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Round Six has to be one of the highlights so far this season with table-toppers Manchester Thunder losing out to the reigning champions Surrey Storm on Monday.Victory for the Storm came days after their one goal defeat to Loughborough Lightning, who were edged out against a Team Northumbria outfit that have now recorded back-to-back wins.Yorkshire Jets will want to forget their last few fixtures, losing to Celtic Dragons in a battle at the bottom, while Team Bath couldnt stop high-flying Hertfordshire Mavericks and the league table was blown open on Monday night, making for some eagerly anticipated Round Seven matches. Early impressionsOn paper the teams that were tipped as contenders fill the top five places and have confirmed that they are in the hunt for this years title.Many, myself included, hinted in pre-season that it was unlikely that the 2016 champions would go undefeated and that is true after Thunders first defeat against Storm, who bounced back from defeat to Loughborough just 48 hours earlier. Dan Ryan felt the Manchester Thunder were average in so many departments in their defeat to Surrey Storm The top four are a familiar force with Jets unable to find their 2015 form. But figures rarely tell the whole story and the stand-out attraction this year has to be the nature of the wins and the one-goal thrillers we have already seen.Loughborough have a penchant for these type of games but will no doubt rue their defeat against Team Northumbria, who had only won one game before their clash. It proved costly for Lightning and leaves them in fifth place ahead of Friday nights crucial clash with Team Bath.Storm appear to be finding form and confidence, perfect timing ahead of London Live and they may well make it a clean sweep of victories at the Olympic Park venue that has served them well. Helen Housby - Manchester Thunder Team Bath have work to do against the best teams in the league. Despite some patches of play being among the best seen so far, the deficits in each of their losses have been too great.Thunder find themselves in need of more homework after a first defeat and will welcome a Roses match-up with the Jets, a fixture in recent seasons that has been closely contested. This time around I fear Manchester will prove too strong and coach Dan Ryan may get an opportunity to expose more of his combos and inject players off the bench.Farewell JadeTonight marks the last game for Loughborough superstar Jade Clarke before she departs for the Southern Hemisphere and the Adelaide Thunderbirds - a much talked about move but one just too good for Jade to turn down and I wish her well. Loughborough Lightnings Jade Clarke is heading for Australia With the loss of Sasha Corbin so early in their campaign Loughborough will be digging deep to ensure they can remain competitive despite the adversity they have been dealt.So much time is spent throwing the spotlight on key individuals but I feel that this years winners, more so than ever, will need to be the best team, whose environment is cultivating the culture needed to perform under the increasing pressure our league demands.Team-by-teamWho has the versatility and strength in depth to cope when players pick up injuries? Who will perform when the team need them the most or just get simply get shut down by their opponents? These will be the squads that stand the best chance. Superleague: Ones to watch The stars of the Superleague Every team is showing their strengths, whether its the physicality and man-on-man defence combined with one of the strongest midcourt combos in the league of Thunder; the range and stature of Mavericks defensive unit coupled with an exciting circle attack of Sam Wallace and Englands Georgie Fisher learning her trade.Loughborough have a great mix of an off-marking and man-on-man defence style, with the ability and accuracy of Peace Proscovia and Kadeen Corbins combinations at the other end of the court.Surrey have the experience of winning, holding the title and when the likes of Rachel Dunn and Pamela Cookey are on form like on Monday, they can beat anyone. Sky Sports netball experts Natalie Seaton and Julie Corletto analyse the importance of Rachel Dunn Dragons have shown that they can compete with teams for longer periods and with a target such as Georgia Rowe it starves teams of the much needed turnover opportunity, the key for them will be in taking more ball from the more clinical attacking units and shooters.Team Bath boast two of the most prolific and accurate shooters so far in the league with Chelsea Lewis and Lenize Potgieter in fine form but the challenge for the south-west outfit is to afford them more opportunities at goal.For Jets they will need to find some consistency if they are to get the results and with Stacey Francis leading the way there is no doubt they will not let up that pursuit.Team Northumbria for me are still a dark horse, you cant ignore their result against Loughborough and I believe they have the capacity to repeat this in the second half of the season. Netball London Live We preview Saturdays Copper Box showdown London LiveSo attention turns to Round Seven and London Live. Who will come out on top in an eagerly anticipated derby?it is always tough to call and sitting side-by-side in the table going into the weekend, there is not much to separate them, with both confident coming off Round Six wins against other top four teams.The experience and relationship of Dunn and Cookey far outweighs that of the Mavericks newly formed shooting line-up so Linsay Keable, Layla Guscoth and Sam May will have their work cut out if they are to force errors but they have the capacity to do so on a good day.I feel it will be won or lost in the midcourt and a match-up between former Mavericks player Sophie Candappa and Kiwi Joline Johannson is an intriguing one. Surrey will need to service their circle well and win ball early before Mavericks get a chance to feed the impressive Wallace.Mavericks will need to be smart, steal some ball and be clinical from it. My gut feeling says Storm on a good day will rise to the occasion and may just edge it but either way it should be closely contested.Also See:London Live: Storm v MavericksSuperleague: Ones to watchSuperleagues new eraRoses set for summer seriesZach Randolph Jersey . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. Jaren Jackson Jr. Jersey . But by the time the game started, the Toronto Raptors forward felt even worse. And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. http://www.grizzliesbasketballpro.info/Allen-Iverson-Grizzlies-Jersey/ . There are some early surprises in the race for the Hart Trophy, but two of the contenders are the leagues biggest stars over the past decade. There are many more players in contention for the awards than just the three that Ive named, and a good or bad week can easily alter the landscape, but through the first 20 or so games of the NHL season, this is how the awards races look to me. Bryant Reeves Grizzlies Jersey .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. Bryant Reeves Grizzlies Jersey .J. Ellis hit two-run homers and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-0 Saturday night.Jeff Stelling provides us with his advice for this weekends Soccer Saturday Super 6, with a bumper £1m jackpot up for grabs.This weeks line-up consists of the four 3pm Premier League kick-offs along with Sky Bet Championship clashes QPR v Birmingham and Rotherham v Brentford. Play Super 6 Not made your predictions yet? Enter here for your chance to win ￡1m Heres Jeffs advice to help you win the Super 6 £1m jackpot...Leicester v Norwich Danny Welbeck celebrates his late winner against Leicester Most popular prediction: 2-0 (42%)This game is a question of Leicesters bounce-back-ability, but there was no shame in the way they lost at Arsenal as they played really well. Theyve recorded four clean sheets in a row at the King Power so I can see why the majority have gone with that and Norwich always concede away - the only Premier League side without a clean sheet on the road this season. However, I do think it will be a bit of an edgy one for Claudio Ranieris men and Im going for a narrower win.Jeff predicts: 2-1Southampton v Chelsea Fraser Forster is yet to concede since returning from injury Most popular prediction: 1-2 (31%)Well 31 per cent are ignoring this season and looking at the fact the away team are called Chelsea. Theres no doubt theyve improved under Guus Hiddink, with clean sheets in their last four Premier League games, but theyve got a poor record against the Saints winning just two of their last seven. Ronald Koemans men are also flying at the moment, so much so Charlie Austin cant get in the team, and I fancy them to make it seven clean sheets on the bounce and produce a coupon-buster.Jeff predicts: 1-0Stoke v Aston Villa Giannelli Imbula scored a stunner at Bournemouth Most popular prediction: 2-0 (38%)This time Ill roll in with the majority. Stoke were right back to their best form for their 3-1 win at Bournemouth and I thought they were exceptional. Theyve also had a little break over the FA Cup weekend so they should be refreshed as well. Villa, in contrast, are coming off the back of that 6-0 thumping by Liverpool, their lowest point in a horrendous season - and things are going from bad to worse.Jeff predicts: 2-0 Pundits Super 6 picks Find out what the Soccer Saturday pundits and Jamie Redknapp are predicting in their Super 6 accas.dddddddddddd Watford v Bournemouth Watford needed a Scott Wootton to see them past Leeds in the FA Cup Most popular prediction: 2-1 (29%)Im going for 2-1 as well - but not to the home side. I just feel that Watford tend to stagger over the line in games now, as they did against Leeds last week. I think theyll be pretty fatigued by the end of the season, particularly those they rely on most in Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney. It says it all that own goals are their third highest scorer. Bournemouth are also better away than home, with only one defeat in nine on the road in all competitions, and with the pace of Benik Afobe and Junior Stanislas making them dangerous on the counter-attack.Jeff predicts: 1-2QPR v Birmingham Jimmy Floyd Hasselbainks men have won just one in six Most popular prediction: 1-1 (29%)QPR are just a bit of an enigma. Theyve scored first in 17 games this season but only won seven of them. I was shocked by how bad they were against Fulham last time we saw them on Sky Sports. They were defensively shambolic. Birmingham, on the other hand, have kept clean sheets in five of their last six league games and I can see them recording another one here. Jeff predicts: 0-2Rotherham v Brentford John Swift scored twice in Brentfords 3-0 win over Wolves on Tuesday Most popular prediction: 1-2 (21%)Its a worrying time for Rotherham, who are yet to score a goal under Neil Warnock. Theyve lost 21 games this season, three more than anyone else in the Championship and they never even seem to look like scoring. Brentford are hit-and-miss, but they have a match-winner in Alan Judge. Hes got 13 goals this season but that doesnt tell the full story and hes a big talent.Jeff predicts: 1-2 Take on Jeff Think you know better? Enter you Super 6 predictions here.Also See:Play Super 6Opta play Super 6 ' ' '