M32 Results, M33 Predos - Viva John Terry, Viva Flamini, Mersey Merriment

As a rule, it's pretty bad form to dole it out and refuse to take it back. At the end of the day, it's just a game and people can take it too far.

That said, anyone who doesn't find this image funny is either 1) Jose Mourinho, 2) a member of the Bridge Terry family or 3) both.

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I'll freely admit my dislike of Chelsea. It's not to do with the money - I have nothing against Man City, PSG or anyone else like that. Sure, I'd like to see a more equal footing, but that's as subjective as it is 'Corinthian' - my club has benefited from 20+ years of Premier League money so compared to say, Wrexham, I've got nothing to moan about.

It's not even to do with pantomime villain Moaninho or  His Royal Cashleyness. It's mainly due to the imbecilic Dzhonny-come-latelies who wouldn't know Kerry Dixon from Lee Dizon, or Emile Zola from Gianfranco Zola. Those who have, in less than 10 years, become worse than the worst Man Utd or Liverpool supporter for the whinging and moaning. It's also to do with JT (Captain, Leader, Utter Mug) being a FKW. 

Anyway, I digress. I just had to write all that as I might have glossed over a rather good performance by them a few weeks ago due to some technological issues. But John Terry once ran over a puppy so it  was just karma.

The rather unexpected result in SouthEast London means that the title race really is a 3 way fight (although City are still my favourites, as they have been all season; I ain't no Robbie Savage) with Liverpool taking top place after requiring only 90 seconds to defeat Spurs on Sunday. The Moyesiah faced down his aerial critics with a comfortable win, followed up by a decent showing against FC Bayern Munchen. Everton continued their quest to sneak into 4th spot (hopefully that'll be put to bed this weekend), whilst Southampton thanked Newcastle for driving the length of the country (probably flew) with a shpanking. J-Rod done good, whilst that Lallana lad looks nailed on to spend his summer taking Samba classes from natives, once he sorts his hair out.

The best moment of the weekend however, was the chest bump between Solksjaer and his assistant after the late equaliser to the late 'winner' - a moment so brilliant even Pepe Mel came over to congratulate him. Never really understood the chest bump if I'm honest - doesn't seem like the kind of thing I'd do in the heat of the moment...but then I'm pretty sure I'd never whip my shirt off either. Or kick an advertising hoarding with joy. Weirdos.

'Nuff chat. Let's get statty.

This week, 17 people played
Most predicted result: Chelsea WIN (17/17)
Most disputed result: Arsenal vs Man City (3-4-10 split)

Highest odds: The Feneleys with a bacchanalian 12,652/1. Glad to see it takes drinking your bodyweight in Lincolnshire ale to knock my brother out of this spot.
Lowest odds: Steven Daniels, 344/1
Average odds: 3845/1 (1643/1 without the anomalous odds above)

Best predictor: Nathan Daniels (8/10)...perfect aside from the collective failures
Worst predictors: Josh Daniels & David Dinkin (4/10)
Average score: 5.88/10

Best predicted results: Everton & Liverpool WINS (16/17)
Worst predicted results: Crystal Palace & West Ham WINS (0/17)

Everyone's results:

And the leaderboard, for those who have playe 21/30 available weeks (I know we're on week 32....1 was ignored as too few matches played, 1 still is to be completed due to postponements):

Dinkin is the big loser, ceding his "Best Human" imaginary crown to Menachem who stays still as a result of his absence. In fact, too much standing still folks - I expect, nay, demand higher participation numbers this week. I'm also hugely impressed by the length of this tail, to abuse a cricketing term. Compared to season 1, the number of those now predicting >50% correctly is huge. Pats on the back all round.

To this week's predos:

Man City vs Southampton - MAN CITY

Hull vs Swansea - HULL

Cardiff vs Crystal Palace - DRAW

Newcastle vs Man Utd - MAN UTD

Aston Villa vs Fulham - ASTON VILLA

Norwich vs WBA - NORWICH

Chelsea vs Stoke - CHELSEA

Everton vs Arsenal - ARSENAL

West Ham vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL

Spurs vs Sunderland - SPURS

Total odds: 767/1 (PaddyPower)

Grand National bonus: Rocky Creek/Battle Group - both good shouts for an each way bet

(Disclaimer on the above - I know the square root of bugger all about horseracing. I have, however, made money on each of the last 3 Grand Nationals. So there.)

1 final thought for today - one of us has done good this week. This website/game/community has inspired an app (only available on iPhone currently) - Fooguru. If you have an iPhone - download the free app, and let's get an Impossibilitee league set up there for the World Cup. Unfortuantely, sucking up in this fashion does not get you bonus points - however, if anyone else feels like creating something, then let's do it. I think a nice range of Impossibilitee memorabilia should do well on Ebay!

Good luck, folks