S13M16: Emery the Sandbagger

December starts, festive season run up, with games coming more or less twice a week until the FA Cup 3rd round now. So prepare for some double matchday blogs.

Let me do broad winners & losers from the 2 rounds of games.

Winners:
*Arsenal - 2 wins including another late late show and a little gap opening at the top
*Everton - 2 wins to pull away from trouble, even after the points deduction
*Liverpool - don't sleep on a quietly strong season, even after a total midfield rebuild
* Aston Villa - maybe disappointed to drop points to Bournemouth but a late equaliser and then to dominate Man City in a way a Pep team has never been dominated before was special.
*West Ham - Another decent season brewing, even after losing their totemic captain

Mild-winner:
*Man Utd - for still getting points even when being rubbish, and then finally having a performance where they 1) weren't rubbish and also 2) really showed what rubbish is. 
*VAR/PGMOL - not the headline! Woo Hoo!

Losers:
*Chelsea - see above
*Notts Forest - it's pretty bad
*Burnely - see above
*Spurs - 1 point from 15. Not good enough mate
*Palace - just what's the point
*Man City - 3 points from 12. Mini-wobble from Man City.

We've also seen the first sacking - Sheff Utd doing a Watford and bringing back the old guy. Will definitely go well....

Let's get statty

M14

Total number of players: 21
Most popular predicted result: Arsenal WIN (21/21)
Most disputed prediction: Burnley vs Sheff Utd (7-5-9 split)

Highest odds: Hannah Skolnick (829/1)
Lowest odds: AFM (184/1)
Average odds: 502/1

Best predictor: Chris Sutton (8/10)
Worst predictor: Raffi Kleiman (3/10)
Average score: 5.43/10

Best predicted result: Arsenal WIN (21/21)
Worst predicted results: Bournemouth vs Aston Villa  & Man City vs Spurs DRAWS (1/21)

Everyone's scores

M15
Total number of players: 19
Most popular predicted result: Arsenal WIN (19/19)
Most disputed prediction: Man Utd vs Chelsea (6-8-6 split)

Highest odds: Steven Daniels (2850/1)
Lowest odds: AF (635/1)
Average odds: 1450/1

Best predictor: Nick Taylor-Collins (8/10)
Worst predictor: Chris Sutton (3/10)
Average score: 5.05/10

Best predicted result: Arsenal WIN (19/19)
Worst predicted result: West Ham WIN (0/19)

Everyone's scores

Leaderboard (>2/3; 11/15)

This week's predos

Good luck all