S8M7: Tarek's on Fire (Bookmakers are terrified)

It's an inevitability of time that we all get older - and this inanimate blog is no different. A famous consequence of the unstoppable senescence is forgetfulness, and frankly I'm sure I've riffed on the title before a couple of years ago but frankly, you probably had forgotten and I can't be bothered to go back and check. Kudos to you if you stopped reading with indignation when I implied that senescence was an inevitable consequence of ageing - you might think of yourself as a bottle of Chateau Lafite 1787 ($156,450) but wouldn't drink that if I were you.

Anyway, Tarek gets the plaudits because he's (co-) topscored 2 weeks in a row. Apologies for the inevitable terrible score he gets this week. It's been a roller coaster 7 seasons for the big man - the Zlatan of Central London, some would say, with some league positions to forget - but here he is, riding high, a shining example to us all. You win the David Silverman Award for fairytales come true.

Right, there's enough smoke blown up 2 of you - let's talk football...

Fulham & Watford drew at the Cottage, whilst Burnley finally got their season off to a start, thumping Bournemouth 4-0. Not quite as thumpy as Man City who are starting to crank up the pressure and really shine. The Dwight Gayle (MEMORIAL JOSH GAON ARE YOU HAPPY) derby ended in stalemate whilst Leicester & Liverpool recorded comfortable home wins. This was not the case at Old Trafford, where a spirited Wolves continued their great start to the campaign with a draw at a very unhappy Man United. That Pogba/Mourino training video was just ice cold. Spurs kept ticking over away to Brighton, winning relatively comfortably 2-1, whilst Arsenal won 2-0 relatively uncomfortably the following day to Everton. Aubameyang's clincher was only offside if you agree with the concept of parallel lines, which I think is really up for debate in these turbulent times.

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Chelsea were held by a West Ham side who could well have taken all 3 points, leaving Liverpool all alone in the 100% record club. They will have the chance to end that this weekend...

Let's get statty:

This week, 24 people played
Most popular predicted results: Liverpool, Arsenal & Man Utd WINS (24/24)
Most disputed result: Burnley vs Bournemouth (7-7-10 split)

Highest odds: Steven Daniels (506/1)
Lowest odds: Me (216/1)
Average odds: 335/1

Best predictors: Tarek, Josh Gaon & David Brickman (7/10)
Worst predictors: 4 of you (4/10)
Average score: 5.46/10

Everyone's scores:

The leaderboard (>2/3; 5/6)

To this week's predos:

West Ham vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Arsenal vs Watford - ARSENAL
Everton vs Fulham - DRAW
Huddersfield vs Spurs - SPURS
Man City vs Brighton - MAN CITY
Newcastle vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Wolves vs Southampton - WOLVES
Chelsea vs Liverpool - CHELSEA
Cardiff vs Burnley - BURNLEY
Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace - DRAW

Total odds: 2453/1

Good luck guys