Matchday 34: Poor scores on a reduced card

This week has brought a conundrum in my mind. I'm in two minds as to whether to repeat this scenario again in future weeks. A few weeks ago, I decided not to play a round of matches due to only being 6 games. This weekend saw 1 extra game, but a rather low bunch of scores. Obviously, the consequences of being wrong in one match of 7 are more significant that one in 10. Therefore, I think for the future, we need to come up with a solution. The options are as I see it:

1) The full round is predicted and the result counts for whenever the match is rearranged. Obviously, this disadvantages those predictions as you lose the knowledge of form, injuries etc that you make for short-term predictions.

2) The round is played with however many matches are played at that time (Status quo). This means that some weeks count more significantly than others for the calculation of averages.

3)Weeks with a number of games below a threshold are ignored

4) As point one, but delayed games are given a reduced weighting as to be less disadvantageous.

These are just a few ideas - there may be others, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on the best way forward.

To this week's football:

This week, 21 people played

Most Predicted result:  Arsena & Everton WINS 21/21

Most Disputed  result: Newcastle vs Sunderland (12-6-2 split) (no predo from SC)

Highest odds: Will O'Doherty 192/1

Lowest odds:  Me 36/1

Average odds: 103/1

Best predictors: Tarek & Feneley (5/7)

Worst predictor: Hesham (2/7)

Average score: 4/7

Best predicted result: Arsenal & Everton WINS (21/21)

Worst predicted result: Reading vs Liverpool DRAW (1/21 - congrats Feneley)

Everyone's results:

And to the leaderboard, where there was literally no movement whatsoever!

This week's predictions:

Fulham vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Norwich vs Reading - NORWICH
QPR vs Stoke - QPR
Sunderland vs Everton - EVERTON
Swansea vs Southampton - DRAW
WBA vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE
West Ham vs Wigan - WEST HAM
Spurs vs Man City - MAN CITY
Liverpool vs Chelsea - CHELSEA
Man Utd vs Aston Villa - MAN UTD

Total odds: 3202/1 (Paddypower)

Good Luck guys