it's kinda great when i start giving tips for this weekend's matches on my birthday and ALL my wishes come true

so the dugout times editorial committee decides to give their founder-cum-senior editor a treat...bring out the cake please

haha just joking...but well our second wish came true cuz our editor's favourite Sparta won the Czech league with...let's see...5 games to spare...despite the Baggies being whacked by the Nil Gang 2-0

so here's the tips for this week

EPL

04/05/05
Fulham - Newcastle-draw

07/05/05
Chelsea - Charlton-no way out as chelsea will score between 2 to 4
Palace - Southampton-draw or palace win.which means it's no way out for both teams
Everton - Newcastle - mostly Everton win
Middlesbrough - Tottenham - draw seems so likely
Norwich - Birmingham - birmingham win.if it's a draw..so be it...
Portsmouth - Bolton - since bolton aren't that great on their travels,let's settle for a Portsmouth win
Villa - Man. City - Man City to win
Blackburn - Fulham - draw
Man. United - West Brom - game over.3 goals to boot

08/05/05
Arsenil - Liverpool - Baros will bash Arsenil up

10/05/05
Man. United - Chelsea - another 1-0?or another 2-1

11/05/05
Arsenil - Everton - Everton should be able to win this one after much work

Ligue 1

since the time they dumped Graille out of PSG,we can now sleep in peace

06/05/05
Bordeaux - Auxerre -draw or Auxerre get away

07/05/05
Marseille - Caen -Marseille win
Metz - Lens -draw
Nice - Nantes -Nantes win 1
Rennes - Monaco -they go to Brittany not to get cooked.so i think they will win by that odd goal
Sochaux - Strasbourg -Strasborug on a high gets hit back down
Toulouse - St Etienne -home win on the cards if there's still a UEFA cup spot
Bastia - Istres -we rake in a large sum of money at Corsica
Lille - PSG -Graille-less PSG would lose in the North of France

08/05/05
Lyon - Ajaccio-game over for Ajaccio,unless they did the same tricks against the marseillais

Bundesliga

it doesn't mean business is off once bayern wins.we have 7 more games to cover

07/05/05
Mainz - Bayern -Bayern to gobble everything up with wheat beer
Nuremberg - Bochum -Nuremburg win
Stuttgart - Hannover-home win or they are idiots
Hertha - Wolfsburg -draw
Leverkusen - Hansa -Leverkusen win or bust too
Arminia - Schalke -too easy not to win

08/05/05
Dortmund - Bremen-draw or Werder 1-0

Serie A

08/05/05
Lazio - Udinese -draw or Udinese win
Reggina - Bologna -Reggina win 1
Chievo - Fiorentina -draw
Brescia - Inter-win or bust for inter.i think it will be 1
Milan - Juventus-show time.goal-less draw or milan win
Sampdoria - Lecce-Samp to win yet again
Cagliari - Palermo -draw or Cagliari last minute
Parma - Roma -last week Parma chao taiko.this time the Romans will crush them

Primera Liga

07/05/05
Osasuna - Mallorca -Osasuna win again
Real Madrid - Racing -a thrashing is on the cards
Betis - Sevilla -the seville derby will see that sevilla gets the champs league berth.so you know what will happen

08/05/05
Malaga - Villarreal-villareal do 3
Getafe - Real Sociedad -draw
Espanyol - Numancia -2-0 or something
Valencia - Farcelona -the Catalan Money Spinners will show that Valencia is a farce,whether or not Ranieri is still there.the result?i think it's the same
Deportivo - Atletico-game over for deportivo