Who would have thunk it. A red-blooded Midlands derby came first on Match of the Day yesterday after Stoke beat Villa 3-2 in their first Premier League home match of the season. The Beeb then reverted to type with two of the big four appearing next, with the other two yet to play on Saturday. Hull City went from the dizzying heights of first on Match of the Day last week to last this week. In an astonishing justification of the ridiculously complicated scoring system we now have for the Promroiship, they end of joint eighth out of sixteen on the Promroiship table. Fulham lead the way after appearing first in the first programme and second in the second programme. Using John Motson's predictive theories, we will look forward to them featuring third next week, which would be amazing given a) they are playing Manchester United and b) the match has been postponed due to the Super Cup on Friday night.
The problems of mathematical modelling, eh.
Promroiship Results August 23rd 2008 (Match of the Day Running Order)
Stoke City v Aston Villa...49
Fulham v Arsenal...........56
Liverpool v Middlesbrough..35
Tottenham v Sunderland.....28
West Brom v Everton........21
Newcastle v Bolton.........28
Blackburn v Hull City......14
The Promroiship Table after Round 2 (08/9)
Fulham.................52.5
Arsenal................42.0
Liverpool..............38.5
Aston Villa............35.0
Middlesbrough..........35.0
Sunderland.............35.0
Hull City..............31.5
Tottenham Hotspur......31.5
Newcastle United.......28.0
Everton................24.5
Stoke City.............24.5
West Bromwich Albion...24.5
Blackburn Rovers.......21.0
Bolton Wanderers.......21.0
West Ham United........ 7.0
Wigan Athletic......... 7.0
With Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Portsmouth yet to grace us with their presences on the Beeb's flagship footie programme so far this season.
Remember, thanks to the new rules we are now counting average points rather than total points.
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