And just like that, the new season is now just the season. We're underway and in many ways, it's like nothing has changed.
Man Utd got a slightly fortunate win, Liverpool relied on Mo Salah to breakdown a very motivated newly promoted side and Arsenal cruised a bit without really sparkling on an opening day. Brighton were the surprise fun package in the post-de Zerbi era, spanking Everton 3-0 - my thinking for a solid, functional Everton to be solidly mid-table might need a little tweaking. Newcastle won at home after going down to 10 men for a "football" headbutt. More of a nuzzle, but it was enough for a red, in a way that a choke or a grope wasn't in North London....
Late goals at Forest saw a point gained, and at West Ham, an extra 2 heading back to Villa Park. Ivan Toney has been dropped (forever it seems) by Brentford, which royally screwed me for FPL, but Brentford didn't need him, beating Palace in the battle of South-ish London. Stretching geography but they'll do as rivals. In West West London, Chelsea dipped into their NFL size roster before doing what they usually do and playing Nico Jackson, who refused to score, City scored twice whilst missing several players and RoboHaaland taught the most irritating man in the PL a lesson about singing stupid songs with stupid hair when your stupid football can't back it up.
Finally, Leicester's return to the PL has been pretty stormy, but in someways, it was as if they never left - Jamie Vardy downed a red bull and then scored, before engaging in some excellent trolling of the travelling fans. Never change Jamie.....
Let's get statty....
This week, 23 people played
Most popular predicted results: Arsenal, Liverpool & Newcastle WINS (23/23)
Most disputed result:
Highest odds: Steven Daniels (948/1)
Lowest odds: AFM (494/1)
Average odds: 819/1
Best predictors: 4 of you (7/10)
Worst predictor: Chris Sutton (4/10)
Average score:
Best predicted results: Arsenal, Liverpool & Newcastle WINS (23/23)
Worst predicted result: Leicester vs Spurs DRAW (2/23)
Everyone's results:
No leaderboard until, after M3 as is traditional, although of course, after only 1 set of results, you can work it out for yourself...
Good luck all!
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