Well, I did get a couple of things right last week, like Daniel Sturridge scoring for Man City. But overall, not so good. Arsenal to beat Fulham? You'd think so, but no. But maybe third time's the charm. Here are my predictions for week three in the Premier League. Saturday Bolton 1-1 West Bromwich Albion A win over Stoke [. Click to continue reading...

Can we not talk about last week's predictions please? Well I guess you want to laugh at me with the same intensity I kicked my own backside. Only five predictions correct (eleven of twenty so far this season), missed the banker entirely (one for two on banker predictions). The only two solaces I had was [. Click to continue reading...

Can we not talk about last week's predictions please? Well I guess you want to laugh at me with the same intensity I kicked my own backside. Only five predictions correct (eleven of twenty so far this season), missed the banker entirely (one for two on banker predictions). The only two solaces I had was [. Click to continue reading...

Third Half Chat times this weekend:

Saturday from 9:30 and 7:25 pm.

Sunday from 8:15 am.

As I forgot to mention the full match review games on this week's show, here they are. Middlesbrough v Stoke City (The Gods must not like me at the moment with Stoke City) and Sunderland v Manchester City.

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Predictions are often banded around in football by experts, novices, drunks down the pub and the infinite source of wisdom that is the internet messageboard user. It is a wonder that with all this knowledge and insight that betting firms haven't gone under and all teams just conform with collected expectation and roll over for [. Click to continue reading...

Let the GAMES BEGIN! Okay I'm sure you're all wondering what are we doing at Serie A Talk, predictions with no club previews? Well there are tons of sites offering previews and they all sound very similar so if you want the low-down I'll list'em for you at the end of my predictions for Serie A Match Day Uno. Click to continue reading...

This week languagecaster continues to ask fans about their team's chances in the Premier League. We also feature the men's and women's Olympic finals. We also: Review the news in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Introduce a football expression in English for Football And start the predictions battle in the predictions competition For learners of English check out [. Click to continue reading...

Matchday one is now gone and we look forward to another weekend of action from the Barclays Premier League. As I mentioned last week, I'm going to be tracking my performance in the same manner IKTS does. Even I will admit I was pretty bad by predictions standards last week. Only six out of ten correct, [. Click to continue reading...

Matchday one is now gone and we look forward to another weekend of action from the Barclays Premier League. As I mentioned last week, I'm going to be tracking my performance in the same manner IKTS does. Even I will admit I was pretty bad by predictions standards last week. Only six out of ten correct, [. Click to continue reading...

Matchday one is now gone and we look forward to another weekend of action from the Barclays Premier League. As I mentioned last week, I'm going to be tracking my performance in the same manner IKTS does.

Even I will admit I was pretty bad by predictions standards last week. Only six out of ten correct, none on the nose.

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How many scores did I get right last week? Absolutely none, that's how many. But am I discouraged? Of course not. You see, it wasn't my fault. Turns out someone (not me) had forgotten to recalibrate the old crystal ball for the new season and it was still on the 2007/8 settings. But I've had the [... Click to continue reading...

Morning all. There isn't shite to write about today. Seriously there is nothing. I thought about doing my Fulham match preview today but I'll save that for tomorrow morning.

There is a hurricane going on outside my house right now (not even joking there really is) and it sucks because I haven't been able to leave my house at all. Click to continue reading...

I want to do predictions. So I'm going to do them. You can lambaste me now or more appropriately, at the end of the season. Feel free to improve on my egregious decisions in the comments section.

-The Chelsea Offside 2008-09 English Premiership predictions-

1. Chelsea
Really, was there any doubt?

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Chat times this weekend at the Third Half:

Saturday 7:30 am and 7:15 pm

Sunday 8:15 am.

I'll also be using Stickam this weekend as I haven't heard anything yet about the issues the client I'm using now is having.

If you followed the EPL Talk Predictions League last year (that I started before moving to CSRN), I finished inside the top five (I think it was fourth, but I can't remember).

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Welcome back! On this week's show we take a look at the start of the Premier League season as well as having a new English for Football phrase. For learners of English check out our Football Language Resources with: Worksheets and transcripts Vocabulary lists ** NEW ** Football language glossary Click here for the transcript Click to continue reading...

Languagecaster is back after the summer break with a look at the upcoming Premier League. Will it be the same old story with Clelsea and Manchester United battling it out at the top or will a dark horse sneak up on the rails. We ask fans what they think about their team's chances. We also: Review the [. Click to continue reading...

1) Manchester United
2) Chelsea
3) Liverpool
4) Arsenal
5) Tottenham
6) Portsmouth
7) Aston Villa
8) Everton
9) Manchester City
10) Newcastle
11) Sunderland
12) Bolton
13) West Ham
14) Blackburn
15) Middlesbrough
16) Fulham
17) West Brom
18) Wigan
19) Stoke
20) Hull City

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Yes I am a Liverpool supporter.... and yes they will win the Championship. 1. Liverpool: Regardless of where my loyalties lay, Liverpool has the best chances at winning the championship this year. I'll start from the front and work my way back through the lineup. Fernando Torres will have no pre-season jitters this year. Click to continue reading...

As I mentioned on yesterday's Third Half (scroll down), I am starting up a Premier League Predictions League this season.

For those who haven't heard of this game before, to me it's more addicting than Fantasy Football ever will be, and it takes less time to do weekly.

As the name would suggest, the goal is to correctly predict the scoreline on a weekly basis.

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As hinted to in earlier posts, it's almost time for my second annual Premiership preview.

Beginning this Friday, August 1, I'll be covering two teams a day for 10 days, starting with the club I believe will finish dead last this year and working my way up in order to the eventual league champion. Click to continue reading...

Is the Premier League boring? Are the results too predictable? It does seem as though the 'Big Four' Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United, seem to own the top four spots. But what about the other big leagues in Europe? Top Four Finishers England 1 2 3 4 2008 Man U Chelsea Arsenal Liverpool 2007 Man U Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal 2006 Chelsea Man U Liverpool Arsenal 2005 Chelsea Arsenal Man U Everton Spain 1 2 3 4 2008 R. Click to continue reading...

So I was talking to my partner in crime, CSD, two weeks ago when I brought up the topic of a potential story idea discussing the 2008-09 schedule in great detail. After throwing out the idea, I quickly realized that most people, while they wouldn't mind a breakdown, would rather see how good we are at playing the role of the great prognosticator (at least I think so!

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More fun with statistics: I've been playing with the numbers available at mlsnet.com and wanted to see if there was a simple-yet-interesting method for predicting the rest of the season. I'm sure there are agreed upon methods for making predictions, but I decided to not do any research. I'm forging new territory in bad decision-making. Click to continue reading...

The last in our summer podcasts looks back at the Euro 2008 Championships and asks some of our footballing 'experts' what they thought were the best and worst moments of the tournament. In addition, we also reveal the winner of the summer predictions battle. Languagecaster will be back with a new set of weekly podcasts in [. Click to continue reading...

As Mr Comfort has said many a time: "Long-winded people are boring, and writing full sentences is for chumps." Here is your chance to cut to the chase. Tottenham to claim that elusive fourth place - or to struggle to get into the top half? Hull to beat the drop - or to outshine Derby's feats? [...] Click to continue reading...