Hooray! Chelsea lost their first game of the season, which means Arsenal's shiny golden trophy will remain a one-of-a-kind artifact. It's too bad that Arsenal weren't able to play later that day, due to the Britannia being hit by a giant flaming meteor, but I'm sure we would have won comprehensively. Also, congratulations to Arsenal for making it to the CL knockout round for the bazillionth time and good luck with the round of 16 draw. Everyone repeat after me, "MonacoMonacoMonacoMonaco..."
Scores!
Points | IKTS | |
you gots to chill | 15 | 2 |
zombiejay | 11 | 3 |
SteakBaller | 10 | 2 |
Browny59 | 9 | 2 |
Captain Kirk 3 | 9 | 1 |
brownypts | 7 | 1 |
jasonmfschoming | 7 | 1 |
Adnan Ilyas | 7 | 0 |
gxjim | 6 | 1 |
sluellwitz | 6 | 1 |
hansdampf | 6 | 0 |
ramsfanindia | 6 | 0 |
Astar | 5 | 0 |
Sam5001 | 5 | 0 |
unclf14 | 5 | 0 |
amart | 4 | 1 |
PowderedDonutPancakeSurprise | 4 | 0 |
Le Poulain Francais | 3 | 0 |
Giba140 | 2 | 0 |
HoodRiverDuck | 2 | 0 |
Pukas Lodolski | 1 | 0 |
The Podium: you gots to chill does much better than most of us and takes the top spot, while zombiejay and Steakballer take second and third in a week that was more crowded at the bottom than at the top.
Clever Pick of the Week: The week's clever pick goes to everyone who foresaw the inevitable Chelsea loss, but especially amart, who made a big entrance to IKTS by picking up all three points from the week's first match-up (and then went on to get one point from the remaining nine games).
Crisis Pick of the Week: The crisis pick goes to all the sheeple who blindly bought in on the Chelsea hype train and chose them to beat our beloved neighbors to the north. Where's your god now?!?!
Please Someone Beat Chelsea Pick of the Week: amart, Astar, Browny59, Captain Kirk 3, Steakballer, and zombiejay all picked Chelsea to lose, but this pick truly goes out to everyone. Everyone who believed. Everyone who made a wish, sent up a prayer, pricked a voodoo doll, or sold their soul to make this happen. You all are the real heroes, and we couldn't have psychically influenced the result without you.
Season Standings:
Points | IKTS | |
SteakBaller | 134 | 16 |
sluellwitz | 133 | 16 |
Le Poulain Francais | 128 | 16 |
hansdampf | 126 | 17 |
you gots to chill | 120 | 11 |
unclf14 | 114 | 12 |
brownypts | 108 | 13 |
HoodRiverDuck | 106 | 9 |
jasonmfschoming | 104 | 12 |
Adnan Ilyas | 102 | 12 |
Captain Kirk 3 | 98 | 9 |
AStar | 94 | 8 |
Giba140 | 93 | 8 |
Sam5001 | 91 | 13 |
Browny59 | 89 | 12 |
ramsfanindia | 88 | 8 |
Pukas Lodolski | 83 | 13 |
AndrewMain | 81 | 6 |
Scrupio | 68 | 6 |
zombiejay | 68 | 6 |
gxjim | 63 | 5 |
specialkevin | 55 | 8 |
CelticPride | 44 | 3 |
George Halvatzis Jr. | 37 | 6 |
PowderedDonutPancakeSurprise | 32 | 1 |
wychui21 | 30 | 4 |
Phil West | 30 | 3 |
danny19 | 20 | 2 |
aamir.akram.5 | 18 | 0 |
Brad Masson | 6 | 0 |
amart | 4 | 1 |
Alas, IKTS top spot, I hardly knew thee. Just as I had placed the order for matching monogrammed bath towels, Steakballer swooped in and stole my top standing away from me. Will this become a battle of epic proportions, or will you gots to chill continue his upward surge and usurp us both? Tune in next week to find out, same bat time, same bat place!
Cup Standings:
Points | IKTS | |
AStar | 10 | 2 |
Giba140 | 9 | 2 |
SteakBaller | 9 | 2 |
zombiejay | 9 | 1 |
gxjim | 8 | 1 |
ramsfanindia | 8 | 1 |
unclf14 | 8 | 1 |
you gots to chill | 8 | 0 |
hansdampf | 7 | 1 |
Pukas Lodolski | 7 | 1 |
Scrupio | 7 | 1 |
sluellwitz | 7 | 1 |
HoodRiverDuck | 7 | 0 |
Browny59 | 6 | 0 |
brownypts | 5 | 1 |
Le Poulain Francais | 5 | 0 |
Sam5001 | 5 | 0 |
Adnan Ilyas | 4 | 0 |
Captain Kirk 3 | 4 | 0 |
jasonmfschoming | 4 | 0 |
PowderedDonutPancakeSurprise | 4 | 0 |
AndrewMain | 3 | 0 |
CelticPride | 3 | 0 |
aamir.akram.5 | 2 | 0 |
Brad Masson | 2 | 0 |
Phil West | 2 | 0 |
amart | 1 | 0 |
danny19 | 1 | 0 |
George Halvatzis Jr. | 1 | 0 |
specialkevin | 1 | 0 |
wychui21 | 1 | 0 |
Everyone picked up at least a point from Arsenal's typical Turkish triumph, while ramsfanindia picked up three for correctly picked a repeat of Arsenal's last match against Galatasaray.
Last week's post can be found here. Let me know if you find any mistakes.
Week 16 Matches (all times BST)
Saturday, December 13th
15:00 Burnley vs Southampton
15:00 Chelsea vs Hull
15:00 Crystal Palace vs Stoke
15:00 Leicester vs Manchester City
15:00 Sunderland vs West Ham
15:00 West Bromwich Albion vs Aston Villa
17:30 Arsenal vs Newcastle United
Sunday, December 14th
13:30 Manchester United vs Liverpool
16:00 Swansea vs Tottenham
Monday, December 15th
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Burnley Southampton
Chelsea Hull
Crystal Palace Stoke
Leicester Manchester City
Sunderland West Ham
West Bromwich Albion Aston Villa
Arsenal Newcastle United
Manchester United Liverpool
Swansea Tottenham