Thursday, 12 May 2016

S5M38: Playing for pride (and Automatic CL Qualification)

The midweek games confirmed a few things:

  • Arsenal finish Top 4 again. This could be 2nd - 4th depending on this weekend's results
  • Spurs are also guaranteed automatic qualification - I think this was only true after the Man City vs Arsenal draw although I might be wrong...
  • West Ham fans love a headbutt - against a bus. What kind of idiot headbutts a moving bus? 
  • They said farewell to their historic ground with an awful performance against Swansea, followed by a rousing comeback against Man Utd. Bilic's season in a nutshell.
  • All the stick for their post-game show thing - these things are universally awful. But I stayed after Arsenal's last game at Highbury (10 years ago!) for about 2 hours for something equally shite (Roger Daltry's "Highbury Highes" song composed specially...) so they have full empathy from me. 
  • Sunderland are safe - and Big Sam does it again. Dunno about that nauseating conducting thing, but credit where credit's due...
  • John Terry's red card. Just amazing. Good riddance
  • Newcastle are down. I genuinely don't understand how a side too good to be relegated manages to do it TWICE in a decade. Once is careless enough...but if you can't beat Villa....
  • Norwich are also down. They've really struggled to get to grips with the league this year - finding a balance between solidity and creativity
  • Martinez has outstayed his Merseyside welcome. You'd have to say that's probably the peak for his career too....he was a young promising manager once upon a time, but now you can see the same flaws in all his teams, you have to assume that's his genuine ability. Can't see a big club taking him on - his next move would probably be to a defensively sound team where he can give a boost to the attacking play...like his 1st year at Everton. Weird that they sacked him with 1 game left....why not wait until Monday?
That's after the weekend saw Leicester lift the title in front of a raucous crowd & Andrea Bocelli! Mna Utd scraped a win and you'd have to say that if/when they finish 5th, that's van Gaal gone. Still think Mourinho would be a bigger mistake though - I think his shtick is also done now.

Let's get statty:

This week, 25 people played
Most popular predicted result: West Ham WIN (24/25)
Most disputed result: Spurs vs Southampton (10-7-8 split respectively)

Highest odds: Steven Daniels 6984/1
Lowest odds: Doron Salomon 1463/1
Average odds: 4394/1

Best predictors: Dinkin & Nick Jones (6/10)
Worst predictors: Nearly everyone else (3/10)
Average score: 3.88/10

Best predicted result: Man Utd WIN 923/25)
Worst predicted result: Aston Villa vs Newcastle DRAW (0/25). Honourable mention to Feneley who was the only one to predict a Swansea WIN. 

Swing: Defoe's winner for Sunderland deprived 10 of a point.

Everyone's scores:



Penultimate leaderboard (>2/3; 25/36)


For the final time this league season:

Arsenal vs Aston Villa - ARSENAL
Chelsea vs Leicester - DRAW
Everton vs Norwich - EVERTON
Man Utd vs Bournemouth - MAN UTD
Newcastle vs Spurs - SPURS
Southampton vs Crystal Palace - SOUTHAMPTON (FA CUP FINAL HOLIDAY FOR PALACE)
Stoke vs West Ham - DRAW
Swansea vs Man City - DRAW
Watford vs Sunderland - WATFORD
WBA vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL

Good luck guys!

15 comments:

David Silverman said...

Arsenal vs Aston Villa - ARSENAL
Chelsea vs Leicester - DRAW
Everton vs Norwich - EVERTON
Man Utd vs Bournemouth - MAN UTD
Newcastle vs Spurs - DRAW
Southampton vs Crystal Palace - SOUTHAMPTON (FA CUP FINAL HOLIDAY FOR PALACE)
Stoke vs West Ham - DRAW
Swansea vs Man City - DRAW
Watford vs Sunderland - SUNDERLAND
WBA vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL

Unknown said...

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

Josh Gaon said...

I hope to bow out my season and defense of my title totally disgracefully and ensure a bottom place finish!

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

Eli Daniels said...

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

Zoe said...

RDM

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

Total Odds 4567/1 (Paddypower)

Zoe

Arsenal vs Aston Villa - ARSENAL
Chelsea vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Everton vs Norwich - NORWICH
Man Utd vs Bournemouth - MANCHESTER UTD
Newcastle vs Spurs - DRAW
Southampton vs Crystal Palace - SOUTHAMPTON (FA CUP FINAL HOLIDAY FOR PALACE)
Stoke vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Swansea vs Man City - SWANSEA
Watford vs Sunderland - SUNDERLAND
WBA vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL

Total Odds: 14134/1 (Paddypower)

Tarek said...

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

Doron said...

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

892/1

David Brickman said...

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

Steven said...

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

Paddypower odds 16,198/1
Min 228/1
Max 25,227,071/1 - that would a penny well spent!

Thanks for organising this, Richard. Here's to S6

Joe Abbott said...

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

Feneley said...

AF

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

AFM

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

Anonymous said...

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

HZ

Dagmar said...

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

Sam Ruback said...


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

David Dinkin said...

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