GW 10

Two up two down and six unchanged for the week, the movement all being in the lower half of the league table. As with last week the Autize league outscored the overall average points scored with 72 versus an overall average of 65, can this trend continue or will a reversion to the mean occur soon?

On the pitch Arsenal continued their momentum with a comfortable two goal win at the lovely Turf Moor. Bournemouth were the latest victims of the Haaland show, in a league populated by supremely fit and physical players he is truly a freak of nature, City depending on him could be their achiles heel if he succumbs to injury. Unai Emery obviously didn’t read the script and played into Liverpool’s hands allowing them to avoid losing 5 games in a row. Sunderland continue to impress, the black cats showing more storied teams in the league how it is done.

Spurs were Spurs once again, losing at home to Chelsea and having two players snub the manager at the end of the game. There are sections of the Tottenham faithful already calling for Frank’s head after 10 games in charge, what are they like? The prospect of winning 4 games in a row proved too much for Manchester United drawing at Forest. Incredibly West Ham did the opposite and won after three straight losses, what is going on with Newcastle United?

Owen’s momentum towards top spot appears to be slowing, outscoring Tony by just one point this week, those two were only outscored by one other player so well done Ross.

The top two in the league have still got a good gap to the rest of the field, in fact they have extended the gap to third place this week. Sadly Sally appears to be losing ground to the reasonably tightly packed mid table group, not quite an entire weeks points behind the next team but not far off, here’s hoping she reverses the trend next weekend.

As previously mentioned, two up and two down , all in the lower half of the league table.

Well done to Bradley with 64 points despite not having Haaland in his team, that is quite an achievement.

Game Week 9

Game Week 9

The weekends matches were kind to the mighty Arsenal with a traditional one -nil victory for the Gunners with Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool all losing. Are the wheels falling off for Arne Slot, his expensively assembled squad have now lost four in a row. Bournemouth and Sunderland in second and fourth spot is not something anyone would have predicted at the start of the season. The bottom three in the league all lost which means a gap has opened up between them and the team in 17th place – is it too early in the season to mark Forest, West Ham and Wolves as doomed?

The Autize league continues to outperform the overall league with an average score for the league this week of 50 points compared to an overall average of 46 points for the entire competition. No scores this week to trouble the all time leader board or conversely the lowest ever points scored list.

In the league Owen, who top scored this week, is closing in on Tony in first spot, cutting his lead from 18 points in GW8 to just 10 points in GW9. Those two seem to be establishing clear blue water between themselves and the rest of the league. The lower half of the table has 25 points separating fifth to ninth spot, the Super Bantams are already facing a big gap to the next team above them in the league, however one good week could change all that.