Friday, 12 February 2016

S5M26: It'll never end

I'm going to start this week with a statistic. The only 3 to correctly predict Leicester beating Man City were the 3 (who I'm assuming) know the least about football. It's as if the rest of us can't comprehend that this is a bubble that shows no signs of bursting. If anything, they've got better. They are defensively sound, attack clinically and have no qualms about playing the football they want to play.
Challenge after challenge are swatted away, and it'd be no great surprise to see them 8 points clear on Sunday evening. Leicester bloody City.

I think something switched in me last weekend. I want nothing more than for Arsene Wenger to lift the Premier League again - to triumph over the jeers and the doubters. This is clearly his best chance for a long time - and arguably his last chance. But after last weekend, like a moth to a flame, I'm just attracted to the idea of Leicester winning the league - regardless of how much it hurts me. Dodgeball ain't got nothing on this true underdog story.

Of course, come Sunday, I'll be hoping that they concede another 5 to Alexis. However, I'd rather lose than draw I think. If we're going to get screwed, I think I want them to edge ever closer to the most remarkable sporting story in quite a while.

Bit emotional that. Not going into the other games I don't think...

Let's get statty:
Last week, 26 people played
Most popular predicted result: Spurs & Arsenal WINS (24/26)
Most disputed result: Aston Villa vs Norwich (7-9-10)

Highest odds: Zoe Daniels 121679/1
Lowest odds: Doron Salomon 1866/1
Average odds: 28, 149/1

Best predictor: Menachem Grunewald (7/10)
Worst predictors: Brad Allix, Yo Abbott, Aron Kleiman & David Dinkin (3/10)
Average score: 4.96/10

Best predicted results: Spurs & Arsenal WINS (24/26)
Worst predicted result: Leicester WIN & Liverpool vs Sunderland DRAW (3/26)

Swing: The late Defoe equaliser -  22 left deflated like a beachball

Everyone's scores:




The leaderboard (>2/3; 17/25)


To this week's predos:

Sunderland vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Bournemouth vs Stoke - BOURNEMOUTH
Crysta Palace vs Watford - WATFORD
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Man City vs Spurs - MAN CITY

Good luck guys

17 comments:

David Brickman said...

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

Josh Gaon said...

Sunderland vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Bournemouth vs Stoke - BOURNEMOUTH
Crystal Palace vs Watford - PALACE
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Southampton - DRAW
Chelsea vs Newcastle DRAW
Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL (more in hope)
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Man City vs Spurs - MAN CITY

Eli Daniels said...

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

Doron said...

Sunderland vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Bournemouth vs Stoke - DRAW
Crysta Palace vs Watford - WATFORD
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Southampton - DRAW
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Man City vs Spurs - DRAW

4796/1

Feneley said...

AF

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

AFM

Sunderland vs Man Utd - SUNDERLAND
Bournemouth vs Stoke - BOURNEMOUTH
Crystal Palace vs Watford - CRYSTAL PALACE
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - NORWICH
Swansea vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Arsenal vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - ASTON VILLA
Man City vs Spurs - SPURS

Unknown said...

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

David Sil said...

Sunderland vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Bournemouth vs Stoke - BOURNEMOUTH
Crysta Palace vs Watford - WATFORD
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Man City vs Spurs - DRAW

Menachem said...

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

Dagmar said...

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

Steven said...

Sunderland vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Bournemouth vs Stoke - BOURNEMOUTH
Crysta Palace vs Watford - WATFORD
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Man City vs Spurs - SPURS

Paddypower odds 2347/1
Min 784/1
Max 2,550,236/1

RDM

Sunderland vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Bournemouth vs Stoke - STOKE
Crysta Palace vs Watford - WATFORD
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - NORWICH
Swansea vs Southampton - DRAW
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Arsenal vs Leicester - DRAW
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Man City vs Spurs - SPURS

Paddypower odds 10,254/1

Sam Ruback said...


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

1671/1

Joe Abbott said...

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

David Dinkin said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

HZ

Josh Daniels said...

Sunderland vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Bournemouth vs Stoke - BOURNEMOUTH
Crysta Palace vs Watford - WATFORD
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Southampton - Swansea
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - draw
Man City vs Spurs - MAN CITY

3005/1

Nick Jones said...

Sunderland vs Man Utd - Man Utd
Bournemouth vs Stoke - Bournemouth
Crysta Palace vs Watford - Palace
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Chelsea vs Newcastle - Chelsea
Arsenal vs Leicester - Draw
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Man City vs Spurs - MAN CITY

Tarek said...

Sunderland vs Man Utd - I'm too late
Bournemouth vs Stoke - STOKE
Crysta Palace vs Watford - WATFORD
Everton vs WBA - EVERTON
Norwich vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Arsenal vs Leicester - ARSENAL
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Man City vs Spurs - MAN CITY