www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Covid has reared it ugly head once again. Many players have lately tested positive and many clubs were affected which led to games being postponed. Now more players, clubs and fixtures have been affected due to postponement of the matches. This Saturday alone, one one game will continue out of five. So far, no information about which clubs (only a few named maybe those where there were too many to field a decent team) and which players were affected. Only Liverpool have named Virgil Van Dijk, Curtis Jones and Fabinho to have tested positive, being isolated and awaiting test results. This means that during this busy period of crunch time EPL games before and after Christmas to the new year, it has become increasingly difficult to predict which games won't be affected, who will be playing let alone which team will win or the score line. So I will take a break like a good soldier who will be off duty till the dust settles. Still, do enjoy whatever there is left of the soccer games ava

When I predicted that West Ham could do a Liverpool to Chelsea, I took into consideration that the Blues have been very good defensively and hardly concede a goal so I went for a draw instead and very few people believe me. Not only did the Hammers not lose, they won and scored three times to clinch a win despite going behind twice! Well played and they have beaten Manchester United, City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Chelsea! The Hammers will go places. Newcastle have not won in 14 matches and I said they would beat Burnley and get their first win and it finally happened. A first win for Eddie Howe and the Magpies!  The prediction for a 1-1 draw between Southampton and Brighton was also spot on. Liverpool could have won by more at the Molineux but as I have mentioned Wolves played so well and were nearly impossible to break down and at the end the Reds won by the narrowest 1-0 thanks to their talismanic striker Divock Origi who broke the deadlock in the 94th minute. Origi is so important

I have to skip Game Week 14 played so soon after the weekend and at ungodly hours which means I do not get to watch. While I was watching Game Week 13, it was hard to watch in a few matches let alone play because of the heavy snow so much so that the Burnley v Spurs match had to be postponed.  Game Week 15 West Ham v Chelsea - West Ham missed the opportunity with City missing a few key players. Manuel Lanzini's goal was a thing of beauty but scan consolation but they did compete well. The Hammers are having a little slump having lost twice and drew once in their last three games.  Chelsea dominated United but have nothing to show for at the end. I thought Antonio Rudiger was quite outstanding but the usually excellent keeper Eduoard Mendy has a poor game. However, they were lucky to have stole three points at Watford as the Hornets dominated them with more shots and chances and higher xG. Both sides are tough to break down and unless Chelsea continue their trend of winning when not