Prediction League - Match day 1

[Blue Maniac]

The start of the season is almost here. After testing out the new system in pre-season (thanks to the four people who helped out) I've decided on a couple of things. Firstly, weekend rounds can include Friday, Saturday and Sunday fixtures unless specifically stated otherwise, but it would be helpful if you could point out what day the relevant games are on. For example, your submission for this weekend might look like this:

Sheffield United (Friday)
Aberdeen, Leicester, Celtic, Doncaster, Cruzeiro, AB (Saturday)
Derby, Werder Bremen, Hearts (Sunday)

Secondly, submissions should not be posted in any thread. I thought I was okay with it, but I'm not. It's far too easy for me to lose, miss, ignore or otherwise overlook them. They can be sent by PM, or if you've got my phone number you can text them to me.

Finally, my team rankings file - which is still a work in progress - will be posted in the very near future.

Round 1 fixtures are as follows:

Group A
Blaarev v Vulpine
camberwell fox v foxybru
fox58 v Blaby blue blood
Macky v Doug
MUSSWELL_FOX v Xowie
OldGit v RNG
Orifice v Dour
pork pie fox v FOX Franks
RotherhamFox93 v Bobbins
SJN-Fox v Dunmow Fox

Group B
beaumontfox v glyn
Blue Maniac v cornishfox
bocadillo v gregs_y2k
Brown Nose v jas123
Dorset Fox v Desert Fox
GazLCFC v LCFC'sGodWears9
give_us_a_wave v Jeff
Han v Mawsley
jb5000 v spionfox
Mandy33 v Motown Fox

Remember, you need to pick a maximum of ten teams.

You are not required to pick teams from this country, but some potential big scorers this weekend in the Football League are Barnsley (25), Bradford (26) and Mansfield (27).

cornishfox should send this week's predictions to bocadillo.

 

[Motown Fox]

Remind me what is the position with a draw.
Rather than predict a win for Team X againt Team Y what if you said the game would be a draw and it was.

 

[Blaarev]

Remind me what is the position with a draw.
Rather than predict a win for Team X againt Team Y what if you said the game would be a draw and it was.

I don't think it's allowed to predict draws

 

[Mawsley]

I don't think it's allowed to predict draws

Think?

THINK?

I knew you were fibbing when you told BM you understood his competition.

 

[Blaarev]

Think?

THINK?

I knew you were fibbing when you told BM you understood his competition.

I know

 

[Blue Maniac]

Remind me what is the position with a draw.
Rather than predict a win for Team X againt Team Y what if you said the game would be a draw and it was.

Boc asked about this in the pre-season thread. I did say it could be considered and incorporated into the rules if people thought it would be good, but nobody even commented on it. As a number of people have already submitted their predictions, it would be inappropriate to move the goalposts now. It's under consideration for next season, but even then it'll only be done if PL members vote for change.

 

[jas123]

Where are the fixtures for week 1?

 

[Jeff]

Where are the fixtures for week 1?

Read the rules.

 

[jas123]

Just did oops. Have you got blue maniacs number easier to text

 

[Motown Fox]

Just did oops. Have you got blue maniacs number easier to text

Yeah then BM and Jas could also text eachother about the City matches etc.


A match made in ....

 

[spionfox]

It's under consideration for next season......

**** me. What commitment. And this is before the shambles that is this season has even started properly :icon_lol:

 

[Mawsley]

Just did oops. Have you got blue maniacs number easier to text

There isn't a smiley icon good enough to depict my current laughter.

 

[Mawsley]

Just did oops. Have you got blue maniacs number easier to text

Sorry, that didn't really help you did it.

079692556236

There you go.

 

[Blaarev]

There isn't a smiley icon good enough to depict my current laughter.

No, but this should depict BM's facial expression when he read it first quite well I think:

 

[give_us_a_wave]

I'm worried.I've got Jeff in the 1st Round.I have no idea what he really looks like but since his avatar hasn't changed since I've been here I can't shake the impression that I'm playing against Collina.

& who knows more about match fixing than an Italian ref? :icon_eek:

 

[spionfox]

I'm worried.I've got Jeff in the 1st Round.I have no idea what he really looks like but since his avatar hasn't changed since I've been here I can't shake the impression that I'm playing against Collina.

There was a picture posted of him once. Think less Pierluigi Collina and more Christopher Biggins :icon_lol:

 

[bocadillo]

I'm worried.I've got Jeff in the 1st Round.I have no idea what he really looks like

Here's a picture of him on holiday a few years ago.

 

[Mawsley]

When does this shambles start?

 

[give_us_a_wave]

Here's a picture of him on holiday a few years ago.

Surely some mistake? That would appear to be a photo of an American gentleman with a very large gun & a presumably miniscule penis.

 

[Jeff]

Surely some mistake? That would appear to be a photo of an American gentleman with a very large gun & a presumably miniscule penis.

Can't be me then. I'm not American and I don't have a gun.