I was looking at the betting thread and it crossed my mind that, at least in football, sometimes knowing less might be more....
PL 23/24 - Table after fixtures of 12/5/24.
Fixed entry posting:
Table is in format:- poster/previous total/weekly score/new total/status.
One-Nil / 267 / 6 / 273
Two-One / 258 / 9 / 267
Two-Nil / 249 / 6 / 255
Three-One / 243 / 9 / 252
Three-Nil / 240 / 6 / 246
Four-One / 237 / 6 / 243
Three-Two / 228 / 6 / 234
Four-Two / 219 / 6 / 225
Four-Three / 219 / 6 / 225
Four-Nil / 216 / 6 / 222
Five-Nil / 216 / 6 / 222
Five-One / 216 / 6 / 222
Five-Two / 216 / 6 / 222
Five-Three / 216 / 6 / 222
Five-Four / 216 / 6 / 222
Six-Nil / 216 / 6 / 222
Six-One / 216 / 6 / 222
Six-Two / 216 / 6 / 222
Six-Three / 216 / 6 / 222
Six-Four / 216 / 6 / 222
Six-Five / 216 / 6 / 222
Seven-Nil / 216 / 6 / 222
Seven-One / 216 / 6 / 222
Seven-Two / 216 / 6 / 222
Seven-Three / 216 / 6 / 222
Seven-Four / 216 / 6 / 222
Seven-Five / 216 / 6 / 222
Seven-Six / 216 / 6 / 222
Eight-Nil / 216 / 6 / 222
Eight-One / 216 / 6 / 222
Eight-Two / 216 / 6 / 222
Eight-Three / 216 / 6 / 222
Eight-Four / 216 / 6 / 222
Eight-Five / 216 / 6 / 222
Eight-Six / 216 / 6 / 222
Eight-Seven / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-Nil / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-One / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-Two / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-Three / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-Four / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-Five / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-Six / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-Seven / 216 / 6 / 222
Nine-Eight / 216 / 6 / 222
Nil-One / 201 / 3 / 204
Nil-Two / 195 / 3 / 198
Nil-Three / 186 / 3 / 189
One-Two / 186 / 3 / 189
Two-Three / 183 / 6 / 189
One-Three / 183 / 3 / 186
Nil-Four / 180 / 3 / 183
Two-Four / 177 / 3 / 180
One-Four / 174 / 3 / 177
One-Five / 174 / 3 / 177
Two-Five / 171 / 3 / 174
Three-Four / 171 / 3 / 174
Three-Five / 171 / 3 / 174
Nil-Five / 168 / 3 / 171
Nil-Six / 168 / 3 / 171
Nil-Seven / 168 / 3 / 171
Nil-Eight / 168 / 3 / 171
Nil-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
One-Six / 168 / 3 / 171
One-Seven / 168 / 3 / 171
One-Eight / 168 / 3 / 171
One-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
Two-Six / 168 / 3 / 171
Two-Seven / 168 / 3 / 171
Two-Eight / 168 / 3 / 171
Two-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
Three-Six / 168 / 3 / 171
Three-Seven / 168 / 3 / 171
Three-Eight / 168 / 3 / 171
Three-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
Four-Five / 168 / 3 / 171
Four-Six / 168 / 3 / 171
Four-Seven / 168 / 3 / 171
Four-Eight / 168 / 3 / 171
Four-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
Five-Six / 168 / 3 / 171
Five-Seven / 168 / 3 / 171
Five-Eight / 168 / 3 / 171
Five-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
Six-Seven / 168 / 3 / 171
Six-Eight / 168 / 3 / 171
Six-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
Seven-Eight / 168 / 3 / 171
Seven-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
Eight-Nine / 168 / 3 / 171
One-One / 150 / 6 / 156
Nil-Nil / 123 / 12 / 135
Two-Two / 111 / 6 / 117
Three-Three / 108 / 6 / 114
Five-Five / 102 / 6 / 108
Four-Four / 99 / 6 / 105
Six-Six / 99 / 6 / 105
Seven-Seven / 99 / 6 / 105
Eight-Eight / 99 / 6 / 105
Nine-Nine / 99 / 6 / 105
So, had you posted 1-0 to every listed fixture, you would currently be sitting in fourth spot in the active poster table.
(Nasty posts 2-1 for every game).
That's made you feel better, eh?!
I guess if you are an active better, perhaps a decent strategy could be to assume the game will end 1-0 and then modify according to how you rate the individual teams.