Arsenal Tips 2017/18

and across the top 5 Europe leagues...

Only team across those leagues without an away point in 2018 I think I read.

Arsenal 4 - West Ham 0

Aubamayang, Xhaka

2-1

Ramsey, Aubameyang

Arsenal 5 Westham 1
Aubameyang, Iwobi

ffs, forgot to tip.. 

Arsenal 4 Westham 1 

Lacazette 2 goals, Ramsey 1 goal and 1 assist, Monreal 1 goal, Xhaka 1 assist, Aubameyang 1 assist

Brumbys 159

Paulm 129

Kwlap 128

Ajc 120

Foal 97

Ok, we've got Atletico, then ManU, then Atletico.

Bonus rounds for all 3!

Bonus Round rules are;

Double points, pick the half time AND full time score (at 90mins only), pick three players. 

ALSO: For the FIRST Atletico game, add your guess for the aggregate score across both legs (at 180 mins, not including possible extra time/penos), if you hit this it's 10 additional points.

Important: No one is allowed to pick the same score for the individual games (aggregate is ok), and no one is allowed to pick the exact same 3 players as someone else, so it's first in, first served. 

But lets make it that you can't pick all 3 games right away now, you have to wait until each game has gone, then pick the next one, unless you are not going to be able to make it back in between games, that's fine, just let us know.

Brumbys has a huge lead but good results in the 3 bonus rounds would change all that very quickly... late bonus rounds gifted me the title last season ;)

Good luck all!

Paul can you give us an example of how you'd like the first one articulated?

Ok, I'll make my pick to show the preferred way;

Arsenal 3 (1) Atletico Madrid 1 (1)

Lacazette, Xhaka, Ramsey

Aggregate: Arsenal 5 Atletico 2

Arsenal 2 (1) Atletico Madrid 1 (0)

Lacazette, Ozil, Welbz

Aggregate: Arsenal 3 Atletico 2

Arsenal 1(0) - Atletico  1(1)

Lacazette, Ramsey, Welbeck

Aggregate: Arsenal 1-4 Atletico

Arsenal 2(1) - Athletico 0(0)

Lacazette, Ramsey, Ozil

Aggregate: Arsenal 4 Athletico 4 (arsenal ahead on away goals)

Everyone's locked and loaded, good sh*t.

Brumbys re: your 4-4 pick, we won't take the actual make-up of the separate scores into account for the aggregate score picks i.e. if it was 4-4 but Atletico won on away goals, or if it was both 2-2's and went to ET, you still get the points for picking the aggregate. 

Arsenal 1 Atletico Madrid 1

Lacazette goal, Wilshere assist

AJC with the big pick...16 points for him (4 for picking the draw, 10 for picking the FT score, 2 for Laca's goal). The rest of us all got just the 2 points for Laca's goal. 

Brumbys 161

Ajc 136

Paulm 131

Kwlap 130

Foal 97

Now in for your ManU pick, bonus round again, same rules. 

How quickly things can change. Making a late charge! Think I'm the most likely to get something from the aggregate pick too.

Arsenal 0 (0) United 3 (1)

Aubamayang, Cech, Iwobi

ManU 2 (1) Arsenal 3 (2)

Aubameyang, Iwobi, Xhaka

United 2(1)-0(0) Arsenal

Aubameyang, Ramsey, Welbeck

United 3(1)-1(1) Arsenal

Aubameyang, Laca, Nacho

ManU 2 (1) Arsenal 1 (0)

Mkhitaryan 1 goal, Xhaka 1 assist

Ajc and Brumbys picked the HT score... 

Brumbys 177

Ajc 152

Kwlap 136

Paulm 133

Foal 97

Well I'd say that's a game where my policy of always picking us to win has cost me. If ever there was a sure thing, it was that we wouldn't win this game. We nearly bloody could've in the end though. ManU were pretty poor and we had the chances to do it. 

Atletico 1 (1) Arsenal 2 (0)
Lacazette, ozil, ramsey

Atheltico 2 (1) Arsenal 1 (1)

Lacazette, Ramsey, Ozil

Atheltico 0 (0) Arsenal 1 (2)

Nacho,Ozil, Bellerin

Atletico 1 (1) Arsenal 0 (0)

No goals/assists

No one picked the Aggregate. 

No one picked 2nd leg full time score. 

I picked the HT score ;)

Brumbys correctly picked a loss. 

No other points. 

Brumbys 183

Ajc 152

Paulm 143

Kwlap 136

Foal 97

Arsenal 3 Burnley 2

Chambers, Auba, Iwobi

Well this looks done and dusted, only kwlap, ajc and I can interchange positions really.

Brumbys cant be caught, he's had an astonishing season. Some of those picks have been outrageous. 

I don't think it's fair to suggest more big point rounds that give anyone the opportunity to catch him, he's earned this. 

But what about if we try some other interesting lower point stuff for the remaining matches, for fun? 

How about... normal picks have the normal points, but we add a few categories?

Whoscored.com also give a MOTM, which is the player that gets the highest rating for the game. We could pick a player from each team that might get it? 2 points if you pick him?

Whoscored also registers "error that leads to goal" as a statistic. For our players we could do -1 if they get one of these? 

To make that stat more viable, lets make it that we add a third player, and it has to be a defender or keeper? 

Also we could pick 3 players from the opposite team for the regular points system as well? (1 has to be a keeper/defender)

Maybe I'm over-complicating for nothing, if people think its a bit lame just say and we won't count it, totally cool - perhaps majority can rule? If you're keen, make picks like this;

Arsenal 4 Burnley 2 

Aubameyang, Iwobi, Chambers

Wood, Barnes, Long

MOTM: Aubameyang, Wood

Sounds good to me.

1-1

Ramsey, Aubameyang, Mustafi

Wood, Tarkwoski, Barnes

MOTM: Maitland-Niles, Tarkowski

0-2

Wood wood wood

Wood, wood wood

MOTM: Wood

so confused.... am i doing it right?

Additionally;

Wood, Barnes, GK (can’t figure out who starts for them)

Edit: MOTM: Auba, Wood

ah shark, he didnt even make the match day squad! 

Ok there was a bit in there this game, so will spell this out carefully so I don't c*ck it up;

Arsenal 5 Burnley 0

1 point for anyone correctly picking the Arsenal win, and 5 points for anyone who picked 5-0 (no one).

Aubameyang: 2 goals, 1 assist

Lacazette: 1 goal, 1 assist

Bellerin: 2 assists

Iwobi: 1 goal

Kolasinac: 1 goal

Wilshere: 1 assist

Cech, Kolasinac, Mavropranos, Chambers, Bellerin and Mertesacker all 2 points for the clean sheet.

According to Whoscored.com, there were no "errors leading to goals" in this match. 

No Burnley players scored any points under our system. 

Whoscored.com MOTM was Aubameyang with a rating of 9.5. 

So based on the above, these were our scores;

Brumbys: 9

Paulm: 9

Ajc: 3

Kwlap: 0

Standings:

Brumbys 192

Ajc 155

Paulm 152

Kwlap 136

Foal 97

What did people think of that? Should we do it again for the last 2 games?

Kwlap your all-in Wood pick was a bit of a bummer there to say the least!

Alright, Leicester away on Thursday morn. Same deal?

Ajc I'm hunting you down for 2nd, Arsenal-style 2015/16. 

Leicester 1 Arsenal 4

Aubameyang, Lacazette, Kolasinac

Vardy, Mahrez, Maguire

MOTM: Mahrez, Lacazette

Leicester 2 Arsenal 1

Aubameyang, Mhki, Chambers

Mahrez, gray,  Schmicel

MOTM: Mahrez, Ozil

I'm not sure Ozil is going to play kwlap... Wenger said he may not play again this season, and his message on social media seems to back that up... he's got a back complaint and is trying to sort it for the world cup. 

I could be wrong of course!

ah shark. i missed that completely. thanks for letting me know. 

Leicester 2 - Arsenal 4

Auba, Ramsey, Chambers

Vardy, Mahrez, Schmeicel

MOTM: Ramsey/Vardy

Fudgeing Mahrez