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Post by Panda on Jul 11, 2013 12:57:42 GMT 1
This is an idea I've had for a game this season to run alongside the regular Footy Predicta.
It works like this:
Each week, someone will be picked at random from those who've signed up to play. That person will predict from that week's list of games, predicting home win, away win or draw. There will be no values assigned to the games, you simply receive a point for each correct predicition.
Each week's list will contain 50 games - every Saturday game from the Premier League and Football League plus games from another league selected at random to bring the number up to 50.
Once everyone has played once, the person with the highest score when it was their turn to play will be the winner of that round, and the process starts again. There will be end of season standings for highest weekly score, highest total score and best average score (for those who may decide to join mid-season).
Anyone who's interested can sign up below.
WEEK 1 (August 17th) - SHIREBLOGGER WEEK 2 (August 24th) - RALIVERPOOL WEEK 3 (August 31st) - MISTERHAMSTER WEEK 4 (September 7th) - SMOKEYB WEEK 5 (September 14th) - DAZ WEEK 6 (September 21st) - ANDY WEEK 7 (September 28th) - ROBIN WEEK 8 (October 5th) - SUEDEHEAD WEEK 9 (October 12th) - SAM WEEK 10 (October 19th) - FRAG WEEK 11 (October 26th) - EARL PURPLE WEEK 12 (November 2nd) - PADDY -------------------------------------- WEEK 13 (November 9th) - SUEDEHEAD WEEK 14 (November 16th) - SMOKEYB WEEK 15 (November 23rd) - PADDY WEEK 16 (November 30th) - SAM WEEK 17 (December 7th) - EARL PURPLE WEEK 18 (December 14th) - MISTERHAMSTER
WEEK 19 (December 21st) - FRAG WEEK 20 (December 26th) - ANDY WEEK 21 (December 28th) - ROBIN WEEK 22 (January 11th) - RALIVERPOOL WEEK 23 (January 18th) - SHIREBLOGGER WEEK 24 (January 25th) - FRAG WEEK 25 (February 1st) - DAZ -------------------------------------- WEEK 26 (February 8th) - PADDY WEEK 27 (February 15th) - ROBIN WEEK 28 (February 22nd) - SMOKEYB WEEK 29 (March 1st) - RALIVERPOOL WEEK 30 (March 8th) - SAM WEEK 31 (March 15th) - EARL PURPLE WEEK 32 (March 22nd) - MISTERHAMSTER WEEK 33 (March 29th) - FRAG WEEK 34 (April 5th) - ANDY WEEK 35 (April 12th) - DAZ WEEK 36 (April 19th) - SUEDEHEAD WEEK 37 (April 26th) - SHIREBLOGGER WEEK 38 (May 3rd) - EVERYONE!!
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Post by suedehead on Jul 11, 2013 13:00:30 GMT 1
Sounds like fun - as long as I don't get the week when you've chosen games from the Albanian third division.
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Post by Panda on Jul 11, 2013 13:12:03 GMT 1
Haha! It will all be domestic apart from some internationals possibly thrown in on the World Cup weekends.
I will try and make sure people will have a week and a half's notice of when they are due to pick.
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Post by o on Jul 11, 2013 16:50:20 GMT 1
I'll have a go, preferably in November once the teams/results have settled down.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jul 11, 2013 17:07:23 GMT 1
count me in
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Post by Robin on Jul 11, 2013 17:56:39 GMT 1
It's a good idea but 50 games is rather a lot to predict on
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Post by Panda on Jul 11, 2013 18:20:38 GMT 1
It's a good idea but 50 games is rather a lot to predict on Depends how long it takes you to predict. It would take me 5 minutes at the most. Considering you'd be doing it once every couple of months, I don't think that's excessive.
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Post by Paddy on Jul 11, 2013 20:49:11 GMT 1
I'm game
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 11, 2013 23:03:48 GMT 1
Yep.
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Post by suedehead on Jul 12, 2013 1:50:48 GMT 1
It's a good idea but 50 games is rather a lot to predict on It's a lot if you examine every team's form but I think the assumption is that people won't bother to do that.
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Post by raliverpool on Jul 14, 2013 16:26:32 GMT 1
Yep, count me in.
I know I'm really enjoying the ignoring the UK media obsession God that is all things football related; but come Saturday 17th August things will be different.
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Post by frag on Jul 14, 2013 16:51:53 GMT 1
Sounds like fun to me, but after Sept 14th, please!
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Post by Tom on Jul 20, 2013 11:41:49 GMT 1
It's a good idea but 50 games is rather a lot to predict on Depends how long it takes you to predict. It would take me 5 minutes at the most. Considering you'd be doing it once every couple of months, I don't think that's excessive. It counts me out, it takes me long enough to do 10 games, I dread to think how long it would take to do 50 plus footy predicta! Even without weightings and with some overlap with footy predicta. It's a good idea but 50 games is rather a lot to predict on It's a lot if you examine every team's form but I think the assumption is that people won't bother to do that. Lol But tbh i don't tend to look at form for Leagues 1 and 2 and don't think i always do it for the Championship (though prob will do for the Championship every week for this coming season).
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2013 17:34:37 GMT 1
Entrants so far: misterhamster suedehead Andy daz Robin Paddy Shireblogger raliverpool frag smokeyb
10 so far. Anyone else is free to join at any time. The current number means everyone should get around 4 turns during the season, though I haven't quite decided what we'll do for FA Cup weekends yet.
The first player will be chosen this Saturday and the first set of fixtures (August 17th) posted.
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Post by smokeyb on Jul 29, 2013 21:06:51 GMT 1
Sign me up
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2013 1:16:14 GMT 1
The random factor has done its work for the first time this season and determined that the first person in the Hot Seat will be...
SHIREBLOGGER
Here are the fixtures for August 17th. (all games kick off at 3PM unless stated) Each week, the remaining fixtures will be made up to 50 by a randomly selected guest competition(s) from a list of 50 British leagues. This week's randomly selected competition is the Isthmian League Premier Division.
Arsenal v Aston Villa Liverpool v Stoke (12:45) Norwich v Everton Sunderland v Fulham Swansea v Manchester Utd (17:30) West Brom v Fulham West Ham v Cardiff ----------------------- Barnsley v Charlton Birmingham v Brighton Bournemouth v Wigan Burnley v Yeovil Derby v Leicester Leeds v Sheff Wed (12:15) Middlesbrough v Blackpool Millwall v Huddersfield Nottingham Forest v Bolton QPR v Ipswich Reading v Watford ----------------------- Bristol City v Wolves Carlisle v Coventry Crawley v Rotherham Crewe v Tranmere Gillingham v Brentford Peterborough v Oldham Port Vale v Bradford Preston v MK Dons Sheff Utd v Colchester Shrewsbury v Swindon Stevenage v Leyton Orient Walsall v Notts County ------------------------ Bury v Accrington Cheltenham v Plymouth Exeter v Wimbledon Fleetwood v Burton Newport v Bristol Rovers Portsmouth v Morecambe Rochdale v Chesterfield Scunthorpe v Dag & Red Southend v Northampton Torquay v Oxford Wycombe v Mansfield York v Hartlepool ------------------------ Billericay Town v Thamesmead Town Bury Town v Hampton & Richmond Borough Grays Athletic v Enfield Town Kingstonian v East Thurrock United Lowestoft Town v Bognor Regis Town Margate v Harrow Borough Metropolitan Police v Dulwich Hamlet Wealdstone v Wingate & Finchley
REMEMBER, you are just predicting home win, away win or draw for each game - no weightings required.
I'll try and get each set of fixtures put up 2 weeks in advance and will post future fixtures in the thread, as well as in the first post of the thread. The second player (August 24th) will be revealed next weekend.
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Post by Shireblogger on Aug 3, 2013 1:18:55 GMT 1
Looks like I'll be winning this competition.
For one week.
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Post by Sam on Aug 8, 2013 20:54:10 GMT 1
can I be added please?
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2013 19:12:49 GMT 1
No problem, Sam.
The participant for Week 2 will be selected shortly.
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2013 19:37:43 GMT 1
The second randomly-chosen player is:
RALIVERPOOL
These are the fixtures for August 24th: (This week's randomly selected guest leagues are the United Counties Premier and the Western League Division 1)
Aston Villa v Liverpool (17:30) Everton v West Brom Fulham v Arsenal (12:45) Hull v Norwich Newcastle v West Ham Southampton v Sunderland Stoke v Crystal Palace ------------------------- Blackburn v Barnsley Blackpool v Reading Bolton v QPR (12:15) Brighton v Burnley Charlton v Doncaster Huddersfield v Bournemouth Ipswich v Leeds Leicester v Birmingham Sheffield Wed v Millwall Wigan v Middlesbrough Yeovil v Derby ------------------------- Bradford v Sheffield Utd Brentford v Walsall Leyton Orient v Crewe MK Dons v Bristol City Notts County v Stevenage Oldham v Port Vale Rotherham v Shrewsbury Swindon v Gillingham Tranmere v Peterborough ------------------------- Accrington v Cheltenham Bristol Rovers v York Burton v Bury Chesterfield v Southend Dag & Red v Newport Hartlepool v Fleetwood Mansfield v Portsmouth Morecambe v Exeter Northampton v Torquay Oxford v Wycombe Plymouth v Rochdale Wimbledon v Scunthorpe ------------------------ Deeping Rangers v Wellingborough Town Desborough Town v Harborough Town Holbeach United v Northampton Sileby Rangers Rushden & Diamonds v Sleaford Town Wisbech Town v Huntingdon Town Ashton & Backwell United v Almondsbury UWE Calne Town v Wincanton Town Cribbs v Devizes Town Oldland Abbotonians v Barnstaple Town Wells City v Bradford Town Welton Rovers v Chard Town
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