After closing the gap at the top last week I decided to gamble on a couple of results, a decision which didn't pay off. Leader Paul Grunstein has now opened up a sizeable gap at the top and will be difficult to catch. There's still hope though for the chasing pack and I'm due a big week so watch out PG.

Remember you only have a short, two day window this week to enter your predictions and edit your table due to the midweek fixtures. We return to normality next week.

The Week Ahead

With so much at stake at both ends of the PL table it looks to be another tricky week to call. Leon and I will be at the Cottage for what will be a tough game against a Stoke team that no longer need to look over their shoulders and can go for it.

If you look back through your emails you will see that quite some time ago I predicted Stoke to stay up and I'm pleased for their fans. It'll be interesting to see what happens when second season syndrome kicks in.


Here are the fixtures in full:

Bolton Wanderers		v		Aston Villa
Everton		v		Manchester City
Fulham		v		Stoke City
Hull City		v		Liverpool
Manchester United		v		Tottenham Hotspur
West Bromwich Albion		v		Sunderland
West Ham United		v		Chelsea
Arsenal		v		Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers		v		Wigan Athletic
Newcastle United		v		Portsmouth

BBC Predictor

I'm sure some of you will have already discovered this handy little tool, but for those of you who haven't the link is below. Basically it alows you to enter in your predictions for the coming week, or the whole season if you choose, click update and see how the table would look if you got all of the resuts right. Have a play.

BBC Predictor

Changes To The Bonus Game

We have made a change to the bonus section of the FPL. You can now change your predictions as often as you like and at any time up to when the window closes and the tables are locked. If you have not done so already, take a minute and login to your members area to see the changes we have made. You can check and change you predictions while you're there.