Guildford's Premiership Prediction Game 2010-11

[Martyn]

We have 14 entrants from the forum, 2 extras (as per the Championship game, my son aka Guildford Junior and his mate Scunthorpe Chris) and, for comparison, the experts of Guardian Unlimited, Sky Sports and the Daily Mail.

Positions after the first round of matches:

1 98 Twiggster
2 102 CSA
3 104 becchio bear
3 104 Guildford Junior
3 104 kev_g
6 106 1964white
6 106 Daily Mail
6 106 Sky Sports
9 112 Guildford White
9 112 Scunthorpe Chris
11 114 PaulUSA
12 116 dezzy
13 118 Harry of Oz
13 118 Velotrax
15 120 Guardian
16 122 Idj90
17 126 matt leeds
18 130 revieboy
19 134 Gandalf

Just for information, the winners normally score around the 56 to 64 mark. These are very early days indeed.

[kev_g]

Nice to see I'm beating the 'experts' in both this and the championship league!

[Twiggster]

Nice to see I'm beating the 'experts' in both this and the championship league!

No you are NOT! I'm top of the heap in the Prem forecasts!

[Martyn]

No you are NOT! I'm top of the heap in the Prem forecasts!

Not any more.

Positions after Sunday's games:


1 104 Harry of Oz
2 108 Guardian
2 108 Idj90
2 108 matt leeds
5 110 Guildford Junior
5 110 Scunthorpe Chris
7 112 kev_g
8 114 CSA
8 114 Guildford White
10 116 1964white
10 116 Daily Mail
12 118 Gandalf
12 118 Sky Sports
12 118 Velotrax
15 120 Twiggster
16 122 becchio bear
16 122 dezzy
16 122 PaulUSA
19 132 revieboy

The poster with the highest number of correct predictions at the moment is Becchio Bear with 3 correct predictions ( Man Utd 3rd, Fulham 13th and, unbelievably, Blackpool 10th)

[Martyn]

End of August update:

We are all losing out to the pundits from The Grauniad at the moment, but among "real" people, the lead is shared between Scunthorpe Chris, my son's mate, and Twiggster.


1 94 Guardian
2 96 Scunthorpe Chris
2 96 Twiggster
4 98 Idj90
4 98 kev_g
4 98 matt leeds
7 100 Daily Mail
7 100 Harry of Oz
7 100 Sky Sports
10 102 Guildford Junior
10 102 Velotrax
12 104 dezzy
12 104 Guildford White
14 106 PaulUSA
15 108 CSA
15 108 revieboy
17 110 1964white
17 110 Gandalf
19 112 becchio bear

[revieboy]

Good thing its a marathon and not a sprint

[matt leeds]

Good thing its a marathon and not a sprint

Good thing for you revieboy.............

[Twiggster]

Weirdest comp ever! I went from first to 15th last week - now I'm joint 2nd!

[Martyn]

Weirdest comp ever! I went from first to 15th last week - now I'm joint 2nd!

Largely because the table is extremely volatile right now, it will settle down when we've had around 10 games. Then the fun starts.

[Martyn]

The September results are now in, and a huge leap by our Antipodean friend (no, not Kilkenny). HarryofOz improved by 34 points on his August score to take the lead.

Columns are: (1) Position (2) Score (3) Previous months score (4) Improvement

1 66 100 -34 Harry of Oz
2 68 94 -26 Guardian
3 72 100 -28 Sky Sports
4 74 102 -28 Velotrax
5 78 100 -22 Daily Mail
5 78 104 -26 dezzy
5 78 98 -20 kev_g
5 78 106 -28 PaulUSA
9 80 110 -30 1964white
9 80 104 -24 Guildford White
9 80 96 -16 Scunthorpe Chris
12 82 96 -14 Twiggster
13 84 108 -24 CSA
13 84 98 -14 matt leeds
15 88 102 -14 Guildford Junior
16 90 110 -20 Gandalf
17 92 112 -20 becchio bear
18 98 98 0 Idj90
19 102 108 -6 revieboy

[Martyn]

Not doing quite so well here BB. :-(

[Martyn]

October update:

Pos Score Sep Diff
1 62 84 -22 Guardian
2 70 88 -18 Velotrax
3 78 92 -14 dezzy
3 78 80 -2 Harry of Oz
5 80 110 -30 Idj90
5 80 92 -12 PaulUSA
5 80 88 -8 Sky Sports
8 82 92 -10 Daily Mail
9 84 104 -20 Gandalf
9 84 96 -12 Scunthorpe Chris
9 84 90 -6 Twiggster
12 88 92 -4 matt leeds
13 90 98 -8 CSA
13 90 116 -26 revieboy
15 92 94 -2 1964white
15 92 92 0 Guildford White
15 92 94 -2 kev_g
18 98 100 -2 Guildford Junior
19 106 108 -2 becchio bear

[Twiggster]

HEEEYYY! Up from 12th to 9th! Doing better than Leeds! :mrgreen:

[matt leeds]

12th - Matching the Mighty Leeds.

[Martyn]

November positions:

Pos Score Oct Diff
1 68 62 6 Guardian
2 74 84 -10 Scunthorpe Chris
3 78 80 -2 Sky Sports
4 80 82 -2 Daily Mail
4 80 78 2 dezzy
6 82 78 4 Harry of Oz
7 84 70 14 Velotrax
8 88 80 8 PaulUSA
9 90 84 6 Gandalf
10 92 98 -6 Guildford Junior
10 92 92 0 Guildford White
10 92 88 4 matt leeds
10 92 84 8 Twiggster
14 94 92 2 1964white
15 96 90 6 CSA
15 96 92 4 kev_g
17 102 106 -4 becchio bear
17 102 90 12 revieboy
19 108 80 28 Idj90

[Twiggster]

Cheers Guildford! I'm doing no better here than on Anna's prediction league...
Bugger of a League to predict tho...

[Martyn]

Positions as we exit 2010:

Pos Score Nov Diff
1 74 74 0 Scunthorpe Chris
2 76 68 8 Guardian
3 80 92 -12 Guildford Junior
3 80 92 -12 Guildford White
5 82 96 -14 CSA
5 82 80 2 Daily Mail
7 86 78 8 Sky Sports
8 88 96 -8 kev_g
9 92 90 2 Gandalf
9 92 82 10 Harry of Oz
9 92 102 -10 revieboy
12 94 94 0 1964white
13 96 102 -6 becchio bear
13 96 80 16 dezzy
15 98 92 6 Twiggster
16 100 88 12 PaulUSA
17 102 84 18 Velotrax
18 104 92 12 matt leeds
19 108 108 0 Idj90

[Twiggster]

Chelski and the arse letting me down Tho how I've dropped so low, when Citeh are doing so well???

[Velotrax]

Chelski and the arse letting me down Tho how I've dropped so low, when Citeh are doing so well???

And I'm free falling FFS!!

[dezzy]

ouch!! not doing good