Rooney Shows Wit but Celebration Lacked Punch by James Burton by Going Into a Sparse Stand, Ting Edge to Stop Villa Making Result, Beating Man City 1-0
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Page 14 Sport Friday, March 20, 2015 n RG FANTASY LEAGUE Rooney shows wit but celebration lacked punch By James Burton by going into a sparse stand, ting edge to stop Villa making result, beating Man City 1-0. class, would also suggest he covered their swagger in beat- sitting down and politely ap- it win No 3. Sean Dyche’s side look like knows what’s coming — rele- ing Spurs 3-0. Wayne Rooney’s goal cel- plauding his own headed goal. Prediction: 2-1 they are playing for him and gation and the sack. Ángel Di María was ab- ebration was good, make no Give it a watch at www.you- each other, which could be Prediction: 3-1 sent. A coincidence? Or not? mistake — but let’s not go tube.com/watch?v=s2ihzpx- Newcastle United crucial as the relegation dog- Liverpool to grab an early overboard. JGPk. v Arsenal fight nears its climax. West Ham v Sunderland lead by Louis van Gaal’s boys In a rare show of wit, the Newcastle have won just Prediction: 1-1 2.30pm to rally well. Manchester United strik- Tomorrow’s games one in five at home and the Neither team are in good Prediction: 1-1 er’s re-enactment of the 12pm kick-off unless stated end of the season can’t come Stoke v Crystal Palace form but Sunderland have a much-publicised kitchen Man City v West Brom quick enough for them. Stoke’s defeat at WBA new man at the helm after Hull City v Chelsea “knockout” scene was impres- 9.45am As for the Gunners, one came as a surprise given their Gustavo Poyet’s sacking earli- 1pm sive. Man City’s season is in renowned journalist has even fine recent form. er in the week — even Poyet, Hull are edging towards Football hasn’t seen acting danger of slipping away after suggested they could chal- Palace have hauled them- you suspect, was relieved by safety and have lost only one that good since Craig Bella- defeats to Burnley and then lenge Chelsea’s cruise to the selves to safety and have been the decision. of their past six games. It’s my reached for his imaginary Barcelona. What should give title. good on the road recently. Vastly experienced Dutch hard to see Chelsea — now seven iron. them hope is West Brom’s dis- They should be kicking However, they are without the coach Dick Advocaat is now free of European worries — But the best? Let’s not for- mal away form — no win in themselves over the Champi- influential Jason Puncheon, tasked with saving Sunder- messing this one up, though. get the rich history of goal cel- nine — and their past ability ons League exit and Newcas- which could open the door for land from the drop and his Prediction: 1-2 ebrations that have stood the to dispatch the Baggies — six tle are the ideal team to face a return to winning ways for past suggests he will not suf- test of time and avoided slip- straight victories. when you need to get rid of Mark Hughes’s side. fer fools in the process. QPR v Everton ping into cliché. Prediction: 2-0 some frustration. Prediction: 2-0 Prediction: 1-1 1pm Gazza’s dentist chair, Lee Prediction: 0-3 Both teams, in their own Sharpe’s Elvis, Temuri Kets- Aston Villa v Swansea Tottenham v Leicester Sunday’s games way, look a spent force this baia’s deranged assault on Two wins on the spin for Southampton v Burnley Harry Kane was, as ex- Liverpool v Man United season. Everton are a pale the advertising boards and Villa who appear galvanised It says it all that despite pected, called up to the En- 10.30am imitation of last season’s im- Jimmy Bullard mocking his by new manager Tim Sher- being short of goals and their gland squad for the first time Liverpool’s recent record pressive all-round side and manager’s on-pitch half-time wood, who was busy this week blistering early-season form, and he will see this as the ide- is impressive — not least the leak goals. b********* all spring to mind. taking all the credit for Harry Southampton come into this al opportunity to add to his 24 fact they have managed to QPR, meanwhile, have lost My favourite, though, is Dz- Kane’s England call-up. game off the back of a well-de- goals this season. keep seven clean sheets in a their past four games and are imtry Koub, who marked his Swansea were neat but served draw at Stamford Nigel Pearson swore at a row. surely destined to return to late equaliser for Lithuanian toothless against Liverpool on Bridge. Burnley, of course, journalist last time out which, That will be tested by a the Championship. side Trakai against Zalgiris Monday and need more cut- had an even more impressive apart from showing a lack of United side who finally redis- Prediction: 2-2 7.24am: A Lindo, G Corday, J Lopes, S Bezant. Roma 0 Fiorentina 3 (agg: 0-3) New Orleans 37 30 .552 9½ Third round 7.32am: H Stuhlpfarrer, A Smith, M Pringle, B Adams. Ajax 2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 (2-2) Northwest Division Today’s games BERMUDA 7.40am: P Spring, K DeSilva, D Purcell, A R Churm. Besiktas 1 Club Brugge 3 (agg: 1-3) W L Pct GB North Carolina-Harvard winner v Arkansas-Wofford 7.48am: D Gilfether, E Hayward, D Dunstan, D Han- Inter Milan 1 Wolfsburg 2 (agg: 0-1) Portland 44 22 .667 -- winner well. Sevilla 2 Villarreal 1 (agg: 5-2) Oklahoma City 38 30 .559 7 Baylor-Georgia State winner v Xavier-BYU-Mississippi RG FANTASY LEAGUE 7.56am: A Pimental, D Than, B Winstanley, S Rego. Torino 1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 0 (agg 2-1) Utah 30 37 .448 14½ winner 8.04am: J DeCouto v T Corday Sr; J Morgan v M Si- Denver 26 42 .382 19 Arizona-Texas Southern winner v VCU-Ohio State LEADING OVERALL STANDINGS mons. SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Minnesota 14 53 .209 30½ winner Today’s game Pacific Division Sunday’s games Wk 29 Points TURTLE HILL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP Wolverhampton Wanderers v Derby County W L Pct GB Wisconsin-Coastal Carolina winner v Oregon-Oklaho- 1 Spartak Daisy (Bruce Stocker) 29 1719 Monthly Medal x-Golden State 54 13 .806 -- ma State winner 2 Middletinho (Dave Middleton) 25 1679 Sunday P W D L F A Pts LA Clippers 44 25 .638 11 REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS 3 Buddyroe’s Guns (Blenn Bean) 30 1652 8.04: S Hickmott, S Matthews, P Hayward, R Knight. Watford 38 22 6 10 78 45 72 Phoenix 35 33 .515 19½ Thursday, March 26 4 Mount Road FC (Tyler Fox) 31 1624 8.12: L Hickmott, K Anderson, P Poulson, M DeSilva. 5 Tekkerslovakia (Stephen Lister) 48 1623 Middlesbrough 38 21 9 8 59 27 72 Sacramento 22 45 .328 32 Wisconsin-Coastal Carolina--Oregon-Oklahoma State 8.20: F Anderson, L Harrison, E McCreight, P Cashin. 6 EPL Dream Team (Andrew Robinson) 29 1620 LA Lakers 17 49 .258 36½ winner v North Carolina-Harvard--Arkansas-Wofford 8.28: J Kessaram, G Conner , D Fisher, B Poulson. Bournemouth 38 20 10 8 79 40 70 7 EPL Squad (Genesis Iris) 28 1589 x-clinched play-off spot winner 7 Hogges (Paul Watson) 30 1589 8.36: K DeSilva, S Kessaram, B Henderson, M White. Norwich City 38 19 10 9 73 42 67 8.44: B Croft, F Cassidy, K Wheatly, T Simons. Derby County 38 19 10 9 69 41 67 Arizona-Texas Southern--VCU-Ohio State winner v 7 Spuricanes (Marcello Ausenda) 47 1589 Today’s games Baylor-Georgia State--Xavier-Mississippi winner 10 The Oil Changers (Charlie Watson) 31 1583 Brentford 38 20 5 13 62 50 65 New York at Philadelphia 8pm 10 Not a Clue (Alex Whittaker) 23 1583 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 10 Monkey’s Eleven FC (Filip Mangovic) 21 1583 SQUASH Ipswich Town 38 18 10 10 58 43 64 Portland at Orlando 8pm Saturday, March 28 13 Ovoxo FC (Olivia Pope) 39 1581 Wolves 38 17 11 10 54 45 62 Denver at Miami, 8.30pm Semi-final winners 14 Jambos Reinvented (Mike Tait) 34 1577 Nottm Forest 38 15 12 11 61 51 57 Milwaukee at Brooklyn 8.30pm FINAL FOUR DIGICEL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Blackburn 38 14 12 12 51 49 54 15 Haggis Supper (Mike Harvey) 40 1573 Devonshire Courts Indiana at Cleveland 8.30pm National Semi-finals 16 Boys Dem Jose (Mack Marley) 32 1562 Charlton Athletic 38 12 15 11 45 48 51 Toronto at Chicago 9pm Saturday, April 4 Day five Leeds United 38 14 9 15 42 46 51 17 The MoJo (Joe Sims) 26 1553 Atlanta at Oklahoma City 9pm Midwest champion v West champion 18 HeWhoDaresWins (Philip Matthews) 32 1552 Men’s Open Sheffield Wed 38 12 14 12 33 38 50 PSA semi-finals Cardiff City 38 12 12 14 46 50 48 Memphis at Dallas 9.30pm East champion v South champion 19 Brittas FC (James Britland) 26 1551 Boston at San Antonio 9.30pm NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 20 Poppins (Mrs Carter) 40 1550 Kristen Johnson beat Micah Franklin 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, Birmingham City 37 11 14 12 43 53 47 Charlotte at Sacramento 11pm 21 How I Met Your Mata (Kyle Harvey) 25 1548 11-6, 11-7 Bolton 38 12 8 18 45 56 44 Monday, April 6 22 £ucky№7 (Kyle Beezy) 30 1547 Patrick Foster beat Noah Browne 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, Huddersfield 38 11 11 16 48 65 44 New Orleans at Golden State 11.30pm Semi-final winners 23 Storer’s Scorers (Joe Storer) 25 1544 3-11, 12-10 Reading 37 12 8 17 40 58 44 Washington at LA Clippers 11.30pm 24 Bermuda Ting (James Henderson) 20 1539 Men’s B Brighton 38 9 15 14 42 46 42 25 Ronameto FC (Victor El Unico O) 31 1538 Semi-finals Rotherham 38 9 13 16 38 57 40 NCAA TOURNAMENT Fulham 38 11 7 20 48 68 40 ICE HOCKEY 25 Mighty Mouse Red (Keston Lewis) 34 1538 Edwin Wickham beat Gary Levon 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, All Times Bermuda 11-7 First round NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE March standings Wigan Athletic 38 8 10 20 34 51 34 Kirk Saunders beat Taylor Carrick 11-5, 11-4, 11-8 Millwall 38 7 11 20 31 62 32 MIDWEST REGION Tomorrow’s games Wk 29 Pts Women’s Open Tuesday’s results St Louis at Minnesota 3pm 1 Hills 11 (Gordon Outerbridge) 53 152 Blackpool 38 4 10 24 29 77 22 Semi-finals Hampton 74 Manhattan 64 Columbus at Calgary 5pm 1 Lancaster Bombers (Andrew Fairgrieve) 62 152 Runa Reta beat Susie Lacey 11-5, 11-3, 11-3 3 Blue Moon (Jerome Dowling) 43 146 Scottish