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IKTS Week 3

Wow, it's only been two weeks? Between Arsenal's 'will they/won't they' flirtation with Champions League qualification, Shad Forsythe turning out to be not a doctor but some kind of injury gremlin, and the slow decline of transfer targets from South American and sexy to French and injury-prone, Arsenal had me in the kind of blue funk I usually only reach after our usual Round of 16 crashout.

But, lo and behold, Arsenal booked their 17th trip to the big league, and surely that means [insert name of your favorite transfer target] is calling Arsene at all hours of the night, eager to jump on board the Invincibles express. Hey, we haven't lost yet!

Scores!

Points IKTS
Le Poulain Francais 15 2
HoodRiverDuck 13 1
sluellwitz 12 2
SteakBaller 12 1
you gots to chill 12 1
jasonmfschoming 11 2
AndrewMain 10 1
hansdampf 10 1
specialkevin 10 1
AStar 9 2
Adnan Ilyas 9 1
Captain Kirk 3 9 1
unclf14 9 1
Browny59 8 1
Phil West 8 1
CelticPride 8 0
Giba140 8 0
brownypts 7 1
aamir.akram.5 7 0
Scrupio 7 0
danny19 6 1
gxjim 6 0
wychui21 5 1
Philly37 4 0
zombiejay 4 0
ramsfanindia 2 0

You can find last week's post here. As always, let me know if I made any mistakes.

The Podium: Le Poulain Francais takes the top spot and continues his strong start, with Community Shield rivals HoodRiverDuck and sluellwitz filling out the rest of the podium.

Clever Pick of the Week: New entrant jasonmfschoming knew that you can't score goals if you've sold all your players, and was the only one to get full points on Southampton and WBA's nil-nil draw.

Crisis Pick of the Week: hansdampf thought old 'Arry had some insight on Tottenham's system, and imagining Redknapp to have any kind of insight at all is our crisis pick of the week.

Philly37's Wishful Thinking Pick of the Week: unclf14 expected 4-3 from City and Liverpool. Probably with red cards and pitch invaders and a surprise Balotelli appearance. The nerve of some people...

Season Standings:

Points IKTS
Le Poulain Francais 26 4
you gots to chill 24 3
HoodRiverDuck 23 3
hansdampf 22 2
Adnan Ilyas 20 1
wychui21 18 4
specialkevin 18 3
unclf14 18 3
danny19 18 2
sluellwitz 18 2
Scrupio 17 2
SteakBaller 17 1
AStar 16 2
Captain Kirk 3 16 2
AndrewMain 16 1
Browny59 15 2
brownypts 15 2
gxjim 15 0
Giba140 14 0
CelticPride 12 0
jasonmfschoming 11 2
Sam5001 11 2
Philly37 11 0
Phil West 8 1
aamir.akram.5 7 0
Brad Masson 6 0
zombiejay 4 0
ramsfanindia 2 0

Early times everyone, so don't get too discouraged if you're near the bottom (or too comfortable at the top).

Cup Standings:

Points IKTS
Giba140 3 1
gxjim 3 1
SteakBaller 3 1
Brad Masson 2 0
Browny59 2 0
Scrupio 2 0
unclf14 2 0
zombiejay 2 0
aamir.akram.5 1 0
Adnan Ilyas 1 0
AndrewMain 1 0
AStar 1 0
brownypts 1 0
Captain Kirk 3 1 0
CelticPride 1 0
danny19 1 0
hansdampf 1 0
HoodRiverDuck 1 0
jasonmfschoming 1 0
Le Poulain Francais 1 0
Phil West 1 0
Philly37 1 0
ramsfanindia 1 0
sluellwitz 1 0
specialkevin 1 0
wychui21 1 0
you gots to chill 1 0
Sam5001 0 0

Everyone who played this week picked an Arsenal win, so we're all up on the board. Only a few picked the squeakiest of all wins though, so they've earned the right to stand above the rest of the alphabetically-sorted rabble.

Week 3 Matches (all times BST)

Saturday, August 30th

12:45 Burnley vs Manchester United

15:00 West Ham vs Southampton

15:00 Manchester City vs Stoke

15:00 Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace

15:00 QPR vs Sunderland

15:00 Swansea vs West Bromwich Albion

17:30 Everton vs Chelsea

Sunday, August 31st

13:30 Aston Villa vs Hull

13:30 Tottenham vs Liverpool

16:00 Leicester vs Arsenal

(no cup match this week)

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Burnley Manchester United

West Ham Southampton

Manchester City Stoke

Newcastle United Crystal Palace

QPR Sunderland

Swansea West Bromwich Albion

Everton Chelsea

Aston Villa Hull

Tottenham Liverpool

Leicester Arsenal