S6M22: As normal service as normal service gets

Well now.

Deleting a hastily posted placeholder uploaded on my way in to work and trying to think about something to say about last week's football. A tough task when you're eyes are open only with caffeine and matchsticks.

I think I'll go bullet points:

• Harry Kane's had a good week hasn't he?
• Burnley are really taking the "win your home games" mantra to heart
• Hull will have hope that things can improve under Silva - although that's always the thing that kills you apparently. Bournemouth seem to be less consistent than last season, which I'm pretty sure is a perception that wouldn't stand up to scrutiny.
• Sunderland really are awful
• Swansea are also awful. Arsenal maximally hit 3rd gear for about 15 minutes of the 2nd half. Clement has a huge job ahead of him.
• Watford & Boro are not the most exciting teams in the world
• Palace are also in trouble. West Ham seem to have recovered from their blip. Carroll's goal was excellent but come off it being better that the scorpion duo. My criteria is "could I have scored it?" and I'd be much more likely to score a scissor kick than a scorpion kick so there.
• Leicester really got all the luck in the world last year. They were not a good team, but had a great run. Reversion to the mean. Conte seems to have won his game of Chicken with Costa for now.
• Er...who saw Everton battering City?
• Fair play to Liverpool for nearly winning a game I thought they'd get battered in. Injuries, Utd form etc. Pogba had a #shocker, Emoticon that.

Cutting edge analysis I'm sure you'll agree...

Let's get statty:

This week, 26 people played

Most popular predicted result: Arsenal WIN (25/26)

Most disputed prediction: Sunderland vs Stoke (10-10-6 split)

Highest odds: Sam Ruback, 116,537/1

2nd highest odds: AFM 19,379/1

3rd highest odds which is now getting ridiculous: Josh Daniels 6923/1

Lowest odds: David Silverman 2246/1

Average odds (all included): 22,580/1

Best predictors: Menachem Grunewald & David Dinkin (7/10)

Worst predictors: Josh Daniels & Eli Daniels (2/10)

Average score: 4.38/10

Best predicted result: Arsenal WIN (25/26)

Worst predicted result: Everton WIN (2/26)

Everyone's scores:

To the leaderboard (>2/3; 15/21)

So to this week's predictions:

Liverpool vs Swansea - LIVERPOOL
Bournemouth vs Watford - DRAW
Crystal Palace vs Everton - EVERTON
Middlesbrough vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Stoke vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
WBA vs Sunderland  - WBA
Man City vs Spurs - SPURS
Southampton vs Leicester - SOUTHAMPTON
Arsenal vs Burnley - ARSENAL
Chelsea vs Hull - CHELSEA

Good luck guys