h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Stuff the postponed Birmingham thing from last week. We'll have a sixth game, and a Leeds one, this week so that we can all poke fun at Psycorp


Fulham v Tottenham
Reading v Sheffield United
Man City v Blackburn
Liverpool v Chelsea
Newcastle v West Ham
Leeds v West Brom


All predictions to be in by noon (or just after) on Staurday, 20th January.

Why do you hate me so? What have I ever done to you??

Aww, come on, no. I don't hate you, Psycorp

Look, I gave you a new match that's got so much more potential for you than Birmingham away.

Plus I even threw in one of of the Blades off to Reading. Now if that's not putting my head on the block and handing you the axe, then I don't know what is

Fulham 1 v 3 Tottenham (B.McBride)
Reading 2 v 1 Sheffield United (K.Doyle)
Man City 0 v 2 Blackburn (B.McCarty)
Liverpool 2 v 2 Chelsea (D.Drogba)
Newcastle 1 v 1 West Ham (B.Zamora)
Leeds 1 v 2 West Brom (D.Kamara)

I was dreading Plymouth Vs Coventry being on here.

Fulham 1 v 3 Tottenham ~ Boa Morte
Reading 2 v 1 Sheffield United ~ Lita
Man City 1 v 0 Blackburn ~ Samaras
Liverpool 1 v 1 Chelsea ~ Kuyt
Newcastle 2 v 0 West Ham ~ Butt
Leeds 1 v 0 West Brom ~ Healey

Fulham 0 - 2 Tottenham (Defoe)
Reading 2 - 1 Sheffield United (Hulse)
Man City 0 - 0 Blackburn
Liverpool 2 - 1 Chelsea (Drogba)
Newcastle 1 - 1 West Ham (Martins)
Leeds 1 - 1 West Brom (Frazer Richardson)

Fulham 0-2 Tottenham Keane
Reading 0-0 Sheffield United
Man City 1-2 Blackburn McCarthy
Liverpool 3-3 Chelsea Drogba
Newcastle 2-0 West Ham Martins
As much as i hate to admit it i think *cough*newcastle*cough* are goin to win
Leeds 2-1 West Brom Healy

Fulham v Tottenham 1-1 (Berbatov)
Reading v Sheffield United 0-0
Man City v Blackburn 1-2 (McCarthy)
Liverpool v Chelsea 1-1 (Bellamy)
Newcastle v West Ham 3-0 (Martins)
Leeds v West Brom 0-1 (Phillips)

Fulham 1 Tottenham 2 Berbatov
Reading 2 Sheffield United 0 Lita
Man City 2 Blackburn 2 McCarthy
Liverpool 2 Chelsea 1 Bellamy
Newcastle 3 West Ham 1 Martins
(I feel sorry about this one as I ate dinner in David Healy's home town on Tuesday night but)
Leeds 0 West Brom 2 Kamara

Can i change my newcastle score after last nights match?

Fulham 1-2 Tottenham (Defoe)
Reading 1-0 Sheffield United (Lita)
Man City 1-0 Blackburn (Samaras)
Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea (Drogba)
Newcastle 2-0 West Ham (Martins)
Leeds 0-0 West Brom

Fulham 1-1 Tottenham (Jermain Defoe)
Reading 2-0 Sheffield United (Leroy Lita)
Manchester City 2-1 Blackburn (Darius Vassell)
Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea (Didier Drogba)
Newcastle 3-1 West Ham (Obafemi Martins)
Leeds 1-2 West Bromwich (Kevin Phillips)

Oh, and by the way: if I'm rubbish again this week, I blame the trauma of Dean Windass leaving Valley Parade.

Fulham 3-1 Tottenham (Vincenzo Montella)
Reading 2-0 Sheffield United (Seol Ki-Hyeon)
Man City 2-0 Blackburn (Joey Barton)
Liverpool 3-0 Chelsea (Xabi Alonso)
Newcastle 3-3 West Ham (Obafemi Martins)
Leeds 1-1 West Brom (Kevin Phillips)

Fulham 1-0 Tottenham (McBride)
Reading 4-1 Sheffield United (Kitson) <-- this one is going to be our mauling for the season
Man City 0-0 Blackburn (--)
Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea (Lampard)
Newcastle 1-0 West Ham (Parker)
Leeds 0-0 West Brom (--)

Well, I must say that I've enjoyed listening to BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon. Especially the text messages from Leeds fans.

5-1!!!!!We won 5-1!!!!!!!

Who knew Stuart Downing was actually a footballer?

Given that there were 20% more points up for grabs this week, the overall scores were disappointingly low.

Not of course that this will bother our winner this week, Nirvanite, with his 9 points ( ), nor Orcus with a commendable 7 points, who as our early season absentees are now starting to move upwards through the table.

At the end of the day, however, it must be me[Andy]g who is feeling the most content with this week. His second place of 8 points increases and cements his place at the top of the table.

... or is this just early days...

Given that I'm tied in second, I'll say it's early days for looking at the table...