Colin Protheroe had a rather special talent. It wasn’t one that would set the world alight, nor make him rich and famous, nor make women flock to his door. Nevertheless, he was quietly proud of it. For Colin had an exceptional skill at picking winning teams in fantasy football.
CThis, for those not in the know, is an online competition where, each week, one picks a team of Premiership football players according to one’s allocated budget and their nominal cost. After the weekend’s round of fixtures, one gains points according to how one’s players fared. Colin had an unerring ability of predicting the top performers, managing to get exceptionally high scores week after week. When his friends asked him how he did it, he couldn’t explain. He just had a sense of who to pick.
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