PL Dash - Results after fixtures of 13/5/18

[Orgoner]

PL Dash - Results after fixtures of 13/5/18.

Please check (and, errr, let me know, like!) for errors and omissions. Remember, as both a twenty year bond holding Leeds fan and a New England Patriots season ticket holder, I'm barely human and the stresses and strains of both literally and figuratively using my cranium to enter your incredibly well-considered scores isn't always as accurate as it might be. Oh, and it hurts too.

Results:

Lufc74 / 21
MORRIM / 21
Davee59 / 21
Lufcjohn88 / 21
Belper69Ram / 18
Hgatenasty / 18
Tichi1 / 18
Yeboah01 / 18
Denver11 / 15
Orgoner / 15
Pissbelly / 15
Silentman / 15
Dalek / 12

There were thir**** official entrants this year (default, strike and roboposter "predictions" were only eligible for the league) and it ended up being a close competition.

Looking at the fixtures, most of the so-called big fish did just enough to win their games and, after the dust had settled, there were six home wins, four away wins and, somewhat surprisingly, no draws, which is unusual for end-of-season dead rubber matches.

I guess a couple of the outcomes could be considered to be unexpected, but there was one bonkers scoreline that ended up having ramifications for this competition. More on this later....

Four posters scored a healthy twenty-one points out of the sixty available to initially share the top spot.

Well done to Davee59 (xOOOOOOxOx), Lufc74 (xxOOOOOxOO), Lufcjohn88 (xEOOOxOxOx) and MORRIM (xOOOOxOxOO).

Lightning obviously strikes thrice as Lufcjohn88, Lufc74 and Davee59 finished first, second and third in the 2016/17 PL Dash!


There can only be one winner in this competition though, so we now go through the various tiebreak conditions to place the four in reverse order:


In the event of a tie for first place, the eventual Dash winner will be determined to be (in order) the poster with

1) The most correct outcomes

Davee59, Lufc74 and MORRIM picked seven correct outcomes. Lufcjohn88 picked one exact scoreline and five correct outcomes.

So...

Lufcjohn88 finishes fourth.


followed by

2) The closest to the total number of goals scored

Davee59 predicted 27 goals.
Lufc74 predicted 32 goals.
MORRIM predicted 29 goals.

Selectively taking nine of the ten games played, there were 22 goals scored. 27 goals should win then?

Nope! Davee59's beloved Spurs shared nine goals with Leicester to boost the final goal total to 31.

So...

Davee59 finishes third.
MORRIM finishes second.
Lufc74 wins the PL Dash.


I'm glad we didn't have to drop to "The earliest to post (based on your last valid posting)" as that seems like splitting atoms rather than hairs.

Well done to all four, you're all winners:


2017/18 PL Dash Winner: Lufc74
2017/18 PL Dash Runners-up: MORRIM (2), Davee59 (3), Lufcjohn88 (4)


Many thanks to all who took the time to enter.

The results:

(P) Burnley v AFC Bournemouth 1-2
(P) Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion 2-0
(P) Huddersfield Town v Arsenal 0-1
(P) Liverpool v Brighton and Hove Albion 4-0
(P) Manchester United v Watford 1-0
(P) Newcastle United v Chelsea 3-0
(P) Southampton v Manchester City 0-1
(P) Swansea City v Stoke City 1-2
(P) Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City 5-4
(P) West Ham United v Everton 3-1

Hopefully we'll see you all again next season and, if you've not quite had enough of this predicting lark, there will be a World Cup PL running once I've got my breath back.

Enjoy the summer!

[Orgoner]

Lufc74 - I've just shot you a pm to get your address details for the trophy.

No huge rush though - I'll probably wait until the WC competition has finished before making/sending any trophies across.

Cheers!

[lufc74]

I won the pl dash in a photo finish,get in...thanks for running the comp orgs and ive replyed to the pm mate.

[Orgoner]

I won the pl dash in a photo finish,get in...thanks for running the comp orgs and ive replyed to the pm mate.

Ta!

[Belper69Ram]

Thanks for running this (and the regular weekly prediction league each week). Gotta be a pain in the *rse sometimes to have to do, but thanks once again. Looking forward to doing the World Cup predictions (have you no sense for taking on even more !!) and next seasons. Glad in many ways that my team failed pretty miserably in my view in the Play Offs, still in many ways the Championship is more interesting etc than the money rich Premiership. Have a nice summer all posters.

[davee59]

I am very happy to finish 3rd along with my beloved Spurs. Many thanks again Orgoner for all your hard work throughout the season. Enjoy your break before the World Cup starts!