Premiership Betting Challenge

[Kiwi]

Welcome to the Premiership Betting Challenge!

The idea of this challenge is to predict the scores of Premiership matches. We will be predicting the scores of 5 Saturday matches. If there are not 5 matches taking place on a Saturday, then we will simply bet on the ones that are being played.

I have placed pieces of paper with the team names into a hat. If it turns out that two of the teams drawn out of the hat are selected, then the first selection will be kept, and then I will select another one.

I've also devised a little scoring system. Simple really, if you correctly predict the team that won the match, then you will receive 2 points. If you predict the score correctly as well, then you will get 3 points.

In the event of a draw, you get 1 point. Though if of course you predicted the game would be a draw, you get 2 points, and a correct score will be worth 3.

I'm also going to have to ask you guys to submit your scores on the Friday at the latest. I don't want people coming on half way through a match (like I did in the World Cup thread :-D). This will also cover for if there are early kick-offs.

Okay, let's get this baby started! The first five teams out of the hat are:

Middlesbrough
Newcastle
Watford
Portsmouth
Bolton

So the fixtures for this week are:

Reading vs Middlesbrough
Newcastle vs Wigan
Everton vs Watford
Portsmouth vs Blackburn
Bolton vs Spurs

Here are my predictions:

Reading 1 Middlesbrough 2
Newcastle 1 Wigan 1
Everton 2 Watford 0
Portsmouth 2 Blackburn 2
Bolton 0 Spurs 3

[Kay B]

OMGZ!...a watford fixture come out in the first week lol (maybe only matt will know what i mean)

anyways....

Reading 1 vs Middlesbrough 3
Newcastle 1 vs Wigan 2
Everton 1 vs Watford 2
Portsmouth 1 vs Blackburn 2
Bolton 1 vs Spurs 2

[Fats]

Reading 1 vs Middlesbrough 2
Newcastle 1 vs Wigan 0
Everton 2 vs Watford 0
Portsmouth 0 vs Blackburn 2
Bolton 1 vs Spurs 1

[Rizon]

Reading 0 Middlesbrough 2
Newcastle 1 Wigan 0
Everton 1 Watford 1
Portsmouth 0 Blackburn 2
Bolton 0 Spurs 1

[stanDarsh]

Reading 1 - 1 Middlesborough
Newcastle 2 - 0 Wigan
Everton 2 - 1 Watford
Portsmouth 0 - 0 Blackburn
Bolton 1 - 0 Spurs

[Crow]

Reading 1 - 2 Middlesborough
Newcastle 2 - 0 Wigan
Everton 1 - 0 Watford
Portsmouth 0 - 1 Blackburn
Bolton 2 - 1 Spurs

[Kay B]

I find it quite mean that everyone has predicted watford to lose or draw :(

[Kiwi]

Don't feel down. As soon as Charlton comes out it'll be the same.

[Kay B]

^ Unless they play watford lol...wait :(

[shagawi]

OK. This is my first prediction here I hope it's right

Reading 0 - 3 Middlesborough
Newcastle 1 - 0 Wigan
Everton 2 - 0 Watford
Portsmouth 3 - 2 Blackburn
Bolton 3 - 1 Spurs

[Kiwi]

Right, the first lot of results are in:

Reading 3 Middlesbrough 2
Newcastle 2 Wigan 1
Everton 2 Watford 1 (Watford didn't deserve to lose that one, if that's any consolation K :-D)
Portsmouth 3 Blackburn 0
Bolton 2 Spurs 0

And here are the points for the first week:

shagawi - 8
stanDarsh - 7
Crow - 6
Fats - 4
Rizon - 2
Me - 2
Kay B - 0

I'll be drawing out the next lot of teams some time in the week.

[Kay B]

NO! it isnt any consulastion because i ended the week on 0 :(

[shagawi]

Good luck next week Kay B, it's a long season anything can happen :)

I'm the best (sorry I couldn't resist).

[Kay B]

Ya know what AMAZED me....How reading come back from 2-0 down to beat boro 3-2 i mean yeah boro are shit....but like.....it was reading!

Also liverpool only managing a draw at sheff utd, arsenal only managing a draw against villa.....chelsea must be laughing at us all :(

[Rizon]

2 is alright for a start.
Plus Wolves won yesterday so that twas good.

[Kiwi]

Sorry guys, I've been a bit busy the last couple of days, so this thread competely slipped my mind. I think we'll leave it for this week, I don't want to draw the teams and then only a few people are around to bet on it.

[Kiwi]

OK, to make things easier (and by that I mean easier on me :-D) I'm gonna just draw the teams for the next week straight after I've counted the scores.

So here are the fixtures for next week:

Newcastle v Fulham
Man Utd v Spurs
Bolton v Watford
Chelski v Charlton :(
Arsenal v Middlesbrough

and here are my predictions:

Newcastle 2 Fulham 1
Man Utd 3 Spurs 1
Bolton 0 Watford 1
Chelski 3 Charlton 0
Arsenal 2 Middlesbrough 1

[Kay B]

Oh yes...watford again!

Newcastle 0 Fulham 1
Man Utd 4 Spurs 1
Bolton 1 Watford 2
Chelsea 3 Charlton 1
Arsenal 1 Middlesbrough 2

[Kiwi]

Why did Charlton have to come out this week?!

[Crow]

Newcastle 1 - 1 Fulham
Man Utd 2 - 1 Spurs
Bolton 1 - 0 Watford
Chelsea 3 - 1 Charlton
Arsenal 2 - 1 Middlesbrough

[Rizon]

Newcastle 2 - 1 Fulham
Man Utd 1 - 1 Spurs
Bolton 1 - 1 Watford
Chelsea 2 - 0 Charlton
Arsenal 0 - 0 Middlesbrough

[Crow]

stickied the thread, not that there are too many threads in here that it'd be hard to find, but makes things easier

[shagawi]

Newcastle 0 - 0 Fulham
Man Utd 2 - 0 Spurs
Bolton 1 - 2 Watford
Chelsea 1 - 0 Charlton
Arsenal 2 - 2 Middlesbrough

[Markopolo356]

Its still friday in the states, so...
Newcastle 2 - 0 Fulham
Man U 3 - 0 Spurs
Bolton 0 - Watford 0
Chelsea 4 - 1 Charlton
Arsenal 2 - 3 Middlesbrough

[Kiwi]

OK I'll let you get away with that one ;-]

[Crow]

Results from this week are...

Newcastle 1 - 2 Fulham
Man U 1 - 0 Spurs (so far)
Bolton 1 - 0 Watford
Chelsea 2 - 1 Charlton
Arsenal 1 - 1 Middlesbrough

[Kiwi]

And that's how they stayed. Here are the scores for this week's matches:

Crow - 8
Kay B - 7
shagawi - 5
Me - 5
Rizon - 4
Markopolo356 - 4

Bringing the total scores to:

Crow - 14
shagawi - 13
stanDarsh - 7
Kay B - 7
Me - 7
Rizon - 6
Markopolo356 - 4
Fats - 4 (lol bottom!)

Next Saturday there will only be five games, so I won't bother drawing teams this time. The fixtures for next Saturday are:

Charlton v Portsmouth
Bolton v Middlesbrough
Everton v Wigan
Sheffield Utd v Reading
Watford (again!?) v Aston Villa

My predictions are as follows:

Charlton 1 Portsmouth 2
Bolton 1 Middlesbrough 1
Everton 2 Wigan 1
Sheffield Utd 0 Reading 2
Watford 1 Aston Villa 3

[Crow]

Charlton 0 - 2 Portsmouth
Bolton 1 - 1 Middlesbrough
Everton 2 - 1 Wigan
Sheffield Utd 1 - 1 Reading
Watford 0 - 2 Aston Villa

some difficult ones this week

EDIT: Me FTW

[Kiwi]

EDIT: Me FTW

Crow - 14
shagawi - 13
stanDarsh - 7
Me - 7
Rizon - 6
Kay B - 5
Markopolo356 - 4
Fats - 4 (lol bottom!)

Damn right, me FTW!! :-D

[Crow]

how has kay-b got a total of 5 after getting 7 this week?

[Kay B]

^ Exactly what i was going to say, i should be joint 3rd :)....

Crow - 14
shagawi - 13
Kay B - 7 (alphabetically :) )
stanDarsh - 7
Me - 7
Rizon - 6
Markopolo356 - 4
Fats - 4 (lol bottom!)

Fix0rd!

anyways...

N fuck sake matt why do u continue to highlight the fact watford might lose :(

Charlton 0 - 2 Portsmouth
Bolton 0 - 2 Middlesbrough
Everton 2 - 0 Wigan
Sheffield Utd 1 - 2 Reading
Watford 1 - 2 Aston Villa


edit: LMAO at fats being bottom....l0ser!

[Kiwi]

how has kay-b got a total of 5 after getting 7 this week?

I was counting all the scores up this morning, and I wasn't really awake. So yea, Kay has 7.

[Rizon]

Charlton 1 - 1 Portsmouth
Bolton 1 - 0 Middlesbrough
Everton 1 - 0 Wigan
Sheffield Utd 0 - 2 Reading
Watford 1 - 2 Aston Villa

[Kay B]

Every betting against watford can suck my balls when they eventually win

[Crow]

*if*

[Kiwi]

Maybe we should start calling them Watford Nil :-D

[Crow]

or one point Watford

[Kay B]

It's not a case of IF it's a case of when, look at the teams in the bottom 10, theyve played some of the best football this season just luck has been against them....They will win and im still confident they can stay up

[Kiwi]

Lol, you and your excuses! :P

[Kay B]

There not excuses damn you!



:(

[Crow]

Charlton 0 - 1 Portsmouth
Bolton 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
Everton 2 - 2 Wigan
Sheffield Utd 1 - 2 Reading
Watford 0 - 0 Aston Villa (so far)

looks like watford's 11 man defence will get them a draw
results as of now

[Crow]

Crow - 18
shagawi - 13
Matt - 13
Kay B - 12
Rizon - 8
stanDarsh - 7
Markopolo356 - 4
Fats - 4

done the update this week Matt, i was bored, not many took part this week

next week's should be good

[Kay B]

looks like watford's 11 man defence will get them a draw

If it wasnt for the fact that in 3 of there 5 games so far they'd been the most attacking team out of the two playing id agree with the 11 man defence thing.

Watford have never been a defensive team when i saw them many times in the championship last season they attacked no stop, the reason that need to change now is that every point counts they can't attack non-stop and risk losing because that'll see them relegated (which they wont be).

Only team to of attacked more than them that iv seen was man utd which is understandable....I havent seen highlights of the villa game so can't comment on it, but any point is a point gained rather than 2 dropped for a team fighting relegation

Just watchin higlights great save by foster (thanks utd) from petrovs shot.

Im going to see watford vs Acrington stanley on tuesday n than watford vs fulham the following monday....GET IN THERE!

Watford shoulda won imo, great saves from kings vollley and mackays header

edit: I was the ONLY person to get an exact result this week...god im good :)

[Kiwi]

done the update this week Matt, i was bored, not many took part this week

next week's should be good

I'm not gonna be coming on that often now, so someone else will have to carry this on.

[Crow]

i will do it, no worries, iyl choose next weeks games too

[Kiwi]

Remember, they have to be random! ;-]

[Crow]

next weeks fixtures are as follows...

Aston Villa vs Charlton (3pm Kickoff)
Man City vs West Ham (3pm Kickoff)
Middlesborough vs Blackburn (3pm Kickoff)
Wigan vs Watford (3pm Kickoff)
Liverpool vs Tottenham (12.45 pm Kickoff)

[Kay B]

Watford has come out every week so far haha :)

Aston Villa vs Charlton 3-0
Man City vs West Ham 1-3
Middlesborough vs Blackburn 1-1
Wigan vs Watford 0-2
Liverpool vs Tottenham 2-1

[Rizon]

Villa 2 - 0 Charlton
Man City 1 - 2 West Ham
Middlesborough 0 - 0 Blackburn
Wigan 0 - 2 Watford
Liverpool 3 - 0 Tottenham

[Crow]

the results where Saturday, your a day late, Kevin gets 4 points

Crow - 18
Kay B - 16
shagawi - 13
Matt - 13
Rizon - 8
stanDarsh - 7
Markopolo356 - 4
Fats - 4

[Kay B]

yay n shit

[Kay B]

2ND PLACE! (since this seems to be over)

[Rizon]

Ah well. It died out *salutes*

[Ravster]

Ah damn, I was about to join as well.....(!)