24 May 2015 18:12:17
Banter please Ed
So the season draws to a close and I have collated all the results of the season start predictions. To remind you, 100 of you named your top 6 (in order) and also which 3 teams would go down (any order).
Before I get to the results a few special mentions:
Newcastle didn’t finish 6th as MPez predicted (sorry mate), 19 of us had Southampton going down and 19 of us had Swansea going down, whilst Everton were the biggest disappointments as many of us had them in our top 6. Nobody got the top6 in the correct order and nobody predicted the 3 teams to go down correctly.
And so to the results which I have ranked by awarding points as follows:
Champions - 7 points
Top 6 (in right place) - 4 points
Top 6 (not in right place) - 2 points
Bottom 3 - 1 point for each
So, if you got the top 6 in the correct order and the correct bottom 3, the maximum score you could achieve is 30 (1@7, 5@4, 3@1).
I won’t list all 100 but starting in reverse order I’ll pick out a few regulars. The lowest score achieved was 11 which was achieved by 10 different posters including Beast, DodgyBanter, betty swollocks and REDFAITH. Jred and GDS both scored 13, I managed a magnificent 14, GCU 17, Shappy, Mumbai Boy and Chris achieved 18. Ken and G.A.G.U.S scored 19, Mrs Beasts scored 20 along with Fresh, No Midfield scored 21 and Sydney scored 22. Strebor83 scored 23 which was the second highest score.
Which brings us to the winners. The highest score was 24 and was achieved by 4 posters: Gilly, johndenton, deaddobbin, and NouCamp99 (or StevieK as he was then). There is no way to split them. Of these 4, Gilly, deaddobbin and Noucamp got the top 4 right with Liverpool and Spurs in the wrong positions but all 3 only got 1 of the bottom 3 right. johndenton got 4 of the top 6 in the right places and again just 1 of the bottom 3.
So well done to everyone for contributing, sorry if I haven’t mentioned you, I’ll see if there is an easier way to do this for next year so that everyone has access via a Google doc and can keep track themselves.
24 May 2015 18:30:51
Great effort Tony mate.
Thanks pal.
24 May 2015 18:36:02
Woops.
24 May 2015 18:38:32
AJH - Thanks for doing this mate, needless to say I am ashamed of myself, especially as the Mrs smashed me. (She did me on the World Cup predictions as well). I may have to take up knitting and leave her to the banter website!
Congrats to the winners.
24 May 2015 18:55:46
Sterling effort, Tony. My wife wants to know if there's a financial prize?
24 May 2015 18:59:55
cheers great effort
24 May 2015 19:02:08
I'm chuffed to get 11 points mate. I honestly don't even remember entering. Lol.
I saw various posts throughout the season talking about the "predictions" , and thought to myself "shame I didn't enter that". How strange!!!!
Must have entered after giving the Blue Nun a hammering.
For those of you whom are not conaseurs , Blue Nun is a high quality wine. I have not physically abused a Mother Superior :)
24 May 2015 19:02:25
Must have missed this at the start of the season, are we doing it again next season chaps? I might be better getting the Mrs to do it though, eh Beast? :-)
24 May 2015 19:33:38
Thanks ajh. Fantastic post. I'm delighted with my 21 points. Appreciate the effort of doing it all.
Let's hope for a great summer to all the posters. And a fantastic transfer window and here's to 2016 season.
24 May 2015 20:31:27
Cheers mate, good job doing all that!
Perhaps we should create a page dream team League and do that next season.
24 May 2015 22:10:11
I'm disappointed. I aim to win ;-)
25 May 2015 11:37:37
Betty,
Pretty sure I didn't enter as well mate, think someone might have entered on our behalf?