Fortunately my office has a long-running tradition to help us take our minds off transfer window woes (there are a lot of Spurs and Arsenal fans where I work ) by having a go a predicting the final league table. So I thought I'd replicate that tradition over here. I've personally never understood why pundits make their predictions weeks before the window closes, as a bit of astute business can change a side's fortunes drastically. Anyhow, rules are simple: - 5 pts for predicting a correct position. - 10 point bonus for predicting the top 4 in correct order. - 15 point bonus for predicting the bottom 3 in correct order. - 15 point bonus for predicting the entire top six in correct order (includes the 10 pts mentioned above). So in other words the max. amount of points is 130 for getting the entire table right. With a lot of mid-table sides strengthening consistently and significantly, the final table is becoming increasingly difficult to call. Deadline for entry is before kick off on the 12th. Anyone is welcome to participate. The prize for the winner is a trial at Tottenham Hotspur to wear the vacant #9 shirt.
I'll go 1 City 2 Arsenal 3 Chelsea 4 Utd 5 Liverpool 6 Swansea 7 Stoke 8 Spurs 9 West Ham 10 Everton 11 Palace 12 Leicester 13 Southampton 14 Villa 15 Newcastle 16 West Brom 17 Norwich 18 Watford 19 Sunderland 20 Bournemouth
I'll have a go..... 1 Man City 2 Arsenal 3 Chelsea 4 Man Utd 5 Liverpool 6 Everton 7 Crystal Palace 8 Tottenham 9 Stoke 10 Swansea 11 Southampton 12 West Ham 13 Aston Villa 14 Leicester 15 Bournemouth 16 Newcastle 17 West Brom 18 Watford 19 Sunderland 20 Norwich
1. City 2. Chelsea 3. Spurs 4. Arsenal 5. United 6. Swansea 7. Liverpool 8. Stoke 9. Palace 10. Everton 11. Leicester 12. Newcastle 13. Bournemouth 14. Southampton 15. Norwich 16. Sunderland 17. West Brom 18. West Ham 19. Aston Villa 20. Watford
Here goes... 1. City 2. Chelsea 3. Arsenal 4. United 5. Swansea 6. Spurs 7. Liverpool 8. Palace 9. Southampton 10. West Ham 11. Stoke 12. Everton 13. Leicester 14. Newcastle 15. West Brom 16. Aston Villa 17. Bournemouth 18. Norwich 19. Watford 20. Sunderland
****ing right then lads, looks like I'll be winning three prediction tables this season then, thanks for creating this one CK 1. City 2. Chelsea 3. Arsenal 4. Utd 5. Spurs 6. Swansea 7. Liverpool 8. Southampton 9. Leicester 10. Stoke 11. Palace 12. Everton 13. Bournemouth 14. West Ham 15. Newcastle 16. West Brom 17. Villa 18. Sunderland 19. Norwich 20. Watford
1 City 2 Spurs 3 Chelsea 4 Arsenal 5 Liverpool 6 Utd 7 Everton 8 Swansea 9 Newcastle 10 Southampton 11 Palace 12 Leicester 13 Stoke 14 Sunderland 15 West Ham 16 West Brom 17 Norwich 18 Villa 19 Bournemouth 20 Watford
EDIT: sorry forgot to mention: Entry deadline is before KO in the next round of PL fixtures. **************************************
Haha of course not. But they do become more obvious with each fixture played. This way keeps it a level playing field. If for example next week's fixtures pass and Son score a hat trick against Sunderland, with Hazard picking up a season-ending injury, I'm sure people would want to revise their predictions.
I should know better but I can't bear to put us below Arsenal and I don't think Chelsea will come second...
1 Man City 2 Arsenal 3 Chelsea 4 Man United 5 SPURS 6 Liverpool 7 Everton 8 Southampton 9 Swansea 10 Palace 11 Stoke 12 West Ham 13 Villa 14 West Brom 15 Newcastle 16 Leicester 17 Sunderland 18 Watford 19 Bournemouth 20 Norwich
1 £ity 2 £helsea 3 Unit£d 4 Goons 5 Spurs 6 Everton 7 Mousers 8 Swansea 9 Newcastle 10 Southampton 11 Palace 12 Stoke 13 Villa 14 Spanners 15 Leicester 16 West Brom 17 Sunderland 18 Bournemouth 19 Norwich 20 Watford
1. City 2. Chelsea 3. Arsenal 4. Man Utd 5. Spurs 6. Liverpool 7. Swansea 8. Southampton 9. Everton 10. Palace 11. Stoke 12. Newcastle 13. Villa 14. West Ham 15. Leicester 16. West Brom 17. Bournemouth 18. Sunderland 19. Norwich 20. Watford
1. City 2. Goon 3. Man utd 4. Liverpool 5. Chelsea 6. Swansea 7. Spurs 8. Everton 9. Crystal Palace 10. West Ham 11. Leicester 12. Southampton 13. Stoke 14. Newcastle 15. Villa 16. Bournemouth 17. West brom 18. Watford 19. Norwich 20. Sunderland 10th place and Europa league winners COYS. Son top scorer 14 goals
If my match predictions are anything to go by then this will be miles out! But here goes 1. Man City 2. Arsenal 3. Chelsea 4. Man Utd 5. Palace 6. The mighty Spurs 7. Everton 8. Swansea 9. Liverpool 10. Stoke 11. Southampton 12. Leicester 13. Bournemouth 14. Newcastle 15. Norwich 16. Wet Spam 17. Villa 18. Sunderland 19. Watford 20. WBA