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Pull List

2011-07-14T13:52:00.001+02:00

Pull List

2010-11-03T13:47:00.001+01:00

October's Pull list

2010-11-03T13:46:00.002+01:00

Grooveshark Widgets - Music Playlists for Your MySpace & Blog

2010-10-24T18:36:00.000+02:00

Grooveshark Widgets - Music Playlists for Your MySpace & Blog

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 7

2010-10-01T13:37:00.001+02:00

Fixtures

Saturday, 2nd October 2010

Wigan	vs	Wolverhampton
Birmingham	vs	Everton
Stoke	vs	Man Utd
Sunderland	vs	Blackburn
Tottenham	vs	Aston Villa
West Brom	vs	Bolton
West Ham	vs	Fulham

Sunday, 3rd October 2010

Man City	vs	Newcastle
Liverpool	vs	Blackpool
Chelsea	vs	Arsenal

Predictions

Let's glance into the future

Wigan v Wolverhampton - Evenly matched I'll go for a draw
Birmingham v Everton - On the basis that I have to be right sometime, Everton win
Stoke v Blackburn - Stoke strong at home, Stoke win
Sunderland v Man Utd - Without Rooney and Defensive problems I'm going for a Sunderland win at home
Tottenham v Aston Villa - Both strong but I'll go with the home team, Spurs win
West Brom v Bolton - Pulling a few Surprises, West Brom to win at home
West Ham v Fulham - West Ham have had their first win, but I think a draw here
Man City v Newcastle - Man City Win
Liverpool v Blackpool - I'd love to go with Blackpool but I suspect a Liverpool win
Chelsea v Arsenal - Should be a good game with Chelsea edging it, Chelsea win

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 6 - Results

2010-10-01T13:24:00.002+02:00

Catching up with the Results. Again if I'd done my Predictions Maybe 1 right, at most 2

Results

Saturday, 25th September 2010

Manchester City	1-0	Chelsea
Arsenal	2-3	West Bromwich Albion
Birmingham City	0-0	Wigan
Everton	0-1	Newcastle United
Blackpool	1-2	Blackburn
Fulham	0-0	Everton
Liverpool	2-2	Sunderland

Sunday, 26th September 2010

Bolton	2-2	Manchester United
Wolverhampton	1-2	Aston Villa
Newcastle	1-2	Stoke

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 5 - Results

2010-10-01T13:17:00.001+02:00

Catching up with the Results. If I'm honest and had done my predictions I would have only got 2 or 3 right

Results

Saturday, 18th September 2010

Stoke City	1-1	West Ham United
Aston Villa	1-1	Bolton
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Fulham
Everton	0-1	Newcastle United
Tottenham Hotspur	3-1	Wolverhampton
West Brom	3-1	Birmingham
Sunderland	1-1	Arsenal

Sunday, 19th September 2010

Wigan	0-2	Manchester City
Manchester United	3-2	Liverpool
Chelsea	4-0	Blackpool

My Pull List

2010-10-01T13:03:00.004+02:00

My Pull List

2010-10-01T13:02:00.002+02:00

Erm Yeah

2010-10-01T13:01:00.001+02:00

I need to catch up, things have been hectic recently.

An insect invader at work today on Twitpic

2010-09-23T17:04:00.000+02:00

An insect invader at work today on Twitpic

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 4 - Results

2010-09-15T13:58:00.003+02:00

Only 4 right, some suprise draws threw me this week as well as Blackpool's suprise win (suprise at least for me)

Results

Saturday, 11th September 2010

Everton	3-3	Man Utd
Arsenal	4-1	Bolton
Fulham	2-1	Wolverhampton
Man City	1-1	Blackburn
Newcastle	0-2	Blackpool
West Brom	1-1	Tottenham
West Ham	1-3	Chelsea
Wigan	1-1	Sunderland

Sunday, 12th September 2010

Birmingham	0-0	Liverpool

Monday, 13th September 2010

Stoke	2-1	Aston Villa

My Pull List

2010-09-13T16:21:00.000+02:00

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 4

2010-09-11T11:04:00.001+02:00

Okay here's the first fixtures after the International Break.

Fixtures

Saturday, 11th September 2010

Everton	vs	Man Utd
Arsenal	vs	Bolton
Fulham	vs	Wolverhampton
Man City	vs	Blackburn
Newcastle	vs	Blackpool
West Brom	vs	Tottenham
West Ham	vs	Chelsea
Wigan	vs	Sunderland

Sunday, 12th September 2010

Birmingham	vs	Liverpool

Monday, 13th September 2010

Stoke	vs	Aston Villa

Predictions

After last times success lets try again

Everton v Man Utd - Tough game Everton plays well but still can't score, Everton suprise win
Arsenal v Bolton - Arsenal win
Fulham v Wolverhampton - Fulham strong at home, ask Man U, Fulham win
Man City v Blackburn - City to win against the seasiders
Newcastle v Blackpool - Barcodes to win at home
West Brom v Tottenham - Spurs has the class and should get the win
West Ham v Chelsea - West Ham to continue a poor start, Chelsea win
Wigan v Sunderland - Close but Sunderland to win
Birmingham v Liverpool - Liverpool should take this one
Stoke v Aston Villa - Aston Villa's a good side but Stoke is strong at home, Stoke to win

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 3

2010-08-27T12:36:00.001+02:00

Okay here's the last fixtures before the International Break.

Fixtures

Saturday, 28th August 2010

Blackburn	vs	Arsenal
Blackpool	vs	Fulham
Chelsea	vs	Stoke
Tottenham	vs	Wigan
Wolverhampton	vs	Newcastle
Man Utd	vs	West Ham

Sunday, 29th August 2010

Bolton	vs	Birmingham
Liverpool	vs	West Brom
Sunderland	vs	Man City
Aston Villa	vs	Everton

Let's see if I can Embarrass myself again with Predictions

Predictions

Blackburn/Arsenal - Arsenal are flying at the moment and should get a win against a tough Blackburn side
Blackpool/Fulham - Little to choose here, I'll go with the home team, Blackpool to win
Chelsea/Stoke - Chelsea, nuff said
Tottenham/Wigan - I don't see Wigan's woes ending here, Tottenham to win
Wolves/Newcastle, before last week I'd have given this to Wolves, I should go Newcastle, but I'm going to say surprise draw.
Man Utd/West Ham -Despite last weeks fluke, Man Utd to hammer the opposition
Bolton/Birmingham - Draw
Liverpool/West Brom - Liverpool win
Sunderland/Man City - City on their travels, hmm, Draw (possibly)
Aston Villa/Everton - A good Cup win from Everton has their confidence up, two disappointments in a row for Villa, both need the win, who has the most hunger. Everton Win (it's my team I have to be positive)

Quitting Smoking - Day 9

2010-08-27T11:35:00.001+02:00

Okay, not a hundred percent success, but I have managed to go from 40 a day to about 8 a week.

Slowly, Slowly, catchee Monkey.

I always thought going completely cold turkey was going to be a stretch.

On the plus side I am managing to avoid smoking during the day at work and when I go out for a meal or drink with few problems.

When I'm alone in the flat that's when I get tempted.

Still, early days.

Now I feel Hungry

2010-08-27T11:32:00.000+02:00

C.B. Cebulski is a. Making me feel hungry and b. Giving me ideas for my next DVD session.

Need to buy some Giant Dogs and American Mustard

Movies - News - Whedon: 'Avengers has big stipulations' - Digital Spy

2010-08-26T13:22:00.001+02:00

Movies - News - Whedon: 'Avengers has big stipulations' - Digital Spy

To early to say what the Avengers ensemble film will be like but I'll be paying my dollars regardless when it's released

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 2 - Results

2010-08-26T10:42:00.000+02:00

Even Worse this week only 3 right. Let down badly by Manchester United and I should have followed my instincts with Manchester City and West Ham. I think my expectations of a tough season for West Ham are being confirmed, but still its early days.

The other unexpected result was Newcastle's slaughtering of Villa 6 - 0, I didn't see that one coming and I'd like to know what odds I could have got on that.

My own Everton continue to disappoint but at least we're above Liverpool in the table and the 5-1 cup win last night will help morale, lets see if we can disappoint a travelling Villa this weekend.

Results

Saturday 21st August 2010

Arsenal	6-0	Blackpool
Birmingham	2-1	Blackburn
Everton	1-1	Wolverhampton
Stoke	1-2	Tottenham
West Brom	1-0	Sunderland
West Ham	1-3	Bolton
Wigan Athletic	0-6	Chelsea

Sunday 22nd August 2010

Newcastle	6-0	Aston Villa
Fulham	2-2	Man Utd

Monday 23rd August 2010

Man City	3-0	Liverpool

Liverpool Daily Post - Sport - Columnists - Columns - Mark Lawrenson: At least it’s a good problem for Everton FC manager Moyes

2010-08-25T12:02:00.001+02:00

Liverpool Daily Post - Sport - Columnists - Columns - Mark Lawrenson: At least it’s a good problem for Everton FC manager Moyes

That could well be it, I'm not happy with 1 out of 6, but we're not alone in that. We do tend to play at our best against the better sides so maybe the game against Villa on Sunday may sort us out.

Whatever happens we need to sort out who should be the regular starters, what combination works best.

Wednesday Comics 25/08/2010

2010-08-25T11:22:00.003+02:00

Or in my case tomorrows comics, but still.

Vampires Suck (2010) - Box Office Mojo

2010-08-24T11:44:00.001+02:00

This film has nearly made it's money back and those who've paid to see it have only themselves to blame when they make another. Those who have seen it, shame on you.

Vampires Suck (2010) - Box Office Mojo

Mick: Blues Are Top 4 Material / News Archive / News / evertonfc.com – The Official Website of Everton Football Club

2010-08-20T13:31:00.001+02:00

Mick: Blues Are Top 4 Material

Nice to get the thumbs up but as Evertonian's know it's the position at the end of May which is important.

Bought this week

2010-08-20T13:05:00.004+02:00

Looking at this I really need to drop Image United. A feeling that was confirmed after reading it. I must put my review on here soon.

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 2

2010-08-20T12:40:00.001+02:00

Here's the line up for this weekend

Fixtures

Saturday, 21 August 2010

Arsenal	vs	Blackpool
Birmingham	vs	Blackburn
Everton	vs	Wolverhampton
Stoke	vs	Tottenham
West Brom	vs	Sunderland
West Ham	vs	Bolton
Wigan	vs	Chelsea

Sunday, 22 August 2010

Newcastle	vs	Aston Villa
Fulham	vs	Man Utd

Monday, 23 August 2010

Man City	vs	Liverpool

Predictions

Last week I only managed to get 4 results right so lets try again

Arsenal/Blackpool: Blackpool surprised everyone last week, but this time they face Arsenal. Arsenal Win.
Birmingham/Blackburn: Birmingham found goals away from home last week but the Blackburn defence is very stingy. Draw
Everton/Wolverhampton: I expect Everton to bounce back in front of a home audience. Everton win.
Stoke/Tottenham: Traditionally Stoke are tough at home but Spurs are a tough side. Tottenham to edge the win.
West Brom/Sunderland: West Brom will be smarting after the drubbing last week but I think Sunderland are the better side. Sunderland to edge the win.
West Ham/Bolton: West Ham at home should win but I'm predicting West ham to go down this year. Draw
Wigan/Chelsea: After a surprise loss to Blackpool Wigan will want to make amends. This is not the game to do it in. Chelsea Win.
Newcastle/Aston Villa: Both good sides and this is the first premiership game back at St. James Park. But Villa are strong. Draw.
Fulham/Man Utd: Home or Away United are Strong. Man Utd win.
Man City/Liverpool: Tough one to call as I want them both to lose. My heart says Draw, even if my head says Man City.

Quitting Smoking - Day 3

2010-08-20T12:03:00.000+02:00

Well I'm into my third day and things are going pretty well. i'm trying to minimise my Nicotine Gum intake so I don't swap one addiction for another.

The biggest problem is in your head. When you get of the train your mind is thinking ahead and you start to reach for a packet of cigarettes that aren't there. Same at the end of the meal or when you wake up.

I'm going to try to break this force of habit, once that's done it's time to drop the gum intake and replace it by normal gum.

One thing for definite, I'm breathing easier already :)

George Perez - Teen Titans

2010-08-19T12:46:00.004+02:00

I was reading a post by Gail Simone on the Bendis Board (See Links on the right) about how she was sent some artwork by George out of the blue and I was reminded of something coming up in January next year.

Teen Titans Games

After such a long wait I'm eagerly anticipating this one, A reminder of the days when Teen Titans was worth reading.

Quitting Smoking - Day 1

2010-08-18T13:26:00.002+02:00

So last night on the way home from work I decided to Quit Smoking. I popped in the local Farmacia to pick up some Nicorette in case I needed some back up and at 19:00 had my last cigarette.

As an aside it is interesting that the spell checker in Firefox doesn't recognise Nicorette and gives Cigarette as a replacement suggestion, and nor does it recognise Firefox.

Anyway I went out to the pub as usual, no massive cravings although I did chew a bit of gum. And now it's nearly 13:30 the next day and apart from chewing a bit of gum everything's a-okay. Tomorrow I'll try to go as long as possible without any gum to see how it feels.

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 1 - Results

2010-08-18T10:45:00.002+02:00

Only 4 Right. About what I expected, the only ones that I was really surprised to be wrong about were Sunderland and Blackpool.

With Sunderland I was not sure where the oppositions, Birmingham, goals were going to come from. But fair play to them they came back from 2 goals down to get a draw. With Blackpool, who would have predicted a 4-0 drubbing. My doubts about the team gelling in time were sadly misplaced.

There are some pundits trying to predict the Table in May 2011 based on the results this weekend. As for me ask me again in December, and even then nothing is set in stone, look at Everton last year after the Christmas break.

Results

Saturday 14th August 2010

Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Manchester City
Aston Villa	3-0	West Ham United
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Everton
Bolton Wanderers	0-0	Fulham
Sunderland	2-2	Birmingham City
Wigan Athletic	0-4	Blackpool
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	Stoke City
Chelsea	6-0	West Bromwich Albion

Sunday 15th August 2010

Liverpool	1-1	Arsenal

Monday 16th August 2010

Manchester United	3-0	Newcastle United

Premier League 2010/2011 - Week 1

2010-08-13T11:30:00.001+02:00

Here we are at the start of a new year (for football fans the year starts in the middle of August) and we can see the line-up

Saturday, 14 August 2010

Tottenham v Man City, 12:45
Aston Villa v West Ham, 15:00
Blackburn v Everton, 15:00
Bolton v Fulham, 15:00
Sunderland v Birmingham, 15:00
Wigan v Blackpool, 15:00
Wolverhampton v Stoke, 15:00
Chelsea v West Brom, 17:30

Sunday, 15 August 2010

Liverpool v Arsenal, 16:00

Monday, 16 August 2010

Man Utd v Newcastle, 20:00

Now I'm useless at picking results, even more so at correct scores but here's my predictions;

Tottenham v Man City : Possibly a win to Tottenham, but I'm going with a Draw.

Aston Villa v West Ham: Despite losing their manager Aston Villa should edge this one, Villa to Win.
Blackburn v Everton: Blackburn aren't an easy opponent but Everton is looking strong, Everton to Win.
Bolton v Fulham: Hard to choose but I think Bolton are the stronger side and with the home advantage, Bolton to win.
Sunderland v Birmingham: Sunderland to build on the home advantage. Sunderland to Win.
Wigan v Blackpool: The newcomers, Blackpool, have bought heavily in the summer but I don't think they've had time to settle yet. Wigan to win.
Wolverhampton v Stoke: Like Tottenham & Man City this could go either way. A hard fought Draw.
Chelsea v West Brom: After a poor pre-season Chelsea have to prove themselves on the pitch. Chelsea to Win.
Liverpool v Arsenal: Heart says Arsenal, Head says Liverpool to win at home.
Man Utd v Newcastle: Tough start to the season for the Barcodes. Man Utd to Win, especially at home

3 Years, Huh

2010-08-13T09:46:00.002+02:00

I was right, blogging has really replaced diaries and I'm no Samuel Pepys. 3 years since I last made an entry.

Still it's not like nothing much has changed. And here we are at the start of a new Premiership season. Unlike other years Everton actually look like they're in good shape, no major injuries, no Lescott like transfer sagas and only one player holding out on signing a new contract.

Of course this means that there are also no excuses.

Premiership 10th Week

2007-10-25T15:17:00.000+02:00

I'm still angry, I want a Mark Clatternberg Punch Bag for Christmas. It's hard enough playing with 9 or 10 men on the pitch, but against 12 it's impossible.

From his dithering between showing a Yellow or Red to Tony Hibbert, a refusal to send of Kuyt for an attempted flying tackle and the outrageous no penalty decision when Carragher wrestles Joleon Lescott to the ground, it's hard to know where to start.

Best just forget it and look forward to Everton's match with Larissa tonight, another important European Game.

In other games, Spurs continue their slide into relegation with a 3-1 loss against Newcastle, Bolton lose a game as well as their manager a week before and today's appointment of Gary Megson doesn't seem a move in the right direction, Derby and Bolton look set to be relegated this year.

Blogs are the New Diaries

2007-10-25T10:01:00.000+02:00

Yeah it's true, blogging has replaced the keeping of diaries, unless of course you want to keep something a secret. And just like diaries they are often forgotten and months go by before the next "Dentist 10:30" message.

Oh well, I'm more guilty than most. Not only do I forget to make an entry, I often forget I've even got a blog. I've probably started more blogs than actually made entries in any particular one.

Well I've been busy recently but still managed to keep up with my reading. High on my list of must reads Harry Turtledove's American Empire series. This details an Alternative History where the American Civil War was lost by the North and American remained split between North and South. The Book I'm currently reading, The Victorious Opposition, is the 6th book in the series and details the rise to power of the Far Right leader, Featherstone, in the Southern States. It parallels Hitler's rise to power in our own history.

Alternate History Novels are a sub-genre of Science Fiction which if written by a purist takes one point in history and changes. Everything that comes afterwards stems from this one change.

In the American Empire series that point of change is the American Civil War and the support received by the Southern States from England and France. In our world although the southern states received support from those two nations they didn't commit to actual military aid, in Turtledove's world they threaten intervention to bring the war to an end and this forces Lincoln to negotiate a peace. This sets the stage for the rest of the series. As 1914 approaches we see the unrest in Europe about to drag the world into terrible war. The two blocks are North America, Germany & Austria-Hungary against England, France, Russia and the Confederate States of America.

All in All a fascinating Series

Prequel
How Few Remain (1997)
The Great War Trilogy
American Front (1998)
Walk in Hell (1999)
Breakthroughs (2000)
The American Empire Trilogy
Blood and Iron (2001)
The Center Cannot Hold (2002)
The Victorious Opposition (2003)
The Settling Accounts Tetralogy
Return Engagement (2004)
Drive to the East (2005)
The Grapple (2006)
In at the Death (2007)

Premiership 2nd Week

2007-08-19T03:27:00.000+02:00

Back to earth with a not unexpected bump as Everton lose 1 -0 to Reading. Before the match I had suspicions it would be difficult with only one goal in it, too many people do not give Reading the credit they deserve, they are a tough team to breakdown.

However on the bright side it looks like Manual Fernandes is on his way in. The Portuguese midfielder was fantastic for us when on loan to us last season and he can only make our strong midifield side that much more creative.

On top of that with Yakubu being left out the Middlesborough squad it looks like he could be coming our way as well, for a record 11 million pounds. Although he has under performed recently I am hoping that is down to be unhappy at the club. Maybe Yobo's quiet word (order) to join Everton may have paid off.

A joint Manny & Yakubu announcement on Monday or Tuesday? Maybe.

Premiership Table (Sunday August 19th 2007)

1	Man City	3	4	9
2	Chelsea	3	2	7
3	Wigan	3	3	6
4	Everton	3	2	6

5	Portsmouth	3	2	5
6	Newcastle	2	2	4

7	Arsenal	2	1	4
8	Blackburn	2	1	4
9	Liverpool	2	1	4
10	Reading	3	0	4
11	Sunderland	3	-2	4
12	Tottenham	3	1	3
13	Fulham	3	-1	3
14	Middlesbrough	3	-1	3
15	West Ham	2	-1	3
16	Man Utd	3	-1	2
17	Aston Villa	2	-1	1

18	Birmingham	3	-2	1
19	Derby	3	-5	1
20	Bolton	3	-5	0