S15M23: Bloggy Bloggy Bloggy

Well, that went well. We all know a congested schedule throws up surprises but come on...that's one for the bookies to replenish their coffers. It all started well when the Carrickbot 3000 managed a resurgent Man Utd to a deserved derby win over Man Utd. As with all ex-Fergie players, I envisage TMNT villain Krang, with ol' rednose himself pulling the strings from his abdominal control room.

Home wins for Chelsea's Ager of Men and Leeds were relatively predictable, before Liverpool continued their unbeaten streak with a commendable 1-1 home draw to imminently relegated Burnley. Sunderland's impressive home form provided some respite to our collective nonsense before Spurs and Arsenal let the side down, losing at home to West Ham and drawing a stalemate at Forest respectively. I'm particularly irked by the former. I'd even said to a friend going to the game "enjoy the last min West Ham winner". Gotta back up those instincts on the forms.

Wolves continued their progress towards beating Derby's miserable total with a good point at home to Newcastle, before Unai did his magic to see the xG bubble burst in home defeat to Everton. Finally, a lovely overhead kick last minute equaliser gained Brighton a point at home to a post-Semenyo Bournemouth in a game referred to at Impossibilitee Towers as the Pier Derby. It'll catch on.

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Let's get statty:

This week, 22 people played
Most popular predicted results: Arsenal & Liverpool WINS (22/22)
Most disputed predicted result: Leeds vs Fulham (8-8-6 split)

Highest odds: Hannah Daniels (3,636/1)
Lowest odds: Geoffrey Skolnick (923/1)
Average odds: 1,808/1

Best predictors: Chris Sutton & Aron Kleiman (4/10)
Worst predictor: Loads of you (1/10)
Average score: 2/10

Best predicted result: Chelsea WIN (15/22)
Worst predicted results: Liverpool vs Burnley & Nott(s) Forest vs Arsenal DRAWS and Everton WIN (0/22). For colour, there were 3 games with 0/22, 2x 1/22 and 1x2/22. Rubbish.

Everyone's score (is this the worst graph I've ever posted here?):

Leaderboard (>2/3; 15/22)

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To this week's predos:

Good luck all

S15M17-21: Results only

This is a monthly blog. Anyone who says anything to the contrary is a liar, a charlatan and a fraud and you should dissociate yourselves from them, immediately.

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Let's get statty:

Matchday 17

This week, 20 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man City WIN (20/20)
Most disputed predicted result: Leeds vs Crystal Palace (5-7-8 split)

Highest odds: Feneley (1,500/1)
Lowest odds: Josh Daniels (927/1)
Average odds: 1,168/1

Best predictors: 4 of you (7/10)
Worst predictors: Joseph Machta & Chris Sutton (3/10)
Average score: 5.45/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (20/20)
Worst predicted result: Bournemouth vs Burnley DRAW (1/20 - Well done Zoe Daniels)

Matchday 18

This week, 22 people played
Most popular predicted result: Liverpool & Man City WINS (22/22)
Most disputed predicted result: West Ham vs Fulham (5-8-9 split)

Highest odds: Josh Daniels (4,355/1)
Lowest odds: Feneley (2,841/1)
Average odds: 3,406/1

Best predictor: Geoffrey Skolnick (7/10)
Worst predictor: WhoScored.com (2/10)
Average score: 5.09/10

Best predicted result: Liverpool & Man City WINS (22/22)
Worst predicted result: Sunderland vs Leeds DRAW (3/20)

Matchday 19

This week, 23 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man Utd, Chelsea & Newcastle WINS (23/23)
Most disputed predicted result: Brentford vs Spurs (8-10-5 split)

Highest odds: Hannah Daniels (2,914/1)
Lowest odds: Feneley (276/1)
Average odds: 1,112/1

Best predictors: Loads of you (4/10)
Worst predictors: Loads of you (2/10)
Average score: 3.05/10

Best predicted result: Newcastle WIN (23/23)
Worst predicted result: Chelsea vs Bournemouth & Man Utd vs Wolves DRAW (0/23)

Matchday 20

This week, 21 people played
Most popular predicted result: Aston Villa WIN (21/21)
Most disputed predicted result: Leeds vs Man Utd (8-6-7 split)

Highest odds: AFM (4,230/1)
Lowest odds: Aron Kleiman (1,164/1)
Average odds: 2,589/1

Best predictors: AFM & Zoe Daniels (6/10)
Worst predictor2: Eli Daniels (2/10)
Average score: 4.14/10

Best predicted result: Aston Villa WIN (21/21)
Worst predicted result: Man City vs Chelsea DRAW (0/21)

Matchday 21

This week, 22 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man City WIN (22/22)
Most disputed predicted result: West Ham vs Nott(s) Forest (7-6-9 split)

Highest odds: Geoffrey Skolnick (2,791/1)
Lowest odds: Feneley (1,008/1)
Average odds: 1,768/1

Best predictors: Daniel Wigman & Me (5/10)
Worst predictors: David Brickman & Geoffrey Skolnick (1/10)
Average score: 3.18/10

Best predicted result: Newcastle WIN (20/22)
Worst predicted result: Man City vs Brighton DRAW (0/22)

Everyone's score:

Leaderboard (>2/3; /)

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Blog on Friday with M22 results & new predos. I promise. Maybe.

S15M17: Nothing to see

This is a weekly blog. Anyone who says anything to the contrary is fake news. Don't bother checking.

S15M12: Snoods out for the lads

As is tradition, post-international break blogs are short. Mainly because I can't remember what happened, outside of one specific match.

I'm not really one for international football but my word did my Irish & Scottish heritage kick in this week. By which I mean trips to both countries to sample their liquid culture. Wonderful stuff. Troy Parrott should now retire as he'll never have a better week, and I can't decide which Scottish worldie is my fav goal - McTominaldo's overheard, KT inverting to curve one past klubmate Kaspar from 20 yards or the pump-fake from halfway. Obviously, given my real heritage, which is Set Piece FC, I'm going for their second goal...class

But we're back in it now. Temperature drops. Passions rise. Lezgo....

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Let's get statty:

This week, 22 people played
Most popular predicted result: Chelsea WIN (21/22)
Most disputed predicted result: Spurs vs Man Utd (10-7-5 split respectively)

Highest odds: AFM (6,632/1)
Lowest odds: Josh Daniels (1,434/1)
Average odds: 3,301/1

Best predictor: David Brickman (8/10)
Worst predictor: Hannah Daniels (2/10)
Average score: 5.14/10

Best predicted result: Chelsea WIN (21/22)
Worst predicted result: Sunderland vs Arsenal DRAW (2/21)

Everyone's score:

Leaderboard (>2/3; 8/11)

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To this week's predos:

Good luck all

S15M11: We're safe (for now)

Its's 2025. I'm a busy man. So I did what anybody would do. I asked ChatGPT to lighten my load.

My load is not lightened.

After four attempts, it’s clear that asking ChatGPT to write a football blog is like asking a goldfish to explain offside. The enthusiasm’s there — lots of words, plenty of confidence — but somewhere between the algorithmic optimism and the “irreverent tone” brief, it loses the plot. One version started musing about kettles, another reviewed imaginary teams, and by the third, we’d entered full existential crisis territory. So, rather than risk another 400 words of synthetic banter and misplaced metaphor, we’re cutting our losses. The AI’s gone back to its data cave, and we’re sticking to what it can’t ruin — the results. Cold, clean, factual results. No tangents, no tortured analogies, no leaf-clearing philosophy. Just the scores, as they happened, free from poetic interpretation or robotic rambling. Sometimes you have to admit defeat, whistle for full-time, and take the point. Now, on to the football.

This weekend saw an interesting series of events where all the models (av 7.1) outperformed the normal, regular joes (av 5.5) by quite a bit. This isn't quite an AI thing, but made me think about how expertise has been reviewed in isolation, and what a collated model might be, One for the off season perhaps...

S15M10: Back on the Wagon

Apparently I've not written anything for weeks. Oops.

I knew I'd slacked for a couple, but...yeah, sorry.

The good news is that my lack of blogs have coincided with a rotten run of form for Liverpool. So, if they win this weekend, maybe this will be the last blog I write this season....

Anyway, I'm not recapping everything. Plenty to get through to update below so we'll just crack on

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Let's get statty:

M6

This week, 23 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man City WIN (23/23)
Most disputed predicted result: Brentford vs Man Utd (9-6-8 split)

Highest odds: Steven Daniels (3,170/1)
Lowest odds: Feneley (623/1)
Average odds: 1,808/1

Best predictor: Joe Abbott (5/10)
Worst predictors: Loads of us (2/10)
Average score: 3.09/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (23/23)
Worst predicted result: Crystal Palace & Brighton WINS (0/23)

M7

This week, 24 people played
Most popular predicted result: Arsenal WIN (24/24)
Most disputed predicted result: Man Utd vs Sunderland (12-5-7 split)

Highest odds: Josh Daniels (4,106/1)
Lowest odds: AFM (605/1)
Average odds: 2,605/1

Best predictor: Eli Daniels (8/10)
Worst predictor: Zoe Daniels (4/10)
Average score: 6.13/10

Best predicted result: Arsenal WIN (24/24)
Worst predicted result:Wolves vs Brighton (1/24 - Well done Daniel Wigman)

M8

This week, 22 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man City, Arsenal & Chelsea WINS (22/22)
Most disputed predicted result: Brighton vs Newcastle (8-8-6 split)

Highest odds: Feneley (1,946/1)
Lowest odds: Geoffrey Skolnick (1,346/1)
Average odds: 1,750/1

Best predictors: Zoe Daniels & Opta (7/10)
Worst predictor: Chris Sutton (3/10)
Average score: 4.77/10

Best predicted result: Man City, Arsenal & Chelsea WINS (22/22)
Worst predicted result: Aston Villa WIN (0/22)

M9

This week, 25 people played
Most popular predicted result: Arsenal & Chelsea WINS (25/25)
Most disputed predicted result: Everton vs Spurs (8-5-12 split)

Highest odds: Fenely (2,570/1)
Lowest odds: Josh Daniels (352/1)
Average odds: 1,465/1

Best predictor: David Brickman (8/10)
Worst predictors: David Graniewitz, David Silverman & Joe Abbott (4/10)
Average score: 5.80/10

Best predicted result: Arsenal WIN (25/25)
Worst predicted result: Aston Villa & Sunderland WINS (0/25)

Everyone's score:

Leaderboard (>2/3; 7/9)

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To this week's predos:

Good luck all