S5M2: Generous to a Fault

So...turns out I didn't really miss football all that much. Should have stuck with the cricket.

The season kicked off with a dull ass game where Rooney ballsed up the opportunity to earn me shedloads of FF captain points (yeah...I'm doing this year for the first time in 10 years....hit me up with some codes and I'll show you why I don't do FF). Then the promoted teams all failed to start off with a win, each conceding later goals. Ranieri's return to a less-racist Leicester was a bundle of fun. Ya know, like Chelsea used to be with Zola, before a sour-faced Portuguese bloke did the ultimate deflection tactic and blamed a doctor for his team's point dropping. Well, you know what, Jose? You're on the list.

This list is an original. I definitely didn't just create it for a prop based om the previous paragraph. Even if I did, it's just a written Top 3 of a long list in my head. I'm quite a vengeful person, but am seeing someone, thanks for the concerns.
And no-one  forge my handwriting on stuff!

Petr Cech failed to win a trophy for the 1st time in 4 games, unless it was the trophy for worst debut. He made 2 poor calls, although they were compounded by poor defensive play all round. West Ham now have a new cult hero, who is younger than Pokemon. Yeah.

Liverpool didn't lose 6-1 at Stoke, which is much less funny, and actually Coutinho'd in a winner in the only way Coutinho knows how, and Schteve did alreet against an actual Dutchman at whatever St James' Park is now known as. Then in the late game, Man City recorded the most comfortable result of the weekend, which is baffling as EVERYBODY has written City off this year. I don't know why either.

In prediction terms, we were all very kind to Bournemouth, who we thought would get off to a cracker. Now, I've seen them play maybe twice, so this was probably due to the whole romance of the situation, and maybe slightly influenced by the Sherwood in the other dugout. Tim's Happy Face makes me sad.

Let's get statty:

This week, 29 people played

Most predicted result: Arsenal WIN (29/29)

Most disputed result: Stoke vs Liverpool (7-10-12 split)

Highest odds: Aron Kleiman (8299/1)

Lowest odds: Admiral Circumspect himself, Sam Ruback (799/1)

Average odds: 2841 /1

Best predictor: Menachem Grunewald (6/10)

Worst predictor: Reigning Champion Josh Gaon (1/10)

Average score: 3.52/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (26/29)

Worst predicted result: West Ham WIN (0/29)

Goal-swing: Mahrez's (eventual) winner for Leicester - shafted 16 people banking on the draw. Although it was to go 3-0 up so not sure if this counts technically.

Everyone's results:

No leaderboard this week, or next week. This feature returns after Matchday 3.

To this week's predictions:

Aston Villa vs Man Utd - MAN UTD

Southampton vs Everton - SOUTHAMPTON

Sunderland vs Norwich - NORWICH

Swansea vs Newcastle - DRAW

Spurs vs Stoke - SPURS

Watford vs WBA - WATFORD

West Ham vs Leicester - WEST HAM

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal - ARSENAL

Man City vs Chelsea - MAN CITY

Liverpool vs Bournemouth - LIVERPOOL

Totals odds: 1,684/1 (Paddypower)

Good luck guys!