S5M10: For the First Time in Forever

Isn't the game easier to predict when teams that you'd expect to win win? For the first time since March, Manchesters United & City, Chelsea and Arsenal  all won, and that's given a bump to the average scores!

Kloppmania reached it's zenith this weekend, with an apparently love-in on BT Sport - I didn't watch it myself, but thought "this is absolutely insane" when watching MOTD and you saw the press photographers kneeling multiple layers deep in front of the dugout as he took in White Hart Lane. Seriously guys - let's dial down the adulation just a tad. Fortunately, the game took some of the enthusiasm away - it's gonna be a learning curve.

Chelsea managed to avoid their season getting worse, although I'm not sure a home win against a terrible Aston Villa can be anything other than a banana skin dodged. West Ham continue their astonishing away record, with 2 late goals to take maximum points from Palace, whilst Man Utd won at Goodison - something which is apparently rare in the last few years! Comeback kings Leicester did it again, and Sunderland lost again, Sam Allardyce unable to provide the new manager bump they'd have hoped for. Newcastle finally came good with a swashbuckling display against a naive Norwich side, and Swansea really have fallen off the wagon with defeat at home to Stoke.

Away from the football, I thought I'd see if there's any appetite for an Impossibili-5-a-side game/tournament (depending on numbers) some point before the new year (H/T Tarek for the idea) - a get together to see who's predicting skills are better than their actual footballing skills? If you're interested, let me know with your prediction and we'll try and sort something out.

Right, let's get statty:

This week, 30 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man City WIN (30/30)
Most disputed result: Everton vs Man Utd (11-11-8 split)

Highest odds: AFM (back in the game) 52,442/1
Highest-odds-not-from-the-mother-of-a-participant-who-doesn't-really-know-anything-about-football-and-just-picks-names-like-I-pick-horses-at-the-Grand-National-(the mother, not the participant): Josh Daniels 6798/1
Lowest odds: Doron Salomon 2062/1

Highest scores: Steven Daniels & Eli Daniels (7/10)
Lowest scores: David Silverman & Andrew Feneley (3/10)
Average score: 5.00/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (30/30)
Worst predicted result: Stoke WIN (4/30)
Swing: Vardy's equaliser (22 disappointed)

Everyone's results:

The leaderboard (>2/3; 7/9):

To this week's predos:

Aston Villa vs Swansea - DRAW

Leicester vs Crystal Palace - LEICESTER

Norwich vs WBA - NORWICH

Stoke vs Watford - STOKE

West Ham vs Chelsea - CHELSEA

Arsenal vs Everton - ARSENAL

Sunderland vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE

Bournemouth vs Spurs - SPURS

Man Utd vs Man City - MAN CITY

Liverpool vs Southampton - LIVERPOOL (updated 24/10/15 1034)

Total odds: 3063/1 (Paddypower)

Good luck guys!