Thursday, 19 November 2015

S5M13: A big week



Since the last time I pressed publish, a hell of a lot has happened. I've had some great stuff in my personal life, which is always nice (classic footballer interview phrase) and some major stuff professionally too (see the news for more details).

And then there was Paris.

I got home last Friday night and had a push notification on my phone with the headline waiting for me. 2 hours of rolling news later I went to bed, and then resumed on the Saturday morning.

It's sickening, scary and outrageous all at once. It's difficult to process such a sustained, sophisticated attack on joie de vivre. The footage of the match at the Stade de France with the explosions audible was just bizarre.

I think it all feels more personal as a football fan - or a music fan. The ability to create a mental image of what happened, but translocated to your own sacred space. The cursory searches that you're subject to, The realisation that for all the bile spewed at the opposition players and fans, you'd drop it all in a heartbeat for real life.

Sport has a phenomenal redemptive power. It is the eternal optimist. The renaissance followed at Wembley, with a raw, emotional crowd and stoic guests. I've been singing the Marseillaise in my head for the last week. My own act of rebellion. For they shall not win.



To this week's predos:

Watford vs Man Utd -  MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - DRAW
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

Total odds: 511/1 (Paddypower)

Good luck guys



18 comments:

Steven said...

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
West Brom vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - DRAW
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

Paddypower Odds 446-1
Min 198-1 Max 26,878,351-1

RDM

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - NORWICH
Everton vs Aston Villa - DRAW
Newcastle vs Leicester - NEWCASTLE
Southampton vs Stoke - STOKE
Swansea vs Bournemouth - DRAW
West Brom vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - DRAW
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal vs Sunderland - DRAW

Paddypower Odds 123,617-1

Joe Abbott said...

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

2591.21/1

Eli Daniels said...

Watford vs Man Utd - DRAW
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
West Brom vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

David sil said...

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - DRAW
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - DRAW
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

Zoe said...

Watford vs Man Utd - UNITED
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - BOURNEMOUTH
West Brom vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Spurs vs West Ham - DRAW
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - SUNDERLAND

Total Odds: 22,255/1 (Paddypower)

Doron said...

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - DRAW
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

608/1

Menachem said...

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

David Brickman said...

Watford vs Man Utd - DRAW
Chelsea vs Norwich - Chelsea
Everton vs Aston Villa - Everton
Newcastle vs Leicester - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - Southampton
Swansea vs Bournemouth - Swansea
WBA vs Arsenal - Arsenal
Man City vs Liverpool - Man City
Spurs vs West Ham - DRAW
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - DRAW

Dagmar said...

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

Anonymous said...

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

HZ

Josh Gaon said...

Watford vs Man Utd - Man Utd
Chelsea vs Norwich - Chelsea
Everton vs Aston Villa - Everton
Newcastle vs Leicester - Draw
Southampton vs Stoke - Southampton
Swansea vs Bournemouth - DRAW
WBA vs Arsenal - Arsenal
Man City vs Liverpool - Man City
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - Crystal Palace

Sam Ruback said...

Watford vs Man Utd - WATFORD
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

2300/1

David Dinkin said...

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

Will O'Doherty said...

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - WHAM
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

Feneley said...

AFM

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - DRAW
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Southampton vs Stoke - STOKE
Swansea vs Bournemouth - DRAW
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

12860/1

AF

Watford vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs Norwich - DRAW
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

423/1

Nick Jones said...

Watford vs Man Utd - DRAW
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
West Brom vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal vs Sunderland - PALACE

Josh Daniels said...

Watford vs Man Utd - Draw
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - Leicester
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - Bournemouth
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE

Total odds: 815/1 (Paddypower)

Tarek said...

Watford vs Man Utd -  I'm too late :(
Chelsea vs Norwich - CHELSEA
Everton vs Aston Villa - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Leicester - DRAW
Southampton vs Stoke - SOUTHAMPTON
Swansea vs Bournemouth - SWANSEA
WBA vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY
Spurs vs West Ham - SPURS
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland - CRYSTAL PALACE