Pulled World Soccer Daily Premiership picks

UPDATE: The info that follows in this post has since been pulled from the WSD website. The link no longer works, but the picks are absolutely accurate.

UPDATE #2: WSD has now reposted their predictions for the upcoming EPL season table so I no longer have the scoop. I think that Steven was angered by my "cheekiness" and decided not to post the podcast of a show I was greatly anticipating.

I must begin by promising that after this post, I will try to limit the football/soccer commentary to post-game updates or weekend reviews of the Premiership.

I realize that a blog is intended to be read (an hopefully enjoyed) by people other than the author - because if you are writing for yourself, maybe a journal is better forum. Unfortunately I am painfully selfish so I am posting these following information solely for my use. If anyone else feels edified, that's icing on the cake.

Below are the EPL table predictions from World Soccer Daily hosts Steven Cohen and Howard Rogers. Those of you who haven't already clicked away from this post may notice that their predictions are wildly divergent. Slick should be encouraged by the similarities between his and Howard's picks. It is also interesting to note that though Steven is a life-long Chelsea fan, he is decidedly more pessimistic about his boys than Howard as a Man U supporter.

STEVEN’S PICK
Barclays Premier League Final Table
1. Liverpool.
2. Manchester United.
3. Arsenal.
4. Chelsea.
5. Blackburn
6. Tottenham
7. Portsmouth
8. Everton
9. Newcastle
10. Sunderland
11. Manchester City
12. Bolton
13. Reading
14. Aston Villa
15. West Ham
16. Middlesbrough
17. Fulham
18. Birmingham
19. Wigan
20. Derby County
Sack race: Billy Davies
Best buy: Florent Malouda
Biggest flop: Fernando Torres.
Player of the Year: Robin Van Persie
Dark horse: Blackburn Rovers.


HOWARD'S PICK
Barclay’s Premier League
1 Manchester United 89pts
2 Chelsea 87pts
3 Arsenal 76pts
4 Liverpool 72pts
5 Spurs 67pts
6 Blackburn Rovers 66pts
7 Portsmouth 61pts
8 Everton 59pts
9 Aston Villa 57pts
10 Newcastle United 56pts
11 West Ham United 54pts
12 Reading 53pts
13 Bolton W. 52pts
14 Manchester City 44pts
15 Sunderland 40pts
16 Middlesbrough 38pts
17 Birmingham City 36pts
18 Fulham 36pts
19 Wigan Athletic 30pts
20 Derby County 20pts
Sack race – Chris Hutchings, Wigan Athletic
Best buy – Ryan Babel
Biggest flop – Fernando Torres
Player of the Year – Cristiano Ronaldo
Dark horse – Blackburn Rovers (club), Eduardo da Silva (player)