Great Uncle Bulgaria

29.09.2023 38 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head 31 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 30 Gorillaz - Dare  29 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan 28 Nelly Furtado - Maneater -3 27 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 25 Lady Gaga — Poker Face 22 Britney Spears - Toxic +4 22 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life 15 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) -3

28/9/2023 41 A-Ha — Take On Me +4 29 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 28 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 14 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This? 12 Bangles — Manic Monday -6 Amazed Manic Monday is still here. Walk like an Egyptian was great, but this? It's harmless enough, but hardly a classic.

28/9/2023 36 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head 33 Britney Spears - Toxic +4 33 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 32 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life 31 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 31 Lady Gaga — Poker Face 27 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 25 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) -3 25 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan -3 21 Gorillaz - Dare  11 Stereophonics - Dakota

27/9/2023 40 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head 33 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 31 Britney Spears - Toxic +4 30 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 28 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) -4 27 Lady Gaga — Bad Romance 27 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 26 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life 25 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan 23 Stereophonics - Dakota 23 Gorillaz - Dare 15 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 13 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin’ -2 11 t.A.T.u. - All the Things She Said

27/9/2023 36 A-Ha — Take On Me +4 33 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) -2 31 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 27 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This? 19 Bangles — Manic Monday -2 15 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -2 11 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette

26/9/2023 40 A-Ha — Take On Me +2 35 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) -2 31 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -2 30 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 26 Bangles — Manic Monday -2 17 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This? 15 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer +2 14 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 10 INXS — Need You Tonight

26/9 34 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out of My Head 29 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 28 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 28 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 27 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 26 Sugababes - Push the Button 26 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 25 Britney Spears - Toxic +4 25 Evanescence - Bring Me to Life 22 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 22 Stereophonics - Dakota 22 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy  21 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin’ 21 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan 20 Gorillaz - Dare 14 t.A.T.u. - All the Things She Said  06 La Roux - Bulletproof -6

25.09.2023 41 A-Ha — Take On Me +3 38 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 33 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 29 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -3 23 Bangles — Manic Monday -2 23 INXS — Need You Tonight -1 20 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 18 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer +1 15 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This? 10 Ultravox — Vienna 10 Alice Cooper — Poison

25.09.2023 34 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head +2 28 Britney Spears - Toxic +2 25 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 25 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 25 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life 24 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 24 La Roux - Bulletproof 24 Lady Gaga — Pokerface 24 Sugababes - Push the Button 23 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 23 Gorillaz - Dare 21 Stereophonics - Dakota 21 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 20 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin’ 19 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 19 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan 18 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 18 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) -6 14 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 09 All Saints - Pure Shores Top 3 looks about right to me

I agree that Burnley will stay up. Bournemouth, Everton and Wolves are pretty weak and Palace, Fulham and Brentford (till January) have all been shorn of their top scorers from last season without replacing them and will also be somewhere in the bottom 9. And that's without mentioning Forest (or Chelsea!). Never mind the bottom 3, the bottom half of the league is really poor this year.

Guardiola couldn't keep that squad up, they're nowhere near good enough - in fact they weren't even before they lost their best forward (Ndiaye) and arguably best midfielder (Berge) from last season's championship squad. No point sacking him really (although they probably will at some point).

24/9/23 27 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head +1 26 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 24 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 24 Eminem ft. Dido - Stan 24 Sugababes - Push the Button 24 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love) 24 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 23 Gorillaz - Dare 23 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 22 Britney Spears - Toxic +1 21 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 21 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life 21 Stereophonics - Dakota 20 La Roux - Bulletproof 20 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 20 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin’ 19 Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) 16 All Saints - Pure Shores 15 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 14 Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation +2 14 Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy 14 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love 12 Aaliyah - More Than a Woman -6

Another -2 to play with?

Sun 24 Sep 81 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 74 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 63 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 50 La Roux - Bulletproof 17 Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy +4 16 Lily Allen - The Fear -6 9 Pink - So What

24/9/2023 43 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) -2 38 A-Ha — Take On Me 31 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 25 Bangles — Manic Monday -2 25 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -2 25 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 22 INXS — Need You Tonight 20 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 16 Ultravox — Vienna 14 Alice Cooper — Poison 13 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 12 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 11 Kim Wilde — Kids in America +4 07 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This

23/9/23 38 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 36 A-Ha — Take On Me 35 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 26 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -3 26 Bangles — Manic Monday -3 24 INXS — Need You Tonight 19 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 18 Alice Cooper — Poison 18 Ultravox — Vienna 18 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 18 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 18 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 16 Erasure — Sometimes +1 12 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 12 Kim Wilde — Kids in America +3 08 The Stranglers — Golden Brown

23/9/23 81 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 78 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 63 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 54 La Roux - Bulletproof 28 Pink - So What 19 Estelle ft. Kanye West — American Boy 16 Girls Aloud - The Promise +4 15 Lily Allen - The Fear -6

22/9/23 84 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 80 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 52 La Roux - Bulletproof 40 Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy 36 Lily Allen - The Fear -4 32 Duffy - Mercy -2 32 Lady Gaga - Poker Face +4 29 Girls Aloud - The Promise 19 Pink - So What

22/9/23 09:05 hrs 46 A-Ha — Take On Me 35 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 29 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 23 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -2 23 Bangles — Manic Monday -1 23 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 22 INXS — Need You Tonight 21 Kim Wilde — Kids In America +2 20 Erasure — Sometimes +2 20 Alice Cooper — Poison 19 Ultravox — Vienna 19 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 18 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 17 Diana Ross — Upside Down -3 17 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 16 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 12 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 08 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On

Don't mind it but chorus always strikes me as a rehash of Tony Basil's Mickey

21/9/2023 84 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 80 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 50 Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy  50 La Roux - Bulletproof 39 Lady Gaga - Poker Face +2 30 Girls Aloud - The Promise +2 28 Lily Allen - The Fear -4 28 Pink - So What -2 27 Duffy - Mercy 23 The Ting Tings — That’s Not My Name 11 Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone

21/9/2023 37 A-Ha — Take On Me 31 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 31 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 28 Bangles — Manic Monday 26 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 26 Queen — Radio Ga Ga 23 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 21 Ultravox — Vienna 21 Alice Cooper — Poison 20 Kim Wilde — Kids In America +2 20 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 20 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 20 INXS — Need You Tonight 19 Diana Ross — Upside Down -2 18 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 14 Erasure — Sometimes +2 14 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue 13 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 12 David Bowie — Modern Love 10 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 06 Lipps Inc — Funkytown -4

sept 20 2023 80 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 80 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl 50 La Roux - Bulletproof 42 Lily Allen - The Fear -3 42 Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy 38 The Ting Tings - That’s Not My Name 38 Pink - So What 30 Duffy - Mercy 29 Lady Gaga - Poker Face +4 26 Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone -3 19 Girls Aloud - The Promise 16 Rihanna - Take a Bow 

24 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 24 Kim Wilde — Kids In America +4 20 Erasure — Sometimes 20 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 20 Bangles — Manic Monday 20 Ultravox — Vienna 20 INXS — Need You Tonight 20 Phil Collins — In The Air Tonight 20 A-Ha — Take On Me 20 Alice Cooper — Poison 20 David Bowie — Modern Love 20 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 20 Salt-N-Pepa — Push It / Tramp 20 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 20 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 20 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 20 Queen — Radio Ga Ga 20 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer 20 Diana Ross — Upside Down 20 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue 20 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 20 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 20 Lipps Inc — Funkytown 14 Terence Trent D’arby — Sign Your Name 14 Technotronic ft. Felly — Pump Up The Jam -6

That's the Exeter team that's joint top of League One (which includes Reading, who would only be in mid-table even if they hadn't had a points deduction...)! I guess/hope they had rested a few regulars. I witnessed my lot's (Weymouth) record home defeat - also 9-0 - to Rushden & Diamonds about 10 years ago.