I was one who hadn't checked since we don't play until later this week. As far as I can tell none of those matches happened over the weekend (at least they don't appear on the Live Score app yet), but apologies if any did.
Chelsea 1 v ManU 2 - Hazard, Giroud
Liverpool 2 v Bayern 0 - Mane, Salah
Arsenal 2 v BATE 1 - Aubamayang, Lacazette
Chelsea 3 v Malmo 0 - Hazard, Pedro
You are correct, ManU v Chelsea is tomorrow morn, for some reason I thought it was last night! So still time Surge, get in and make your picks!
Cheers boys - I kinda switch off when it's not league stuff... at least until Europe gets proper knockoutey and interesting... so:
Chelsea 1 v ManU 3 - Sanchez, Hazard
Liverpool 1 v Bayern 0 - Mane, Salah
Arsenal 4 v BATE 1 - Aubamayang, Iwobi
Chelsea 4 v Malmo 1 - Giroud, Pedro
SUPER CUPS BONUS ROUND AVAILABLE POINTS:
Chelsea v ManU
Pick Chelsea loss: 3 points
Pick FT score 0-2: 5 points
Chelsea MOM: Hazard (7.7): 3 points
Player points: No one
Liverpool v Bayern
Pick Liverpool draw: 2 points
Pick exact score 0-0: 5 points
Liverpool MOM: Keita (7.6): 3 points
Player points: Alisson, Robertson, Fabinho, Matip, Alexander-Arnold all 2 points for the clean sheet.
Arsenal v BATE
Pick Arsenal win: 1 point
Pick exact score 3-0: 5 points
Arsenal MOM: Xhaka (8.8): 3 points
Player points: Mustafi 3 (goal, clean sheet), Sokratis 3 (goal, clean sheet), Xhaka 2 (2 assists), Monreal 2 (clean sheet), Koscielny 2 (clean sheet), Lichtsteiner 2 (clean sheet), Cech 2 (clean sheet)
Chelsea v Malmo
Pick Chelsea win: 1 point
Pick exact score 3-0: 5 points
Chelsea MOM: Hudson-Odoi (9.3!!!!!!): 3 points
Player points: Willian 2 (2 assists), Emerson 2 (clean sheet), Christensen 2 (clean sheet), Rudiger 2 (clean sheet), Azpuilicueta 2 (clean sheet), Ampadu 2 (clean sheet), Caballero 2 (clean sheet), Giroud 1 (goal, Hudson-Odoi 1 (goal), Barkley 1 (goal)
Round 27 Picks *SPECIAL*
Arsenal v Southampton
Pick FT score + 2x Arsenal players (normal)
Manchester United v Liverpool
Pick FT score + 2x Liverpool players
PLUS head to heads:
De Gea vs Alisson
Salah vs Pogba
Sorry i know that last one isn't like-for-like but finding it tough to pick guys we know will start for sure, as I think Martial and Lingard might be injured?
CARABAO CUP FINAL SPECIAL:
Chelsea v Man City
Pick FT score + 2x Chelsea players
Arsenal 3 - Southampton 0
Lacazette, Kolasinac
United 1 - Liverpool 2
Salah, Firmino
Alisson
Pogba
Chelsea 0 - Man City 2
Hazard, Pedro
rsenal v Southampton
Arsenal 2 Southampton 1
Aubameyang, Kolasinac
Manchester United v Liverpool
ManU 1 Liverpool 1
Salah, Mane
H2H's: De Gea, Salah
Chelsea v Man City
Man City 3 Chelsea 0
Hazard, Giroud
Arsenal 4 Southampton 1
Lacazette, Auba
ManU 0 Liverpool 1
Firmino, Mane
H2H's: Alisson, Progba
Man City 3 Chelsea 1
Higuain, Kante
Hey guys, these were Ronniemac's picks that he text messaged me on Friday, for the record:
ManU 2 Liverpool 1
Firmino, Henderson
H2H's: Pogba, De Gea
Arsenal 3 Soton 1
Laca, Mkhitaryan
ManCity 3 Chelsea 1
Hazard, Kante
Ok so one a couple of minor technicalities I didn't properly cover off for this round.
1) I didn't state the points for head-to-heads. As per previous head-to-heads, 2 points for picking the winners of those.
2) I did not properly clarify the Man City/Chelsea picks i.e. what it meant for Extra Time/Penalties. I did state "FT score" so I believe I should take the end of the 90 minutes as the score for our picks - that's usually what has happened in the past. Any objections to that? In any case it's actually the same outcome - every single one of us picked Man City to win, so whether I award us all 3 points for the picking the Chelsea loss, or all 0 points because it was actually a draw at 90 minutes, it doesn't matter.
Round 27 Available Points
Arsenal v Southampton
Pick Arsenal win: 1 point
Pick exact score 2-0: 5 points
Arsenal MOM: Lacazette (8.6): 3 points
Player points available: Mkhitaryan 2 (goal, assist), Kolasinac 2 (clean sheet), Sokratis 2 (clean sheet), Mustafi 2 (clean sheet), Lichtsteiner 2 (clean sheet), Koscielny 2 (clean sheet), Leno 2 (clean sheet), Lacazette 1 (goal)
Manchester United v Liverpool
Pick draw: 2 points
Pick exact score 0-0: 5 points
Liverpool MOM: Alisson (7.5): 3 points
Player points available: Milner 2 (clean sheet), Matip 2 (clean sheet), van Dijk 2 (clean sheet), Robertson 2 (clean sheet), Alisson 2 (clean sheet)
PLUS head to heads:
Alisson (7.5) beats De Gea (6.5): 2 points
Pogba (7.0) beats Salah (6.0): 2 points
Chelsea v Man City
Pick Chelsea draw: 2 points
Pick exact score 0-0: 5 points
Chelsea MOM: Azpilicueta (8.3): 3 points
Player points available: Azpilicueta 2 (clean sheet), Rudiger 2 (clean sheet), Luiz 2 (clean sheet), Emerson 2 (clean sheet), Kepa 2 (clean sheet)
Updated Table after Round 27:
Brumbys 203 (11)
Downey26 195 (3)
Paulm 184 (9)
RonnieMac 182 (9)
Ajc28 174 (5)
Kwlap 173 (16)
Surge 168 (9)
We have a new outright leader... and an absolutely massive round from Kwlap to pull himself off the bottom...
Round 28 *SPECIAL* (all games Thursday morning NZ time):
Arsenal v Bournemouth:
Pick FT score + 2x Arsenal players
Liverpool v Watford:
Pick result only
Chelsea v Tottenham (Special):
Pick FT score + 2x Chelsea players
Arsenal 3 v Bournemouth 0 - Lacazette, Sokratis
Liverpool 2 v Watford 0
Chelsea 1 v Tottenham 2 - Hazard, Jorginho
Us 3 - Them 1
Iwoni, PEA
Pool draw
Chelsea 1 - Them 1
Giroud, Hazard
fudge yea! huge lucky break!
anyway, I'm sure business will resume its normal service with this lot -
Arsenal 2 Bournemouth 2
Auba , torreria
Liverpool: Win
Chelsea 0 Tottenham 1
Willian, Alonso
Ronniemacs picks
Arsenal v Bournemouth
3 – 0
Clynne, Solanke
Lacazette, Auba
Liverpool v Watford
Liverpool Win – There’s no way we can play that badly for 2 games in a row, Klopp probably had kittens in the changing rooms after the Man U game.
Chelsea – Spurs
Chelsea 1 – Spurs 3
Harzard, Willian
Arsenal 2 Bournemouth 0
Lacazette, Mhkitaryan
Liverpool: Win
Chelsea 0 Tottenham 2
Hazard, Willian
Arsenal 2-1 Bournemouth
Auba, Torriera
Liverpool 3-0 Watford
Chelsea 1-0 Tottenham
Hazard, Kante
Round 28 Available Points:
Arsenal v Bournemouth:
Pick Arsenal win: 1 point
Pick FT score 5-1: 5 points
Arsenal MOM: Ozil (9.2): 3 points
Player points available: Mkhitaryan 3 (goal, 2 assists), Ozil 2 (goal, assist), Aubameyang 1 (goal), Lacazette 1 (goal), Koscielny 1 (goal), Kolasinac 1 (assist)
Liverpool v Watford:
Pick Liverpool win: 1 point
Chelsea v Tottenham:
Pick Chelsea win: 1 point
Pick FT score 2-0: 5 points
Chelsea MOM: Pedro (8.1): 3 points
Player points available: Azpilicueta 3 (assist, clean sheet), Alonso 2 (clean sheet), Luiz 2 (clean sheet), Rudiger 2 (clean sheet), Caballero 2 (clean sheet), Pedro 1 (goal)
Updated Table after Round 28:
Brumbys 206 (3)
Downey26 199 (4)
Paulm 188 (4)
RonnieMac 186 (4)
Ajc28 181 (7)
Kwlap 177 (4)
Surge 170 (2)
ROUND 29 **DERBY WEEKEND**
We have a weekend of derbies, for all 3 teams. Arsenal play Spurs, Liverpool play Everton, and Chelsea play Fulham. Yes Chelsea's derby is a wee bit lame but it counts!
So, lets go full picks for all 3 matches - FT score + 2 players from Arsenal/Liverpool/Chelsea. And we'll do a head-to-head for each game, and for extra derby spice we're going DOUBLE POINTS.
Head to Heads are:
Kane vs Lacazette (Aubameyang if Laca doesn't start)
Richarlison vs Salah
Hazard vs Babel
ROUND 29 **DERBY WEEKEND**
Arsenal 2 Spurs 2
Laca/Auba (H2H)
Mhikitaryan, Aubamayang
Liverpool 2 Everton 0
Salah (H2H)
Mane, Firmino
Fulham 1 Chelsea 2
Babel (H2H)
Giroud, Barkely
That format correct Paul?
Perfect Brumbys. If anyone's not quite sure just use Brumbys format to do it...
Ronniemac:
Spurs v Arsenal – what a cracker this will be!
Spurs 2 Arsenal 3 (Late Trippier own goal haha)
Ozil, Auba
Everton 1 Liverpool 4 ( Hopefully we can play football and not get drawn into scrappy derby day rubbish)
Salah, Mane (Man is on a streak, and that backheel goal against Watford was sublime)
Fulham 1 Chelsea 3
Hazard, Willian
Head to Heads:
Lacazette/Aubameyang
Salah
Harzard (Babel, hahahaha, he’s sh!te)
My picks:
Spurs 1 Arsenal 3
Mkhitaryan, Lacazette
H2H: Auba/Laca
Everton 2 Liverpool 2
Mane, Salah
H2H: Salah
Fulham 0 Chelsea 3
Hazard, Pedro
H2H: Hazard
My picks:
Spurs 1 Arsenal 1
Ozil, PEA
H2H: PEA/Laca
Everton 1 Liverpool 2
Mane, Salah
H2H: Sale
Fulham 0 Chelsea 3
Hazard, Giroud
H2H: Hazard
Spurs 1-1 Arsenal
Lacazette, Mkhitaryan
H2H: Kane
Everton 0-2 Liverpool
Mane, Firmino
HDH: Salah
Fulham 0-2 Chelsea
Hazard, Giroud
H2H: Hazard
Spurs 1-2 Arsenal
Torreira, Iwobi
H2H: Kane
Everton 1-1 Liverpool
Mane, Keita
HDH: Salah
Fulham 0-3 Chelsea
Hazard, Rudiger
H2H: Hazard
Arsenal 1-1 Tottenham
Auba, Laca
Liverpool 2-0 Everton
VVD, Salah
Chelsea 3-0 Fulham
Willian, Higuain
Kane
Salah
Hazard
ROUND 29 "Double Point Derby Weekend" available points:
Tottenham vs Arsenal:
Pick draw: 4 points
Pick exact score 1-1: 10 points
Pick Arsenal MOM: Monreal (7.5): 6 points
Arsenal player points available: Ramsey 2 (goal), Lacazette 2 (assist)
Head to Head: Kane (7.5) beats Lacazette (6.8): 4 points
Fulham vs Chelsea:
Pick Chelsea win: 2 points
Pick exact score 2-1: 10 points
Pick Chelsea MOM: Hazard (7.6): 6 points
Chelsea player points available: Jorginho 2 (goal), Higuain 2 (goal), Hazard 2 (assist), Azpuilicueta 2 (assist)
Head to Head: Hazard (7.6) beats Babel (7.1): 4 points
Everton vs Liverpool
Pick draw: 4 points
Pick exact score 0-0: 10 points
Pick Liverpool MOM: van Dijk (8.4): 6 points
Liverpool player points available: van Dijk 4 (clean sheet), Robertson 4 (clean sheet), Alexander-Arnold 4 (clean sheet), Matip 4 (clean sheet), Alisson 4 (clean sheet)
Head to Head: DRAW! Both Richarlison and Salah got 6.3, so will award 4 points to EVERYONE, channeling my best Oprah.
Before I calculate the scores, just want to get in quick with the next picking round. I'm super busy this week so won't run another european round. 3x PL matches next Sunday (Monday morn NZ time). Arsenal play ManU, a bit of a biggie, so lets go with the following:
Round 30 Picks:
Liverpool v Burnley - Pick Result only
Chelsea v Wolves - Pick Result only
Arsenal vs ManU:
Pick HALF AND FULL time scores (put HT score in brackets)
Pick two Arsenal players, AND two ManU players...
That cool?
Liverpool 2 v Burnley 0
Chelsea 1 v Wolves 0
Arsenal (1) 2 vs ManU (0) 1
Aubamayang, Mhikitaryan
Pogba, Lukaku