S7M25: Delayed Gratification

It's the little things in life that keep it smiling. First you get Man City losing to Liverpool - that glow has yet to abate. But then Liverpool lose to Swansea, which just serves to make the whole exercise funnier.

Spurs drew with Southampton which meant that the Great Arsenal Comeback started with an Alexis-less win  over Crystal Palace. Nacho Monreal scored all 4 goals, cured cancer & sorted out world peace before being subbed halfway through the first half to go and play the harp at an old age home. True story. Only time will tell as to whether this will be a fruitful chase or not.

Speaking of drugs cheat Alexis, Man Utd showed why they're paying him the GDP of Polynesia a week as they laboured to a win over Burnley. Martial scoring his 2nd delightful goal in as many games.

Easy wins for Man City, Chelsea and er....Stoke (new manager bounce?) kept the world spinning on it's axis. Leicester signed Silva's death warrant at Watford, edging the Pozzo's ever closer to Doug Ellis' record.

Moyes & Allardyce continued their 2 man reprisal of "Old Dog - Old Tricks" (you must see it before it ends, superb) with home draws. Both "doing a job" I suppose.

Let's get statty:

This week 19 people played. Technically it was 20 but I've mislaid my bit of paper with ECI's results which have now disappeared off their website so until I find it again....19.

Most popular predicted results: Man City & Spurs WINS (19/19)
Most disputed result: Stoke vs Huddersfield (12-5-2 split)

Highest odds: Feneley (881/1)
Lowest odds: AFM (2209/1)
Average odds: 1331/1

Best predictors: Tarek Najm & Doron Salomon (7/10)
Worst predictor: Sam Ruback (3/10)
Average score: 5.1/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (19/19)
Worst predicted results: Swansea WIN & Southampton vs Spurs DRAW (0/19)

Everyone's results:

Leaderboard (>2/3; 17/24)

This week's predos:

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

Good luck guys

FA Cup 2018: Round 4

I apologise in advance for not checking the data but I think this was a record low for 3rd round scores. The cause, as ever in this game is relative homogeneity in the predictions, matched with a higher than average "shock" quota.

This year, Arsenal & Notts County did the damage to everyone, Swansea, Rochdale & Bradford to nearly everyone. That immediately excludes massive scores.

Now, if I'm honest, I don't know much about any of the games that happened. I had a family celebration all weekend, and then given the utter faecal exhibition on show at the City Ground, I had no desire to go watch MOTD. So yay to the winnners and boo to Nottingham Forest.

Therefore, I have nothing to add. Let's get statty:

This year - there are 9 players

Most popular predicted results: Liverpool, Aston Villa, Leeds, Arsenal, Brentford, Man Utd, Spurs, Middlesborough, Leicester, Cardiff, Man City & Chelsea WINS (9/9)
Most disputed results: Blackburn WIN (5/9)

Best predictors: Doron & the Feneleys (24/32)
Worst predictors: All 3 Daniels (18/32)

Best predicted results: Liverpool, Aston Villa, Leeds, Man Utd, Spurs, Middlesborough, Leicester, Cardiff, Man City & Chelsea WINS (9/9)
Worst predicted results: Notts Forest & Notts County WINS (0/9)

Everyone's results:

Round 4 predos:

Sheffield Wednesday vs Reading - SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Yeovil vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Peterborough vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Huddersfield vs Birmingham - HUDDERSFIELD
Notts County vs Swansea - SWANSEA
MK Dons vs Coventry - MK DONS
Millwall vs Rochdale - MILLWALL
Southampton vs Watford - SOUTHAMPTON
Middlesborough vs Brighton - MIDDLESBOROUGH
Wigan vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Hull vs Nottingham Forest - NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Sheffield Utd v Preston - PRESTON
Newport vs Spurs - SPURS
Liverpool vs WBA - LIVERPOOL
Chelsea vs Newcastle - CHELSEA
Cardiff vs Man City - MAN CITY

If you haven't yet paid the £5 and need my bank details, please let me know. If you've paid already, let me know too :D

Good luck guys

S7M24: All change

Firstly, let me start by saying I feel like I've missed some people out from the results this week, so apologies if that's you. Please remind me where you've sent your predos to & will update the database accordingly.

Well what happened this week?

Chelsea drew yet again as Kante & Drinkwater were unable to send old club home with their mangey/bushy tails between their legs. Hodgson is a magician, and the Burnley momentum seems to have slowed. Moyes also has quietly reinvigorated West Ham, and frankly they're probably safe now. Only need to be the 4th worst team...

Newcastle drew with Swansea, but that wasn't the worst part of their week. Their takeover is no more, continuing the Ashley reign. Watford & Southampton had a draw that I know not much about other than the 2-0 down, 2-2 stuff. WBA won for the first time since 2002 and Spurs battered Everton. Allardici dun good.

What happened on Sunday? Arsenal arsenaled it at Bournemouth, and then....el dia de los invincibles arrived at long bloody last. Frankly, I was getting pretty worried. Well done scousers, take the rest of the season off. Don't worry, the benefits will remain paid...

Man Utd won comfortably.

VAR was hilarious in the FA Cup and transfer stuff, but let's cover that when it's all done - apologies to those rereading my thoughts from twitter there...

Let's get statty:
This week 19 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man Utd WIN (19/19)
Most disputed prediction: Huddersfield vs West Ham (5-8-6 split)

Highest odds: Doron Salomon 1707/1
Lowest odds: Steven Daniels 554/1
Average odds: 1131/1

Best predictor: Josh Daniels (7/10)
Worst predictor: WhoScored.com (2/10)
Average score: 3.95/10

Best predicted result: Man Utd WIN (19/19)
Worst predicted result: Bournemouth WIN (0/19)

Everyone's results:

Leaderboard (>2/3 weeks; 16/23)

This week's predos:

Brighton vs Chelsea - CHELSEA

Arsenal vs Crystal Palace - ARSENAL

Burnley vs Man Utd - MAN UTD

Everton vs WBA - EVERTON

Leicester vs Watford - LEICESTER

Stoke vs Huddersfield - DRAW

West Ham vs Bournemouth - WEST HAM

Man City vs Newcastle - MAN CITY

Southampton vs Spurs - SPURS

Swansea vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL

Good like guys!

S7M23: But what is normal

I've got 4 weeks' of data to publish, the games are now getting on for 3 weeks old in some instances and we've all been doing cup stuff the last week.

No chat therefore, but given that I'm almost guaranteed to have made a mistake somewhere, or left someone's results off, please double check and let me know if I need to amend the database.

Let's get statty:

Matchday 19
21 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man City WIN (19/21)
Most disputed predicted result: Brighton vs Watford (5-10-5 split)

Highest odds:  AFM (6819/1)
Lowest odds: Steven Daniels (1081/1)
Average odds: 2653/1

Best predictors: Lawro, Nick Jones & Doron Salomon (5/10)
Worst predictor: 4 of you (2/10)
Average score: 3.19/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (19/21)
Worst predicted result: Newcastle WIN (0/21)

Matchday 20
22 people played
Most popular predicted results: Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd & Man City WINS (22/22)
Most disputed predicted result: Bournemouth vs West Ham (7-10-5 split)

Highest odds:  AFM (1086/1)
Lowest odds: Steven Daniels (251/1)
Average odds: 520/1

Best predictor: Joe Abbott & David Dinkin (8/10)
Worst predictor: Me (4/10)
Average score: 5.74/10

Best predicted results: Chelsea, Liverpool & Man City WINS (22/22)
Worst predicted result: Man Utd vs Burnley DRAW (0/22)

Matchday 21
21 people played
Most popular predicted results: Man City & Chelsea WIN (21/21)
Most disputed predicted result: Huddersfield vs Burnley (2-9-10 split)

Highest odds: Andrew Feneley (287/1)
Lowest odds: AFM (106/1)
Average odds: 187/1

Best predictor: Loads -  4/9 (4.44/10 when upgraded as per early season rules)
Worst predictor: Loads -  2/9 (2.22/10 when upgraded as per early season rules)
Average score: 2.76/9 (3.07/10)

Best predicted result: Chelsea WIN (21/21)
Worst predicted result: Crystal Palace vs Man City DRAW (0/21)

Matchday 22

Welcome new player - David Graniewitz

17 people played
Most popular predicted results: Spurs & Man City WINS (17/17)
Most disputed predicted result: Brighton vs Bournemouth (5-6-6 split)

Highest odds: Andrew Feneley (3491/1)
Lowest odds: Steven Daniels (850/1)
Average odds: 2250/1

Best predictors: 4 of you (8/10)
Worst predictor: David Graniewitz with a horror debut (3/10)
Average score: 6.11/10

Best predicted result: Spurs & Man City WINS (17/17)
Worst predicted result: Crystal Palace WIN (3/17)

Everyone's results:

To the leaderboard (>2/3 weeks; 15/22)

This week's predos:

Chelsea vs Leicester - CHELSEA

Crystal Palace vs Burnley - CRYSTAL PALACE

Huddersfield vs West Ham - WEST HAM

Newcastle vs Swansea - NEWCASTLE

Watford vs Southampton - DRAW

WBA vs Brighton - DRAW

Spurs vs Everton - SPURS

Bournemouth vs Arsenal - DRAW

Liverpool vs Man City - MAN CITY

Man Utd vs Stoke - MAN UTD

Good luck guys!

FA Cup 2018: Round 3

A little break from the PL allows me to catch up on the couple of million data points that need to be sorted from the festive fixtures and it's my privilege (checked) to present the return of the FA Cup game.

Revision of the rules:

• Stand alone from PL game - you can play this if you've not been involved before
• £5 buy in - submitting predictions = agreeing to pay. Please don't make me chase you.
• Pick the club to progress from each tie - no draws! (replays, a.e.t., pens etc all count)
• Predictions need to be submitted before kick off
• 1 point per correct prediction
• Prize money payouts to 1st, 2nd 3rd places in May (£ depends on size of prize pot)
• Share with anyone who's interested - happy to set up another email chain/WhatsApp group for reminders - the more, the merrier, the richer someone gets...

Round 3 Predictions:

Ipswich v Sheffield United - IPSWICH

Watford v Bristol City - WATFORD

Birmingham v Burton - BURTON

Liverpool v Everton - LIVERPOOL

Brighton v Crystal Palace - CRYSTAL PALACE

Aston Villa v Peterborough - ASTON VILLA

Bournemouth v Wigan - WIGAN

Coventry v Stoke - STOKE

Newport v Leeds - LEEDS

Bolton v Huddersfield - HUDDERSFIELD

Yeovil v Bradford - BRADFORD

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal - ARSENAL

Brentford v Notts County - BRENTFORD

QPR v MK Dons - QPR

Manchester United v Derby - MAN UTD

Exeter v West Brom - WBA

Doncaster v Rochdale - DONCASTER

Tottenham v AFC Wimbledon - SPURS

Middlesbrough v Sunderland - MIDDLESBOROUGH

Fleetwood v Leicester - LEICESTER

Blackburn v Hull - BLACKBURN

Cardiff v Mansfield - CARDIFF

Manchester City v Burnley - MAN CITY

Shrewsbury v West Ham - SHREWSBURY

Wolves v Swansea - WOLVES

Stevenage v Reading - STEVENAGE

Newcastle v Luton - NEWCASTLE

Millwall v Barnsley - BARNSLEY

Fulham v Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON

Wycombe v Preston - PRESTON

Norwich v Chelsea - CHELSEA

Carlisle v Sheffield Wednesday - SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

Good luck guys!