Friends in fútbol,

At long last, our EPL One-and-Done is here. It's one of Commish's most anticipated pools of the year.

We ALL have to pick Sheffield once. We ALL have to pick Burnley once. And we best get 3 points out of our Man City and Liverpool picks, else we're likely in trouble.

Many of us (23%) came out of the gates HOT with that Burnley pick in Matchday 21. We thought, "Few better opportunities for a likely-to-be-relegated club than hosting Luton".

Luton equalized in the 93rd minute (oooof), and the draw gave our 39 Burnley pickers - and 6 Luton pickers! - 1 point each.

Is getting that single point a good result when picking relegation zone clubs? That question is at the heart of this One-and-Done.

Our NFL "All 32" One-and-Done - now in the books - tells us that early-season leaders are susceptible to late-season declines. Our one-time NFL leader started 18-0 and finished 27-5 - still good enough for T2 but their torrid start notably slowed as they were forced to pick lesser teams.

Meanwhile, our NFL champ lost twice in the first eight weeks. And yet, by saving top teams like SF and Dallas until the final weeks, they had just enough to ascend to the throne when it mattered most.

Nobody in our EPL "All 20" OAD is going to bag a perfect 60 points - 3 from each of your 20 picks. But what will be good enough for the title? 53? 50? 47?

Can't wait to find out.

YOUR BEST COMMENTS

@mpugel19 (Wolves): "Have to use everyone I guess!"
Commish says: DAMN RIGHT YOU DO, PUGEL BBY

@Ickey_Woods_Shuffle (West Ham): "Break out the parachute pants. It's Hammer Time!"
Commish says: OK OK, this was pretty good. It'd be even better if West Ham would formally adopt this. MC Hammer is... not English. BUT TRADITIONS ALWAYS HAVE ROOM FOR DELIGHTFUL EXCEPTIONS

@jrcondon (Luton): "Let's start 2024 w a Luton W for 3 points, thank you."
Commish says: They bagged you one. Are you satisfied. Condon?!

@UpYourArsenal (Burnley): "This feels as spicy as I can go this week"
Commish says: Username alert. Username alert!!

@23james23 (Liverpool): "Surely half of these teams are made up - what the hell pool did I join?"
Commish says: The best one, my friend. The best one. By pool's end, you'll be telling all your friends about the virtues of "real" fútbol.

@tjd194 (Burnley): "JJ Watt told me to make this pick"
Commish says: GET JJ IN THE POOL!!

Yours in show dives,
The Commish