Thursday, 30 November 2017

S7M15: Football should become an indoor sport

I've done my turn sitting in freezing stadia being "entertained" until I have no sensation in any digits, and it's part and parcel of the game. This week though was new for me.

I mean, it clearly wasn't. Cold is like pain. I've obviously experienced that sensation before but I can't remember feeling that miserable in detail. And I wasn't even watching - this was playing so I should have been able to get warm from running around. I swear I didn't warm up until halfway through the next morning - hot showers & duvets be damned.

I raise this issue to show not how hard/soft I am dependent on your perspective for venturing out/moaning about it, but to point out that this is further evidence that the likes of John Terry - short sleeves and gloveless in all climates are not human.

So 2 matchdays on and what have we learnt?

Man City look good still. Man Utd look a better attacking unit with Pogba. Chelsea are quietly rebuilding form. Arsenal are not as awful as we suspect, but not as good as they can appear. Liverpool are as per usual. Spurs are struggling with a smaller squad than others, but that's no-one's fault but their own. Read the same comment as Arsenal. Burnley are having a stormer of a season so far, but if that chip on their fans & their manager's shoulder gets any bigger, they might shatter. Some new managerial blood has arrived - although it looks suspiciously like old managerial blood who we all hope fail miserably.

At Goodison, Unsworth signed off in style with a Wazza hat-trick, ably assisted by Joe Hart for at least 2 of the 3. Nice when an old team-mate helps you out like that. Moyes' career must be done now though surely....4 years have aged him significantly and frankly his methodology doesn't seem to get results anymore. Clement also seems to have hit a brick wall in Swansea - his card must also be marked. Gotta feel Mark Hughes ain't much longer for this league either...

2 sets of results to get through so let's get statty:

M13:
24 people played
Most popular predicted results: Man Utd, Man City & Spurs WINS (24/24)
Most disputed result: Liverpool vs Chelsea (8-8-8 split)

Highest odds: Doron Salomon (1433/1)
Lowest odds: Josh Daniels (600/1)
Average odds: 1017/1

Best predictor: Doron (9/10)
Worst predictor: Loads of us (4/10)
Average score: 5.33/10

Best predicted results: Man Utd & Man City WINS (24/24)
Worst predicted result: Spurs vs WBA DRAW (0/24)

M14:
24 people played
Most popular predicted results: Arsenal, Man City & Chelsea WINS (24/24)
Most disputed results: WBA vs Newcastle & Everton vs West Ham (9-7-8 split)

Highest odds: AFM (723/1)
Lowest odds: Doron Salomon (271/1)
Average odds: 602/1

Best predictor: Nick Collins (9/10)
Worst predictors: Matt Abbott & Nick Jones (4/10)
Average score: 6.17/10

Best predicted results: Arsenal, Man City & Chelsea WINS (24/24)
Worst predicted result: Leicester WIN (2/24)

Everyone's results:



Leaderboard (>2/3; 10/14)


This week's predos:

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - DRAW
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Total odds: 776/1

Good luck guys


19 comments:

Dgsilverman said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - DRAW
Watford vs Spurs - WATFORD
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - DRAW
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Nick jones said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - Leicester
Stoke vs Swansea - Stoke
Watford vs Spurs - Spurs
WBA vs Crystal Palace - Draw
Arsenal vs Man Utd - DRAW
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Joe Abbott said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - LEICESTER
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - DRAW
WBA vs Crystal Palace - DRAW
Arsenal vs Man Utd - ARSENAL
Bournemouth vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Josh Gaon said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - DRAW
Leicester vs Burnley - LEICESTER
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - DRAW
Bournemouth vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Steven said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - DRAW
WBA vs Crystal Palace - DRAW
Arsenal vs Man Utd - ARSENAL
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Paddypower odds 1708/1

David B said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - DRAW
Watford vs Spurs - DRAW
WBA vs Crystal Palace - DRAW
Arsenal vs Man Utd - ARSENAL
Bournemouth vs Southampton - DRAW
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Eli Daniels said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - LEICESTER
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - PALACE
Arsenal vs Man Utd - DRAW
Bournemouth vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Aron Kleiman said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - BURNLEY
Stoke vs Swansea - DRAW
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - DRAW
Arsenal vs Man Utd - UNITED
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Feneley said...

AF

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - LEICESTER
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - DRAW
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - ARSENAL
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

637/1

AFM

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - BRIGHTON
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - BURNLEY
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - WATFORD
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - ARSENAL
Bournemouth vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

8906/1

Doron said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - DRAW
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - DRAW
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - DRAW
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

4043/1

Nick said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - LEICESTER
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - DRAW
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - DRAW
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Dagmar said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - Chelsea
Brighton vs Liverpool - Liverpool
Everton vs Huddersfield - Everton
Leicester vs Burnley - Draw
Stoke vs Swansea - Stoke
Watford vs Spurs - Spurs
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - Arsenal
Bournemouth vs Southampton - Southampton
Man City vs West Ham - Man City

Tarek said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - CRYSTAL PALACE
Arsenal vs Man Utd - ARSENAL
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Joni Kleiman said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - BURNLEY
Stoke vs Swansea - DRAW
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - PALACE
Arsenal vs Man Utd - MAN U
Bournemouth vs Southampton - SOTON
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Ben Knight said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - DRAW
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - PALACE
Arsenal vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Bournemouth vs Southampton - DRAW
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

David Dinkin said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - WATFORD
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - ARSENAL
Bournemouth vs Southampton - DRAW
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Sam Ruback said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - DRAW
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - WBA
Arsenal vs Man Utd - DRAW
Bournemouth vs Southampton - BOURNEMOUTH
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

Matt Abbott said...

Chelsea vs Newcastle - h
Brighton vs Liverpool - d
Everton vs Huddersfield - h
Leicester vs Burnley - d
Stoke vs Swansea - h
Watford vs Spurs - d
WBA vs Crystal Palace - d
Arsenal vs Man Utd - a
Bournemouth vs Southampton - h
Man City vs West Ham - h

Joshua Daniels said...


Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Brighton vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
Leicester vs Burnley - Leicester
Stoke vs Swansea - STOKE
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS
WBA vs Crystal Palace - palace
Arsenal vs Man Utd - Arsenal
Bournemouth vs Southampton - southanpton
Man City vs West Ham - MAN CITY

374/1