PL - Table after final fixtures of 13/5/18

[Orgoner]

PL - Table after final 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.

Table is in format:- poster/previous total/weekly score/new total/status.

Silentman / 279 / 15 / 294 / Active 😎
Hgatenasty / 273 / 18 / 291 / Active 🙂
Orgoner / 252 / 15 / 267 / Active
Lufc74 / 237 / 21 / 258 / Active
T_bird7982 / 234 / 18 / 252 / Active
Dalek / 234 / 12 / 246 / Active
CalverleyBoy / 216 / 21 / 237 / Active
Tichi1 / 216 / 18 / 234 / Active
Davee59 / 210 / 21 / 231 / Active
Homer / 213 / 18 / 231 / Permanent
Lufcjohn88 / 207 / 21 / 228 / Active
MORRIM / 207 / 21 / 228 / Active
Pissbelly / 204 / 15 / 219 / Active
Denver11 / 202 / 15 / 217 / Active
Belper69Ram / 198 / 18 / 216 / Active
Yeboah01 / 171 / 18 / 189 / Active
Gupt13 / 180 / 0 / 180 / Dormant
Pilgrimwhite / 168 / 0 / 168 / Strike 1
Whitestomper45 / 168 / 0 / 168 / Dormant
Johnny_Default / 138 / 0 / 138 / Permanent
Howie / 117 / 12 / 129 / Permanent
Fredlufc74 / 65 / 0 / 65 / Dormant
Carp / 56 / 0 / 56 / Dormant
Lasher / 53 / 0 / 53 / Dormant
Españablanco73 / 21 / 0 / 21 / Dormant
Hopelesslyoptimistic / 15 / 0 / 15 / Dormant
Gaz1959 / 14 / 0 / 14 / Dormant
Oranjewhite / 7 / 0 / 7 / Dormant

The final round of fixtures (the PL Dash) is discussed more in a separate thread, but here we wrap up the PL league for the 2017/18 season.

The PL has been running for at least ten years (probably nearer fif****?), having been started by MightyLeeds on LeedsMad back in the days when Leeds were still, well, a little bit mighty.

With minor tweaks, the aim has always been for everyone to keep on their proverbial football toes through the prediction of scorelines covering every team in the top four English leagues both at home and on their travels, together with the odd sprinkling of FA Cup and international fixtures.

This season, some posters were more proactive in their weekly predictions than others, but points are points, however you manage to get hold of them.

It has mostly been a three-way battle for the top spot, with Hgatenasty and Orgoner sparring early on, before Silentman slowly, but surely, reeled them in before taking the lead at the end of March.

However, it did go right down to the wire: Hgatenasty's default 2-0 home win predictions had served him extremely well up until the final weekend, when he decided to go "old school" and make considered predictions.

This turned out to be a tactical mistake as Nasty would've picked up twenty-one points instead of the eigh**** his "real" predictions actually scored: enough to catch Silentman in the league and stay in the hunt for at least a mention in the PL Dash trophy.

It wan't to be though, so last season's third placed finisher, Silentman, was able to edge 2016/17's Champion, Hgatenasty, into second by three points to claim the 2017/18 PL Championship.

So, in conclusion......

2017/18 PL Champion: Silentman
2017/18 PL Runner-up: Hgatenasty
2017/18 PL Third Place: Orgoner

Congratulations to all who successfully made it to the very end of the 2017/18 competition. No mean feat in and of itself!

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]

Silentman - 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!

[Silentman]

Thanks for yet another year well organised Orgs; phew, thanks to Nasty as well for going 'old school' and keeping it real....

[Orgoner]

Thanks for yet another year well organised Orgs; phew, thanks to Nasty as well for going 'old school' and keeping it real....

This table (which doesn't include the two or three really bonkers scorelines managed this year!) shows how posters would've done by simply sticking to a fixed scoreline across every game:

One-Nil / 273 / 21 / 294
Two-Nil / 273 / 21 / 294
Two-One / 258 / 18 / 276
Three-Nil / 225 / 21 / 246
Three-One / 225 / 21 / 246
Three-Two / 225 / 18 / 243
Four-One / 219 / 18 / 237
Four-Nil / 213 / 21 / 234
Four-Two / 216 / 18 / 234
Four-Three / 213 / 18 / 231
Nil-Nil / 183 / 0 / 183
Nil-One / 162 / 18 / 180
One-One / 180 / 0 / 180
One-Two / 153 / 18 / 171
One-Three / 135 / 12 / 147
Two-Two / 147 / 0 / 147
Two-Three / 135 / 12 / 147
Nil-Two / 129 / 12 / 141
Nil-Four / 129 / 12 / 141
Nil-Three / 126 / 12 / 138
One-Four / 126 / 12 / 138
Two-Four / 123 / 12 / 135
Three-Four / 123 / 12 / 135
Three-Three / 132 / 0 / 132
Four-Four / 129 / 0 / 129

Which, sadly, means our very best poster was equal in accuracy to either a 1-0 or a 2-0 blanket home win.

Kids, don't bet on football........

[Orgoner]

Just checked and it seems as if 2017/18 was our fif****th PL season.

Crikey!

[MORRIM]

Just checked and it seems as if 2017/18 was our fif****th PL season.

Crikey!

Thanks orgs, as professional as ever

[Orgoner]

Thanks orgs, as professional as ever

Thanks. I think I'm finally getting the hang of how to do this.

[Silentman]

Which, sadly, means our very best poster was equal in accuracy to either a 1-0 or a 2-0 blanket home win.

maybe time for a rule change - no blanket predictions?

[Orgoner]

Which, sadly, means our very best poster was equal in accuracy to either a 1-0 or a 2-0 blanket home win.

maybe time for a rule change - no blanket predictions?

Perhaps - but I'm surprised at how well they work out given that I tend to pick local derby games (you'd think they'd tend to be draws?), big fish playing small fish away in cup competitions (mostly away wins?) and many of the fixtures are selected just so that I can cover every team at home and on their travels (all over the place).

The one "blanket rule" I do apply is that posters need to make an actual entry for the Dash competition at the end of the season - which can, obviously, still be a set of fixed scorelines.

I'm of the opinion that correct outcomes require more skill than correct scorelines as the latter often don't reflect the games involved.

I've a few months to think about it, eh?!