.3): 3 points
Player points available: Sokratis 1 (goal), Xhaka 1 (assist)
Updated Table after Round 35 (this week's score in brackets):
Brumbys 302 (19)
Downey26 291 (21)
Ajc28 276 (19)
Kwlap 271 (21)
Paulm 246 (10)
RonnieMac 246 (14)
Surge 209 (0)
*please check your scores! there was a bit to add it up, it got confusing at times*
Also Kwlap I gave you the point for Wood, but next time Chelsea/Liverpool/Arsenal players only :)
I'm starting to feel like Stevie G April 2014...
So I will update the table after the Arsenal/Wolves game on Thursday, and that will be the final posting of the table until the end of the season, when I'll do a bit of a drumroll and place-by-place announcement.
I might do some Europe picks for next week too, stay tuned.
Wolves 1-0 Arsenal
Lacazette, Aubameyang
Liverpool 3-0 Huddersfield
Mane, Salah
Leicester 2-1 Arsenal
Lacazette, Aubameyang
Man United 1-1 Chelsea
Hazard, Higuain
Liverpool 4-0 Huddersfield
Henderson, Firmino
Leicester 1-2 Arsenal
Lacazette, Aubameyang
Man United 1-1 Chelsea
Hazard, Pedro
Liverpool 2-0 Huddersfield
VVD, Salah
Leicester 0-1 Arsenal
Ramsay, Aubameyang
Man United 1-1 Chelsea
Hazard, Kante
Round 36
Apr 27: Liverpool 3 Huddersfield 0
van Dijk, Salah
Apr 29: ManU 1 Chelsea 1
Hazard, Azpuilicueta
Apr 30: Leicester 1 Arsenal 2
Lacazette, Aubameyang
RonnieMac:
Round 36
Apr 27: Liverpool 5 Huddersfield 0
Robertson, Salah
Apr 29: ManU 1 Chelsea 1
Hazard, Willian
Apr 30: Leicester 1 Arsenal 2
Lacazette, Xhaka
NOTE: RonnieMac texted me half hour before kick-off to change Firmino out for Salah when he saw that Firmino wasn't starting. Have updated his pick to reflect.
Liverpool - Huddersfield - shark missed that it was on!
Leicester 1-1 Arsenal
Auba, Leno
Man United 0-1 Chelsea
Gonzalo,Hazard
Ok lads, we're in the silent final rounds now, so no more score updates...
When the end comes, I'll probably post it in stages - the score updates from the last 3 rounds, the score updates from the pre-season picks, and the final leaderboard.
I said I was going to do final european picks but I should've got on earlier to do it in time for the 1st legs, it's a bit harsh to give a day or two notice, so I'll save it for the 2nd legs.
These are the remaining league picks to be made for the premier league:
Round 37
May 5: Arsenal v Brighton
May 5: Chelsea v Watford
May 6: Newcastle v Liverpool
Round 38
May 13: Liverpool v Wolves
May 13: Burnley v Arsenal
May 13: Leicester v Chelsea
Round 37
May 5: Arsenal 3 v Brighton 0 Leno, Auba
May 5: Chelsea 2 v Watford 2 Hazard, Higuain
May 6: Newcastle 0 v Liverpool 1 Salah, Mane
Round 37
May 5: Arsenal 1-0 Brighton
Auba, Miki
May 5: Chelsea 2-1 Watford
Hazard, RLC
May 6: Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool
Mane, Milner
Just gonna keep these going to make things easier for myself at the end:
Round 36 available points:
Apr 27: Liverpool v Huddersfield
Pick Liverpool win: 1 point
Pick Liverpool to score 5 goals: 2 points
Pick Huddersfield to score 0 goals: 2 points
Pick margin of 5 goals: 3 points
Liverpool MOM Salah (10!): 3 points
Player points available: ... *DEEP BREATH* ... Robertson 4 (clean sheet, 2 assists), Salah 3 (2 goals, assist), Alexander-Arnold 3 (clean sheet, assist), Mane 2 (2 goals), van Dijk 2 (clean sheet), Lovren 2 (clean sheet), Alisson 2 (clean sheet), Gomez 2 (clean sheet), Keita 1 (goal), Henderson 1 (assist).
Apr 29: ManU v Chelsea
Pick Chelsea draw: 2 points
Pick Chelsea to score 1 goal: 2 points
Pick ManU to score 1 goal: 2 points
Pick margin 0: 3 points
Pick Chelsea MOM Alonso (7.8): 3 points
Player points available: Alonso 1 (goal)
Apr 30: Leicester v Arsenal
Pick Arsenal loss: 3 points
Pick Arsenal to score 0 goals: 2 points
Pick Leicester to score 3 goals: 2 points
Pick margin -3: 3 points
Arsenal MOM Leno (7.7): 3 points
Player points available: ....................
SPECIAL EUROPEAN ROUND PICKS:
Note: Picking for 2nd Leg games ONLY, no aggregates.
For all games, pick the fulltime score, and 2 Liverpool/Arsenal/Chelsea players.
Liverpool vs Barcelona
Valencia vs Arsenal
Chelsea vs Eintracht Frankfurt
BONUSES:
Salah to score against Barca, pick Yes/No, 2 points
Hazard to score against Eintracht, pick Yes/No: 2 points
Aubameyang to score against Valencia, pick Yes/No: 2 points
I know I'm not updating but just FYI, Ronniemac got 27 points in the last round!
Picked Liverpool's 5-0, Chelsea's 1-1, and also picked Robertson and Salah for Liverpool (4 and 6 points respectively).
Very impressive performance!
SPECIAL EUROPEAN ROUND PICKS:
For all games, pick the fulltime score, and 2 Liverpool/Arsenal/Chelsea players.
Liverpool 2 vs Barcelona 1 Salah/Mane
Valencia 1 vs Arsenal 1 Aubamayang, Iwobi
Chelsea 3 vs Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Giroud, Hazard
BONUSES:
Salah to score against Barca, pick No
Hazard to score against Eintracht, pick No
Aubameyang to score against Valencia, pick No
Ronniemac's picks
Liverpool vs Barcelona
Liverpool 2, Barca 1 – heartbreak for everyone
Salah, Firmino
Valencia vs Arsenal
Valencia 1, Arsenal 0 - squeak through
Xhaka, Koscielny
Chelsea vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Chelsea 2, Frankfurt 0
Hazard, Pedro
Salah Yes
Hazard Yes
Auba No
Round 37
May 5: Arsenal v Brighton
Arsenal 3, Brighton Nil
Lacca, Auba
May 5: Chelsea v Watford
Chelsea 2, Watford 1
Hazard, Higuan (or however you spell it)
May 6: Newcastle v Liverpool
Newcastle 2, Liverpool 2 - Sad day for us as after a European Hangover
Mane, OX
My picks
EUROPEAN:
Liverpool vs Barcelona
Liverpool 1 Barca 1
Salah, Robertson
Valencia vs Arsenal
Valencia 1, Arsenal 1
Laca, Auba
Chelsea vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Chelsea 2, Frankfurt 0
Hazard, Giroud
Salah Yes
Hazard Yes
Auba Yes
Round 37
May 5: Arsenal v Brighton
Arsenal 3 Brighton 0
Laca, Mkhi
May 5: Chelsea v Watford
Chelsea 2, Watford 2
Hazard, Higuain
May 6: Newcastle v Liverpool
Newcastle 1, Liverpool 2
Mane, Firmino
May 5: Arsenal 2 v Brighton 1 Lacazette, Aubay
May 5: Chelsea 2 v Watford 0 Hazard, Higuain
May 6: Newcastle 0 v Liverpool 3 Salah, Mane
May 5: Arsenal 3 v Brighton 0 Lacazette, Leno
May 5: Chelsea 1 v Watford 1 Alonso, Hazard
May 6: Newcastle 1 v Liverpool 2 Mane, Keita
Liverpool 2-1 Barca. Mane, Firm
Salah to score - No
