S10M4: Thanks for Playing

Apparently we're in October already. 2020 is a black hole of a year isn't it. Time flies when you're dodging inanimate particles only nanometres across as the old saying goes. That means that this is the final matchday before a break for international football so there's that to look forward to...

Matchday 3 saw the return of some old friends. Fergie Time came out of retirement with a 2020 twist - this time, the game can finish before Man Utd score. Seems normal for this season. DCL scored again to give Everton another win - a hat-trick, followed up with another hat-trick in the League Cup midweek. Madness. WBA  showed up Chelsea's porous defence racing into a 3-0 lead, before £1bn worth of attacking talent was shoved aside by 3 academy lads who rescued a point. Danny Ings did a Danny Ings and scored the winner at Turf Moor. Side bet - I reckon Dyche will do an Eddie Howe at the end of the season. All feels very stale oop north.

The first Yorkie derby since 1990 or something was a Game of Thrones affair, with Ned Stark's Blades losing out to Jaime Lannister's er....Whites. *SPOILER*  - again. Another reffing howler occurred at Spurs where Eric Dier decided to cunningly handball with his back turned to Andy Carroll's header at him from 2mm away. Even Bruce felt they were hard-done by. Wilson still smashed it in for a point though, which made me reminisce of the good old days where Robbie Fowler dived to win a pen, had a fit of conscience and let Seamen save it, before McAteer smashed in the rebound to win the game. "Sportsmanship" eh? The second Jamie party happened at Man City where Vardy went full Madchester for a famous win. Leicester still in the mix for their 2nd title in 5 years. West Ham & Aston Villa also recorded very comfortable victories, before the refereeing shocker numero 3 at Anfield where Sadio Mane avoided a 3rd minute red card for a forearm smash on Tierney, who introduced the concept of a Glasgow kiss to the Senegal international after the game, Impossibilitee sources report. Mane of course then went on to have a stormer, scoring the equaliser in a 3-1 win for Liverpool, where another handball controversy occurred for the late guarantee goal for the hosts. Pretty sure they're all on the take

Let's get statty:

This week, 30 people played

Most popular predicted result: Chelsea WIN (30/30)
Most disputed predictions: Burnley vs Southampton & Fulham vs Aston Villa (14-11-5 & 9-6-15 respectively)

Highest odds: Josh Brickman (49,700/1)

Lowest odds: Aron Kleiman (472/1)

Average odds: 3340/1

Best Predictor: Natan Kleiman, Ray Sacks & Steven Daniels (5/10)

Worst Predictor: Zoe Daniels (0/10)

Average score: 3.3/10

Best predicted result: Man United WIN (23/30)

Worst predicted result: WBA vs Chelsea DRAW (0/30)

Everyone's results:

For the first time this season, the Leaderboard. For those who've never played before, to qualify for the leaderboard, you need to have played >2/3 of available weeks - so this week, it's olnly those who've played all 3 weeks.

DRUM ROLL

Daniels sandwich the table and the important thing to note is that, apropos of nothing, we should all focus on the preservation of life first and foremost, and nobody should take any risks with this whole pandemic thing, so we should just call the season off now and let thing's rest as they are. For the safety of all. No other reason.

Heavy lies the head that wears the crown

So, that concludes season 4, thanks all for playing.




















If only....

Matchday 4 predictions

Good luck all