As there's a lull with the international break, we may as well see how we're all doing in this season's Predictions League! Stretchy's a point clear at the top with back-to-back perfect score predictions, ahead of last year's winner Big Al and a scrappy upstart. Towards the bottom, Warky and Royston are on two points, both correctly predicting the result from the one game where they've predicted a score. San Diego (second last year), Spanish, and Yorkie are in the bottom three - but don't worry chaps, there's plenty of time to turn things around!
We all appreciate Nuggets talentscand time in developing this amusing game, well, most of us! One thing that puzzles me is why do 4 of us who predicted the right result every game but dont come out top?! Results matter surely. But I am just an ex Teacher and know little about stats. It also nicely fills in time during the 2 week international break. Talking of which I see Omari has returned for 'medical reasons'. Is this a euphamism for cushioning him from injury?
An ex teacher, eh? I’m going to have to show my workings! So, I’m pretty much using the Super Six prediction model - with the added tiebreaker for whoever gets a higher prediction percentage, Mr Gaffer! Essentially, you get two points for the correct result (e.g., predicting a draw against Ipswich and Fulham). Let’s say you predicted 2-2 - you get two points because it was a draw. However, if you predicted 1-1 (the exact score) you get five points - an additional three points. So, theoretically, you could predict three correct results (Liverpool win, Man City win, and draw against Fulham) which would get you six points altogether, if you didn’t predict the exact score in any of the games. That’s a decent points haul - and a 100% correct percentage. However, someone could predict Liverpool 2-0, Man City 4-1, and Ipswich to beat Fulham. In that scenario, the person would get 10 points, but only a 66.66% for the correct results as they didn’t get the result right in the Ipswich-Fulham game. The percentage isn’t the most important stat - it’s arguably the precise score column, which is where you get the most points. You could get a 100% correct result guess all season - guessing when Ipswich win, lose, or draw - but the system rewards people who guess the precise score, which is more impressive! Too long, didn’t read? In summary, don’t worry too much about the percentage. The most important knack to the game is correctly predicting the exact score in each game - which is more difficult to do and gets you an additional three points on top of predicting the exact result (predicting Ipswich to win, draw, or lose).
Excellent explanation, *** plus! I will aim for 100% correct results all season, and we will be top of the league!
