OFFICIAL ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE PICK 'EM CONTEST WITH PRIZES!!!

[robelgordo]

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Originally Posted by robelgordo

PICK 'EM IT IS!

I will tally scores and stuff thru the season. 1 for a correct pick, 3 for correct pick + score.

Missing tips is always a problem, especially with this long season. I propose tips are due before the kickoff of the first game that day, because I don't want to arse about with kickoff times and working out if people missed the 1pm kickoff but got in for the 3pm one. But if you miss Saturday, you can still tip Sunday/Monday fixtures. Also if you miss fixtures you get the low tipped score of the day, so it may not be too costly.

I'd also appreciate that if I'm not here to post fixtures, someone else does it.

I will start a signup thread with the first round games shortly.

UPCOMING MATCHES
(home teams first)

Saturday 15 August - DUE: 1245 UK Time
Chelsea v Hull City
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers v Sunderland
Portsmouth v Fulham
Stoke City v Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United
Everton v Arsenal

Sunday 16 August - DUE: 1330 UK Time
Manchester United v Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

Tuesday 18 August - DUE: 1945 UK Time
Sunderland v Chelsea
Wigan Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wednesday 19 August - DUE: 1945 UK Time
Birmingham City v Portsmouth
Burnley v Manchester United
Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool v Stoke City





Oh yeah, prizes... Scots has said this:

Originally Posted by Scotsman

I'm down for Pickem, and anyone that finishes above me I will give $100 to, as well as $50 to charity of their choice. Rule is they can't miss a week tho.

I'm not a high rollin' balla like Scots so unfortunately my own prizes will be much less grand. TO BE DETERMINED.

[Tucho]

Oh shit, have you got any old clothes you need rid of, you could offer those as a prize (i'd love to win a pair of your pants 100% straight up and legit)

[The Big Dog]

How do you want the scores formatted. I'll do it like the classified results.

Chelsea 5 v 0 Hull City
Aston Villa 2 v 1 Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers 1 v 1 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers 1 v 3 Sunderland
Portsmouth 0 v 0 Fulham
Stoke City 2 v 1 Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 v 2 West Ham United
Everton 0 v 2 Arsenal

Manchester United 3 v 0 Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 0 Liverpool

Sunderland 1 v 1 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 2 v 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Birmingham City 1 v 0 Portsmouth
Burnley 0 v 4 Manchester United
Hull City 0 v 3 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 2 v 0 Stoke City

[robelgordo]

That works fine.

Something like:

Liverpool v Stoke 0-2 is fine as well.

Or:

Liverpool 0 - Stoke 2

So long as it's obvious what you mean.

Are they your actual picks? If you change your mind just make a new post before the deadline I guess.

[Tucho]

When will you announce prizes

[robelgordo]

When I work out exactly how much I can afford to giveaway to relative strangers on the Internet.

It will be cash, or me buying something of your choosing online. I have no more soccer related crap I'd like to giveaway.

[Tucho]

Ive wanted to get this book for a while

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Inverting-Pyramid-History-Football-Tactics/dp/0752889958/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250115768&sr=8-1
looks pretty cool, I will take that.

[Mousehole]

Tucho knows more than him.

[surgeklick]

Chelsea 3 v 0 Hull City
Aston Villa 2 v 1 Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers 1 v 2 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers 1 v 2 Sunderland
Portsmouth 0 v 1 Fulham
Stoke City 2 v 2 Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 v 1 West Ham United
Everton 0 v 2 Arsenal

Manchester United 3 v 0 Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 0 Liverpool

Sunderland 1 v 3 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 2 v 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Birmingham City 1 v 0 Portsmouth
Burnley 1 v 3 Manchester United
Hull City 0 v 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 2 v 1 Stoke City

[manbooba]

Chelsea 3 v 0 Hull City
Aston Villa 1 v 1 Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers 2 v 1 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers 1 v 2 Sunderland
Portsmouth 1 v 1 Fulham
Stoke City 2 v 1 Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 v 2 West Ham United
Everton 1 v 2 Arsenal
Manchester United 4 v 1 Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 1 Liverpool
Sunderland 1 v 2 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 2 v 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City 0 v 0 Portsmouth
Burnley 1 v 3 Manchester United
Hull City 0 v 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 3 v 1 Stoke City

[robelgordo]

Originally Posted by Taff

Ive wanted to get this book for a while

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics: A History of Football Tactics: Amazon.co.uk: Jonathan Wilson: Books

looks pretty cool, I will take that.

I'm a big fan of his columns on the Guardian website.

[Slappy]

Chelsea 4 v 1 Hull City
Aston Villa 3 v 1 Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers 0 v 1 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers 0 v 2 Sunderland
Portsmouth 1 v 0 Fulham
Stoke City 0 v 0 Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 v 2 West Ham United
Everton 2 v 2 Arsenal
Manchester United 1 v 0 Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 3 Liverpool
Sunderland 0 v 2 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 1 v 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Birmingham City 0 v 2 Portsmouth
Burnley 0 v 3 Manchester United
Hull City 0 v 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 2 v 0 Stoke City

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[robelgordo]

Chelsea 3 v 0 Hull City
Aston Villa 2 v 1 Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers 0 v 1 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers 1 v 0 Sunderland
Portsmouth 1 v 0 Fulham
Stoke City 2 v 1 Burnley
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 v 1 West Ham United
Everton 1 v 1 Arsenal

Manchester United 2 v 0 Birmingham City
Tottenham Hotspur 1 v 3 Liverpool

Sunderland 0 v 1 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 2 v 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Birmingham City 2 v 1 Portsmouth
Burnley 0 v 2 Manchester United
Hull City 1 v 3 Tottenham Hotspur
Liverpool 2 v 0 Stoke City

[PeteMoss]

Saturday 15 August - DUE: 1245 UK Time
Chelsea 3 Hull City 1
Aston Villa 2 Wigan Athletic 1
Blackburn Rovers 1 Manchester City 1
Bolton Wanderers 2 Sunderland 1
Portsmouth 1 Fulham 1
Stoke City 2 Burnley 0
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 West Ham United 1
Everton 1 Arsenal 2

Sunday 16 August - DUE: 1330 UK Time
Manchester United 4 Birmingham City 0
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Liverpool 1

Tuesday 18 August - DUE: 1945 UK Time
Sunderland 0 Chelsea 2
Wigan Athletic 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0

Wednesday 19 August - DUE: 1945 UK Time
Birmingham City 1 Portsmouth 1
Burnley 0 Manchester United 2
Hull City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2
Liverpool 2 Stoke City 0

[PeteMoss]

Ok... peeps... I have a question:

Some of these squads play twice.... does time between games tend to effect results (i.e. Liverpool plays Sunday and Wednesday... Stoke City has an extra day off). Probably doesn't matter in that case.... but does that tend to matter for teams that are more even?

[Mousehole]

not really. The big teams rotate squads

[The Big Dog]

Originally Posted by robelgordo

Are they your actual picks?

Nah I just thought I'd post them for a laugh. Of course they're real.

Can't we get more points for correct score. 3points vs 1point for a correct result is a bit cheap, it's doing really well if you get 1 correct score a weekend.

[robelgordo]

I think it's a good balance, I don't really want a situation where picking scores becomes far more important than consistently picking results.

At the moment picking eight wins gives you the same points as picking six wins with one correct score or four wins with two correct scores and that seems fair enough.

Any other thoughts?

[Scotsman]

I'm gonna win

[Tucho]

Originally Posted by Scotsman

I'm gonna win

LOL