S4M9: There's always one...

So I'm not actually bothered enough to do the research to substantiate this claim, but it seems that every season, there's always one team who everyone constantly overrates. Chelsea previously under AVB, Man Utd last season and this season, to my immense personal sadness, it's the turn of Arsenal.

Last week, all 21 players went for an Arsenal win, About 3 minutes away from 100% being about as wrong as can be (although technically all still wrong, but there are degrees of right and wrong...right?). What else happened? Well I reckon this was the weekend of the refs - the Hull equaliser being a good place to start. Then we had the debacle at Stoke (50% - Shawcross was a pen, Moses wasn't), then the hoary old refs-biased-towards-the-big-teams thing from Warnock - both red cards correct in that game in my opinion. Similarly, all 4 penalties were fair calls in my view at the Etihad in the Aguero show (surely the best umlauted player in the division, although I'm sure some clever clogs will point out that it's not an umlaut, it's a diphthong but whatevs, we're all just slaves to the double dot).

Big Sam is rolling back the years to when Bolton were good and not totally thuggish, it's fair to say that Roy Keane's beard had semi-Samsonite powers (not Sansomite, which is more alcohol related) and this bright new Dutch dawn somewhere in Salford is yet to fully bloom. Newcastle also seem to have won for the first time since Jackie Milburn, suggesting that Leicester used all their good play this year in one second half come back.

Comedy points this week go to the Sunderland defence (and Mannone - shockers for about 3 goals) whilst the award for Best Mimicry of an historic Cup final goes to QPR & Liverpool* for their improv performance of the 1979 Five-Minute final, but even better, A corker of an own goal from Caulker at the end. Sorry.

*shared - like the 1991 charity shield.

Let's get statty:

This week, 21 people played.
Most popular predicted result: Arsenal WIN(21/21)
Most disputed result: Burnley vs West Ham (3-10-8 split)

Highest odds: Andrew Feneley's Mum (obvs) 59, 672/1
Lowest odds: Me 619/1
Average odds: 9287/1 (890/1 without the anomalous entry above)

Best predictors: Er...lots of people (7/10 - see graph)
Worst predictor: Andrew Feneley's Mum (2/10)
Average score: 5.71/10

Best predicted results: Man City, Chelsea & Liverpool WINS (19/21)
Worst predicted result: Arsenal vs Hull DRAW (0/21)

Everyone's scores:

To the league table:

There was a lot of guff last week about how your scores didn't make mathematical sense. To this, I say one thing - does anyone actually, really understand maths? Though not. It's all made up anyway. So yeah - assume this is correct and if it's not, suck it up, 'cos you're still above me (unless you're not in which case, complain away).

Lawro continues his storming start, ahead of FA Cup Gaon. The quiet man of Impossibilitee sits 3rd, like a crocodile at the watering hole, waiting for his chance, along with perennial good-predictor Dinks. Andrew Feneley's Mum still (!?!?!?!?!?) sits in mid-table, just ahead of Yo Abbott, whilst my closest male relatives form a lovely number pattern (.44, .33, .22 - cool). EuroClubIndex sits joint bottom with a horror show so far this year.

In conclusion, kids, with ~25% of the season gone, Lawro > Science.

To this week's predos:

West Ham vs Man City - MAN CITY
Liverpool vs Hull - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Sunderland vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
WBA vs Crystal Palace - DRAW
Swansea vs Leicester - SWANSEA
Burnley vs Everton - EVERTON
Spurs vs Newcastle - SPURS
Man Utd vs Chelsea - CHELSEA
QPR vs Aston Villa - DRAW

Total odds: 3136/1 (PaddyPower)

Good luck guys.