Friday, 8 May 2026

S15M36: Hold on to your hats

 Can I start my saying that I both love everyone and also hate everyone? 

That's the human condition in a nutshell. Simultaneously capable of building complex mechanical glass doors and walking into them. Building and sending a spaceship to the moon('s orbit), but also thinking it's made of delicious cheese. We are walking contradictions capable, nay mandated, of holding contradictory opinions at the same time.

Why do I mention this? Because the BBC have for 2 weekends running written inane articles about footballing rivalry. I don't know who they think their audience is. Last week was about the Celtic/Hearts/Rangers tussle for the title in Scotland (now down to 2) and this week, about the North London feelings around the respective, but intertwined #goals for the rest of the season.

It's really simple and I don't quite understand why it takes thousands of words to say "I want what's best for my team and usually I want everyone else to have bad stuff, but temporarily, I'm willing for them to have good stuff so my lot can also have good stuff, but ideally we'd get the good stuff and they get the bad stuff".

See. Simple. Pithy. You can have that, BBC, for whatever the going rate is for the nonsense you churn out. Not really contradictory at all.

I'm just very touchy. Between the total lack of sleep and the emotional tumult of the last week weeks season  decade two decades, I just want good stuff in my journalism, my team and my sleep. 

Is that too much to ask?


Let's get statty:

This week, 22 people played
Most popular predicted results: Leeds, Arsenal & Man City WINS (22/22)
Most disputed predicted result: Newcastle vs Brighton (4-10-8 split)



Highest odds: Josh Daniels (10, 514/1)
Lowest odds: Feneley (746/1)
Average odds: 4,783/1

Best predictors: Loads of us (6/10)
Worst predictor:Josh Daniels (2/10)
Average score: 4.55/10

Best predicted results: Leeds & Arsenal WINS (22/22)
Worst predicted results: Notts Forest WIN & Everton vs City DRAW (0/22 )

Everyone's score:

Leaderboard (>2/3; 24/35)


To this week's predos:

Good luck all


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