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

A tricky list this week, I believe. This could sort some issues out at the top of the table...


Aston Villa v Portsmouth
Man Utd v Derby (with a bonus point if you predict a Derby win and they do)
Blackburn v West Ham
Spurs v Man City
Bolton v Wigan


All predictions to be in by lunchtime on Saturday, 8th December.

Aston Villa v Portsmouth 1-1 (Gabriel Agbonlahor)

Man Utd v Derby 6-0 (Cristiano Ronaldo)
(Bonus point? Yeah right )

Blackburn v West Ham 2-1 (Benni McCarthy)

Spurs v Man City 3-2 (Jermaine Jenas)

Bolton v Wigan 1-0 (Nicolas Anelka)

Aston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth (Carew)
Man Utd 4-0 Derby (C. Ronaldo)
Blackburn 2-1 West Ham (McCarthy)
Spurs 2-3 Man City (Petrov)
Bolton v Wigan 2-0 (Anelka)

I’ll have to take some risks now; but 1 bonus point for a Derby win? that’s a fool’s game!

if it was a BP for a derby GOAL, then maybe!

Aston Villa 2-1 Portsmouth (Agbonlahor)
Man Utd 4-1 Derby (Ronaldo)
Blackburn 1-1 West Ham (McCarthy)
Spurs 0-0 Man City
Bolton 1-0 Wigan (Anelka)

Spurs to keep a clean sheet, now that is a bold one!

no bolder that rams to score... oh, it has to happen sometime, but not necessarily in 2007, and certainly not against MU... i think the hair dryer will be on full blast if that happens!

Aston Villa 1 Portsmouth 1 Agbonlahor
Man Utd 3 Derby 0 Ronaldo (And I'm not tempted by the bonus point)
Blackburn 2 West Ham 1 McCarthy
Spurs 0 Man City 2 Elano
Bolton 1 Wigan 0 Anelka

Aston Villa 2-2 Portsmouth (Utaka)
Man Utd 2-0 Derby (Ronaldo)
Blackburn 0-0 West Ham
Spurs 1-2 Man City (Mpenza)
Bolton 1-0 Wigan (Anelka)

B

Aston Villa 2-2 Portsmouth Benjani
Man Utd 0-1 Derby Miller(Stranger things have happened)
Blackburn 3-0 West Ham Santa Cruz
Spurs 1-2 Man City Geovanni
Bolton 1-0 Wigan Anaelka

Aston Villa 2-2 Portsmouth (Gabriel Agbonlahor)
Man Utd 5-0 Derby (Carlos Tevez)
Blackburn 3-1 West Ham (Roque Santa Cruz)
Spurs 2-2 Man City (Dimitar Berbatov)
Bolton 2-0 Wigan (Nicolas Anelka)

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Portsmouth (Agbonlahor)
Man Utd 0 - 1 Derby (Oakley) (Ok, so desperation is already setting in)
Blackburn 2 - 1 West Ham (McCarthy)
Spurs 1 - 2 Man City (Petrov)
Bolton 2 - 0 Wigan (Diouf)

Aston Villa 2-1 Portsmouth (John Carew)
Manchester United 4-0 Derby (Cristiano Ronaldo)
Blackburn 1-1 West Ham (Carlton Cole)
Spurs 1-1 Manchester City (Dimitar Berbatov)
Bolton 1-0 Wigan (Nicolas Anelka)

Aston Villa 2 v 0 Portsmouth ~ Gardner
Man Utd 4 v 0 Derby (with a bonus point if you predict a Derby win and they do) ~ Giggs
Blackburn 1 v 0 West Ham ~ Santa Cruz
Spurs 0 v 1 Man City ~ Petrov
Bolton 2 v 0 Wigan ~ Giannakopoulos

According to Lawro, the Bolton-Wigan match is "... an interesting one with two relatively new managers in charge of both clubs."

Is four managers in one game likely to be a Premiership record?

B

Aston Villa 1-1 Portsmouth (Agbonlahor)
Man Utd 4-1 Derby (Tevez)
Blackburn 2-2 West Ham (Santa Cruz)
Spurs 1-1 Man City (Bent)
Bolton 1-0 Wigan (Campo)

Aston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth (Garner, Muntari, Barry)
Man Utd 4-1 Derby (Giggs, Tevez, Ronaldo, Jerome)
Blackburn 0-1 West Ham (Ashton)
Spurs 2-1 Man City (Vhimbonda, Bianchi, Defoe)
Bolton 4-1 Wigan (Scharnarr, Landzaat, Nolan, Davies, Anelka)


Not a hugely successful week this week. And what little there is on offer is down to Anelka and Ronaldo doing the necessaries for their team. Had they not performed the scores would be way down this week. Also a number of folk didn't have the faith in Derby to score, and so missed out when they predicted 4-0 for United. (Me I did have faith, but sadly not in the Welsh midfielder).

So without further ado, it's a very well done to this week's McKay and Orcus with a modest 8 points each. Congrats chaps