It's back again! Prediction League - 24-25
Jul 24, 2024 15:55:35 GMT
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Post by yorkshirestone on Jul 24, 2024 15:55:35 GMT
Hi everyone, with the new season fast approaching now seems a good time to mention that the Prediction League will be running again this season, but before we get to that, here are some stats from last season.
As we all know daveu was the victor (is nws out of therapy yet?) by three points from Clydestone with garstone coming in four points further behind, but in addition to that I kept a tally of who did best in the score/result/attendance. Perhaps re-igniting the controversy around attendance guesses, Bernie prevailed in the attendance section, but in a dire run of form towards the end of the season almost succumbed to royalstone coming up on the rails.
As usual no appeals from anyone without a vowel in their username...
And so to this season's fun competition (that means there's no prizes)...
Rules:
You can join anytime, but you must make your prediction in advance of kick off, I will ignore any predictions (or edits) made after a time when it appears beyond or close to kick off time. Points are awarded as follows:
1 pt just for posting a prediction
2 pts for getting the correct outcome (W/L/D)
5 pts for getting the correct score
2 pts for the closest attendance prediction, but 5pts if predicted exactly.
Predictions are welcome, please keep them to this thread - I might not see them elsewhere, and if you change your mind at any point, put a new post in by quoting your original one - I record them as they are posted and I might miss an edit. Good luck everyone!
Just to clarify for everyone - new and old to this - this only covers NLS games (and the play-offs if we get there). Feel free to predict cup games if you like, but they won't count for the table.
If you are posting a prediction within two hours of kick off, please also post the actual time of your prediction. When I come to include late predictions after the game, the time of posting is not always displayed accurately by the software and we don't want any arguments about Bernie posting late because there was a queue at the turnstile he was counting at
Keep it fun folks!
Update following the Enfield game.
After the storm of the Chelmsford event, older fans may have approached this game with some trepidation. For the youngsters here, this fixture was often perceived as the clash of the non-league titans (of the time) as for two or three seasons it seemed to be us and Enfield fighting out the top spots and the chance to receive the ritual disappointment of being unsuccessful in the ballot to join the Football League - yep if you think the Premier League is a closed shop with it's own rules for self-interest and protectionism, have a look at the old FL re-election process. You'll find it filed under "Old Boys Network" </cynic mode>
In contrast there were points aplenty this week although not one of us felt that Stones would achieve that result, although jte was close with 2-4. Too many (15) to mention individually this week picking up two points for the victory, but no one in last week's top four picked up more than a point which has tightened things up at the top. Bizarrely Holysmokes66 and I both got 2 points for the attendance as we were each 9 either side of the official attendance of 984.
It's a return to the FA Cup this weekend, no romantic return to Steyning - partially because of the draw but mainly because they lost to an injury time own goal at home to Merstham in the previous round. No predictions in cup competitions so no one has to worry about jinxing the team. Next up predictions wise is Chesham for the 21st September.
As we all know daveu was the victor (is nws out of therapy yet?) by three points from Clydestone with garstone coming in four points further behind, but in addition to that I kept a tally of who did best in the score/result/attendance. Perhaps re-igniting the controversy around attendance guesses, Bernie prevailed in the attendance section, but in a dire run of form towards the end of the season almost succumbed to royalstone coming up on the rails.
As usual no appeals from anyone without a vowel in their username...
Overall Score | Overall Score | Most Correct Score | Most Correct Score | Most Correct Outcome | Most Correct Outcome | Most Correct Attendance | Most Correct Attendance | |||
daveu | 123 | daveu | 9 | jdl | 21 | Bernie | 7 | |||
Clydestone | 120 | nws | 7 | Bernie | 18 | royalstone | 6 | |||
garstone | 116 | Clydestone | 7 | garstone | 18 | Clydestone | 4 | |||
Bernie | 115 | Pigbag | 6 | royalstone | 17 | bear5 | 4 | |||
Sword65 | 111 | Sword65 | 6 | Sennockian | 16 | barnstone | 4 | |||
nws | 111 | garstone | 6 | Clydestone | 16 | daveu | 3 | |||
royalstone | 107 | stewjm | 6 | Hongkongstone | 15 | Sword65 | 3 | |||
stewjm | 107 | bear5 | 6 | barnstone | 15 | everyone else | <3 | |||
bear5 | 107 | everyone else | <6 | everyone else | <15 |
And so to this season's fun competition (that means there's no prizes)...
Rules:
You can join anytime, but you must make your prediction in advance of kick off, I will ignore any predictions (or edits) made after a time when it appears beyond or close to kick off time. Points are awarded as follows:
1 pt just for posting a prediction
2 pts for getting the correct outcome (W/L/D)
5 pts for getting the correct score
2 pts for the closest attendance prediction, but 5pts if predicted exactly.
Predictions are welcome, please keep them to this thread - I might not see them elsewhere, and if you change your mind at any point, put a new post in by quoting your original one - I record them as they are posted and I might miss an edit. Good luck everyone!
Just to clarify for everyone - new and old to this - this only covers NLS games (and the play-offs if we get there). Feel free to predict cup games if you like, but they won't count for the table.
If you are posting a prediction within two hours of kick off, please also post the actual time of your prediction. When I come to include late predictions after the game, the time of posting is not always displayed accurately by the software and we don't want any arguments about Bernie posting late because there was a queue at the turnstile he was counting at
Keep it fun folks!
Update following the Enfield game.
After the storm of the Chelmsford event, older fans may have approached this game with some trepidation. For the youngsters here, this fixture was often perceived as the clash of the non-league titans (of the time) as for two or three seasons it seemed to be us and Enfield fighting out the top spots and the chance to receive the ritual disappointment of being unsuccessful in the ballot to join the Football League - yep if you think the Premier League is a closed shop with it's own rules for self-interest and protectionism, have a look at the old FL re-election process. You'll find it filed under "Old Boys Network" </cynic mode>
In contrast there were points aplenty this week although not one of us felt that Stones would achieve that result, although jte was close with 2-4. Too many (15) to mention individually this week picking up two points for the victory, but no one in last week's top four picked up more than a point which has tightened things up at the top. Bizarrely Holysmokes66 and I both got 2 points for the attendance as we were each 9 either side of the official attendance of 984.
It's a return to the FA Cup this weekend, no romantic return to Steyning - partially because of the draw but mainly because they lost to an injury time own goal at home to Merstham in the previous round. No predictions in cup competitions so no one has to worry about jinxing the team. Next up predictions wise is Chesham for the 21st September.
Name | Previous total | Prediction made | Correct score | Correct outcome | Closest attendance | Total |
Raymondo316 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
garstone | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
stewjm | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
geoffrey | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
aristotle | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
royalstone | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
Sennockian | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Sword65 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
pigbag | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
Yorkshirestone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
nws | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Hongkongstone | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Scooby | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
jdl | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
shamstone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
daveu | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
thescribe | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Benny | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Clydestone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
pwoodstone | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Deadly | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
jte | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
bear5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
1018 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
barnstone | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Holysmokes66 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Dan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Long gone | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
maxthestone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
meerkat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Terry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Stonethecrow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
ade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
jackster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Harry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rob | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |