This canary avoided the coalmine last season…can you take his crown?
“Xanadu”:
We’re back! With a bang!
No, not Arsenal – PAS!
Given the quick smart sharpness of this update, I could’ve waxed lyrical about “trusting the process”, that handshake, the genius of Paddy Vieira and then gone deep into the absurdness of that “offside” rule…
But I won’t.
I’ll cut to the chase as it was all about the “The Seven” this week – and we had a right ol’ ding dong for top spot in Week 1!
One Man Yoo fan quite clearly not following “The Ten (Hag)” dictum this weekend was Hira Yonzan 45 (7) who had a London injury time double (Dieng 92′ & Kane 96′) to thank for 10 points that looked to have gone…and then won him the weekly prize!
Spare a thought for Andy K who got very close after getting off to a flyer on Saturday morning, but then Sunday didn’t shine…
So, congrats Mr Y, £20 winging its way back to you ASAP – should secure you one of those “Glazers Out” banners *cheesy grin emoji*
Did you score 30 points + this week? Wow, we’re in awe…
Twenty-one of you managed that, but 12 punters couldn’t manage more than 15 points this week – and ten couldn’t muster a correct score!
Shocking.
Not as shocking as not hitting double digits though, right?
Ahem…
Three unfortunates managed this abject achievement but it’s Eddie Osborne 7 (0), who finds himself in the wooden spoon slot on the opening week…
‘Ed up son!
Correct Score of the Week:
I want to howl at the moon…most popular score was Man City’s 4-0 drubbing of AFC Bournemouth– 34(!) of youse got that!
Seventeen felt Fergie vibes when that Harry Kane 96th minute goal secured a 5 pointer 2-2 at Chelsea
11 got QPR’s late “Desmond” with Sunderland
Eleven more quite rightly predicted the Teddy Bears’ 4-0 thrashing of St Johnstone
8 nailed Middlesbrough 2 Sheff Utd 2
Six snaffled up the 5 points served up by Southampton & Leeds
4 had their secret prayers answered by the “Saints of Nil” for the stalemate at Molineux
Rob C & Lisa W (welcome!) somehow stumbled on Liverpool 1 Palace 1 (how????)
Anders H & Danny B (welcome back!) had Huddersfield’s 3-1 win over Stoke
Sam A doffed a cap to Celtic’s 0-5 deconstruction of Kilmarnock
However, this week’s best correct score, and current Correct Score of the Season, goes to Greg Fleming for his I-used-to-frequent-the-Den-and-you-don’t-want-to-go-two-up-there inspired, Millwall 3 Coventry 2!
Bet of the Week:
So, we’ve failed quite spectacularly in the last few seasons on this – actually, we’ve always failed.
But last season, we did alright. Welllllll, alright(ish)…
So!
We’re being brave and we’re gonna stick with it to see how we go!
How?
Whoever is on the “Bet of the Week” position for the following week will be asked to provide a treble selection so we can place the allocated £3 for the bet.
The winnings will stay on that slot and collected by the lucky person residing there at the end of Week 13.
Got that? No?!
OK…
The person on 83rd will make the selections for Week 2, the person on 60th in Week 2 will make the selections for Week 3,the person on 45th in Week 3 will make the selections for Week 4 and the person on 33rd in Week 4 will make the selections for Week 5 and back round again to 83rd…yeah?!
Good.
So, Dan Clarke is first up.
Danielsan, I need your 3 selections by Friday please! It can be homes, aways or draws. It doesn’t have to be football! It can be horses! Or dogs! Or fighting crickets! But not cricket…that’s a step too far!
Let’s get off to a winning start for a change.
No pressure mate…
Table News:
It’s Week 1 – it is what it is! Click here for the full table
Please be aware we lost quite a few players but we can still gain some more (thanks to those of you who recruited the newbies this season – love youse!) – so if you know anyone out there who wants to get involved, put them in touch!
It’s never too late…they’ll get a, ahem<cough>, respectable Mr 2-0 17 pts for Week 1 to boot!
PAS Champions League Group Stage 2022/23:
Starts next week! Rules can be found here and the Matchday 1 fixtures can be found here
If you’re at “home” – don’t forget to play your “joker”!
Here’s how they line up…
*current holder
**given a place because Predictz finished 26th – and they don’t pay to enter, so…
Dates for your diaries – PAS CL Weeks
Matchday 1 – Week 2
Matchday 2 – Week 4
Matchday 3 – Week 6
Matchday 4 – Week 8
Matchday 5 – Week 10
Matchday 6 – Week 12
PAS World Cup 2022 & PAS Cup 2023:
In order to be invited to enter the PAS World Cup 2022 & PAS Cup 2023 you will have to finish in the Top 32 after 13 weeks of play. Currently sneaking the last spot are the Hitman…Howard Thomas!
And Another Thing:
A lot of the payments have come in – thanks! Anyone who hasn’t got round to it, please do as soon as possible – don’t make me chase you!
And this…from last week! I’ll let you decide if it’s aged well…
Twitter is a disgrace & Instagram is the new Facebook – but we’ve got a What’s App group!
Wanna join?
Why?
Well, I send round reminders that you don’t have to check your email for.
Erm…some people are quite funny (some are annoying) & hopefully, we’ll get some good pics of away fans at games.
We will crush any “hilarious GIFs” though…
Plus, you can gloat when you land that 9 pointer in the 91st minute!
Email me over your number and i’ll add ya ([email protected])
Cheers,
Pab