"Einstein used to live in a hut across the field from my house. He would have gone for a walk in my garden, I'm sure, so I'm literally following in his footsteps most days. I don't know what he was like at predicting football results, but that kind of genius rubs off, even years later."
"I played a bit myself growing up, and had trials here and there, but I was never as close as my brother to being a pro - so I sacked it off pretty quickly. Morgan always had the natural ability when we were kids, even at the age of four or five, and he was scouted by Ipswich by the age of seven."
Chris Sutton, a BBC Sport football expert, participates in a weekly Premier League predictions competition against AI, BBC Sport readers, and guest contributors. For week 28, his guest is Oli Fox from indie band Good Neighbours, a West Ham supporter. Sutton humorously suggests that living near where Einstein once resided might inspire better predictions through osmosis of genius. Oli Fox, whose brother Morgan is a professional footballer for Wigan, abandoned his own football aspirations early despite having trials. Correct results earn 10 points while exact scores earn 40 points in the competition.
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