Premiership Plus Predictions Game - Week 1 Update

A very good Monday morning to all of you out there in LOB land. As is our tradition, I'll be updating the PPP standings once a week during the season. I'm delighted to announce that, with West Ham Rising and Yellows chipping in predictions right at the 11th hour, we've got a record 14 participants with us this season.

Even more promising, given that I was the only one with the foresight to predict Liverpool as Premier League champions, I've jumped out to an early lead. Now, I'm going to hold off on the temptation to call the engravers, since these point scores are merely emerging. So far it's just 10 points of the champions, 4 or 5 points for the European qualifiers, 3 or 4 points for the relegation favorites, and 3 or 4 points for the promotion favorites.

None of us predicted Paul Pogba's penalty strike, which kicked off the season's goals. However, Swansong did pick up 1 point for choosing Jamie Vardy, as he was the first correct pick in the pool. We still haven't had a red card, hat-trick or many other categories in the pool yet, so that's all to come.  None of us predicted any of the three players - Mane, Pereyra or Richarlison, who are currently top of the goalscoring charts on 2 a piece.

So, here are the very nascent standings for our game after Week 1:

1. Blue Devil - 32 points
2. Red Devil 1FCK - 17 pts
3. Gooner71 - 16 its
4. The Bee's Knees - 15 pts
5. MOT the Hoople - 14 pts
-  What's Up Wheaton Simon - 14 pts
7. United We Stand - 13 pts
8. Someone Said - 12 pts
9. Red Dragon - 10 pts
-  The Saint - 10 pts
-  West Ham Rising - 10 pts
12. Man Utd Rules - 9 pts
13. Swansong - 8 pts
-  Yellows - 8 pts
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