biggish data

RKL and Andrew&Bethany got into double figures; everybody else sucked elephant balls. That pretty much sums up this week's efforts. A new record achieved as well with not one but two zeros scored, that weren't due to non-predicting.

So without any further ado......

Scores:

RKL - 15
Andrew&Bethany - 12
Nicky - 7
NotworkSte - 5
Rob&Mel - 5
NotworkSte - 5
Damian - 4
Visacat - 2
Fozzie - 2
Pooky - 0
Doris - 0

Table:

Damian - 88 (2)
Andrew&Bethany - 69 (2)
Visacat - 59 (2)
Rob&Mel - 59 (2)
RKL - 59 (2)
Doris - 57 (2)
NotworkSte - 57 (2)
Nicky - 56 (2)
Fozzie - 41 (2)
Pooky - 31 (2)

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-27 13:58:00

This week's games (hopefully, free of #######-ups):

Citeh 2 Chelsea 2
Arsenal 2 Baggies 0
Fulham 1 Everton 2
Liverpool 2 Sunderland 0
Hammers 1 Spurs 3 (bye bye Avram)
Bolton 0 Man Utd 2
Wolves 1 Villa 1
Toon 2 Stoke 1
Pompey 1 Leicester 0*
Owls 0 Saints 3

*Please note that this game is on FRIDAY NIGHT.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-20 18:26:00

Another fairly evenly spread week, with another top score for yours truly - nearly 30pts ahead of my nearest challenger now. B-)

. It's still early days, but Pookster/Fozzie, I'd be giving serious consideration to some joker action if I were you, before you fall too far behind.

Speaking of falling behind, it looks like we've lost Mags & Maven, so we're down to 10 now.

Scores:

Damian - 19
Andrew&Bethany - 13
Rob&Mel - 12
NotworkSte - 11
RKL - 11
Doris - 9
Visacat - 8
Fozzie - 6
Nicky - 4
Pooky - 2

Table:

Damian - 84 (2)
Visacat - 57 (2)
Doris - 57 (2)
Andrew&Bethany - 57 (2)
Rob&Mel - 54 (2)
NotworkSte - 52 (2)
Nicky - 49 (2)
RKL - 44 (2)
Fozzie - 39 (2)
Pooky - 31 (2)

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-20 18:18:00

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Pompey game isn't the right one for this Saturday.

Yup, another balls-up. That game will be scratched from this week's tally. My apologies.

very pleased Damo was spared having to eat a $hit sandwich

Me too, although tbf, I don't ever recall mentioning bread anywhere in the equation.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-20 18:11:00

On Sunday I will look like a genius. You heard i here first ;-)

If this happens, I will eat a plate of my own faeces. You heard it here first.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-15 15:42:00

This week's games:

Villa 2 Bolton 1
Everton 2 Toon 0
Spurs 3 Wolves 0
Sunderland 1 Arsenal 1
Man Utd 3 Liverpool 1
Wigan 0 Citeh 2
Chelsea 4 Blackpool 0
Palace 1 Pompey 0
Saints 2 Colchester 0

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-14 11:35:00

OK, I spotted my own #### up, but the site won't let me edit the post, so here's the correct one (Nicky, you got 16, not 15)

Scores:

Damian - 16
Nicky - 16
Doris - 15
NotworkSte - 14
Rob&Mel - 14
RKL - 11
Pooky - 7
Visacat - 7
Fozzie - 6
Andrew&Bethany - 6
Mags - 6*
Maven - 6*

*PC Penalty - failed to predict.

Table:

Damian - 65 (2)
Visacat - 49 (2)
Doris - 48 (2)
Mags - 46 (2)
Nicky - 45 (2)
Andrew&Bethany - 44 (2)
Rob&Mel - 42 (2)
NotworkSte - 41 (2)
Fozzie - 33 (2)
RKL - 33 (2)
Pooky - 29 (2)
Elmcitymaven - 24 (2)

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-14 10:50:00

A fairly even spread this week, with most of us the 11-16pts range. A couple of duff scores to boot, and a second consecutive PC penalty for Maven (as well as one for Mags). Remember, bud, three-in-a-row and I assume you're not arsed with it.

Significantly, the low scorers were the higher placed players - with one exception :whistle:

- meaning I extend my lead at the top to a healthy 17pts. But after what happened last year, there's no chicken counting going on yet!!

As usual, folks, please check your scores.

Scores:

Damian - 16
Nicky - 15
Doris - 15
NotworkSte - 14
Rob&Mel - 14
RKL - 11
Pooky - 7
Visacat - 7
Fozzie - 6
Andrew&Bethany - 6
Mags - 6*
Maven - 6*

*PC Penalty - failed to predict.

Table:

Damian - 65 (2)
Visacat - 49 (2)
Doris - 48 (2)
Mags - 46 (2)
Andrew&Bethany - 44 (2)
Nicky - 44 (2)
Rob&Mel - 42 (2)
NotworkSte - 41 (2)
Fozzie - 33 (2)
RKL - 33 (2)
Pooky - 29 (2)
Elmcitymaven - 24 (2)

Edited by Damian P, 14 September 2010 - 10:45 AM.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-14 10:40:00

So can I still stick some scores in for next week? I completely lost track of time last week.

Of course you can, mate. As long as they're in before the first match kicks off, it's all good. These international breaks just throw me is all.

So i was away over the weekend and didnt get around to posting predictions. However as only one game was played over the weekend and all the rest are this coming weekend I will throw my predos in. I of course understand if they are not accepted.

What I said to Mags.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-08 13:27:00

Is the deadline today? The games are next weekend.

You're right, Fozzie, they are (apart from the Saints game, which was played on saturday, and we amusingly lost at home so it makes no difference to the scoring). As I mentioned previously, you'll get used to these f**k ups. :thumbs:

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-07 10:38:00

Thanks for keeping track of all this, Damian.

You're most welcome, Doris.

have to say I think I got 10 points this week, not 8. Heres how I saw it...

Blackburn 1:1 Arsenal (Actual 1-2, 0pts)
Chelsea 4:1 Stoke (Actual 2-0, 2pts)
Spurs 3:1 Wigan (Actual 0-1, 0pts)
Wolves 2:2 Toon (Actual 1-1, 2pts)*Any draw other than an exact score = 2pts
Liverpool 2:0 Baggies (Actual 1-0, 2pts)
Sunderland 1:1 Citeh (Actual 1-0, 0pts)
Villa 1:2 Everton (Actual 1-0, 0pts)
Man U 3:1 West Ham (Actual 3-0, 2pts)
Pompey 0:3 Cardiff (Actual 0-2, 2pts)
Bristol Rovers 1:0 Saints (Actual 0-4, 0pts)

You are correct, Fozzie; table amended accordingly. My apologies.

Damian - 49 (2)
Visacat - 42 (2)
Mags - 40 (2)
Andrew&Bethany - 38 (2)
Doris - 33 (2)
Nicky - 29 (2)
Rob&Mel - 28 (2)
NotworkSte - 27 (2)
Fozzie - 26 (2)
RKL - 22 (2)
Pooky - 22 (2)
Elmcitymaven - 18 (2)

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-02 17:41:00

This week's games:

Everton 2 Man Utd 2
Arsenal 3 Bolton 1
Fulham 2 Wolves 1
Citeh 2 Blackburn 0
Toon 2 Blackpool 0
Baggies 1 Spurs 1
Hammers 0 Chelsea 3
Brum 1 Liverpool 2
Stoke 0 Villa 1
Pompey 1 Ipswich 2
Saints 3 Rochdale 0

Damian P

Male

England

2010-09-01 17:03:00

I didn't do well, but I'm certain Damo can't count - I make my score 14 (still poo )

I'd ask for a recount.

The Pookster makes a valid point - I did #### up his score (although you were wrong too - it's 13, not 14).

Folks, please check your scores. If I #### it up, don't hesitate to bring it to my attention.

Pookster, your breakdown:

Blackburn 0:2 Arsenal (Actual 1-2, 2pts)
Chelsea 5:1 Stoke (Actual 2-0, 2pts)
Spurs 5:0 Wigan (Actual 0-1, 0pts)
Wolves 2:2 Toon (Actual 1-1, 2pts)*Any draw other than an exact score = 2pts
Liverpool 1:1 Baggies (Actual 1-0, 0pts)
Sunderland 0:3 Citeh (Actual 1-0, 0pts)
Villa 1:1 Everton (Actual 1-0, 0pts)
Man U 4:0 West Ham (Actual 3-0, 2pts)
Pompey 0:2 Cardiff (Exact score, 5pts)
Bristol Rovers 2:1 Saints (Actual 0-4, 0pts)

= 13pts.

Table adjusted accordingly:

Damian - 49 (2)
Visacat - 42 (2)
Mags - 40 (2)
Andrew&Bethany - 38 (2)
Doris - 33 (2)
Nicky - 29 (2)
Rob&Mel - 28 (2)
NotworkSte - 27 (2)
Fozzie - 24 (2)
RKL - 22 (2)
Pooky - 22 (2)
Elmcitymaven - 18 (2)

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-31 10:56:00

Week 3 sees the first stellar score of the season - a hefty 26 from me that puts me on top of the table. Marvelous. Pretty evenly spread out amongst everyone else, and not the worse PC penalty ever dished out for Maven.

Scores:

Damian - 26
Mags - 19
Visacat - 17
Doris - 16
Andrew&Bethany - 15
Rob&Mel - 13
Nicky - 12
Pooky - 11
NotworkSte - 9
RKL - 8
Fozzie - 8
Elmcitymaven - 8*

Table:

Damian - 49 (2)
Visacat - 42 (2)
Mags - 40 (2)
Andrew&Bethany - 38 (2)
Doris - 33 (2)
Nicky - 29 (2)
Rob&Mel - 28 (2)
NotworkSte - 27 (2)
Fozzie - 24 (2)
RKL - 22 (2)
Pooky - 20 (2)
Elmcitymaven - 18 (2)

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-30 13:21:00

Still missing 3 predictions, folks (including Maven, naturally).

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-27 17:56:00

OK, first #### up of the season confirmed (and you'll get used to them, believe me): Man Utd are playing West Ham, not Wigan.

Doesn't change anything for me personally scorewise, but it might do for some of you.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-25 13:31:00

This week's games:

Blackburn 1 Arsenal 2
Chelsea 3 Stoke 0
Spurs 4 Wigan 0
Wolves 1 Toon 1
Liverpool 2 Baggies 0
Sunderland 1 Citeh 3
Villa 2 Everton 1
Man U 2 Wigan 0
Pompey 0 Cardiff 2
Bristol Rovers 1 Saints 2

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-24 17:02:00

Another week of fairly ####### scoring, yours truly posting this week's best effort with 14. Another poor week for Maven and Pooky, who are only seperated from the bottom spots by two players who I think have decided not to participate in our little compo this year after all, given that this is the second consecutive week they haven't predicted. Failure to do so this week will lead me to assume they're not interested and the table will be adjusted accordingly.

Scores:

Damian - 14
A&B - 13
Fozzie - 12
NotworkSte - 12
Mags - 12
Visacat - 9
Doris - 8
Nicky - 8
RKL - 8
Elmcitymaven - 4
Pooky - 4
Rob&Mel - 4
Goonergirl - 4*
TheMatrix*

*PC Penalty

Table:

Visacat - 25 (2)
Andrew&Bethany - 23 (2)
Damian - 23 (2)
Mags - 21 (2)
NotworkSte - 18 (2)
Nicky - 17 (2)
Doris - 17 (2)
Fozzie - 16 (2)
Rob&Mel - 15 (2)
RKL - 14 (2)
Elmcitymaven - 10 (2)
Pooky - 9 (2)
Goonergirl - 8 (2)
TheMatrix - 8 (2)

Edited by Damian P, 24 August 2010 - 04:46 PM.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-24 16:44:00

It's Friday and we're still waiting for 6 predictions. Just saying is all............. :whistle:

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-20 11:58:00

Predictions forthcoming shortly.

Translation:

"Predictions forthcoming at around midnight on Friday.."

Edited by Damian P, 16 August 2010 - 07:06 PM.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-16 19:05:00

This weekend's games:

Arsenal 3 Blackpool 0
Everton 2 Wolves 0
Stoke 1 Spurs 2
Wigan 0 Chelsea 3
Toon 1 Villa 2
Fulham 0 Man Utd 1
Citeh 2 Liverpool 2
Preston 1 Pompey 0
Saints 3 Leyton Orient 1

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-16 16:44:00

Well that's week one done and dusted for this year's compo, and it would be fair to say that it's been a fairly inauspicious start for most, with only three of our merry throng reaching double figures. Of the aforementioned three, Visacat jumps out to an early lead with 16pts, with Fozzie recording the week's lowest score with a dismal 4pts.

Two PC penalties already doled out, the recipients being Goonergirl and TheMatrix.

Scores:

Visacat - 16
R&M - 11
A&B - 10
Damian - 9
Mags - 9
Nicky - 9
Doris - 9
RKL - 6
ECM - 6
NotworkSte - 6
Pooky - 5
Fozzie - 4
Goonergirl - 4*
TheMatrix - 4*

*PC penalty

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-16 16:32:00

Just a quick update to let everyone know that the MK Dons v Saints match has been postponed due to the death of SFC owner, Markus Liebherr (RIP, and thanks for saving my club) so those yet to predict don't have to bother with that one.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-12 13:39:00

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 by Damian P, 10 August 2010 - 11:44 AM.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-10 11:44:00

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.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-09 15:49:00

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

Excellent - I shall add you to the list.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-05 17:32:00

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.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-05 17:08:00

Less than two weeks until KO, so just bumping this to see if we have any more takers.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-08-02 12:36:00

Oh, we're supposed to disclose who we support?

Yup - that's how I pick what teams' games we predict.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-07-26 13:17:00

Oh, and don't forget to tell us what team you support, as those are the games we predict - the participants teams'.

Damian P

Male

England

2010-07-19 15:21:00

Believe it or not, the EPL kicks off again in under a month, so I figured I may as well get this season's thread up and running. Post here if you have an interest in playing this time round (and any other UK footie related stuff ).

Damian P

Male

England

2010-07-19 12:39:00

QUOTE (Ellie-and-David @ Jun 9 2009, 10:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think the thing I dread about the whole situation the most, is navigating my way around London.

I can understand why non-London residents may think it's a scary proposition, but it's really easy (unless there's a tube strike on, which there is right now, in which case it becomes an utter nightmare). Nobody due for interview in the next 48hrs is there? Because I'd be allowing a whole load of extra journey time if I were you. Thank that arsewipe Bob Crow and his RMT cronies for that one.

Edited by Damian P, 09 June 2009 - 02:02 PM.

Damian P

Male

England

2009-06-09 14:02:00

QUOTE (MARM @ May 30 2009, 11:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Goodluck to the following for Monday!!!

1st June 2009....JimandChristy................K-1
1st June 2009....krystiandjon...................K-1

QUOTE (Damian P @ May 30 2009, 10:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's not the keys themselves that are the problem; it's the electronic fob that opens the central locking to which they're attached, that they won't allow in the embassy. And yes, there is a $5 charge at Goulds.

minor correction: its a 5 GBP charge, not $5.

Do you think that I might have used the dollar symbol due to the fact I don't have a pound symbol on my US keyboard, MARM?

Damian P

Male

England

2009-05-31 11:58:00

QUOTE (JimandChristy @ May 30 2009, 10:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Congrats!

I am due down there early Monday morning but it is the first time I've heard car keys not being allowed into the Embassy. The form I received with Packet 4 never mentioned this apart from phones, ipods etc. Was there a charge for leaving your car keys at Goulds Pharmacy?

It's not the keys themselves that are the problem; it's the electronic fob that opens the central locking to which they're attached, that they won't allow in the embassy. And yes, there is a $5 charge at Goulds.

Damian P

Male

England

2009-05-30 10:28:00

QUOTE (Gemma12nel @ May 20 2009, 04:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Don't panic about going to snappy snaps, theres a photo booth inside the london embassy...............

......................which isn't always operative (rather like their debit/credit card machine).

Just something to bear in mind.

Damian P

Male

England

2009-05-20 22:44:00

QUOTE (Gemmie @ May 19 2009, 07:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Awesome!

None of us are going to get any sleep the night before POE either.

Especially in my case where my friends are determined to get me drunk beyond belief (not gonna happen

) but still going to be partying all night regardless.

Yeah they will. I spent the last 72 hours in Blighty off my face - I slept just fine.

Damian P

Male

England

2009-05-19 09:50:00

QUOTE (prima and jay @ May 16 2009, 05:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

norway won! i mean ..........did you hear that song. Eurovision rocks for just the amount of jokes it gives you every year, its the gift that keeps on giving.

So are you telling me that one of the Baltic or former Soviet countries DIDN'T win for once!!???? Wow, somebody screwed up there. Terry Wogan must be chuffed to bits.

Damian P

Male

England

2009-05-16 17:47:00

QUOTE (Nik+Heather @ May 15 2009, 03:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ May 15 2009, 12:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It's so good you told me that...KLM/Northwest told me I wouldn't have to grab my baggage. Because this whole process has made me a paranoid spaz

, I just want to clarify:

1) My first flight is to Amsterdam, I won't need to collect baggage/take to the next point
2) Flight to Minneapolis -- I have to go to the New Immigrants line and give my fat brown envelope to the Dude
3) Grab baggage from baggage reclaim in Minneapolis and then change to Anchorage flight
4) Don't have to deal with that kinda process in Anchorage

Sounds right to me. The last time I had a few stops on an international flight (Berlin-London-Chicago) we had to check in a second time, but NOT handle luggage on the middle stop - Amsterdam for you. Be sure you confirm whether or not you have to make that extra step when you check in at London.

You are correct, Magpie. And what I think KLM/Northwest meant when they told you you wouldn't have to grab your luggage (I flew the same airline, btw

) is that it would be checked thru to the U.S. from your U.K. starting point, hence not having to collect it in Amsterdam. Double check that though. But you absolutely WILL have to pick it up in Minneapolis, and re-check it onto the Anchorage flight. That much I can guarantee.

Damian P

Male

England

2009-05-15 15:55:00