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IKTS Week 15: At home to Brighton with Freddie in charge.

Obviously, we did not snap out of it, as the previous thread pleaded to. Another 2-2, the fifth of this campaign, see us on a meager haul of 19 points. Some positives from the game, but not too many, except that we do not have to contend with a man in charge who had lost the dressing room as well as the dressing sauce for whatever dish he aimed to prepare. Manchester City ended up with the same score at Newcastle. Chelsea lost at home to Frank Lampard’s boyhood club. Liverpool beat Brighton, as expected, though the manner was not. The noisy neighbors took care of Bournemouth despite a scare late in the game. Leicester won at home at the death against Everton after conceding first early in the game. Watford lost to fellow struggling companions Southampton, prompting the dismissal of Quique Sanchez Flores, which makes Unai Emery’s dismissal old news. The eyes are on Everton, and what they plan to do with Marco Silva; surely, he could be hired by Watford, and the old bad blood will magically go away. We have inthekcmic back, but both sammy dog and Le Poulain Francais are still on a long sabbatical.

Scores for the week:

Geaux_HR 10 (1)
Ray from Norfolk, Virginia 9 (2)
ClevelandJames 7 (1)
inthekcmix 6 (1)
hansdampf 5 (0)

Stars of the week: Geaux_HR had a great week, on 10 points (and one correct IKTS prediction) followed by Ray from Norfolk on 9 points (and two correct IKTS predictions) and by ClevelandJames on 7 points (and one correct IKTS prediction) but inthekcmix and hansdampf are right behind.

Clever pick of the week: Only inthekcmix had the exact score for Leicester-Everton, hauling 3 poimts and a correct IKTS prediction while the other participants only scored a single point each by virtue of a correct outcome, but all of them had overstated the goal difference.

Crisis pick of the week: A collective crisis caused by the results for the Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea games.

Standings after week 14:

Geaux_HR 126 (18)
Ray from Norfolk, Virginia 111 (14)
hansdampf 96 (11)
ClevelandJames 95 (10)
inthekcmix 93 (13)
sammy dog 68 (7)
Le Poulain Francais 64 (8)

Overall, Geaux_HR is now ahead of Ray from Norfolk by 15 points while hansdampf, ClevelandJames, and inthekcmix are fighting for third place.

Cup game: Nobody predicted a Franfkurt win, and there were thus no points awarded.

Cup standings:

Ray from Norfolk, Virginia 7 (1)
inthekcmix 4 (0)
Geaux_HR 3 (0)
hansdampf 3 (0)
sammy dog 3 (0)
ClevelandJames 2 (0)
Le Poulain Francais 0 (0)

Upcoming schedule:

Week 15: Tuesday December 3, Wednesday December 4, and Thursday December 5:

Crystal Palace – Bournemouth
Burnley – Manchester City
Chelsea – Aston Villa
Leicester – Watford
Manchester United – Tottenham
Southampton – Norwich
Wolverhampton – West Ham
Liverpool – Everton
Sheffield United – Newcastle
Arsenal – Brighton

COYG!