S13M9: Perspective

 Im not going to lie. I really struggled with whether to even write this blog. I've spent precisely 0 time on football in the last 2 weeks. I should have been revelling in Arsenal finally beating Man City - consuming all the content. I'm not even sure I've seen the goal. Everything well and truly put in perspective.

Here's the thing. I love football. I love Arsenal. I couldn't quantify the amount of time I've spent over the years on football. Only a few weeks ago, I nearly collapsed from celebrating Gabi Jesus' late cake-topping cherry against Man United - at that moment, all I felt was ecstasy. To juxtapose one late Brazilian Gabi's winner against a Manchester club against another only weeks later breaks my heart.

So why am I posting? In truth - I don't know. I think because if I stop - I don't know if I'll ever start it up again. Because I've continued through greater personal tragedy than the last 2 weeks. But the truth is - I think I'm doing this because it's what I do - 35ish weeks a year, for 13 years. This isn't me sticking 2 fingers up at terrorism - saying you'll never stop me living my life. It's just numbness on autopilot.

As I'm sure we all do - I'm hoping that this feeling goes - for the right reasons - and I can get back to irreverently writing something nonsensical.

Let's get statty:

This week, 22 people played
Most popular prediction: Spurs WIN (21/22- 95%)
Most disputed predicted result: West Ham vs Newcastle (4-7-11 - 18-32-50%)

Highest odds: Steven Dabniels (8368/1)
Lowest odds: me (842/1)
Average odds: 3523

Best predictors: Steven Daniels & Josh Gaon (7/10)
Worst predictors: David Graniewitz & Raffi Kleiman (2/10)
Average score: 4.73/10

Best predicted result: Spurs WIN (21/22- 95%)
Worst predicted result: Wolves vs Aston Villa DRAW (2/22 - 9%)

Everyone's results:

Leaderboard (2/3; 6/8)

This week's predos:

Good luck all