EPL Prediction Compo - 2010/11

[fozzie 41]

i might as well get involved, it'll give me a reason to get up in the morning when my club goes down the toilet.

The 'not so might' mighty reds!

(any one here frequent Nevada Smiths in NYC?)

[The_Dude 1,142]

Maven talked me into it this weekend. I think she wants to be sure of someone finishing at the bottom of the table.

Yes, it is gonig to be a long season in Liverpool this year. Well, let's all pray for Tom Hicks' epiphany to sell the team to DIC.

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

Maven talked me into it this weekend. I think she wants to be sure of someone finishing at the bottom of the table.

Yes, it is gonig to be a long season in Liverpool this year. Well, let's all pray for Tom Hicks' epiphany to sell the team to DIC.

Excellent, excellent. I see my powers of persuasion are still strong.

[Damian P 92]

OK, here is a list of the people signed up to play so far, with the teams they support in parentheses (question marks against those who have not yet declared their affiliation):

Damian (Southampton)

RKL (Arsenal)

Mags (?)

TheMatrix (?)

Elmcitymaven (Arsenal)

NotworkSte (?)

Goonergirl (Arsenal)

Pooky (Portsmouth)

Visacat (?)

Nicky (Newcastle)

Fozzie (Liverpool)

Rob&Mel (Liverpool)

So 12 confirmed with hopefully some of last season's regulars showing up too.

Most of you are aware of the rules, but for those who may not be familiar with them, allow me to enlighten you.

Each week, I will list the group of fixtures that pertains to each player's team of choice. The idea then is, obviously, to predict the outcome of each fixture.

Scoring:

Exact match (i.e. you predict a game will end 3-3 and it ends 3-3) = 5pts

Correct result & goal difference (i.e. you predict a game will finish 2-1, and it ends 1-0, 3-2, 4-3 etc) = 3pts

Any other correct result = 2pts

Each player will start the season with 2 jokers. Those of you familiar with legendary UK gameshow "It's a Knockout" will need no explanation as to the purpose and function of these wildcards, but for the benefit of anyone not fortunate enough to witness the shennanigans of grown men in oversized comdedy suits, partaking in extremely juvenile activities to the throes of an overly-exitable Stuart Hall, basically what it boils down is that should you play a joker, your points tally for that week will be doubled.

I will tally everyone's points at the conclusion of each weekend's fixtures and display them on this thread, along with a cumulative table. All predictions must be in by close of play on Friday. Failure to predict some, but not all, of any weekend's fixtures will simply result in the player concerned receiving credit only for the outcome of the games for which he or she submitted scores. Failure to predict a full set of fixtures will not automatically result in zero points, but the "award" of what will, for this season at least, be known as a "PC penalty" in honour of last season's wooden spoon recipient, Paul from Burnley. That is to say, that the week's lowest score will be awarded to anyone that inadvertently forgets to post their predictions (it happens, and the whole "something is better than nothing" angle of the PC penalty helps to disuade any of its recipients from throwing in the towel). On a similar note, anyone that for whatever reason knows they may not be online during some point in the season, can simply tell me in advance, and apply a "blanket" score for any given set of fixtures. For instance, last season Nicky knew he wasn't going to be here for the last two weeks of the season due to a vacation, so he asked me to make his default prediction for that week 2-0 home wins. It actually won him the competition in the end, jammy #######!

Ok, got it? Marvelous.

I'll be posting the first round of games early next week, so if we have anyone else that's up for it, now's the time.

[Andrew + Bethany 4]

I'll join in. My boys in old gold should hopefully stay up again - Wolves!

[Damian P 92]

I'll join in. My boys in old gold should hopefully stay up again - Wolves!

Excellent - I shall add you to the list.

[Pooky 3,362]

And after today's result, I'll still be supporting Portsmouth FC, as they might actually still be playing football this season!

[NotworkSte 19]

I support Manchester United. Many matches spent on Stretford End, back in the days...

[Doris_G 4]

Room for one more? If so, Spurs, please.

[Damian P 92]

OK, well here's this year's lineup, and relevant affiliations:

Damian (Southampton)

RKL (Arsenal)

Mags (?)

TheMatrix (?)

Elmcitymaven (Arsenal)

NotworkSte (Man Utd)

Goonergirl (Arsenal)

Pooky (Portsmouth)

Visacat (?)

Nicky (Newcastle)

Fozzie (Liverpool)

Rob&Mel (Liverpool)

Doris (Spurs)

Andrew&Bethany (Wolves)

So far, that's only 8 teams so I'm going to add the teams we chucked in for good measure last season, Chelsea and Man City, along with Everton & Villa, whose games we've done for the last two years.

So, with that in mind, here are the first round of fixtures:

Spurs v Citeh

Villa v Hammers

Blackburn v Everton

Wolves v Stoke

Chelsea v Baggies

Liverpool v Arsenal

Man Utd v Toon

MK Dons v Saints

Pompey v Reading

Remember, all predictions in by close of play Friday, or it's a PC penalty.

[Andrew + Bethany 4]

Spurs 1-3 Citeh

Villa 2-1 Hammers

Blackburn 0-2 Everton

Wolves 2-0 Stoke (I'm an optimist...)

Chelsea 5-0 Baggies (Sink the baggies scum!)

Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal

Man Utd 4-0 Toon

MK Dons 1-3 Saints

Pompey 2-2 Reading

[NickyMcMillan 0]

Spurs 2-2 Citeh

Villa 0-1 Hammers

Blackburn 1-1 Everton

Wolves 0-1 Stoke

Chelsea 3-0 Baggies

Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal

Man Utd 1-1 Toon (I know!)

MK Dons 2-0 Saints

Pompey 0-1 Reading

[NotworkSte 19]

Spurs 2-0 Citeh

Villa 0-1 Hammers

Blackburn 0-2 Everton

Wolves 0-0 Stoke

Chelsea 2-0 Baggies

Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal

Man Utd 3-1 Toon

MK Dons 1-1 Saints

Pompey 0-1 Reading

[Damian P 92]

Spurs 2 Citeh 1

Villa 1 Hammers 0

Blackburn 1 Everton 1

Wolves 1 Stoke 0

Chelsea 3 Baggies 0

Liverpool 2 Arsenal 1

Man Utd 3 Toon 1

MK Dons 1 Saints 2

Pompey 0 Reading 2

Edited August 10, 2010 by Damian P

[visacat 1]

Spurs 1-0 Citeh

Villa 1-0 Hammers

Blackburn 0-3 Everton

Wolves 1-0 Stoke

Chelsea 2-0 Baggies

Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal

Man Utd 3-0 Toon

MK Dons 1-0 Saints

Pompey 0-0 Reading

Also a Man Utd fan just for the record