Prediction Thread

As some of you may know Meza has decided not to do the prediction thread year. I enjoy the competition and have decided to take on the running of it.

Meza has kindly sent me his spreadsheet so that I may use it. I am not a techy type so it may take me a while to master it, but it is my intention to post the results as Meza did, so for the first few times, you may have to be patient with my efforts.

Everything else will be the same as Meza did, so to refresh your memories and for those new to it :-

You have to predict Towns result, scorers, gate and for away games the number of Town fans and for home games the number of away fans attending. This is for LEAGUE games only and will include the play offs if we are in them.

The predictions will close 2 hours before kick off, so 1.00pm for a 3 .00pm kick off and 5.45 pm for a 7.45pm kick off. If starting times change for any reason the cut off time will still be 2 hours before kick off. Any submissions after these times ( even 1 minute) will be disregarded.

Points are awarded as follows:-

1 point for correct score.
1 point each for predicting the correct Town goalscorer/s in no particular order
1 point for nearest overall attendance prediction (3 points if exact)
1 point for nearest away attendance prediction (3 points if exact)

Mrs DB has agreed to give the winners the following :-

1st £50
2nd £30
3rd £20

If there are joint winners the prize will be divided equally between the winners.

If you have any queries please send me a PM or post on here.

Finally if anybody else wishes to take it on please let me know.

Well done DB for stepping up to the plate on this one👍

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

Well done DB for stepping up to the plate on this one👍

Seconded, thanks DB much appreciated, and to the Bank of Mrs DB also

Nice one DB and a prize too.....now aren't we being spoilt lol.

I think that it's only fair to point out that only the second and third prizes are available to win

Top man DB ❤️🕯️.

Well done for stepping up. Might I suggest an improvement?

At the moment you only get one point for predicting the score. But you get one point for each scorer you name with no penalty for getting anything wrong.

So the easiest way to clock up loads of points is to go for three or four scorers each game. So it’s not really about being rewarded for accurate predictions.

If you got a point for a correct scorer but were deducted a point for naming a player that did not score it would stop this practice. That might mean a bit more work, but would I think make the scoring more of a reward for accuracy.

The other thing to consider is upping the points for the correct full time score from one point to three. That would be easier to administer.

Anyway, just some thoughts. Before anyone asks, no I can’t take it on myself and I fully understand if DB keeps it as is.

Thanks for taking it on DB - & to Mrs DB.

Quoted from RonMariner

Well done for stepping up. Might I suggest an improvement?

At the moment you only get one point for predicting the score. But you get one point for each scorer you name with no penalty for getting anything wrong.

So the easiest way to clock up loads of points is to go for three or four scorers each game. So it’s not really about being rewarded for accurate predictions.

If you got a point for a correct scorer but were deducted a point for naming a player that did not score it would stop this practice. That might mean a bit more work, but would I think make the scoring more of a reward for accuracy.

The other thing to consider is upping the points for the correct full time score from one point to three. That would be easier to administer.

Anyway, just some thoughts. Before anyone asks, no I can’t take it on myself and I fully understand if DB keeps it as is.

So if you guess the scorer and it’s wrong you get deducted points? Well most people get it wrong so DB will be working his socks off deducting points all week and the table will mostly be in the negative with people being reluctant to guess a player that isn’t one of our regular scorers, I really don’t think that’s a very good solution.

How about 3pts for exact score, 1pt for correct result and only name two players max to score, even if you predict 3-0. ??????????????????