The Wildcard’s Premier League Predictions - Week 7
There are so many things going wrong for West Ham right now that the last thing they need is another home game.
There are so many things going wrong for West Ham right now that the last thing they need is another home game.
You know, as far as All Whites squads go this is a fairly experienced one right here. Roughly as good as we’d have hoped for.
Perhaps they’ll write a book about it one day, Sam Allardyce’s 67 days in charge of the England football team.
Vengeance is a dish best served cold which is suiting for Chris Wood who happens to live in Yorkshire these days.
The writing was on the wall for Wayne Rooney midweek at Northampton Town. At least in the short term anyway.
Half the league is in crisis and the other half are scoring goals for fun. Football aye? Brace yourself for tales of moles in the dressing room, wackyland and team photos gone... weird.
A week can sometimes make all the difference and Chris Wood goals seem to have the same effect.
How soon is too soon to panic? How about when you blow a 2-0 lead at home against Watford to lose 4-2 and then chase that by also losing 4-2 vs West Brom.
This week it's Conte vs Klopp and it’s Hazard vs Firmino. Diego Costa getting niggly with them and Adam Lallana doing that weird thing where his shots go on target with some power.
Jake Gleeson got a stump, hooray. Plus further tales of Winston Reid, Chris Wood, Tommy Smith, Ryan Thomas and Bill Tuiloma. Also, Mario Balotelli for some reason.
The first international break has come and gone and immediately we're right back into it with the Manchester Derby, as well as a sneaky big Liverpool vs Leicester match, plus plenty more to savour.
For Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho, there hasn’t been a misstep yet between them but any thoughts of a honeymoon period will be atomised this weekend.
Make no mistake about it, Chelsea’s defence just got a whole lot fluffier.
It constantly stuns, the fact that these intricately run footy clubs wait until the last minute to get these crucial, sometimes season-defining, transfers done.