Odds or Evens: Evens Edition 2023/24 | 34 competitors. Entries closed.

Damien · Jan 20, 2024

See last year's Evens Edition for a glimpse of how the competition went.

Here are new changes for this year's competition:

Picks to be sent via private message rather than posted in thread.
One allowed substitute that can be used at any time but must be submitted at the same time as the original eight players and must have a unique squad number and club (neither can match one of your other players). If one of your eight players is injured, suspended or just plain sucks, you can request for your substitute to replace the injured/suspended/shit one for the remainder of the competition. If OriginalPlayer scores 5 goals prior to being replaced and ReplacementPlayer scores 6 goals for the remainder of the duration of the competition, you'll get 11 points total.
Each person gets three bonus cards that can be used through the competition. How it works is, prior to the teams being released for the first fixture of that game week, you can nominate one of your players to be given a bonus card. If they score during that round of fixtures, you get one point added to your goal total. You must nominate in the thread itself (PM isn't allowed, but if you're a newbie with limits to posts per day I will allow PMing me and I'll post in the thread for you) and you can give multiple bonus cards to the same player but not on the same game week (so you can't use all three for one match).

Simply:

Pick eight Premier League players with even numbers on their jerseys - one pick per Premier League side. So you could have, say Lisandro Martinez for Manchester United (#6 shirt) but you can't have Daniel Gore too (#44).
You can't choose the same shirt number twice - so if you pick Lisandro Martinez (#6), you can't have Jamaal Lascelles (#6) too.
At the same time as the eight Premier League players, you must submit a ninth clearly labeled as a substitute and must have a unique number and club. If you want to replace one of the original eight with this substitute, you can do but must message Damien stating your desire to do so.
You gain one point for each Premier League goal your players score (nothing for assists).
You have three bonus cards. Prior to the teams being released for the first fixture of any match day, you can nominate one of your players to be given a bonus card (must be posted in thread). If they score during that match day you get one bonus point added to your score. You can use multiple bonus cards on the same player if you wish, but must be on different match days.
The following players are banned (yes, I know they're both odd numbers):
- Mo Salah
- Erling Haaland
This runs from 3rd February 2024 (MD23) until the end of the season. The rearranged fixtures from the first half of the season (Manchester City v Brentford and Bournemouth v Luton Town) will not count. Person with most points wins.
Deadline for submitting your list of eight odd-numbered players is Saturday 3rd February 12:30pm and you must send your list of eight (plus one sub) to me via private message. After the deadline, everyone's picks will be revealed. This list can't be changed afterwards and you have to take the rough with the smooth, but you can use your one sub at any point.
If there are 20+ entries, the winner will get a tagline and an award.

Example of how your picks should look like using Spanish players:

#6 - Koke - Atletico Madrid
#8 - Toni Kroos - Real Madrid
#10 - Mikel Oyarzabal - Real Sociedad
#12 - Mason Greenwood - Getafe
#16 - Diego Lopez - Valencia
#20 - Asier Villalibre - Athletic Club
#22 - Ilkay Gundogan - Barcelona
#24 - Portu - Girona

Substitute:
#14 - Kike Perez - Rayo Vallecano

Spreadsheet tracker

Everybody's subs:

Angel001: #22 - Odsonne Edouard - Crystal Palace
Annihilate Now!: #28 - Tomas Soucek - West Ham United
antohan: #18 - Cody Gakpo - Liverpool
awop: #22 - Brennan Johnson - Tottenham Hotspur
Big-Red: #18 - Andreas Pereira - Tottenham Hotspur
Bogga: #18 - Cody Gakpo - Liverpool
BristolMick: #16 - Abdoulaye Doucoure - Everton
DanNistelrooy: #16 - Marcus Tavernier - Bournemouth
DarnleyDevil7: #6 - Douglas Luiz - Aston Villa
Demon Barber: #12 - Matheus Cunha - Wolves
DJ_21: #28 - Danilo - Nottingham Forest
Edgar Allan Pillow: #18 - Cody Gakpo - Liverpool
Fanatic 00237: #22 - Odsonne Edouard - Crystal Palace
Gator Nate: #8 - Martin Odegaard - Arsenal
Glow: #34 - Jacob Bruun Larsen - Burnley
Herculean: #8 - Mathias Jensen - Brentford
IRN-BRUno: #8 - Martin Odegaard - Arsenal
JB7: #22 - Kaoru Mitoma - Brighton & Hove Albion
Maluco: #52 - Oscar Bobb - Manchester City
P-Nut: #22 - Brennan Johnson - Tottenham Hotspur
Paul the Wolf: #12 - Matheus Cunha - Wolves
PRabbit: #24 - Antoine Semenyo - Bournemouth
Red in STL: #10 - Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest
sallycinnamin: #8 - Martin Odegaard - Arsenal
Samid: #66 - Trent Alexander-Arnold - Liverpool
Scriblerus: #16 - Rodri - Manchester City
Sky Blue Red: #12 - Matheus Cunha - Wolves
Stevondo8: #12 - Matheus Cunha - Wolves
subotai: #24 - Antoine Semenyo - Bournemouth
suheilsworld: #16 - Ben Mee - Brentford
troylocker: #16 - Timo Werner - Tottenham Hotspur
V.O.: #16 - Abdoulaye Doucoure - Everton
Wing Attack Plan R: #10 - James Maddison - Tottenham Hotspur
Wilt: #8 - Bruno Fernandes - Manchester United

Damien · Feb 3, 2024

Thanks to the 34 who submitted picks. Things went pretty smoothly on the whole, only "problems" were these:

- someone picking Benrahma but changed it to someone else ages ago
- someone picking Carlos Vinicius as sub (fixed yesterday)
- someone picking Timo Werner as sub who had the same number as one of initial 8 (fixed in the last hour)
- 34th entrant submited in the last half hour

I'll post the spreadsheet, a breakdown of picks, the subs everyone has picked, and the four entrants who have decided to use their bonus card this matchday (and on who!) soon.

Samid · Feb 3, 2024

feck sake. Was going to change sub to Rodri but forgot. TAA it is

Damien · Feb 3, 2024

Here's the spreadsheet

Quick screenshot of all 34 competitor's eight players:

Breakdown of how many lists each of the 33 selected players appeared on (not including subs):

27 (79.4%): Isak (#14)
24 (70.6%): Cunha (#12), Luiz (#6)
23 (67.7%): Ferguson (#28)
19 (55.9%): Odegaard (#8)
17 (50%): Rashford (#10)
14 (41.2%): Bowen (#20)
13 (38.2%): Edouard (#22)
11 (32.4%): Gakpo (#18), Nkunku (#18)
10 (29.4%): Palmer (#20)
9 (26.5%): Abdoulaye Doucoure (#16), Maddison (#10), Rodri (#16)
8 (23.5%): Jota (#20)
7 (20.6%): Kudus (#14)
6 (17.7%): Bruno Fernandes (#8)
5 (14.7%): Werner (#16)
4 (11.8%): Gordon (#10), Mitoma (#22)
2 (5.9%): Alexander-Arnold (#66), Barkley (#6), Eze (#10), Semenyo (#24), Bernardo Silva (#20)
1 (2.9%): Adingra (#24), Almiron (#24), Bentancur (#30), Casemiro (#18), Iwobi (#22), Johnson (#22), Soucek (#28), Tavernier (#16)

Everybody's subs:

Angel001: #22 - Odsonne Edouard - Crystal Palace
Annihilate Now!: #28 - Tomas Soucek - West Ham United
antohan: #18 - Cody Gakpo - Liverpool
awop: #22 - Brennan Johnson - Tottenham Hotspur
Big-Red: #18 - Andreas Pereira - Tottenham Hotspur
Bogga: #18 - Cody Gakpo - Liverpool
BristolMick: #16 - Abdoulaye Doucoure - Everton
DanNistelrooy: #16 - Marcus Tavernier - Bournemouth
DarnleyDevil7: #6 - Douglas Luiz - Aston Villa
Demon Barber: #12 - Matheus Cunha - Wolves
DJ_21: #28 - Danilo - Nottingham Forest
Edgar Allan Pillow: #18 - Cody Gakpo - Liverpool
Fanatic 00237: #22 - Odsonne Edouard - Crystal Palace
Gator Nate: #8 - Martin Odegaard - Arsenal
Glow: #34 - Jacob Bruun Larsen - Burnley
Herculean: #8 - Mathias Jensen - Brentford
IRN-BRUno: #8 - Martin Odegaard - Arsenal
JB7: #22 - Kaoru Mitoma - Brighton & Hove Albion
Maluco: #52 - Oscar Bobb - Manchester City
P-Nut: #22 - Brennan Johnson - Tottenham Hotspur
Paul the Wolf: #12 - Matheus Cunha - Wolves
PRabbit: #24 - Antoine Semenyo - Bournemouth
Red in STL: #10 - Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest
sallycinnamin: #8 - Martin Odegaard - Arsenal
Samid: #66 - Trent Alexander-Arnold - Liverpool
Scriblerus: #16 - Rodri - Manchester City
Sky Blue Red: #12 - Matheus Cunha - Wolves
Stevondo8: #12 - Matheus Cunha - Wolves
subotai: #24 - Antoine Semenyo - Bournemouth
suheilsworld: #16 - Ben Mee - Brentford
troylocker: #16 - Timo Werner - Tottenham Hotspur
V.O.: #16 - Abdoulaye Doucoure - Everton
Wing Attack Plan R: #10 - James Maddison - Tottenham Hotspur
Wilt: #8 - Bruno Fernandes - Manchester United

Whenever you want to use your sub and on who, just post here - remember, injuries/suspensions aren't required to use the sub but think carefully before using.

If you wish to use a bonus card in future, post here too. Here are the four who decided to use a bonus card for this matchday, and on who:

Demon Barber - Isak (Newcastle v Luton)
Fanatic 00237 - Isak (Newcastle v Luton)
Stevondo8 - Isak (Newcastle v Luton)
Wing Attack Plan R - Isak (Newcastle v Luton)

Damien · Feb 3, 2024

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Ouch. Good choice for you to skip in the end @antohan

Damien · Feb 3, 2024

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If this was the Odds edition it'd be great news with a lot of familiar names from there scoring... alas.

Samid · Feb 4, 2024

Damien said:
24 (70.6%): Cunha (#12)

Was hoping he'd be a differential ffs.

Damien · Feb 4, 2024

Samid said:
Was hoping he'd be a differential ffs.

He was a very popular pick, working well for you all so far.

The battle of the #20s will be interesting - Bowen, Jota, Silva, Palmer. Right now I think Palmer will score the most but Chelsea is Chelsea.

Wilt · Feb 4, 2024

Great work Damien

Damien · Feb 4, 2024

Wilt said:
Great work Damien

Thanks

I'm hopeful this will go smoother than the last competition and am extremely grateful to everyone who has entered

BristolMick · Feb 4, 2024

Think I've got a good chance of being last after the weekends games. Just a singular goal.

Stevondo8 · Feb 4, 2024

Forgot to come back and not use bonus this week after Isak went off midweek, ah well.

Demon Barber · Feb 5, 2024

Bonus - wasted. Sub - absolutely wasted. I am hoping to finish 33rd.

sallycinnamin · Feb 6, 2024

I want to use a bonus card this weekend
#20 Jota Liverpool.
Thanks Damien.

Damien · Feb 6, 2024

The following players scored during MD23 (lists on at the time in brackets):

3 goals by Matheus Cunha (24)
1 goal by Ross Barkley (2)
1 goal by Cole Palmer (10)

Rankings after MD23

Rank	Username	Goals	MD23 Scorers
1	Angel001	4	Cunha, Palmer
=	Annihilate Now!	4	Cunha, Palmer
=	BristolMick	4	Cunha, Palmer
=	DanNistelrooy	4	Cunha, Palmer
=	P-Nut	4	Cunha, Palmer
=	troylocker	4	Cunha, Palmer
=	Wilt	4	Cunha, Palmer
8	antohan	3	Cunha
=	awop	3	Cunha
=	Bogga	3	Cunha
=	DJ_21	3	Cunha
=	Edgar Allan Pillow	3	Cunha
=	Fanatic 00237	3	Cunha
=	Gator Nate	3	Cunha
=	IRN-BRUno	3	Cunha
=	JB7	3	Cunha
=	Maluco	3	Cunha
=	PRabbit	3	Cunha
=	sallycinnamin	3	Cunha
=	Samid	3	Cunha
=	Scriblerus	3	Cunha
=	subotai	3	Cunha
=	V.O.	3	Cunha
=	Wing Attack Plan R	3	Cunha
25	Big-Red	2	Barkley, Palmer
26	Demon Barber	1	Palmer
=	Paul the Wolf	1	Palmer
=	Red in STL	1	Barkley
29	DarnleyDevil7	0
=	Glow	0
=	Herculean	0
=	Sky Blue Red	0
=	Stevondo8	0
=	suheilsworld	0

Remaining bonus cards left

3 cards left: Angel001, Annihilate Now!, antohan, awop, Big-Red, Bogga, BristolMick, DanNistelrooy, DarnleyDevil7, DJ_21, Edgar Allan Pillow, Gator Nate, Glow, Herculean, IRN-BRUno, JB7, Maluco, P-Nut, Paul the Wolf, PRabbit, Red in STL, sallycinnamin, Samid, Scriblerus, Sky Blue Red, subotai, suheilsworld, troylocker, V.O., Wilt
2 cards left: Demon Barber, Fanatic 00237, Stevondo8, Wing Attack Plan R

MD24's deadline for if anyone wants to use a bonus card or substitute (post here): Saturday 10th February 2024 at 11:20am GMT (before lineups are out for City v Everton)

So far:
Bonus Card - sallycinnamin - Jota (Liverpool v Burnley)

sallycinnamin · Feb 10, 2024

Cunha for Wolves absolute sickener off injured. Don't know how serious awkward fall.
I've Isak for Newcastle think he's due back soon. So 2 big picks out injured. All part and parcel of the game. Hold back on my sub still hopefully not that serious with Cunha.

Annihilate Now! · Feb 13, 2024

Felt like a pretty shit week? Who actually scored goals? Jota, Luiz and?

Damien · Feb 13, 2024

Annihilate Now! said:
Felt like a pretty shit week? Who actually scored goals? Jota, Luiz and?

Brennan Johnson - only @DarnleyDevil7 picked him. Will post update later but it is pretty grim (@sallycinnamin will be happy for a successful bonus card use)

Damien · Feb 13, 2024

The following players scored during MD24 (lists on at the time in brackets):

1 goal by Brennan Johnson (1)
1 goal by Diogo Jota (8) +1 BONUS POINT TO sallycinnamin
1 goal by Douglas Luiz (24)

Rankings after MD24

Rank	Username	Goals	MD24 Scorers
1	sallycinnamin	6	Jota (+1 BONUS), Luiz
2	Angel001	5	Luiz
=	Annihilate Now!	5	Luiz
=	awop	5	Jota, Luiz
=	BristolMick	5	Luiz
=	IRN-BRUno	5	Jota, Luiz
=	JB7	5	Jota, Luiz
=	P-Nut	5	Luiz
=	PRabbit	5	Jota, Luiz
=	subotai	5	Jota, Luiz
=	troylocker	5	Luiz
=	Wilt	5	Luiz
13	antohan	4	Luiz
=	DanNistelrooy	4
=	Edgar Allan Pillow	4	Luiz
=	Gator Nate	4	Luiz
=	Samid	4	Luiz
=	Scriblerus	4	Luiz
=	V.O.	4	Luiz
=	Wing Attack Plan R	4	Luiz
21	Bogga	3
=	DJ_21	3
=	Fanatic 00237	3
=	Maluco	3
25	Big-Red	2
=	DarnleyDevil7	2	Johnson, Jota
=	Demon Barber	2	Luiz
=	Paul the Wolf	2	Luiz
=	suheilsworld	2	Jota, Luiz
30	Herculean	1	Luiz
=	Red in STL	1
=	Sky Blue Red	1	Luiz
33	Glow	0
=	Stevondo8	0

Remaining bonus cards left

3 cards left: Angel001, Annihilate Now!, antohan, awop, Big-Red, Bogga, BristolMick, DanNistelrooy, DarnleyDevil7, DJ_21, Edgar Allan Pillow, Gator Nate, Glow, Herculean, IRN-BRUno, JB7, Maluco, P-Nut, Paul the Wolf, PRabbit, Red in STL, Samid, Scriblerus, Sky Blue Red, subotai, suheilsworld, troylocker, V.O., Wilt
2 cards left: Demon Barber, Fanatic 00237, sallycinnamin, Stevondo8, Wing Attack Plan R

Successful bonus cards used

sallycinnamin - Diogo Jota (MD24: Liverpool v Burnley)

MD25's deadline for if anyone wants to use a bonus card or substitute (post here): Saturday 17th February 2024 at 11:20am GMT (before lineups are out for Brentford v Liverpool)

So far:
Bonus Card - DJ_21 - Martin Odegaard (Burnley v Arsenal)

antohan · Feb 13, 2024

Balls, I did consider giving Luiz a bonus. May have joined him with the shakey shakey and all.

sallycinnamin · Feb 13, 2024

Can always say was top for one week at least!Seriously though with Isak and Cunha out injured but I'd say Isak be back sooner. Half tempted to use my sub comes down to Edouard if he doesn't start next 2-3 matches will sub him for Odegard.

DJ_21 · Feb 13, 2024

Can I use a bonus card on Odegaard for this coming gameweek please @Damien

sallycinnamin · Feb 17, 2024

Isak
Cunha
Now Jota off injured
I'd say those three featured in a lot of people's picks all three in mine with Edouard barely getting a game. As I said last week top of the leader board for a few days at least. Going to be making a substitution with Odegard replacing Cunha or Jota whoever will be out the longest. Decisions, decisions.

Damien · Feb 17, 2024

sallycinnamin said:
Isak
Cunha
Now Jota off injured
I'd say those three featured in a lot of people's picks.

In the initial eight:

Cunha, Isak & Jota (3): @JB7, @sallycinnamin, @subotai
Cunha & Isak only (16): Annihilate Now!, antohan, Bogga, DanNistelrooy, DJ_21, Edgar Allan Pillow, Fanatic 00237, Gator Nate, Maluco, P-Nut, Samid, Scriblerus, troylocker, V.O., Wilt, Wing Attack Plan R
Cunha & Jota only (3): awop, IRN-Bruno, PRabbit
Isak & Jota only (1): DarnleyDevil7
Cunha only (2): Angel001, BristolMick
Isak only (7): Demon Barber, Glow, Herculean, Paul the Wolf, Red in STL, Sky Blue Red, Stevondo8
Jota only (1): suheilsworld
None (1): @Big-Red

Big-Red hasn't even got any of them in his subs!

sallycinnamin · Feb 17, 2024

Damien said:
In the initial eight:

Cunha, Isak & Jota (3): @JB7, @sallycinnamin, @subotai
Cunha & Isak only (16): Annihilate Now!, antohan, Bogga, DanNistelrooy, DJ_21, Edgar Allan Pillow, Fanatic 00237, Gator Nate, Maluco, P-Nut, Samid, Scriblerus, troylocker, V.O., Wilt, Wing Attack Plan R
Cunha & Jota only (3): awop, IRN-Bruno, PRabbit
Isak & Jota only (1): DarnleyDevil7
Cunha only (2): Angel001, BristolMick
Isak only (7): Demon Barber, Glow, Herculean, Paul the Wolf, Red in STL, Sky Blue Red, Stevondo8
Jota only (1): suheilsworld
None (1): @Big-Red

Big-Red hasn't even got any of them in his subs!

Fair amount all the same. Yeah think will make that sub basically between Cunha and Jota. I'd say Isak will be back pretty soon hopefully. All part and parcel of the game I suppose.

Samid · Feb 17, 2024

Half my team injured and the sub too ffs.

antohan · Feb 17, 2024

Aw shite, I came in to sub off Cunha for Gakpo and find he already played and scored

V.O. · Feb 17, 2024

Hmm, the rules say you can use your sub at any time, but I'm guessing you can't after the start of a gameweek, or can I bring in Doucoure before Everton play on Monday?

sallycinnamin · Feb 17, 2024

antohan said:
Aw shite, I came in to sub off Cunha for Gakpo and find he already played and scored

Only thing is with Jota out I'd say for a lengthy time Gakpo will start more games maybe. Time to make that sub perhaps for the next time.

Damien · Feb 17, 2024

V.O. said:
Hmm, the rules say you can use your sub at any time, but I'm guessing you can't after the start of a gameweek, or can I bring in Doucoure before Everton play on Monday?

Yeah, you can't change mid-gameweek. I have the deadline as about 10 minutes before the lineups are revealed for the first game of the gameweek - in this case Brentford v Liverpool.

If there's someone who would like to reword the stuff in the OP to make it more concise it'd be appreciated. With everything that has gone on this season it has become a bit of a garbled mess which isn't the worst for the regulars but makes it harder to attract newcomers.

Damien · Feb 17, 2024

DJ_21 said:
Can I use a bonus card on Odegaard for this coming gameweek please @Damien

Good call.

sallycinnamin · Feb 17, 2024

Damien said:
Good call.

Had a feeling alright hed score.
Very good call @DJ..21.

DJ_21 · Feb 17, 2024

sallycinnamin said:
Had a feeling alright hed score.
Very good call @DJ..21.

Was just thinking with there opponents being Burnley I was expecting Arsenal to score a few goals and hoping he’d be involved in a few of them.

antohan · Feb 17, 2024

sallycinnamin said:
Only thing is with Jota out I'd say for a lengthy time Gakpo will start more games maybe. Time to make that sub perhaps for the next time.

Exactly why I hadn't made it yet, didn't expect Gakpo to start much at all.

BristolMick · Feb 18, 2024

Didn't realise I had Cunha. Doing much better than I thought I was doing. Hopefully Bruno gets a goal or two today.

Bogga · Feb 19, 2024

Seems Cunha is sidelined for quite some time, guess I'll have to use my sub... is it ok to just write it here or do you want a pm?

sallycinnamin · Feb 19, 2024

Bogga said:
Seems Cunha is sidelined for quite some time, guess I'll have to use my sub... is it ok to just write it here or do you want a pm?

Post your sub in this thread. I'm the same as regards the substitute it's between Jota and Cunha will have to decide. Think Jota will be out for two months but Cunha probably rest of the season but still unclear.

antohan · Feb 19, 2024

I'm bringing on Gakpo for Cunha @Damien

Demon Barber · Feb 19, 2024

@Damien - I know this sounds crazy, even to me, but could I use my second bonus this week on Rashford? Ta

awop · Feb 19, 2024

Using my sub: Johnson for Cunha @Damien

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