S8M4: Galatians 6:7

I'll be honest, I'm not really one for the New Testament. I have a pristine copy sitting on my bookshelf that I got in Year 7 at school, sitting next to my pristine Koran (uni) and slightly less pristine Old Testament (Bar Mitzvah). I never really paid much attention to school assemblies where we were subjected to some sort of sermon about morality UNLESS it was from Winnie the Pooh. True story. Our school chaplain loved that  willy, nilly, silly old bear as much as he hated William Hague. This all means that I had to google the title to see where the relevant line came from relating to this episode:

We'll start on Monday. What an insufferable hypocrite he is? You all know I'll rarely give Spurs a public compliment but they deserved that win, and good on them. It's actually a little bit boring now - I had fun under Moyes, and have enjoyed the progressive mediocrity that's ensued - I'm certainly not looking for a United renaissance but the enjoyment of watching them suffer is being ruined by a total irritant. I was a big Mou fan in 2004. Something fresh. But it's an old and tired shtick now, and footballistically it's just dull. Chequebook managers can't succeed when their competitive advantage goes, and his tactics are dull and easy to overcome, whilst his man-management style has a natural expiry date. Nowadays. you need to also be a coach to be elite - the days of having your niche are long gone. I've been saying for about 4 years now - he's done as a top-level coach and is living off past glories. He has become, what you might term, a specialist in extraordinarily expensive failure.

Sunday's games were good fun. Late drama at St James' Park allowed Chelsea to maintain their 100% record, as did Watford at home to Palace. Liverpool the 4th member of that group won the night before. Fulham took advantage of a Europa-weary Burnley to thump them 4-2 for their first points of the season. Outrageous the squads that Fulham & Wolves have put together. See the above point about chequebook managers...

The shock of the weekend came when the aforementioned Black Country gems held City to a creditable draw by the thickness of a post. Bonus point for them frankly. Arsenal got their season on track with a win over West Ham (pointless) made to look more comfortable by a late Wele winner. I'm not saying Southgate should lose his job, but frankly, more Dat Guy in the summer would have literally seen it come home. Fact.

Leicester also won with a late winner from the summer's other hero. Harry Maguire crashing home from the other side of the world after Hojberg was sent off for being a little bit of a cheat. Them's the breaks.

Match of the weekend was the draw between Everton & Bournemouth. Early red for Everton before taking a 2 goal lead. Red for Bournmemouth before pulling level. Highly enjoyable stuff. Less can be said about the no-score draw at the John Smith, so we'll leave it there.

Let's get statty:

This week, 29 people played

Most popular predicted results: Man City & Liverpool WINS (29/29)

Most disputed predicted results: Southampton vs Leicester & Man Utd vs Spurs (12-8-9 splits)

Highest odds: Doron Salomon 13,311/1

Lowest odds: Josh Daniels 1583/1

Average odds: 5548/1

Best predictor: Eli Daniels (8/10)

Worst predictor: Joe Machta (3/10)

Average score: 5.52/10

Best predicted result: Liverpool WIN (29/29)

Worst predicted result: Wolves vs Man City DRAW (0/29)

Everyone's results:

And for the first time this season, the Impossibilitee leaderboard! To qualify, you have to have played in >2/3 of gameweeks - so that's 3/3 this week.

Feneley with the frankly outrageous early season form. The Kentish Man City. Dagmar wants her trophy back - there's clearly a space on her desk that neither love nor money can fill. Eli Daniels & er, Feneley's mother (average odds: >10000000/1) make up the rest of the top 4. Down at the bottom, Tarek (perennial) and Joe (novice) are holding up the considerable combined weight of the rest of the group, whlst reigning champ David Silverman is frankly suffering from his May hangover. If you will fill the coveted Impossibilittee trophy with Apple Sourz as your night-time beverage every day, it may impact on your predicting ability folks...

To this week's predos:

Leicester vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Brighton vs Fulham - BRIGHTON
Crystal Palace vs Southmapton - DRAW
Chelsea vs Bournemouth - CHELSEA
Everton vs Huddersfield - EVERTON
West Ham vs Wolves - WOLVES
Man City vs Newcastle - MAN CITY
Cardiff vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Burnley vs Man Utd - MAN UTD (mini rally)
Watford vs Spurs - SPURS

Total odds: 229/1

Good luck guys