EFL Championship SCORE PREDICTIONS – Round 25 w/Sam Parkin

No Championship Check-In Podcast this week but Sam and I are still live for the world famous Championship score predictions segment!! Come and join in and have your say…

Here are the games:
Southampton vs Plymouth Argyle
Birmingham City vs Bristol City
Cardiff City vs Leicester City
Coventry City vs Swansea City
Huddersfield Town vs Middlesbrough
Hull City vs Blackburn Rovers
Ipswich Town vs QPR
Millwall vs Norwich City
Preston North End vs Sheffield Wednesday
Rotherham United vs Sunderland
Watford vs Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion vs Leeds United

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Welcome along and it is not a full-on championship check-in podcast tonight we are a bridged because it’s Christmas but we still wanted to come and talk to you lot and say hello and a happy Christmas and we’re GNA do everybody’s favorite segment tonight the one segment from the

Pod we can do with limited preparation and limited time the predictions um first of all Sam Happy Bloody Christmas how much have you eaten how much have you slept happy Christmas mate wow I had a bit of a Dicky tummy didn’t early part of the festivities but I was

Back for Christmas dinner uh which was tremendous yeah down at the um the in-laws which is Christ Church that’s outside of Bournemouth so strategically got to Bournemouth be fullham for a bit of work on on boxing day but yeah no it’s been lovely mate and I’m down to St Mary’s uh tomorrow

Night so back amongst it in the championship hurly Burly tomorrow it’s been great kind of pleased um that we uh did kind of miss that week with VRI losing 4-0 and Sam Parkins two goals at Ellen Road being played on Twitter about five zillion times in that week but um

Get yourself ready in the chat if you want to join in with the predictions say hello as well if we’ve got time to do that first of all Mr Parkin now this was for round 23 we didn’t obviously have a show in between Saturday 23rd and Boxing

Day how did the predictions go Sam what are these scores basically just an opportunity for me to show off here just complete irrelevance to anyone that’s tuning in to watch this um well I got two on the nose last round yeah I got mil nil stok City nil and I got Norwich

To Huddersfield Neil you got one on the nose if you recall I went for Leicester to beat Ram 5 nil you actually got that bang on leester three r bonus point Didn’t you I did indeed so therefore uh considering I got four more results correct and the two bang on I got a

Grand total of 10 points in the last round which could be Hy Heights um I bet that and you got the one bang on and you got four other results right as well as me so you got seven points which means your margin of four has been cut to one

Scores on the door isn’t it 33 points Benjamin Bloom 32 points me wow one point in it it’s uh yeah the the cream’s Rising basically it’s hotting up ke Rising actually it’s the Ben versus Sam Derby in this round of games isn’t it is it TR QPR coming up

Let us know your scores in the um in the comments if you’re watching after the fact but let us know your predictions as we go indeed we are about to kick into round 25 in the championship um stick the name of the team and the score line in there

Just to help me out try and stick with the game we’re on at the time if you’re watching in real time and Sam you can go first because you’re showing off and getting um all of these correct uh 16 games undefeated third place now Southampton hosting at managerless Plymouth our

Go yeah I’m I’m like enjoying taking a bit of credit for this considering the first game of this run was the last time I saw them live at some M’s beating beating lead so yeah I’m really looking forward to it tomorrow um if you’re listening to the wireless talk sport 2 I

Would imagine tomorrow night me and the uh Majestic Jim proud for so that’s a that’s a seriously uh seriously good commentator don’t know about the co- commentator um I mean they’re formidable at the moment I’m really looking forward to seeing them actually you I spoke a little bit on the last podcast about

Their shape and what have you Kyle Walker Peters I think played the right wing role in this if you haven’t seen um last time out Swansea they beat with it and Jack Stevens kind of shoehorned in he’s obviously been wanting to get him minutes in at right back so six on the

Spin at C Mary see it continuing Plymouth our goal will score because they normally do and they’re scoring freely despite the disruption 3-1 Saints oh you’ve stolen A lot of my thunder there Sam you can’t really back against Southampton at the moment can you they’re just on fire so I’ll just um

I’ll Echo everything you said and try and revise the score line I’ll go 21 Saints then instead of 31 Saints and we will roll on and I’m hearing in the chat and on various um WhatsApp groups I’m in Steve Cooper being linked with the Birmingham city job because Wayne Rooney

And I’m going to use the S Parkin ISM here lamb basted his players um after the boxing day Shenanigans it’s Birmingham City versus Bristol City Sam and this all points to a Bristol City win doesn’t it with the Robbins winning 4-1 at Watford so I will back it I’m

Back in the chaos we want Steve Cooper back in the championship even though he’s waiting around for a premier league job so I’m gonna back the away win I’ll go Burmingham nil Bristol City 2 what you say Parkin yeah I’m in agreement with you that said Birmingham have decided to

Start scoring haven’t they so I think uh they will score but I think Bristol City will go four on the bounce I’m going 2-1 to the awaya team um I’ve got a similar glow to you because I saw Leicester city in the flesh was it yesterday or the day

Before I don’t even know what days I’m on um anymore they’ve got some very very good players haven’t they Cardiff versus Leicester there I will just go for Cardiff being in a little bit of a slump and yeah of course Leicester I think I saw Matt Holland Matt Holland last night

So I had a bit of a chat with him on the gantri uh Chelsea about the ipswitch Leicester game and he was very impressed with with Leicester not uh denote how well ipswitch did to to stay in the game and get the point but Leicester were at

It I think they’ll be too strong for Cardiff here but I think the gested Christmas period may just make this a More Level match than it potentially could have been a few weeks ago I’ll go Cardiff nil Leicester one can I double you up are you gonna

Allow it yeah no problem uh leester in that first half against dip Street Sam for about 10 15 minutes mate they were superb the the way and the the strategy and the team shape of bringing the keeper out into the back four and the I know we we talked about the difference

Between how Lester have done it and how Southampton have done it but really really fun watch but I agree with you I think ciff will keep it tight so we are going to double up on that one let me just click through a few more score predictions thank you everybody for

Joining us live in the chat also thank you to people like Jay as well who you can see are members of the channel you can get involved with that and I’ve forgotten to say Sam can you just point above your left shoulder we are in association with match Bingo um today

There you go up above your head um I’ll show you a bingo card in a minute but first I’ve got to talk to you about centry versus Swansea um and I’ve got a back commentary on this one Sam especially after that 5 nil um I think they’ll go back to still without a

Manager as well aren’t they um I think they’ll go back to basics so it’ll be closer than that but I’m G to go commentry one Swansea nil Sam what are you saying I’m uh a little bit more optimistic about goals in this game for both teams um six unbeaten commentry now

Aren’t they a real inconsistency at Swansea obviously under an interim manager I think this could be I think this could be good fun I’m going five goals sharing 32 3-2 C here so let me get this right that’s not a bonus point because the margin of Victory is not not quite

Big enough but it’s a nice one isn’t it yeah and I expect you to be a bit Cy mate because you’ve got the onepoint buffer so you’re not going to be giving away points willy-nilly are you willy nilly dear me sorry let me put some more

Of the chat up yes Sam you Sam send me your number and we’ll get you in the um group chat um right uh it’s Huddersfield versus Middlesboro I always call this a Neil waro Derby because it’s his his two most recent teams Sam hfield and middles BR possibly I can’t remember now he’s

Had so he’s had so many but how did you see this one going Sam Huddersfield uh great win for H field um last time out by the way 3-0 over Blackburn wasn’t it yeah that come from Blackburn are just BL are just great fun aren’t they you

Just don’t know what you’re going to get from them I think this is very very tricky there’s such an inconsistency with with Middlesboro at the moment I think Huddersfield maybe will have what burnt themselves out to a degree and M as have still got good players I’m going to go for a tight

2-1 away win you I quite like that as a prediction I I you know what I tend to overestimate burra this season starting with my one to 24 predictions and putting them second so I’ll I’ll go for the out I’ll go for a different outcome then Sam and

Not be tactical like you’re suggesting I’ll go for a boring old one one draw in this one honors even and let’s move on to hull versus aforementioned Blackburn could be anything black B so I trust Hull a bit more than I trust Rovers in terms of um what to expect we’re not

Expecting the draw are we because it’s Blackburn so I’m going to back Hull Sam um and should we go silly Hull three Blackburn two there you go what’ you reckon well I reckon we should give each other a bonus point on the the the score of our choice the result of our choice

So basically I’ll choose one for you you can have a bonus point for that okay stick it in there in Brackets I’m going to take the draw here mate you took it on the previous game I know Blackburn don’t like the uh share of the spoils but holla particularly inconsistent up

And down at home Blackburn lost the last three away I can’t see that continuing because they’re a great watch especially on the road at times the way they cut through teams that Norwich game Springs to mind always think back to watching that mid game and it’s an entirety the

End of last season so I think they’ll get back at it here but Point each one1 one one um guys we’re gonna get into match seven really really quickly as Sam did point the above his said we are in association with match Bingo we really do appreciate their support with the

Podcast um you can go and get involved tonight for free and we’re gonna get a bonus prediction from Sam Parkin because you can get a free card for Arsenal versus West Ham just head over to match bingo app and it’s absolutely free to play tonight Sam

I need an attempt saved but um alons arola has this is from an Arsenal point of view has saved 52 this season I need a left footed goal for West Ham Jared Bowen has six so that looks promising I also need a goal awarded in any minute

Ending in five and Sam look you can take a horse to water look how easy we’re making this for everybody we got a bloody QR code now so just pause the um although actually if you’re watching on your phone how are you going to take a

Picture of the QR code get get it up on your laptop or your iPad or whatever go um to that QR code it’ll take you to match bingo. co.uk bbfc and Sam’s goingon to tell you really quickly what the score is going to be in Arsenal versus West Ham tonight

Go oh mate I’m only interested in the mid-table of the the Premier League and the the the basement battle top of the Premier League uh what did he do more as he rolled the diced in the anfield it backfired then they beat United oh that’s a big game narrow

Victory 2-1 Arsenal maybe one of those crazy last minutes at the Emirates oh I was at the Luton game where they scored in the 97th minute to win 43 um yeah apparently if gray guesses right you can just screenshot the QR code and that will still work so head over to match

Bingo and Sam we said before Christmas 1,000s on that it noris game and one of our Watchers pull won the jackpots I do get involved freeto playay tonight for Arsenal West Ham why am I procrastinating Sam because it is the Ben versus Sam Derby it’s ipswitch versus QPR and Sam no Mory no

Hurst oh I’ll take a goal off for that then shall I there we go um I listened to the second half of uh mil QPR in my seat at the Vitality Stadium my goodness me sanded drabs Ville so QPR they need January don’t they because for

All the good that the the manager’s done and I think in the early weeks we saw that this was um a really good appointment clever appointment much needed appointment that form subsided the lack of thrust and goal threat is so evident to me so they’re not going to score again

And they’re going to get beaten two goals to nil two goals to nil says Sam um obviously little bit less confident without Mory and Hurst um I think I’m going to agree with this one from Jay Crick and one from Jack here and one from Neil I’ll edit your prediction a

Little bit Sam I’ll go if it’s to win but it to be close because of the captain and the striker not being around keep your eye on the January transfer window and a number nine coming into Port Ro I’m not in the no um but just

Assume that’s going to happen 2-1 I will go for and them up the road Sam milw versus Norwich I suppose it’s me um going first on this one I’ve got mixed I remember when farker started at nor I remember them losing 4-0 at milw but I also remember them going back the next

Season and winning 4-0 there so I’m I’m not in my brain this could go either way um I think this might be a draw Sam I make Norwich slight favorites at the moment I think they’re um sort of playing pretty well and the results are fairly decent I know went to West Brom

And lost but there was a red card in the game which makes a difference doesn’t it so um let’s go Desmond we haven’t had one yet milw two Norwich two Sam what you reckon one of the hardest of the week I would suggest I mean you can just

See the results that are filtering through there the predictions nobody nobody’s got the same result I mean this could be anything Norwich have had some good away narrow victories haven’t they over the last month or so M on a good run I think one defeating four and that

Was a relatively good showing at at Leicester certainly in terms of the the line um I’ll go for mil to Nick this one nil don’t think they’ve had a one nil yet under Joe Edwards this is going to be it me um Preston versus Sheffield Wednesday just quickly Sam you played at

Milw when they do the mill and you’re on the pitch what is that like do you know what and this is probably a massive shout I don’t think it was all the rage oh not back five years ago there may be people that come on the chat now and say

They’ve been doing it for since they do at the the old Den but I don’t really recall that I just remember the the the song they come out to which my sister loved my sister’s only ever been to um to two of my my matches so she still

Remembers that to the 10 and obviously the the no one likes us I don’t really remember the I’m neutral and I sit there at M will watching I I start joining in I don’t even know I’m doing it just it’s just a fun long note isn’t it anyway I’m

Going to shut now because loads of predictions are coming in for Preston versus Wednesday there you go I’ll give you a bit of help with what the guys are saying in the chat here they’re heavy on a draw actually Sam what you reckon I’ll have me bonus Point here please mate I

Am gonna give you a little curve ball and despite um what the last two they’ve lost haven’t they I’m not I’m not convinced Preston would have got a job done with 11v 11 I mean stating the bleeding obvious there and I’m not convinced they’re going to all

Of a sudden go on a consistent run so therefore I think my mate Danny R he’s gonna come up trumps 21 two1 Wednesday bonus point that one is it two1 shev Wednesday that’s a bonus point for me yeah gotta be and can I just say on the

Podcast three weeks ago Sam spoke about Liam Miller you know just just listen to the show yeah listen listen to the show what a goal by Liam Miller um well I I’ll back Preston then after the good win I’ll go for the the feeling to be high I’m going to flip your result

Around and I’ll go for a 2-1 win to Preston so we got both bases covered rodam versus Sunland what a win for rodam against bar did you see the XG Sam I know people get um um get preoccupied with XG and get a bit emotional about it

But um wasn’t the most viable win in the world but the Millers bloody well needed that didn’t they um 11 games without a win so I’m I’m buttering the Miller fans up here and then I’m about to predict that sundland are going to go there and

Win I’m afraid so um let’s go for a mick Bal win and let’s go for 2-0 to the mams what you reckon sir yeah same thought process really I’ve got the shots it was three shots to 20 the um the him Victory so like one of the previous Gam

I just don’t know if they’ll be able to do it with a quick turnaround lightning striking twice Sunland again I think of them being good fun when it clicks you know they’re excellent away from home especially um so I think two goal cushion SS good to me one three one

Three and Sam you are going to be first up for I need to scroll down my bad sorry everybody Watford versus Steven schumacker and Stoke City yeah I just don’t know what to make of of Watford clearly well we did a bit on them didn’t

We a few weeks ago and quite a lot like quite a lot to like um and then got resoundingly thumped at home by Bristol City wasn’t it not um I think they possibly get back to winning ways here there’s obviously going to be a lot for Steven shumacker to do despite you know

Having a really promising start what four points from two off the top of my head I think they was score but I think yeah maybe his um his woes on the road if we can call that that so far this season with our we’ll maybe continue in the short term I’ll go 2-1

Watford yeah um I’ve got my blooming IP Swit hat on because the next game is Stoke versus IP switch so I’m trying not to get in in my own head here but I was I was going to back Watford as well so I’m I’m going to tuck in now I’m going

To play tactically and try and get one over on you so I’ll back the draw and I’m going to go dull as dishwater not the match but the outcome you know what I’m about to say sam one one and finally do we get a bounce back from Leeds

United they’re on telly at West Brom which is a difficult away game as Carlos coron against his former Club Sam I don’t see West Brom winning I I think Leeds get a reaction um I didn’t have to talk about um Leeds beating I 4-0 but Somerville Jesus Christ what a player um

I think they’re gonna win Sam aren’t they but you’re not beating West Brom by two goals are you one nil West Brom nil leads United one this is where I’m going to make my money you flipping it I wanted to call him Ken daro it’s not is it it’s Carl oh

Ma’s mate he’s gonna start isn’t he yeah yeah I hope his um I hope his nickname’s Ken should be shouldn’t it I like Ken Bal I’ve just got it it’s a bit tenuous is it but yeah that shouldn’t that shouldn’t disrupt him too much was it

Last year he was he was brilliant for a period wasn’t he maybe last year or the season before so that shouldn’t disrupt too much I just think corbran again the way he was structure it I think he’s too obvious to go for the one- nil there was obviously that catastrophic ending

Against Leicester when they done quite well hadn’t they looked like they were going to get something out of that game I’m going to flip that one it was Leicester winning 2-1 at the Hawthorns I’m going to go for West bromage albian two leads one just a little bit of a

Wobble to continue they’ll get over it leads no problem at all but I think that um it’s a coiner phrase from earlier in the season it might get worse before it gets better D there you go Sam that is the predictions be we’ve got you on can

I ask you a couple more questions for two more minutes me or someone else no you yeah yeah yeah go let’s give the audience some bang for their buckins there’s no full podcast here so look Sam um we’ve got through the Christmas period we’ve had a change in the table um Southampton

Moving into third uh I saw leester the other night obviously I’m not changing my mind on them winning the title it switch now without Hurst uh for quote a significant amount of time where is the power in a US Power Rankings type thing Sam is it now with Southampton in that second place

Chase can I tell you at midnight tomorrow night when I’m on my way back on the M3 um you can text me but you’re live on the internet right now no I wouldn’t say so just yet you know i’ I’d have to have to see how this

Settles down in the new year year for for lead United I’m talking about here and and and for and for sthampton if they can continue in this in this vein so I wouldn’t be able to separate those two and say who’s the most likely to to heat pressure on IP switch or

Potentially overturn them I agree with you about Leicester I think that the last kind of three or four games has just reestablished everyone’s belief in them after what four or five games where they they weren’t convincing were they they dropped points they won some games where they didn’t play well I think

Think they’ve um they’ve uh reaffirmed everyone’s thoughts and beliefs about the championship in the last couple of games so I’ll have to wait and see um and I suppose to put it back on to you how Paramount is it now that I switch get a striker or is that oh they

Can’t function without someone doing that role Sam yeah it’s they can get through a few games but if Hurst is out for 6 to eight weeks and that’s a guess I mean did you ever tell your hamstring Sam no I had hamstring problems in my last year but we probably did any of

Your teammates and how long were they out for and you got to ease it back in as well haven’t you I inan a minor te six weeks is it yeah exactly exactly for like I mean yeah you can do much more severe ones but I suppose yeah I just

Think leads away from home is a bit of a kind of funny Quirk isn’t it of the season so far they just not turned up in a few of the away games is that four maybe now they’ve lost on the road maybe five so yeah so formidable at Ellen Road

You know we’re talking on the back of one of the most standout results of the season I did not see that coming especially the way that ipswitch have been in contrast to how they’ve been at Pont Road you know very watertight away from home and they just completely

Obviously capitulated to a degree that afternoon so I see leads contining they just need to find a way away from home um starting with one of the trickiest um assignments of the season so yeah I think a lot of it will probably boil down to them improving in that regard

And what IPS Swit do in the window to give them that little little thrust forward you got time for one more yeah Sam’s got to be on the radio everybody he’s not just running off um I think the most common question is it’s Birmingham fans in the chat today Sam talking about

Rooney are we as he I always remember Paul Hurst that if switch going quickly and throwing the players under the bus and it just if you go in with that too soon it’s problematic um Are we almost full circle already with Rooney if he loses the next

Couple um well I had no I had no thought that it was going to be anything but uh six 16th 17th 18th Place finished as it has been for the last six or seven seasons sorry if I’ve done Birmingham a disservice there but it feels like they’re parentally finishing in in those

Type of positions and that was my feeling for them again ahead of this season so the owners won’t feel that um share that sentiment so I don’t know I would imagine it wasn’t anticipated that he would get them promoted this year but it would have been anticipated be doing the DAR

Site better I’ve not seen him in the last couple of games to pass judgment um it depends how way Rooney is around the place how he’s controlling the players at training how enjoyable the day today is you can kind of accept the results as a player um if you know the feeling

Around the trading ground is enjoyable and he’s he’s good as a man manager obviously the comments sometimes don’t go down particularly well but I wouldn’t read too much into that at all I think the only people that know the outcome here are the owners aren’t they how

Desperate they are for quick success and if they still believe that Wayne Rooney is the man obviously it came with huge risk I think we think back to his time at Derby how much of it was him coming to life on a match day dayto day how much of it was Liam

Ria I think it was was probably quite a lot of reia on the training ground so we’ll see we’ll see I’ll pass judgment when I’ve had a better look of them look at them over the next couple of weeks you can give a yes no answer I promise it’s the last

One but Bristol City probably would have been Parkin’s pick if we um if we’ve been doing a podcast over um a full podcast um they’re in great form um any chance of them sustaining and being around the playoff positions well I think it would be one

Of the stories of the Season I’d say no for for now I don’t think that the squad is um as complete as Liam manam will want it and I think he’ll need a couple of Windows to get it there so yeah they scored what four at Watford the other

Day um scored three in one of the recent home games didn’t they so you know I don’t think there’s maybe as big a problem as I felt in terms of the goal scoring but I still think you know they’ll need a striker need to improve

In in most of the areas to make that that Dart but Luton centry they’ve proved that there’s always one surprise or there can be a surprise in the second tier and and why not but again that would be an incredible achievement brilliant Sam with Jim proudfoot on talk

Sport 2 tomorrow night if you’re watching that turn off the uh commentary on the TV and listen to those NSYNC NY sync It Up N Sync what’s the best N Sync Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye don’t want to be a fool for you that’s naughties rather

Than 90s which is not I’m more of a 90s gu but there you go thank you everybody for um joining us tonight short podcast keep looking out on the socials we will try and drop one in it’ll probably be after another two rounds of games

Because we play on the 29 fan the first and the next podcast would probably be the back end of that week and if you hadn’t noticed we were nominated for an award they didn’t quite get the name of the show correct but if you do want to

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You all very soon I’ll probably jump on a watch along tomorrow night but I don’t want to don’t want to go head-to-head with Mr Parkin and do Southampton versus Plymouth but we’ll see what transpires um during the day and um I’ll bid you a fond fond farewell um Sam do you want to

Wish the listeners and the Watchers a happy New Year have a great New Year everyone New Year’s Eve I I have started adding a few little bits for my fancy dress outfit I’ve got to go to a New Year’s Eve party dressed as a famous

John do what you want with it you cannot be serious that that would be very straightforward for me because I have Well normally it’s beond Borg my go-to I’ve got an 80s racket 70s racket got the Barnet I’ve got the feler wh tracky is outstanding I had to from one of

Those like vintage sites so it cost me a few expensive but I’m going a little bit more Rogue so maybe I’ll da the outfit in the first week back I cannot wait unbelievable Sam he’s involved in sport he’s involved in sport or was involved in sport okay

You’re going to tell me when we finish and we’ll get guesses in the comments thanks everybody for joining get your predictions in if you’re watching after the fact did not live stick them in the comments and we’ll see you next week for a proper Championship checkin