Friends in fútbol,
First, the critical updates:
1) We're skipping this weekend's EPL matches. SIX of the 10 got postponed owing to FA Cup. Four is simply too few and would mess with the purity of the "All 20" One-and-Done.
2) We'll make 2 picks in Matchday 30 (Mar. 30-31) to make up for skipping M29. Remember, we also make 2 picks in Matchdays 37 and 38 to close the SZN.
3) UCL Final 8 Bracket picking will open Mar. 15 (when the Bracket is revealed). The draw is televised at 4am PT (7am ET).
EPL Matchday 28 was a draw-fest, resulting in a whopping 110 draw picks out of 154 total picks.
We had just 1 pick result in a loss (thanks, Everton!), but it was one of our lowest scoring weeks yet owing to so few 3-point results.
AND THUS, we officially have ZERO perfect scores left. Our leaders - @McGoldrick13 and @Chicokid - both bagged 1 point on West Ham, which leaves them at 22 points after 8 picks. Still mighty impressive.
A long way to go. (8 picks down, 12 picks left.) If you even have 10 points at this juncture, you still conceivably have a path to the throne.
It was Chalk City in the Champions League Round of 16. Our top 7 picks all won, and we would have had a clean sweep of favorites had Inter not lost via tiebreaker PKs to Atlético Madrid.
29 of us are at a perfect 8-0 so far. With nothing but heavyweight matchups from here, it'll be very tough to finish without a loss.
On the other end, Commish preditcted chaos like we had last year... and is in dead last because of it.
My Moxie pays off elsewhere. I SWEAR.
Yours in show dives,
The Commish