S5M28: And Another one goes (remix)

5 years in and I'm still not quite sure how truncated matchdays should work. Does it benefit those who miss out? Should I include the postponed games and then amend the database retrospectively? The latter seems unfair as form/fitness/suspensions all could change your prediction.

So in our mini-matchday, we had a Homer Simpson inspired celebration (weird), late winners for the boys in blue, and 3 games with a tighter scoreline than the game suggested. The good ship Villa continue to just about stay afloat, although it's pretty clear that it's gonna take more than 11 deckhands with pails bailing out seawater to get these guys back to port safely. I think that metaphor drowned a while back. #sorrynotsorry

Palace are now scoring again, but the defence is looking old school Pardew. Plucky Leicester are holding on for now, but the looming chicken-on-a-basketballl juggernaut is starting to look irrepressible. I watched the Utd-Arsenal game with a Spurs fan who's attentions were diverted elsewhere. He was convinced that they'd drop point when they were 1-0 at half-time. "Au contraire", I assured him - Swansea are dreadful. Bang on their door hard enough and you'll equalise. When you equalise, their heads will go...legs become heavy etc and you'll win 2-1. 

Didn't bloody put money on it though did I?

Instead I watched the most insipid Arsenal performance since last week. Saw the Utd team - never heard of about 5 of them. That's a clear home win then....

Marking centre forwards in the box is a mug's game anyway - who'd want to win playing like that? We are pathetic - I think the only (non-minnow) team to have lost to Man Utd each year of the Post-Fergie era. Freddie wept.

Finally, a word on the league cup final. I'm pretty sure that Caballero was only signed to allow for puntastic headlines revolving around his first name, and the England's number 1's surname. Bet Sterling is relieved his miss didn't allow 40,000 Scousers to heckle him.

Let's get statty:

Last week, 25 people played

Most popular predicted result: Leicester WIN (25/25)

Most disputed result: WBA vs Crystal Palace (8-10-7 split)

Highest odds: Josh Daniels 362/1

Lowest odds: Zoe Daniels 278/1

Average odds: 318/1

Best predictor: EuroClubINdex (7/8)

Worst predictors: Me, Dinkin & David Brickman (3/8)

Best predicted result: Leicester WIN (25/25)

Worst predicted result: Watford vs Bournemouth DRAW (2/25)

Swing: Ivanovic's late winner for Chelsea - 11 had the draw

Everyone's scores:

Leaderboard (>2/3; 19/27)

To the midweek games:

Aston Villa vs Everton - EVERTON 

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

Good luck guys