Round 13 available points:
Liverpool win: 1 point
Chelsea loss: 3 points
Bournemouth v Arsenal:
Pick a win: 1 points
Pick exact score 2-1: 5 points
MOM: Aubameyang (7.5): 3 points
Player points:
Aubameyang 1 (goal), Kolasinac 1 (assist)
Round 13 available points:
Liverpool win: 1 point
Chelsea loss: 3 points
Bournemouth v Arsenal:
Pick a win: 1 points
Pick exact score 2-1: 5 points
MOM: Aubameyang (7.5): 3 points
Player points:
Aubameyang 1 (goal), Kolasinac 1 (assist)
Laca, Ozil
FFS *facepalm*
Table after Round 13 (this week's score in brackets);
Downey26 74 (7)
RonnieMac 72 (4)
Brumbys 67 (2)
Paulm 60 (8)
Kwlap 57 (2)
Ajc28 53 (7)
Surge 48 (8)
Couple of positional changes... Downey takes the lead again...
Both Downey and AJC picked the correct Arsenal score, but Surge and I managed to beat both their scores by picking the Chelsea loss, and having Auba in our picks...
Ah yes brumbys, the usually guaranteed scoring combo of Ozil/Laca proved to be a total dud this week! I have picked that so many times, pretty stoked that I slipped Auba in there instead of Ozil this time round ;)
FYI, for the big list of season picks we made at the start, I will actually add the points for these as we go, just for fun.
For example, we had to pick where Arsenal and Liverpool are in the league table at the halfway stage, so when that passes I will add the points.
And for all the picks where we guessed which stages of competitions teams would go out, I'll add those as the teams get knocked out etc.
I'll state it very clearly when I do it, and keep an update going on what has or hasn't been added, so we all know what's what.
Ok, we have the North London derby this weekend, so some special picks are in order.
We also have the Merseyside derby, so will add a sweetener on that too.
All games are Sunday night, how about the following:
Chelsea vs Fulham: Pick the result only, like normal
Arsenal vs Spurs:
Pick the HT and FT scores, and this time pick 4 Arsenal players, normal points for that. And also 2 points each for some head-to-heads on WhoScored ratings;
Lloris v Leno
Kane v Aubameyang
Ozil v Eriksen
If any of the above players do not start, I will scratch that particular head-to-head battle and not score it, ok?
And for the Merseyside Derby, lets go with the normal Arsenal-style picks, so pick the FT score only, and 2 Liverpool players.
Hope that all makes sense!
Here's my picks as a guide;
Chelsea: Draw
Arsenal 3 (1) Spurs 1 (1)
Aubameyang, Lacazette, Ozil, Bellerin
H2H's: Leno, Aubameyang, Ozil
Liverpool 2 Everton 2
Salah, Mane
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal 2(0) Spurs (1)1
Aubameyang, Ozil, Sokratis, Torreira
H2H's: Leno, Kane, Ozil
Liverpool 3 Everton 1
Firmino, Mane
Edit: can't call anything but the win in this one, COYG!
WHOOPS just realised I didn't include the HT score for the Arsenal match in my picks, just updated my previous post... sorry lads... Brumbys go and add in your HT prediction :)
Ronniemac's picks:
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal 3(1) Spurs 2(1)
Aubameyang, Ozil, Xhaka, Kolasinac
H2H’s: Leno, Kane, Ozil
Liverpool 3 Everton 0
Keita, Shaqiri
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal 2 (0) vs Tottenham 2 (1)
Aubameyang, Ozil, Ramsay, Kolasinac
H2H's: Leno, Kane, Eriksen
Liverpool 2 Everton 1
Milner, Salah
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal 2 (0) vs Tottenham 0 (0)
Aubameyang, Laca, Mustafi, Leno
H2H's: Leno, Auba, Eriksen
Liverpool 2 Everton 2
Mane, Salah
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal 1(1) Spurs 1(1)
Aubameyang, Lacazette, Xhaka, Iwobi
H2H’s: Leno, Kane, Eriksen
Liverpool 2 Everton 0
Mane, Firmino
Round 14 available points:
Pick Chelsea win: 1 point
Arsenal v Spurs:
Pick Spurs winning at HT: 3 points
Pick HT score 2-1: 5 points
Pick Arsenal to win: 1 point
Pick FT score 4-2: 5 points
MOM: Aubameyang (9.3): 3 points
Player points: Aubameyang 3 (2 goals, 1 assist), Ramsey 2 (2 assists), Lacazette 1 (goal), Torreira 1 (goal)
Head to Heads:
Leno v Lloris: 2 points for Leno (6.0 beats 5.7)
Auba v Kane: 2 points for Auba (9.3 beats 7.3)
Ozil v Eriksen: Scratched due to Ozil not playing
Liverpool v Everton:
Pick Liverpool win: 1 point
Pick FT score 1-0: 5 points
Liverpool MOM: van Dijk (7.5): 3 points
Player points: Origi 1 (goal), Alisson 2 (clean sheet), Robertson 2 (clean sheet), Gomez 2 (clean sheet), Alexander-Arnold 2 (clean sheet), van Dijk 2 (clean sheet)
Table after Round 14 (this week's score in brackets);
Downey26 89 (15)
RonnieMac 83 (11)
Brumbys 82 (15)
Paulm 72 (12)
Kwlap 70 (13)
Ajc28 64 (11)
Surge 48 (0)
There was a lot to take into account so do check your score and let me know if I've made any errors...
Costly week to forget Surge!!!!
Ok, we have a midweek round, so I best get the picks in lads... we also have a top 6 game for Arsenal so some more special picks.
All games Thursday morning our time:
Burnley v Liverpool
Wolves v Chelsea
ManU v Arsenal
The usuals on Chelsea/Liverpool, just pick the result only.
And for ManU/Arsenal, how about we do HT picks again, leave it at just the 2 players to pick this time, but lets do some head to heads again as well (2 points for each):
Leno v De Gea
Aubameyang v Lukaku
Torreira v Pogba
Note: Same as before, if any of these players do not start I'll scratch the points for everyone.
So here's my picks, as a guide for the format:
Liverpool: Win
Chelsea: Draw
Arsenal:
ManU 1 (1) Arsenal 3 (1)
Aubameyang, Lacazette
H2H: De Gea, Aubameyang, Torreira
Liverpool: Win
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal:
Man U 2 (1) Arsenal 2 (0)
Aubamayang, Torreira
H2H: De Gea, Auba, Pogba
Liverpool: Win
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal:
ManU 0 (0) Arsenal 2 (0)
Aubameyang, Ramsey
H2H: Leno, Aubameyang, Torreira
RonnieMac's picks:
Liverpool Win
Chelsea Win
Man U 1(0) Arsenal 1(0) – Picking United to really park that bus and De Gea to make plenty of saves
Auba, Ozil
H2H
De Gea
Aubameyang
Pogba
Liverpool: Win
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal:
ManU 2 (1) Arsenal 2 (0)
Aubameyang, Ramsey
H2H: De Gea, Aubameyang, Torreira
Liverpool Draw
Chelski Win
Them 1(1) Us 3(1)
Laca, Ozil
H2H: Leno, PEA, Pogba
Liverpool: Win
Chelsea: Win
Arsenal:
ManU 1(1) Arsenal 1 (0)
Aubameyang, Ramsey
H2H: De Gea, Aubameyang, Torreira
No Lukaku or Pogba in the ManU starting lineup, so unfortunately that's two of our head to heads scratched. There was always a good chance of that I guess, I probably should've picked some others. Ah well, you live and learn.
Round 15 available points:
Pick Chelsea loss: 3 points
Pick Liverpool win: 1 point
Arsenal v ManU:
Pick draw at HT: 2 points
Pick HT score 1-1: 5 points
Pick draw at FT: 2 points
Pick FT score 2-2: 5 points
Arsenal MOM: Torreira (7.6): 3 points
Player points available: Lacazette 1 (goal), Mustafi 1 (goal), Torreira 1 (assist)
Head to Heads:
Pogba and Lukaku didn't start, so they are scratched.
2 points for picking Leno (6.4 vs 5.6 for De Gea - nice flap buddy!).
Link to Whoscored game page:
https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1284866/Live/Eng...
(thought it might be good to post the link from where I calculate the points so people can check if they like - I would hate to get someone's score wrong, and for it to go undetected! Will try to remember to post the link after each round)
Table after Round 15 (this round's score in brackets):
Downey26 97 (8)
Brumbys 94 (12)
RonnieMac 88 (5)
Paulm 81 (9)
Kwlap 75 (5)
Ajc28 67 (3)
Surge 58 (10)
Paulm I called FT score correctly (5 + 2), Torreira (3 + 1), Liverpool win (1), should be 12 pts?
Sorry brumbys, correct you are. I missed the 3 pts for torreira when adding it up... cheers for spotting!
Hey lads picks for the weekend...
Normal stuff for bournemouth vs liverpool (pick result only) and arsenal vs huddersfield (standard arsenal picks). We have a big game at stamford bridge, man city vs chelsea, so how bout we do the standard arsenal style picks for that? Ft score + pick 2x chelsea players?
Mine:
Liverpool: loss
Arsenal 3-1
Aubameyang, Mkhitaryan
Chelsea 1-3
Hazard, Giroud
Liverpool: Draw
Arsenal 2-0
Laca, Mkhitaryan
Chelsea 1-1
Pedro, Kante
Liverpool: Win
Arsenal 4-0
Leno, Xhaka
Chelsea 0-2
Hazard, Giroud <3
Liverpool: Win
Arsenal 2-0
Laca, Ozil
Chelsea 1-3 Citeh
Hazard, Jorginho
Pool draw
Us 3 them 1
Laca, Xhaka
Chelski 2 Citeh 1
Hazard, Giroud
Mighty Liverpool: win
Arsenal 3 Huddersfield 0
Aubameyang, Ballerin
Chelsea 1 City 1
Pedro, Kepa
Liverpool: Win
Arsenal 2-0
Laca, Aubameyang
Chelsea 1-1
Pedro, Hazard
Round 16 available points:
Liverpool win: 1 point
Chelsea vs Man City
https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1284887/Live/Eng...
Pick Chelsea win: 1 point
Pick FT score 2-0: 5 points
Whoscored MOM: Azpilicueta (8.9): 3 points
Player points: Luiz 3 (goal, clean sheet), Hazard 2 (2 assists), Alonso 2 (clean sheet), Azpilicueta 2 (clean sheet), Rudiger 2 (clean sheet), Kepa 2 (clean sheet), Kante 1 (goal)
Arsenal v Huddersfield
https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1284875/Live/Eng...
Pick Arsenal win: 1 point
Pick FT score 1-0: 5 points
Whoscored MOM: Xhaka (8.2): 3 points
Player points: Leno 2 (clean sheet), Kolasinac 2 (clean sheet), Sokratis 2 (clean sheet), Mustafi 2 (clean sheet), Lichtsteiner 2 (clean sheet), Bellerin 2 (clean sheet), Monreal 2 (clean sheet), Torreira 1 (goal), Aubameyang 1 (assist)
Table after Round 16 (this round's score in brackets):
Brumbys 103 (9)
Downey26 99 (2)
RonnieMac 95 (7)
Paulm 85 (4)
Kwlap 79 (4)
Ajc28 72 (5)
Surge 65 (7)
Man those player points make a difference! Was way off the mark in the Arsenal pick on scoreline and completely miscalled Chelski game.
Ok picks for next weekend, Round 17. All games Sunday night.
Brighton v Chelsea: Pick Chelsea Result
Southampton v Arsenal: Regular Arsenal picks
Liverpool v Manchester United:
Special game this one, so lets go with the regular Arsenal-style picks (FT score + 2 players), and also some head to heads (2 points each):
De Gea v Alisson
Martial v Mane
Rashford v Salah
Lingard v Shaqiri
I've done 4 there just because it's tough to pick the starters for ManU at the moment, so hopefully most of those ones start, and we'll scratch any where someone doesn't.
After this round the games will get a bit mental, and people tend to go on holiday and sometimes can't get in to make picks, so I will do up a big post next week with all the picking rounds and rules right through to mid-Jan, so that people can pick far ahead if they are afraid of missing rounds while on holiday etc. I will update regularly through the holiday period, but there's always a chance I don't make it in either, so don't be alarmed if I do some bulk updates during that time. Hopefully not though, we'll see how my holidays pan out!
My picks:
Chelsea: Draw
Southampton 1 Arsenal 4
Lacazette, Aubameyang
Liverpool 2 ManU 2
Mane, Salah
H2H's: De Gea, Martial, Salah, Shaqiri
Ronniemac's picks;
Chelsea Win
Southampton 2 Arsenal 3 (Southampton can be a bit of a bogey team for you, they will score goals, but your attack is better)
Auba, Ozil
Mighty Liverpool 3 Man U 0 (Jose’s bus gonna crash)
Salah, Firmino
H2H
De Gea --- Man gonna be busy as
Mane
Salah
Shaqiri
Total Liverpool Domination!