I like to check back at the end of the EPL season to see how well we did at predicting stuff. Call it an accountability thing or call it a competitive thing. Either way, here is a handy dandy table showing the final results plus how we predicted them:
| ACTUAL | Hippo | Litre | Balls |
| Man City | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arsenal | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Man U | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Newcastle | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Brighton | 11 | 15 | 12 |
| Aston Villa | 13 | 12 | 9 |
| Tottenham | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Brentford | 17 | 16 | 14 |
| Fulham | 15 | 20 | 16 |
| Crystal Palace | 10 | 13 | 17 |
| Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Wolves | 9 | 17 | 10 |
| West Ham | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Bournemouth | 16 | 19 | 15 |
| Nottingham | 20 | 9 | 20 |
| Everton | 19 | 11 | 18 |
| Leicester | 14 | 8 | 11 |
| Leeds | 18 | 17 | 19 |
| Southampton | 12 | 18 | 13 |
As you can see, we all picked the champion of the league and little else.
I did pick two others in their exact positions (Bournemouth and Leeds, shown in green bold italics) while Litre did pick Southampton and Hippo did pick Leeds to be relegated (shown in light blue italics).
If you add up the total differences in the predicciones versus actuals, it looks like this: Hippo: 81, Litre: 97, Balls: 84.
So I guess I win this imaginary competition that I just created in my head?
And, with that, we bid a fond farewell to the 2022-23 English Premier League season. Only a few of more years until Wrexham joins the party!
Elon Musk fans are very interesting.
One forgets just how horrible it is to watch a Mourinho-managed side “play.”
THIS LANCE LYNN I CALL HIM PAUL LYNDE IN GAY HEAVEN BECAUSE THE ANGELS ARE TAKING HIM DEEP
And Ohtani just hit his 2nd today…478 feet. That’s far,
Rushbo would have been really disappoint to see that heaven has a Gay District. He took the other escalator, thankfully.
Zooropa, baby! It’s gonna be alright…
Barberz v. Poorly-Drawn Wolves! WHO YA GOT??
Can the writers strike last through the end February? I don’t want any script rewrites.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/05/31/nfl-predictions-2023-season-super-bowl-mvp-awards-daily-cover
That gives me an idea for a post…
(lots of things give me ideas for posts. I also had the idea of making a scratching post for my cat that looks like a cactus)
Some shoulders for the King.
Those dudes must work out.
Just for the record, and somewhat related to the Premier League, I very much enjoyed the Ted Lasso finale.
I’m nowhere done with that show. We finished succession over the weekend, that felt like a lot.
Havent watched yet. Mrs Sharkbait and I will watch tonight.
It turns out the Premier League title was the friends they made along the way.
So they bottle it like Arsenal?
a). I don’t want to spoil anything, and
b). You son of a bitch
No, those are friends. A title is something different.
You guys truly have the Mel Kiper Jr touch.
[is also known for touching juniors] – Mark Chmura
“Juniors? Why so old?”
-M. Gaetz
The Sophomore class can’t even hit you up for fancy-pants prom dinners! – Mark S., Fox Sports studio
But not the hair grease, ’cause Hippo’s a Dapper Dan man!
So Man City is probably ready for Inter this Saturday in Champions league action huh?
I’d Inter HER Milan!!
Overall, we be all liek…
Also, it’s funny but you could have also given credit for being within one and I’m not sure there would be any more green numbers than there already are. And that’s not a criticism; obviously picking these results is pretty tough.
THESE GUYS TOTTENHAM AND CHELSEA I CALL THEM SONOFSPAM ON HIS HONEYMOON BECAUSE THEY UNDERPERFORMED SPECTACULARLY.
That’s why you get a dwarf
-Horatio Cornblower.
but what about the tipping pool results.
/logged in for the first time this year 2 weeks ago
//not sure anyone has logged in since week 2
I forgot we had one!
Arsenal started off hot and I wasn’t making picks, so I didn’t want to jinx anything.
Probably should have started making picks the last 8-10 weeks.
I hope Brighton can continue their success and rapid ascent up the table next year.
I hope the same for Tottenham and Chelsea, in that recent trends continue for them.