M23 Predos & M24 fixtures (to be updated upon my return)

Hopefully you'll all have seen  the last autopublish regarding the FA cup game. Cos if you haven't, you probably won't see this one either.

Anyways, I'm currently away on me honeymoon which is lovely but I've had to promise her indoors (or outdoors most likely as it's hot) that I wouldn't post a blog from paradise.  Not the done thing apparently.  I reckon Buffett and that other bloke, Mittal probably also put their lives into caretaker mode when they're chillaxing. I probably need a wifi enabled yacht to sort this problem out. Nothing too garish...just a cheeky 90m or something.  If you guys chip in, I'll even let the season champion borrow her for a week or so. The good ship Lawro...

I've got sidetracked again.

Those predos:

Man Utd vs Cardiff - MAN UTD
Norwich vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE
Southampton vs Arsenal - DRAW
Swansea vs Fulham - FULHAM
Crystal Palace vs Hull - PALACE
Liverpool vs Everton - DRAW
Aston Villa vs WBA - VILLA
Chelsea vs West Ham - CHELSEA
Sunderland vs Stoke - SUNDERLAND
Spurs vs Man City - CITY

And Matchday 24 in case y'all wanna be organised:

Newcastle vs Sunderland - DRAW

West Ham vs Swansea - SWANSEA
Cardiff vs Norwich - DRAW
Everton vs Aston Villa - DRAW
Fulham vs Southampton - SOUTHAMPTON
Hull vs Spurs - DRAW
Stoke vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
WBA vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace - ARSENAL
Man City vs Chelsea - MAN CITY

Total odds: 5066/1 (Paddypower)

Good luck guys

FA Cup 2.4

At the time of going to post, there is still 1 outstanding tie -Charlton vs Oxford, so I'll hold off on the results until that's complete.

However, there are 12 players this year, so total prize pot of £36, to be split as before, 70% to the winner, 20% to second place and 10% to third place (£25.20/£7.20/£3.60). Yes small fry compared to the largesse offered by yah know, bookies and shizzle, but it's an inflation-busting rise of 20% on last year. Don't get that kind of opportunity every day. Obviously. Only every January.

'Nuff waffle.

Round 4 fixtures:

1 Sunderland v Peterborough United - SUNDERLAND
2 Bolton Wanderers v Cardiff City - CARDIFF
3 Southampton v Yeovil Town - SOUTHAMPTON
4 Huddersfield Town v Charlton Athletic  - CHARLTON
5 Port Vale v Brighton & Hove Albion - BRIGHTON
6 Nottingham Forest v Preston North End - FOREST
7 Southend United v Hull City - HULL
8 Rochdale v Sheffield Wednesday - SHEFF WED
9 Arsenal v Coventry City - ARSENAL
10 Stevenage v Everton - EVERTON
11 Wigan Athletic v Crystal Palace - PALACE
12 Chelsea v Stoke City - CHELSEA
13 Manchester City v Watford - CITY
14 AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
15 Birmingham City v Swansea City - SWANSEA

16 Sheffield United v  Fulham - FULHAM

Good luck guys.

M22 predos & a massive results catch up!

No chat folks. Only mounds of stats. Let's get to it.

Matchday 17

22 people played
Most popular prediction: Liverpool, Man City & Man Utd WINS (21/22)
Most disputed prediction: Southampton vs Spurs (8-8-6 split)

Highest odds:  Josh Daniels 13,123/1
Lowest odds: Me, 1650/1
Average odds: 4368/1

Best predictor:  Gaj (9/10)
Worst predictor: David Dinkin & Nick Collins (3/10)
Average score: 5.77/10

Best predicted result: Liverpool, Man City & Man Utd WINS (21/22)
Worst predicted result: Sunderland vs Norwich DRAW (4/22)

Everyone's results:

Matchday 18

24 people played
Most popular prediction: Everton & Man Utd WINS (24/24)
Most disputed prediction: Cardiff vs Southamton (4-12-8 split)

Highest odds: Me, 1872/1
Lowest odds: Steven Daniels 500/1
Average odds: 961/1

Best predictor: Loads of you (6/10 - see graph)
Worst predictor: Josh Gaon (4/10)
Average score: 5.17/10

Best predicted result: Man Utd WIN (24/24)
Worst predicted result: Palace & Sunderland WINS (0/24)

Everyone's results:

Matchday 19

21 people played
Most popular prediction: Man City WIN (21/21)
Most disputed prediction: West Hams vs WBA (8-8-5 split)

Highest odds: Steven Daniels 3593/1
Lowest odds: Andrew Feneley 925/1
Average odds: 2448/1

Best predictor: More loads of us (8/10 - see below)
Worst predictor: Gaj 4/10
Average score: 6.71/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (21/21)
Worst predicted result: Aston Villa vs Swansea DRAW (7/21)

Everyone's results:

Matchday 20

24 people played
Most popular prediction: Arsenal & Liverpool WINS (24/24)
Most disputed prediction: Southampton vs Chelsea (4-6-14 split)

Highest odds: Josh Daniels 9938/1
Lowest odds: Me 781/1
Average odds: 4300/1

Best predictor: Lawro & Will O'Doherty (7/10)
Worst predictor: Steven Daniels (2/10)
Average score: 4.83/10

Best predicted result: Arsenal & Liverpool WINS (24/24)
Worst predicted result: Spurs WIN (0/24)

Everyone's results:

Matchday 21

25 people played
Most popular prediction: Everton WIN (25/25)
Most disputed prediction: Fulham vs Sunderland (9-11-5 split)

Highest odds: Doron Salomon 4838/1
Lowest odds: Will O'Doherty 402/1
Average odds: 1480/1

Best predictor: Even more of us (8/10 - see below)
Worst predictor: Doron (4/10)
Average score: 6.88/10

Best predicted result: Everton WIN (25/25)
Worst predicted result: West Ham WIN (0/25)

Everyone's results:

To the leaderboard, for those who have played >2/3 available week (15/21).

The major thing to highlight here is how many people are now batting at above 50%! The next thing to highlight is how relentless the Fink Tank is.

To this week's predictions:

Sunderland vs Southampton - SUNDERLAND

Arsenal vs Fulham - ARSENAL

Crystal Palace vs Stoke - DRAW

Man City vs Cardiff - MAN CITY

Norwich vs Hull - HULL

West Ham vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE

Liverpool vs Aston Villa - LIVERPOOL

Swansea vs Spurs - DRAW

Chelsea vs Man Utd - CHELSEA

WBA vs Everton - EVERTON

Total odds: 1752/1 (PaddyPower)

Good luck guys!

Matchday 21 Predos

I'm currently slogging my way through the mound of data that built up over the festive fixtures, as well as the FA Cup Game (thanks to those who took part). This means that this post will be updated in due course with a mound of data & statistics.

Until then, the next round of PL fixtures:

Hull vs Chelsea - CHELSEA
Cardiff vs West Ham - CARDIFF
Everton vs Norwich - EVERTON
Fulham vs Sunderland - SUNDERLAND
Southampton vs WBA - SOUTHAMPTON
Spurs vs Crystal Palace - SPURS
Man Utd vs Swansea - DRAW
Newcastle vs Man City - MAN CITY
Stoke vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL
Aston Villa vs Arsenal - ARSENAL

Total odds: 630/1

FA Cup Game: 2.3

OK guys, a reminder of the rules. £3 to enter (will pester you for money when I return to normal working hours) and it's a completely separate game from the PL game.

1 point per correct predictions - scores will be aggregated over all rounds. Winner of the tie, not Win/Draw/Lose.

First place - 70% of the entry fee pot, second place 20% and third place 10%. The more people that play, the more to win...so if you have a colleague/friend/relative who feels like losing their money, then pass this page on.

If you're not a regular player, let me have your email address so I can hassle you with new rounds when they occur.

To post your predictions, copy the list below into a "comment" and then alter the predictions accordingly.

Any questions, get in touch with a comment or @ccdaniels65 and I'll answer ASAP.

To the predos:

1 Barnsley v Coventry City - BARNSLEY
2 Yeovil Town v Leyton Orient - LEYTON ORIENT
3 Liverpool v Oldham Athletic - LIVERPOOL
4 Nottingham Forest v West Ham United - WEST HAM
5 Bristol City v Watford - WATFORD
6 Southend United v Millwall - SOUTHEND
7 Middlesbrough v Hull City - HULL
8 West Bromwich Albion v Crystal Palace - WBA
9 Kidderminster Harriers v Peterborough United - PETERBOROUGH
10 Doncaster Rovers v Stevenage - STEVENAGE
11 Stoke City v Leicester City - LEICESTER
12 Southampton v Burnley - SOUTHAMPTON
13 Newcastle United v Cardiff City - NEWCASTLE
14 Rochdale v Leeds United - LEEDS
15 Wigan Athletic v Milton Keynes Dons - WIGAN
16 Charlton Athletic v Wrexham or Oxford United - CHARLTON
17 Manchester United v Swansea City - MAN UTD
18 Port Vale v Plymouth Argyle - PLYMOUTH
19 Norwich City v Fulham - FULHAM
20 Aston Villa v Sheffield United - ASTON VILLA
21 Macclesfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday - SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
22 Sunderland v Carlisle United - SUNDERLAND
23 Bolton Wanderers v Blackpool - BLACKPOOL
24 Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City - MAN CITY
25 Everton v Queens Park Rangers - EVERTON
26 Brighton & Hove Albion v Reading - READING
27 Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur - ARSENAL
28 Birmingham City v Bristol Rovers or Crawley Town - BIRMINGHAM
29 Grimsby Town v Huddersfield Town - HUDDERSFIELD
30 Ipswich Town v Preston North End - IPSWICH
31 Derby County v Chelsea - CHELSEA
32 AFC Bournemouth v Burton Albion - BURTON

Good Luck guys - predos to be in by the first game's kick off (Sat 12.45pm). Any late entries will be penalised for any games that have already kicked off.

M19 & M20 Predos & FA Cup Rules

Yet another quick post here guys.

Matchday 19 predos:

West Ham vs WBA - WBA
Aston Villa vs Swansea - DRAW
Hull vs Fulham - HULL
Man City vs Crystal Palace - MAN CITY
Norwich vs Man Utd - MAN UNITED
Cardiff vs Sunderland - DRAW
Everton vs Southampton - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Chelsea vs Liverpool - DRAW
Spurs vs Stoke - SPURS

Total odds: 2234/1 (PaddyPower)

Matchday 20 predos:

Swansea vs Man City - MAN CITY
Arsenal vs Cardiff -ARSENAL
Crystal Palace vs Norwich - CRYSTAL PALACE
Fulham vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Liverpool vs Hull - LIVERPOOL
Southampton vs Chelsea - CHELSEA
Stoke vs Everton - EVERTON
Sunderland vs Aston Villa - SUNDERLAND
WBA vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE
Man United vs Spurs - MAN UNITED

Total odds: 781/1 (PaddyPower)

The FA Cup prediction game makes its return next week with the 3rd Round. It's a totally separate game from the regular Premier League stuff, so if you don't want to play, it will have no effect on your score. It was just a good way last year to make things interesting, and a few people ended up quids in.

Let's keep the stake the same - £3 - and the rules are simplified this year; no more co-efficients and complex maths. Simply put, every tie is worth a point, and the cumulative score at the end of the competition will decide the top 3, who'll win the pot in the ratio 70%-20%-10%. How much they win depends on how many people play. All you have to do is predict which team will go through the round - nice and simple. Full fixture list to be published in due course, but as there are a fair few games, have a think about who you'll be going for.

Good luck guys.

M18 Predos

Just the predos:

Results to follow in the new year

Hull vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace - ASTON VILLA
Cardiff vs Southampton - DRAW
Chelsea vs Swansea - CHELSEA
Everton vs Sunderland - EVERTON
Newcastle vs Stoke - NEWCASTLE
Norwich vs Fulham - NORWICH
Spurs vs WBA - DRAW
West Ham vs Arsenal - DRAW
Man City vs Liverpool - MAN CITY

Total odds: 1872/1 (Paddypower)

Good luck, and don't pig out too much