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[chionomaniac]

Paul B, on 21 October 2009 - 14:25 , said:

Who's Steve B, Pete?!

I am trying to determine the exact number of bookings for the home teams at the weekend. According to the BBC website there was 19, but according to soccernet.com (which is what I use for getting the answers) there was 17 bookings. If anyone can help shed any light on this, I would be grateful!

Paul, I have just checked and I count 19 on both. Does soccernet have an easier way of counting these though, because I had to go through game by game and lost count a number of times!

[Paul B]

chionomaniac, on 21 October 2009 - 20:10 , said:

Paul, I have just checked and I count 19 on both. Does soccernet have an easier way of counting these though, because I had to go through game by game and lost count a number of times!

Soccernet seems to have updated its figures since yesterday! Unfortunately there's no easier way of counting them up!

Based on that then, the answer to Bonus Question 2 for Week 9 was 19. Icy toes and Chionomaniac both win 5 points for this, and this is the new updated table after week 9:

(Your previous position in the table and your score for this week appear in brackets)
1. (1.) Sufc 102 points (13 points scored this round)
2. (2.) Geordiesnow 101 points (14 points)
3. (5.) Flash Elvis 100 points (18 points)
4. (7.) Davehsug 98 points (17 points)
5. (4.) Jackone 95 points (11 points)
6. (6.) Windswept 94 points (13 points)
7. (8.) Pinball Wizard 93 points (14 points)
8. (14.) Icy toes 91 points (22 points)
9. (12.) Chionomaniac 91 points (19 points)
10. (10.) Timmy H 86 points (8 points)
11. (3.) Paul B 84 points (no entry - 1 double points week available)
12. (9.) Koppite 83 points (5 points)
13. (11.) Thundery Wintry Showers 82 points (8 points)
14. (16.) Nick2702 80 points (13 points)
15. (20.) Snowstorm1 78 points (22 points - 1 double points week used - 2 double points weeks available)
16. (13.) Higrade 78 points (8 points)
17. (15.) Pete Tattum 77 points (9 points)
18. (18.) Barry 74 points (9 points)
19. (19.) Ajpoolshark 70 points (8 points)
20. (17.) Phil UK 70 points (4 points)
21. (21.) Stormchaser1 62 points (16 points - 1 double points week used)
22. (NE) Hancock 9 points (9 points - 8 double points weeks available)
23. (22.) Andy Bown 7 points (no entry - 8 double points weeks available)

[Paul B]

These are the results after WEEK 10!

Saturday 24th October 2009:
Wolverhampton 1-1 Aston Villa - 12:45pm
Birmingham 2-1 Sunderland - 15:00
Burnley 1-3 Wigan - 15:00
Hull 0-0 Portsmouth - 15:00
Tottenham 0-1 Stoke - 15:00
Chelsea 5-0 Blackburn - 17:30

Sunday 25th October 2009:
Bolton 3-2 Everton - 13:30
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United - 14:00
Manchester City 2-2 Fulham - 15:00
West Ham 2-2 Arsenal - 16:15

Bonus Questions -
1. Which team will be TOP of the Premier League after this weekend's matches?
CHELSEA are now top of the Premier League. Higrade, Koppite, Phil UK, Pete Tattum, Flash Elvis, Windswept, Chionomaniac, Paul B, Timmy H, Nick2702, Badboy657 and Pinball Wizard all predicted this correctly and win 5 bonus points each.

2. How many yellow cards will there be in the Liverpool v Manchester United match?
There were 5 YELLOW CARDS in this match. Flash Elvis, Stormchaser1, Snowstorm1, Jackone and Nick2702 got this right and win 5 bonus points.

3. How many goals will the HOME teams score in the above matches?
The HOME teams managed 18 GOALS. Koppite was the only person to get this and wins 5 extra points.

So, taking all that into account, here is the new table after WEEK 10:

(Your previous position in the table and your score for this week appear in brackets)
1. (3.) Flash Elvis 114 points (14 points scored this round)
2. (2.) Geordiesnow 107 points (6 points)
3. (1.) Sufc 106 points (4 points)
4. (5.) Jackone 102 points (7 points)
5. (6.) Windswept 100 points (6 points)
6. (9.) Chionomaniac 99 points (8 points)
7. (4.) Davehsug 99 points (1 point)
8. (12.) Koppite 98 points (15 points)
9. (10.) Timmy H 97 points (11 points)
10. (11.) Paul B 96 points (12 points - 1 double points week used)
11. (7.) Pinball Wizard 94 points (1 point)
12. (8.) Icy toes 93 points (2 points)
13. (14.) Nick2702 92 points (12 points)
14. (16.) Higrade 91 points (13 points)
15. (15.) Snowstorm1 90 points (12 points - 1 double points week used - 1 double points weeks available)
16. (17.) Pete Tattum 87 points (10 points)
17. (13.) Thundery Wintry Showers 87 points (5 points)
18. (20.) Phil UK 81 points (11 points)
19. (18.) Barry 76 points (2 points)
20. (19.) Ajpoolshark 72 points (2 points)
21. (21.) Stormchaser1 70 points (8 points)
22. (NE) Badboy657 14 points (14 points - 1 double points week used - 9 double points weeks available)
23. (22.) Hancock 9 points (no entry - 9 double points weeks available)
24. (23.) Andy Bown 7 points (no entry - 9 double points weeks available)
25. (NE) Snowman0607 6 points (6 points - 1 double points week used - 9 double points weeks available)

A new leader this week as FLASH ELVIS takes over at the top and leads the way on 114 points. This is 7 points ahead of 2nd placed GEORDIE SNOW, who is now one point ahead of previous leader SUFC.

If you have any queries or if you think I have made a mistake, please PM me. Thanks.

[Nick L]

Silently creeping up the table here

[davehsug]

How on earth do you score only 1 point! I feel like Mark Lawrenson on the BBC website
At least I got the Stoke result wrong
Incidentally is 5 yellow cards right for the Liverpool Man U game? To my thoughts Vidic got 2, Mascherano got 2, Evra got 1 & Carragher got 1, That's at least 6 if I haven't forgotten anymore & I think I have?

Edited by davehsug, 25 October 2009 - 23:48 .

[sunny scunny]

davehsug, on 25 October 2009 - 23:44 , said:

How on earth do you score only 1 point! I feel like Mark Lawrenson on the BBC website
At least I got the Stoke result wrong
Incidentally is 5 yellow cards right for the Liverpool Man U game? To my thoughts Vidic got 2, Mascherano got 2, Evra got 1 & Carragher got 1, That's at least 6 if I haven't forgotten anymore & I think I have?

I think there was 7 yellow cards but im not certain of that. Yep 7 yellow cards ive just checked the stats on the liverpool website.

Vidic 2 yellow's,mascherano 2 yellow's, evra,berbatov and carragher with a booking = 7

Edited by sufc, 26 October 2009 - 00:06 .

[Paul B]

Yes, there were 7 yellow cards, not 5. Unfortunately the website I use doesn't count 2nd yellow cards which makes things very difficult for me when working out the scores. Indeed, I even checked the BBC website and the soccernet website and both gave 5 yellows, not taking into account both of the second yellow's that resulted in the two sending's off!

So here is the updated table again with the adjusted scores:

How many yellow cards will there be in the Liverpool v Manchester United match?
There were 7 YELLOW CARDS in this match. Snowman0607, Thundery Wintry Showers and Chionomaniac got this right and win 5 bonus points.

So, taking all that into account, here is the new table after WEEK 10:

(Your previous position in the table and your score for this week appear in brackets)
1. (3.) Flash Elvis 109 points (9 points scored this round)
2. (2.) Geordiesnow 107 points (6 points)
3. (1.) Sufc 106 points (4 points)
4. (9.) Chionomaniac 104 points (13 points)
5. (6.) Windswept 100 points (6 points)
6. (4.) Davehsug 99 points (1 point)
7. (12.) Koppite 98 points (15 points)
8. (10.) Timmy H 97 points (11 points)
9. (5.) Jackone 97 points (2 points)
10. (11.) Paul B 96 points (12 points - 1 double points week used)
11. (7.) Pinball Wizard 94 points (1 point)
12. (8.) Icy toes 93 points (2 points)
13. (13.) Thundery Wintry Showers 92 points (10 points)
14. (16.) Higrade 91 points (13 points)
15. (17.) Pete Tattum 87 points (10 points)
16. (14.) Nick2702 87 points (7 points)
17. (20.) Phil UK 81 points (11 points)
18. (15.) Snowstorm1 80 points (2 points - 1 double points week used - 1 double points weeks available)
19. (18.) Barry 76 points (2 points)
20. (19.) Ajpoolshark 72 points (2 points)
21. (21.) Stormchaser1 65 points (3 points)
22. (NE) Snowman0607 16 points (16 points - 1 double points week used - 9 double points weeks available)
23. (NE) Badboy657 14 points (14 points - 1 double points week used - 9 double points weeks available)
24. (22.) Hancock 9 points (no entry - 9 double points weeks available)
25. (23.) Andy Bown 7 points (no entry - 9 double points weeks available)

Edited by Paul B, 26 October 2009 - 06:03 .

[Nick L]

Damn you Paul, getting my hopes up!

[Ben_Cambs]

it will take me a while but i might get up there later in the season. only started this week!

[sunny scunny]

My first bad week in 2 months will no doubt be followed by another this coming weekend

[Flash Elvis]

The reason why the 2nd yellow doesnt show is that its not used in the totting up system the FA use.....

i.e 5 yellows = 1 game ban

If you recieve 2 yellows in a game you get automatic red with only one game ban instead of 3 game ban for straight red!!

Example if you have 4 yellows and get sent off with 2 yellow cards in a game, i think you only get one game ban not 2 games and the 4 yellow cards stay against your name.....

So technically there was only 5 yellows in the game...not 7!!!

Please can i have my 5 points back ....I need them as its tight at the top

[Paul B]

For the purpose of the Prediction League we will use a 2nd yellow card as counting towards the total of yellow cards. To be honest, given the issued raised, I probably won't ask any more bonus questions related to yellow cards anyway.

[Paul B]

Welcome to WEEK 11's results:

Saturday 31st October 2009:
Arsenal 3-0 Tottenham - 12:45pm
Bolton 0-4 Chelsea - 15:00
Burnley 2-0 Hull - 15:00
Everton 1-1 Aston Villa - 15:00
Fulham 3-1 Liverpool - 15:00
Portsmouth 4-0 Wigan - 15:00
Stoke 2-2 Wolverhampton - 15:00
Sunderland 2-2 West Ham - 15:00
Manchester United 2-0 Blackburn - 17:30

Sunday 01st November 2009:
Birmingham 0-0 Manchester City - 16:00

(1 point awarded for getting the correct result, but not the scoreline
3 points awarded for getting the correct scoreline)

BONUS QUESTIONS:
1. Which team above will CONCEDE the most goals in their match?
Two teams both conceded 4 goals, so either one of Bolton or Wigan was the correct answer. The following got one of the teams right, and win 5 bonus points: Flash Elvis, Barry and Phil UK.

2. How many yellow cards will there be in the Arsenal v Tottenham match?
There was only 2 yellow cards in this match, and no-one predicted this!

3. How many FIRST HALF goals will the AWAY teams score in the above matches?
The away teams managed 4 goals between them. 5 points for predicting this correctly go to: Snowstorm1, Icy toes, Jackone, Timmy H and Davehsug.

(5 points awarded for each correct answer)

So, taking all that into account, here is the new table after WEEK 11:
(Your previous position in the table and your score for this week appear in brackets)
1. (1.) Flash Elvis 118 points (9 points scored this round)
2. (2.) Geordiesnow 115 points (8 points)
3. (6.) Davehsug 112 points (13 points)
4. (4.) Chionomaniac 112 points (8 points)
5. (3.) Sufc 112 points (6 points)
6. (8.) Timmy H 110 points (13 points)
7. (18.) Snowstorm1 108 points (28 points - 1 double points week used)
8. (5.) Windswept 106 points (6 points)
9. (12.) Icy toes 105 points (12 points)
10. (9.) Jackone 103 points (6 points)
11. (10.) Paul B 102 points (6 points)
12. (14.) Higrade 100 points (9 points)
13. (11.) Pinball Wizard 99 points (5 points)
14. (7.) Koppite 98 points (no entry - 1 double points week available)
15. (17.) Phil UK 96 points (15 points)
16. (13.) Thundery Wintry Showers 96 points (4 points)
17. (15.) Pete Tattum 94 points (7 points)
18. (16.) Nick2702 93 points (6 points)
19. (19.) Barry 91 points (15 points)
20. (20.) Ajpoolshark 72 points (no entry - 1 double points week available)
21. (21.) Stormchaser1 68 points (3 points)
22. (22.) Snowman0607 34 points (18 points - 1 double points week used - 8 double points weeks available)
23. (23.) Badboy657 14 points (no entry - 9 double points weeks available)
24. (24.) Hancock 9 points (no entry - 10 double points weeks available)
25. (25.) Andy Bown 7 points (no entry - 10 double points weeks available)

Not a lot of change at the top this week with Flash Elvis continuing to lead the way whilst Geordiesnow remains close behind. Its tightened up in the chasing pack though, with 3 people in joint 3rd and plenty more are just behind them.

Thanks for taking part everyone!

Any questions or queries then please PM me.

Edited by Paul B, 02 November 2009 - 16:24 .

[Solar Sausage]

Thanks paul...I'm on the slide again.

[icy toes]

Thanks for all your work on this, Paul - enjoying the bonus questions this season.

[Snowstorm1]

Wooo ive moved up from 18th to 7th ! Thanks Paul

[Paul B]

Thanks guys, glad you are enjoying it.

WEEK 12 RESULTS:

Saturday 07th November 2009:
Aston Villa 5-1 Bolton - 15:00
Blackburn 3-1 Portsmouth - 15:00
Manchester City 3-3 Burnley - 15:00
Tottenham 2-0 Sunderland - 15:00
Wolverhampton 1-4 Arsenal - 17:30

Sunday 08th November 2009:
Hull City 2-1 Stoke City - 13:30
West Ham 1-2 Everton - 15:00
Wigan 1-1 Fulham - 15:00
Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United - 16:00

Monday 09th November 2009:
Liverpool 2-2 Birmingham - 20:00

(1 point awarded for getting the correct result, but not the scoreline
3 points awarded for getting the correct scoreline)

BONUS QUESTIONS:
1. Which of the above teams will score the first goal (based on match time, not kick off time) in their match?
Aston Villa scored after 5 minutes of their match against Bolton, so this was the correct answer. Higrade and Chionomaniac both predicted this and win 5 points each.

2. How many goals will the HOME teams above concede?
The HOME teams conceded 15 goals. Snowman0697, Flash Elvis and Paul B each get 5 points for getting this right.

3. How many RED CARDS will there be in the above matches?
There was just the 1 red card. Well done and 5 points to Windswept and Nick2702.

(5 points awarded for each correct answer)

Taking all that into account, here is the new table after WEEK 12:
(Your previous position in the table and your score for this week appear in brackets)
1. (1.) Flash Elvis 125 points (7 points scored this round)
2. (4.) Chionomaniac 122 points (10 points)
3. (2.) Geordiesnow 120 points (5 points)
4. (6.) Timmy H 119 points (9 points)
5. (3.) Davehsug 119 points (7 points)
6. (12.) Higrade 117 points (17 points)
7. (5.) Sufc 115 points (3 points)
8. (8.) Windswept 114 points (8 points)
9. (7.) Snowstorm1 114 points (6 points)
10. (11.) Paul B 112 points (10 points)
11. (14.) Koppite 110 points (12 points - 1 double points week used)
12. (9.) Icy toes 110 points (5 points)
13. (18.) Nick2702 105 points (12 points)
14. (13.) Pinball Wizard 104 points (5 points)
15. (10.) Jackone 103 points (no entry - 1 double points week entry available)
16. (15.) Phil UK 102 points (6 points)
17. (16.) Thundery Wintry Showers 99 points (3 points)
18. (17.) Pete Tattum 97 points (3 points)
19. (19.) Barry 95 points (4 points)
20. (20.) Ajpoolshark 72 points (no entry - 2 double points weeks available)
21. (21.) Stormchaser1 68 points (no entry - 1 double points week available)
22. (22.) Snowman0697 60 points (26 points - 1 double points week used - 7 double points weeks available)
23. (23.) Badboy657 14 points (no entry - 10 double points weeks available)
24. (24.) Hancock 9 points (no entry - 11 double points weeks available)
25. (25.) Andy Bown 7 points (no entry - 11 double points weeks available)

Flash Elvis continues to lead the way at the top but Chionomaniac is now in second place and closing in. Geordiesnow is down to 3rd place, and there are many others in the chasing pack who will fancy their chances in this competition.

Thanks for taking part everyone!

Any questions or queries then please PM me.

[Ben_Cambs]

Look how fast im moving up that table!!!

[Nick L]

I think I have done pretty well this week =D

[Paul B]

Hi all,

The results of WEEK 13 are as follows.

Saturday 21st November 2009:
Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City - 12:45
Birmingham 1-0 Fulham - 15:00
Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa - 15:00
Chelsea 4-0 Wolverhampton - 15:00
Hull City 3-3 West Ham - 15:00
Sunderland 1-0 Arsenal - 15:00
Manchester United 3-0 Everton - 17:30

Sunday 22nd November 2009:
Bolton 0-2 Blackburn - 13:30
Tottenham 9 (nine)-1 Wigan - 15:00 - why didn't anyone get this right!
Stoke 1-0 Portsmouth - 16:00

Wednesday 25th November 2009:
Hull 3-2 Everton - 19:45
Fulham 3-0 Blackburn - 20:00

(1 point awarded for getting the correct result, but not the scoreline
3 points awarded for getting the correct scoreline)

BONUS QUESTIONS:
1. Which of the above teams will score the LATEST goal (based on match time, not kick off time) in their match?

Scoring in the 90th minute, the answer was Tottenham. Noone predicted this.

2. How many goals will the HOME teams above score?

Thanks to those 9 goals by Tottenham, the final total was 31. Noone predicted this either.

3. How many CORNERS will there be in the SUNDAY matches only?

There were a total of 37 corners in the Sunday matches. Well done to Davehsug for getting this right and winning 5 bonus points!

(5 points awarded for each correct answer)

Taking all that into account, here is the new table after WEEK 13:
(Your previous position in the table and your score for this week appear in brackets)
1. (1.) Flash Elvis 134 points (9 points scored this round)
2. (3.) Geordiesnow 131 points (11 points)
3. (2.) Chionomaniac 130 points (8 points)
4. (5.) Davehsug 129 points (10 points)
5. (7.) Sufc 126 points (11 points)
6. (6.) Higrade 126 points (9 points)
7. (10.) Paul B 123 points (11 points)
8. (8.) Windswept 123 points (9 points)
9. (9.) Snowstorm1 122 points (8 points)
10. (4.) Timmy H 122 points (3 points)
11. (11.) Koppite 118 points (8 points)
12. (13.) Nick2702 116 points (11 points)
13. (12.) Icy toes 114 points (4 points)
14. (15.) Jackone 113 points (10 points - 1 double points week used)
15. (14.) Pinball Wizard 110 points (6 points)
16. (17.) Thundery Wintry Showers 109 points (10 points)
17. (16.) Phil UK 108 points (6 points)
18. (18.) Pete Tattum 107 points (10 points)
19. (19.) Barry 103 points (8 points)
20. (20.) Ajpoolshark 88 points (16 points - 1 double points week used, 1 double points week available)
21. (22.) Snowman0697 82 points (22 points - 1 double points week used - 6 double points weeks available)
22. (21.) Stormchaser1 78 points (10 points - 1 double points week used)
23. (23.) Badboy657 14 points (no entry - 11 double points weeks available)
24. (24.) Hancock 9 points (no entry - 12 double points weeks available)
25. (25.) Andy Bown 7 points (no entry - 12 double points weeks available)

Flash Elvis continues to lead the way at the top but Geordiesnow is now in second place and not far behind. Chionomaniac is now down to 3rd place, whilst the chasing pack are still closely packed together.

Thanks for taking part everyone!
Any questions or queries then please PM me.