⚽ Match Thread vs. Chesterfield FC 15.03.25 [EFL L2]

[Lullapie]

To clubs like Bromley, Sutton, Morecambe, Barnet etc, L2 will always appear to be a strong league, to clubs like Notts, Bradford and Swindon it should feel as though they are in the shallow end of the pool surrounded by clubs wearing arms bands.

For what it's worth, I think last season was bordering on the unique for L2, you wouldn't normally have a club at this level with the pizazz of Wrexham and I think it would be fair to say Stockport and Mansfield were untypically strong for this league as well.

A low points tally for the team in 3rd place isn't necessarily an indication of a poor crop by comparison, it could be taken as evidence of a more broadly competitive one - top to bottom - but if top 3 is your goal, as opposed to consolidating or hoping to get lucky in the play offs, then you'd have to conclude that it would be a wasted opportunity to miss out in a season with a low points finishing line.

Whatever the quality of the league, it's not always easy to stay focussed and disciplined under pressure to consistently grind out the wins, which is where the manager really can make a difference.

Spot on! I think that defined it all for everybody.

[Elite_Pie]

With all that in mind you predicted we would finish 15th so you should be happy with our position right now and throughout the season.

You either have a photographic memory for what each and every poster predicted pre-season regarding where we would finish, or you are a really sad b@stard who repeatedly checks back simply to score cheap points.

Given who you really are, I will go for the latter.

[upthemaggies]

You either have a photographic memory for what each and every poster predicted pre-season regarding where we would finish, or you are a really sad b@stard who repeatedly checks back simply to score cheap points.

Given who you really are, I will go for the latter.

For somebody who regularly takes issue with other posters being negative, it's odd that Boomerang's prediction league forecasts this season reveal him to be among those who have the very least faith in Maynard.
If all of his predictions were correct, we'd be averaging 1.39 PPG, which would place us 12th.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

For somebody who regularly takes issue with other posters being negative, it's odd that Boomerang's prediction league forecasts this season reveal him to be among those who have the very least faith in Maynard.
If all of his predictions were correct, we'd be averaging 1.39 PPG, which would place us 12th.

i remember a certain poster who used to bet against us all the time and in fact won the prediction league last season.If i remember correctly he was doing value bets predicting we would lose. i think he won the table by predicting the away game where we lost to Aldershot where we got beat 3-1 or something like that, i think this game amassed him quite a fist full of points...! i forget his name now but it was strange because he was a big fan of the manager and team and seemed to berate county mad posters more than he did the team.

[i961pie]

You either have a photographic memory for what each and every poster predicted pre-season regarding where we would finish, or you are a really sad b@stard who repeatedly checks back simply to score cheap points.

Given who you really are, I will go for the latter.

If he is who you think he is he's picked a great name cos he always keeps coming back😋

[Boomerangpie]

For somebody who regularly takes issue with other posters being negative, it's odd that Boomerang's prediction league forecasts this season reveal him to be among those who have the very least faith in Maynard.
If all of his predictions were correct, we'd be averaging 1.39 PPG, which would place us 12th.

12th that?s interesting. I predicted 7-10th at start of the season so not far off that. We are doing better than I thought and predicted.

Thankfully I?m not a betting man so not lost any money.

Who has predicted the lowest PPG average to date?

[upthemaggies]

12th that?s interesting. I predicted 7-10th at start of the season so not far off that. We are doing better than I thought and predicted.

Thankfully I?m not a betting man so not lost any money.

Who has predicted the lowest PPG average to date?

WHAT NOTTS PPG WOULD BE IF ALL USERS PREDICTIONS WERE CORRECT
Table only includes users who have made 10 or more predictions
3.00 since41
3.00 forwardmagpie
2.95 SwalePie
2.95 ShannockPie
2.89 skandark
2.87 MAD_MAGPIE
2.86 Notts78
2.86 CheltenhamPie
2.80 nw6pie
2.80 LeftPeg_Pie
2.69 PedroTheFisherman
2.69 Mapperleypie
2.65 Mud Pie
2.62 Jampie
2.61 ForeignLegion
2.59 magpiekev
2.59 Glad2BeAPie
2.55 Observerpie
2.54 meoldlaner
2.54 irishpete
2.53 drillerpie
2.53 applepie2
2.51 Canuckpie
2.48 MapperleyMagpie
2.46 ancientpie
2.41 CamPie
2.37 queenslandpie
2.35 irish_pie
2.30 70YearsAPie
2.30 1955pie
2.29 SmiffyPie
2.29 Robertomac
2.23 i961pie
2.19 for*sttown63
2.11 OchPie
2.03 durhampie
2.03 NottsNotCounty
1.97 frenchmagpie
1.97 KintoreMagpie
1.95 eyepie
1.89 marky
1.89 kill_the_drum
1.88 Seasonedpie
1.82 OldRoadsider
1.81 the_anticlough
1.79 Pietastic
1.78 sinophile
1.74 TSANHO
1.67 51Magpie
1.62 upthemaggies
1.54 Elite_Pie
1.47 OP67
1.39 Mark_Ross
1.39 Boomerangpie
1.35 MagpieMeltdown
1.30 slack_pie
1.00 Wedgie_pie
0.92 Woodypie
0.86 marshall55
0.79 WarsopPie
0.57 BCnotts18
0.44 keldsyke
0.32 bufordpie
0.27 Poultonmagpie
0.25 Kent Magpie
0.00 The_Pie_Man

[Elite_Pie]

Thankfully I?m not a betting man so not lost any money.

I can understand why you gave it up, the tips you posted on here were rubbish.

[Boomerangpie]

I can understand why you gave it up, the tips you posted on here were rubbish.

You are a sad, strange little man and you have my pity

[Boomerangpie]

WHAT NOTTS PPG WOULD BE IF ALL USERS PREDICTIONS WERE CORRECT
Table only includes users who have made 10 or more predictions
3.00 since41
3.00 forwardmagpie
2.95 SwalePie
2.95 ShannockPie
2.89 skandark
2.87 MAD_MAGPIE
2.86 Notts78
2.86 CheltenhamPie
2.80 nw6pie
2.80 LeftPeg_Pie
2.69 PedroTheFisherman
2.69 Mapperleypie
2.65 Mud Pie
2.62 Jampie
2.61 ForeignLegion
2.59 magpiekev
2.59 Glad2BeAPie
2.55 Observerpie
2.54 meoldlaner
2.54 irishpete
2.53 drillerpie
2.53 applepie2
2.51 Canuckpie
2.48 MapperleyMagpie
2.46 ancientpie
2.41 CamPie
2.37 queenslandpie
2.35 irish_pie
2.30 70YearsAPie
2.30 1955pie
2.29 SmiffyPie
2.29 Robertomac
2.23 i961pie
2.19 for*sttown63
2.11 OchPie
2.03 durhampie
2.03 NottsNotCounty
1.97 frenchmagpie
1.97 KintoreMagpie
1.95 eyepie
1.89 marky
1.89 kill_the_drum
1.88 Seasonedpie
1.82 OldRoadsider
1.81 the_anticlough
1.79 Pietastic
1.78 sinophile
1.74 TSANHO
1.67 51Magpie
1.62 upthemaggies
1.54 Elite_Pie
1.47 OP67
1.39 Mark_Ross
1.39 Boomerangpie
1.35 MagpieMeltdown
1.30 slack_pie
1.00 Wedgie_pie
0.92 Woodypie
0.86 marshall55
0.79 WarsopPie
0.57 BCnotts18
0.44 keldsyke
0.32 bufordpie
0.27 Poultonmagpie
0.25 Kent Magpie
0.00 The_Pie_Man

Two perfect scores of 3 PPG and one score of 0 PPG. Overall it is an optimistic set of predictions with so many predicting automatic promotion winning form. Not that we should take any of it seriously, clearly just a bit of fun.

Absolutely no surprise who is bottom of the table but the 0.00 did surprise me