The Official 2018/19 Champions League Predictathonthon

[GloverMart]

Matchday 1a – Tuesday 18 Sep 18 - Predictions by 1500 Tuesday 18 Sep 18

GloverMart

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco v Atletico Madrid
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan v Tottenham
Liverpool v PSG
Crvena Zvezda v Napoli
Galatasaray v Locamotiv Moscow
FC Schalke v Porto

1 2
1 2
3 1
2 0
1 1
1 2
2 0
2 1

Matchday 1b – Wednesday 19 Sep 18 - Predictions by 1500 Tuesday 18 Sep 18

Ajax v AEK Athens
Benfica v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Man City v Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid v Roma
FC Viktoria Plzen v CSKA Moscow
BSC Young Boys v Man Utd
Valencia v Juventus

2 1
1 2
1 1
3 1
3 1
0 2
1 2
1 2

[PHuzzy]

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco v Atletico Madrid
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan v Tottenham
Liverpool v PSG
Crvena Zvezda v Napoli
Galatasaray v Locamotiv Moscow
FC Schalke v Porto

1 2
1 2
4 1
1 1
2 1
0 2
2 1
1 1


Ajax v AEK Athens
Benfica v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Man City v Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid v Roma
FC Viktoria Plzen v CSKA Moscow
BSC Young Boys v Man Utd
Valencia v Juventus

2 0
2 2
2 1
3 0
3 1
0 2
0 2
1 2

[GloverRyan]

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco v Atletico Madrid
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan v Tottenham
Liverpool v PSG
Crvena Zvezda v Napoli
Galatasaray v Locamotiv Moscow
FC Schalke v Porto

0 2
1 2
3 1
1 2
2 2
0 3
2 1
1 0


Ajax v AEK Athens
Benfica v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Man City v Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid v Roma
FC Viktoria Plzen v CSKA Moscow
BSC Young Boys v Man Utd
Valencia v Juventus

2 0
1 3
2 1
2 1
1 0
1 2
0 2
1 3

[GloverHarry]

Matchday 1a – Tuesday 18 Sep 18 - Predictions by 1500 Tuesday 18 Sep 18

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco v Atletico Madrid
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan v Tottenham
Liverpool v PSG
Crvena Zvezda v Napoli
Galatasaray v Locamotiv Moscow
FC Schalke v Porto

0 2
1 1
3 0
1 1
2 1
1 3
1 0
1 2

Matchday 1b – Wednesday 19 Sep 18 - Predictions by 1500 Tuesday 18 Sep 18

Ajax v AEK Athens
Benfica v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Man City v Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid v Roma
FC Viktoria Plzen v CSKA Moscow
BSC Young Boys v Man Utd
Valencia v Juventus

2 0
1 3
2 0
2 0
3 1
0 0
0 1
1 2

[mickk]

Hi Ryan, hope you do better than your old man.

[GloverRyan]

mickk said:

Hi Ryan, hope you do better than your old man.

That shouldn't be difficult!

[The jiffle king]

GloverRyan said:

That shouldn't be difficult!

@GloverMart being called out by his son

He has to live up to this Mart and you probably control the wifi

[mattyn1]

Proper rivalry this!!

[GloverMart]

No good will come of this, I tell ye, no good at all.

If I beat them, it will be "Blimey, his kids are worse than him. How dumb are those three?" And if I lose to them (*shudder), then people will say "Ha, beaten by his kids, What a loser!!".

Good job the latter won't be happening then, innit.

Thanks again for setting this up, Matty, much appreciated.

[mattyn1]

Hey no problem! After lasts nights drama, I am able to take today off to look after the Mrs - so in all, a bit of a win!

I just hope she is better later to cook dinner!

[The jiffle king]

GloverMart said:

No good will come of this, I tell ye, no good at all.

If I beat them, it will be "Blimey, his kids are worse than him. How dumb are those three?" And if I lose to them (*shudder), then people will say "Ha, beaten by his kids, What a loser!!".

Good job the latter won't be happening then, innit.

Thanks again for setting this up, Matty, much appreciated.

And if they start to win then take the WiFi away and restrict money until they start losing.... be competitive Dad!!!

[Ascayman]

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco v Atletico Madrid
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan v Tottenham
Liverpool v PSG
Crvena Zvezda v Napoli
Galatasaray v Locamotiv Moscow
FC Schalke v Porto

0 2
0 1
3 0
1 2
3 1
1 3
1 0
2 1

Matchday 1b – Wednesday 19 Sep 18 - Predictions by 1500 Tuesday 18 Sep 18

Ajax v AEK Athens
Benfica v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Man City v Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid v Roma
FC Viktoria Plzen v CSKA Moscow
BSC Young Boys v Man Utd
Valencia v Juventus

2 0
0 2
1 1
3 0
3 2
1 2
1 2
1 1

[BrabusMog]

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco v Atletico Madrid
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan v Tottenham
Liverpool v PSG
Crvena Zvezda v Napoli
Galatasaray v Locamotiv Moscow
FC Schalke v Porto

0 2
1 2
3 0
2 2
2 1
1 1
2 1
0 1

Matchday 1b – Wednesday 19 Sep 18 - Predictions by 1500 Tuesday 18 Sep 18

Ajax v AEK Athens
Benfica v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Man City v Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid v Roma
FC Viktoria Plzen v CSKA Moscow
BSC Young Boys v Man Utd
Valencia v Juventus

2 0
0 2
1 1
3 0
2 1
1 1
1 2
1 2

[GloverMart]

The jiffle king said:

GloverMart said:

No good will come of this, I tell ye, no good at all.

If I beat them, it will be "Blimey, his kids are worse than him. How dumb are those three?" And if I lose to them (*shudder), then people will say "Ha, beaten by his kids, What a loser!!".

Good job the latter won't be happening then, innit.

Thanks again for setting this up, Matty, much appreciated.

And if they start to win then take the WiFi away and restrict money until they start losing.... be competitive Dad!!!

That all seems a bit Draconian, more than a little harsh considering they're 17 years old and, dare I say it, the idea seems a little childish....
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Great idea, Jiffle. I'll do that!!

Edited by GloverMart on Tuesday 18th September 15:53

[Pommy]

Club Brugge v Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco v Atletico Madrid
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan v Tottenham
Liverpool v PSG
Crvena Zvezda v Napoli
Galatasaray v Locamotiv Moscow
FC Schalke v Porto

1 3
0 2
4 0
1 2
2 0
0 3
2 2
1 1


Ajax v AEK Athens
Benfica v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Man City v Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid v Roma
FC Viktoria Plzen v CSKA Moscow
BSC Young Boys v Man Utd
Valencia v Juventus

2 0
0 2
2 1
4 0
3 0 
0 2
1 3
1 2

[mattyn1]

Right guys - entrants locked in and this is the "final" list: (bold indicates the new joiners)

1 Mattyn1
2 Jackn1
3 Glover Mart
4 GloverRyan
5 Black can man
6 Dan_1981
7 Jcremonini
8 Gadgetmac
9 BrabusMog
10 The Jiffle King
11 Pommy
12 Lenandsons
13 V15Ben
14 Ascayman
15 GTO-3R
16 GloverHarry
17 Phuzzy
18 mickk

As it stands we have 18 entrants, with three new guys - meaning five from the Premier League have not entered.

I am happy to take any other entrants this week - just on the basis tonight's matches won't count for them - and tomorrow's won't count if they do not submit their name by 1500 tomorrow.

Final final cut off for entry is 09:00 Thur 20 Sep 18.

If I have missed anyone in the list above please flag it up here asap!

[mattyn1]

So, the rules......

RULES FOR SEASON 2018-2019

These 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 – UP TO A POINT. Any rule changes which increase the workload for the Administrator can be vetoed by him. You can ask any following administrator to reconsider should that happen.

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 Champions League 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 you MUST keep an eye on this thread including looking back to pages that you’ve haven’t read before and posting your predictions in good time.



Group Matches
All predictions must be submitted by 1500 (3PM) on each Matchday Tuesday.
A Matchday consists of group matches on that Tuesday and Wednesday.
Please post in this forum in the same format as before, listing your scores below the fixtures thus:



Club Bruge v Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco v Atletico Madrid
Barcelona v PSV Eindhoven
Inter Milan v Tottenham
Liverpool v PSG
Crvena Zvezda v Napoli
Galatasaray v Locamotiv Moscow
FC Schalke v Porto

1 1

1 2

3 3

0 2

1 2

1 2

1 1

2 1



You must 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 the spreadsheet. The key for me is the 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 it will be your loss as I won’t be counting your entries and notifying you if you are short, in such cases 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 awarded zero points for the tenth match. ‘Edited’ forecasts are not permissible and will be ignored so once you press ‘post’ I’m afraid that’s it.



3. MISSING THE DEADLINE

 If you forget to submit your predictions or submit them too late, you will be awarded zero points for every game.



5. HOLIDAYS ETC

 If you are going away please tell me by posting on this thread (don’t email me as I don’t check my emails that frequently) and I will email you the fixtures you will miss for you to forecast in advance. Post your forecasts onto the thread, do not send them back to me. If you don't do this you'll be awarded zero points for each game you miss and will be removed from the game should that take you over the limit of 3 (yes 3, more on that in a minute) matchdays in total each season that you can miss.



6. FAILING TO PREDICT

 There is a ‘3 strikes’ rule in operation. If you do not forecast for 3 matchdays in total without a prior notification of your intention not to forecast being posted on this thread (ie you are going on holiday, your cat got run over, your woman slapped you about a bit, paper cuts etc), you will be removed from the league with no re-admittance this season or NEXT season (It will be the Administrators choice). There will be no warnings given if you are already at 2 strikes and you fail to forecast again - you will simply find yourself excluded from the game. If you can’t be bothered for 3 matchdays in the season I won’t be chasing your a*se. There will be no readmittance to the Predictathon should you have not had the decency to inform the administrator (ie Me) that you won’t be forecasting over the course of 3 matchdays in the season. It’s not fair for you to do this as it’s a LOT of work.


7. COMEDY FORECASTS 

Please don’t post comedy forecasts (ie 10-0 and other obvious nonsense) - this isn't allowed and you'll be given zero points 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 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 score line.



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.





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. I’m afraid that due to time constraints should a game be postponed for several months, all participants will NOT be given the opportunity to revise their prediction, the scores held in the spreadsheet will apply.



12. THE TABLE 

I will publish the table when I can the post completion of the matches. Bear in mind that it takes a lot of work, so some weeks there may not be an update.



13. TABLE POSITIONS 

Slightly different to the Premier League a thon – correct score lines will be counted before correct results (Home win, Away Win, Draw) – thinking is the correct score line is harder to guess! If it’s still equal, we will utilise a count back system - correct scorelines on the last matchday, last two match days etc.


14. FORMAT. If necessary, there will relegation, so watch the table! The bottom 3 will be relegated. Once relegated you are omitted from the competition for the following season and your place will be taken by a newcomer or somebody returning after a season in exile. Relegation will allow any future administrator to control the number of contestants should he wish. Even if you know you’ll be relegated you MUST continue to forecast until the season end as you will have the chance to re-enter the Predictathon after a season out. Previously relegated players with a complete posting record in their season of relegation with take precedence over Newcomers if places are tight. If you fall foul of the 3 strikes rule YOU WON’T. I believe relegation will make things more interesting and the banter more cruel funny.



15. NUMBER OF PLAYERS

 This is limited to 32 in-line with the actual Champions League Group Stage.




17. YOU & I - OUR PACT 

In short, I agree to



1. Publish the fixtures each week

2. Gather in your forecasts

3. Store any predictions for postponed games and apply them when due.

4. Calculate your points

5. Record any missing forecasts each week

6. Compile and Publish the League Table




You agree to



1. Read the thread

2. Follow any instructions or set timetables and revisions for Holiday periods

3. Actually forecast.

Everyone must pull their weight as the administrator doesn't have the time or the inclination to pull both his weight and yours.



Thank you for reading this and good luck.

[mattyn1]

In addition, come Xmas when the CL enters the knock out phase we will adopt two competitions to run parallel with each other.

The main comp will continue on a league basis, utilising each match as a prediction - all predictions must be based on 90 minutes and will not include extra time.

To add a bit of competition and rivalry, we will also run a knock out phase to coincide with the real time CL. The top eight players from our league will be assigned the winners of the real time CL group winners (Groups A - H), players in position 9 - 16 will be assigned the runners up of each group.

When the champions league round of 16 draw takes place, it will then form eight matches - we will then run similar matches - player against player and you will predict scores for each leg of all of those R16 matches. Final scores for predictathon matches will be calculated over the two legs. However, a slight change will be the home player for each leg will choose his predicted scores first - away player will chose his predicted scores second. In addition, away players cannot choose the same scoreline as the home team player.

Let me explain with an example:

Black can man is drawn against gadgetmac

For the first leg matches, Black can man will choose his scoreline predictions first. gadgetmac will then choose his predictions ensuring he does not select a same scoreline for a real match as his opponent. Both players choose predictions for all real matches in that round.

For the second leg matches, order of predictions will be reversed - gadgetmac first and then Black can man. Second leg predictions will be for 90 minutes only and will not include Extra Time!

The fixture winner will be calculated using standard points scoring system, and he will then go through to the next round, and his next match will be based on the draw for the real time CL.

By the time the season hits the CL final, we will only have two players left - and can have a big build up to the final!!

The knockout phase predictions will be independent to the normal league predictions (or if you want, you are perfectly entitled to copy your predictions). That will be up to you.

I hope this makes sense.

[GloverMart]

Any sign of a table yet, Gadget Matt?

[mattyn1]

Temp League Table after Matchday 1a (Matches played include tomorrows predictions - so don't worry about that)




I think this is about it!! I will not be doing this every Tuesday night - I just wanted to hail Jiffle and a great performance!