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Shit-Housery - as defined by Grok - Shit-housery is a delightful bit of slang, often heard in the wilds of British football (soccer to some), referring to the sneaky, underhanded, or downright cheeky tactics players or teams use to bend the rules without quite breaking them.

How it is defined by AFCON -

Morocco hosted the AFCON Tournament and throughout many matches the ball boys would steal the opposing team goal keeper’s towel. In the final, the Senegal back up keeper Yehvann Diouf stood behind his team’s goal just to hold the towel for the keeper. During the match he was LITERALLYL ASSASULTED by both ball boys and opposing players.

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🌎🍵🏪World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪

To keep the newsletter to a reasonable side, you may notice some changes to structure and content.

• What 2 Look 4 👀 

• Headlines 📌

• Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥- xG

• Off Island 🏝️ - Champions & Europa League

• World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪

• Best Bets 💰

What 2 Look 4 👀- Match Week 23

(reminder - like driving on the other side of the road, in the PL, HOME teams are listed first)

• 5.4.1 Week. 5 Saturday, 4 Sunday, 1 Monday.

Saturday

• 18 West Ham +150 v 9 Sunderland +186 630a - Chance to 2 in a row for Hammers as Black Cats hit the road.

• 2 City -465 v 20 Wolves +950 9a - City struggling, Wolves coming on. Interesting.

• 19 Burnley +264 v 14 Tottenham +104 9a - Great win for Spurs in CL mid-week, Clarets need a win.

• 11 Fulham+154 v 12 BHA +174 9a - FFC tough at home, BHA scuffling.

• 15 Bournemouth +275 v 4 Liverpool -114 1130a - The Red’s need to start playing better, will Salah be in the line-up back from AFCON?

Sunday

• 8 Newcastle -107 v 3 Villa +266 8a - Villa not getting the betting respect, Newcastle is playing much better.

• 13 Palace +250 v 6 Chelsea +101 8a - LONDON DERBY (South v East) - How is Chelsea in 6th. Two sides playing their worst soccer of the season.

• 7 Brentford -101 v 17 Forest +278 8a - Bee’s have been great at home, Forest need to find the net more.

• 1 Arsenal -172 v 5 Man United +479 1030a - Heavyweight showdown. A road United win could bring some doubt to Gunners and great momentum for the new manager at United.

Monday

• 10 Everton +143 v 16 Leeds +188 2p - Which sides will show up. Could go either way.

Headlines 📌

• Table

Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥

  xG

CS has talked about the expected goal stat before. And while there are several questions on its value, it does indicate which clubs are putting themselves in positions to score.

Here is a look at how every PL team is doing based on actual goals versus xG.

• Spurs scoring more than expected.

• Palace scoring fewer goals than expected.

• Wolves just not scoring goals.

• 8 teams exceeding expectations, 11 teams underperforming, 1 team right on the number.

Off Island 🏝️

Champions & Europa League

• City lay an egg.

• With 1 match to play, 5 of the top 8 teams in the table are PL teams. The teams in the top 8 get a bye into the round of 16.

• Positions 9 - 24 advance to a home-away play-off to advance to the round of 16.

• Chelsea won, but it was ugly, again.

MAN CITY LOSE TO Bodo/Glimt - This was not a “smash and grab”, BG deserved all three points.

• Bodo/Glimt took down City 3-1 for one of the biggest upsets in CL HISTORY. Even though there was a significant home field advantage.

• BG had never beaten a PL side in 6 previous attempts.

• Norway’s league ended in November so BG has been resting and training for 6 weeks.

• BG plays on an artificial turf field.

• Kick time temp. -9C or 15F.

BREAKING NEWS - City players are reimbursing the 374 City fans who traveled to the match. (per Sky Sports News)

Here is a real heading the English Paper - Daily Mirror.

🌎🍵🏪CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪

Just 139 days to the World Cup.

• 3 Host Countries.

• 3 Mascots.

• 16 Host Cities/Stadiums.

• 48 National Teams.

• 6 of the 48 Teams yet to be determined.

• 104 Matches.

• 500 Million ticket requests have been made - the highest demand in FIFA WC History - during the random selection phase.

• Applications were received from ALL 211 FIFA Members Associations.

• Supporters from outside the 3 host nations to make the most ticket requests - Germany - 63,000.

Argentina won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar - and Messi returns to defend the cup on June 16 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

No Country has won back-to-back World Cups since Brazil did it in 1962.

Best Bets 💰

Season - Down $252

CleanSheet Season Gains/Losses: Starting Balance $1000. Current Standing $748.

Brentford to Win v Forest -101. $500

Sometimes to change momentum you just have to push your chips to the center of the table.

Palace to Win v Chelsea +251. $20

Give me the home side to find a way.

Burnley to Win v Spurs +264. $20

Too many injuries for spurs to go on the road with a young team.

Everton to Win v Leeds +143. $20

Give me the home side against a team that plays below level on the road.