Wednesday, 4 February 2015

S4M24: February made me shiver

You know who doesn't get enough airtime? Don McLean, that's who. Did he even do any other songs? I know that, if it had been me, I'd have looked at that piece of work and thought, "Never gonna beat that" and promptly retired. I'd then have spent all my money on useless kitchen gadgets before having to do comeback tours to sustain my awesome way of life.

Back on this side of the Atlantic, there was some football played. In said football, John Carver decided to win a game, courtesy of a couple of pearlers, and further edging Steve Bruce towards 'Arry's orthopaedic surgeon. That's now the thing to say right? Everton proved they can defend, after taking an early lead against the previously unvanquished Pardew Mk2 - regression to the mean for the Chamakh/Sanogo partnership. Dan(ny)(iel) Sturridge made his extremely long-awaited comeback, and scored within seconds to beat West Ham, replacing the figurative battery in the Scouse renta-a-gob who now "knows" that Rodgers is a Dalglishian figure, and next year, they'll romp the league. Man Utd decided to kill the clown and failed to lose from 3-0 up again to Leicester. Hondenlulen!

QPR continued their piece of astounding performance art by losing away yet again, and Sunderland ramped up their game to beat a Burnley side looking to have run out of puff. Burnley, QPR and 1 more to go down for me, with 3 1/2 months left. Comfortable wins for Spurs and Arsenal to maintain form going into the North London Derby, whilst Mourinho parked his massive hypocritical bus after half-time against Man City. In fairness, I wasn't expecting Chelsea to even try and have any shots on target, so fair play for trying for a bit. Shock of the weekend came from out of form Swansea as Jonjo Shelvey rolled back the years (as much as a young man can do) with a brilliant 15 minutes capped with a cracking goal to beat Southampton at St Mary's. It's literally true to say no-one saw that coming.

TDD came and went as well. Lots happened. Chelsea exchanged one winger who doesn't like to track back for another with worse hair. Man Utd signed a defender from Bolton who was previously playing for Plymouth on loan this season. West Ham dodged a lanky Togolese bullet, whilst Newcastle, well Mike Ashley, certainly pulled off the dodgiest deal - loaning 5 players to Rangers in their bid to return to the SPL. Most teams had already done their business before the end of the window, so for all the hype (bugger off Savage), it really was quite normal.

2 final points: 1) booooooooo Man U for being efficient in beating Cambridge eventually and 2) yaaaaayyyyyy Tiny Tactics Timmy looks like he may return!


Let's get statty:

Matchday 23:20 

This week, people played
Most predicted results: Arsenal & Southampton WINS (20/20)
Most disputed results:Crystal Palace vs Everton & WBA vs Spurs (8-8-4 & 4-8-8 splits respectively)

Highest odds: AFM (21008/1) - quite sedate that
Highest odds excluding AFM: Me (3820/1)
Lowest odds: Josh Daniels (1269/1)
Average odds: 5055/1 (2397/1 excluding Feneley's Mum)

Best predictors: ECI & FinkTank (8/10)
Worst predictor: Me, Steven Daniels & David Silverman (3/10)
Average score: 5.05/10

Best predicted result: Arsenal WIN (20/20)
Worst predicted result: Swansea WIN (0/20)

Everyone's results:






The leaderboard, for those who have played >2/3 available weeks (16/23)



To this week's predos: (Updated 5/2/14 1349)

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

Total odds: 1121/1 (Paddypower)

Total odds to be sorted when I update on Friday.

I'll also write out the fixtures for the midweek fixtures next week, as I'm working a lot in the next few days. I'll try and remind everyone too before Tuesday.

Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Hull vs Aston Villa - ASTON VILLA (!!!)
Sunderland vs QPR - SUNDERLAND
Liverpool vs Spurs - SPURS
Chelsea vs Everton - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Burnley - MAN UTD
Southampton vs West Ham - SOUTHAMPTON
Stoke vs Man City - MAN CITY
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - CRYSTAL PALACE
WBA vs Swansea - DRAW

Total odds: 1255/1 (Paddypower)

(Updated 10/02/15 1036)

Good luck guys! And for any new readers, post your predos in the comments below! Just copy/paste from the main text and alter to your own predos/odds.

28 comments:

Richard V said...

sorry - back from honeymoon now! Are there enough weeks left for me to get 2/3?!

Spurs vs Arsenal - Arsenal
Aston Villa vs Chelsea - Chelsea
Leicester vs Crystal Palace - draw
Man City vs Hull - Man City
QPR vs Southampton - SOuthampton
Swansea vs Sunderland - Swansea
Everton vs Liverpool - Liverpool
Burnley vs WBA - Burnley
Newcastle vs Stoke - draw
West Ham vs Man Utd - Man U

Josh Gaon said...

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

Will O'Doherty said...

Spurs vs Arsenal - DRAW
Aston Villa vs Chelsea - CHELSEA
Leicester vs Crystal Palace - LEICESTER
Man City vs Hull - CITY
QPR vs Southampton - SAINTS
Swansea vs Sunderland - SWANSEA
Everton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Burnley vs WBA - WEST BROM
Newcastle vs Stoke - STOKE
West Ham vs Man Utd - DRAW

Steven said...
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Steven said...

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

Total odds: 2559/1 (Paddypower)

Joe Abbott said...

Spurs vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Aston Villa vs Chelsea -CHELSEA
Leicester vs Crystal Palace - LEICESTER
Man City vs Hull - MAN CITY
QPR vs Southampton - DRAW
Swansea vs Sunderland - SUNDERLAND
Everton vs Liverpool - DRAW
Burnley vs WBA- DRAW
Newcastle vs Stoke - NEWCASTLE
West Ham vs Man Utd - MAN UTD

Eli D said...

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

Menachem said...

Spurs vs Arsenal - Draw
Aston Villa vs Chelsea - Chelsea
Leicester vs Crystal Palace - Palace
Man City vs Hull - Man City
QPR vs Southampton - Saints
Swansea vs Sunderland - Swansea
Everton vs Liverpool - Liverpool
Burnley vs WBA- Draw
Newcastle vs Stoke - Newcastle
West Ham vs Man Utd - Man Utd

Doron said...

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

2688/1

(have a feeling I moved up one place, exciting times!)

David Dinkin said...

Spurs vs Arsenal - DRAW
Aston Villa vs Chelsea - CHELSEA
Leicester vs Crystal Palace - LEICESTER
Man City vs Hull - MAN CITY
QPR vs Southampton - DRAW
Swansea vs Sunderland - SWANSEA
Everton vs Liverpool - DRAW
Burnley vs WBA- BURNLEY
Newcastle vs Stoke - NEWCASTLE
West Ham vs Man Utd - MAN UTD

Charlie R said...

WEEKEND

Spurs vs Arsenal - DRAW
Aston Villa vs Chelsea -CHELSEA
Leicester vs Crystal Palace - LEICESTER
Man City vs Hull - MAN CITY
QPR vs Southampton - DRAW
Swansea vs Sunderland - DRAW
Everton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Burnley vs WBA - BURNLEY
Newcastle vs Stoke - NEWCASTLE
West Ham vs Man Utd - DRAW

MIDWEEK

Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Hull vs Aston Villa - VILLA
Sunderland vs QPR - SUNDERLAND
Liverpool vs Spurs - LIVERPOOL
Chelsea vs Everton - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Burnley - MAN UTD
Southampton vs West Ham - DRAW
Stoke vs Man City - MAN CITY
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - PALACE
WBA vs Swansea - WBA

Joshua Daniels said...

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

Total odds: 8437/1 (Paddypower)

Feneley said...

AF

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

3302/1

AFM

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

867/1 (I know, I couldn't believe it either. I've checked. Twice)

Sam Ruback said...

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

5497/1

MIDWEEK-

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

355/1 (!)

David Sil said...

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

Tarek said...

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

You will find that my predos are VERY similar to yours this week. Take that as a compliment :D

Joe Abbott said...

Arsenal vs Leicester - Arsenal
Hull vs Aston Villa - Draw
Sunderland vs QPR - Sunderland
Liverpool vs Spurs - Liverpool
Chelsea vs Everton - Chelsea
Man Utd vs Burnley - Man Utd
Southampton vs West Ham - Draw
Stoke vs Man City - Man City
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - Crystal Palace
WBA vs Swansea - WBA

Feneley said...

Midweek fun

AFM

Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Hull vs Aston Villa - ASTON VILLA
Sunderland vs QPR - SUNDERLAND
Liverpool vs Spurs - LIVERPOOL
Chelsea vs Everton - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Burnley - MAN UTD
Southampton vs West Ham - SOUTHAMPTON
Stoke vs Man City - MAN CITY
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE
WBA vs Swansea - WBA

495/1 (boring)

AF

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

957/1

Doron said...

Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Hull vs Aston Villa - HULL
Sunderland vs QPR - SUNDERLAND
Liverpool vs Spurs - DRAW
Chelsea vs Everton - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Burnley - UNITED
Southampton vs West Ham - SOUTHAMPTON
Stoke vs Man City - DRAW
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - PALACE
WBA vs Swansea - WBA

1261/1

David Sil said...

Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Hull vs Aston Villa - DRAW
Sunderland vs QPR - SUNDERLAND
Liverpool vs Spurs - LIVERPOOL
Chelsea vs Everton - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Burnley - MAN UTD
Southampton vs West Ham - DRAW
Stoke vs Man City - DRAW
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - DRAW
WBA vs Swansea - WBA

Josh Gaon said...

Arsenal vs Leicester - Arsenal
Hull vs Aston Villa - Villa
Sunderland vs QPR - Sunderland
Liverpool vs Spurs - Liverpool
Chelsea vs Everton - Chelsea
Man Utd vs Burnley - Man Utd
Southampton vs West Ham - Southampton
Stoke vs Man City - Man City
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - Crystal Palace
WBA vs Swansea - WBA

Steven said...

Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Hull vs Aston Villa - HULL
Sunderland vs QPR - SUNDERLAND
Liverpool vs Spurs - DRAW
Chelsea vs Everton - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Burnley - MAN UTD
Southampton vs West Ham - DRAW
Stoke vs Man City - DRAW
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - PALACE
WBA vs Swansea - DRAW

Paddypower odds 3560/1

Joshua Daniels said...

Arsenal vs Leicester - Arsenal
Hull vs Aston Villa - Villa
Sunderland vs QPR - Sunderland
Liverpool vs Spurs - Liverpool
Chelsea vs Everton - Chelsea
Man Utd vs Burnley - Man Utd
Southampton vs West Ham - Draw
Stoke vs Man City - Draw
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - Palace
WBA vs Swansea - WBA

2143/1

Will O'Doherty said...

Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Hull vs Aston Villa - DRAW
Sunderland vs QPR - SUNDERLAND
Liverpool vs Spurs - DRAW
Chelsea vs Everton - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Burnley - UNITED
Southampton vs West Ham - SAINTS
Stoke vs Man City - DRAW
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - DRAW
WBA vs Swansea - WBA

Tarek said...

Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Hull vs Aston Villa - ASTON VILLA
Sunderland vs QPR - SUNDERLAND
Liverpool vs Spurs - LIVERPOOL
Chelsea vs Everton - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Burnley - MAN UTD
Southampton vs West Ham - SOUTHAMPTON
Stoke vs Man City - MAN CITY
Crystal Palace vs Newcastle - CRYSTAL PALACE
WBA vs Swansea - DRAW

Richard V said...

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

Dinkin via Doron said...

Dinkin's:

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

Eli D said...

Results
Arsenal
Villa
Sunderland
Draw
Chelsea
Man utd
Saints
Man City
Palace
Swansea