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Charlton v Tottenham
Portsmouth v Newcastle
Blackburn v West Brom
Fulham v Man Utd
Reading v Sheffield Utd


All selections to be in by 12noon on Saturday, 1st October.

Charlton 2 Tottenham 2 (Darren Bent)

Portsmouth 1 Newcastle 0 (Lomana Lua Lua)

Blackburn 1 West Brom 0 (Craig Bellamy)

Fulham 0 Man Utd 2 (Ruud van Nistelroy)

Reading 1 Sheffield Utd 2 (Steven Kabba)

scorings been quite low this season - so far.....

Charlton 1 v 1 Tottenham - Mendes
Portsmouth 0 v 2 Newcastle - Shearer
Blackburn 1 v 1 West Brom - Ellington
Fulham 1 v 2 Man Utd - Van NistelHorse
Reading 0 v 2 Sheffield Utd - Kabba

It's touching that you both think that the Blades will win. (It's probably very true as well.) What I'm surprised that you haven't considered is United's tendency to leak early goals, and to then force a comeback to win the game.

Of the 10 victories so far this season: three have come from a losing position - http://www.soccer-stats.com/divisions/swings.asp?divno=2&orderby=3

Stats Schmatts - I've picked Blades to win to jinx you.

Percentages, percentages I just pick the guy I think is most likely to score at all. Not that my techique is entirely successful on the scorer front...

Charlton v Tottenham 2-2 (defoe)
Portsmouth v Newcastle 1-2(owen)
Blackburn v West Brom 3-1(bellamy)
Fulham v Man Utd 1-2(nistleroy)
Reading v Sheffield Utd 1-3(quinn)

andy

Now I know I'm cursed. No sooner do I pick a scorer with the hope they've recovered from 'the flu' than do I find that it's now been upgraded to the condition of malaria!

Charlton 2-2 Tottenham (Defoe)
Portsmouth 1-5 Newcastle (Owen)
Blackburn 2-0 West Brom (Bellamy)
Fulham 1-4 Man Utd (van Nistelrooy)
Reading 0-2 Sheffield Utd (Jagielka)

I've just been trying to make up my mind about the Charlton-Spurs game with the aid of the William Hill site, which has the curious habit of listing players' names with the surnames first and without commas.

Hmm... shall I go for King Ledley, Young Luke or Bent Darren?

Take the second and let the force flow

Charlton 1-1 Tottenham - Bent
Portsmouth 1-2 Newcastle - Owen
Blackburn 2-1 West Brom - Horsfield
Fulham 0-1 Man Utd - Niselrooy
Reading 1-0 Sheffield Utd - Lita

Bottletop

Charlton v Tottenham 1-1 (Bent)
Portsmouth v Newcastle 0-2 (Owen)
Blackburn v West Brom 2-0 (Bellamy)
Fulham v Man Utd 1-2 (Ronaldo)
Reading v Sheffield Utd (Shipperley)

Yakus.

Charlton 2-1 Tottenham (Bent)
Portsmouth 0-2 Newcastle (Owen)
Blackburn 2-0 West Brom (Pedersen)
Fulham 1-3 Man Utd (v. Nistelrooy)
Reading 0-0 Sheffield Utd

Charlton v Tottenham (1-1) Mido
Portsmouth v Newcastle (0-1) Owen
Blackburn v West Brom (1-1) Morten G Andersen
Fulham v Man Utd (1-2) Scholes
Reading v Sheffield Utd (1-1) Lita

sprout

Charlton 1-0 Tottenham (Bent)
Portsmouth 1-2 Newcastle (Owen)
Blackburn 2-1 West Bromwich (Pedersen)
Fulham 0-2 Manchester Utd. (van Nistelrooy)
Reading 1-0 Sheffield Utd. (Lita)

Charlton 2-1 Tottenham (Keane)
Portsmouth 0-1 Newcastle (Owen)
Blackburn 1-1 West Brom (Ellington)
Fulham 0-2 Man Utd (van Nistelrooy)
Reading 3-3 Sheffield Utd (Shipperley)

To be sporting can I point out to Yakusmaximus that you haven't given a scoreline for the Blades match?

Charlton 2-1 Tottenham (Bent)
Portsmouth 0-1 Newcastle (Owen)
Blackburn 1-0 West Brom (Dickov)
Fulham 0-2 Man Utd (Rooney)
Reading 1-2 Sheffield Utd (Lita)

Charlton 2 - 1 Tottenham (Danny Murphy)
Portsmouth 1 - 3 Newcastle (Shearer)
Blackburn 1 - 1 West Brom (Kamara)
Fulham 3 - 1 Man Utd (Radzinski)
Reading 1 - 1 Sheffield Utd (Ifill)