We are back! As you know, this is your weekly post to remind you to put the EPL tips in, tell you who is winning, and to give you the weekend’s fútbol schedule so that you could plan your weekend activities accordingly.
I am also using it to keep you up to speed on how we are doing on the two NFL Commentist competitions and to remind to put your tips in prior to tonight’s TNF game.
Before I begin, I want to give credit for all the hot lady soccer fan pictures to the Fútbol Babes Twitter account. Those folks do the Lord’s Work and deserve a follow from you.
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EPL Tipping Pool Standings
| Place | Tipper | Round Tips | Round Margin | Total Tips | Total Margin |
| 1 | Son Of Spam | 5 | 2 | 32 | 6 |
| 2 | Balls | 3 | 2 | 30 | 5 |
| 3 | Game Time Decision | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7 |
| 4 | Reverend Mayhem | 5 | 2 | 30 | 8 |
| 5 | Mr. Ayo | 5 | 2 | 28 | 6 |
| 6 | nomokeyfun | 4 | 1 | 28 | 10 |
| 7 | KBS52 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 8 | |
| 9 | Fronkenshteen | 4 | 3 | 27 | 11 |
| 10 | Litre_cola | 3 | 2 | 26 | 9 |
| 11 | bk109 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 9 |
| 12 | Spur | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 |
| 13 | King Hippo | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8 |
| 14 | Wakezilla | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 |
| 15 | Yeah Right | 4 | 3 | 23 | 10 |
| 16 | BFC | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 |
| 17 | Maestro | 4 | 2 | 21 | 10 |
| 18 | Sharkbait | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 |
| 19 | Don T | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 |
| 20 | Horatio | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 |
| 21 | Blax | 3 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 22 | Herodotus | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
We had quite a bit of movement this week including the introduction of a new leader! Son Of Spam takes over sole possession of first place with a solid 5 tips, which others also were able to get and which was the top score for the entire pool.
If you want to join the pool, there is still plenty of time as we’ve only just completed Round 6 out of 38. It’s free to play and all you have to do is create an account with ESPN Australia. It’s a different ESPN from here, so your normal ESPN login will not work: https://www.footytips.com.au/competitions/?ff=settings&competitionId=573249
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Weekend Schedule
I’m being told that Canadian viewers only need to sign up for DAZN and they can get all the coverage of all the world’s fútbol leagues in one place.
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In the US, NBC holds the rights to the EPL, so you’ll be able to see games on their networks and the NBC Sports Gold package. Here are the games on tap this weekend (all times Pacific and home teams always listed first):
Friday, September 27, 2019
No game scheduled
Saturday, September 28, 2019
4:30 AM – Sheffield United v Liverpool
7:00 AM – AFC Bournemouth v West Ham United
7:00 AM – Aston Villa v Burnley
7:00 AM – Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion
7:00 AM – Crystal Palace v Norwich City
7:00 AM – Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton
7:00 AM – Wolverhampton Wanderers v Watford
9:30 AM – Everton v Manchester City
Sunday, September 29, 2019
8:30 AM – Leicester City v Newcastle United
Monday, September 30, 2019
12 Noon – Manchester United v Arsenal
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In the US and Canada, BeIn Sports is the rights-holder for La Liga, so you can find all the games there. Here is this week’s schedule (all times Pacific and home teams always listed first):
Friday, September 27, 2019
12 Noon – Villarreal v Real Betis
Saturday, September 28, 2019
4:00 AM – Athletic Bilbao v Valencia
7:00 AM – Getafe v Barcelona
9:30 AM – Granada v Leganés
12:00 Noon – Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid
Sunday, September 29, 2019
3:00 AM – Espanyol v Real Valladolid
5:00 AM – Éibar v Celta de Vigo
7:00 AM – Deportivo Alavés v Mallorca
9:30 AM – Levante v Osasuna
12:00 Noon – Sevilla v Real Sociedad
Monday, September 30, 2019
No game scheduled
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Liga MX games are aired in the United States on TUDN, and the varied Univision networks. Fox Sports Deportes also has selected games (all times Pacific and home teams always listed first):
Friday, September 27, 2019
5:00 PM – Puebla v León
7:00 PM – Atlas v Querétaro
Saturday, September 28, 2019
3:00 PM – Pachuca v Cruz Azul
3:00 PM – Necaxa v Juárez
5:00 PM – Monterrey v Tigres UANL
7:00 PM – América v Guadalajara
Sunday, September 29, 2019
10:00 AM – Pumas UNAM v Santos Laguna
3:00 PM – Atlético San Luis v Tijuana
5:00 PM – Veracruz v Toluca
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In the United States, Fox Sports has the rights to the Bundesliga, so you can find games on the Fox Sports networks. Here is the weekend schedule (you know the drill..):
Friday, September 27, 2019
11:30 AM – Union Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt
Saturday, September 28, 2019
6:30 AM – RB Leipzig v Schalke 04
6:30 AM – Hoffenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach
6:30 AM – Mainz 05 v Wolfsburg
6:30 AM – Augsburg v Bayer Leverkusen
6:30 AM – Paderborn v Bayern Mnchen
9:30 AM – Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen
Sunday, September 29, 2019
6:30 AM – Fortuna Düsseldorf v Freiburg
9:00 AM – Köln v Hertha BSC
Monday, September 30, 2019
No game scheduled
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BeIn Sports is the rights-holder for Ligue 1. Luckily, BeIn Sports has like 8 channels through their BeIn Sports Connect app, so you can see most of the games live:
Friday, September 27, 2019
No game scheduled
Saturday, September 28, 2019
4:30 AM – Olympique Lyonnais v Nantes
8:30 AM – Bordeaux v PSG
11:00 AM – Nice v Lille
11:00 AM – Angers SCO v Amiens SC
11:00 AM – Monaco v Brest
11:00 AM – Metz v Toulouse
11:00 AM – Reims v Dijon
Sunday, September 29, 2019
6:00 AM – Strasbourg v Montpellier
8:00 AM – Nîmes v Saint Étienne
12:00 Noon – Olympique Marseille v Rennes
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ESPN has the rights to Serie A. All games are available on the ESPN+ package:
Friday, September 27, 2019
No game scheduled
Saturday, September 28, 2019
6:00 AM – Juventus v SPAL
9:00 AM – Sampdoria v Inter
11:45 AM – Sassuolo v Atalanta
Sunday, September 29, 2019
3:30 AM – Napoli v Brescia
6:00 AM – Lazio v Genova
6:00 AM – Lecce v Roma
6:00 AM – Udinese v Bologna
9:00 AM – Cagliari v Hellas Verona
11:45 AM – Milan v Fiorentina
Monday, September 30, 2019
11:45 AM – Parma v Torino
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As I like to say on the AFL Beat:
DON’T FORGET TO PUT THE FOOTY TIPS IN!
Enjoy the weekend!
(116/69)
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BONUS!
Just in time for the NFL Thursday Night Football Extravaganza, here is your reminder to put in your tips for the NFL Tipping Pool and for the DFO Eliminator Challenge. Links are below:
Tipping Pool: https://mobile.footytips.com.au/competitions/?ff=ladders&competitionId=575837
Eliminator Challenge: http://fantasy.espn.com/nfl-eliminator-challenge/2019/en/group?groupID=56874
After Week Three, there are still 22 Commentists left in the Eliminator Challenge. Tough luck to enemies by monday who placed his/her faith in the Seattle Seahawks and was duly rewarded.
As for the NFL Tipping Pool, here are the standings:
| P | Tipper | Round Tips | Round Margin | Total Tips | Total Margin |
| 1 | King Hippo | 10 | 19 | 34 | 40 |
| 2 | Maestro | 11 | 13 | 34 | 41 |
| 3 | Reverend Mayhem | 10 | 8 | 33 | 31 |
| 4 | Game Time Decision | 10 | 5 | 33 | 38 |
| 5 | Son Of Spam | 11 | 7 | 32 | 27 |
| 6 | Yeah Right | 8 | 20 | 31 | 46 |
| 7 | BALLS | 8 | 10 | 29 | 48 |
| 8 | Litre_cola | 9 | 18 | 29 | 63 |
| 9 | Don T | 12 | 19 | 28 | 35 |
| 10 | Why Eagles Why | 8 | 16 | 28 | 26 |
| 11 | The King In Yellow | 8 | 13 | 27 | 32 |
| 12 | Sharkbait | 10 | 3 | 26 | 16 |
| 13 | Fronkenshteen | 9 | 17 | 26 | 37 |
A big hearty well done to Don T, who got the top score this week! There was movement all over the table and we even got a new entry! Please remember that you get a 5 point bonus for picking all games correctly, so you can catch up quick!
As I mentioned above,
DON’T FORGET TO PUT THE FOOTY TIPS IN!
(116/69)
This will be the toughest tipping pool due to ties.
I’m as bad at tipping as Spurs are winning away