[St Charles Owl]

Premier League

Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
A.A.A. 12 0 5 NP 3 1
St Charles 11 1 2 5 NP 0
Snooty 10 0 5 5 -3 0
Bomber 8 2 3 -3 -3 0
B.B.B. 6 2 2 -3 -3 NP
Sanjay 5 0 3 -3 3 1
Amelia 1 0 3 -3 -3 1
Themaclad 0 1 1 -3 -3 0
Derby -3 0 1 -3 -3 1
Twerton -4 0 1 -3 -3 0

Not a great week of scoring this week, trouble playing with the balls seems to be a big issue again!!  AAA continues his good form to finish top with 12 points. he scored points on the most games this week but didn't get any CSs which kept his score down, he was one of only 2 players to get points on the bonus.  St Charles is in 2nd with 11 points, a CR on the Gamball always helps but he did suffer as he has played his Bonus on the Walsall game so missed out on potential points there.  Lord Snooty picks up another podium finish in 3rd on 10 points, like SCO a CR Gamball helps and like AAA scoring on 5 games will keep the score in double figures.

Bomber maintains his midtable mediocrity in 4th place with 8 points.  Statistically he was the best predictor this week, gaining points on 5 games and having 2 of them as CSs, but those balls stripped him of the points he gained.  BBB is in 5th, maintains his ability to restrict his poor scores during overall poor weeks, like Bomber he scored well but like most missed on all his balls, although for some reason he didn't play a scoreball at all!!  Sanjay rounds out the ones who did ok in 6th with 5 points, he was the other one to score on the Bonus.

Now to the stragglers, Amelia's shocking form continues although this week she was at least in positive territory in 7th with 1 point!!  Themaclad puts up a second zero in a row to keep him in the bottom 2 for sure.  I would like to say Derby went from hero to zero compared to last week, but the reality was he went from hero to -3!!  The only thing keeping him off last place was his scoreball.  Twerton had a mare this week, only scored on one game and missed on all his balls to finish last on -4!!

BBB - 202
St Charles - 181
Sanjay - 178
AAA - 156
Bomber - 146
Amelia - 126
Derby 122
Lord Snooty - 119
Twerton - 98
Themaclad - 94

Not a lot of change in the table.  BBB cracks the 200 point mark but his lead has shrunk slightly to SCO in 2nd with Sanjay falling to 3rd.  The gap to AAA in 4th is dropping but still stands at 22 points, with Bomber a further 10 points behind.  Amelia is now alone in 6th with Derby's minus score and Lord Snooty's fin form sees him just a few points behind both of them.  Twerton and Themaclad are now truly adrift, 23 points now separates them from Snooty.

Cheers
SCO

Championship

BaggieOne  13pts 0CS 4CR 5GB 3BB 1SB
Somerset    10pts 1CS 3CR 0GB 3BB 1SB
DD               9pts 1CS 4CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
Minizin         8pts 1CS 4CR 0GB -3BB 1SB
Joker           4pts 2CS 3CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Stairs          4pts 1CS 2CR 0GB -3BB 1SB
Lady Jane    2pts 1CS 3CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Silver           1pt 0CS 2CR 0GB -3BB 0SB
Zinman         1pt 0CS 2CR 0GB -3BB 0SB

For some reason I don't have much time to write a long commentary this week. Relatively low scores, BaggieOne and Somerset did ok, Silver and Zinman didn't.

Bah bloody humbug. Who came up with this game anyway?


OK, SCO's been in touch and apparently I have a contractual obligation to write no less than 150 words of erudite, witty prose each week in order to avoid him sending the boys round (clearly enforcement hasn't been great in previous weeks.) So, back to this week's glorious round of football predictions. BaggieOne heads the table despite failing to nail any correct scores. 4 correct results including the gamball, bonus and a scoreball point were enough to give him a 3 point lead at the top. Somerset was the other player to achieve double figures courtesy of a correct bonus result and his decision not to play the gamball.

Decent weeks also for DD and Minizin both with 1 correct score and 4 results (4 was as many as anyone got). DD lost points on the gamball but recovered them on his bonus. One of Mini's correct results was the gamball game but once again he chose not to play it costing him 3 valuable points.

Not such a great week for the rest of us. Joker was the only player to get more than one correct score but ballsed up his balls to drag his total down. Stairs got just 2 correct results but was spared further humiliation by declining his gamball. Lady Jane was another one to screw up her balls but at least she managed a point more than Silver and Zinman at the foot of the table. One of Silver's 2 correct predictions was the gamball but guess what? Yes, not played, and Zinman was robbed of points from an almost certain correct prediction on the postponed Walsall game (it's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.)

Minizin 188
Stairs 170
Zinman 169
DD 159
BaggieOne 155
Somerset 155
Silver 150
Joker 131
Lady Jane 107

Minizin stretches his lead at the top while Zinman's 9 week stint in the top 2 comes to an end as he's replaced in 2nd spot by Stairs. DD remains 4th and Silver's poor week sees him overtaken by both Somerset and BaggieOne with Joker dropping further behind the pack. Lady Jane remains bottom but has at least caught up with Beefy after his 4 week absence.

Zin

[St Charles Owl]

I make my score 10 ? Not 6pts

Saturday 30th Jan

Crystal Palace v Wolves 1-0  = 4pts  correct score
Albion v Fulham 0-1       = -3pts
Arsenal v Man.U 1-1            =  2pts  a draw
Southampton v Villa 0-1       = 4pts  correct score
Blues v Coventry 0-1              0pts  
Huddersfield v Stoke 1-0         0pts
Shef.Wed. v Preston 0-1         0pts
Walsall v Mansfield 1-0            P

Sunday 31st Jan

West Ham v Liverpool 1-2       2pts   correct result
Leicester v Leeds 1-0 s/b        1pt    1-3 score ball

Thanks

BBB you used the incorrect symbols for the balls and only used 2 instead of three, I took the Leicester v L**ds ball to be your Bonus and not your scoreball. As it turned out that gave you a surprise -3 and hence the 6 points total.

[derbybaggie]

I make my score 10 ? Not 6pts

Saturday 30th Jan

Crystal Palace v Wolves 1-0  = 4pts  correct score
Albion v Fulham 0-1       = -3pts
Arsenal v Man.U 1-1            =  2pts  a draw
Southampton v Villa 0-1       = 4pts  correct score
Blues v Coventry 0-1              0pts  
Huddersfield v Stoke 1-0         0pts
Shef.Wed. v Preston 0-1         0pts
Walsall v Mansfield 1-0            P

Sunday 31st Jan

West Ham v Liverpool 1-2       2pts   correct result
Leicester v Leeds 1-0 s/b        1pt    1-3 score ball

Thanks

BBB you used the incorrect symbols for the balls and only used 2 instead of three, I took the Leicester v L**ds ball to be your Bonus and not your scoreball.  As it turned out that gave you a surprise -3 and hence the 6 points total.

 I deliberately didn't play the bonus and the score ball is any face. Please add 4pts to my total as your assumption was incorrect. Thanks

Can you add 10 points to my score as well please. Just because I wrote certain scores down you clearly assumed that’s what I meant, when I was going to put other scores down but pressed the wrong keys. In fact can you also adjust my scores up by 10 points for each of the previous rounds as the dog filled them in for me and didn’t follow my clear instructions.

[bomberbrown1968]

I make my score 10 ? Not 6pts

Saturday 30th Jan

Crystal Palace v Wolves 1-0  = 4pts  correct score
Albion v Fulham 0-1       = -3pts
Arsenal v Man.U 1-1            =  2pts  a draw
Southampton v Villa 0-1       = 4pts  correct score
Blues v Coventry 0-1              0pts  
Huddersfield v Stoke 1-0         0pts
Shef.Wed. v Preston 0-1         0pts
Walsall v Mansfield 1-0            P

Sunday 31st Jan

West Ham v Liverpool 1-2       2pts   correct result
Leicester v Leeds 1-0 s/b        1pt    1-3 score ball

Thanks

BBB you used the incorrect symbols for the balls and only used 2 instead of three, I took the Leicester v L**ds ball to be your Bonus and not your scoreball.  As it turned out that gave you a surprise -3 and hence the 6 points total.

 I deliberately didn't play the bonus and the score ball is any face. Please add 4pts to my total as your assumption was incorrect. Thanks

SMILIES/BALLS

Bonus Ball
Score Ball, Free to use Ball , play it on a game that you think both teams will score in !
Gamball,


and the score ball has never been ANY face or is that any face but or

[Zinman]

And the bonus ball isn’t optional.

[St Charles Owl]

It was accepted as a bonus ball because I accepted it as a bonus ball!!  Lets go inside my head for a minute while I replay my thoughts as I made this decision:

“BBB has only played 2 balls and one is a symbol that doesn’t represent either ball, everyone else has the right smileys, what should I do here?”

“Well he has played a ball on the Gamball, so lets play that one, but what is the other ball supposed to represent, is it a Bonus or Score ball?”

“He has played this bogus ball on the Leicester v L**ds game, like 9 others that has to be the bonus with Leicester being clear favorites for that game, and he has predicted that only Leicester will score so I will give him the benefit of the doubt and be fair and play it as a bonus so that he doesn’t miss out on points if thats what he meant to do”

Roll on two hours later:

“Bloody hell, L**ds have only gone and won, that’s buggered up a lot of peoples predictions including BBB who played his balls wrong, but hey ho, its only a game and he is so far ahead that I am sure he will see the logic of my mistake and I am certain he won’t accuse me of trying to shaft him because I am in 2nd spot”

“...........or will he??”

So BBB, you are right, I made an assumption that you say is wrong, so do we discount the use of the ball completely or do you accept my honest attempt to read your mind? Your choice.

[Baggiebob(BBB)]

I do accept your thoughts were wrong and never thought thoughts of anything else(You being 2nd I mean) - however your assumptions were wrong and I explained politely why, which is why I ask for the 4pts and not see it as a big deal.
I hope this is the end of the matter, and not continued by .... remarks.