Another waste of an evening

After a miserable outing last weekend and a pretty naff Xmas prediction run let’s see if I can start 2016 any better. Here is my offerings for the fixtures on January 2nd/3rd Saturday West Ham vs Liverpool – Liverpool Win Arsenal vs Newcastle – Arsenal Win Leicester vs Bournemouth – …

In a day where Arsenal went back to the league summit and Tottenham improved their Top 4 credentials, let’s see how I fared with predictions yesterday Crystal Palace vs Swansea – Crystal Palace Win NO Everton vs Stoke – Everton Win NO Norwich vs Aston Villa – Draw NO Watford …

The landmarks are being reached thick and fast here at realfootballman as I can announce I’ve just recorded 10,ooo page views for the blog in December. To put that into some context, it is more than double of November’s readership and accounts for one third of total views since I …

No 5 Good, 5 Bad today as I haven’t really got the time and I drunk too much yesterday but here are a few brief Match Of The Day musings. Manchester United vs Chelsea was an absolute stinker. United were too afraid to lose and Chelsea played without a striker. …

3rd in the league well at least for 24 hours, what a good Christmas period this is turning out to be Those are the kind of wins that will get you in the Top 4 come the end of the season It may not have been pretty at times but …

Sunderland defender John O’Shea is struggling with a calf problem and could be replaced by Wes Brown, who has only made one appearance this season. Younes Kaboul remains sidelined by a hamstring injury that will keep him out for a number of weeks. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he won’t …

Leicester’s two leading scorers Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez were both substituted at Anfield on Boxing Day but are fit to face Manchester City. Danny Drinkwater could return from a hamstring injury. Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is unlikely to feature after suffering a recurrence of a calf injury against …

What a waste of time that was

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney could be recalled after he was only named as a substitute against Stoke. Midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger returns from suspension and defender Matteo Darmian could be available following a hamstring injury. Chelsea will be without striker Diego Costa, who is suspended for accumulating five bookings this …