Regarding chicken or egg, anyway you look at it, egg comes before chickens. Even if you discount all species prior to chicken, the organism starts with the very first bird that contains the correct mutations today we call it a chicken. That first chicken was from an egg. The egg was there before the chicken. The egg may have been layed by a proto-chicken instead of a chicken, but that egg predates the chicken. Journalist was being sensationalist trying to make a claim the science doesn't support. Regarding quote I was being facetious, I'm fully aware of the proverb. You're making a mole out of this.
Nobody but cool hand luke counts eggs! you count chickens before they hatch is a projection of future earnings.... if you are only interested in eggs you already have then and can sell them. Counting chickens refers to future possibilities, ergo people counting boro as a win are counting the points before the occur. peopel saying we have 73 points would be like you and your egg counting fetish