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Predicting for charity

Discussion in 'Charlton' started by Ponders Revisited, May 19, 2015.

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    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    Who will win the following matches?

    Southend v Wycombe
    Preston v Swindon
    Middlesbrough v Norwich
    Barcelona v Juventus
    Dnipro v Sevilla

    5 points for correct winner of each match
    An extra 10 points for correct score at full-time (after extra time but before penalty shootout)
    So if you think Southend will win on penalties after a 1-1 draw, you can write Southend 1P Wycombe 1.

    I hope that makes sense.

    The winner(s) gets to choose which charity my £50 donation will go to.

    Good luck.
     
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    2-1
    2-1
    1-3
    2-0
    1-0


    Call me a liar....
     
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    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    Why?
     
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    2-0
    1-0
    2-1
    2-0
    0-1
     
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    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    Can I have some more predictions, please?
     
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    Southend 1 v Wycombe 3
    Preston 2 v Swindon 0
    Middlesbrough 1 v Norwich 2
    Barcelona 3 v Juventus 0
    Dnipro 0 v Sevilla 2
     
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    Southend 1 v Wycombe 1 (Wycombe on pens)
    Preston 3 v Swindon 1
    Middlesbrough 0 v Norwich 1
    Barcelona 1 v Juventus 1 (barca on pens)
    Dnipro 1 v Sevilla 2
     
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    1-0
    1-0
    1-2
    1-2
    2-2 (Dnipro on penalties)
     
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    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    Who will win the 2-2, FHB? Penalties?
     
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    Lovely idea Ponders. If i win I'll be donating to Protect The Foxes.

    2-3
    2-2 (Swindon Pens)
    3-1
    3-4
    1-3
     
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    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    I'll hold you to that, Kish. :p
     
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    Can I also point out that I think it's a wonderful gesture from Ponders.

    And I know you're not a betting man, but the odds on some of these predictions are unbelievable. I might put a £1 on each.
     
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    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    Cheers, SuperC. You may remember I did a similar thing last year with Charlton's run-in. Dick P won and a donation went to a charity that was particularly pertinent at that time.

    I'm not a betting man, but let me know how you get on. We may have some skilled tipsters in our midst... ;)
     
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    Southend 0 v Wycombe 2
    Preston 2 v Swindon 2 - swindon pens
    Middlesbrough 2 v Norwich 1
    Barcelona 2 v Juventus 0
    Dnipro 1 v Sevilla 4
     
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    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    SuperC - 10 points - even though you got the outright winner wrong, you correctly predicted the final score!
    Forest - 5 points
    Dick - 5 points
    Royston - 5 points

    Check out the OP: I mentioned Southend to win on penalties after a 1-1 draw. I would have had 15 points! I'm not in the competition, but I'll predict a 2-1 win for Swindon against Preston.
     
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    After two matches -

    SuperC - 15
    Dick - 10
    Forest - 10
    Royston - 10
    AllHell - 5
    Kish - 0
    Talal - 0
     
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    After three matches -

    SuperC - 20
    Forest - 15
    Royston - 15
    AllHell - 10
    Dick - 10
    Kish - 0
    Talal - 0
     
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    After four matches -

    SuperC - 25
    AllHell - 15
    Dick - 15
    Royston - 15
    Forest - 15
    Kish - 5
    Talal - 5
     
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    9 days wait now!

    Good game last night, and no easy feat retaining a European trophy.
     
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    If we end up with a tie, I will add the England v Ireland friendly as a sudden death prediction.

    An outright winner would be better, methinks.
     
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