2008 / 09 Prem League Game

[SlipDigby1892]

Hey everyone. In my local Boozer we do a football game every season, To predict the league table and major cup winners for the season ahead. This is how it works:

You write out the Prem league table places 1- 20 BEFORE the first fixtures take place, in the order that you think the final league table will be in may after 38 games. You receive one point for every position that you are wrong per team. ie if you have UTD in 1st position and they win the league, you get no points for that postion.However If you have UTD to finish 1st and they actually finish 4th, you get 3 points because they are 3 places off where you had them to finish. Make sense? it's pretty self explanatory.

So, at the end of the season The person with the least points wins. Also you pick the Fa Cup winners, the champ league winners and the league cup winners, and you get 5 points deducted for any that you get right. In the case of a tie break, the person with the most number of teams in the exact spot on position takes the win.

Anyone who wants to play, then just add your league table together with your 3 cup winners on here. An example is below:

1 UTD
2 Chelsea
3 Liv
4 Arsenal
5 Spurs
6 Villa
7 Everton
8 Portsmouth
9 Citeh
10 Etc
11 Etc
12 Etc
13 Etc
14 Etc
15 Etc
16 Etc
17 Etc
18 Etc
19 Etc
20. Etc

League cup :Spurs
FA Cup :Liv
Champs League : UTD

Its just for fun, (and bragging rights) no money etc.
Anyone who wishes to enter send me your team or post on here by Midday on SAT 16th AUG. I will keep the positions etc updated throughout the season.
Cheers and good luck!

[piazza]

1.United
2.Chelsea
3.Arsenal
4.Liver*****
5.Spurs
6.Everton
7.Villa
8.Blackburn
9.City
10.Portsmouth
11.Newcastle
12.Middlesborough
13.Sunderland
14.Wigan
15.West Ham
16.Bolton
17.Fulham
18.West Brom
19.Stoke
20.Hull

League Cup: Arsenal
F.A. Cup: United
Champions League: United

[16-Keano-16]

1. Man United
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
5. Tottenham
6. Aston Villa
7. Everton
8. Portsmouth
9. Man City
10. Blackburn
11. Sunderland
12. Newcastle
13. Middlesborough
14. West Ham
15. Wigan
16. West Brom
17. Fulham
18. Bolton
19. Hull
20. Stoke


League Cup: Arsenal
F.A Cup: Tottenham
Champions League: Barcelona

[dckyfoxes]

1. Man United
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Tottenham
5. Arsenal
6. Aston Villa
7. Portsmouth
8. Everton
9. Man City
10. Blackburn
11. West Ham
12. Newcastle
13. Middlesborough
14. Sunderland
15. Fulham
16. Hull
17. Wigan
18. Bolton
19. West Brom
20. Stoke


League Cup: Manchester United
F.A Cup: Manchester United
Champions League: Manchester United

[Ritesh MU]

1 Manchester United
2 Arsenal
3 Chelsea
4 Tottenham
5 Liverpool
6 Everton
7 Man City
8 Aston Villa
9 Blackburn
10 Portmouth
11 Middlesborough
12 West Ham United
13 Newcastle United
14 Bolton
15 Sunderland
16 Fullham
17 Wigan
18 Hull
19 West Brom
20 Stoke City

League Cup : Arsenal
Fa Cup : Man Utd
Champions League : Man Utd

Cheers

[Keano!]

Manchester United
Arsenal
Chelsea
Liverpool
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Aston Villa
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Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
Everton
Portsmouth
Blcakburn Rovers
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Newcastle United
West Ham United
Middlesbrough
Sunderland
Fulham
Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion
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Stoke City
Wigan
Hull City



FA Cup - Manchester United
League Cup - Aston Villa
Champions League - Manchester United


May aswell be optimistic! ;)

[cjl_safcfan]

1. Man Utd
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Tottenham
5. Arsenal
6. portsmouth
7. city
8. villa
9. everton
10. blackburn
11. west ham
12. middlesborough
13. sunderland
14. newcastle
15. bolton
16. west brom
17. stoke
18. fulham
19. wigan
20. hull

F.A Cup- Chelsea
League cup- arsenal
champions league- internazionale

[Nemanjaaa]

1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
5. Spurs
6. Ason Villa
7. Man City
8. Everton
9. Pompey
10. Sunderland
11. Middlesborough
12. Newcastle United
13. Blackburn Rovers
14. Bolton
15. Wigan
16. Fulham
17. West Brom
18. West Ham
19. Stoke City
20. Hull City

FA Cup -> Chelsea
League Cup -> Chelsea
Champions League -> Real Madrid

[SlipDigby1892]

Some very interesting differences in opinion!!
Get your lists in folks...only 3 full days to go!!

[RedForceRising]

1. Chelsea - Incredible squad strength and still looking to add
2. Man Utd - Need a tall, strong centre forward.
3. Liverpool - Slight improvement from last season
4. Arsenal - New additions need time to gel, but should finish in top 4

5. Tottenham - Might not last the distance, but should push for a CL place

6. Portsmouth - Once Crouch and Defoe gel will be good. Lack decent wingers
7. Man City - Will stop losing by 6 or 7 goals under Hughes
8. Aston Villa - Bought some decent defensive cover should see them do OK
9. Everton - Will get complacent without new faces
10. Blackburn - No Bentley and Ince's first season might see them struggle

11. Middlesborough - Tuncay + Alves + Downing should see them improve
12. West ham - Promising youngsters + returning injured + Behrami
13. Newcastle - need a playmaker AND a tall centre forward
14. Sunderland - Good acquistions should mean an improvement
15. Bolton - Elmander should give them some needed goals
16. Hull - have made Some smart purchases, which should keep them up
17. Wigan - Brucey's experience should see them survive

18. Fulham - Other teams marginally stronger
19. West Brom - Not enough quality
20. Stoke - This season's Derby

F.A Cup- Man Utd
League cup- Chelsea
Champions league- Internazionale

I know, I know.... but I predicted Chelsea to win last season and was wrong too.
:)

To clarify - I certainly hope and pray Man Utd win. Of course I do.
It's just that on paper Chelsea look stronger, but hey we've won two on the trot and still might buy a striker at which point I'll chance my rankings!

[Jazz 16]

1st Man Utd
2nd Chelsea
3rd Arsenal
4th Liverpool
5th Everton
6th Villa
7th Spurs
8th Portsmouth
9th City
10th Newcastle
11th Blackburn
12th West Ham
13th Sunderland
14th Wigan
15th Middlesbrough
16th Fulham
17th Bolton
18th WBA
19th Stoke
20th Hull

League Cup-Chelsea
Fa Cup-United
CL-United