S5M13: Var dydlier than Ruud

In the beginning, there was Terry. And all who knew him, hated him for he was a terrible person. However, before the beginning...lets call it the prologue, there was the horse. And some people liked the horse even though he didn't do much beyond tap ins except for that one time against Fulham, but that was the exception that proved the rule, and anyway shut up...

I didn't like the horse. Didnt like him one bit. Liked him less after the infamous afternoon with the whole Keown thing. Liked him even less a year after. Liked Ronaldo more after I found out he wound the horse up. That was nice.

Anyway, I'd repressed most memories of the horse until recently when Jamie Vardy started scoring and never really stopped. All of a sudden, graphics pop up on my screen as he overtakes premier league great after premier league great. And now we stand, with Vardy in joint 2nd place, with a chance in the next game to top the list.

I'm aware that he'll only equal the horse if he scores - but he'll have done it in 10 consecutive games in a single season, which is obviously better than horse's split season effort. In fact, given that I've just jinxed Vardy, I award the record to him anyway, on the grounds above and moral grounds for not being a cheaty horse.

In other news, Man Utd won again which is nice for them. Wazza sticking it to the man with another great goal anonymous performance. Everton drew with West Ham and Remi Garde ground out a point against City in his first game. Swansea are really struggling with yet another loss...this time out tactic'd by a rope-a-dope Norwich side. Southampton came away with maximum points from the long trip to Sunderland after a stupid late tackle gave them a penalty. The look on Allardyce's face. Scenes.

Bournemouth played really well against Newcastle in every way except the scoring way to lose the other South coast - North East match up...it's almost like this is planned. The North London derby was a score draw where both sides left relieved and disappointed. Weird. Spurs dominated in long patches, whilst Arsenal (Giroud) had several great chances and certainly finished the stronger. Klopp suffered his 1st defeat against Scouse bogie team Palace after Scott Dann nodded in a cracking opportunistic rebound. Finally to the goal of the weekend...a wonderful scissor kick from Arnautovic to condemn ex-boss Mourinho to yet another defeat. Although I'm not sure if he takes that defeat...if you're suspended, are you to blame?

The results from last week...

This week, 29 people played

Most Popular Predicted result: Man City WIN (28/29)

Most disputed result: Bournemouth vs Newcastle (9-10-10 split)

Highest odds: Aron Kleiman 11,717/1

Lowest odds: Me 1005/1

Average odds: 5042/1

Best predictor: WhoScored.com (6/10)

Worst predictor: Stan Collymore (2/10)

Average score: 4.1/10

Best predicted result: Man Utd WIN (27/29)

Worst predicted result: Aston Villa vs Man City DRAW (1/29 - er...my mum)

Swing: Ayoze Perez's winner for Newcastle - 10 broken predictors...

Everyone's scores:

Leaderboard (>2/3 - 9/12)

Happy International break y'all.See ya back for the next PL game