Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

All together now - Let's all laugh at Chelsea. Let's all laugh at Chelsea. La la la la. La la la la.

[Otta]

I wish Cole all the luck in the world. Was excited when he signed for the reds, and gutted it never worked out for him.

I think he's a quality player if he gets a run.

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> All together now - Let's all laugh at Chelsea.

> Let's all laugh at Chelsea. La la la la. La la la

> la.

You know what you are, you know what you are, you're out of Europe, and beaten by QPR

[red devil]

Week 17 scores...

AM - 2 Correct Results + 3 Correct Scores = 11 pts

RC - 2 Correct Results + 3 Correct Scores = 11 pts

OT - 4 Correct Results + 2 Correct Scores = 10 pts

JL - 4 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 7 pts

PD - 4 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 7 pts

SC - 4 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 7 pts

EP - Played a Maxxi = 5pts

?? - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

DR - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

MM - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

Mx - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

RD - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

LG - 0 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 0 pts

Note: If two teams are tied on the same number of points in the league, the team with the highest participation % will finish higher, eg JL & AM.

I will make a decision about the FA Cup competition and it's format this afternoon...

[Otta]

I need a few more weeks like that! 16 points from top spot... Not bloody likely. I'm aiming for a european spot.

[red devil]

Congratulations to LadyGooner, our second winner of the Coup de Mis?re...

[Mick Mac]

AM - 2 Correct Results + 3 Correct Scores = 11 pts

RC - 2 Correct Results + 3 Correct Scores = 11 pts

OT - 4 Correct Results + 2 Correct Scores = 10 pts

JL - 4 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 7 pts

PD - 4 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 7 pts

SC - 4 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 7 pts

EP - Played a Maxxi = 5pts

?? - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

DR - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

MM - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

Mx - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

RD - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

LG - 0 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 0 pts

What this week shows perfectly, reading the right hand column, is that it is the correct results that mean everything. It's good fun though, am not complaining. (just didn't happen to get any correct scores this week :( )

[red devil]

The FA Cup Predictor Cup:

Ok, there wasn't a massive amount of feedback on what format it should take, but the majority consensus was that it should be kept separate from the League. So we will.

As some have indicated that they might not even participate, I think we need to be flexible. I'm therefore proposing an initial league which will eventually become a straight knock-out competition. It will depend on how many participate as to when this happens, hence the need for flexibility. The aim is to have the top 8 teams go into the knock-out stage at the QF stage of the FA Cup. I will draw teams out to play each other...Fluffy and Hardface, next door's cats, will act as independent assessors (Woodrot permitting). If turnout is below 8, the competition will be binned.

To encourage turnout I've picked out the 10 most 'interesting' ties, keeping with the spirit of the competition of potential cup shocks...yes I know, Arsenal to beat Swansea is a bit far fetched, but stranger things happen at sea.

So, here goes...

Brighton V Newcastle

Bolton V Sunderland

Crawley V Reading

Crystal Palace V Stoke

Luton V Wolves

Macclesfield V Cardiff

Peterborough V Norwich

Swansea V Arsenal

Mansfield V Liverpool

Cheltenham V Everton

[????]

Good work RD I think that's a great idea and will have a shot. I think you were wise to keep the Third Round bankers like West Ham at home out of the mix :)

[Alan Medic]

red devil Wrote:

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> Note: If two teams are tied on the same number of

> points in the league, the team with the highest

> participation % will finish higher, eg JL & AM.

>

Surely as the initial rule stated a minimum of 75% participation was required for it to count, then if two 'teams' are tied, the one with the lower number of entries has the better average and thus should finish higher?

[red devil]

???? Wrote:

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> Good work RD I think that's a great idea and will

> have a shot. I think you were wise to keep the

> Third Round bankers like West Ham at home out of

> the mix :)

It'll be a cracking atmosphere with a big away support, but I think you'll nick it...

[maxxi]

Not many home bankers there RD - or ARE there?

Brighton 1 V Newcastle 1

Bolton 1 V Sunderland 2

Crawley 0 V Reading 2

Crystal Palace 0 V Stoke 1

Luton 1 V Wolves 2

Macclesfield 0 V Cardiff 3

Peterborough 0 V Norwich 2

Swansea 2 V Arsenal 2

Mansfield 1 V Liverpool 4

Cheltenham 0 V Everton 3

@AM - the one with the lower participation %age has benefitted from more 'maxxi's which, as form has shown, are on the generous side at 5pts ea. so I think RD's right.

[Otta]

Brighton 1 V Newcastle 3

Bolton 2 V Sunderland 1

Crawley 2 V Reading 2

Crystal Palace 2 V Stoke 1

Luton 1 V Wolves 2

Macclesfield 2 V Cardiff 3

Peterborough 1 V Norwich 2

Swansea 2 V Arsenal 2

Mansfield 0 V Liverpool 2

Cheltenham 0 V Everton 1

[maxxi]

red devil Wrote:

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> ???? Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Good work RD I think that's a great idea and

> will

> > have a shot. I think you were wise to keep the

> > Third Round bankers like West Ham at home out

> of

> > the mix :)

>

> It'll be a cracking atmosphere with a big away

> support, but I think you'll nick it...

Oh great - now you've really gone and nixed it - unless that was your intention in which case as you were B).

[red devil]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

>

> >

> > Note: If two teams are tied on the same number

> of

> > points in the league, the team with the highest

> > participation % will finish higher, eg JL & AM.

> >

> Surely as the initial rule stated a minimum of 75%

> participation was required for it to count, then

> if two 'teams' are tied, the one with the lower

> number of entries has the better average and thus

> should finish higher?

Average scores can be misleading, I therefore think credit should be given to those who have participated more.

I was surprised that LadyGooner went for only 4 predictions last week, because unless she got a a correct score she was never going to beat a maxxi. So if she finished level with someone who had played more maxxi's, I think she deserves to finish higher on that basis alone...

ETA typo

[red devil]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Oh great - now you've really gone and nixed it -

> unless that was your intention in which case as

> you were B).

I'm being serious, honest!

History says Fergie will rest a lot of players and play younger/inexperienced, whereas because of injuries and relative mid-table security, Big Sam can afford to go for it with a strong team...I'm happy to be proved wrong though ;-)

[????]

History says BFS don't hold much of a torch to this competition...the cynical bit in me thinks that he'd be ok if we go out to Utd, as that's excusable, and concentrate on mid-table safety. Will be a decent old school atmosphere as always tho and probably a decent game. 1-3 :(

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

First off many thanks again for sorting this out week in week out

and then what a cracking week I had lovely....

Brighton 1 V Newcastle 1

Bolton 1 V Sunderland 0

Crawley 0 V Reading 0

Crystal Palace 0 V Stoke 1

Luton 3 V Wolves 2

Macclesfield 0 V Cardiff 1

Peterborough 1 V Norwich 0

Swansea 1 V Arsenal 0

Mansfield 0 V Liverpool 2

Cheltenham 0 V Everton 2

[red devil]

Re. the FA Cup Predictor Cup...as it's a separate competition from the League, any newcomers are more than welcome to join in...

[Parkdrive]

Brighton 0 V Newcastle 2

Bolton 1 V Sunderland 3

Crawley 0 V Reading 3

Crystal Palace 2 V Stoke 1

Luton 0 V Wolves 3

Macclesfield 0 V Cardiff 2

Peterborough 1 V Norwich 3

Swansea 1 V Arsenal 3

Mansfield 0 V Liverpool 4

Cheltenham 0 V Everton 5

[Jah Lush]

Brighton 2 Newcastle 1

Bolton 1 Sunderland 2

Crawley 1 Reading 2

Crystal Palace 2 Stoke 1

Luton 0 Wolves 3

Macclesfield 0 Cardiff 3

Peterborough 1 Norwich 3

Swansea 3 Arsenal 2

Mansfield 0 Liverpool 5

Cheltenham 0 Everton 4

[red devil]

Brighton 2 Newcastle 1

Bolton 0 Sunderland 2

Crawley 2 Reading 1

Crystal Palace 1 Stoke 1

Luton 1 Wolves 1

Macclesfield 1 Cardiff 3

Peterborough 1 Norwich 2

Swansea 2 Arsenal 1

Mansfield 0 Liverpool 4

Cheltenham 1 Everton 3

[Ladygooner]

red devil Wrote:

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> Congratulations to LadyGooner, our second winner

> of the Coup de Mis?re...

>

> http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/file.php?2

> 0,file=74315

Thank you so much - I am delighted to receive it!

[Ladygooner]

Brighton 2 Newcastle 0

Bolton 1 Sunderland 2

Crawley 1 Reading 3

Crystal Palace 1 Stoke 2

Luton 2 Wolves 1

Macclesfield 2 Cardiff 3

Peterborough 2 Norwich 2

Swansea 2 Arsenal 3

Mansfield 2 Liverpool 4

Cheltenham 0 Everton 2

[El Pibe]

My lungs of phlegm are draining, my pleurisy is easing; I might try this prediction thing again without the cloudy head I've 'enjoyed' the whole bloody christmas break.

Brighton 1 V Newcastle 1

Bolton 0 V Sunderland 2

Crawley 1 V Reading 4

Crystal Palace 1 V Stoke 1

Luton 2 V Wolves 1

Macclesfield 0 V Cardiff 1

Peterborough 0 V Norwich 3

Swansea 2 V Arsenal 1

Mansfield 2 V Liverpool 5

Cheltenham 0 V Everton 2