Amazing Football Prediction Game Rocked By Scandal

It became apparent over the weekend that all is not what it seems in the murky underworld of the Amazing Football Prediction Game. A serious plot was uncovered that is now being made public. The impacts of this scandal are not yet fully known or understood and it will be down to the public vote to decide the course of action.

The Allegations:

Andrew Robb's unwitting girlfriend let slip that she made Andrew's predictions on Friday 14th December because he was "too drunk". No denial from either Andrew Robb nor his misses was made at the time.

To make matters worse, not only did Andrew that week consolidate his third placed money position, he also knocked John N out the cup.

The Poll:

In light of these revelations, it is only right that the other participants get to vote on an appropriate punishment. The options are as follows:

• Take pity on him - he needs a girl to make his predictions
• He should be docked 1 points
• He should be docked 2 points
• He should be expelled from the Chimay Cup & replaced by John N
  
• He should be made to undergo a forfeit that fits the crime at the choosing of the other players

Vote on the right hand side

The Chimay Cup: Round Two, First Leg

As the Chimay Cup enters the half way point, the romance is still very much alive and well. The second legs of the second round ties will not take place until after the Christmas break, so how are the remaining contestants fairing as they enter the Christmas break?

Tie One: John G v James G

The Lucky Boy, John G, may be soaring in the league – but you get nothing for a pair (of strikers) in this game. Unfortunately for John G, he can’t hide behind the goal frenzies of Yakubu and Santa Cruz and his rather inept ability to correctly predict score lines is being exposed ruthlessly by James G. Going in to the second leg, James G holds a four point advantage; a two correct scores advantage and a four away points advantage. Still, this is the cup and John G is the Lucky Boy – anything could happen... just don’t bet on it.

Tie Two: Alastair v Andrew

The romance is definitely alive and well in the second tie of the round. Bookies favourite Andrew takes on crowd favourite, Alastair. Once again, Alastair is upsetting the form book and going toe to toe with the reigning Chimay Cup champion. After an explosive win in the first round against John N, Andrew is in a dog fight with Alastair and will go in to the second leg trailing seven points to six. Both players have one correct score line each and there is no apparent away advantage as yet. The tie is on a knife edge, but we’ll have to wait until the New Year to see its exciting climax.

Round Sixteen Weekly Roundup

It was a week that was always going to be tough to predict with the big guns going head to head and some mid table needle matches – the weekly point’s totals reflect that. James G topped the scoring this week with a grand total of seven thanks to two correct predictions, making him the guru of the week. Tim did his Michael Jackson impression, coming in a little behind to take second place on six points. He did, of course, correctly predict one score right - continuing his impressive run. This has meant, of course, that James G has stretched his narrow lead at the top of the table to three points.

The story of the week, however, was once again John “Lucky Boy” Gall. He once again managed a paltry three points and has finished this week’s football numbnuts, picking up the Maize award along with John N. However, John’s poor run of form for the past two weeks where has picked up a total of six prediction points has been offset by a goal frenzy by his strikers. For the second week in a row John has benefitted from a hat trick bonus – Santa Cruz firing in three against “plucky little Wigan”. He also picked up a further point from the league’s form striker, Yakubu. So instead of being rock bottom of the table, John G has soared up to just outside the money zone with Andrew only holding third place on his correct scoreline prediction tally. This has also meant that Joel has dropped to his lowest position of the season, down to fifth place.

James E still props up the table, though this is all down to not picking up the double points with correct predictions. James E holds fourth spot on correctly predicting results, but lags desperately in last place on the correct score lines. James G still holds a six point lead on the correct results table.

Two milestones were broken this week – James G and Tim have both broken past the 100 points total barrier for the season; meanwhile John has smashed the twenty point striker points barrier.

From next week striker points will all count for double – not just hat tricks. Hat tricks will still only be worth six points, in accordance with the last week’s poll. A special mention must also go to Alastair – he hasn’t picked up the Maize award now for two weeks.

The full league table can be found here.

The striker points table can be found here.

Round Sixteen Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	James G	2	5	7
2	Tim	1	5	6
3	Alastair	1	5	6
4	Andrew	1	4	5
5	Joel	1	4	5
6	James E	0	5	5
7	John N	0	3	3
8	John G	0	3	3

Poll Result

The people have spoken. Hat trick points will still only count for six points after the double point point period begins.

The result was as follows:

Should double points for a hat-trick still count with only six weeks to go?

Of Course - 3 votes

Of Course not - 4 votes

Abstain - 1 vote

Round Sixteen Fixtures: 15th & 16th December

Saturday, 15 December 2007

Birmingham v Reading, 15:00

Derby v Middlesbrough, 15:00

Fulham v Newcastle, 17:15

Man City v Bolton, 15:00

Portsmouth v Tottenham, 15:00

Sunderland v Aston Villa, 15:00

West Ham v Everton, 15:00

Wigan v Blackburn, 15:00

Sunday, 16 December 2007

Arsenal v Chelsea, 16:00

Liverpool v Man Utd, 13:30

Congratulations John

As Joel has pointed out, John G has become the first player to break even with his strikers cost to points ratio. A fine piece of striker selection.

The Chimay Cup: Round One, Second Leg

The romance of The Cup is alive and well. This was a tale of minnow giant killings, spirited comebacks only to have victory snatched away by the smallest of margins, a high scoring ding dong and a clash of the titans turning in to a damp squib. What more could you want from a cup competition. It truly is an Amazing Game. Here is the round up:

Tie One: John G v James E

John G held all the aces going to this second leg with a commanding 10 to 6 lead. However James E rose to the challenge and John G started to choke. In the end James E’s 6 v 3 second leg win just fell short of what would surely have been the greatest comeback in Chimay Cup history. John G is lucky to be there, but he moves on to the semi finals with a 13 to 12 aggregate win.

Tie Two: Joel v James G

It was billed as the clash of the titans. Instead it was two legs of mediocrity. James G went in to the game with a slender one point lead. Joel could not get the points when he really needed them this week and a second leg win of 5 to 4 to James G (13/11 on aggregate) was enough to get him through to the next round where he will face “Lucky Boy” John G.

Tie Three: Tim v Alastair

David versus Goliath. Veteran versus rookie. Prediction guru versus Football numbnuts. Giant versus minnow. Oh how the cup throws up little treats for us. If last week Alastair was doing enough to keep in contention, this week he pulled out the big score when it really mattered. An aggregate win of 13 to 11 takes the people’s favourite and underdog into the semis.

Tie Four: John N v Andrew

The highest quality tie of the round. Andrew went into the second leg with a one point advantage and he didn’t let it slip in the lower scoring re-match this week. The highest scoring match up over two legs, Andrew will face giant killer Alastair in the semis with a 15 to 13 aggregate win.

Round Fifteen Weekly Round Up

Another amazing week in The Amazing Football Prediction Game. It was a week of shocks and upsets – and not only in the Premier League, the Chimay Cup too. All this has meant a low scoring week for everyone, but some have taken this to their advantage. This week saw four players change position in the league – the most movement since Round Eight. No change at the top however, with James G, Tim and Andrew holding the money positions. But below that some under-achievers are starting to make their case. Not least Alastair, who finishes the week as the Guru picking up seven points. Andrew and James E were close behind with six points each. The Maize award goes to John G picking up a paltry three points. However, lady luck has been shining on John G this week...

Yakubu’s hat-trick meant that John G picked up the six point bonus points and has propelled him up the table. This has meant the table is all change. John G has gone from also ran two weeks ago to right back in the game in fifth place only a point behind Joel and only four points off a money place. Incredible. Alastair also picked up a couple of bonus points with Tevez’s brace at the weekend. After seven consecutive weeks at the bottom of the table, Alastair has finally hauled himself up to seventh, leaving James E in his wake. John N has sunk down to sixth, but is still very much in the hunt on 87 points – just one behind John G.

Despite a poor week by Tim, he still managed to correctly predict a score line. This takes him to eleven consecutive weeks correctly predicting at least one score line. In doing so he racked up number 21 of the season. James E still languishes in last place on the correct score prediction table with a meagre eight. James G is comfortably ahead on most correct result predictions – a clear five more than second place Andrew. Only six points then separate Andrew and last placed John G – who has fallen behind a resurgent Alastair.

After next week we enter the busy festive season where forty games in 12 days will all be up for predicting! After this weekend all goal scorer points will also count for double, depending on the outcome of the poll. There is plenty to play for.

The poll has been extended due to a draw. If you haven’t already voted, please enter your opinion.

The full league table can be found here.

The striker points table can be found here.

Round Fifteen Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	Alastair	1	6	7
2	Andrew	1	5	6
3	James E	1	5	6
4	John N	1	4	5
5	Tim	1	4	5
6	James G	0	5	5
7	Joel	0	4	4
8	John G	0	3	3

The Poll

I have extended the poll because it was 3 votes for and 3 votes against at the closing time. Can the two people who haven't voted please vote - you have until Tuesday. If there is still no clear winner, then the rule will not be changed - double points will still count for hat tricks.

Mid-week Bonus Point for James G

Adebayor scored in Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Newcastle on Wednesday, giving James G a bonus point.

Round Fifteen Fixtures 8th & 9th December

Saturday, 08 December 2007

Aston Villa v Portsmouth, 12:45

Chelsea v Sunderland, 15:00

Everton v Fulham, 15:00

Man Utd v Derby, 15:00

Newcastle v Birmingham, 15:00

Reading v Liverpool, 17:15

Sunday, 09 December 2007

Blackburn v West Ham, 16:00

Bolton v Wigan, 15:00

Middlesbrough v Arsenal, 13:30

Tottenham v Man City, 15:00

The Chimay Cup: Round One, Leg One

An incredible first week in the Chimay Cup. Here is the round up:

Tie One: John G v James E

An incredible week for John G, scoring ten points, has put him in a comfortable position going in to the second leg with James E only managing to score six points. It means he will need to score at least four more points than John G next week to be within a chance of progressing. John G will be on the away leg next week week with a two correct score prediction advantage.

Tie Two: Joel v James G

It was billed as the clash of the titans. As it happens it is turning in to more of a street brawl. Both players correctly predicted a score each, but James G will go in to the second leg with the slight advantage, being seven points to six up. All to play for.

Tie Three: Tim v Alastair

Only Tim’s correct score prediction separates these two at the moment. To think this was seen as the draw everyone wanted, Alastair is now is going in to the second leg with the real possibility of a giant killing feat still very much possible. They are tied at six points a piece going in to the second leg.

Tie Four: John N v Andrew

These two have provided the most interest in the league so far this season, swapping place on an almost weekly basis lately. It has also proved to be the highest quality tie. Both players correctly predicted two correct scores each and have the highest aggregate score of any tie in round one so far. Andrew will go in to the second leg with the advantage, leading nine points to eight and with the away point’s advantage on his side too. All to play for in this tie too though.

Round Fourteen Weekly Roundup

The Amazing Football Prediction Game is just that – amazing. This week it was all about two men. John Gall took the Guru award this week with a fine performance – scoring ten points including two correct score predictions. While this points haul has put John G right back in the game, Andrew Robb was this week’s real winner. He bagged nine points with two correct predictions and a further three bonus points thanks to a brace of goals from Robbie Keane and a single from Torres. This has seen Andrew storm up the table and overtake not only his arch rival in the league, John N, he has stormed past amazing football predictor veteran Joel too. This has put him in money zone.

While Tim only managed five correct result predictions this week, he did manage to correctly predict a score once again – thus saving himself from his first ever Maize award. He was also saved by Ronaldo who scored two goals on Monday which prevented James G from extending his lead by anymore than two points. An average week for Joel, scoring seven points, has proved costly as he has slipped a position to fourth. However, it was left to Alastair and James E to prop up the table this week as they could only get six points each and no correct predictions – landing them with this week’s Maize award. It also means that they are now well adrift of the rest of the pack as we enter December.

On a more positive note for Tim, he has reached a landmark this week – he predicted his twentieth correct result of the season – the first man to do so. Joel picked up his seventeenth correct prediction, putting him in second place of the correct score predictors. James E is stuck on seven correct predictions, putting him at the bottom of the table. The correct result prediction table is still led by James G who broke the eighty barrier this week to go on to eighty-one points. He leads Tim who is on seventy-six. Alastair props up the correct result prediction table with seventy.

There is a new poll to vote in. Click here for details.

The full league table can be found here.

Round Fourteen Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	John G	2	8	10
2	Andrew	2	7	9
3	John N	2	6	8
4	James G	1	7	8
5	Joel	1	6	7
6	Tim	1	5	6
7	Alastair	0	6	6
8	James E	0	6	6

New Poll

As you will be aware, for the final six weeks of the Amazing Football Prediction Game all strikers points will count for double. Currently strikers' also score double points if they score a hat-trick. Therefore, as per the current rules, a striker who scores a hat trick in the final six weeks of play will score 12 points for his three goals. Is this too many?

The new poll asks whether during the final six weeks of the game, should the amount of points a striker gets for a hat trick be 6 or 12 points?

Vote in the poll on the right...

Round Fourteen Fixtures 1st, 2nd & 3rd December

Saturday, 01 December 2007

Aston Villa v Arsenal, 17:15

Blackburn v Newcastle, 15:00

Chelsea v West Ham, 12:45

Portsmouth v Everton, 15:00

Reading v Middlesbrough, 15:00

Sunderland v Derby, 15:00

Wigan v Man City, 15:00

Sunday, 02 December 2007

Liverpool v Bolton, 15:00

Tottenham v Birmingham, 16:00

Monday, 03 December 2007

Man Utd v Fulham, 20:00

Round Thirteen Weekly Roundup

Another week with little change to the table, but do not be deceived. Tim has not only claimed another Guru award, but he has closed the gap at the top to just one point. Tim bagged nine points, including yet another correct prediction. John G & Alastair also had successful weeks both pulling in 8 points a piece. John G also reaped the rewards from Yakubu's brace of goals. Is this the titanic revival from Alastair we have all been waiting for? Is this the week John G makes his move and charges up the table? Only time will tell (though common sense does suggest otherwise).

Bottom of the pile this week is the ever erratic Andrew Robb - sublime one week and desperately bad the next. He only pulled in five points this week, something he should be deeply ashamed about.

The table is much the same with James G (82 points) narrowly ahead of Tim (81 points) and Joel (78 points). Despite his heroics this week, Alastair still props up the table on 62 points while James E is doing his best to fend him off with 64 points. John N has moved up to fourth spot, though shares 74 points with Andrew who is in fifth spot - the main battle of the past few weeks is once again the only change in the table. John G holds sixth position in 69 points.

No prizes for guessing that Tim is still the leader of the pack with his incredible 19 correct score predictions. The root of James E's problems can be found in the fact that he has only correctly predicted 7 games correctly. James G is top of the pile for correct results - 74. Alastair can only muster up 64.

The draw for the Chimay Cup has been made - and what a belter it is too. Each tie is full of intrigue and mystery. The pick of the round is James G versus Joel - one of these two giants will have to fall. James E has been drawn against John G in the mentor versus pupil battle. Tim has the plumb draw, he is up against struggler Alastair - is there a giant killing feat on the cards... you never know with the cup. The final tie sees John N go up against Andrew which promises to continue their needle fight from the league.

The full league table can be found here.

The Chimay Cup draw can be found here.

Round Thirteen Fixtures Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	Tim	1	8	9
2	John G	2	6	8
3	Alastair	2	6	8
4	James G	1	6	7
5	Joel	1	6	7
6	John N	0	7	7
7	James E	0	7	7
8	Andrew	1	5	6

The Chimay Cup Draw

The AFPG & Chimay Cup Awards Ceremony

Friday 1st February has been designated as the official date for the Amazing Football Prediction Game & Chimay Cup awards ceremony.

The £40 winners prize money is up for grabs, as well as second and third place prize money. There will also be the awarding of the prestigious Chimay Cup. There will also be one or two further awards being handed out on the night.

The venue is yet to be confirmed, but as is traditional with these things The Buckingham is as good a place as any if I can't book the Albert Hall for the evening.

1st February - put in your diaries!

The Chimay Cup

The countdown to the most famous cup competition in prediction football is ticking away to the big kick off.

The draw takes place this Friday at the Buckingham Arms at 5:30pm

The competition will take the form of two legs per round, home and away legs. The name drawn out of the hat first for each tie will be the home team first.

There will be no striker points for the matches, prediction scores only. The usual scoring system is in place – one point for a correct result, two for a correct score. If there is no clear winner after the two legs the player with the most correct scores goes through. If there is still no outcome, the away points rule counts. i.e. if a player scores more points in their away leg than their opponent does in their away leg they go through. If there is still no winner, the away points rule only counts for correct score lines. If there is still no winner, striker points will then come in to play. Finally, the result will be decided by the toss of a coin.

The competition does of course take the traditional knock out format, with only the winner over two legs going through to the next round.

The dates for the rounds are as follows

Round One:

Leg One – 1^st & 2^nd December

Leg Two – 8^th & 9^th December

Round Two:

Leg One – 15^th & 16^th December

Leg Two – w/e of 12^th January

The Final:

Leg One – w/e of 19^th January

Leg Two – 29^th & 30^th January

There will be a small entrance fee (whatever the cost of a Chimay pack is divided by 8).

Round Thirteen Fixtures 24th & 25th November

Saturday, 24 November 2007

Arsenal v Wigan, 15:00

Birmingham v Portsmouth, 15:00

Bolton v Man Utd, 15:00

Derby v Chelsea, 17:15

Everton v Sunderland, 15:00

Man City v Reading, 15:00

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa, 15:00

Newcastle v Liverpool, 12:45

Sunday, 25 November 2007

Fulham v Blackburn, 16:00

West Ham v Tottenham, 13:30

Round Twelve Weekly Roundup

It has been an unprecedented week for correct scoreline predictions. Three people correctly predicted three or more scorelines and in total fourteen correct predictions were made. It also meant that Sunderland v Newcastle became the most predictable scoreline of the season so far with five people correctly predicting it would finish 1-1. But what does this all mean? Well, John N had a monstrous week predicting four scorelines correctly and racking up eleven points. Andrew and Tim were not too far behind predicting three correct scorelines and racking up nine points.

The bad news falls upon James E and John G unfortunately. Neither of them predicted a correct scoreline and both of them will be sharing the Maize this week with only five points a piece.

It was also a good round for goal scorers. Ronaldo's brace ensured that Tim jumped over Joel and grabbed second place in the overall standings - showing that all his bravado and big talk of last week was not entirely ill-founded. Torres did a good job for Andrew, Adebayor ensured a bonus point for James G and Drogba's goal meant that Joel has the most productive strike force in the game.

Tim is still the magic man when it comes to predicting scorelines correctly. He is now up to 18 - three times as many Alastair. James G is the daddy at predicting the outcome of a game still with 68 - eleven more than last placed Alastair.

The table looks much the same. James G still leads, but Tim has leap frogged Joel and cut James G's lead to just three points. Apparently he is not too worried about it though as he doesn't rate Tim and think he has been very lucky up to now. Apparently. Andrew and John N are also closing the gap on the top three. However Alastair still has much work to do to get back in the game - he is three points adrift of the rest of James E who is two points adrift of John G who is a massive seven points adrift of John N.

The full league table can be found here.

Round Twelve Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	John N	4	7	11
2	Tim	3	6	9
3	Andrew	3	6	9
4	Joel	2	6	8
5	James G	1	7	8
6	Alastair	1	6	7
7	John G	0	5	5
8	James E	0	5	5

The full league table can be found here.

Spreadsheet

I have no internet access this afternoon, hence no spreadsheet was sent out. Here are my predictions for the weekend:

Saturday, 10 November 2007
Derby v West Ham, 15:00 0-1
Liverpool v Fulham, 17:15 3-0
Sunderland v Newcastle, 12:45 1-1

Sunday, 11 November 2007
Birmingham v Aston Villa, 13:00 0-1
Bolton v Middlesbrough, 15:00 2-1
Chelsea v Everton, 14:00 3-1
Man Utd v Blackburn, 15:00 3-0
Portsmouth v Man City, 16:00 2-1
Tottenham v Wigan, 15:00 2-0

Monday, 12 November 2007
Reading v Arsenal, 20:00 3-0

Van Persie is also injured for the weekend, so I will sub him for Derbyshire.

Transfer Deadline

The transfer dealine kicks in tomorrow at 4pm. Below are all the strikers - those in red have scored 4 or more goals this season.

Remember, you can offer your striker and extra points (which will be deducted from your total) if you want to transfer from another player.

Drogba Chelsea 10 - Joel

Rooney Man. United 10 – James E
Ronaldo Man. United 10 - Tim

Torres Liverpool 9 - Andrew
Tevez West Ham 9 - Alastair
Kuyt Liverpool 9 – John N
Berbatov Tottenham 9
Eduardo Arsenal 9
McCarthy Blackburn 9 - Joel
Saha Man. United 9

Martins Newcastle 8 – James E
Keane Tottenham 8 - Andrew
Owen Newcastle 8
Shevchenko Chelsea 8
Anelka Bolton 8
Johnson Everton 8
Crouch Liverpool 8
Bent D Tottenham 8

Adebayor Arsenal 7 – James G
Van Persie Arsenal 7 – James G
Babel Liverpool 7
Carew Aston Villa 7
Kalou Chelsea 7
Pizarro Chelsea 7
Voronin Liverpool 7
Yakubu Everton 7 – John G
Viduka Newcastle 7 – John N
Defoe Tottenham 7
Bellamy West Ham 7
Ashton West Ham 7
Agbonlahor Aston Villa 7
Bianchi Man. City 7
Mwaruwari Portsmouth 7 - Tim
Helguson Bolton 7
Tuncay Middlesbrough 7

Doyle Reading 6
Young Aston Villa 6
Forsell Birmingham 6
Nonda Blackburn 6
Roberts Blackburn 6
Diouf Bolton 6
Beattie Sheffield Utd. 6
McBride Fulham 6
Vassell Man. City 6
Sibierski Aston Villa 6
Smith Man. United 6
Ameobi Newcastle 6
Nugent Portsmouth 6
Mido Tottenham 6
Rigters Blackburn 6
Davies Bolton 6
Bouazza Fulham 6
Santa Cruz Blackburn 6 – John G

Walcott Arsenal 5
Vaughan Everton 5
Kanu Portsmouth 5
Kamara Fulham 5
Mpenza Man. City 5
Samaras Man. City 5
Solskjaer Man. United 5
Aliadiere Middlesbrough 5
Utaka Portsmouth 5 - Alastair
Lita Reading 5
Heskey Wigan 5
Bojinov Man. City 5
Bendtner Arsenal 5

Derbyshire Blackburn 4
McFadden Everton 4
Anichebe Everton 4
Healy Fulham 4
Corradi Man. City 4
Luque Newcastle 4
Lua-Lua Portsmouth 4
Kitson Reading 4
Zamora West Ham 4
Jutkiewicz Everton 4
Maloney Aston Villa 4
Miller Man. City 4
Camara Wigan 4

Moore Aston Villa 3
Jerome Birmingham 3
O'Connor Birmingham 3
Vaz Te Bolton 3
Howard Derby 3
Sinclair Chelsea 3
Earnshaw Derby 3
John Fulham 3
Dickov Man. City 3
Dong Man. United 3
Lee Dong-Gook Middlesbrough 3
Cole Portsmouth 3
Long Reading 3
Murphy Sunderland 3
Connolly Sunderland 3
Chopra Sunderland 3
Harewood West Ham 3
Folan Wigan 3
Mbela Douala Portsmouth 3
Aghahowa Wigan 3

Forssell Birmingham 2
Sahar Chelsea 2
Campbell Birmingham 2
Vine Birmingham 2
Gallagher Blackburn 2
Jeffers Blackburn 2
Harsanyi Bolton 2
Fagan Derby 2
Macken Derby 2
Runstrom Fulham 2
Sturridge Man. City 2

Elliott S Sunderland 1
John Sunderland 1
Stokes Sunderland 1
Cole West Ham 1
Cotterill Wigan 1

Poll Result

Striker points will count as double for the final six weeks of the competition.

Therefore, strikers who score goals in matches from the 22nd December onwards will receive double points.

Case closed.

Round Twelve Fixtures 10th, 11th & 12th November

Saturday, 10 November 2007

Derby v West Ham, 15:00

Liverpool v Fulham, 17:15

Sunderland v Newcastle, 12:45

Sunday, 11 November 2007

Birmingham v Aston Villa, 13:00

Bolton v Middlesbrough, 15:00

Chelsea v Everton, 14:00

Man Utd v Blackburn, 15:00

Portsmouth v Man City, 16:00

Tottenham v Wigan, 15:00

Monday, 12 November 2007

Reading v Arsenal, 20:00

Transfer News

Alastair has got rid of Berbatov and replaced him with Tevez.

Poll

You have until tomorrow afternoon to decide whether to go with the double striker points or not. Poll on the right...

Round Eleven Weekly Round Up

A weekend of no movement in the table - it is as you were. The lead leader, James G, and second place Joel finished the round as the gurus scoring eight points (including two correct scores) a piece. This week's hero to zero is John G who has fallen from the heights of being last week's guru to the shameful depths of being this week's Maize award winner pulling in, a quite frankly, pathetic four points.

John was saved from having James E seriously cause him trouble thanks to a Yakubu goal. However, it was Tim who profited mostly this week from strikers - both Mwaruwari and Ronaldo getting on the scoresheet at the weekend. Alastair also picked up a bonus point thanks to Utaka.

Despite not scoring any goal scorer points, James G stretched his elad at the top of the table by a further point to lead Joel by four. Alastair is still propping up the table with 47 points.

Tim continues his incredible run of correctly predicting scores, despite only scoring five points this week. He is now up to 15 in total. James G still leads the way with correctly results his 61st. Joel is second place with 57.

The full league table can be found here.

Round Eleven Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	James G	2	6	8
2	Joel	2	6	8
3	John N	1	5	6
4	Andrew	1	5	6
5	Alastair	0	6	6
6	James E	0	6	6
7	Tim	1	4	5
8	John G	0	4	4

The full league table can be found here.

Round Eleven: 3rd, 4th & 5th November

Saturday, 03 November 2007

Arsenal v Man Utd, 12:45

Aston Villa v Derby, 15:00

Blackburn v Liverpool, 17:15

Everton v Birmingham, 15:00

Fulham v Reading, 15:00

Middlesbrough v Tottenham, 15:00

Newcastle v Portsmouth, 15:00

Wigan v Chelsea, 15:00

Sunday, 04 November 2007

West Ham v Bolton, 16:00

Monday, 05 November 2007

Man City v Sunderland, 20:00

Round Ten Weekly Round up

Once again the only change in the table this week has seen the fierce battle for third and fourth place between Tim & Andrew continue with Tim regaining third place. However, the gap between top and bottom has narrowed slightly with the top four contestants in the overall league all finishing in the bottom four places for the weekly round.

Finally John G has made his move after weeks of anonymity - he scored nine points this week, including correctly predicting the scores for three out of the four games on Sunday. This has left him as this week's guru. Andrew takes the Maize award for only scoring five points - the same as Joel but Joel managed to correctly predict a scoreline. Alastair put in an unusually good score of eight points, including two correct predictions. However, it was still not enough to lift him off the bottom of the table. A quiet week for James G has meant his lead at the top has been reduced to four points.

Tim continues to lead the way when it comes to predicting scorelines. This week he managed his sixth consecutive week of correctly predicting at least one scoreline. This has put his total up to fourteen for the season. Alastair is brining up the rear with only six correct scorelines. James G leads the way with fifty-five correctly predicted results - leading Tim by two. Again, Alastair is down the bottom of the table with forty-six points.

It has been a good week for some with their goal scorers. Despite only picking up five points from his predictions, Joel has kept the pressure on with two goals from Drogba and a further point from McCarthy. Despite dumping him for this coming week's fixtures, Tim got an extra two points from Tevez. James E profited from Rooney's good form with a bonus point. Andrew Robb has also been picking up the goal scorer bonus points thanks to another from Keane. Yakubu finally got on the score sheet for John G, completing a very successful week for him. Only one more week and then the transfer window closes and strikers score double points...

All transfers for the coming weekend fixtures must be in by the end of tomorrow. All transfers for the closure of the transfer window must be by 7th November (all transfers after this coming weekend's fixtures will take immediate effect, i.e. there is no five day standstill period).

The full league table can be found here.

Round Ten Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	John G	3	6	9
2	Alastair	2	6	8
3	John N	2	5	7
4	James E	2	5	7
5	James G	1	5	6
6	Tim	1	5	6
7	Joel	2	3	5
8	Andrew	0	5	5

The overall table can be found here.

Transfer News

Tim has shipped out Tevez and brought in the league's current leading scorer Mwaruwari.

Tevez is now available to all.

Poll Result

The poll result has stipulated that James G can keep Van Persie by 60% to 40%.

In future to avoid anymore transfer scandals, all transfers must be made via email or on the blog directly for all to see. Strikers will still be secured on a first come, first serve basis however - by open email to all competitors.

A message from James G:

"I would like to thank all those who supported me through this unfortunately turn of events and believe that justice has been done.

To those voted for me to lose Van Persie, I respect you right to express your opinion by democratic vote but hope you lose this game big time!"

Round Ten: 27th & 28th October

Saturday, 27 October 2007

Birmingham v Wigan, 15:00

Chelsea v Man City, 15:00

Man Utd v Middlesbrough, 15:00

Portsmouth v West Ham, 17:15

Reading v Newcastle, 15:00

Sunderland v Fulham, 15:00

Sunday, 28 October 2007

Bolton v Aston Villa, 13:30

Derby v Everton, 14:00

Liverpool v Arsenal, 16:00

Tottenham v Blackburn, 15:00

Transfer News

Joel has transferred out the injured Van Persie and brought back in Blackburn's McCarthy.

James G has pounced on this and shipped out the Incredible Sulk, Anelka and replaced him with Van Persie.

Mwaruwari is still available...

Round Nine Weekly Round up

Another exciting round in the Amazing Football Prediction Game that has seen Tim record his fourteenth correct score prediction and finish with this week's guru award with a very respectable nine points - stealing the show from Joel who also managed nine points but predicted one less correct score. Once again Alastair has proved all his doubter right by picking up his sixth Maize award of the season!

It was a good week for strikers. James E has remained in seventh place this week, but has closed the gap on sixth placed John G to just one point. James E picked up eight points this week and a further three points from his strikers Martins and Rooney. That gave him his best week total for the season and leaves Alastair with a mountain to climb as he trails the rest of the pack by seven points. Though as we approach November there is still a very long way to go...

Andrew also had a good week. He picked up eight points plus a further striker point from Keane. This has secured third place in the money zone ahead of Tim who spent points in the transfer market last week. James G reached the 50 correct result predictions milestone - the first to do so this season, though Joel is only one behind him on 49.

While there has not been a great amount of movement in the table this week, expect some more movement next week as some key battles for positions in the table just got a lot tighter.

All transfers for this weekend must be in today. There are only two more weekends before the transfer deadline.

The full league table can be found here.

Round Nine Points

Pos	Name	Cor Sc	Cor Re	Points
1	Tim	2	7	9
2	Joel	1	8	9
3	Andrew	1	7	8
4	James E	0	8	8
5	James G	0	7	7
6	John G	1	5	6
7	John N	0	6	6
8	Alastair	0	4	4

The overall table can be found here.