Hey Hardcores, sorry for the late reply. High speed internet isn't quite as good in southwestern Ontario. Actually I'm lying, just felt like taking a stab at the local cable company down here because television viewers get to enjoy watching games on TSN2, something most of us do not get to do thanks to Old Teddy. The MLS playoffs head into the semi-finals, and it sounds like they have lost a viewer in Travis Payne. I'm sure he'll be alright in a couple of days, but man the guy sounded depressed on yesterday's show. We saw quite the shake up in the EPL. Parity really is the word of the week, and a lot of us are scratching our heads about Manchester City. And don't even get me started on Champions League play. We all took a huge hit with those picks as you can see from last week's results. Props to Sam, you're on fire dude! Tough week for Sam in Sacramento though and Pierre in Toronto, lots of opprotunities to make up for it this week. Man U and Hoffenheim seem like heavy plays this week.
Sam - 4/5
Kristian Jack - 3/5
J. Houdini in Montreal - 3/5
Tom Newton - 3/5
James: Abroad - 3/5
James Sharman - 2/5
Dunlop - 2/5
Fitzy - 2/5
Brandon in St.Louis - 2/5
Toledo_Ted - 2/5
Ricardo M. - 2/5
Ghetto in Ottawa - 2/5
Pizzola - 2/5
S-Double D in Windsor - 2/5
Peanut - 1/5
Breaks - 1/5
Charley B - 1/5
O.G.G. - 1/5
Lynn Nguyen - 1/5
Pierre in Toronto - 0/5
Sam in Sacramento - 0/5
To see the full contest rules, check the original blog. http://hardcoresportsradio.com/blogs/brendandunlop/archive/2008/09/19/more-picks-for-the-wknd-and-contest-rules.aspx
STANDINGS (Wins - Losses)
Brandon in St. Louis 25-15
Kristian Jack 22-18
Ghetto in Ottawa 22-18
James Sharman 20-20
Ricardo M. 20-20
Dunlop 18-22
S-Double D 17-23
Peanut 16-19
Pizzola 16-9
Pierre in Toronto 15-25
J Houdini in Montreal 15-15
Tom Newton 14-11
Sacramento Sam 13-17
Sam 13-2
Breaks 12-28
Brendon Lynch 12-8
Charley B 11-9
Toledo_Ted 10-15
O.G.G. 10-10
Miguel in Toronto 10-10
Fitzy 10-10
James: Abroad 7-8
Lynn Nguyen 2-8
Crow 2-3
McFly 2-3
Here's what we like this week. Hopefully we get back to picking winners. And you'll notice that we have added a new selection category to the contest. You can now pick matches from the Carling Cup.
Dunlop
EPL - Bolton vs. LIVERPOOL (-162)
EPL - MAN UTD (-600) vs. Stoke
Coca Cola Championship - QPR (+110) vs. Burnley
La Liga - Getafe vs. SEVILLA (+138)
Bundesliga - HOFFENHEIM (+110) vs. Wolfsburg
James Sharman
Carling Cup - TOTTENHAM (+160) vs. Liverpool
Carling Cup - STOKE (-162) vs. Rotherham
Carling Cup - DERBY (+115) vs. Leeds
Carling Cup - MAN UTD (-350) vs. QPR
Carling Cup - Sunderland vs. Blackburn (DRAW +230)
Kristian Jack
EPL - West Brom vs. CHELSEA (-333)
EPL - MAN UTD (-600) vs. Stoke
EPL - NEWCASTLE (+110) vs. Wigan
EPL - WEST HAM (+150) vs. Portsmouth
Bundesliga - HOFFENHEIM (+110) vs. Wolfsburg
Peanut
EPL - MAN UTD (-600) vs. Stoke
EPL - BLACKBURN (+100) vs. Malaga
Serie A - AC MILAN (-450) vs. Chievo
La Liga - Malaga vs. VILLARREAL (+110)
Bundesliga - HOFFENHEIM (+110) vs. Wolfsburg
Travis Payne
MLS - COLUMBUS CREW (+100) vs. Chicago Fire
MLS - Real Salt Lake vs. New York Red Bulls (DRAW +225)
EPL - West Brom vs. CHELSEA (-333)
Ligue 1 - Le Havre vs. PSG (+138)
Porugal Superliga - BENFICA (-350) vs. Estrela Amadora
KJ and James did a great job with the English-heavy show this week, and thanks to Joe Ross from 'The Footy Show Podcast', and 'The Score in the Morning' for filling the seat. They spoke to David Hirshey from ESPN.com Page 2 and he seemed very happy to gloat about his Gunners' win over United. Catch the podcasts anytime if you missed it. Looking ahead to future shows, are there any guests you would like to see us get on the show? I've been saying all year that we would get Danny Dyer on...and I'm still determined that we will. We just have to find him in a tunnel in Eastern Europe I guess.
Don't forget you can hit us up anytime, soccer@hardcoresportsradio.com
Posted
Nov 11 2008, 11:52 AM
by
Brendan Dunlop