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HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - Lord Snooty - 19-02-2024
2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score
(correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Random Badger gives you 2 points
The random badger
is used for any random prediction used once in each matchday sequence. For instance, a scorer at a particular match, the number of red cards in the matches or yellow cards or own goals or owt you want really within reason, I do need to be able to check whether it's correct or not. Please don't put stuff like....."Commentator says...." 
The joker
is played for one match in each sequence and if correct you get double points. So if you've predicted 1-0 and it finishes 2-0, you get 4 pts, but if you've predicted 2-0, that's 8 pts. But if you get it wrong, it's minus 2.Jokers and badgers are optional. You don't have to play one if you don't want.
The prize for winning the league is one rep point.
Cup games: In the event of a draw, it's half the points if you've predicted a draw when it gets to 90 mins and the full points if it's still a draw after extra time. Half the points will be awarded for correctly predicting the winner of the match if it goes to penalties. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.
Random score generator: I will be using the random score generator again for those who miss predicting, so we shouldn't get some people too far behind that after missing a couple of weeks they lose all interest, because I know it's not easy getting on here every week.
To be fair to everybody, this is going to be like, say if three people in one week miss their predictions, the first one in the table will be given all 0-0, the second one down the line will get 1-0 and the third will get 0-1 and so on, like if there's four missing the 4th will get 1-1, then 5th 2-1, 6th 1-2. and if there are so many missing, might as well pack in.
And if you miss two weeks on the trot, I'll stop until you come back on again. Not doing it for half a season like I did t'other year.
End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.
The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point.
So we have a new format for this season, which I put forward as an idea at the end of last season. Nobody offered any objections so here it is explained......
Firstly, I thought it was getting a bit boring towards the end with the league format as it was with the champion being so far ahead and everybody else not much to play for apart from the push for a play off spot, which was a bit of an anticlimax anyway. The most exciting bit was the tussle for 8th, 9th and 10th positions with Shep, Ritchie and Amelia.
So I'm splitting the group up into two groups with the top six from last season in the top group and the bottom six in group 2. At the end of the season, the winner of group 2 and the bottom of group 1 will swap places in what is commonly known as "promotion" and "relegation". It's something that most football fans will be familiar with, unless you're a fan of Liverpool or Arsenal or one of those other fashionable clubs.
The second placed player in group 2 will then have a play off with the player who finishes second from the bottom in group 1 to decide whether they will be going up, down or staying where they are.
We're going to have two seasons in one though, just to try and make it a bit more interesting and not so long drawn out. The first season will end on the Boxing Day fixtures, with the play offs being on the dates of the Twixtmas fixtures and the NYD fixtures.
The second season will start the following week, finishing on the last game of the Championship season. Then another period of relegation/promotion play off games, taking in such fixtures as the EFL play offs, FA Cup Final, UEFA finals and such like.
Each group will have it's own set of fixtures. Both groups will have the Town games, with scorers to predict as before. Then it will be a split of Championship fixtures and bonus matches. And not as many fixtures to go at. Hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.
The rest of the rules will be the same as before apart from the
which will still be in use, but I'm going to get arsey about it. Sometimes in the past, I've been able to just award two points immediately because it was such a nailed on thing to happen. Not accusing anyone of cheating. Far from it. I didn't put any boundaries on it, so anything was alright. So now I'm restricting it to three goal scorers in any of the games in your group. Sorry to all our more adventurous badgerers.Here's how that will appear at the end of the fixture list. All you have to do is fill in the blanks.......
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***Any of those will score two points if correct. No minus points for getting it wrong.
The joker
will still be the same as before, ie doubling your points for a correct prediction or minus 2 for getting it wrong.Postponed matches will only count if the match is re-played before the next Matchday is under way. Abandoned matches will be awarded half the points for the score at the time of abandonment, so 1 point if you have the correct result, 2 points if you have the correct score.
Substitute
:- These will be only be allowed if you change them before the match involved has kicked off.Division One table after Matchday 7:
- ritchiebaby = 174 pts
- St Charles Owl = 164 pts
- Lord Snooty = 162 pts
- jjamez = 160 pts
- Baggiebob(BBB) = 154 pts
- themaclad = 134 pts
Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City v Preston North End
Leeds United v Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford v Town
Town scorers:
Watford scorers:
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City
Cardiff City v Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal v Newcastle United (20:00)
Monday:
West Ham United v Brentford
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea v Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City
Wednesday:
Liverpool v Southampton
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***Division Two table after Matchday 7:
- theo_luddite = 154 pts
- Devongone = 153 pts
- neonfoxinthebox = 146 pts
- SHEP_HTAFC = 140 pts
- Amelia Chaffinch = 106 pts
- WakeyTerrier = 93 pts
Friday February 23rd:
Leeds United v Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford v Town
Town scorers:
Watford scorers:
Ipswich Town v Birmingham City
Middlesbrough v Plymouth Argyle
Queens Park Rangers v Rotherham United
Southampton v Millwall
Sunderland v Swansea City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Crystal Palace v Burnley
Sunday:
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sheffield United (13:30)
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea v Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Monday:
Coventry City v Maidstone United
Tuesday:
Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle United
Luton Town v Manchester City
Wednesday:
Chelsea v Leeds United
National League:
Tuesday:
Barnet v Chesterfield
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***The FA Cup games have to be finished on the night, so if you're predicting a draw you could gain an extra point for stating an eventual winner.
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - themaclad - 21-02-2024
Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City1 v1 Preston North End
Leeds United1 v 1Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford 1v0 Town
Town scorers:
Watford scorers:Asprilla
Hull City 2v 1West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers1 v 1Norwich City
Cardiff City1 v0 Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday1 v1 Bristol City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal 2v 1Newcastle United (20:00)
Monday:
West Ham United0 v 1Brentford
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea 1v 2Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth1 v0 Leicester City
Wednesday:
Liverpool3 v 0Southampton
Nottingham Forest 0v 2Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers1 v2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian2 v 1Hibernian
Badger Salah scores for Liverpool
Badger Saka scores for Arsenal
Badger Szmodics scores for Blackburn
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - Lord Snooty - 22-02-2024
Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City 2-2 Preston North End
Leeds United 3-0 Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford 0-1 Town
Town scorers: Mr Bojangles
Watford scorers:
Hull City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Norwich City
Cardiff City 2-1 Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Bristol City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal 4-2 Newcastle United (20:00)
Monday:
West Ham United 1-2 Brentford
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Leicester City
Wednesday:
Liverpool 4-0 Southampton
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester United (Man Utd win)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian 2-1 Hibernian
Mac Allister scores for Liverpool Thomas scores for Huddersfield Town Cadamarteri scores for Sheffield Wednesday
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - Baggiebob(BBB) - 22-02-2024
Division One table after Matchday 7:
TESTING - TESTING - TESTING INCREASED TO 200 TO GET THIS.
[*]ritchiebaby = 174 pts
[*]St Charles Owl = 164 pts
[*]Lord Snooty = 162 pts
[*]jjamez = 160 pts
[*]Baggiebob(BBB) = 154 pts
[*]themaclad = 134 pts
Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City v Preston North End 1-O
Leeds United v Leicester City O-1
Saturday February 24th:
Watford v Town
Town scorers:
Watford scorers:
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City
Cardiff City v Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal v Newcastle United (20:00)
Monday:
West Ham United v Brentford
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea v Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City
Wednesday:
Liverpool v Southampton
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian
*** scores for *** *** scores for *** *** scores for ***Oh and thanks for understanding last week's scores as to who won..
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - Lord Snooty - 22-02-2024
Try copying this one, Bob......
Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City v Preston North End
Leeds United v Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford v Town
Town scorers:
Watford scorers:
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City
Cardiff City v Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal v Newcastle United (20:00)
Monday:
West Ham United v Brentford
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea v Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City
Wednesday:
Liverpool v Southampton
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion
Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian
Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***
Badger *** scores for ***
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - Baggiebob(BBB) - 22-02-2024
(22-02-2024, 20:32)Lord Snooty Wrote: Try copying this one, Bob......
Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City v Preston North End 1-O
Leeds United v Leicester City 1-2
Saturday February 24th:
Watford v Town 3-2
Town scorers: RUDONI HELIK
Watford scorers: SAYO APRILLA RAJOVIC
Hull City v West Bromwich Albion (12:30) O-1
Blackburn Rovers v Norwich City O-1
Cardiff City v Stoke City 1-O
Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City O-1
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal v Newcastle United (20:00) 1-O
Monday:
West Ham United v Brentford O-1
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea v Liverpool (15:00) 2-1
FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City 2-1
Wednesday:
Liverpool v Southampton 2-1
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United 1-2
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3
Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian v Hibernian 2-O GB/JOKER
Badger *** scores for *** SMODIC BLACK BURN
Badger *** scores for *** SOLANKE - BM'TH
Badger *** scores for *** SHANKARAND -HEARTS
THANKS FOR HELP THEO & mE LORD. TA
All's well my friend if you can see my post - RTF - the next rounds on me - water was it? !!
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - theo_luddite - 22-02-2024
Friday February 23rd:
Leeds United 2v2 Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford 2v2 Town
Town scorers: Burgzorg, Kasumu
Watford scorers: Rajovic, Asprilla
Ipswich Town 2v1 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough 1v0 Plymouth Argyle
Queens Park Rangers 2v2 Rotherham United
Southampton 4v0 Millwall
Sunderland 1v1 Swansea City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Crystal Palace 2v1 Burnley
Sunday:
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3v1 Sheffield United (13:30)
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea 2v3 Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Monday:
Coventry City 5v0 Maidstone United
Tuesday:
Blackburn Rovers 1v3 Newcastle United
Luton Town 1v3 Manchester City
Wednesday:
Chelsea 2v1 Leeds United
National League:
Tuesday:
Barnet 1v1 Chesterfield
Nunez scores for Liverpool Diaz scores for Liverpool Haaland scores for Man CityNot really sure what you've set to 200 BBB but at least you've only managed to set the first row to 1pt text size this week when by default it's around 3 or 4.
As Snoots has suggested, give the text formatting a miss, most of the rest of us do, and it all works just fine.
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - St Charles Owl - 22-02-2024
Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City 2 v 1 Preston North End
Leeds United 2 v 2 Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford 2 v 1 Town
Town scorers: Koroma
Watford scorers: Asprilla, Rajovic
Hull City 2 v 2 West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers 1 v 2 Norwich City
Cardiff City 2 v 1 Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday 2 v 1 Bristol City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal 3 v 1 Newcastle United (20:00)
Monday:
West Ham United 2 v 1 Brentford
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea 1 v 3 Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth 1 v 2 Leicester City
Wednesday:
Liverpool 2 v 1 Southampton
Nottingham Forest 1 v 2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 v 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian 3 v 1 Hibernian
Badger Saka scores for Arsenal
Badger Vardy scores for Leicester
Badger Salah scores for Liverpool
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - jjamez - 23-02-2024
Friday February 23rd:
Coventry City 2-0 Preston North End
Leeds United 1-1 Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford 2-1 Town
Town scorers: koroma
Watford scorers: rajovic, asprilla
Hull City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Norwich City
Cardiff City 1-1 Stoke City
Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Bristol City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Arsenal 2-1 Newcastle United (20:00)
Monday:
West Ham United 0-1 Brentford
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Tuesday:
AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Leicester City
Wednesday:
Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
Scottish Premiership:
Wednesday:
Heart of Midlothian 2-0 Hibernian
Badger salah scores for Liverpool
Badger solanke scores for Bournemouth
Badger hojlund scores for manure
RE: HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 8 - SHEP_HTAFC - 23-02-2024
Friday February 23rd:
Leeds United 2 v 2 Leicester City
Saturday February 24th:
Watford 2 v 1 Town
Town scorers: Koroma
Watford scorers: Rajovic, Asprilla
Ipswich Town 3 v 1 Birmingham City
Middlesbrough 3 v 0 Plymouth Argyle
Queens Park Rangers 2 v 1 Rotherham United
Southampton 4 v 2 Millwall
Sunderland 1 v 0 Swansea City
Bonus matches:
Premier League:
Saturday:
Crystal Palace 2 v 1 Burnley
Sunday:
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 v 0 Sheffield United (13:30)
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Chelsea 2 v 3 Liverpool (15:00)
FA Cup 5th rd:
Monday:
Coventry City 4 v 1 Maidstone United
Tuesday:
Blackburn Rovers 1 v 3 Newcastle United
Luton Town 1 v 4 Manchester City
Wednesday:
Chelsea 3 v 1 Leeds United
National League:
Tuesday:
Barnet 1 v 0 Chesterfield
Salah scores for Liverpool N Jackson scores for Chelsea Haaland scores for Man City