The Official 2013/14 Premier League Predictathon Thread
Discussion
Well, it's 1st of August and so my deadline has passed. Therefore our 32 for this season are:
Alfahorn
Allblackdup
Black Can Man
CIE560
Curlie467
Dan_1981
Devilstreak
E31Shrew
garrykiller
GLENRED
GloverMart
GTO-3R
Hammer67
hornetrider
im
Jammy-basturd
Jw Vw
Keyser Soze
Lawro
Legend83
lenandsons
London424
m3sye
mickk
nascarrules
Nicko_12345
North West Tom
Oxford Drinker
RedTrident
Streetm89
TheJiffleKing
v15ben
Welcome to newcomers Alfahorn, Allblackdup, GloverMart, GTO-3R, and welcome back v15ben. Sorry deadmau5, you've missed the boat this year.
The season starts on 17 August; the first fixtures will be published soon. A reminder of the rules will be posted below; for those that played last year the rules are the same.
Alfahorn
Allblackdup
Black Can Man
CIE560
Curlie467
Dan_1981
Devilstreak
E31Shrew
garrykiller
GLENRED
GloverMart
GTO-3R
Hammer67
hornetrider
im
Jammy-basturd
Jw Vw
Keyser Soze
Lawro
Legend83
lenandsons
London424
m3sye
mickk
nascarrules
Nicko_12345
North West Tom
Oxford Drinker
RedTrident
Streetm89
TheJiffleKing
v15ben
Welcome to newcomers Alfahorn, Allblackdup, GloverMart, GTO-3R, and welcome back v15ben. Sorry deadmau5, you've missed the boat this year.
The season starts on 17 August; the first fixtures will be published soon. A reminder of the rules will be posted below; for those that played last year the rules are the same.
So these are the proposed rules for season 2013-2014.
The rules can be amended/added to by a simple consensus of more than half the people playing all agreeing to the change - this isn't my game, it belongs to everyone playing.
Once agreed, however, and in order to be fair and unbiased, the rules will be adhered to all season as once you allow one person to bend them, others begin to think there's favouritism being shown.
So, the rules are as follows:
1. This Thread
Please keep this thread for Predictathon business only. Banter etc is always welcome as before, but if you want to have in-depth discussions about other football subjects, please do it on another thread.
2. Posting Your Predictions
If you’ve agreed to play, do keep an eye on the thread regularly and post your predictions in good time. All predictions must be submitted by Friday at 12 midnight for weekend games, and before the actual kick-off that night for mid-week forecasts. Please post in this forum in the same format as before, listing your scores below the fixtures thus:
Chelsea v Blackburn 2-0
Everton v Newcastle 0-1
Man City v QPR 2-1
Norwich v Aston Villa 2-1
Stoke v Bolton 1-1
Sunderland v Man Utd 1-2
Swansea v Liverpool 0-1
Tottenham v Fulham 2-1
West Brom v Arsenal 1-2
Wigan v Wolverhampton 3-1
2 0
0 1
2 1
2 1
1 1
1 2
0 1
2 1
1 2
3 1
Please use the published fixture list I produce each week for your forecasts as it makes it easier for me to cut & paste your forecasts straight into my spreadsheet. The key for me is the second list of scores as this will be pasted into the spreadsheet and hence the order and spacing needs to be correct so that each score corresponds to the correct match. Make sure you have the right number of scores in the list! If you don't, I may not notice until it's too late, in which case your scores will be deemed to correspond to the games in order, ie. if you only post 9 scores, these will be deemed to apply to the first nine matches and you will be allocated a 4-4 draw for the tenth match.
3. Missing the Deadline
If you forget to submit your predictions or submit them too late, you will be judged to have actually forecast a 4-4 draw for every game.
4. The Gizmo! Pass
Every player will be given one chance per season to post later than Friday at 12 midnight but they must still post before the first kick-off on Saturday, which may be 12.45pm or 3pm. This is called 'the Gizmo pass'. Once you have used up your Gizmo! pass, if you are late again you will be given 4-4 draws.
5. Holidays etc
If you are going away please tell me either by personal e-mail or posting on this thread and I will send you the fixtures you will miss for you to forecast in advance. E-mail your forecasts back to me and I will publish them on this thread on the appropriate day. If you don't do this you'll be awarded a 4-4 forecast for each game you miss.
6. Failing to Predict
If you do not forecast for 4 matchdays in a row without posting a prior notification of your intention not to forecast (ie you are going on holiday etc), you will be removed from the league with no re-admittance this season. Likewise, if you register to play and then don't play in the very first week without prior notice you'll be removed. Sorry, but you've got to show willing.
7. Comedy Forecasts
Please don’t persist with comedy forecasts (ie 10-0 and other obvious nonsense) - this isn't allowed and you'll be given 4-4's for all of that matchday’s forecasts if you do it. By all means post funny comments above the actual list of scores that I'll be cut 'n' pasting but take the forecasts seriously - a lot of work goes into this, so lots of silly forecasts might just make me wonder whether to bother.
8. Points
As in previous years, 1 point will be given for a correct prediction (home win/away win/draw) with an additional 3 bonus points awarded for a correct scoreline.
9. Your weekly score
You are responsible for checking that I have got your points earned that week correct and letting me know if something is amiss, which I’m sure you will.
10. My Score
You’re all welcome to double check my score each week, but I’m unlikely to be a title contender anyway judging by last season’s performance. If suddenly I’m top of the table, you’d be well advised to check.
11. Postponed or Rearranged Games
Scores will be held in the system for postponed games and points will be calculated once the games have been played. Should a game be postponed for several months, all participants will be given the opportunity to revise their prediction.
12. The Table
I will publish the table and other associated statistics at the end of each matchday weekend. This will be on a Sunday night (or a Monday if there is a Monday night game). Bear in mind that it takes a bit of work, so some weeks there may not be an update.
13. Table Positions
In the event of 2 or more players having the same points totals the league table positions will be determined firstly by the amount of correct results predicted and second by the amount of correct scorelines predicted. If it’s still equal, alphabetical order will be used.
14. Relegation
There is no relegation, despite what the table may tell you. By the same token, there is no Champions League for Predictathon winners, nor any Europa league, there’s no Sky TV money or any parachute payments, and there isn’t even a prize for winning, unless anyone wishes to donate one!
15. Number of Players
This is limited to 32 people to ease the burden of administration. We cannot currently take any more entries.
16. The (magic of the) FA Cup
There will be a separate FA Cup Predictathon taking place during the season within this thread on the appropriate weekends, and only open to participants of this thread. So if you don't win the league you could win the cup. Like Manchester United, you don’t have to enter the cup [predictathon] if you have better and more lucrative things to do. Amended rules for the cup will be published later in the year.
The rules can be amended/added to by a simple consensus of more than half the people playing all agreeing to the change - this isn't my game, it belongs to everyone playing.
Once agreed, however, and in order to be fair and unbiased, the rules will be adhered to all season as once you allow one person to bend them, others begin to think there's favouritism being shown.
So, the rules are as follows:
1. This Thread
Please keep this thread for Predictathon business only. Banter etc is always welcome as before, but if you want to have in-depth discussions about other football subjects, please do it on another thread.
2. Posting Your Predictions
If you’ve agreed to play, do keep an eye on the thread regularly and post your predictions in good time. All predictions must be submitted by Friday at 12 midnight for weekend games, and before the actual kick-off that night for mid-week forecasts. Please post in this forum in the same format as before, listing your scores below the fixtures thus:
Chelsea v Blackburn 2-0
Everton v Newcastle 0-1
Man City v QPR 2-1
Norwich v Aston Villa 2-1
Stoke v Bolton 1-1
Sunderland v Man Utd 1-2
Swansea v Liverpool 0-1
Tottenham v Fulham 2-1
West Brom v Arsenal 1-2
Wigan v Wolverhampton 3-1
2 0
0 1
2 1
2 1
1 1
1 2
0 1
2 1
1 2
3 1
Please use the published fixture list I produce each week for your forecasts as it makes it easier for me to cut & paste your forecasts straight into my spreadsheet. The key for me is the second list of scores as this will be pasted into the spreadsheet and hence the order and spacing needs to be correct so that each score corresponds to the correct match. Make sure you have the right number of scores in the list! If you don't, I may not notice until it's too late, in which case your scores will be deemed to correspond to the games in order, ie. if you only post 9 scores, these will be deemed to apply to the first nine matches and you will be allocated a 4-4 draw for the tenth match.
3. Missing the Deadline
If you forget to submit your predictions or submit them too late, you will be judged to have actually forecast a 4-4 draw for every game.
4. The Gizmo! Pass
Every player will be given one chance per season to post later than Friday at 12 midnight but they must still post before the first kick-off on Saturday, which may be 12.45pm or 3pm. This is called 'the Gizmo pass'. Once you have used up your Gizmo! pass, if you are late again you will be given 4-4 draws.
5. Holidays etc
If you are going away please tell me either by personal e-mail or posting on this thread and I will send you the fixtures you will miss for you to forecast in advance. E-mail your forecasts back to me and I will publish them on this thread on the appropriate day. If you don't do this you'll be awarded a 4-4 forecast for each game you miss.
6. Failing to Predict
If you do not forecast for 4 matchdays in a row without posting a prior notification of your intention not to forecast (ie you are going on holiday etc), you will be removed from the league with no re-admittance this season. Likewise, if you register to play and then don't play in the very first week without prior notice you'll be removed. Sorry, but you've got to show willing.
7. Comedy Forecasts
Please don’t persist with comedy forecasts (ie 10-0 and other obvious nonsense) - this isn't allowed and you'll be given 4-4's for all of that matchday’s forecasts if you do it. By all means post funny comments above the actual list of scores that I'll be cut 'n' pasting but take the forecasts seriously - a lot of work goes into this, so lots of silly forecasts might just make me wonder whether to bother.
8. Points
As in previous years, 1 point will be given for a correct prediction (home win/away win/draw) with an additional 3 bonus points awarded for a correct scoreline.
9. Your weekly score
You are responsible for checking that I have got your points earned that week correct and letting me know if something is amiss, which I’m sure you will.
10. My Score
You’re all welcome to double check my score each week, but I’m unlikely to be a title contender anyway judging by last season’s performance. If suddenly I’m top of the table, you’d be well advised to check.
11. Postponed or Rearranged Games
Scores will be held in the system for postponed games and points will be calculated once the games have been played. Should a game be postponed for several months, all participants will be given the opportunity to revise their prediction.
12. The Table
I will publish the table and other associated statistics at the end of each matchday weekend. This will be on a Sunday night (or a Monday if there is a Monday night game). Bear in mind that it takes a bit of work, so some weeks there may not be an update.
13. Table Positions
In the event of 2 or more players having the same points totals the league table positions will be determined firstly by the amount of correct results predicted and second by the amount of correct scorelines predicted. If it’s still equal, alphabetical order will be used.
14. Relegation
There is no relegation, despite what the table may tell you. By the same token, there is no Champions League for Predictathon winners, nor any Europa league, there’s no Sky TV money or any parachute payments, and there isn’t even a prize for winning, unless anyone wishes to donate one!
15. Number of Players
This is limited to 32 people to ease the burden of administration. We cannot currently take any more entries.
16. The (magic of the) FA Cup
There will be a separate FA Cup Predictathon taking place during the season within this thread on the appropriate weekends, and only open to participants of this thread. So if you don't win the league you could win the cup. Like Manchester United, you don’t have to enter the cup [predictathon] if you have better and more lucrative things to do. Amended rules for the cup will be published later in the year.
oxford drinker said:
Welcome to newcomers Alfahorn, Allblackdup, GloverMart, GTO-3R, and welcome back v15ben
A Goon, 2 Scousers, Farmhand and a Manc eh?Won't matter...A Spud'll win it (again) with a Saint in close proximity...just more grist to the mill.
I'm expecting another good season from the Spuds
Er...E31 gets a dispensation from the above paragraph. 
Yay, thanks OD. That tenner I sent you did the trick then!
ijm - a farmhand? Been called a lot of things but never that...
Devilstreak - has to be a record, surely? We'll have to show them what we're made of given that we're true neutrals in the competition and not smeared with blind loyalty to our team!!
ijm - a farmhand? Been called a lot of things but never that...
Devilstreak - has to be a record, surely? We'll have to show them what we're made of given that we're true neutrals in the competition and not smeared with blind loyalty to our team!!
GloverMart said:
ijm - a farmhand? Been called a lot of things but never that...
Whats the term for someone who supports Yeovil then? Other than 'misguided fool' of course I googled the question and got back some guff about 'Glovers' but WTF is a 'Glover'?
So I went with a more rural theme.
Ijm said:
GloverMart said:
ijm - a farmhand? Been called a lot of things but never that...
Whats the term for someone who supports Yeovil then? Other than 'misguided fool' of course I googled the question and got back some guff about 'Glovers' but WTF is a 'Glover'?
So I went with a more rural theme.
The jiffle king said:
Am I right in thinking that only Spuds and Saints have won this......
The jiffle king said:
Obviously not got a lot of interest in real football and have to rely on this for kicks! know far more about football than fans of other teams.
Corrected a small typo for you Jiff. 
GloverMart said:
Glover comes from the major gloving industry that used to be in the area.... every family had someone who made gloves for a living. Just as well they didn't take on the nickname of the other major industry in the locale, helicopter manufacturing. We'd be the "Choppers"....
Or The WestlandersI still miss Huish Park
my first ever game was thereoxford drinker said:
there isn’t even a prize for winning, unless anyone wishes to donate one!
Oh but there is a prize.......Entry into the predictathon hall of fame (The awards dinner is not much, but the kudos is excellent)
The ability to gloat about your football knowledge to all on this thread
The opportunity to tear others apart when they don't do as well as you
oxford drinker said:
Welcome to newcomers Alfahorn, Allblackdup, GloverMart, GTO-3R, and welcome back v15ben. Sorry deadmau5, you've missed the boat this year.
The season starts on 17 August; the first fixtures will be published soon. A reminder of the rules will be posted below; for those that played last year the rules are the same.
Top stuff! Cheers OD! The season starts on 17 August; the first fixtures will be published soon. A reminder of the rules will be posted below; for those that played last year the rules are the same.
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